sinovels Chapter 50 Lu Yuan's Compromise
Chapter 50 Lu Yuan's Compromise
"What?"
Lu Changguo almost spat out his tea again, thinking to himself, "What's wrong with this kid? Why is he breathing so heavily?"
After regaining his senses, Lu Changguo realized that this matter was far more shocking than he had expected.
One shop costs 2 yuan, so four shops would cost 8 yuan.
What does this mean?
An apartment in the provincial capital costs only 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. With 80,000 yuan, you can buy two apartments in the provincial capital and become a city dweller.
Lu Changguo calmed himself down and looked at Lu Yuan seriously, saying:
"Xiao Yuan, do you mean you're going to spend 8 yuan to buy four shops?"
Lu Yuan looked at the other person seriously and nodded.
Snapped!
Lu Changguo slammed his hand on the table and said:
"Isn't this ridiculous? I heard from Lu Wen that your restaurant is making a lot of money lately, but you can't just spend money recklessly. What if business goes down again someday? Then you won't be able to get your money back."
"In short, even if you want to spend 8 yuan to buy it, I can't agree! Besides being the village chief, I'm also your uncle! The younger generation of the Lu family is making a mistake, but I can't let them make one too!"
Hearing Lu Changguo say this, Lu Yuan felt a warmth in his heart.
However, from the perspective of a village chief, it is difficult for him to have such a broad vision of the development of the times.
But Lu Yuan couldn't explain this. Even if it was explained as a prediction of the future, it wouldn't convince him.
Therefore, Lu Yuan could only soften his tone and patiently persuade him:
"Sir, I definitely want to buy these shops, but I need to explain to you clearly how the money will be spent."
"Go on, I'm listening!" Lu Changguo said seriously, as if he was about to change Lu Yuan's mind.
Lu Yuan found Lu Changguo's ignorant yet serious demeanor rather strangely cute.
"I can pay this money in installments, in two months."
Lu Changguo waved his hand and said, "That's a story for later. Let's get to the point."
Lu Yuandao said, "After the money is collected by the village collective, it will be used in two parts. The first part will be used to repair the roads in the village."
Lu Changguo said, "You don't need to tell me that. I understand the principle of 'to get rich, build roads first'."
"For the second part, save it and don't use a single penny. I'll tell you how to use it next year."
Upon hearing this, Lu Changguo rolled his eyes. If Lu Wen had spoken to him like that, he would have slapped him long ago.
Lu Yuan was, after all, a distant junior, so it was inappropriate for him to directly take action. He could only reprimand him:
"You child, you're talking nonsense. Don't you know how to save money and earn interest?"
Lu Yuan could only chuckle awkwardly. He had plenty of ways to make money for the village, but for now he could only hold back.
Because now there are not only the Lu family in the village, but also the Wang family.
If the Wang family gets a taste of the benefits in the village, it will be difficult to deal with them later.
Lu Yuan's core objective was to turn Luwangtan Village back into Lujia Village.
Only by returning to Lujia Village can everyone work together to build the village into the ideal place we envision.
Lu Yuan and Lu Changguo chatted for an entire afternoon, drank three pots of tea, urinated twice, and their voices became hoarse.
In the end, Lu Yuan compromised and agreed to purchase each room for 15,000 yuan, which finally convinced Lu Changguo.
Lu Yuan found it somewhat amusing to watch the old man stroll away with his hands behind his back.
He can't spend more money even if he wants to. Is it his problem or the old man's problem?
Lu Hua listened attentively the whole time without saying a word, but later took the teapot and focused on pouring tea for the two of them.
"Xiao Yuan, I understand. You're going to open restaurants in all four of these shops, right?" Lu Hua asked.
Lu Yuan stood up and rubbed his numb buttocks:
"That's right. You've seen it yourself these past few days at lunchtime; we don't have to worry about a lack of customers now."
Lu Hua nodded and asked tentatively, "So you want me to manage one of the stores?"
Lu Yuan glanced at Lu Hua in surprise; his cousin was even smarter than he had imagined.
"Bingo!" Lu Yuan gave a thumbs up: "But it's not one store, it's five."
"Five stores?" Lu Hua asked in surprise. "Do I have to manage this store too?"
"It will be managed, but not in the way you expect."
"What's different?" Lu Yuanyue said, but Lu Huayue became more and more confused.
Lu Yuandao said, "You wouldn't understand if I told you too much right now. I'll take you to Beijing for a McDonald's meal sometime and you'll see."
Lu Hua asked in confusion, "What's McDonald's?"
"Madonna's brother!" Lu Yuan continued:
"You need to do three things now. First, purchase ingredients for all the stores every day. Second, reconcile accounts with all the stores every day. Third, be on call 24 hours a day. When I need you, be there immediately."
Lu Hua nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, I'll follow your arrangements."
"By the way, when is Sha Xiaojuan's child's surgery scheduled?" Lu Yuan asked.
Lu Hua said, "On September 15th, the beds were in such short supply that the nurses only moved us up in the queue because they saw we were from the countryside."
Lu Yuan: "Will that child be able to live to see that day?"
"Yes, the doctor said that if it's delayed for another year or two, there will be problems, but if it's delayed for a few months, there shouldn't be any problems."
"Here's what we'll do: go find Sha Xiaojuan tomorrow and ask her to come see me."
Lu Hua said, "Okay!"
. . .
Having settled the shop matter, Lu Yuan was in a great mood.
Lu Changguo had left him the key beforehand, and since he had nothing to do at the moment, he decided to come and take a look at the restaurant that used to belong to Wang Facai.
When the door was opened, the room was empty.
Wang Facai was as stingy as ever; even if the shop closed down, he wouldn't leave behind a single needle.
This shop is smaller than Xiao Lu's Farmhouse Restaurant, and it has a courtyard in the back, which is even smaller.
After all, it was a house built by the village collective in the past, and it was not intended to be used for living when it was built.
Apart from the shops on the west side near the national highway, the layout of this courtyard is different from the proper courtyard of Lu Yuan's family.
There was only a gate to the east, and not a single house.
The shops on the south and north sides, which connect to the west side, each have three small rooms, which were originally used as warehouses.
It's a bit small for living, but it's perfect as a private room in a Chinese restaurant.
Therefore, Lu Yuan plans to incorporate this shop and courtyard into the Xiao Lu Farmhouse Cuisine system.
The shop next to the national highway is still used to serve individual customers at noon.
The small courtyard will be converted into six private rooms for hosting private banquets in the afternoon.
The tents by the river can also be kept and used selectively.
For a private banquet like Mr. Wang's, which requires some privacy, holding it by the river wouldn't be suitable. A small courtyard is more appropriate for them to discuss business privately.
Chinese restaurants can serve a wide variety of dishes as long as they have the space.
Lu Yuan's biggest problem right now is the lack of manpower; training those few braised duck apprentices is still too slow.
In rural areas, there is a group of people who have excellent cooking skills; they can handle everything from chopping and cutting to frying.
These people honed their culinary skills by cooking for large families during times of scarcity.
These women are the matriarchs of each household, women of the grandmother or aunt generation.
With that in mind, Lu Yuan simply went back to the kitchen and got busy.
Before long, he had three aluminum lunch boxes filled to the brim in his hands.
Then Lu Yuan carried the lunchbox and strolled towards Old Master Lu's courtyard.