11. The Farmer and the Snake
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The situation of his own family and his second aunt's family reminded Li Yifan of the texts he learned in elementary school, the farmer and the snake.
In 93 years, the city of a woolen mill is not well-managed, on the verge of bankruptcy, my father and mother were gritted their teeth and determined to go to the sea, at that time in order to open this small restaurant, Li Liqiang and Zhang Shu, but gritted their teeth to sell the fund-raising house in the factory at that time, which raised 30,000 yuan, planning to open this seafood shop.
At that time, the second aunt's family was also very difficult, but the second aunt was usually long-sleeved and good at dancing, and she was very pleasing to grandma and grandpa, so grandma, grandpa took out the majesty of the parents at that time, and forced the parents to bring the second aunt's family when they opened a restaurant.
However, the second aunt did not sell their family's fund-raising house, but took out her own savings, plus 10,000 yuan from all over the place, and then became a shareholder of this hotel.
Zhang Shu, as the eldest sister and a good person in the family, has always taken good care of the second sister when she ran this hotel, and even when she usually divides dividends every year, she will give the second sister's family more money, which makes Li Liqiang, who is already more dissatisfied with taking the second sister to open a restaurant.
I didn't agree with you to buy shares, you have to come, and this seafood restaurant, but Zhang Shu and his family are supporting, taking charge, buying vegetables, preparing vegetables and other heavy work, all of which are done by Zhang Shu and Li Liqiang, but the second aunt is sitting at the counter, doing some idle work every day, and when she is the busiest, she helps the waiter pass the food and serve the second aunt in front.
But whenever the dividend is paid at the end of the year, she takes no less than Zhang Shu, which of course makes Li Liqiang dissatisfied, but considering his wife's attitude and the thoughts of his father-in-law, he still endures it.
Usually the second aunt works in the unit, and after work, he takes Wang Guang of their family to the restaurant to eat and drink for nothing, and shakes his hands and leaves after eating.
Have they really forgotten who is the leader of this restaurant?
Li Liqiang is usually a wooden person, and he is indeed lacking in dealing with people, and he often writes on his face when he is unhappy, his dissatisfaction with his second aunt's family, and his second aunt's husband Wang Hu, who has been in the government unit for decades, where can he not see it?
In addition, Li Liqiang has scolded his second aunt a few times, so it is estimated that since then, the family has already held a grudge and has long planned to become independent from their hotel!
is the so-called murder and arson of the gold belt, building bridges and repairing roads without corpses, good people have good rewards, and this sentence will not be fulfilled often.
When the second aunt was closed for renovation of the old store, she took advantage of her own management of the hotel accounts to withdraw all the funds of about 150,000 yuan in the two public accounts, and she had long since smeared her parents in front of relatives and friends.
In the future, what kind of face will their family have to gain a foothold in the circle of relatives in Bincheng? Zuihou's father could only compromise again helplessly.
The second aunt's family opened a seafood shop at the other end of Wuyi Street, with years of accumulation of favors, coupled with the help of the sister-in-law and other relatives and friends, their family's business is doing well, and even getting bigger and bigger, a few years later, their family not only bought two new residential buildings, but even accumulated two sets of storefronts on the street.
On the other hand, Li Yifan's family, because they had already paid the rent at that time, could only wait for half a year, and waited until the landlord finished renovating the new store before reopening, and they could only pay out of pocket for redecoration, and the savings of previous years were almost wiped out.
Although the business after that was not bad, the hard work of the parents in the first ten years was all empty of bamboo baskets, and the family once again faced a situation of poverty and whiteness.
After that, although their family's business was also good, Li Yifan went to college, his eldest brother got married, and a series of things that needed a lot of money followed, and then began the era of soaring housing prices, so that even if her mother Zuihou became ill from hard work and died, she couldn't live in a house of her own again.
In his previous life, whenever he thought of his mother Zuihou who died unjustly, and when his son wanted filial piety and did not wait for him, Li Yifan would feel like a thousand snakes devouring his heart, and the picture of his mother when he was gone would often be replayed over and over again in front of his eyes, and after each playback, he would lose sleep, that kind of wordless pain, which once almost drove him crazy.
In his opinion, his mother is the kind farmer, and the second aunt is the poisonous snake who doesn't know how to be grateful, and he is destined to be reborn in this life to kill demons, if they don't provoke themselves, it's okay to be honest, if they really dare to plot against their own family, then they will definitely make them pay a hundred times the price.
"Mom, is our hotel going to pay rent?"
The breeze is blowing, the night in Bincheng is very cool, at this time there are not as many cars on the road as in later generations, the air is still very fresh, the family strolls on the streets of Bincheng after drinking, looking at the ever-changing city, Zhang Shu feels very good, but she didn't expect her son, she suddenly asked such a sentence.
"Yes, the rent should be paid at the end of July, but the landlord came to discuss with us two days ago, and the current hotel house, as you know, is in disrepair, and the roof is leaking in many places, and he wants to renovate it during this time. Your father and I, and your second aunt, are also in a dilemma, you must know this time, but the tourist season, is the most prosperous time of the year, if the business is closed at this time, it will have a great impact on our profits this year. β
Feeling that her son had grown up, Zhang Shu didn't hide it, and told her about the troubles of the past few days, which had been held in her heart for several days, and Li Liqiang and his family were having a headache about this matter.
"That day, I heard that my second aunt secretly discussed with my second aunt's husband, saying that I wanted to rent a house at the east exit of Wuyi Street, what happened? Are we moving? β
Li Yifan knew that if he told his mother at this time that his second aunt's family wanted to betray his family, his mother would not believe it no matter what, so he might as well remind his mother to be mentally prepared.
"How so? There are indeed two stores to rent at the east exit of Wuyi Street, one of which has a very good environment and a large area, and it is closer to the city center, the railway station, and there are many hotels and inns over there, but the price of rent is not cheap! Our store at the end of the street has an annual rent of 15,000, and I heard that the rent over there is 30,000 yuan a year, and it must be paid for three years and a one-year deposit. Where can we afford such an expensive rent? β
Zhang Shu obviously didn't think much about it, but chattered about the fact that she had changed her place to operate, and she hadn't thought that the location at the east exit of Wuyi Street was really good.
Now there are two stores for rent, one is a broken bungalow with the same environment as the hotel I am renting now, the area is not as large as it is now, and the rent is more expensive.
The other is a faΓ§ade house rebuilt from the original old villa, the environment is quite good, the area is also large, but the rent is even more expensive.
Zhang Shu, a small farmer who has run a restaurant all his life, is willing to rent a house at a price that is twice as expensive as the current rent?
"Didn't I mean that? I mean, do the second aunts have the idea to go it alone? β
Seeing that his mother didn't think that his second aunt would betray at all, Li Yifeng was a little anxious, and simply reminded him directly, as soon as this sentence came out, the parents on the side immediately changed their faces.
The father's expression was a little strange, but the mother's face was angry.
"What nonsense, you child? Your second aunt, how could you do this? My two families are doing a good job now, how can they be separated? Besides, do you think it's really that easy to prop up a restaurant alone? β
Zhang Shu was very angry, Li Yifeng shouldn't say this about his second aunt, he was just a child, and it was not his turn to take care of the affairs between the elders.
Looking at his mother with an angry face, Li Yifeng sighed in his heart, his mother is really still the mother who never thinks badly of people, and it was her benevolent attitude in her previous life that harmed herself!
You must know that you can't have the heart to harm others, but you can't have the heart to defend people!