Chapter 2223
: Let's start by throwing out a brick to get the jade.
However, when Yang Ruihua arrived at Zhao Di's place, she found Yan Jiefang lying there sprawled out.
This saved Yang Ruihua some trouble.
Yan Jiefang went home with his mother.
Yan Bugui didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly, "What's going on with that restaurant, boss? I heard it's doing very well."
Yan Jiefang was taken aback upon hearing this, scratched his head in confusion, and said, "I don't know! My sister-in-law is managing the restaurant now, I've never been there."
However, Zhaodi looked quite tired after coming back recently; she must have been very busy.
"Didn't your eldest brother ask you to go and help?" Yan Bugui asked, glancing sideways at his second son.
He was somewhat skeptical of what his second brother said.
It's obvious that the second son's family has a good relationship with the eldest son's family now, and he suspects that the second son is helping the eldest son cover up the truth.
"I really don't know," Yan Jiefang sighed.
He knew what his father suspected; they had been father and son for decades.
He saw right through his father's little scheme.
Even if he didn't know before, after Yan Bugui exposed his 10,000 yuan deposit certificate last time, he also eliminated the filter he used to have for his parents.
To put it bluntly, his father had a patriarchal mindset and wanted to control everything about his brothers.
He also knew that the old couple must have valued his son.
But he was a living, breathing human being, and he was unwilling to have two ancestors on his head, having to be ordered around by them even when eating or defecating.
This kind of control, let alone his wife, even made Yan Jiefang feel a bit suffocated.
That's why they moved out.
However, this time, Yan Bugui really wronged him.
He genuinely had no idea what was going on with the eldest son's family.
There's clearly something wrong here.
Lan Hua initially wanted to hire a stronger, more capable cook, and Yan Jiecheng suggested that she ask Yan Jiefang to help.
However, the orchid rejected it.
Lan Hua could trust Zhao Di and Yan Jiefang, but she didn't trust the old couple.
She knew very well that if Yan Jiefang were allowed to go in, the old couple would definitely cause trouble in the long run.
For example, Yan Jiefang is now in jail to work for her.
You get paid for a day's work.
Would the elderly couple consider having their two families partner up, perhaps for the sake of their grandson?
Orchid knew that was very likely.
"Ask your wife clearly who's in charge of the eldest son's business now, and how much money his restaurant makes in a day..."
I'm confused all day long.
Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your son. Yan Bugui's tone was tinged with anger at his son's lack of ambition.
What he said wasn't wrong; he was thinking about the good of his son and the good of his grandson's future.
The person he's scheming against seems to have some issues.
At this point, he didn't treat his eldest son like his own son at all, but rather as an outsider being schemed against.
"Okay, okay, I understand."
"I got up at three in the morning and finally managed to catch up on some sleep, and you're still making trouble for me." Yan Jiefang yawned and said, feigning impatience.
Yan Jiefang is currently in a phase of self-satisfaction.
His family of three has a house in Beijing.
My current income is much higher than when I was in northern Hebei.
Even if he doesn't work, earning three or four yuan a day would still amount to more than a hundred yuan a month.
It was several times higher than the salary he earned in northern Hebei, which was over twenty yuan a month.
He doesn't want to cause trouble on such a good day.
At this point, Yan Bugui seemed to be looking for trouble, trying to break up the family.
Ultimately, if Yan Bugui doesn't handle the 13,000 yuan in his savings account properly, he will lose his former authority in front of his three sons.
His three sons would only see him as a money bag to be coveted, not as the father who had devoted himself to the family.
The next day, Yan Jiefang came over and gave a brief account of the restaurant's situation. His account was largely based on hearsay and wasn't very detailed.
Just as he said, the restaurant is indeed thriving now under his sister-in-law's management.
They hired a new chef in the kitchen, and they can sell sixty or seventy items every day.
After deducting expenses, you should be able to earn 20 or 30 yuan.
Upon hearing this, Yang Ruihua's eyes immediately lit up, while Yan Bugui's breathing became heavier.
The two exchanged a glance, and Yang Ruihua nodded cryptically. Yan Bugui, receiving the signal, pretended to ponder for a moment before saying, "Have your elder brother and sister-in-law come back sometime so we can have a family meeting."
Let's talk about... let's talk about the redemption of our old houses here.
Since the reform and opening up, the traditional courtyard houses in Beijing have been subject to redemption.
This is also a trend in social development.
It turns out that almost everyone had a work unit, which would deduct the rent and then transfer it to the neighborhood committee for allocation.
But now many companies can't even afford medical reimbursement.
For rents like these, they tend to delay payment as long as possible.
Furthermore, it has been more than 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In other words, a generation may have already passed away.
The inheritance of the house and the transfer of work units are all issues.
A capable family might be allocated several houses.
Those who lack ability still end up with three generations of family members, seven or eight people in total, crammed into a small space.
The street-level housing management department is also extremely annoyed.
Therefore, the authorities in the city turned a blind eye to matters concerning redemption.
Some people do indeed have this need.
For example, in a family like Yan Bugui's, if Yan Bugui dies, will the Yan family move out of the house?
After they moved, the second and third sons' families were left without a place to live.
If they don't move, they won't even have a company to handle their tax payments.
If you hand it over directly to the housing management department, they'll have to come knocking on your door every month to collect the payment, which is incredibly annoying.
Therefore, let's set a base amount, such as ten years' rent, and buy it out in one go.
From now on, the Yan family can continue to live in this house.
At present, this method is appropriate.
Neither the public nor private sectors will suffer losses.
Putting everything else aside, if you deposit that money in the bank for ten years' rent, the monthly interest would be more than enough to cover the rent.
Many of the houses in the alley have already been bought out.
It's all about peace of mind.
Yan Bugui, however, was good at accounting, but he kept calculating the interest on ten years' rent, which was far more than the monthly rent, so he kept delaying the process.
Yan Jiecheng and his wife received the letter but did not suspect anything.
After all, this is something that the whole family really needs to discuss together.
For Yan Jiecheng, the old house is also an indelible mark on his life.
He also hoped that the house could be entirely owned by the Yan family, even if his family wouldn't have a share in it in the future.
So on the third night, the whole family gathered together again.
Yan Bugui first took out a pen and did some calculations in his notebook.
Then he spoke up, saying, "When redeeming a house now, we need to factor in the increasing trend of rent."
Buying this house of ours now would cost nearly two thousand yuan.
"Now that the third brother isn't here, what are you two brothers thinking?"
Yan Bugui's statement is not problematic.
Rents have increased in recent years, after all, everyone's wages have gone up.
However, the price increase was practically negligible. (End of Chapter)