The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 288 The Current Siheyuan
After drinking two cups with Xu Damao, Liu Hua threw away the peanut shells in his hand and patted them clean: "You should familiarize yourself with the information and go to Shancheng as soon as possible. Before you go, apply for a travel allowance from the factory. Don't treat yourself badly when you are out there. Eat and drink as you should, pick up the good ones, as long as you are not extravagant."

"It's a pleasure." Xu Damao said cheerfully, "It's a pleasure to work with you. Just look at your generosity. You will definitely be a big boss in the future."

Xu Damao sent Liu Hua out, and his daughter Xu Xiuli ran in from outside the door: "Hello Uncle Liu, Dad, give me some change, I want to buy some snacks."

"Why don't you ask your mother for it?"

"My mother is stingy and won't give it to me."

Xu Damao took out five dollars from his pocket and handed it to his daughter. The little girl ran out immediately after taking the money.

At this time, Liu Hua noticed that the little girl was wearing a hairdresser's uniform. Pointing at Xu Xiuli, he asked, "Did your Xiuli drop out of school?"

"No." Xu Damao shook his head. "She has never been good at studying since she was a child. She is lucky to be able to go to high school. There is no hope for her to go to college. Let her learn a skill from her mother. I can open a barber shop for her in the future. She can also have enough food to eat."

"If you can't get a bachelor's degree, go to a junior college." Liu Huaquan said: "As long as it is a decent school, let your children go. People who have received higher education and those who have not received higher education look at things differently, and their way of thinking is much more advanced."

Xu Damao nodded: "Okay, you are a great professor, what you said makes sense. Anyway, the family doesn't need her to make money. The child just called you Uncle Liu. If she has no way to make a living in the future and comes to you for help, you can't refuse."

"Am I that kind of person?" Liu Hua smiled and said, "Let the child go to a junior college. When she graduates, don't rush to work. Send her to the army to train for two years. She will definitely be in great demand after she graduates. She can also take the civil service exam."

"Come on, do you think I don't watch the news? We're already starting to cut our military, why are we sending troops?"

Liu Hua shook his head: "You only know a little bit about what you read in the news. The country wants to build a high-quality elite army. If your child has attended a junior college, then he is a high-quality talent, which is what the army needs."

"If that's the case, you can go. When I was 17 or 18, I didn't dare to join the army even though they kept saying we were going to fight." Xu Damao said self-deprecatingly, "I'm born timid. At most, I only dare to flirt with Sha Zhu in the yard. But now I admire the PLA more and more. If my daughter can join the army, it will bring honor to our family."

When the two men walked to the gate, Liu Hua noticed that there was a person hiding in the corner of the gate. He looked like Yan Fugui.

"It's Yan Fugui, right? Why is he in such a bad condition now?"

Xu Damao shook his head: "Didn't Yan Jiecheng want to open a restaurant? He lent his savings to Yan Jiecheng."

"Didn't I hear that business is pretty good?"

"That's old news." Xu Damao said disdainfully, "When Sha Zhu was the chef at the beginning, the business was indeed good. Later, Yan Jiecheng and his wife were dissatisfied with Sha Zhu's high salary and too much money, so they fired Sha Zhu and found a traitor to Sha Zhu. As a result, the business got worse and worse."

"The couple came back and wanted to invite Shazhu to come again. Although I don't get along well with Shazhu, I admire him for that. He still has some backbone and won't go back."

Liu Hua nodded: "I see, it's time to buy and sell the yellow shop."

"Yan Jiecheng said that Yan Fugui's money was invested in them, not borrowed." Xu Damao said with a smile: "Because when the business was good in the beginning, Yan Fugui was indeed given dividends. Now the borrowed money cannot be returned. You also know that Yan Fugui is a man who values money as his life. When he found out that the money was gone, his whole spirit and energy were gone."

"I'm not making fun of him, but I can only describe him in one word: he deserves it."

"They really deserve it." Sha Zhu walked over from behind and said, "They think running a restaurant is a child's play. They even dared to fire the chef. Don't they know that the reputation of this restaurant is built on the chef?"

"I'm not at work."

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Our Sha Zhuer has just resigned from his position as deputy director of the cafeteria. He is ready to start his own business."

"That's right, I think Lao Liu's suggestion is good." Sha Zhu said with his head held high: "My skills are here, I can't make a fortune by just doing anything else, so I'm going to make Sichuan hot pot."

At this point, Sha Zhu raised his thumb and pointed outside: "Today my wife and I have chosen a storefront. We will sign the contract tomorrow and then renovate it. My business will be open in less than a month."

Liu Hua clasped his hands and said, "Congratulations, congratulations. Remember to send out invitations when the time comes. I will send you a large flower basket."

Xu Damao said jokingly: "You have to send it to me too."

"Liu Hua will give me a big flower basket. What will you give me?"

Xu Damao said confidently: "I will give you two auspicious words directly. Then I will take my wife and children to have a good meal and improve our lives."

"Your mouth is the only thing you can use." Sha Zhu said unhappily, "No, how did you two get together?"

Xu Damao puffed out his chest and said, "I am just a humble person, but now I am the sales manager of Liu Hua's company."

Sha Zhu actually nodded in agreement: "Xu Damao, you don't have any useful skills, except for your mouth. I made the right choice to hire you for sales."

Xu Damao was shocked and said in astonishment: "I didn't expect that you would recognize me one day."

"I've always been objective about things, not people."

"Come on. When you beat me up, you were hitting people." Xu Damao said with contempt, "Why didn't you attack the matter instead of the person?"

"Would I have beaten you if you hadn't been mean at that time?"

Liu Hua walked to the gate and said, "Didn't you notice that the yard is much quieter now?"

"There are fewer people now. Many of them have moved away." Xu Damao said with a smile, "People who have the means have moved to high-rise buildings. In addition, people who used to cause trouble in the courtyard don't cause trouble now, so it's quiet now."

"That's right!" Liu Hua thought for a moment and asked, "Where's Yi Zhonghai? Why didn't I see him today? When my factory opened, I wanted to invite him to be the master chef, but he turned me down."

"Yi Zhonghai is now fully enjoying his retirement life and playing with his grandchildren." Xu Damao said with a smile: "Since he no longer has to worry about retirement, he has stopped making trouble. Since then, his life has become better and better. Two years ago, his son gave birth to a grandson for him, and the old couple moved to their son's place to help take care of the grandson."

Sha Zhu also nodded: "Yes, sometimes I can still see him, holding his grandson in his arms, I don't know how proud he is."

(End of this chapter)