Chapter 885

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

At night, the whole Shanggou Village slept peacefully.

Wang Changgen, however, still tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

"Can you stop tossing and turning? You're making the bed creak and groan, do you still want people to sleep?"

Li Xiulan lay on her side, back facing Wang Changgen.

Wang Changgen was somewhat impatient; he had been heavy-hearted all night.

"Have you still not forgotten Niu Chunsheng?"

Wang Changgen suddenly came out with this sentence, making Li Xiulan think her hearing had gone wrong.

"What? What did you say?"

Li Xiulan turned over, glared at him, and asked.

"I said, have you still not forgotten Niu Chunsheng?"

Wang Changgen's old face wore a serious expression.

"What nerves are you getting on? I've already gone through menopause, and you still come asking me this question?"

Li Xiulan had not had her period for two months already.

Not long ago she went to the Town Health Center for an inspection; the doctor said she had no major problem, just menopause, she had gone through menopause.

Menopausal women have relatively bigger tempers.

So Li Xiulan is now very impatient with Wang Changgen.

However she looks at him, he's an eyesore.

"Then why did you have Erhai go take over the New Era Restaurant?"

Wang Changgen continued questioning.

He also said:

"That restaurant, initially Niu Chunsheng wanted to transfer it to you, you didn't take it, do you feel very regretful?"

Li Xiulan said in a bad tone:

"You still have the nerve to mention this? If it weren't because you were unwilling back then, I would have taken over that restaurant long ago. That restaurant made so much money back then; Zhang Zhongtian took it over for 200,000 and has already earned a big villa! If we had taken over that restaurant back then, our new building at home would have been built long ago!"

Wang Changgen said coldly:

"Bottom line, you still haven't forgotten Niu Chunsheng."

Li Xiulan didn't want to waste words with Wang Changgen; she was sleepy to death, and had to get up at five-thirty tomorrow morning to work.

All the housework has to be done by Li Xiulan; Wang Changgen has been a hands-off shopkeeper for so many years, never seen him touch any housework.

"Right right right, you say I haven't forgotten then I haven't forgotten, don't disturb my sleep. Otherwise tomorrow you get up and make breakfast."

Finished speaking, Li Xiulan turned over, no longer paying attention to Wang Changgen.

Wang Changgen felt stifled inside.

Completely unexpected that Li Xiulan would have this temper.

The previous Li Xiulan wasn't like this.

Recently her personality seems to have become much more irritable.

In a blink it arrived at the next day.

During breakfast time.

Wang Erhai smiled and said to Li Xiulan:

"Mom, Big Brother agreed he'd give me a sum of money; later I'll go ask Zhang Zhongtian how much the transfer fee for his restaurant is."

Li Xiulan laughed:

"That's good, roll up your sleeves and work; Mom believes you'll definitely be able to become a Big Boss again!"

However, at this moment, Wang Changgen said coldly:

"I disagree with you going to take over Zhang Zhongtian's shop."

Wang Erhai couldn't help but stare blankly:

"Dad, why?"

Li Xiulan was also stunned:

"What are you doing? Back then you disagreed with me taking over that shop, making our family miss such a great opportunity; now you come pulling this stunt again?"

Wang Changgen said coldly:

"That shop is unlucky! Zhang Zhongtian's current situation, you also know; within half a year his daughter-in-law passed away, his son had a car accident, he himself got cancer; at this time you go take over his restaurant, who knows you might take over his bad luck along with it!"

Wang Changgen's words were very absurd, the angle novel, the logic touching.

But he spoke firmly, feeling his reasoning was sound and well-founded.

"I see you just don't want Erhai to take it over because that shop was previously run by Niu Chunsheng; I discover how can your mind be so petty? Simply smaller than a needle's eye!"

Li Xiulan couldn't help but badmouth Wang Changgen.

This is indeed one of the reasons Wang Changgen is unwilling for Wang Erhai to take over the New Era Restaurant.

But Zhang Zhongtian carrying bad luck, fearing Wang Erhai taking over that shop would also take over Zhang Zhongtian's bad luck, is also an important reason.

"How am I petty? Isn't what I said the truth! Zhang Zhongtian right now is full of bad luck from head to toe; if we go take over his shop at this time, we'll absolutely be contaminated by his bad luck!"

Wang Changgen spoke thus.

Li Xiulan is actually quite superstitious herself.

Seeing Wang Zhanggen speak so firmly, she also felt there was some sense to it.

Mainly, the ordeal Zhang Zhongtian's family suffered was simply too strange.

Family members met with trouble one after another, and science couldn't explain it clearly.

So Li Xiulan thought it over again and again, then said:

"Why don't we go ask Wu Banxian? If Wu Banxian says we can take over that restaurant, we'll take it over; if Wu Banxian says we can't, we won't."

Wang Zhanggen said:

"Then let's go to the neighboring town today to find Wu Banxian and ask!"

Wang Erhai was at a loss whether to cry or laugh at this.

But he couldn't really say anything.

After all, his parents, after all these years, have always been like this.

When undecided, they go ask the gods.

Not asking science but asking ghosts and gods — this is a universal phenomenon among his parents' older generation.

And you can't say asking the gods is useless; at least for spiritual comfort, it's more effective than the expensive psychological counselors at big city hospitals.

"Fine, then let's go ask Wu Banxian; whatever Wu Banxian says, that's what we'll do."

Wang Erhai said this.

He still remembered, last time he and his Third Brother went privately to find Wu Banxian, he had saved Wu Banxian's contact information.

So he said to his parents:

"You go tidy up first; once you're ready we'll set off together!"

After sending his parents off, Wang Erhai immediately went outside the door and called Wu Banxian.

He communicated with Wu Banxian.

He told Wu Banxian that in a bit he would bring his parents to see him; he really wanted to take over that New Era Restaurant, so he hoped Wu Banxian could help persuade his parents; as for the price, Wu Banxian could name a figure, and as long as it wasn't too outrageous, he would agree.

For this kind of business of helping others gladly, Wu Banxian was naturally willing.

So he laughed and agreed readily, and the price he named was quite fair — the fortune-telling fee at the normal market rate, as long as Wang Erhai privately gave him another 500 yuan as a tip.

Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen finished packing their things.

Wang Erhai then drove his small sedan, carrying Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan together to the neighboring town.

Although Wang Erhai's company had gone bankrupt, his small sedan hadn't been sold.

This is also why, after he returned to Shanggou Village to do masonry for so long, everyone still believed he was a big boss.

As long as his small sedan was still there, no one in the village would think his company had gone bankrupt.

Of course, except for Zhang Zhongtian.

Zhang Zhongtian previously went to the County Hospital, and happened to pass by Wang Erhai's company, discovering the company gate tightly shut and already pasted with a "Shop for Transfer" notice.

Before long, Wang Erhai drove Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan to the front of Wu Banxian's house.

Parked the car, the three went in together.

Wu Banxian saw the guests had come.

Immediately putting on a profoundly mysterious expression, he said:

"Don't you speak; let me calculate what you've come to ask."

Then with a solemn face, he pinched his fingers and began calculating in a very convincing manner.