Wanjin Lady

Chapter 357 Restaurant
After leaving Miss Cao's house, Shopkeeper Xiao Lei ordered his men to pull a cart to the main street. Lei Zexin was traveling with him on the carriage on the main street. Miss Cao was the first family to have the goods delivered to her door, so Lei Zexin was worried and supervised the work personally.

Shopkeeper Xiao Lei didn't act as gracefully as before when he got on the carriage. He kicked off his boots, pulled up his collar, grabbed the teapot on the small table and gulped down a bellyful of water. Then he put the teapot down heavily and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

Lei Zexin expressed his extreme disgust for this sloppy younger brother.

"Oh, I'm so tired! These women are so talkative, they've made my mouth dry. I almost didn't leave Miss Cao's house when I was delivering the goods!"

Shopkeeper Xiao Lei lay down like Ge You, put his feet on the small table, and waved his hands repeatedly, "This job is too hard! Let the housekeeper deliver it this afternoon! I think there's really no need for us to deliver it ourselves! After all, I'm the second in command of the Lei Family Winery, how can I do errands!"

--Snapped!

Lei Zexin slapped his brother on the leg, and Shopkeeper Lei cried out in pain.

"Stop talking nonsense! Miss Wen said that we must go in person!"

Shopkeeper Xiao Lei hugged his legs and wailed, "Do we have to listen to Miss Wen?! Brother, it's true that Wen Wan is the major shareholder of the Red Mansion, but you are also a shareholder! Why can't you be tough and do whatever she tells you to do! Do you have any manhood left?"

The Red Mansion had been undergoing renovations recently, and Shopkeeper Wen was generally pleasant to everyone, but the maidservant beside him, Hongmei, was bossing him around! Not only did she order him up and down the stairs carrying wood, she also forced him to saw and carve patterns on the wood.

How could he carve?!
He can almost carve a bird!

So he really carved a bird!
The maidservant was furious and insisted that he had wasted the most expensive wood in the shop. She grabbed him and demanded compensation, and said that as a carpenter, not only was he sloppy in his work, but the bird he carved looked like an old hen and he had no real skill at all.

He hastened to explain that he was not a carpenter.

What did that girl say?
He actually said he looked like a carpenter!
A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated! Even if you are humiliated, you cannot humiliate him continuously!

He was being insulted and still had to run errands. Is this fair?
Shopkeeper Xiao Lei's wailing was sincere. "If we keep going like this, she'll have us in her clutches sooner or later! Brother, you've got to stand up!"

"Let's kick Shopkeeper Wen out! And her maid! Neither the master nor the servant is doing well!"

"Besides, is Shopkeeper Wen really that scary? Why do you listen to her so much?!"

Lei Zexin was so itchy that he hated his parents for giving birth to him a ancestor in their old age, so he slapped Lei Zeguang on the back of the head.

Lei Zeguang's forehead hit the small table with a "clang", making a crisp and pleasant sound.

He was furious, "Brother! You broke my head! I could have been the top scorer!"

“You are…you are…” Lei Zexin managed to utter the three words “bird champion”, “a bullshit champion!”

Still looking down on Wen Wan?

When Wen Wan hosted a banquet for the wine merchants from Bozhou, he thought Wen Wan was extremely stupid and not cut out for business!

Little did she know that someone was secretly stealing market share from the Cheng family, using the Qixi Festival lantern fair to host a sugar and wine fair, and even managing to resolve her father's lawsuit in the meantime—a brilliant example of playing dumb to outsmart the enemy! Even though she has fallen out with the Yuan family now, as long as she maintains her relationship with Lord Wei, this business will never fail!
Didn’t you see that Mrs. Mo was eager to do this deal?

Lei Zeguang and Wen Wan are about the same age, so how come one is so smart and the other is... a piece of wood!

He was so angry that he grabbed Lei Zeguang's ear and said, "You're still talking about kicking Shopkeeper Wen out? Is that recipe ours? Is the Red Mansion ours? Is it your brother's credit that Ruiguo Juice sold so much?"

Lei Zeguang cried out, "Then we paid too! The Red Mansion paid eight hundred taels, isn't that money? You and your sister-in-law begged for it!"

"Idiot! Did Shopkeeper Wen open the Red Mansion because she begged us to invest?! It was your brother who risked his skin and offered her eight hundred taels of silver, and she reluctantly accepted it!"

"Ah..." Lei Ershizu wanted to give up, "She's still asking others to give her money! Business is boring! I'm quitting!"

"Want to run?" Lei Zexin saw through the second-generation rich man's plan. "Even if you want to run, you have to deliver today's goods to me! Otherwise, I will go back and tell my parents to take away all the notebooks in your house and burn them! I will let you dream of being a knight-errant all day long! I will let you wander the world of martial arts all day long!"

It has to be said that Lei Zexin has precisely grasped the weak spot of the second-generation rich. Lei Zeguang is furious, helpless, and aggrieved. He just wants to be a carefree rich second-generation wanderer. Is he wrong?!
This world is not worth it!

What a fucking shame on him!
The two brothers of the Lei family are friendly and respectful to each other, and the Wen family courtyard is also peaceful.

When the design drawings of the Red Mansion were initially drawn up, Wen Wan asked the whole family to give their opinions. Even Chen Ma, who was busy in the kitchen, was called in to act as a judge.

The cheap father teased Hun Ge'er in his arms without even looking up, and gave his opinion in a very perfunctory manner: "Good, good, good, this design is perfectly natural, with winding paths leading to secluded places, and delicious food. It is indeed a good product."

Wen Wan: What bullshit are you talking about, cheap dad? Can you take a look before you talk nonsense?
Hun Ge'er cooperated very well and said "ahhh" a few times, expressing his agreement with his grandfather's opinion.

The cheap father was so engrossed in playing with his grandson that he gave a thumbs-up on the spot, "Our Hun Ge'er is so smart!"

Liu Yiyi held Zhao Zhao in her arms. Zhao Zhao slept in her arms with a string of crystal clear saliva dripping from his body. He looked a little silly.

Liu Yiyi actually took a close look at it. As the one in charge of the Wen family finances, she was naturally only concerned with the budget. "The changes aren't big. It doesn't look like... it won't require a lot of money."

Wen Wan said, "I wanted to save as much as possible, so the design was adapted to local conditions and renovated based on the original foundation of Manager Mo's restaurant."

Liu Yiyi corrected her with a smile, "Since it's the Wen family's sign, it will be our restaurant from now on!"

Mother Chen squinted her eyes and looked carefully: "Isn't the kitchen too small?"

Hongmei said, "Our restaurant doesn't prepare hot dishes, only snacks, desserts, tea, and the like. The girl said...she said this is called..."

Wen Wan smiled and said, "Light meal!"

"That's right! The guests of our Red Mansion are all either wealthy or noble. We don't need a strong sense of fireworks, just go for the high-end and classy style! Besides, the ladies have tasted all kinds of dishes at home. As long as we make light meals well, we can still keep our guests!"

His cheap father finally took a quick glance amidst his busy schedule. The old man was still the wisest. With just one glance, Wen Weiming sensed that his family's wealth was about to be emptied. "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child. Your restaurant...if you can't create a refreshing style, I'm afraid you won't be able to retain these discerning ladies."