Chapter 248 The eldest mother dies
Time quickly came to the summer of 1982. Thanks to Lee Seung-ri's bullying, there were not many thugs causing trouble in Lee Seung-ri's store, and the store's turnover was gradually increasing.

Li Shengli's apprentice Tian Shulin also opened a small restaurant near his home. During the Chinese New Year, Tian Shulin returned to his rural hometown and discussed future development with his parents. Tian Shulin's parents started breeding while farming, and the meat used in Tian Shulin's restaurant was all raised by their own family.

After such a long time, Lee Seung-ri already has a fixed supplier. Now, the meat in Lee Seung-ri's restaurant no longer needs a ticket. With a stable supplier, Lee Seung-ri's restaurant has become more confident.

Li Shengli's senior brother Wang Zhenbang also followed Li Shengli's advice and opened his own restaurant. Wang Defu had many channels but did not purchase goods from nearby rural areas like Li Shengli and Tian Shulin.

After working continuously for a year, Li Shengli was really tired. Tian Shulin had his own shop and was unable to help Li Shengli. For the first time, Li Shengli felt a little regretful that he had not taken in more apprentices.

Moreover, Lee Seung-ri also found that he had not gone out to play with his family for a long time. Thinking of this, Lee Seung-ri was thinking about whether he should change his restaurant into a hot pot restaurant. In this way, he only needs to cook the hot pot base, and the rest is to find a more reliable restaurant manager.

However, Lee Seung-ri still hasn't found anyone who is suitable to be the restaurant manager. It would be great if it was after the millennium. He would need more talents at that time, and he would still need to train them himself now.

Li Shengli planned to cultivate the business in his small shop first, and then in 1983 or 1984, he would open a large restaurant that would be bigger than Quanjude.

Li Shengli had a very good idea, but before he could put it into action, a major event happened in the courtyard. One summer morning, an old lady had a heart attack and died.

Li Shengli does not live in the Central Courtyard, and he has been very busy recently and has not paid much attention to the affairs of the Siheyuan. He also does not know why this old lady had a heart attack.

Early that morning, Lee Seung-ri got up early and prepared to go to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables. Although Lee Seung-ri's restaurant has its own meat supplier, some vegetables still need to be purchased.

Li Shengli finished washing up early in the morning, came to the bicycle under his window, took out the key from his pocket, opened his bicycle, and was about to push the bicycle out when suddenly Li Shengli heard Yi Zhonghai's shouting from the back. The courtyard was very quiet early in the morning, and Yi Zhonghai's shouting quickly spread throughout the courtyard.

Han Qiuyun also heard the shouting in the yard. He poked his head out of the house to take the first look at Li Shengli and winked at him, indicating that Li Shengli should go to the Intermediate Courtyard to find out the situation.

Han Qiuyun never goes to the middle yard or the back yard in this compound.

Li Shengli sighed helplessly, and had to pick up his bicycle again and head towards the central courtyard. At this time, the people in the courtyard also came to the central courtyard after hearing Yi Zhonghai's shouting. The old man before Yi Zhonghai was still a good person for ordinary residents. Whether out of concern or out of the desire to watch the fun, everyone gathered in the central courtyard.

Li Shengli came to the central courtyard and saw a group of people gathered around Yi Zhonghai's house. Yi Zhonghai was crying in the room. Sha Zhu, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, who were the oldest people in the courtyard and the most familiar with Yi Zhonghai, heard the noise and hurried into Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Old Yi, what's going on?" Yi Zhonghai howled for a while, and now he was just sad.

When Liu Haizhong entered Yi Zhonghai's house and saw an old lady lying motionless on the bed, his heart skipped a beat.

"Old Yi." Liu Haizhong called Yi Zhonghai with a trembling voice.

Yi Zhonghai turned his head with a sad look and looked at Liu Haizhong. Liu Haizhong understood immediately after seeing Yi Zhonghai's look. Then Liu Haizhong winked at Yan Bugui, and Yan Bugui also understood what was going on, but Yan Bugui still couldn't believe that this old lady was gone like this.

Afterwards, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui left Yi Zhonghai's house and told the people around them the news of Yida's death. Li Shengli heard the news in the crowd and felt a little sorry for Yida's death. Life seemed to be getting better, but the person was gone.

Next, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui and Sha Zhu began to discuss the funeral arrangements for Auntie.

After hearing the news, Li Shengli planned to go back and discuss it with his wife. He also had to open a restaurant next, so he could just go and pay his respects then.

Aunt Yi is a typical example of a woman who follows her husband wherever he goes. At home, apart from doing housework, she obeys Yi Zhonghai in everything else.

"Shengli, what's going on? I heard something wrong in Master Yi's voice." Han Qiuyun was waiting for news at the door of her house. She had to send her child to the nursery later.

"The person is gone." Li Shengli explained the incident completely with just three words.

"Master Yi's..." Han Qiuyun asked in a low voice, pointing in the direction of the central courtyard.

"Yes." Li Shengli nodded, "Qiuyun, you have to tell our three children not to go to the middle courtyard these days."

Li Shengli warned his wife that the family was having a funeral and it would be inappropriate for his children to go to the central courtyard and play around.

"Then should we go over and help?" Han Qiuyun remembered what her grandmother had told her before, that people shouldn't come to your house to ask for help in such matters, and no one would come to your house to ask for help.

"No need for help. I see there are a lot of people in the Central Courtyard. We can just go and pay our respects and express our condolences when the time comes." Li Shengli thought about it. Now that the old lady has passed away, Sha Zhu must be there. He just doesn't know whether the three children of the Jia family will be there.

There was no need for me to get involved, since I didn't get along well with the Jia family.

"Okay, I'll tell the kids first." Han Qiuyun thought about it and realized that he was not very familiar with these aunties in the yard. These aunties were of different generation from Han Qiuyun, and since his own restaurant opened, these aunties had been gossiping behind his back.

Han Qiuyun was not particularly familiar with them, and since Li Shengli said she didn't need to go, she might as well save herself some effort.

Han Qiuyun returned home and called her three children, and gave them careful instructions. Li Chengqin was still a little noncommittal, but Han Qiuyun said, "Your father asked me to tell you this." Then Li Chengqin immediately became obedient.

(End of this chapter)