After hearing what Lou Xiao'e said, He Yuzhu sighed: "Why are you talking about this? It's not your fault, it's my fault. It's my problem."
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "Okay, if it's my fault, it's my fault. You don't have to bear it on yourself."
Immediately afterwards, Lou Xiao'e said again: "How to put it, actually even if you don't ask Cao Zhiqiang to make that call to me and let him try to keep me, I will stay.
Because I calmed down and thought about it carefully, we are all of this age, and we can no longer be like the young people who delayed doing things due to emotional factors, thereby missing the best opportunity for the country to open up.
At this time, the country has just begun to open up, and everything is waiting for improvement. Opportunities are everywhere. It can be said that you can make money in anything you do.
Opening a restaurant may not be inconspicuous, but if you do it well, it can become bigger and stronger.
After all, no one can live without food, right?
In the past, when everything was provided by tickets, the restaurant business was not bad. What's more, now that there is enough food, you don't have to take food stamps to eat out, which makes more money.
In addition, Hong Kong people all know that whoever can have a place in the capital will have unlimited future prospects. After all, this is the capital, and you can know the country's major policies at the first time, don't you think? "
"Yes, that's right!" He Yuzhu nodded, "That makes sense!"
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "Actually, I have been to the mainland many times in the past two years and met many officials, but to be honest, I don't really want to find those people because they are not real and reliable.
But I have been away from the Mainland for so long, and I am no longer a Mainland person. Now if I want to do business in the Mainland, I must do it with a real Mainland person.
I've thought about it for a long time, and if you put aside emotional factors, you are indeed my most reliable partner.
By cooperating with you, at least I don't have to worry about you plotting against me, nor do I have to worry about you telling me what to do. "
"That's definitely not the case." He Yuzhu chuckled, "I'm just a cook, I just have to do my job well."
"This is the best thing about you!" Lou Xiao'e said with a smile, "Don't fight or grab, just do your part. Being able to do this is already very good.
The reason why Cao Zhiqiang cooperated with you to open a restaurant is probably because he took a fancy to your ability!
So, after much thought, I decided to buy Shiweitian and work with you. "
He Yuzhu scratched his head: "Well, what you want to buy is your business, but, how do you know that I am willing to do it with you?"
Lou Xiao'e smiled and said, "You will definitely do it, because my conditions have changed."
"Have the conditions changed?" He Yuzhu frowned and looked at Lou Xiao'e, "Have you changed those conditions?"
Lou Xiao'e looked at He Yuzhu and said: "I think what Cao Zhiqiang means is that he doesn't care about selling the restaurant to me, so if I can buy the restaurant, I will give you another 20% of the shares, 37% to you, 30% to me.
Then, I will send accountants and managers, and waiters will be recruited by these people. On the surface, you will contract the restaurant, and the people you recruited will help you manage it.
In this way, you are in the light and I am in the dark. On the surface, you are the owner of this restaurant. As long as I don't tell anyone, no one will know that I am the real owner of this restaurant.
Of course, with your intelligence, as long as you don't tell me, you can definitely hide it. After all, I know you very well. "
"Wait a minute!" He Yuzhu said, "If you want to do this, the cook must listen to me, right?"
"Of course." Lou Xiao'e said, "I trust your craftsmanship, and you must have the final say in the kitchen. The people I sent are only responsible for the specific operations, and they will not interfere with the specific kitchen affairs!"
"That's no problem." He Yuzhu nodded, "But again, what we said here is so good, can Cao Zhiqiang agree? And his sister, can she agree to sell the restaurant?"
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "Well, you don't have to worry about this.
I'm a good judge of people. Cao Zhiqiang is not the kind of person who clings to a restaurant and won't let go. He has his own revenge and doesn't care about Shi Weitian's business at all.
In fact, Shiweitian was a bait thrown by Cao Zhiqiang to me, hoping to use this relationship to cooperate closely with me.
In all likelihood, Cao Zhiqiang really wants to develop in Hong Kong through me and let me help him gain a foothold in Hong Kong. This is no problem.
Of course, if I am wrong and Cao Zhiqiang refuses to give up on food, that is fine.
Anyway, I have money, and there are plenty of places in Beijing. We can open a restaurant somewhere else, and you will still be the boss on the surface, and it will still be a 30-70 split.
In short, I definitely want to have a place here in the capital, and my partner can only be you. After all, you are the only person I trust most.
So, will you help me, Silly Pillar? "
He Yuzhu chuckled: "Of course I am willing. As long as it is your matter, as long as it is something I can do, I will definitely help you, not to mention that this is a good thing, pie in the sky."
Lou Xiao'e smiled and said: "But let's agree first that Qin Huairu must not know about your cooperation with me, and do not let Qin Huairu get involved."
He Yuzhu frowned: "Why?"
Lou Xiao'e said: "Because she is a woman and knows about us, she must be particularly concerned about your cooperation with me, and she will not believe that we are just cooperating in business and not involving personal relationships.
Once Qin Huairu finds out and gets involved, the cooperation between you and me will definitely become dirty.
In this way, your career will be ruined, and I will also lose a trustworthy partner, which is not good for anyone. "
He Yuzhu wrinkled, then sighed and said nothing.
Lou Xiao'e looked at He Yuzhu's side face, squinted her eyes and said: "Silly Zhu, you are not young anymore. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to fight hard, you will be in your fifties or sixties. If this is still the case, then your life will be over, that’s really it.
If you were like you were in the past, I wouldn't say anything, but you have a son now, your biological son.
You don’t want to wait for your son to grow up and see you who has accomplished nothing, right?
I have never thought about how much property you should leave to your son, but I just hope that your son can be proud of you and know that he has a father who is no worse than others.
What's more, Qin Huairu also has three children and a mother-in-law. So many people will be a burden in the future.
If you continue to be like this, what will you do when you get old and can’t stand it anymore? Who can truly support you?
Do you really count on Qin Huairu's three children? "
Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu frowned and said, "What happened to those three children? They are very good. They will definitely support me in my old age."
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "Si Zhu, others say you are stupid, but I know that you understand better than anyone else. I have seen Qin Huairu's three children a long time ago, and I have learned from them.
It is said that at the age of three, one will be eighty years old, and at the age of seven, one's life will be determined. From my point of view, among the three children, except for the second daughter Xiaodang, who is somewhat conscientious, the other two children are more unreliable than the other.
Furthermore, those three children are all named Jia. No matter how nice you are to them, they are not your family and have no blood relationship with you.
When Qin Huairu was still there, you could still be considered a family, but if something happened to Qin Huairu, what relationship would you have with those three children?
Especially after those three children get married and start a business, do you really expect them to support you? "
"No, they won't." He Yuzhu shook his head seriously, "I believe the three of them are good kids and won't do this."
"I hope not." Lou Xiao'e smiled slightly, "But Silly Zhu, don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst. Just like you did before, you have to be careful in everything you do, and keep an extra hand for yourself."
Speaking of this, Lou Xiao'e sighed, turned her head and looked at the wine glass and said: "It's not easy for couples to be married, especially for children who are not related by blood, let alone expect it. I actually have a say in this aspect.
I remember when I married my ex-husband in Hong Kong, he also had children. After marrying him, I tried my best to treat his children better than my own children, for fear that others would say this about me. The stepmother is not good.
But as a result, when we lived together, everything seemed fine, but the child was never close to me. Even if he looked good, it was all superficial.
Once I divorced my ex-husband, my ex-husband's children obviously turned towards my ex-husband. They didn't sympathize with me at all, nor did they help me. They even worked with my ex-husband to deal with me, which made me very sad.
It was then that I realized that, after all, my child is still my best friend.
Children who are not related by blood are, after all, the children of outsiders and cannot be relied upon at critical times. "
Speaking of this, Lou Xiao'e turned to look at He Yuzhu. After seeing his serious face, she smiled slightly: "You have seen that kid He Xiao, what do you think?"
"Yes, very good." He Yuzhu nodded, "Although he looks exactly like me when I was a child, he is much, much better than me.
When I was young, I was naughty and mischievous, making people dislike me in many ways, but He Xiao was obedient and sensible. He seemed to be a good boy who followed you at first glance, and he was much better than me. "
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "I owe He Xiao a lot, but I also know that he is a good boy. I have always been proud of this and have never regretted giving birth to him.
He Xiao can be good to me, and he will not be bad to you either.
So, Silly Zhu, if you really get old in the future, the only one you can really count on is He Xiao.
After all, He Xiao is your son, a blood-related son. No matter in every aspect, he will support you.
On the other hand, Qin Huairu's three children may not be able to support you in the future.
Of course, I'm just talking about the worst case scenario, and I'm not trying to sow discord.
Qin Huairu's three children are kind to you and willing to support you, which is of course the best.
But as the saying goes, being a human being requires multiple perspectives, don’t you think? "
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." He Yuzhu waved his hand, "Whether the child is good or not, and whether he can support me or not, that is their business. I just need to have a clear conscience."
"Yes, that's well said." Lou Xiao'e smiled, "So, you have to cooperate with me even more. The current reform has just begun, and it will continue to deepen in the future and will not stop.
At this time, whoever ends the game earlier and changes his mind earlier will get the biggest piece of cake.
For example, Cao Zhiqiang in your courtyard, even if he can't write poetry or sing, his current career will not be bad just because of his brains. Why, because he saw the form clearly and entered the sea early.
There is no future if you are still earning a dead salary from your work unit, and it will become increasingly bleak.
Only by taking advantage of now, before others have finished, can you make the most money by exiting early.
For you, if you have your own restaurant and earn enough money in advance, then when you get old, you can support yourself without relying on others.
Only if you can support yourself without relying on others, can you say you have a clear conscience. Do you think this is true? "
"I can't help you." He Yuzhu shook his head, "Anyway, just do whatever you say!"
"Then you promised not to tell Qin Huairu? And you didn't let her get involved?" Lou Xiao'e asked.
"Don't tell, absolutely don't tell, let alone let her get involved, okay?" He Yuzhu said.
"That's pretty much it." Lou Xiao'e smiled, "But besides that, I have a condition."
"Are you adding more conditions?" He Yuzhu's eyes widened, "No, you're not interested anymore. If you add more conditions, you won't be able to agree."
"You will agree." Lou Xiao'e smiled, "I just need to tell you the conditions, and you will definitely agree."
"Oh? Then you tell me and I'll listen." He Yuzhu said.
Lou Xiao'e looked at He Yuzhu and said: "Silly Zhu, I have spent so much money to help you this time, can you give me that gramophone?"
He Yuzhu waved his hand: "Hey, what did I expect? It turns out to be this."
Then, He Yuzhu frowned: "Wait a minute, how do you know that thing is still there?"
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "A woman's intuition! Just tell me whether to give it to you or not!"
He Yuzhu blinked: "No problem, that's no problem! But it's an old thing, and you don't need it, so why do you want that?"
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "I don't lack it, but that one is different, because that gramophone is unique to me.
Therefore, I want to treasure that gramophone and leave it to my son in the future. Then I will tell him that without that gramophone, there would be no him! If there was no deaf old lady, there would be no him. "
After hearing this, He Yuzhu looked at Lou Xiao'e with a sigh on his face: "Look, you're here again. Why are you just talking about that? This is all in the past."
Immediately afterwards, He Yuzhu picked up the wine glass: "Come on, let's not talk about it for now, drink, drink!"
After they had a drink with each other, He Yuzhu raised his neck and took a sip of wine, and Lou Xiao'e also raised his neck and took a sip of wine.
After drinking together, Lou Xiao'e put down her glass and suddenly looked at He Yuzhu: "By the way, I still have something to ask you."
"Hi!" He Yuzhu put down the cup simply, "No, Lou Xiao'e, why do you have so many things on your mind? Can't you finish it all at once?"
Lou Xiao'e smiled: "Is this annoying?"
"Are you not annoyed by this?" He Yuzhu pretended to be angry.
Lou Xiao'e lowered her head: "Actually, it's hard for me to talk about this matter, so I don't know how to tell you."
"Don't say that." He Yuzhu said, "If you say that, I want to know what's going on even more. Just tell me, tell me quickly!"
Lou Xiao'e then raised her head and said, "Okay, let me tell you. This, do you still remember the night we broke up?"
He Yuzhu immediately became serious, turned his head slightly, and sighed softly: "I remember, of course I remember, how could I not remember. If it hadn't been for that night, where would He Xiao have come from?"
Lou Xiao'e smiled and couldn't help but shed tears.
Soon, Lou Xiao'e turned her head, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, took a deep breath, and continued: "Yes, that day was indeed unforgettable for me.
But Silly Zhu, that's not what I want to say.
Silly Zhu, do you remember that night, I left you something? "
"Ah, you were talking about that." He Yuzhu looked like he just remembered, "That jade bracelet?"
Lou Xiao'e smiled and nodded: "Yes, that's it."
He Yuzhu said: "Oh, I'm sorry, Lou Xiao'e, I gave that thing away!"
Upon hearing this, Lou Xiao'e was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, turned her head and said with a smile: "Is that so, that means you are not coming back?"
"If you give it away, you will definitely not come back." He Yuzhu shook his head, "Hey, Xiao'e, isn't that thing very valuable?"
Lou Xiao'e lowered her head and smiled: "Fortunately, our house's treasure is priceless."
"It's so expensive." He Yuzhu nodded, "In that case, I'd better keep it for myself."
Lou Xiao'e chuckled, turned her head and rolled her eyes at He Yuzhu: "Why, you didn't give it away."
"Nonsense!" He Yuzhu chuckled, "Do you think I'm so stupid? That's a jade bracelet that can illuminate the night. I know that thing is valuable! What's more, it's something my most beloved woman entrusted me to keep. How could I give it away? Give it to someone else.”
Lou Xiao'e suddenly laughed happily: "Do you admit that I am your most beloved woman?"
He Yuzhu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lou Xiao'e, and his smile disappeared.
After a while, He Yuzhu sighed and said to Lou Xiao'e, who had been staring at him: "Xiao'e, it was like that at that time, I have never denied it.
And what you gave me is far more valuable than the treasure of the house. After all, it is a son. "
Upon hearing this, Lou Xiao'e burst into tears immediately, quickly turned her head away, and her tears couldn't stop flowing down.
After crying for a while, Lou Xiao'e suddenly wiped her tears and turned around, grabbed He Yuzhu's hand, and said with hazy eyes: "Silly Zhu, let's get married!"
Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu was immediately petrified, motionless and unable to speak a word.
"Come with me." Lou Xiao'e held He Yuzhu's hand tightly and said with tears in her eyes, "Let's go to Hong Kong to get married and live a good life as a family. I will serve you well for the rest of my life, okay?"
He Yuzhu suddenly came back to his senses and quickly took out his hand: "No, no, no, Xiao'e, this is really not possible, this, this is really not possible! Can't you force me to know? You know me well, the more you let me Whatever you do, me, the less I can do it, I really can’t do it, don’t force me!”
Lou Xiao'e also came to her senses at this time, knowing that she had just lost her composure and couldn't rush now.
After wiping her tears with a handkerchief again, Lou Xiao'e forced a smile: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. I just lost my composure and said something I shouldn't have said."
"Xiao'e," He Yuzhu said, "I'm not thinking about this now. I'm just thinking about my son and this restaurant. Can't we just stop doing this? The more I talk about it, the more confused my mind becomes."
"Okay, let's not talk anymore." Lou Xiao'e sobbed and said, "Then you should be well prepared. We will start the restaurant business immediately."
"immediately?"
"Yes, immediately!"
Lou Xiao'e wiped her tears again: "I'll go find Cao Zhiqiang later and talk to him about buying shares in the restaurant. Just wait for the good news!"
(End of chapter)
