The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

Xu Huizhen looked at Chang Wei and said, "Ah Wei, let's not just take a look at it, but keep it well. If it is lost one day, we will have a chance to preserve it."

Chang Wei smiled. "Okay, keep it. I don't understand it anyway, so I'll just watch it for fun."

Uncle Guan returned the painting to Xu Huizhen and nodded approvingly. "Huizhen, keep this painting well. It is very rare. It makes me, an old man, excited. It is a priceless treasure."

Xu Huizhen continued happily, "Don't worry, Uncle Guan, you don't know me yet, so we'll leave first."

Chang Wei also said goodbye. "Mr. Guan, sorry to bother you." He was not interested in paintings, he just wanted to meet people out of curiosity.

Uncle Guan was in a good mood and invited him. "Come and play a couple of games with me when you are free and chat."

After Chang Wei and the other man left, Grandpa Guan muttered, "Why do I feel like Huizhen and this guy are like a couple?"

After leaving Uncle Guan's house, Chang Wei and Xu Huizhen strolled on their way home.

Chang Wei couldn't help laughing when he thought about how Yan Bugui gave him the painting.

"Huizhen, Yan Bugui probably didn't know that this painting was real. At that time, he..."

Xu Huizhen also smiled and said, "I definitely don't know, but that's why this painting was preserved.

But we can arrange for his son to start working earlier, as compensation."

Chang Wei nodded. "That's what I had planned. After all, he gave our wife such a big gift. No matter how he planned it at the time, he should give something in return."

Xu Huizhen teased. "I heard from Sister Huairu that he was stingy, but he is not stingy at all? He traded a valuable painting for a job. I think he is very generous."

"You naughty girl, no matter how valuable it is, I won't sell it to you. The most important thing is that you like it."

"It's like her little mouth is covered with honey."

The two chatted happily and soon returned to Mentou Hutong.

After seeing the two of them coming back, Chen Xueru was the first to ask. "How is it, how is it? Huizhen, is it true?"

Her questions were also what the girls present wanted to ask. Just now, Tian Zao told everyone that she had heard that some treasures among antiques were very valuable.

Especially the paintings of Tang Bohu, the leader of the four great talents, are rarely circulated and are of great value...

Xu Huizhen sighed mysteriously. "It's fake."

He paused deliberately, and seeing Chen Xueru's somewhat disappointed expression, he chuckled and added happily, "I said it's fake on the surface, but the truth is hidden inside."

Chen Xueru walked up to Xu Huizhen with a smile and said, "You teased me again, look at my plump dragon claw hands."

The two of them immediately started to make a mess, enjoying the joyful scene.

When the girls heard that it was true, they all looked delighted.

Looking at the two girls playing, Chang Wei looked towards Lou Xiao'e.

I was thinking to myself, now that Old Man Guan has come out, there will be Han Chunming and Han Chunyan, who is a replica of Xiao Ezi, but she shouldn't be very old.

The fifth child, Han Chunming, is about the same age as the eldest son, and the fourth child, Han Chunyan, is probably about the same age as Qin Jingru.

Well, Han Xiaosi is such a nice girl! She is not greedy for money, has principles, is sensible and filial, and is consistent in her words and deeds.

Now that we have accepted Han Chunming as our brother-in-law, we will be twice as happy in the future.

Not bad, I like it.

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Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Huizhen's father Xu Qing'an hurried to the courtyard of Mentou Hutong.

"Huizhen, go to the tavern and have a look. He Yongqiang is here and is asking for the tavern, but he won't listen to me..."

The old man already knew about Chang Wei and the girls, but he was too satisfied with his son-in-law, Chang Wei, who was filial, considerate, and capable. So he didn't care about it and focused on raising his grandson.

In fact, Chang Wei let him know because he knew that he had 100% trust in him after hearing what the old man really thought.

Chang Wei stepped forward to comfort him. "Dad, it's okay, don't worry, let's go check it out together."

Then Chang Wei changed into Chang Wei and took Xu Huizhen to the tavern.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard He Yongqiang's noisy voice coming from inside.

"Cai Quanwu, why can't I run the business? This tavern originally belonged to me. Now I won't let her run it anymore. It's just returning the property to its original owner.

Please ask Xu Huizhen to come quickly. I won’t bother with you.”

Xu Huizhen walked in and said, "He Yongqiang, when my godfather gave me the tavern to run, he wrote a document saying that the management rights would last for 30 years, and if there is no successor, it would be extended indefinitely. You know this, but it's a bit unreasonable to ask for it now."

He Yongqiang jumped up and down, and shouted relentlessly, "Xu Huizhen, you have a good idea. The tavern will be a joint venture between the public and private sectors, and it will be run by the government. You took the dividends, but you only gave me 80 yuan a month. You took the money for nothing."

When Cheap Dad was alive, he said that Xu Huizhen had run the tavern very well in recent years, with monthly sales of no less than 2,000 yuan and a net profit of at least half. However, he could only make 80 yuan, and he had long been jealous.

Unfortunately, his father had been suppressing the business while he was alive, and he knew that he did not have the ability to run the business. Now that his father was gone, and the tavern was going to be a public-private partnership, he took the opportunity to come and take back the tavern.

Could government management be worse than Xu Huizhen’s?

I also heard that the shareholding of a tenant is different from that of one's own house, and one can get a lot more dividends.

Between making 80 yuan a month and getting dividends from someone helping with the business, even a fool would know which one to choose.

Xu Huizhen was a little angry when she heard what He Yongqiang said.

She had always known that He Yongqiang was jealous of the tavern's profits. Now she understood that He Yongqiang thought that a government-run tavern must be no worse than hers, so he took the opportunity to take back the tavern before the tavern was about to sign a contract for public-private partnership.

But the money she earned was earned by her own ability, and the government taking over might not necessarily do better than she did...

Chang Wei smiled faintly, patted Xu Huizhen's shoulder to comfort her, and whispered in her ear, "Give it to him first, it's a good way to kill two birds with one stone."

Xu Huizhen didn't know what Chang Wei meant, but she must have thought of a solution. She nodded and looked at He Yongqiang and said, "Okay, since you want it, the tavern can be returned to you. I hope you don't come to me for help later."

He Yongqiang was overjoyed and responded confidently, "Don't worry, I, He Yongqiang, will definitely not beg you for anything."

Xu Huizhen didn't want to look at him anymore, she turned to look at Cai Quanwu and his wife and said, "Brother Cai, sister-in-law, please seal the back door of the tavern. Starting tomorrow you can rest at home, and you can still get paid. You can come back to work when you are notified."

Before He Shengqiao left, he had given the backyard of the tavern to Xu Huizhen, leaving only the front shop to He Yongqiang.

Cai Quanwu and his wife nodded. "I'll follow your instructions. Thank you, Madam."

Afterwards, Chang Wei and his companion sent Xu Qing'an back to the backyard to rest, and then returned to the courtyard in Mentou Hutong.

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