Chapter 263 Almost desperate (1 update on the 28th)
Chapter 263 Almost Desperate
The Li family barbecue restaurant was in a mess. Mu Fei and Li Chaonan were tidying up in the hall, but they heard the voices of Li Sanqiang and his family in the house. Perhaps with the hearing of ordinary people, they could only hear a few words, but their words were clearly heard into Mu Fei's ears.
"Oh," the boss lady sighed, "Old man, what should I do about this? I saw that the second son of the Xiong, even the wild dog that smelled meat, is now his target, and we can't beat him, and we can't run away even if we want to. It turned out that I was planning to insist on the New Year, so we secretly exchanged the store and exchanged it for some places. Even if the location is almost there, our things are good, and we are not afraid that there will be no customers coming to the door, but... But who would have thought that such a thing would happen? The second son of the Xiong is becoming more and more popular, and not only does it mean that Xiaofei is too impulsive..."
"Old woman, don't say that..." Li Sanqiang said, gasping and said slowly, "Xiaofei, this kid, is not bad. He is so beautiful that we can't bear it. Why don't he betray us if he helps us, but why don't we offend the underworld? We can't afford to offend the gangster? At worst, we can't stop doing business and leave. But Xiaofei, his home is here, his relatives are here, friends and classmates are here, we can still leave, can he leave? So, he is more embarrassed than us, don't blame him..."
"I, how can I blame him? Can't I tell who is good or bad? I'm just anxious and complaining a few words..." As he said, the boss's tone was even more embarrassed, "But the question now is, what should we do? Our house has been sold, the small shed has been sold, and all the possessions are pressed in this store, patting our butt and leaving? It's easy to say, we have nowhere to live and we don't have money. Where can we go?"
Having said this, Li Sanqiang and the boss lady sighed and couldn't speak. At this time, Li Tianyu said, "Dad, mom, it's all my fault. If I weren't too ambitious and wanted to do a career and be brave enough, we wouldn't have been like this today... It's all my fault. I thought about all this too simply..."
Who knew that when Li Sanqiang heard his son's words, he laughed, but he didn't laugh. He coughed twice and said with relief, "Tianyu, you are a man with great ambitions. What can you do if you want to go out and make a fortune? If you are wrong, then I agree with you and I am wrong too. Don't think too much, Dad will support you at any time... Come and help me up..."
Then there was a rustling sound, and Li Sanqiang laughed, "Looking at you three, you three are listless, aren't I dead yet? Even if the sky falls, I will still be with you. What are you afraid of? Go and prepare quickly. We should open business tomorrow and it will be normal..."
As he said that, only such a thin and physically ill old man was more serious, "A group of rascals, they really dare to come tomorrow. I told them that I don't believe that there is no law. I have lived this old bone for more than fifty years, and I have lived enough, but I am afraid that they will not succeed..."
It would be fine if he didn't say it, but when he said this, the family was even more worried, "Old man, don't be impulsive. We are old and old, so we are not their opponents."
"Dad, if you don't have it, just don't want this store anymore. Let's go home..." Li Tianmei also persuaded with tears.
For a moment, the family cried and wiped their tears.
"Oh" Mu Fei sighed while cleaning outside the house while listening to the situation inside the house, "Face south, you do it first, I'll go into the house and take a look..."
"Oh, go..." Li Chaonan also heard the noise in the house and cried. He wanted to comfort him, but knew that he was stupid and could not speak, so he simply worked honestly.
Seeing Mu Fei come in, the few people are quieter. Li Tianmei, who was still fighting just now, looked at him dissatisfied, obviously blaming him for causing trouble to his family.
"Uncle, aunt, what's going on? Let me tell me about it in detail? Maybe I can help me?" Mu Fei asked.
Although this city house is not small, it went to the hall and the kitchen. The only room was not very big, and there was no place to sit at all. Mu Fei could only stand at the door and talk to a few people.
When he heard Mu Fei's words, the old couple of Li family looked at each other. Although they didn't think Mu Fei could help, they still sighed and started talking to Mu Fei.
It turns out that this matter starts with Li Tianyu. Li Tianyu is a top student and has ambitions. In order to expand his family's business, he studied food majors, a famous major, and a master's degree. He has also achieved many grades in the school. In short, he is quite awesome.
But no matter how outstanding he is in school, he has been hitting a lot of walls when he goes out of school to find a job. His major is unpopular, but when the big companies see that he has no experience, they don’t want him at all.
In small places, what he can find is just the most basic waiter jobs such as serving tea and water. A little better is also a small teahouse. The front desk manager of a small cafe has very little income, and it has nothing to do with the profession at all.
Li Tianyu is a very arrogant person. After more than a year of trouble, he still hasn't found a satisfactory job. He is often frustrated. In anger, he simply goes home to do his own work. After returning home, he discusses with Li Sanqiang that he will make his own barbecue restaurant stronger and bigger, and drive it from the county town to the city.
Although his mother opposed it, his father Li Sanqiang also knew that this was his son's always wish. Even if he was so ambitious, he had to support him even if he sold the shop, so his family sold the house and the house. He rented a good-level store in the city and started to work again.
The business was really average at the beginning, but his family's stuff was really good. In addition, Li Tianyu is a top student, so there is no problem with this small scene. In less than a month, their store became famous on Night Market Street. When they arrived at the entrance of the meal every day, the hall was full, and they had to wait for a table for dinner. Even so, there were many people coming to Mu Ming.
But it was precisely because of the booming business that their family was targeted by the local gangster Xiong Lao Er. Xiong Lao Er wanted his secret barbecue recipe, and the price was very low, which was similar to the strong robbery. What's more, he gave a lot of money, so Li Sanqiang could not sell it.
So, Xiong Lao Er used his younger brother to be a gangster and used a trick. Every ten or eight days, he would destroy his house. He would block the door and scold and smash the shop things were trivial matters. The most excessive time, he actually found someone directly. When the business was at the best of the restaurant, he got a big bag of poop and smashed it into the shop door. The store smelled so badly. After that, his business did not come back for half a month.
It was also because of this that the boss Li Sanqiang was so angry that he was admitted to the hospital. He had a hidden disease in his lungs. All the diseases of this anger broke out. In order to see a doctor, he spent all the money left over for selling the house. He even paid for Li Tianmei's transfer and gifts, and borrowed a lot. This financial situation even worsened. The whole family's livelihood was all tied to this store.
But Xiong Er made up his mind to ask for the recipe. Not only did he have no intention of restraint, he also became a profit. He did not bother the Li family once a week, but he would go early ten days.
Three months later, the Li family couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to pay the store, but it was too late. Some people who were optimistic about this store knew that they couldn't afford to offend Xiong Er. They were afraid of offending him, so they gave up early.
In this way, the store was running in a desperate situation. The business was just a little bit, and Xiong Er made trouble and wanted to exchange it. Xiong Er was stuck in the middle and no one dared to buy it.
"Xiao Fei, that's the case. In the past six months, you don't know how many of us survived. Not only can you not even be able to study, but your uncle's health is getting worse and worse. So far, I won't hide anything. In fact, your uncle's health is almost at its limit. Within three months, you must do a foreign lung clearing treatment, and I won't speak that English. If you don't do it, his lungs are at risk of cancer. But the doctor told me that after that treatment course, even the hospitalization fee will be at least 180,000 yuan..."
The boss's wife became more and more sad as she spoke, and couldn't help but wipe her tears, "Our store can't make much money, and your uncle spent a lot of money on medicine. Now, let alone 180,000, even 180,000, I can't take out my aunt..."
"Dad!! You are so sick, why don't you tell me..." Li Tianyu also realized that his father was so seriously ill. Even though his 25 or 26-year-old man couldn't help but have red eyes and sore noses, and almost shed tears. Li Tianmei also sobbed.
After hearing this, Mu Fei shook his head helplessly. Seeing this family happy, how could he know that this family is so miserable... Alas, wait...
Mu Fei suddenly felt something was wrong. When he was chatting with Tong Jiu, he talked about a barbecue called Xingangshan. The store had more than 30 tables. The two of them estimated that the store would have a net income of about 200,000 yuan a month. Although the Li family barbecue was a little smaller, there were thirteen tables. Moreover, the fire at the meal was definitely not inferior to that of Xingangshan. Just one-third of it, it would cost about 70,000 yuan. Why can't this aunt even take out 18,000 yuan?
"Auntie, I think our store is doing well, why... why is it even 18,000..."
Hearing Mu Fei's words, the boss's wife immediately understood what he meant and sighed, "Oh, Xiaofei, I know what you mean. You see that other stores don't have many customers and they are all very profitable. Why is our store business so popular but so poor, right?"
Mu Fei did not respond, but nodded. The boss smiled and continued, "You have eaten our skewers. Not only the taste, but the taste of the meat and ribs is much better than that of other people's houses, right?
That's because their meat skewers are all made of leftovers, or poor quality, or even spoiled meats. The finished meat skewers they wear are not real beef and mutton, but tastes like beef essence or mutton essence.
The meat skewers in our house are all made by your uncle and I go to the meat farm every day or two, buy them and wash them, and wear them one by one by one by one. The taste and taste are naturally much better than theirs.
Xiaofei, why are our skewers more expensive than theirs, but we can’t make much money? Our things are expensive. Your uncle and I have calculated that their skewers cost less than one yuan for four cents, while our skewers cost nearly 10,000 yuan. If they don’t sell them a little more expensive, can we make money? Even so, after going to the store, my uncle and aunt only have less than 10,000 yuan left every month…”
He used to wonder why Xiaomei didn't go up, but he didn't expect that the real situation of the Li family was in sharp contrast to the seemingly booming business.
"Xiaofei, look at the store of aunt and uncle, the business is pretty good on the surface, but we are in a dilemma now. Not to mention doing this business well and expanding, it is hard to just want to have food and clothing, and it is difficult to be safe. That Xiong Lao Er really wants to force us to death..."
The aunt of the Li family never took Mu Fei's help seriously, but just vented her grievances. However, Li Tianmei pouted and looked at Mu Fei and said dissatisfiedly, "Didn't you say there is a way? Why don't you say it anymore..."
I didn't mess with you either, why do you dislike me?
Mu Fei scratched his head helplessly, "I really have a solution..."
"What?" When he heard his words, the Li family looked at Mu Fei as if they saw hope...
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