It was still past ten o'clock, and there were not many customers in the restaurant.
Li Wen walked around and found that every employee was doing their job to prepare for the afternoon business. He had nothing to do at all.
Great!
He was indeed a hands-off shopkeeper.
"Old Zhang, I have something to do. If your nephew comes, tell him to renovate a place for bathing in the backyard.”
"Alright boss, my nephew is the most reliable.”Zhang Zhang patted his chest and promised.
"Alright, I'll leave it to you."
Li Wen nodded, turned around, and walked out of the restaurant.
As soon as he walked out, he wondered if he should go to the tavern, the silk shop, or take a look around the current Sijiu City.
Mr. Fang walked toward Fang Yu Lin.
"Good morning, Boss Li," Mr. Fang cupped his fists and said.”
"Mr. Fang, are you here for me?”Li Wen was curious as to why Fang Yulin was here.
"There's news about the courtyard house, so I came to tell Boss Li.”
"Oh? You're already greeting me?"
"Of course. How could I dare to delay Boss Li's matter? If you're free now, why don't we go over directly?”
"Now?" Li Wen hesitated for a moment and said,""Alright, let's go over and take a look now.”
Hearing Li Wen's promise, Mr. Fang called two rickshaws at the intersection, and the two of them headed to the front gate.
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At the front gate of the courtyard house.
Li Wen and Mr. Fang got off the tricycle and saw a middle-aged man walking toward them.
"Mr. Chen, let me introduce you to Mr. Li Wen." Mr. Fang stepped forward and introduced him.”
"Boss Li, I've heard a lot about you. I heard Brother Yu Lin mention you yesterday, so I took the liberty to ask Brother Yu Lin to invite you over.”
Boss Chen cupped his fists and said politely.
Li Wen cupped his fists and returned the greeting." Boss Chen, you must be joking. If you want to say something, I'm sorry to disturb you."”
"Alright, you two, don't stand on ceremony. Let's go in and take a look at the courtyard first.”
"Right, right, Brother Rainforest is right." Boss Chen slapped his forehead and immediately cupped his hands."Boss Li, please come in."
"Then it would be impolite of me to refuse." Li Wen smiled. This time, he didn't stand on ceremony and directly walked towards the open door of the courtyard house.
It was called a courtyard house, but the gate itself was unusual.
The other Siheyuan had small doors, but this was a huge mahogany door.
It could be seen that the people who lived in this courtyard in the early years were not ordinary people.
"Why is there still someone living here?"
Li Wen looked at Boss Chen in shock when he heard the sound of cooking.
Boss Chen said," To tell you the truth, Boss Li, I bought this courtyard house from a Baylor in my early years. I didn't move in later, so I rented it to the workers of the nearby Red Star Rolling Mill."”
"Have you rented out every room?”
Li Wen stood at the entrance and looked inside. He found that the doors of the rooms on both sides were filled with firewood and stoves. There were also a few women cooking.
"That's right. The front, middle, and back courtyards have all been rented out.”
Boss Chen nodded. Afraid that Boss Li would be unhappy, he said,"I have a rental contract with them. I can let them move out at any time.”
Hearing this, Li Wen's brows furrowed. He hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he didn't say anything. His heart sank, and he walked in.
Seeing this, Mr. Chen and Mr. Fang followed behind him.
A middle-aged woman was cooking on the left side of the door. When she saw someone enter, she subconsciously looked up and saw that one of them was Boss Chen. She put down the scallions in her hand and hurriedly returned to the house.
After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties with glasses ran out of the house. He looked like an intellectual.
When he saw Li Wen and the others, he quickly stepped forward and said,""Boss Chen, why are you here?"
Boss Chen saw who it was and smiled." Oh, it's Teacher Yan. It's nothing. I just came over with a friend to take a look."”
"Has Boss Chen eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, I'm cooking.”
Yan Bugui pointed at the stove that was burning in front of his house.
"There's no need, Teacher Yan. We'll leave after we take a look.”
Boss Chen shook his head.
How could Boss Chen not know what kind of person Teacher Yan was after interacting with him for so many years? If he ate a grain of rice from his family, he would at least get a piece of meat back from the other party.
Boss Chen sometimes wondered how such a shrewd and calculative person became a primary school language teacher. He was not afraid that he would teach the students badly.
Moreover, if he was so good at calculations, he should be an accountant. If not, he should be a math teacher. At the very least, he could teach students math and not worry about not being able to calculate the accounts when he went out to buy things.
The commotion attracted the attention of the women. When they saw Boss Chen, a few of the tenants who still owed rent darkened their faces and quickly turned around to enter their houses, not daring to come out.
Yi Zhonghai, who lived in the middle courtyard, heard the noise outside and packed up his work. As soon as he left his house, he saw Boss Chen walking into the middle courtyard with two people.
"Boss Li, look at the middle courtyard. It's much bigger than the front courtyard. This is the main courtyard. If you buy it, you can live here in the future. As for the backyard, there are only three rooms. In the past, it was used as a warehouse for sundries.”
"Yes, the area is quite big." Li Wen realized that the courtyard house was quite big. The front yard was already a few hundred square meters, and the middle yard was even bigger.
Yi Zhonghai heard their conversation and his expression changed drastically. Was Boss Chen selling the courtyard house?
Those who chose to rent a house definitely did not have a house at home.
If Boss Chen sold the yard, the new boss would not rent it anymore.
There were more than ten households in this courtyard house, and there were about sixty to seventy people. They would probably have to sleep on the streets.
No, I can't let Boss Chen sell the yard!
Yi Zhonghai was thinking about how to convince Boss Chen.
A young man around 18 or 19 years old walked out from the main house of the courtyard house. When he saw Boss Chen, he walked up to him with a smile."Hey, isn't this Boss Chen? Why are you here today? Do you want to eat my dishes again?"
The young man was a chef and his skills were very good. Boss Chen was very delicious and often asked him to cook at home.
It was a normal thing, but with Li Wen and Mr. Fang around, Mr. Chen felt embarrassed and rolled his eyes at the young man. He said,
"Go, go, go. Don't be so cheeky. I still have guests here.”
Then, Boss Chen quickly explained to Li Wen,"Boss Li, this is He Yuzhu, a chef from the nearby Red Star Rolling Mill. His ancestors used to be imperial chefs, and his skills are quite good.”
Li Wen's eyes widened. This young man was He Yuzhu?
Then that teacher surnamed Yan in the front yard…
His expression was a little dazed.
I was wondering why this courtyard house looked so familiar, but it turned out to be the "Qin Man Siheyuan"!
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