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Chapter 114: Opening a Restaurant Together
"Sorry." Si Chengxu's black eyes flashed slightly. He felt that something was wrong with Li Xiaoxiao. Why was she suddenly so easy to talk to and even called him cousin?
"Why apologize? It's not a big deal, cousin. It's hot outside, let's go inside and talk." As Li Xiaoxiao said this, she half pulled and half dragged him to the main room.
If it was just a feeling just now, now it was certain. Since he came to the Li family, he had never seen Li Xiaoxiao being so attentive to others, and a strong sense of doubt arose in his heart.
He wanted to see what evil plans Li Xiaoxiao was up to.
Arriving at the main room, Li Xiaoxiao asked him to sit down first, and she went to pour water. She poured him a cup and filled her own, then found a seat closest to him and sat down: "Cousin, what are you doing standing there like an idiot? Drink some water."
Si Chengxu picked up the teacup, looked at her, and drank it all in one gulp. Li Xiaoxiao poured him another cup. He repeated this three times before he couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Just say what you want to say."
"Oh, is that so." Li Xiaoxiao put down the teapot awkwardly, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
Si Chengxu was not in a hurry and just waited.
After a while, Li Xiaoxiao spoke shyly, "Cousin, you know I just bought a shop and I don't have much money left. You weren't here during the day, so you didn't know that the owner of Yuelai Restaurant actually sent people to destroy my business because I didn't sell him the tofu recipe. But I'm a nobody and can't do anything to him, so I thought of challenging him in another way."
"You were bullied?" Si Chengxu obviously didn't believe her.
"I didn't bully him, but what if he finds other ways to cause trouble? You can't be on guard against thieves for a thousand days."
"What do you want to do?" Si Chengxu nodded in understanding.
"I also want to open a restaurant, right across from the Yuelai Restaurant. Doesn't it claim to be the largest restaurant in Jiunu County? I want to pull it down from the top spot." Li Xiaoxiao went to see it in the afternoon. Coincidentally, the shop right across from the Yuelai Restaurant was being rented out, but because the location was so good, the price was unaffordable for ordinary people, so it had been vacant for some time.
"So what?" Si Chengxu seemed to already know what she was planning.
"So, cousin, let's open a restaurant together. I'll be responsible for the technology and you'll be responsible for the investment. When we make money, we'll split it 50-50. What do you think?" Li Xiaoxiao cursed the old fox in her heart, but she had to say it out loud.
"Not so good. You are so young, and if I give you such a big restaurant to manage, you will lose money."
"Of course not. I never do anything without confidence. As long as you give me the money, I guarantee you will make a lot of money in the future." Li Xiaoxiao vowed.
"Is this true?"
"More real than real gold."
"Okay, I believe you, how much do you want?" There was a doting light in Si Chengxu's eyes, but he didn't know it.
"Give me five hundred taels first. I'll issue a written agreement tomorrow. The contract will be in two copies, one for each person." Seeing that his goal was achieved, Li Xiaoxiao happily crossed his legs and shook them back and forth.
The next day, he cleaned up and opened the shop as usual. However, after a while, he only sold two kilograms of tofu. There was a long queue yesterday, but today suddenly no one came to buy. Li Xiaoxiao wondered, this shouldn't be right.
It was not until noon that he sold five kilograms of tofu. The more Li Xiaoxiao thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong: "Dad, Mom, I'll go out and ask around and be back soon."
Li Dahai knew what she was going to do and just told her to be careful.
When she came to the street, Li Xiaoxiao looked around for a while and saw a little beggar. She walked over quickly and reached into her sleeve. A big bun appeared in her hand.
When the little beggar saw the fragrant buns, his eyes widened. He swallowed hard and almost knelt down in front of her. He said pitifully, "Miss, please be kind. I haven't eaten buns for a long time."
Li Xiaoxiao didn't make it difficult for him: "After you finish eating, help me find out something. I'll give you one when I find out clearly."
"Okay, okay, thank you, miss." The little beggar thanked repeatedly, took the bun, and started to gobble it up. Soon he finished the bun, licked his fingers with satisfaction, and finally raised his dirty little face.
"Miss, what do you want me to know?"
"It's like this..." Li Xiaoxiao leaned close to him and whispered.
The little beggar nodded in understanding, "I'll go right away."
She came back not long after and not only told Li Xiaoxiao everything she wanted to know, but also gave her a vivid description of the appearance of the woman who spread the rumors about her.
Li Xiaoxiao kept his promise and gave him another bun. The little beggar bowed and thanked him. The two buns came too easily.
From the little beggar's description, Li Xiaoxiao knew that he was talking about Aunt Hua.
Aunt Hua spread her rumors everywhere, saying that Li Xiaoxiao had a gigolo at home, who was Si Chengxu. Si Chengxu had been to the store before and many people had seen him, so some people who were not aware of the situation mistakenly believed it to be true.
I really don't know what Aunt Hua said to others, but they all believed it. You are such a good Aunt Hua, you didn't take the road to heaven, and you broke into hell without a door, so don't blame her for not considering her relationship with Damao.
If you want to die, then I will grant your wish.
Back at the shop, Li Xiaoxiao told them the whole story. Li Dahai sighed angrily, and Sun was so anxious that she was about to cry.
"How can Xiaoxiao wrongly accuse someone like this? She is destroying someone's innocence with her words."
"Mom, it's okay, you don't have to worry. I have something on Aunt Hua. Let's take a few days off and stop cooking. Let's take the remaining tofu back to the village and distribute it to the villagers." Li Xiaoxiao was determined to punish Aunt Hua.
"Then will we still do business in the future?" Li Dahai asked worriedly. How could something like this happen just when his life was getting better?
"Why not? Wait until I subdue Aunt Hua, and then we'll continue. A person with a clear conscience has nothing to fear. She has no evidence, so how can she be wrongly accused?"
So the family moved all the prepared tofu onto the carriage and took it back to the village.
The whole family came back, and Li Xiaoxiao sent Li Ruolan and Li Dahai back home first.
Then he and Sun took the tofu and drove a carriage to the headman's house. In matters like this, it is best for the headman to take the lead.
Li Xiaoxiao did not say that they brought the tofu back to the village because they couldn't sell it because of Aunt Hua. They only said that when they were driven out by the Li family, they were grateful for the care of the villagers, so they specially made some tofu and sent it to the villagers to taste.
The head of the village smiled and said, "I knew you were a grateful girl. I was right about you."
So Xiao Linzi was sent to go door to door to call people, just like last time when they distributed soybeans.
Soon the big locust tree in the village was filled with people, whispering to each other and praising Li Xiaoxiao for all her good qualities. Only Aunt Hua curled her lips in disdain.