All the heavens begin with the love in the courtyard.

The commission settlement with Lao Chen is once a quarter, and Lao Chen has agreed to it!

Indeed, back when Old Chen was the factory's logistics director, although he also took kickbacks, he only made a maximum of three to five hundred yuan a month, and he was always worried about being caught red-handed. Now, he can openly take commissions, and only a fool would refuse!

With Lao Chen's arrival, Han Chunming's position in logistics procurement has been completely resolved.

Old Chen is indeed amazing. In just one week, he managed to get bulk purchase prices from meat processing plants, vegetable markets, and grain and oil markets in Yanjing City. These prices were even cheaper than when Han Chunming tried to buy them himself, and the quality was guaranteed.

The store now offers a much wider variety of products than before. For example, pig brains, which were previously unavailable, are now offered in limited quantities. Although not many people are eating them yet, they are gradually becoming a delicacy for some.

The nourishing soup shop is now basically handed over to Taozi. Two more young people have been hired to the shop, and the work of making the signature soup is mostly done by the new young people, while Taozi is only responsible for making the small pot soup. He is also very busy every day.

This is why Han Chunming gave Taozi shares in the hot pot restaurant. He doesn't have the energy to manage the nourishing soup shop right now, and the daily income there is higher than that of the hot pot restaurant. He can earn thousands of yuan a day just by lying down. Although Taozi has never shown any dissatisfaction, Han Chunming is more willing to give Taozi more.

Human nature is not something that you can simply give to someone and expect them to remember your kindness for life. Taozi is willing to put himself in others' shoes, and Han Chunming doesn't mind giving them more in return!

Besides, Han Chunming isn't a miser. He makes the lion's share, so he should at least let others have a piece of the pie, right?

Han Chunming's career is booming, and his older siblings are now in a state of jealousy, envy, and anxiety.

Everyone wanted to invest, but Han Chunming consistently refused. Even when his older siblings wanted to work at his shop, Han Chunming wouldn't allow it!

Everyone had run a shop before, and Han Chunming's two shops were doing so well now, although they didn't know exactly how much money Han Chunming had made.

However, with just a little calculation, one can roughly guess that Han Chunming's daily net income now exceeds 1,000 yuan.

The older siblings are now insanely jealous, especially since they only earn forty or fifty yuan a month at the factory. That feeling makes them restless every day.

So, on this day, the second brother invited the eldest brother, eldest sister, and second sister to the park.

The fact that they didn't talk at home this time is clearly a sign of their wariness of someone, and everyone knows who it is.

The group sat down at a stone table in the park. The second brother was accompanied by his girlfriend. Both of them had smiles on their faces. After all the brothers and sisters had arrived, the second brother spoke first.

"Brothers and sisters, I invited you all out today to discuss the issue of making money!"

Although everyone had a vague idea of ​​the fourth brother's purpose, the eldest sister-in-law still couldn't help but shout it out.

"Fourth brother, you'd better not talk about getting rich. The moment you bring it up, I get a little scared. Just get straight to the point, everyone's busy!"

Seeing his sister-in-law's attitude, Han Erge stopped talking nonsense and spoke directly.

"Alright, the reason I invited everyone out today is to discuss Xiao Wu's situation. As you all have seen, Xiao Wu's two stores are doing incredibly well now!"

Everyone had complicated expressions and nodded. The second sister looked at the fourth brother with some doubt.

Seeing that everyone's attention had finally focused, Brother Han continued.

“I estimate that Xiao Wu can earn more than 1,000 yuan a day, and at least 40,000 yuan a month. But we older brothers and sisters only earn 40 yuan a month, which is only one percent of his. Do you think that's fair?”

Han Erge's words were somewhat indignant and also somewhat malicious, so Erjie couldn't help but scold him first.

"Fourth brother, it's Fifth brother's business how he makes money. What does it have to do with you? You can be jealous in your heart, but don't say these things in front of us. He's your own brother!"

Upon hearing his second sister's words, Han Erge's expression not only didn't soften, but he became even more indignant and retorted to her.

"Second sister, you still remember he's my own brother? He earns 40,000 a month, while we, his own brothers and sisters, only earn 40 yuan a month. Does he still consider us his brothers and sisters?"

Han Er said this with extreme indignation. Han Erjie was speechless for a moment. It would be a lie to say that everyone was not jealous or envious, but what could they do if Han Chunming did not agree to take them?

Seeing that the atmosphere among the crowd was not right, Han Laoda quickly stood up and spoke to his second sister.

“Chunyan, what Xiao Si said makes sense. Xiao Wu earns so much money a month, but we older brothers and sisters only earn a few dozen yuan a month. Xiao Wu knows better than anyone how our family is doing. We don’t want any of his property, we just want him to help us out a little. But look at Xiao Wu’s attitude now? Is he still like a real brother?”

The eldest sister-in-law quickly echoed.

"That's right. Before, he would call me 'sister-in-law' all the time when he saw me, but now he avoids me whenever we meet. I offered to invest in half of his hot pot restaurant, but he absolutely refused. I've asked him so many times."

The eldest sister echoed this sentiment.

“Xiao Wu has changed. Do you remember how many times he got into trouble when he was a child? We always had to find a way to smooth things over for him. We started working early, and he spent a lot of our money, didn’t he? Now that he has money, it’s like he doesn’t recognize his own family anymore. I feel so choked up every day when I think about this!”

Seeing that his older siblings all shared the same feelings, the second brother raised his voice a bit, stood up, and addressed the group.

"Exactly! He used to call me 'Second Brother' so affectionately, but look at the way he looks at me now, like he's seen an enemy. When we transferred our shop to him, he returned our investment, but what was his attitude like? It was more like he was giving us charity. Without our existing shop, would his hot pot restaurant be making so much money now?"

Seeing that her older siblings were starting to recount Han Chunming's crimes, the second sister finally couldn't hold back any longer. Her face showed obvious anger, and she stood up and shouted at everyone.

"What exactly are you all trying to do? Has Xiao Wu wronged you? He opened that nourishing soup shop and let us invest, but after just a few days of bad business, you all started threatening to withdraw your investment. He even refunded us double our investment, and you're still not satisfied? You lost money running your own soup shop, and he kindly took over, and now you're all being sarcastic and unreasonable. Is that meaningful? What has Xiao Wu done to wrong you?"

The second sister was clearly a little angry. Her words did not make everyone feel ashamed. On the contrary, the second brother was still furious and retorted.

"Second sister, do you really think he's so kind as to return our double investment? Think about it carefully. Why did his shop's business improve as soon as he returned our double investment? And that soup shop, I remember he was the one who suggested we open it, right? He never had good intentions from the beginning. He knew we weren't good at business, so he planned to kick us out from the start. Now that his soup shop is making money, we're willing to give him double investment again. Do you think he'll agree to that?"

The second sister was so angry at her second brother's words that she couldn't even speak. Her face turned red as she pointed at him, then she picked up her bag, turned around and left without saying another word!

Watching his second sister leave, the eldest brother wanted to call out again, but was stopped by his second brother standing next to him.

"Brother, let her go. I bet she took bribes from Xiao Wu to speak up for him. Let's ignore her. The reason I called you here today is to ask you one question: do you want to get rich?"

The second brother's seductive words made both the eldest brother and eldest sister fall for him, and the two of them had long forgotten about the second sister being angered and left.

Seeing the expectant looks in his older brother and sister's eyes, the second brother's eyes flickered, and then a smug smile appeared on his lips as he slowly spoke to the two of them.

"Listen to my orders...!"

Han Chunming got home at 9 p.m. today. He had been so busy lately. Working in the catering industry is really tiring!

As soon as Han Chunming entered the courtyard, he saw his mother washing clothes in the yard. It was already October, and the water outside was ice cold. Watching his mother washing clothes under the dim light, Han Chunming felt a pang of sadness. It seemed he needed to buy his mother a washing machine.

Han Chunming called out "Mom!" Han's mother turned around, saw that it was Han Chunming, and smiled. Suddenly, Han's mother thought of something, quickly looked into the room, then stood up and whispered in Han Chunming's ear.

"Your older brother and the others are here. They must have something to discuss with you. If you don't want to agree, then don't agree, understand?"

Han Chunming looked into the house with some confusion and vaguely saw his second brother looking over. He came to his senses, nodded to his mother, and said...

"Mom, I understand. You should get some rest. I'll buy you a washing machine in a while, and then we can use the machine to do the laundry instead of washing by hand!"

Han's mother said with a smile, "I'm scolding you."

"Don't waste your money, everyone in the yard washes their clothes by hand!"

Han Chunming turned around with a smile and strode into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw his eldest brother and sister-in-law, as well as his eldest sister and second brother sitting at the table. However, he did not see his second sister. Han Chunming was a little puzzled. Wasn't today Sunday?

Han Chunming put down his briefcase. Now he's upgraded too. Small business owners outside all love to carry briefcases, so Han Chunming followed the trend and bought a black briefcase, making him look somewhat like a boss.

Just as Han Chunming was about to return to his room, his elder brother called out.

"Xiao Wu, come sit down. Your brother wants to discuss something with you."

Han Chunming agreed and handed the briefcase to Xiao Qiao. Looking at Xiao Qiao's increasingly rounded figure, Han Chunming glanced at her belly before the couple smiled at each other and then went to sit down in the living room.

Chapter 53: Purpose

Seeing Han Chunming sit down, the older siblings exchanged glances, and everyone's eyes turned to their eldest brother.

Then the elder brother cleared his throat and asked Han Chunming.

"Xiao Wu, the shop must be really busy lately, right?"

Han Chunming nodded and replied casually.

"It's alright!"

Looking at the expressions on his older brother and sister's faces, Han Chunming secretly wondered what his older brother and his siblings wanted to talk to him about!

Is it about investing again? But judging from their attitudes, it doesn't seem like it!

The elder brother nodded casually before continuing.

"Xiao Wu, it's like this, my factory isn't doing very well right now, and I'm only getting 80% of my monthly salary. My two kids are about to start junior high, and our household expenses are high. Your sister-in-law and I have discussed it, and I'm planning to quit my job. After that, your sister-in-law and I are thinking of opening a hot pot restaurant. What do you think?"

"A hot pot restaurant?"

Han Chunming was taken aback. He glanced at his elder brother and sister-in-law, then looked at his elder sister and second brother. He gradually guessed what they were going to say to him.

The eldest sister quickly added.

"Yes, Xiao Wu, your brother-in-law and I have also discussed it. We are also planning to open our own hot pot restaurant. This time we will not partner up. We can't do a good job in a partnership. This time we are going to do it ourselves. It doesn't matter if the shop is small. As long as we run it well, it's better than earning a monthly salary of forty-odd yuan in a factory!"

The second brother was also impatient and, with a fawning expression, echoed him.

"Yes, yes, Xiao Wu, Fangfang and I are planning to get married in December, but I really don't have any savings right now. A man without money really lacks confidence. Fangfang and I have discussed it and are also planning to open a hot pot restaurant. Hot pot restaurants don't need chefs and the profits are pretty good. It just so happens that your older brother and sister also have this idea, so we just came to talk to you about it!"

After hearing the requests of his older siblings, Han Chunming showed no emotion whatsoever.

Is this person planning to borrow money from me?

Han Chunming then stretched and said to his older brothers and sisters.

"The cost of opening a hot pot restaurant is not high, and the profit is indeed quite good. You should definitely open one!"

The second brother took a liking to the eldest brother, and then to Han Chunming, before continuing.

"Xiao Wu, it's like this. We've done our research on opening a hot pot restaurant. Customers mainly care about the taste. Your shop is doing so well, mainly because the broth tastes good. My siblings and I wanted to discuss with you whether you could provide us with the broth. Of course, we can pay you at the purchase price. Is that okay?"

Once he got here, Han Chunming finally understood what his older siblings were really up to!

Han Chunming couldn't help but admire the person who came up with the idea; judging from the expressions of his older siblings, it must have been his second brother.

Yes, this is an unsolvable requirement.

If your own brother wanted to buy your hot pot base, would you sell it to him?

Not for sale?

Those siblings will definitely condemn him based on family ties and morality, and Han Chunming's reputation will be completely ruined!

Moreover, the second brother was very clever and only asked to buy the base ingredients, rather than the secret recipe, because he knew very well that if he directly asked for the secret recipe, Han Chunming might not agree for a while!

This suggests that the older siblings contribute money to buy hot pot base. As the younger brother, you can't disrespect your own brothers, can you?

Han Chunming really couldn't refuse, unless he wanted to completely break ties with his older brothers and sisters!

Seeing the pleading looks in his older siblings' eyes, Han Chunming sighed silently in his heart and then replied.

"Alright, I can sell you the hot pot base, but first I have three requests, and I hope you'll agree!"

Upon hearing that Han Chunming had agreed to sell them hot pot base, the older siblings were overjoyed, with the second brother nodding in agreement.

"Alright, alright, Xiao Wu, just tell me what you want. I'd even sell you my second brother's 180 jin of meat!"

After the second brother finished speaking, everyone smiled, and the atmosphere in the room immediately became more relaxed.

Han Chunming pondered for a moment before speaking.