Not to mention Yan Bugui mumbling to himself there, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li quickly followed Cao Zhiqiang to his house.

By this time, the other three families in the west span of the Central Courtyard had all moved out, and the entire west span belonged to the Cao Zhiqiang family.

In a sense, Cao Zhiqiang owns an independent courtyard house.

However, Cao Zhiqiang did not close the verandah passage to the central courtyard, and there was no independent entrance gate on the west wall. To enter and exit the west courtyard, you have to pass through the main courtyard, so it cannot be considered independent, but only semi-independent.

As soon as everyone came in and saw Cao Zhiqiang walking to the east wing, Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but ask: "Cao Zhiqiang, didn't you buy the entire west courtyard? Why do you still live in the same place instead of the main house? You live in the north.

How nice is the house?”

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang said as he walked, "I plan to carry out a complete renovation here.

I asked someone from the Peking Design Institute to help me with the decoration. The decoration plan came out and they came over to start the construction in two days.

So, I am too lazy to make furniture until the construction is completed.

That is to say, you came early today, otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to see me here tomorrow.”

"Why?" Yu Li asked.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "That's right, I rented a house nearby, just north of the Yangtze Academy of Opera. We will move there tomorrow and move back after the renovation is completed."

"Oh, that's right." Yu Li nodded, then looked at the surrounding environment and said, "Oh, Cao Zhiqiang, you are still awesome. You have created such a big family business at a young age. You are indeed a hero!"

"That's right." Yan Jiecheng followed, "When I was your age, I didn't understand anything, but you were still the best."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head: "Everywhere, the policy is good. Okay, don't talk about it here, let's go in and talk about it."

As a result, as soon as Cao Zhiqiang opened the door, he was suddenly stunned.

Because he found that Cao Lili was holding a rolling pin and kept chasing Qiao Simei around the table.

As for Qiao Simei, she was walking around the big table in the middle, obviously avoiding Cao Lili.

"Stop, I have to spank you today!"

"I won't. I'm not a fool, so I won't wait to be beaten by you."

Suddenly, both of them realized something, stopped and turned their heads at the same time, and saw Cao Zhiqiang at a glance.

"Brother Cao!" Qiao Simei seemed to have met the great savior. He ran over quickly, hid behind Cao Zhiqiang, and hugged Cao Zhiqiang's waist tightly. "You see, my sister bullies me when you are not at home. You have to give me some help."

I make the decision!"

"You still dare to snitch?" Cao Lili said angrily, "Brother, I arranged the homework for Simei last night and promised her to finish it today. But when I came back from school, I checked and she didn't finish it at all.

It must have been another whole day of playing, how can this be possible?"

"Can you blame me?" Qiao Simei said, "You have arranged so many courses and so many homeworks, how can I do them?"

"Is this still much?" Cao Lili said, "The courses I arranged for you are based on the courses I used when I was in school, and they are already quite small."

"But I can't study alone." Qiao Simei said flatly, "I get a headache when I see the textbook and want to sleep."

"you!"

Speaking of this, Cao Lili looked at Cao Zhiqiang and said, "Brother, you have to find someone to take care of her quickly. We can't keep up like this."

"Yes, I will." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled, "But this matter cannot be urgent, so we have to find reliable people."

"We can't delay it any longer," Cao Lili said, "otherwise, you should quickly find someone to adopt her. As long as you adopt her, she can settle here and go to school properly."

"There's no need to rush this." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "Adoption is a big deal, and you have to find someone very reliable to do it. But don't worry, I know what's going on, so there's no rush."

"Isn't it just a nominal adoption? If you still live like this, what's the trouble?" Cao Lili asked with a frown.

"A nominal adoption is also a formal adoption." Cao Zhiqiang sighed, "Anyway, don't worry, I will get it done quickly and won't let Simei delay her studies for too long."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang said: "Well, I know about this, so you don't have to worry about it. Now, I'm going to tell someone something, and you guys go out to play for a while."

"No, I still have to do my homework." Cao Lili shook her head, "Simei can't play either, she has to finish her homework."

"No?" Qiao Simei said with a bitter face, "Sister, you are going too far."

"Shut up and come here!" Cao Lili glared, "Don't think that I won't dare to beat you with my brother's support. If you don't obey me, you won't be a rolling pin anymore!"

"Okay, Simei." Cao Zhiqiang also lowered his head and said, "Listen to your sister. Go to your room and do your homework. I have to listen to her in this regard."

Qiao Simei reluctantly let go and left Cao Zhiqiang. Then Cao Lili grabbed her wrist and dragged her to the south room.

After dealing with the two sisters, Cao Zhiqiang turned to Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li and said, "Sorry, I made you laugh."

"It's okay, it's okay." Yu Li said with a smile, "The two little girls are quite cute."

"Yes, yes." Yan Jiecheng laughed, "Lively and cute, pretty good."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Okay, let's go into the house."

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang took the lead and sat at the table: "Everyone sit down, sit down and talk."

After Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li also sat down, Cao Zhiqiang said, "If you have anything to do, just tell me."

Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li looked at each other, and then Yan Jiecheng winked at Li.

Yu Li shook her head, then smiled and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that we want to borrow some money from you."

"Borrow money?" Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "What are you borrowing money for?"

"That's it." Yan Jiecheng rushed to say, "Recently, the efficiency of the factory is not good, and then, aren't we all paying attention to the market economy and doing business in the sea these days? We just want to open a small restaurant nearby to earn some extra money.

But let's open a restaurant. If we don't share the money, don't you think you are the richest person in our hospital? I'll borrow some money from you."

"Oh, that's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "You two are planning to open a restaurant?"

"It's not the two of us." Yan Jiecheng said, "It's my wife. I'm still working in the unit. I can go over and help her when I have time."

"I understand." Cao Zhiqiang said, "But I am not saying that it is good to go into business on your own, but the risks are also very high. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.

Especially opening a restaurant may look good, but in fact there are many tricks inside.

The most important thing is, you open a restaurant and the food tastes good, but do you two know how to cook?"

"What's so difficult about this?" Yan Jiecheng said, "I'll just open a small restaurant and cook home-cooked meals. It's not difficult."

"If you think so, you are totally wrong." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "When we go out to eat, we all want to eat something good. For a change, if what we eat outside is the same as what we cook at home, who will?

How much does it cost to eat out?

What's more, there are so many restaurants now, the competition is so fierce, and rent, water and electricity are all money.

If the food you cook is not good and there are fewer customers, you will simply lose money."

"It doesn't matter." Yan Jiecheng said, "We can find Silly Zhu..."

Just when he said this, Yan Jiecheng suddenly shut up. It was obviously because Yu Li kicked Yan Jiecheng from below.

Then, Yu Li said with a smile: "Well, Cao Zhiqiang, we know that there are risks in doing business, but don't worry, no matter whether you make money or lose money, we will definitely pay you back the money we loaned you. This doesn't hinder you."

"That's right, that's right." Yan Jiecheng said, "The money I lend you is the money I borrowed. No matter whether we make money or not, we will definitely pay it back to you. If it doesn't work, don't we still have my parents? They have money."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "In that case, why don't you borrow money from your parents?"

"I borrowed it." Yan Jiecheng shook his head, "Isn't it true that I didn't borrow it?"

Cao Zhiqiang said: "In that case, why do you think that if you borrow my money and you lose the money and you can't repay it, your parents can pay me back for you?"

"This is not easy." Yan Jiecheng said, "No matter what, I am still his son. If I really want to give up, he, my father, must not leave him alone.

He is also a person who wants to save face, isn’t he?”

"Oh, you are quite smart in your calculation." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head.

"Actually, I don't borrow much." Yan Jiecheng said, "Just five thousand yuan. It should be a small thing to you, right?"

"Five thousand yuan." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "That's really not trivial."

"Then, three thousand." Yan Jiecheng said, "It can't be any less. No matter how much it is, it won't be enough."

Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "To be honest, I don't have much money on hand now."

"How is that possible?" Yan Jiecheng said, "How could you have no money? At least, you weren't robbed of 10,000 yuan..."

Well, having said this, Yan Jiecheng shut up again and was obviously kicked under the table by Yu Li again.

"Oh, Cao Zhiqiang." Yu Li said with a smile, "We don't lend it in vain, we pay interest! I, I will give you one percent interest, and I will borrow five thousand yuan for one year. After one year, I will borrow the principal with interest.

Here you go, is this done?"

"One percent, isn't it just fifty yuan?" Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "It's not enough for me to eat a meal."

"Nonsense." Yan Jiecheng said subconsciously, "Where can I spend fifty for a meal?"

"That's what I said." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, "Do you think fifty yuan is a lot? If I go to a big hotel and treat myself to some sea cucumber and abalone, it probably won't be enough."

"Even so." Yu Li said with a smile, "But if you deposit five thousand yuan in the bank, even if you deposit it regularly for a year, the interest rate is far from that high!"

"Why should I save money in the bank?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "You can open a restaurant, but I can't?"

"Ah?" Yan Jiecheng said subconsciously, "You, you also want to open a restaurant?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said, "I bought the house where I open the restaurant. It cost 30,000 yuan. It is an entire courtyard house along the street. It will be renovated soon."
To be continued...