Chapter 402: Getting Ready to Do Business
After a night's rest, Li Shengli got up very energetic the next day. When he heard from his eldest son why his younger son was upset, he almost laughed out loud. So this was the reason.

This is a simple matter. After Li Chengqin comes back, the family can go out for some fun together and it will be solved.

Today, Li Shengli plans to go to the courtyard to see who is looking for him and whether there is a house to sell. Considering what Li Chengkang said yesterday, Li Shengli plans to drive his youngest son to school first.

With a car, Han Qiuyun no longer has to ride a bicycle to school. As long as Li Shengli is not too busy to go there, he will pick Han Qiuyun up from get off work every day. After a few days, Li Shengli doesn't plan to let Han Qiuyun go to work anymore.

On the way to send Li Chengkang to school, Li Shengli and Li Chengkang agreed to take him out to play during the holidays.

After seeing off Li Chengkang and Han Qiuyun, Li Shengli finally came to the courtyard.

"Teacher Yan, who in the compound came to the restaurant to look for me?" As soon as he entered the yard, Li Shengli saw Yan Bugui preparing to go fishing with a fishing rod. He sold the house to Li Shengli. Now the family has little money and is preparing to go back to the life in the 1960s.

"Oh, it's Old Meng who lives in the ear room next to Sha Zhu's house in the Central Courtyard." Yan Bugui, who had retired long ago, was very familiar with the situation in the courtyard. He also knew that Old Meng was planning to sell the house. Old Meng had heard about this from Yan Bugui.

So that's how it is. This matter is easy to handle. Li Shengli still has a lot of money on hand, which is more than enough to buy a courtyard house.

"Teacher Yan, is there anyone else in this compound who wants to sell a house?" Li Shengli thought that it was not easy for him to come here, so he might as well get things done at once.

"That's easy. I'll go ask for you." Yan Bugui's attitude towards Li Shengli has changed a lot. In the past, he acted like the third uncle in the courtyard, scheming here and there. But now it's not the case. Li Shengli is now his creditor, and he is not as tough as before when speaking to Li Shengli.

This is human nature, and it is really realistic.

"Shengli, come in and have a cup of tea." The third aunt also heard the noise and came out of the house and began to entertain Li Shengli enthusiastically.

"No, don't bother me. I have to leave soon. You just came back from the hospital, so don't bother me." Li Shengli quickly rejected the kindness of the third aunt, although she was so enthusiastic because Li Shengli was her landlord.

Before Lee Seung-ri became rich, this family was so enthusiastic about inviting Lee Seung-ri into their home for tea.

Li Shengli is not a mentally pervert and is not very interested in the change in these people's attitudes. The people in the courtyard can no longer cause any waves in Li Shengli's heart.

Just as Li Shengli was waiting for news from Yan Bugui, a man came in from outside the gate of the courtyard. This man was Banggeng who had lost money in his previous business. Having lost all his family fortune, Banggeng was not so tough at home now.

Everyone in the family would roll their eyes at him, especially Xiaodang and Huaihua. A considerable portion of the money in their family's passbook was saved by the two of them, and another portion was the dowry that Sha Zhu saved for them. Now, all the money in the family was lost by Banggeng, and now the family's expenses are still Sha Zhu's salary last month and Yi Zhonghai's pension.

Without money, the family’s life has been downgraded and there is less meat in the meals.

Banggeng just came out of that. No decent place wanted him, so now he goes out every day to see if there is any temporary job to do.

Seeing Banggeng, Li Shengli showed a meaningful smile. This kid had stolen his small restaurant before, but he hadn't figured out how to retaliate against him yet. He got himself into prison first. Now it seems that this kid will get himself into prison sooner or later without him having to do anything. Banggeng also saw Li Shengli standing by the side in the yard. Looking at Li Shengli's decent clothes and then looking at his own cheap clothes, Banggeng felt uncomfortable for some reason, especially when he heard that Li Chengzhi was now the director of his own food factory. He felt even more uncomfortable.

Seeing Lee Seung-ri's meaningful look, Banggeng also realized that Lee Seung-ri still remembered the scene when he went to his store to steal things.

Banggeng didn't dare to get angry with Lee Seungri at this moment. He couldn't find a job because of his bad reputation. If Lee Seungri spread the news of what he had done before to the surrounding streets and alleys, he would not be able to do even a small business in the future.

Banggeng returned to his home with his head down, avoiding Li Shengli's sight. Jia Zhang felt very distressed to see her good grandson looking so dirty.

"Banggeng, if you really can't make it, why don't you try some small business first?" Jia Zhang's taste had become a little picky. Although it was not that she couldn't continue to eat cornmeal, and she had white flour buns and delicious fish and meat, why should she eat bran and vegetables?

Besides, being a temporary worker is not an easy job. Not only does it pay little, but it is also very tiring.

Nowadays, all those small business owners out there are making a lot of money. Not to mention those in-demand small commodities, even the snack stands out there are doing a booming business.

Banggeng has learned to be a chef for two years. Even if his cooking skills are not good, he still has Sha Zhu. He can set up a snack stand and ask Sha Zhu to help him add some seasonings. With Sha Zhu's support, the business will easily become prosperous.

After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Bang Geng's eyes lit up and a feeling of pride surged in his heart. Although he looked down on Sha Zhu, he had no choice now that he had become like this.

"Okay, grandma, I promise you this." Banggeng agreed readily, but he was very concerned about his reputation, so he would not tell Shazhu about this matter.

Banggeng had no choice. The job he wanted most was the kind that would make others look at him with envy and jealousy when they mentioned him. Being a chef was obviously not in that category.

It was the same when he and Xu Damao were learning projection technology before. Although it was hard work to show movies in the countryside, he could not only get a lot of benefits from these communes, but the most important thing was that these people had something to ask of him. Every time he went to the countryside, they not only treated him to good food and wine, but also flattered him with a lot of words.

This is what Banggeng likes the most, so even if Shazhu supports their family with a lunch box, Banggeng still looks down on Shazhu.

"That's good. I'll ask your mother to tell Sha Zhu when she comes back tonight." Jia Zhang knew very well what her grandson was thinking, and he couldn't avoid it.

Sha Zhu has been sulking with Qin Huairu these past few days. He worked so hard to earn so much money, but it was all lost at once by Bang Geng. Anyone would feel heartbroken.

And although Sha Zhu felt distressed, he did not care much about the money. He just saw that Bang Geng had gone astray. What kind of people are these Liu family and Yan family? When they get involved with Xu Damao, this group of people can't do anything good.

The fact that Banggeng was doing a small business could just ease the relationship between the two. Small business is a legitimate livelihood, and no matter whether it is in the catering industry, this just scratched the surface of Shazhu's feelings.

(End of this chapter)