Everyone had a sumptuous dinner together in Baozhifang. Li Guolou was tired from the journey and left with his family first. Li Guolou held Zheng Lingling in his arms, and the five of them crowded into a carriage filled with salutes. While joking and joking, Li Guolou Lou calculated the outcome of another incident. He couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Grandma, your eldest nephew will come to the lion dance tomorrow. There is something you can tell him. Hu Xueyan has brought Hu Qingyutang from Hangzhou to the capital. If you open many stores at once, Master Huang's Bao Zhilin's business will plummet in the future. You can ask him to change his career. You will pay the principal. It doesn't make much sense if the wrestling and martial arts schools are all gone."
Chen Xiangfang said: "Who knows what a man thinks? Huang Qiying has his own thoughts. I can only talk about it. I don't know whether he will listen or not?"
Li Guolou said: "Xiaofang, your niece is about to give birth, and you always have to help. Chen Rou has been in confinement for a month. What should we do here?"
Xie Xiuzhu said: "You still have me, right? I have no problem doing the daily shopping. It's no problem if someone fools me into cooking."
Li Guolou said: "In the future, I will let Sister-in-law Qian manage Baozhifang, and let her make more money. When the women in the family have money, they will speak louder. Right?"
"To you!"
Li Guolou was pulled by his pigtails by three grandmothers. The pain made him grin and beg for mercy loudly. Only Zheng Lingling helped the new father and talked to the three mothers in a sweet voice.
After a while, Yelia asked: "Mike, Hu Xueyan said that the Hu Qingyutang he opened was a loss-making business. He diluted the profits and made every store lose money. Is that true?"
Li Guolou said with a smile: "Don't listen to Hu Xueyan trying to put money on his face. He is a big business person and knows how to settle big accounts. Opening a cheap medical clinic store is guaranteed to be a loss at the beginning. But his family has a big business and can sustain it. After passing this level, now it has reached a large scale and is making a lot of money. Now it has reached out to the Imperial City, and the business is getting bigger and bigger. When people go to Hu Qingyutang to see a doctor, they will know how evil the doctor is. Hu Xueyan opened a Hu Qingyu Tang offended all the doctors in the Qing Dynasty."
Jelia said: "Mike, do you think what he did was right?"
Li Guolou said: "The huge profits will eventually pass. Affordable medical stores are the future trend. Traditional Chinese medicine will also be impacted by Western medicine. There will be more and more Western medicine hospitals opened by churches. Hu Xueyan is not so great. His store opening model is still The old-school methods will still be eliminated in the future.”
"You say the grapes are sour when you can't eat them, Mike, you are a little fox." Yelia revealed Li Guolou's dark heart.
"Yeliya, you underestimated me. Am I this kind of person? Do you think I am this kind of person?" Li Guolou was a bit impatient and underestimated his capacity. Capacity means greatness. Didn’t he accept the anachronistic feudal cancer of the system of three wives and four concubines?
"Yes!" Zheng Lingling also expressed her true feelings this time. Li Guolou could only accept the fact. He could not see clearly, but others could see clearly.
Chen Xiangfang said: "Xiaolou, you really figured it out. I was so busy today that I lost four cookbooks. I'm one of my own."
"That's five!" Li Guolou looked up to the sky and sighed. He knew who had committed the crime without doing any math.
Chen Xiangfang said anxiously: "Xiaolou, there are a group of thieves in that shop. How will we do business in the future? Let's just fire them. I'll go talk to that guy."
Li Guolou said: "Forget it, Xiaofang, the hands and feet of people in the kitchen must be unclean, and everyone in the restaurant business will encounter this kind of thing. Tomorrow you will give the new job to Wu Yi, who in the store will have unclean hands and feet?" If he is clean, let him be captured and give him the title of security captain. Those five people will guarantee that he will be able to complete the task well."
Xie Xiufang said in surprise: "It's possible for a small building to support thieves."
Li Guolou said with a smile: "You don't understand this. This is also done in the yamen. It's called choosing the lesser of two evils. Except for us who don't know how to scoop things from the restaurant at home, Yan will also take things to the house. It’s what people scoop at home, that’s how human nature is.”
Xie Xiuzhu said: "Xiaolou, even if you are wrong, we will do the scooping, but it will be treated as an honest scooping. Isn't that right, Lingling?"
"Yeah!" Zheng Lingling raised a pair of silver chopsticks in her hand and took the tableware used to entertain the precious guests as her own.
"The detective is frustrated!" Jelia said.
"Why should I bother! Baozhifang belongs to Xiaofang and Na Bazi. I just need to get the principal back. I won't care about Baozhifang from now on." Li Guolou was a little embarrassed and wanted to get rid of the package and do something. Hands off the shopkeeper.
"No! You must come tomorrow and sit in there for me at noon to recharge, otherwise I won't know what to do." Chen Xiangfang ordered.
"Okay! Second Grandma, how can so many of us get in?" Li Guolou was a little worried. Although it was dark now, they couldn't see anyone.
Xie Xiuzhu sighed: "Small building, I can't hide it anymore. I won't live here anymore. We can arrange whatever the neighbors want us to do. We can just go through the front door. We won't go through the back door in the future."
Li Guolou begged: "Then can I go through the back door alone?"
At the gate of Wei's house in Dengcao Hutong, the neighbors gathered next to the carriage to watch despite the cold. Some?p
Jiuyong looked at Li Guolou with squinting eyes, Zhu Na was tearing his teeth, and more people just looked at the people in Wei Mansion without saying a word?p
Jelia asked in English: "Mike, would you like to send some kielbasa to the neighbors?"
Li Guolou also replied in English: "No, they will throw our things on the ground. Ignore them and continue to act like ladies."
Li Guolou and Yelia walked into Wei's house first, with boos behind them.
"Broken shoes!" "Adulterer!" There were already women shouting at the top of their lungs.
The door of Wei's house closed with a bang, and the people here never interacted with each other.
It is still necessary to burn three sticks of incense every morning and evening. Li Guolou took the lead in offering incense to the deceased Wei Wenshao. Back in the living room of the inner courtyard, the whole family chatted in the warm room and talked about the past few days.
After Li Guolou basically finished talking about what happened these days, Xie Xiuzhu said: "Xiaolou, that Zheng Zizi came to our Zhenbaoxuan and bought two thousand taels of antiques. He told me that his golden basin was washed away. What will his subordinates do in the future?" No matter what, I’ll do it if I have business in the future.”
Li Guolou nodded and said: "People in the Jianghu have to leave the Jianghu. He doesn't want to be lame on the other foot, so he should get out as soon as possible. A piece of jade is worth a lot of money. Zheng Laizi has figured out that it is better to take the right path."
Xie Xiuzhu said: "Xiaolou, Zheng Laizi said that he really wanted to open a jade shop, but he was afraid that his men would come to eat him and he would have to support a large group of people, so he could only live in seclusion. Ask me and he is not interested in being in the busy city. Open a jade shop, and you’ll get half of the capital.”
Li Guolou said: "Yelia, if you are interested, just do it with the second grandma. I am not interested in stones. I just wipe the dust and practice sitting skills. I am not a person who can do it."
Jelia looked at her palms and said: "Second Grandma, I know who you are asking. Don't worry. Tomorrow we will pay off the Wanjia Bank's loan early. I will support this family from now on."
Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu looked at each other awkwardly, and their dark psychology was exposed by Yelia.
Xie Xiuzhu stepped forward and hugged Yelia, saying sweetly: "Third Grandma is really a living Bodhisattva who saves people in need. Our family is guaranteed to make a fortune in the coming year."
Zheng Lingling crawled into Yelia's arms and flattered the rich man. She said in a sweet voice, "I wish I had the hair of my third mother."
The whole family burst out laughing. Chen Xiangfang sighed: "Hey, it's still early. There will be more and more people eating in the small building. The current housekeepers are not good enough. We have to find someone very fierce. Otherwise, we have to find someone very fierce." Sooner or later our family will be defrauded by the poor."
Li Guolou looked up to the sky and sighed: "Where can I find such a fierce and vicious person? How can I find a prison boss to be a housekeeper?" He was just joking, and he didn't take it seriously that he would find a prison boss to be a housekeeper.
Chen Xiangfang had an idea and said: "Hey, this is a good idea. Let's ask Luo Yunxia tomorrow and ask her husband to help us find a retired prison chief to be our housekeeper. Whoever comes to Xiaolou in the future must go through him first. If the poor have to spend money to get in, they won't come. The rich already know the rules and don't take it seriously even if they spend a small amount of money."
"Isn't this bad? It will ruin your reputation." Li Guolou was a little worried and did not agree with this bad idea.
Xie Xiuzhu clapped her hands and said: "That's it. Now I know why officials and concierges must charge money before they are willing to report. There are advantages and disadvantages. Otherwise, those who have nothing to do will come to get food every now and then. I can't stand it. This is the Wei Mansion now, and the old neighbors in the small building don’t dare to disturb you. From now on, just like Baozhifang, they will come to the store to talk about things when they have nothing to do. I agree with Grandma’s idea.”
"Vote!"
Li Guolou knows that he has no say in the family now. The three grandmothers are doing business together. As long as he comes up with ideas, the money will not pass through his hands. Men will become bad when they have money, and the three grandmothers will not give Li Guolou a chance to become bad. .
After her daughter Zheng Lingling left, Jelia began to tell her about her former lover Robinson, and sent someone to fight Li Guo downstairs b1 3kan.com/b duel.
Chen Xiangfang looked at Li Guolou's expression, curled her lips and said, "Xiaolou, you agreed."
Li Guolou sighed: "In order to win the love of the female antelope, can I refuse to agree?"
Xie Xiuzhu asked anxiously: "What do people want to compare with you?"
Jelia took out the battle card from her small bag and said proudly: "Fencing, musketry, Western boxing, whatever Mike chooses." She is the most beautiful female antelope in the jungle, and the male antelope will kill everyone to get her. .
Chen Xiangfang raised her hand and said: "Let me guess, Xiaolou doesn't know how to fencing, he can't choose. Muskets and Western boxing - muskets are too dangerous, no one can choose, Xiaolou can't choose, only Western boxing Boxing. Am I right?"
Li Guolou smiled bitterly and said: "Grandma is right, I have only one choice. After the Chinese New Year, I will go to the French Concession in Tianjin and have a boxing duel with Robinson."
Chen Xiangfang asked: "Xiaolou, are you confident about winning?"
Li Guolou said: "Let's fight. Although Robinson has boxed in the past, he is now forty years old, but time is not forgiving, and the rhythm of his punches will be deformed. I can win as long as I keep my speed. , don’t worry.”
Xie Xiuzhu asked: "Jelia, how is that Robinson's figure?"
Jelia said: "Well, he is about ten centimeters taller than Mike. There is always a weight difference of seventy or eighty pounds."
"Ah!" Chen Xiangfang and Xie Xiuzhu stood up in fright and glared at Li Guolou as if they wanted to eat him.
In the east room upstairs, Li Guolou was lying alone on the bed. None of the three grandmothers gave Li Guolou a good look. He slept alone for the first time at night. This Spring Festival, he will abstain from sex. A grandma asked him to prepare his body in advance, and he would start practicing martial arts with Chen Xiangfang tomorrow morning. Before he defeated Robinson, he could hold a woman to sleep for up to three days. There was even a time limit, and it became more and more strict in the future. , you can’t even live a sexual life, the days of an ascetic are coming soon.
Li Guolou guessed which grandma would come? But all his guesses were wrong, and he fell asleep alone.