When it was time to rest at night, Wang Xiaolan would sleep with her eldest grandson, while Feng Xiaomei would sleep with her mother and Ye Xiandao.
Ye Tianya said that he would sleep with his eldest son for one night so that the two of them could have a chat!
Just like that, the father and son lit up a cigarette and smoked together in the room.
Ye Tianya whispered something that Ye Zhiqiu had never thought about.
"The inheritance of our Ye family lineage, as you should know from the family tree, is a full eight hundred years old. However, there is one thing that is not recorded, so you don't know it. The father of our ancestor was involved in a palace coup and faced the fate of having his entire clan executed.
After our ancestor escaped the disaster, he was the only one left in the Ye family! So after he went through hardships and revived our Ye family, in order to avoid the recurrence of the nine-line extermination and the cessation of the Ye family's incense and inheritance, he established a rule: the Ye family is divided into two branches, one bright and one dark!
We are the Ye family's Ming branch. The An branch's surname is now Chen, the origin of the Ye family name! And because of the wars in recent years, the An branch has encountered serious problems. The male offspring of this generation are not thriving. So... our Ming branch needs to give birth to more male offspring and let them transfer to the An branch..."
Ye Zhiqiu already had a guess in his mind, so he was not too surprised. Instead, he asked, "Dad, since they are divided into two groups, the light and the dark, can they recognize each other?"
Ye Tianya nodded and said, "In fact, every generation will experience a lack of male offspring, so either male offspring from the visible branch are transferred to the hidden branch, or male offspring from the hidden branch are transferred to the visible branch. Your grandfather has two children, my half-brothers, who run the family business in the hidden branch. Now they have no male offspring, so we need to provide them with male offspring. We are all from the same ancestor, and the blood flowing in our bodies is the same. They will also treat the children as their own.
Although it may be a bit cold-blooded and cruel, our Ye family has been able to survive to this day because of the clan rules of the two branches! Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, our Ming branch had suffered heavy losses, and it was also the Dark branch that supplemented the male population, which allowed the two branches to develop together to this day.
Ye Zhiqiu scratched his head and said, "In fact, in this case, the reason why our family tree does not allow intermarriage with the surname Shen is not because of discord among our ancestors, but because they are worried that marrying with the surname Shen will cause trouble with the people from the hidden branch?"
Ye Tianya nodded. After refilling his cigarette, he revealed a helpless look on his face. "There are only two male offspring in this generation of the Anzhi family. With such a small population, it's impossible to control and develop the Anzhi family's business. So, your second uncle forced me to find a concubine. After she gives birth to a son, she will go live with the child in the Anzhi family."
Ye Zhiqiu breathed a sigh of relief. He scratched his head and said, "So that's the situation. I didn't know about this. I was just pounced on by a woman, and I couldn't help but give her..."
Ye Tianya said helplessly, "You should be more careful. Many people who know your identity are only after money and status. But I'm like that myself, so I can't say anything to you. You just have to be nicer to Xiaomei.
For people of our background, many things are beyond our control. Enjoying wealth and glory comes with the responsibility of carrying on the family legacy. These things cannot be changed by personal will, and we have no right to refuse them.
These things were really troublesome, so Ye Zhiqiu simply stopped thinking about them. All he could do was keep it a secret. Although he felt very sorry for Feng Xiaomei, he couldn't let her find out about this.
Ye Zhiqiu sighed in his heart, he was still a scumbag after all...
"Dad, is the development of the Dark Branch very bad?"
"Bullshit! The Dark Branch is richer than our Visible Branch! Otherwise, why would they send us additional males? It's because the business is booming and there aren't enough males to run so many businesses!"
"If I have an illegitimate child and send him there, will we still be able to recognize each other as fathers?"
"...Once you go there, you'll be surnamed Chen. In principle, except for the head of the family who can communicate with them, other family members are not allowed to contact the hidden branch family privately... Don't think too much, go to sleep! Tomorrow I have to go to the dock to check on the machinery and equipment that was shipped back this time."
"Well, go to sleep. I also have to inspect the store renovation work tomorrow."
The next day, Ye Zhiqiu drove to the shop after breakfast. Chen Weijie was now the shop manager, and Ye Zhiqiu had made him a non-staff liaison officer. He would notify him if anyone contacted him.
There is really no way, sometimes you really can't be willful.
Chen Weijie was training the male waiters to fry food, while Shi Meiling taught the female waiters how to make hamburgers and chicken rolls. The entire fried chicken shop has been standardized and has introduced hamburgers and chicken rolls, and French fries are also on the shelves.
The store in Causeway Bay is named Store No. 1, and its daily turnover has reached tens of thousands. Although the profit is only about 7,000, this income is already a very successful store in this era.
Ye Zhiqiu just took a look and saw that everything was in order, then set off to the next store that was being renovated.
As soon as the car stopped, He Wenhui, who was supervising the decoration, noticed it and hurried out.
"Boss, you're here."
"Well, how did the store inspection go? Didn't we have any problems with the renovations?"
"Someone over at Temple Street was trying to cause trouble, but I've already taken care of it. The renovations for the other shops are progressing normally. Boss, my sister made you some soup this morning and said she'd bring it to you for lunch."
Ye Zhiqiu: ...
For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He Wenxiu was always worried that her efforts would affect him, so she always made various nourishing soups for him...
Little did he know that the more he pampered her, the angrier he got, and the angrier he got, the more he wanted to beat her up, regardless of whether it was in the office or the bathroom. He was simply pampering her too much...
Since the other shops were busy, Ye Zhiqiu drove back to the head office, which was located in the Kwun Tong Industrial Park. The facilities there were more complete, at least the company's freezer was well built.
As soon as Ye Zhiqiu returned and parked the car, Ye Chenghai, a brother from the family's branch, came to greet him. The entire framework of the company was established by him, a guy who had studied abroad.
He looked at the document and said to Ye Zhiqiu, "Boss, we've got more people coming in from other regions today. Business is booming. We've signed a farming contract in Guangzhou, so starting next month, in addition to your supply, we'll have another source for chicken. It's just that potatoes are only just being grown in Guangzhou, so they don't have the right finished product available so quickly. We need your supply."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "Chenghai, how much inventory do we have now? Do you need me to arrange for the raw materials to be returned?"
"We still have 110,000 pieces in stock. Boss, you should make an order once every few days. After all, based on sales in other regions, they might open new branches."
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