Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

The braised meat shop was already struggling to stay afloat. That's why Yan Bugui and Qin Huairu had such a crazy idea.

To put it bluntly, their thinking is the same as Yi Zhonghai's old tactics.

That means having the people in the hospital cover the losses.

Back then, Yi Zhonghai wanted to gain the Jia family's gratitude, but he was unwilling to make any sacrifices.

The best solution is to find a sucker.

In the normal course of the story, Yi Zhonghai made Sha Zhu collect garbage for two years.

In the past two years, he has been training Sha Zhu like a dog while using small favors to make Jia Dongxu obey.

After two years of training, Sha Zhu became obedient, and he also cultivated the greed of the Jia family.

Yi Zhonghai's small favors were no longer enough to satisfy the Jia family's appetite.

To avoid becoming a sucker, he accepted the deaf old lady's suggestion and got Sha Zhu an apprenticeship at the steel rolling mill.

After Sha Zhu made money, he tricked Sha Zhu into helping the Jia family so as to ease his burden.

Unfortunately, even a simple gift like Guang Shazhu couldn't satisfy the Jia family's appetite, so Yi Zhonghai had to hold a donation conference for them.

Normally, the Jia family relies on Sha Zhu to support them, but if things get really bad, they'll pull in the people from the courtyard house.

The people in the hospital are his backup plan.

When Sha Zhu was around, he didn't donate to the Jia family very often.

No one in the courtyard realized Yi Zhonghai's purpose.

Without Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai would have had to resort to this trump card multiple times in order to support the Jia family.

After using it many times, the people in the courtyard realized his true purpose.

In recent years, their prestige has been insufficient to utilize this trump card.

Now that they had reached a dead end, Yan Bugui and Qin Huairu remembered this trump card again.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the two of them, but couldn't agree: "You should forget about it."

Everyone in our compound has become selfish and self-serving.

Do you think they'll agree?

Qin Huairu was unwilling to give up: "But we're not just taking advantage of them for nothing."

Yi Zhonghai said, "Don't you even look at who's eating meat every day?"

Wu Tiezhu and Miao Jianye, a married couple, rarely eat at home.

Xu Damao is a scoundrel; if you tell him to go east, he'll insist on going west.

How many other families can afford to eat meat every day?

We can't just sell to Old Liu all the time.

Liu Haizhong wasn't keen on buying it either. Ever since Yi Zhonghai and the others opened their braised meat shop, Liu Haizhong had almost gotten sick of eating it.

After the New Year, he would rather fall out with Yi Zhonghai and the others than accept the meat they offered.

Yan Bugui sighed helplessly: "Then what do you suggest we do? We only get a few orders a day, and the little money we earn isn't even enough to cover our wages."

Yi Zhonghai had no answer to this question.

They couldn't even find the cause of the problem, so how could they possibly come up with a solution?

Those guys are just not cut out for business; no matter how good the ideas are, they won't make money in their hands.

When it comes to doing business, they are not as good as Liu Haizhong.

Xu Damao didn't drink much at Li Dagen's house. After he had eaten and drunk his fill, he took the remaining fried chicken to Liu Haizhong's house.

"Uncle Liu, how are the profits this month?"

The Liu father and son exchanged a glance and reached a tacit understanding.

After the New Year, they secretly registered a company.

Most of the business was conducted under the name of the new company, with only a small portion being conducted under the name of the business partnership with Xu Damao.

These days, Liu Haizhong hasn't been showing up in the yard, just in case he runs into Xu Damao.

Liu Haizhong awkwardly explained, "Da Mao, I'm really sorry, there was a bit of an unexpected problem with the business."

As you know, I've offended quite a few people in the past. After you stepped in, they deliberately made things difficult for us.

Therefore, this month's profit is only one-tenth of what it used to be.

Xu Damao wasn't angry at all after hearing this; instead, he laughed and said, "Even a note from Director Lan won't work?"

Liu Guangtian added, "Damn it, a local official is more powerful than a county magistrate. Director Lan's note is fine, but it's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with his underlings."

They're deliberately making things difficult for us, and there's nothing we can do. We can't go to Director Lan for every little thing.

Xu Damao's expression gradually turned cold. He didn't interfere in company affairs, but that didn't mean he wasn't keeping an eye on this matter.

His friends had already told him that Liu Haizhong was asking for a larger share this month than before.

"Uncle Liu, when doing business, you must be honest."

Yi Zhonghai's braised meat shops failed because of their poor reputation, which led to a lack of customers.

Don't you think so?

It's impossible to tell from Liu Haizhong whether Xu Damao noticed or not.

He could only awkwardly agree with Xu Damao: "You're right. Honesty is essential in business."

Fearing that Xu Damao would notice, Liu Guangtian quickly assured him, "Brother Damao, don't worry, in a couple of days I'll buy some things and go apologize to those people."

I guarantee that next month's profits will be absolutely guaranteed.

Xu Damao sneered: "I hope you can keep your word."

For Xu Damao, the rebar business was no longer a big deal.

Whether or not he takes the business is of little consequence to him.

The problem is, he can do without it, but the Liu family can't treat him like a monkey.

Xu Damao was a vengeful person and already had several ways to deal with Liu Haizhong in mind.

He wants the Liu family to pay the price.

Liu Guangtian assumed Xu Damao had no suspicions, so he quickly changed the subject: "Brother Damao, where did you buy these things?"

Xu Damao didn't openly express his intention to break with the Liu family, but instead brought up the fried chicken shop.

"You asked about that? He Yuzhu's Xiangpiao Bancheng Fried Chicken shop opened today, and I'm here to support him."

You guys should try it; the fried chicken at his shop is especially delicious.

After leaving the fried chicken, Xu Damao returned to his room. He had long considered Liu Haizhong's betrayal and had a solution in mind.

Therefore, today's events had no impact on him whatsoever.

At most, it would just mean a slight decrease in income for one month. This amount would be far less than his current income.

The second aunt said with some concern, "Has Xu Damao noticed anything wrong?"

Liu Haizhong said, "Probably not. If he senses something is wrong, he'll definitely make a scene."

Liu Guangfu ate a chicken leg before speaking: "Mom, don't worry."

My brother and I basically smoothed out all the relationships with the rebar factory.

Even if he finds out, what can he do?
He doesn't do anything now, so why should he take money from us for nothing?

Liu Guangtian added, "We can't be blamed for this."

He made money with He Yuzhu without ever taking us along. He was unjust first, so you can't blame us for being heartless.

Seeing that both her sons said so, the second aunt felt relieved.

Seeing Liu Guangtian eating with relish, she also picked up a chicken nugget and tried it.

"I must say, the food sold at He Yuzhu's restaurant is really delicious."

It tastes even better when it's freshly made.

I have no idea how he did it.

"Why don't we go check it out tomorrow? He's a big boss now, and he's still doing this kind of business. He must be making a lot of money."

The two Liu brothers were already wondering if they could follow He Yuzhu's example and open a fried chicken shop as well.

Rebar is not as profitable as it used to be. The two brothers have been trying to find a way to make money.

Unfortunately, they searched for a long time but couldn't find a suitable one.

When it comes to making money, the two brothers are quite envious of Xu Damao.

Xu Damao didn't have to do anything; He Yuzhu just fed him the project.

Xu Damao only needs to find someone to finish the work, and there won't be any problems.

They also wanted to learn from Xu Damao. (End of Chapter)