The stubborn cousin that Captain Zhang mentioned is Zhang Zhenglei.
Zhang Zhengguang was sentenced to death and is waiting to be executed in the autumn. He is sitting in prison with no desire to live. Zhang Zhongming and Ye Guihua are still trying to use their connections to help him. Using their connections costs money, but the money of the Zhang family is all earned from Hongyun Restaurant.
In order to prevent the two men from spending all the money, Zhang Zhenglei gave all the banknotes to Captain Zhang and said that he would return Hongyun Restaurant to him to run.
At this moment, the box full of banknotes was neatly placed in front of Su Liuer.
Su Liuer felt as if she smelled a strong smell of money. Zhang Zhenglei was really willing to spend money.
In response to Captain Zhang's serious question, Su Liuer first asked him:
"Do you think your cousin is sincere in what he said?" She didn't know anything about Zhang Zhenglei and had never even met him. Naturally, she couldn't judge whether Zhang Zhenglei was sincere or not. She could only ask Captain Zhang himself.
Without a second thought, Captain Zhang replied confidently, "Of course I'm sincere! I've been telling him this all afternoon. If he just pretended, why would he send all the money? And the deeds to the Hongyun Restaurant are all down here."
As he spoke, he took out the folded land deeds and house deeds from the box and handed them to Su Liuer.
Su Liuer took it and unfolded it to look at it. It was true.
Captain Zhang continued earnestly and somewhat excitedly to defend Zhang Zhenglei, saying, "My uncle, aunt, and cousin are certainly not good people, but that doesn't affect the fact that my cousin is an upright and honest man!"
"He and I have been close since we were young, and he said early on that when he grew up, he would persuade my uncle and aunt to return the restaurant to me. I used to think he just said it casually because he was young, but now I know he really meant it, and he has been working hard for all these years."
Mrs. Zhang also said, "He really doesn't look like a member of that family. He's different." Her tone was full of regret. They were all family members, eating and drinking the same things, so how could they grow up to be completely different people?
Since Captain Zhang and Mrs. Zhang were so optimistic about Zhang Zhenglei, Su Liuer said, "That's easy. You just take the land deeds and house deeds, give him the money, and ask him to help continue running the restaurant. Then you can give him dividends every month."
Captain Zhang was stunned, blinked, and asked doubtfully, "Is this okay? Will he agree?"
Su Liuer smiled confidently and nodded, "If what you two just said is true, then he should agree."
"Liu'er is right, let's listen to her." Mrs. Zhang said from the side.
Captain Zhang nodded. He also felt that Su Liuer's clever idea must be effective and reliable. He asked again, "Then how much dividend should I give him?"
Su Liuer raised her hand and made a five.
"Fifty-fifty? Isn't it too much to give it half if we don't do anything?" Captain Zhang frowned slightly, with a look of disapproval on his face.
"Not much." Su Liuer shook her head.
She explained, "After all, this restaurant is truly your family's property, Big Brother Zhang. It's not just Zhang Zhenglei who's running it. If you could just find another manager and pay him a monthly salary, why would you need to share half of the profits? I can imagine that Zhang Zhenglei would understand this, too. That's why he feels like he's taking too much."
Captain Zhang nodded, seemingly understanding, and replied, "Alright then. I'll go to Shanghe County tomorrow and tell him, 'Sister Su, are you free tomorrow? How about you come with me?' I'm afraid he'll trick me again. He's quite the shrewd fellow!"
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