Chapter 464: Heart-to-Heart Talk

In Shazhu's uneasy admonishing voice.

Yan Fugui left satisfied, the smile on his face showing how delighted he was to the core.

This could be considered a huge surprise for Yan Fugui.

I originally thought Shazhu only had cafeteria connections, with Yan Jiekuang at most going to the cafeteria to be a helper cook.

But I didn't expect Shazhu's influence to be this huge.

Directly got Yan Jiekuang a job at the Yagangchang Security Section.

This is a strong law-enforcement department.

They have weapons.

Upon thinking that Yan Jiekuang had become part of the Yagangchang Security Section, the doubly delighted Yan Fugui, filled with joy, went home to tell his wife and children the good news.

After he left.

The other person wanting to buy a job came right after.

As one of the few sharp people in the Siheyuan, Li Dama has been secretly observing Shazhu's family's specific situation since the Dayuan meeting ended.

Seeing Yan Fugui first come with a bottle of erguotou, then in between he went back to the Yan family, and then left satisfied from Shazhu's home a second time.

When he came, his right hand clutched his bulging coat pocket; when he left, his left hand tightly gripped his right trouser pocket, as if something very important was inside.

In his mind, everything suddenly became clear.

He guessed that Yan Fugui had thought the same as him.

Originally he wanted to haggle with Shazhu; you can't just accept whatever price Shazhu asks, you should save a dollar wherever possible.

But after witnessing Yan Fugui's scene of buying a job, his mind instantly became much clearer.

At that moment.

A street-sweeping livelihood.

There are dozens, even hundreds of people competing for it.

What's more, it's a job at the Yagangchang employing over ten thousand people.

It's undoubtedly an existence pursued and envied by countless people.

If you don't buy it.

Naturally there will be buyers.

A typical situation of many wolves and little meat.

After going home and telling his wife, he sneaked into Shazhu's house with over a thousand yuan.

They each nodded.

Then they straight away got to the point.

Li Dama told Shazhu that he wanted to buy a job for his child, saying he heard from someone at the Yagangchang that Shazhu had two job quotas, hoping Shazhu would sell him one out of consideration for their long-time neighborhood ties, and he also mentioned Yan Fugui who had just left.

Shazhu said nothing, he took out a job quota from his pocket and tossed it in front of Li Dama.

Although it's supposed to be hand-over-hand payment and delivery.

But before buying, there's also a custom to inspect the goods.

Everything else can be faked.

The reporting certificate stamped with the Yagangchang seal and Factory Director Yang's signature cannot be faked by anyone.

After verifying its authenticity.

Li Dama bought the job quota from Shazhu at market price and left Shazhu's house as satisfied as Yan Fugui.

When only Shazhu remained indoors, he looked at the money in his hand and suddenly fell into contemplation, truly understanding what 'near the water tower gets the moon first' means.

A faint bitter smile.

Appeared on Shazhu's face.

Past cause.

Present result.

If it weren't for having done a livelihood that could be called sending charcoal in the snow for Factory Director Yang back then, there wouldn't be this pile of silver lying before Shazhu.

One quota is five hundred, five quotas are two thousand five hundred.

Money for opening a restaurant.

Should be enough.

It's just that this number isn't very pleasing.

If there were one less zero after this.

It would surely be shocking.

In order to avoid the awkward figure of twenty-five hundred, Shazhu hesitated over the remaining three quotas, wondering whether to raise the price appropriately.

Amidst wandering thoughts.

Yu Li, who had lulled their several children including Weiguo to sleep, pushed the door open and came in from outside.

Probably because the money in Shazhu's hand was too shocking, Yu Li froze on the spot, pointing at the money in his hand and then at him, her face full of worry.

Shazhu grinned, called Yu Li over, and recounted in detail what Factory Director Yang had told him that day.

Exactly what Shazhu had been thinking.

Regarding Shazhu's orders to leave the Yagangchang to open a restaurant, Yu Li neither agreed nor explicitly objected.

In his career.

Can be called a virtuous inner helper.

She has never excessively interfered with Shazhu's decisions.

Looking at the virtuous wife before him, Shazhu felt a slight surprise, then he explained his thoughts to her in full.

Since we want to open a restaurant.

The business manager position still has to be given to Yu Li.

We keep our benefits within the family.

Since marrying Shazhu, Yu Li has been taking care of her husband and educating the children; all day she either bustles around the stove or wanders around with Wei Guo's few children.

Being able to go out to work and earn money.

For Yu Li.

It's simply a windfall, like a pie falling from the sky.

He eagerly agreed.

Since it concerns her own interests, Yu Li no longer feels any opposition to Shazhu's plan to open a restaurant; her feeling toward him is exactly that of wholehearted approval.

"Then let's settle it like that."

Shazhu stroked Yu Li's cheek.

He handed the thousand yuan in his hand to Yu Li.

Men work outside.

Women work inside.

The money is given to Yu Li.

Shazhu feels relieved.

Stimulated by the feeling of being trusted, a faint joy flashed across Yu Li's face, but was quickly replaced by strong worry.

"Head of the household, may I sit properly?"

Shazhu first kissed Yu Li, then stared seriously at his own wife, speaking encouragingly to Yu Li word by word.

"Wife, I believe in you."

"Do you have so much confidence in me?"

"Of course."

The words that followed.

Were hidden by Shazhu in his heart.

In the previous life.

Yu Li saw the opportunity in the catering industry, persuaded Yan Jiecheng to first split from the Yan family, then borrowed money from relatives and friends to set up a restaurant, and even took a high-interest loan from Yan Fugui.

From big decisions like what kind of restaurant to open—whether to specialize in Capital City cuisine or another—to small matters like choosing the location and hiring chefs, and so on.

All of it was handled solely by Yu Li.

She is also someone who can take up and let go of things at heart.

In an era when ten-thousand-yuan households were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, when faced with Shazhu's difficult demand of a high monthly salary of two thousand five hundred yuan, Yan Jiecheng, as a man, kept hesitating, but Yu Li, as a woman, could stand in for Yan Jiecheng and accept Shazhu's terms; the later arrangements like bringing leftovers, etc., were also agreed to by Yu Li.

Perhaps from that time on, Yu Li already had the idea of making the restaurant famous and then firing Shazhu.

She has her own opinions.

She has courage.

What else could Yu Li fail at?

If they really were to jointly open a restaurant with the Yagangchang, the restaurant's business manager would undoubtedly be Yu Li.

In order not to let Yu Li have this psychological burden.

Shazhu did his utmost to give Yu Li ideological work, saying things like "you are a woman of the new era," "women can hold up half the sky," "you will surely succeed," "nothing but you, Yu Li," and so on.

Under Shazhu's sweet talk, Yu Li lost herself and believed his nonsense.

The lights were dimmed.

The two of them revisited a certain passionate era.