I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Hearing Granny Kui's hearty laughter, Old Man Yang, who was having breakfast, was very happy. He thought to himself that Granny Kui had come to him on her own before he even had a chance to see her.

It turned out that after chatting with his two younger brothers last night, Old Man Yang had given it some serious thought. He realized that he could no longer live his life in a daze as before, and that he needed to plan ahead for some things.

He wanted to find a reliable person in his village to open a small restaurant with. Ostensibly, the young man would run the restaurant, but in reality, Old Man Yang was the one secretly operating it.

Old Man Yang needed a young man who was passionate about life, thoughtful, and ambitious, but lacked courage and was someone he could easily control.

What are you laughing at? Why are you laughing so happily?

Grandma Kui covered her mouth with both hands and said, "We were laughing at your Jianlin for bragging." Not long after, she was scolded by Sister-in-law Longzhen.

Jianlin: Things like today happen all the time in my family. What's so funny? You country bumpkin.

When Grandma Kui heard Jianlin call her a country bumpkin, her face immediately turned ugly.

Longzhen quickly took Grandma Kui's hand and said, "Sister, my Jianlin is a little bad at speaking! So please don't take any unpleasant things he says to heart."

At this moment, Old Yang raised his hand, hooked one finger up, and was about to smash it on Jianlin's little head when he seemed to remember something and put it down.

Ding-dong! The "Good Guy Card" has been automatically attached to Old Man Yang! From now on, Old Man Yang will no longer have violent tendencies and will become very gentle.

A friendly reminder: there are only two "Good Guy" cards left in stock, and one has already been used. Please use the remaining one carefully!

"If I use up both of these 'good guy' cards and want a few more, how can I get them?" Zhu Zhu asked, communicating with the system using her divine sense.

Doing good deeds and accumulating enough merit will earn you a "good person card." Transforming a bad person into an upright and kind one will bring you a certain amount of blessings.

Old Man Yang: Jianlin! How come you've learned to talk big now? Haven't I been telling you to read more books?

Jianlin: Father, I will listen to you! Every night I read a few pages of the Tao Te Ching before going to bed.

Jianmei: Then why do you still talk big? Don't you know that talking too much big talk will make people dislike you? So we should try our best not to talk big!

While Old Man Yang was talking with his two children, Granny Kui was wondering whether she should reveal her purpose. What she wanted to say seemed a bit like stealing someone's money. It was all her fault for not having a son; even this small matter required her, as his mother, to intervene.

Old Man Yang looked at Granny Kui, who was still standing beside him; "Is there something you haven't told us?"

Grandma Kui: I have something important to tell you, but how can I possibly say it out loud!

Longzhen; We've been from the same village for so many years! We're like family. What's there that family members wouldn't dare to say to each other?

Old Man Yang: Yes, yes! Longzhen is right! Is it that you want us to help you with something, but you're too embarrassed to ask?

Grandma Kui nodded. "My son insisted I come to your house to get some crispy loach for him to try. Last night, after your guests left, one of my son's good friends came over. He mentioned that the crispy loach you fried was delicious. He'd like to come and learn how to make it, and he's thinking of opening a small eatery not far from home someday."

Old Man Yang: This kid's idea is great! Loaches are plentiful around here, and there's practically no cost. It's worth trying to open a snack shop like this.

Grandma Kui: Wouldn't that cut off your family's source of income? After all, this wonderful thing was made by your two girls! You would definitely make a fortune selling it.

Old Man Yang waved his hand; It's alright! Besides, what I want to open in the future is a tavern, not a snack shop.

Grandma Kui: Well, I'm a little embarrassed! How about this? When my son comes to learn how to make crispy loach from you, you can give Zhuzhu a little bit of the tuition fee.

Old Man Yang: How about this? I originally wanted to open a small tavern on my own, but what I meant was that your son and I would open a tavern together.

Grandma Kui: This idea is good! But you know my son's temper; he's impulsive. Take his idea of ​​opening a snack shop, for example! I don't even know if it's just a passing fancy or if he intends to do it long-term.

Old Man Yang: I think your son is very good! He's a very thoughtful person! If you have an idea, then go and realize it. How many young people these days have ideas but don't dare to boldly put them into practice?

Grandma Kui; but all his ideas are nonsense. Last year, he said he wanted to take some of the oranges from our garden, juice them, and sell them. He even set up a stall on the roadside! His father and I both opposed him doing that! But this child wouldn't listen to us! He insisted on setting up a street stall...

Zhu Zhu wondered why this young man's ideas were so avant-garde. Could he also be a time traveler?

Zhuzhu: Ah! Dad, when did you first have this idea?

Old Man Yang: I had this idea a few years ago, but I hesitated to act because I was afraid of our family's power.

Zhuzhu: But Dad! You need to prepare two or three years in advance to open a tavern! Things like rice wine definitely need to be brewed in advance, right?

Old Man Yang: Hahaha! You little girl, you still think about these things? Don't worry, all the rice wine you've made over the years is stored in our family's wine cellar.

Zhuzhu: But that's not enough! We don't make much rice wine every year, do we? And didn't you drink most of it, Dad?

Longzhen said with a smile, "This child has really forgotten everything! Doesn't your father ask you to go up the mountain to pick azaleas and peach blossoms every spring to make peach blossom wine for me? Have you ever seen your father drink that wine?"

Jianmei: No! Oh right! Yiyao, what about the azalea wine and peach blossom wine you brewed for Father? How come we've never seen Father drink them?

Old Man Yang; you little girls just remembered the azalea wine and peach blossom wine you brewed, right? They're all hidden in our wine cellar.

Zhuzhu scratched her hair with her little hands; "When did we get a wine cellar? I had no idea."

Longzhen; Four years ago, one night, your father told me he wanted to open a tavern and asked me to make more rice wine this winter to store it.

Old Man Yang: You little brats know that our family has a lot of farmland. We don't grow any other crops on our farmland, only rice and glutinous rice. The rice is used to supply our daily needs, while the glutinous rice is used to brew rice wine.

Zhuzhu: I see! That explains why my family always likes to grow glutinous rice.