Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Xu Damao ran into Duan Zicong and Jin Youcai in the morning and, upon learning that they were going to deliver something to He Yuzhu, insisted on going with them.

Duan Zicong didn't stand on ceremony and forced him to help push the cart.

Xu Damao has been living a life of luxury for the past few years and hasn't worked for a long time.

I helped push the cart, and I almost exhausted him.

Seeing his spineless attitude, He Yuzhu really didn't want to talk to him.

Upon arriving at He Yuzhu's courtyard, He Yuzhu began to inspect these items.

The items are indeed of good quality, but they are all from the Qing Dynasty, and most of them are from the late Qing Dynasty.

Overall, the price isn't too expensive.

He Yuzhu held a porcelain bottle and examined it carefully.

Jin Youcai explained, "This was bought from the next village. They charged us two hundred yuan for it."

He Yuzhu put down the porcelain bottle and looked at the other items.

Basically, these items cost between two and three hundred yuan when purchased, and none exceeded four hundred yuan.

"Brother Jin, the items are all quite nice. I've calculated that you must have spent around five thousand yuan on these things, right?"

Jin Youcai quickly replied, "Not that much. Three thousand of them were lent to us by MCA. We only spent two thousand."

He Yuzhu said, "Don't worry about the money that MCA lent you."

These things cost five thousand, but I'll give you ten thousand. What do you think?

Jin Youcai's face showed an incredulous expression. After careful calculation, he realized that they had earned eight thousand yuan this time.

In this day and age, eight thousand yuan is not a small amount for ordinary people.

After realizing what was happening, Jin Youcai quickly refused, "Zhuzi, you don't need that much. Three thousand yuan is enough."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "It's nothing. You've gone to so much trouble to collect these things."

"You all deserve this."

Jin Youcai declined several times, but eventually accepted the money.

“My brother said that they also found a set of mahogany furniture, which belonged to a landlord in the next town.”

"What style?"

Jin Youcai took out a photo from his pocket and showed it to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu glanced at it and immediately recognized it as furniture from the Ming Dynasty.

"How about we go take a look together tomorrow?"

Jin Youcai said, "No problem. I'll go to my brother's house in a bit, give him the money, and let him know."

After Jin Youcai left, Xu Damao finally spoke: "Are these things really that valuable?"

He Yuzhu didn't hide anything from him: "These are all antiques from the Qing Dynasty. Not many have survived to this day. Do you think they're valuable?"

Xu Damao became interested and carefully examined these items.

He's just browsing aimlessly; he doesn't understand any of this stuff.

After looking around for a while, Xu Damao suddenly asked, "Do you think I should buy some antiques too?"

He Yuzhu said, "You can buy it, but you have to be careful not to get scammed. There are a lot of fakes out there."

Xu Damao said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? I used to show movies in the countryside, and I knew a lot of people. I also went to the countryside to collect these things, just like you."

Okay, let's forget about that.

Back in the day, Xu Damao had a mother-in-law in every village.

He might actually be able to get some real stuff by going down this route.

He Yuzhu was a little worried that his former lovers would pester him if they saw him.

Upon further reflection, He Yuzhu abandoned his worry.

Xu Damao's lovers are all at least in their forties now, and their children are probably all married, so they won't bother him much anymore.

As the two were chatting, a man arrived at the Chaoyang Hotel. He was a security guard named Ge Zhiyu.

Ge Zhiyu was also a soldier before. After retiring from the military, he came to work at He Yuzhu's company.

After he established himself in Beijing, he brought his parents from Fangshan to Beijing.

He Yuzhu thought their family was reliable, so he let them live in this courtyard house.

Here are some of He Yuzhu's antiques, which aren't particularly valuable.

"What is it?" Ge Zhiyu said, "Mr. He, Mr. Lou asked me to tell you that someone from Nanluoguxiang called and said that Yi Zhonghai and a few others came to Chaoyang Hotel to see you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao exclaimed, "Those old guys have such a keen sense of smell."

This morning, Qin Huai came to my house to find out about you.

Also, Yan Bugui went to Duan Zicong's house in the morning and probably saw Jin Youcai at the door.

They guessed you were back.

He Yuzhu had thought that a few people would know he was back, but he never expected them to arrive so quickly.

These people do have very sensitive noses.

After thinking for a moment, He Yuzhu told Ge Zhiyu to go back and tell Lou Xiao'e that he was not going to Chaoyang Hotel.

It's best to avoid Yi Zhonghai and his group.

Yi Zhonghai and his gang are just old scoundrels now; arguing with them will do you no good at all.

Even if He wins the argument, He Yuzhu won't get any benefits and will only become a laughing stock.

If he loses the argument, he's finished. Those people will do everything they can to turn him into a fool.

Of course, losing is impossible.

Xu Damao said with a smile, "If you have nowhere to go, let's go to the construction site together."

The garment factory is basically all set up too.

He Yuzhu thought about it and realized that there was nothing wrong.

Yesterday they went to visit He Daqing. He Daqing is living a very comfortable life, with no worries about food or drink.

He Yushui and He Yuqing, sisters, would visit each other every few days.

This morning, Lin Jinghan took her child to visit Lin Zhijie.

He had originally planned to go to a restaurant, but given the current situation, it was indeed not a suitable place to go.

So He Yuzhu went to the construction site with Xu Damao.

When He Yuzhu arrived at the construction site, he found that Qin Jingru had been promoted from cooking in the canteen to warehouse management.

Xu Damao explained, "This Qin Jingru is similar to Qin Huairu in one way: they both belong to the Pixiu (a mythical creature).

Letting her manage the warehouse will save me a lot of costs.

This is a good idea.

Having someone who only takes in goods and never takes them out in charge of the warehouse certainly eliminates concerns about items being lost.

Of course, this only applies to Qin Jingru. Qin Jingru is stingy and greedy, but she still has some bottom lines.

If it were Qin Huairu, it wouldn't work. Qin Huairu would definitely consider these things her own.

Once it's inside, don't even think about getting it out.

Even if Xu Damao, the boss, came, he wouldn't be able to get Qin Huairu to take it out.

I remember that after Qin Huairu acquired the restaurant, he personally managed it for a period of time.

When she was in charge, she treated everything as her own, and she was even reluctant to spend money on buying ingredients.

She changed the restaurant's supplier, finding a small vendor instead. One time, the vendor bought a bunch of unusable ingredients, which infuriated Sha Zhu.

You know, Sha Zhu doesn't care about anything else in his life except his cooking skills.

If Qin Huai uses these ingredients, it will ruin Sha Zhu's reputation.

Qin Huairu tried every trick in the book, but still couldn't get Sha Zhu to forgive him.

Finally, Yi Zhonghai was brought in. He used the trick of feigning illness to get Sha Zhu to forgive Qin Huairu.

This incident also angered Tang Yanling, Xiao Dang, and Xiao Huaihua.

The three women, sisters-in-law, joined forces to oust Qin Huairu from the restaurant's management, leaving her only as a shareholder.

Actually, this matter also frightened Yi Zhonghai and the other old men.

At that time, Lou Xiao'e broke up with Sha Zhu and took He Xiao back to Hong Kong.

The happy lives of Yi Zhonghai and his friends all depended on the restaurant business.

If the restaurant goes out of business, their happy life will also be ruined.

This time, Yi Zhonghai did not support Qin Huairu.

With everyone working together, Qin Huairu had no choice but to return to the courtyard house to continue serving the old men, including Yi Zhonghai. (End of Chapter)