Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

The hot pot restaurant was not far from Yan Jiecheng's restaurant.

Yan Jiecheng and his wife had already heard the news. They felt that without Yu Li's competition, the restaurant's business would be better.

As a result, things backfired.

After Yu Li's hot pot restaurant opened, customers flocked to it.

Yan Jiecheng and his wife's restaurant still wasn't doing well. In fact, many people went to eat hot pot instead.

The weather is quite cold now, which is perfect for hot pot.

"Yu Li did it on purpose. She's determined to ruin our restaurant."

Seeing the hot pot restaurant packed with customers, Yan Jiecheng was filled with jealousy.

He also suffers from the common problem of courtyard houses: he never finds fault with himself.

Hao Min said impatiently, "What's the use of saying all this? I should have known better than to listen to your father and argue with them about separating the family."

Now, Hao Min truly regrets it.

Originally, when she discussed it with Yu Li, she had envisioned opening a branch store in the future.

With the opening of branch stores, they will naturally earn more money.

Of course, she didn't take it too seriously at the time. After all, running a restaurant was already quite a struggle for them.

Later, Yan Bugui made a move, and she forgot about her dream of opening a branch store.

Then I started thinking about separating from Yu Li.

I originally thought that I could earn more money after the family split up.

As a result, after the family split up, they were even more tired than before, but they didn't earn as much money.

Yan Jiecheng said helplessly, "Then what do you suggest we do? Follow her example and turn it into a hot pot restaurant?"

Hao Min said, "Are you stupid? Don't you even know what time it is? The New Year is almost here. If we turn into a hot pot restaurant, how will we keep doing business?"

With so many people, should we still pay their salaries?

Yan Jiecheng sighed: "This won't work, that won't work, what should we do?"
Why is it that she makes so much money running a restaurant, but we can't?

Hao Min snorted: "Why do you say that? I think I understand now. He Yuzhu said something that is truly a wise saying."

"What did you say?" Yan Jiecheng asked.

Hao Min said, "What else could it be? Of course, it's what he said: anything involving the three old men and Qin Huairu will not be done."

The three old men and Qin Huairu are just a hindrance.

Yan Jiecheng harbored resentment towards Yan Bugui and the others, but as their son, he didn't want others to speak ill of his father in that way.

"Don't say that. Xu Damao's business with Second Uncle is doing just fine."

Hao Min said dismissively, "What do you mean 'good and good'? He and Xu Damao have basically separated their households."

I bet you, his business with Xu Damao will fall apart sooner or later.

The reason is that your father and Yi Zhonghai went to deceive him.

Hearing Hao Min speak so firmly, Yan Jiecheng had no way to refute her.

It's hard to say what else will happen, but the thing about Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui conning Liu Haizhong will definitely happen.

Yan Jiecheng said guiltily, "They're running a steamed bun shop now, they don't have time to fool Second Uncle."

Hao Min chuckled twice.

Yi Zhonghai's steamed bun shops are basically at the point where they can no longer stay in business.

Several elderly men and women in their seventies get up at three in the morning every day to make steamed buns. It's quite remarkable that they've been able to persist for so long.

Hao Min is right.

Yi Zhonghai and several others are no longer able to hold on.

Jia Zhangshi went on strike a couple of days ago. She gets up so early every day, but she barely earns any money.

If it weren't for the fact that she was the object of the joke, she would have quit long ago.

That morning, she really couldn't get up and didn't want to go, so she didn't go.

Today, Yan Bugui caught a cold because he got up too early and couldn't even get out of bed.

Not only him, but also the three aunts and Yi Zhonghai felt uncomfortable.

Several people sat in Yan's house, discussing what to do.

Qin Huairu was also worried. The steamed bun shop had been open for so long, but she hadn't made much money, and her dream of getting rich was a far cry from reality.

Yan Bugui is sick again and is forcing her to use the money from the steamed bun shop to buy medicine.

Yi Zhonghai was already at his breaking point, but he was too embarrassed to back out. Just then, Yan Bugui caught a cold, so he took the opportunity to suggest withdrawing.

"Huai Ru, we can't go on like this. We're all over seventy, not young anymore."

If this continues for another two days, your third aunt and I will get sick too.

Yan Bugui didn't dare to persist either. Making money was important, but it couldn't compare to his life.

"Old Yi is right. We're risking our lives to make money, and the problem is we're not even making much."

Qin Huairu said helplessly, "I know we can't do this, but what about our shop?"

The group fell silent.

After a long silence, Yi Zhonghai finally said, "Why don't we just transfer it out?"

Qin Huairu disagreed: "I even took early retirement at the steel rolling mill for the sake of the steamed bun shop."

What will I do if I transfer the shop?

This is also an unsolvable problem.

For Yan Bugui, the lack of income in Qinhuai is not a major problem.

But for Yi Zhonghai, this was a big problem. He had to spend money to support Qin Huairu.

The group discussed it for a long time, but couldn't come up with a good solution.

Left with no other choice, they had to disperse.

I saw Xu Damao again when I went out; he came in carrying a plastic bag.

"Uncle Li, I bought some braised meat. Would you like to try some?"

Li Dagen said, "No need, you can take it home and eat it."

Xu Damao didn't care about anything else, he just grabbed a bag, gave it to Li Dagen, and went home. He didn't speak to Yi Zhonghai or the others the whole time.

Yi Zhonghai is a rather contradictory person. He looks down on Xu Damao and doesn't want to talk to him.

He was still angry that Xu Damao didn't greet him.

Qin Huai stared thoughtfully at the object in Xu Damao's hand.

Their problem now is that the most profitable time for steamed buns is in the morning, but unfortunately, no one can get up early every day to prepare them.

If I don't have to get up early, then there's no problem.

Just as Yi Zhonghai was about to call Qin Huairu home, Qin Huairu pulled him back to the Yan family home.

"Old Yi, Old Yan, I just saw Xu Damao and I thought of a good idea."

Yi Zhonghai snorted: "Don't mention Xu Damao. We opened the steamed bun shop because we listened to his advice."

Old Yan got sick from exhaustion, and we didn't make any money.

I even suspect he told us that on purpose, just to exhaust us.

That's his prejudice.

Given Xu Damao's relationship with them, it's absolutely impossible for him to give them advice on how to make money.

Furthermore, selling steamed buns is quite a profitable business.

It's their fault for not knowing how to do business; it's not Xu Damao's fault.

The buns they made got smaller and smaller every day, and the taste got worse and worse every day.

People spend money to eat out because they want to eat something good.

Their steamed buns aren't good, so why would anyone fall for their tricks?

Qin Huai said, "Old Yi, let me finish. Our problem is that we can't get up early. If we had a business that didn't require us to get up early, the problem wouldn't exist."

Yi Zhonghai was still lost in his own thoughts: "We went from being a restaurant to a steamed bun shop, we can't go back to being one, can we?"

Yan Bugui felt that Qin Huairu could come up with a good idea, so he said, "Old Yi, don't interrupt, let Huairu finish speaking."

Qin Huai thought for a moment and said, "Actually, we could sell braised meat."

People have money now and are willing to spend money on meat.

Putting everything else aside, just look at how much meat Xu Damao and Lao Liu buy every week.

We sell braised meat. We prepare the meat in the morning and sell it at noon and in the evening.

What do you think? "

Yan Bugui's eyes lit up, and so did the third aunt's eyes.

Only Yi Zhonghai, with a hint of reluctance, genuinely wanted to retire and didn't want to work anymore. (End of Chapter)