Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Liu Lan came over with the menu and, seeing that it was Yan Bugui, kept giving He Daqing meaningful glances.

He Daqing pretended not to see it and put the menu on the table: "Old Yan, what do you want to eat? I'll have the kitchen make it."

Yan Bugui didn't stand on ceremony; he picked up the menu and started ordering. He ordered several of the more expensive dishes.

He Daqing quickly said, "Don't order so much. The two of us can't finish it."

Yan Bugui said, "You're so stingy. If you can't finish it, you can take it home. I won't mind."

He casually ordered two more expensive, famous dishes.

These were dishes he wanted to eat, but couldn't bear to spend the money to buy.

He didn't plan to finish all the food; he intended to pack it up and take it home so that his third aunt could try it, and also to show it off to Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong.

"That's all. Old He, I didn't expect your restaurant to have so many dishes."

"At this price, your restaurant must be making a lot of money."

He Daqing said, "What money are we making? Look at the restaurant's decor and the waiters; it costs a lot of money every day."

Oh, and please settle your bill.

Yan Bugui was about to suggest that he prepare some lunchboxes for him to pack up when he was startled by He Daqing's words.

"Wait, what did you say about settling the bill?"

"You pay the bill. Doesn't eating cost money?"

Yan Bugui pointed at his own nose: "You want me to pay the bill? Huh? Lao He, this is your restaurant, this is your home."

I came to your house for dinner, and you're actually making me pay the bill?

He Daqing calmly said, "You're the one who should apologize to me. If you don't pay the bill, do you expect me to pay it?"

Liu Lan, calculate the cost for Lao Yan and have him pay first.

Liu Lan had already calculated it: "It'll be two hundred and thirty-five yuan in total."

Yan Bugui quickly interrupted Liu Lan: "Old He, you're being a bit unreasonable."

When you opened your restaurant, you didn't invite any of us old neighbors.

Now I'm at your restaurant, having dinner with you, and you're making me pay?

Do you still recognize me as your old neighbor?

He Daqing snorted and retorted, "You still know that I'm your old neighbor. When you conspired with Yi Zhonghai to scheme against my family, did you never think that I was your old neighbor?"

Yan Bugui didn't even blink, directly shifting the blame to Yi Zhonghai: "That's because Old Yi wanted to deal with your family. I even helped Sha Zhu persuade him."

He Daqing said disdainfully, "Don't think I don't know what you did in the courtyard. I'm just too lazy to bother with you."

"If you want to eat, pay the bill; if you don't, just leave. If you head home now, you can still make it for lunch."

He Daqing got up to leave, but Liu Lan stopped Yan Bugui: "Comrade, are you going to eat or not?"

Of course, I won't eat it.

Making Yan Bugui spend over two hundred yuan on a meal is worse than killing him.

In the end, he could only leave in a huff.

He Yuzhu made Xu Damao a cup of tea: "Speak, what brings you here?"

Xu Damao and He Yuzhu's relationship didn't need any formalities; he simply asked, "Do you have any more electric bikes here? Give me one."

He Yuzhu asked him curiously, "What do you need an electric scooter for?"

Xu Damao said, "It's so convenient for me to do business on an electric bike."

Riding an electric bike to do business is actually not very convenient, especially for businesses like Xu Damao's that require him to travel around a lot.

Electric vehicles don't have a long range. They say it's 60 kilometers, but that's nowhere near that.

With its short battery life and long charging time, it's suitable for working people as a commuting tool, but not for someone like Xu Damao who runs a business.

After listening to He Yuzhu's analysis, Xu Damao realized that it was not appropriate.

"Then I need one too, for my daughter."

He Yuzhu said, "No need. Zhang Yan already has one. Even if I gave it to you, it wouldn't be convenient for you to take it back to the courtyard. If you need one, you can come to my place to ride it. I have one that's fully charged."

Thinking about the people in the courtyard house, Xu Damao decided not to insist. Mainly, he didn't have that much need for an electric car.

He Yuzhu wasn't unwilling to give Xu Damao the electric bicycle, but he felt that if he did, Xu Damao wouldn't be able to ride it, and it would benefit some other people.

Xu Damao didn't dwell on the question, but instead asked the customers who came to the restaurant to eat.

He Yuzhu asked curiously, "Your business has grown so big?"

Xu Damao said, "Of course. With my abilities, expanding the business is a piece of cake."

He Yuzhu didn't believe it at all. He had been the factory director of the steel rolling mill, and he was the one who purchased the equipment for the rebar mill.

He knew very well the output of the rebar mill.

In this life, the rebar mill produces more than before, but it's still far from enough.

Aside from the planned output, the rest was being eyed by many people.

Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong won't get much of a share at all.

He Yuzhu didn't expose Xu Damao. Keeping Xu Damao around might allow him to trick the people in the courtyard again.

"There are quite a few people who come to my restaurant to eat, including many from construction companies."

However, I'm not familiar with them. If you want to get to know them, you'll have to figure it out yourself.

Xu Damao didn't count on He Yuzhu: "Give me some discount coupons, and I'll figure something out."

He Yuzhu asked the waiter to give him more than a dozen discount coupons to keep for him.

Discount coupons are meant to attract customers, so giving them to him isn't a loss.

He Yuzhu and Xu Damao had lunch together and chatted briefly about things in the courtyard house.

He Yuzhu asked curiously, "Yan Bugui is thinking about doing business, but Qin Huairu isn't interested?"

Something is wrong.

With Sha Zhu backing her up, Qin Huairu didn't have to do anything. She only needed to cry a couple of times and pretend to be wronged, and someone would naturally stand up for her and force Sha Zhu to make money.

Now that Sha Zhu isn't there to back her up, how can she sit still?

Xu Damao said, "No wonder she can't sit still. But nobody pays attention to him. Who would want to involve others when there's a profitable business?"

He Yuzhu suddenly had a good idea and whispered it to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao slapped his thigh: "How come I didn't think of that? Those small factories in the suburbs are short of skilled workers."

Doesn't Yi Zhonghai call himself a level seven worker?
He can go out and find work, instead of sitting in the middle courtyard all day watching the people in the courtyard.

You have no idea how painful it is to go home now.

Yan Bugui was blocking the front yard, and Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi were added to the middle yard.

They have nothing to do all day, so they just sit there.

I earned the money myself, and I'm just buying some meat to eat. What does that have to do with him?

Why is he staring at me like that, with such an arrogant and disrespectful look?

He Yuzhu knew all too well what that feeling was, thanks to Sha Zhu's memories.

Especially during the period when Sha Zhu couldn't earn money. Every time he returned to the courtyard house and saw so many elderly people suffering along with him, he felt particularly guilty.

At that time, Sha Zhu really didn't want to stay in the yard. In order to make them live well, he suppressed his temper and begged and pleaded with everyone.

It's just that his temper has been spoiled for so many years, and he's been brainwashed by Yi Zhonghai's fallacies and heresies.

What seems normal to others, Shazhu finds abnormal. He simply cannot accept it.

Sha Zhu, deeply influenced by the courtyard house, would stand up for what he didn't like, showing no respect to anyone.

With a personality like that, you can forget about finding a job outside.

Xu Damao got the idea from He Yuzhu and couldn't sit still. After finishing his meal, he prepared to go to the courtyard house.

He Yuzhu didn't stop him and continued drawing blueprints in the nearby factory. (End of Chapter)