She wanted to ask Ge Lanzhi to help her inquire about the house, but Chu Yu stopped her.
"Buying a house right after opening makes it easy for robbers to target us. It's better to wait until the Chinese New Year when there are more people buying houses, so we won't be seen as ostentatious."
Deng Fangping then realized that she had been inconsiderate.
There are quite a few robbers these days. The other day, an oil seller was stabbed and robbed of the 20 yuan he earned from selling oil.
People are willing to rob and kill for 20 yuan, let alone people like them.
Being poor is one thing, but having money means you have to be careful. You can't save up your money for half a month and then take it to the bank all at once. You have to deposit it every few days to avoid attracting vicious robbers.
Those robbers with murder cases on their hands often kill people; it's not worth losing your life for a little money.
The furniture mall's opening event was originally scheduled for three days, but Chu Yu, seeing how well it was doing and how profitable it was, decided to extend it to seven days. After more than half a month, they planned to hold a New Year's event to retain customers while they came to the market.
During the 7-day opening event, Shu Aiguo was extremely busy and lost a full 10 pounds. The results were also obvious, with Xibao's sales reaching nearly 100,000 yuan.
It's no exaggeration to say that Shu Aiguo packed the money in a suitcase. Afraid of being too conspicuous, he specially brought his family's flatbed cart, laid some straw on it to cover the suitcase, and had Deng Fangping lie down on it before daring to transport the money back.
When you're broke, you get really worried.
Having too much money can also be a source of worries.
Deng Fangping lived in constant fear. Even a greeting from a regular customer on the street could terrify her.
She felt uneasy about making a lot of money and hoped that the twelfth lunar month would end soon so that her family could go back to their hometown to avoid the cold. However, Shu Jiandang, who lived across the street, did not think so.
During this period, Shu Jiandang had a very difficult time. Liao Hongmei was arrested and detained for a few days. Before she could get her out, Liu Chunhua and Liao Yong were arrested for using lymph node meat.
Even if Shu Jiandang was a scoundrel, he wouldn't dare to pass off inferior goods as superior ones. He never expected that Liu Chunhua, who seemed honest, would dare to do such a despicable thing.
The lymph node meat had a strange smell, so disgusting that she added extra soy sauce, scallions, and cilantro to mask the odor, then made it into buns and dumplings to sell to others.
All the money saved went into Liu Chunhua's pocket. Shu Jiandang was not implicated because he was kept in the dark from beginning to end.
They came to Deyang to start their own businesses, learned Shu Aiguo's roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) recipe, and opened their shops opposite Shu Aiguo's shop, all because they were envious of Shu Aiguo's success.
Now look what's happened. They didn't make any money, and they even lost their lives. It's not easy being stuck on the sidelines at the police station. If Liao Hongmei doesn't go home for the New Year, Shu Jiandang's house will be empty and cold, and there won't be any festive atmosphere for the New Year.
He was penniless and utterly destitute. When he went out, he saw that the Shu family's shop was full of people. Shu Jiandang was so angry that he wanted to kill them. If he wasn't afraid of being caught by the police, he would have put some rat poison in the Shu family's pot!
We need to find a way to deal with Shu Aiguo!
The moment this idea popped into his head, Shu Jiandang seized on it. He was even more daring than Shu Aiguo; otherwise, he wouldn't have kept his own sister, Shu Hui, out of the house, nor would he have let Xiao Jiang eat the rotten watermelon.
It was about to rain. Chu Yu went upstairs to close the window and saw Shu Jiandang staring in the direction of the Shu family. Shu Jiandang's expression was ferocious, and he was gritting his teeth.
Chu Yu knew Shu Jiandang's character. When running a business, she was afraid of encountering such a despicable person, so she wanted to find someone to keep an eye on Shu Jiandang.
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