Chapter 263: Almost Desperate (28th 1st Update)
Chapter 263 is almost desperate (1 update on the 28th), and the Li family's barbecue restaurant is in a mess. Mu Fei and Li Chaonan were tidying up in the hall, but they heard the voices of Li Sanqiang's family in the house faintly, perhaps with the hearing of ordinary people, they could only listen to a few words, but their words were word-for-word, and they reached Mu Fei's ears clearly.
"Alas~~" The proprietress sighed, "Old man, what can I do about this?" I can see it, the second bear is a wild dog that smells of meat, and now we are targeted by him, we can't beat it, and we can't run if we want to. It turns out that I still plan to stick to the New Year, let's secretly redeem this store, change to another place, even if the location is a little worse, our things are good, and I am not afraid that there will be no customers to come to the door, but ...... But who would have thought that this kind of thing would happen, the second bear is becoming more and more Bengali, not to mention, Xiaofei, this kid, is too impulsive......"
"Old woman, don't say that......" Li Sanqiang said as he panted, and said slowly, "Xiaofei, this kid, yes, he is good-looking, we can't be angry." If he helps us, why not risk offending the underworld, isn't it? We can't afford to mess with the four of us, it's a big deal not to do the deal, pat the ass and leave, but what about Xiaofei, his family is here, his relatives are here, his friends and classmates are also here, we can still go, can he go? So, he is more difficult than us, don't blame him......
"I, how can I blame him, can't I tell who is good and who is bad? Isn't I just anxious and complaining a few words......" said, the proprietress was even more embarrassed in her tone, "But now the question is, what can we do, our house has also been sold, the small shed has also been sold, and all the belongings are pressed in this store, patting our ass and leaving? It's easy to say, where we live and we don't have any money in our hands, where can we go?"
Speaking of which, Li Sanqiang and the proprietress both sighed and couldn't speak, only listening to Li Tianyu at this time, "Dad, Mom, it's all my fault, if I wasn't so ambitious, I didn't want to do a career and encourage you to come out, we wouldn't be like this today...... It's all my fault, I'm thinking it all too simple......"
Who knew that when Lu Dao heard his son's words, Li Sanqiang laughed, but he didn't laugh, coughed twice, and said with relief, "Tianyu, you are a man, you have great ambitions, what is wrong with going out of the road? If you are wrong, then I agree with you, and I am also wrong." You don't have to think about it, Dad will support you when he comes...... Come, help me up......"
Then there was a sound of rustling, only to hear Li Sanqiang smile and say, "Look at the three of you listless, aren't I still dead? Even if the sky falls, I am on top of it, what are you afraid of, hurry up and make preparations, we should be open for business tomorrow and still open normally......"
said, just such a thin old man with physical problems, but he was more serious, "A group of ruffians are just a bunch of ruffians, tomorrow they really dare to come, I told them, I don't believe that there is no royal law, I have lived for more than 50 years, and I am afraid that they will not be ......."
It's okay if he doesn't say it, but as soon as he says this, the family is even more worried, "Old man, don't be impulsive, our old arms and legs, who are their opponents." ”
"Dad, no, I don't want this store, let's go home......" Li Tianmei also wiped her tears and persuaded.
For a while, the family cried and wiped their tears.
"Alas~~" Mu Fei, who was cleaning up outside the house while listening to the situation in the house, sighed, "Facing south, you do it first, I'll go into the house and take a look......"
"Oh, go ahead......" Li Chaonan also heard the noise and chaos in the house, and the crying, he wanted to comfort him, but he knew that he was stupid and couldn't speak, so he simply worked honestly.
Seeing Mu Fei come in, several people were quieter, but Li Tianmei, who was still watching Mu Fei fight just now, looked at him dissatisfied, obviously blaming him for causing trouble to his family.
"Uncle, auntie, what's going on here, can you tell me specifically? Maybe I can help a little?" Mu Fei asked.
Although this market room is not small, but when he went to the hall and back kitchen, the only room was not much space, and there was no place to sit at all, so Mu Fei could only stand at the door and talk to a few people.
Hearing Mu Fei's words, the old couple of the Li family glanced at each other, although they didn't think that Mu Fei could help, but they still sighed and talked to Mu Fei.
It turns out that this matter has to start with Li Tianyu, Li Tianyu is a high-achieving student, and he also has ambitions, in order to make his family's business bigger, he deliberately studied the food major, which is still a famous school, a famous major, and a master's degree, and has a lot of achievements in school, in short, it is quite awesome.
But no matter how good he is in school, when he goes out of school to find a job, he hits a wall again and again, his major is unpopular, and large companies see that he has no experience and don't want him at all.
And in the small place, all he can find is the most basic waiter job such as serving tea and pouring water, and a little better is the front desk manager of a small teahouse and a small café, not to mention the very little income, which has nothing to do with the profession at all.
Li Tianyu is a very arrogant person, he has been stumbling outside for more than a year, but he still hasn't found a satisfactory job, and he is often frustrated, so he simply goes home and does it himself. After returning home, he discussed with Li Sanqiang that he wanted to make his barbecue restaurant stronger and bigger, and open it from the county seat to the city.
Although his mother objected, his father Li Sanqiang also knew that this was his son's wish all along, and no matter how ambitious he was, he had to support him by smashing pots and selling iron, so the family sold their small shop and house, rented a store with a good location in the city, and reopened their business.
At the beginning, the business was really average, but his things were really good, plus Li Tianyu was a high-achieving student, there was no problem at all in serving this little scene, and in less than a month, their store became famous in the night market street.
But it is precisely because of the booming business that their family was targeted by the local ruffian Bear Er, who wanted his family's secret barbecue recipe, and the price given was extremely low, which was similar to robbery, not to mention that he gave a lot of money, and Li Sanqiang could not sell it.
So, Xiong Lao Er took advantage of his younger brother to be the underworld, so that he made a bad move, every ten days and eight days, he ruined his house once, what blocked the door and scolded, smashing the store things are all trivial things, the most excessive one, actually found someone directly, when the business of the restaurant was the best, he made a big bag of poop and smashed it on the door of the store, and the store was full of stench for a while, and after encountering that, his family's business did not slow down for half a month.
It is precisely because of this that the boss Li Sanqiang was admitted to the hospital in anger, he already had a hidden disease in his lungs, and all the diseases broke out in this gas, in order to see a doctor, he spent all the remaining money from the sale of the house, not to mention, even the money for Li Tianmei's transfer gift was also lost, and he borrowed a lot, which made the economic situation even worse, and the livelihood of the whole family was all tied to this store.
But Xiong Er made up his mind to ask for the formula, not only did he not have the slightest intention of restraint, but he also changed Bengali, and he didn't toss the Li family once a week, ten days early.
Three months later, the Li family couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to redeem the store, but it was too late, and some people who were optimistic about the store knew that they couldn't afford to provoke Xiong Er, and they were afraid of offending him, so they retreated early.
In this way, this store is running like this, the business is just a little better, Xiong Er made trouble, and wanted to redeem it, Xiong Er was stuck in the middle, and no one dared to buy it at all.
"Xiaofei, that's what happened, for more than half a year, you don't know how a few of us survived, not only your Xiaomei sister's school can't go to school, but your uncle's health is getting worse and worse, so far, I won't hide anything, in fact, your uncle's body is now almost at the limit, within three months, I have to do a foreign lung cleansing treatment, and I can't speak that English." If he didn't do it, his lungs would be in danger of becoming cancerous, but the doctor told me that after that set of treatments, even the hospitalization fee would be at least 180,000 yuan......
The more the proprietress spoke, the more sad she became, and she couldn't help wiping her tears, "Our store can't make much money, and your uncle spent a lot of money on medicine, now don't say 180,000, it's 18,000, and I can't take it out Auntie......"
"Dad!!You're so sick, why don't you tell me......" Li Tianyu also knew that Lu Dao's father was so sick, even if he was a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young man, he couldn't help but have red eyes, a sour nose, and almost didn't shed tears, and Li Tianmei couldn't stop whimpering.
When Mu Fei heard this, he shook his head helplessly, how could he know that this family was so miserable when he usually looked at the family's happy appearance...... Hey, wait......
Mu Fei suddenly felt that something was wrong, when he chatted with Tong Jiu before, he talked about a barbecue called Xingangshan, that shop has more than 30 tables, and the two estimated that the store can have a net income of about 200,000 yuan a month, and although this Li family barbecue is smaller, it also has thirteen tables, and the degree of fire at the mouth of the meal is definitely not worse than that of Xingangshan, just according to one-third, it will be about 70,000, how can this aunt say that 18,000 can't be taken out?
"Auntie, I think our store is doing well, what's the matter...... How can you even ...... 18,000?"
Hearing Mu Fei's words, the proprietress immediately understood what he meant, and sighed, "Alas, Xiaofei, I know what you mean, you see that there are not many customers in other stores, and they are all very profitable, why is our store so hot, but so poor, right?"
Mu Fei didn't respond, but nodded, the proprietress smiled, and continued, "You have also eaten our skewers, not only the taste, but also the taste of the meat and pork ribs are much better than others, right?"
That's because their meat skewers are all made from leftovers, or bad quality, or even spoiled meat, and the finished meat skewers are recycled and worn, and they are not real beef and mutton, but rely on the taste of beef essence or mutton essence.
And our meat skewers and bone skewers are all your uncle and I go to the meat farm every day or two to pick up the meat, buy it back and wash it, and wear it out one by one, and the texture and taste are naturally much better than theirs.
Xiaofei, why are our skewers more expensive than theirs, but they still don't make much money? The cost of our things is high, I have calculated with your uncle, their meat skewers cost less than four yuan, and our skewers, the cost is nearly eight yuan, if you don't sell them more expensive, can you make money? Even so, when you go to the store, your uncle and aunt will have less than 10,000 yuan left every month......
He didn't want to go up for Xiaomei before, but he didn't expect that the real situation of the Li family was really in stark contrast to the business boom on the surface.
"Xiaofei, look at the aunt and uncle's shop, on the surface, the business is very good, but we are really in a dilemma now, don't say that we will do a good job and make this business bigger, just to just ask for a worry-free food and clothing, it is difficult to be safe, that Xiong Er, do you really want to force us to death......"
Aunt Li didn't take Mu Fei's help seriously, but simply complained and vented, but Li Tianmei pouted, looked at Mu Fei and said dissatisfiedly, "Didn't you say that there was a way......?"
This little girl, I didn't mess with you, why do you look at me unpleasantly.
Mu Fei scratched his head helplessly, "Method, I really have ......"
"What?" and hearing his words, several members of the Li family looked at Mu Fei together as if they saw hope......