Dongfang Fishing Village.
There were a total of 18 private rooms on the second floor. Some were big and some were small.
The largest of them was the Ruyi Hall, which was about 30 square meters.
At this moment, the Ruyi Hall was full of people. Not only was the big table full of people, but the two small tables next to it were also full of people.
In fact, Li Chengyuan didn't invite so many people. Although he wanted to share his joy with everyone, he didn't want to make it public.
For this opening, he called a few acquaintances and told them about it. There were five or six people in total.
However, someone spread the news. In the end, all the people who thought they had a good relationship with the Li family came. There were more than 30 adults and children.
After a while, Li Chengyuan and Cao Fang settled everyone down and invited them to drink tea and eat snacks.
After chatting for a while, a vendor who used to have a good relationship with Li Chengyuan asked, "Old Li, you must have spent a lot to open such a big restaurant in the provincial capital, right?"
Li Chengyuan said happily, "It's not bad. It's just so-so."
Seeing that Li Chengyuan didn't say it directly, the vendor guessed again, "Old Li, to be honest, did you spend a million yuan?"
When they heard that, the others also pricked up their ears and couldn't help but show envy in their eyes.
The Li family was really rich now. Not only did Old Li's son run a business, but Li Chengyuan and his wife also opened a restaurant in the provincial capital. In the future, they could sit at home and collect money.
Seeing that the other party was guessing, Li Chengyuan didn't say much. He said perfunctorily, "More or less."
In fact, the renovation of the restaurant alone cost more than a million yuan. Plus the three million yuan spent on the shop and other expenses, the total cost was almost five million yuan.
However, it was useless to say so much to outsiders.
Seeing that Li Chengyuan didn't say it directly, although everyone was a little disappointed, they were still full of envy. Even if it was a million yuan, it was not a small amount.
For people like Li Dong and Hsu Shengzhe, one million yuan was not even enough to buy a car.
But for them, one million yuan could buy five houses in the county town. They might not be able to afford a house in the county town even if they worked for a lifetime.
While Li Chengyuan was chatting with the men, Chen Jing also dragged Li Lan to Cao Fang and said to Cao Fang with a smile, "Sister Fang, Xiao Lan's brother is not here?"
Cao Fang smiled reluctantly and said, "Not yet. Dongzi is busy. He probably has to wait for a while."
The ones who gave Cao Fang the most headache today were Chen Jing and her mother. In fact, Cao Fang and Li Chengyuan really didn't inform Chen Jing this time.
She didn't know how Chen Jing got the news and came to Pingchuan with Li Lan.
After all, it was a happy event, and Li Lan was also here, so Cao Fang and the others couldn't say anything.
If it was any other day, it would be fine. However, Li Nanming and Li Qing were here today. This made things a little awkward.
Cao Fang stared at them carefully. She was afraid that they would make a scene on the spot.
Fortunately, Chen Jing and Li Nanming restrained themselves. Li Chengyuan's family was different now. Although they saw each other, they didn't talk, which made Cao Fang feel relieved.
Cao Fang was talking with Chen Jing. Li Qing, who was sitting on the side of the door, suddenly shouted, "Dongzi, you are here."
Li Dong nodded and glanced at the private room. Finally, he smiled and said, "Everyone is here. I was a little busy in the morning, so I'm late."
"It's okay. It's okay. Your parents are here to take care of us."
"That's right. Dongzi, you are a man who is going to do big things now. If you have something to do, do it. Don't delay it for us."
"…"
Everyone greeted Li Dong one after another. They all stood up, regardless of their seniority.
Li Dong felt a little uncomfortable. After a few polite words, he said to Cao Fang, "Mom, you can take care of the uncles upstairs. I'll go down and have a look."
Cao Fang said quickly, "Okay, we can take care of you upstairs. You can go downstairs."
Li Dong smiled and chatted with them for a while. Then he was about to leave the private room and go downstairs.
Chen Jing suddenly said, "Xiao Lan's brother. Xiao Lan hasn't been here before. Let her go down with you."
Li Dong glanced at her, and then looked at Li Lan. He nodded and said, "Okay, let Xiao Lan go with me."
Chen Jing's face lit up when she heard that. She pushed Li Lan. Li Lan lowered her head and walked to Li Dong. Li Dong rubbed her head and said, "Let's go. Follow me."
Then he didn't look at Chen Jing again and went downstairs with Li Lan.
Li Nanming curled his lips. Seeing that everyone was flattering Li Chengyuan and his wife, and no one was paying attention to him, he felt a little bored and followed them out of the private room.
Li Qing tried to stop him, but he was worried that Li Nanming would cause trouble, so he hurried to follow them.
…
After leaving the private room, Li Dong breathed a sigh of relief.
He was going to entertain his relatives and friends, but everyone was so enthusiastic and polite that Li Dong couldn't stand it. He didn't want to stay any longer, so he walked out.
Glancing at Li Lan, who was looking around behind him, Li Dong asked, "Is it a holiday today?"
Li Lan whispered, "No, it's not a holiday. I asked for leave."
Li Dong didn't need to guess to know that it was Chen Jing who did it. She was embarrassed to come alone, so she took Li Lan with her.
Li Dong didn't bother to scold Chen Jing. Although Chen Jing was a little utilitarian, she was not stupid.
Last time, Cao Fang told Li Dong that Chen Jing was in charge of the small convenience store in Dongping. In the past half a year, Chen Jing had transferred money to Li Lan on time every month. She was clean and treated Li Lan much better now. That was enough. Li Dong couldn't ask her to change too much.
He asked about Li Lan's studies. Li Lan would be in the third year of middle school in the second half of the year, and her grades in school were not bad. It seemed that there was hope for her to go to No.1 Middle School.
Li Dong said a few words of encouragement, and the two of them went downstairs.
Li Dong didn't go out. He found a table near the glass wall in the hall and sat down, ready to take a break.
As soon as he sat down, he saw Li Nanming walking towards him.
As soon as he saw Li Nanming, Li Dong's eyes showed a look of disgust.
If he had to say who he hated the most, it would be Li Nanming. If he didn't meet Li Nanming at the restaurant's opening today, Li Dong wouldn't even want to talk to him.
Li Nanming was the perfect example of a person who couldn't hold up a wall!
The last time Qingming went home, Li Nanming said he wanted to open a supermarket. At first, he wanted to join Li Dong's Far away.
Later, Li Dong didn't agree, but it gave Li Nanming a chance.
If Li Nanming opened a supermarket, he could get the goods from Far away at cost price. Far away wouldn't earn a penny from him.
If he was diligent and smart, he could open a small supermarket. He might not be rich, but it wouldn't be a big problem for him to live a carefree life.
But Li Nanming was too arrogant and didn't do it.
Li Dong despised this kind of person. He didn't have a good relationship with Li Nanming. After this incident, Li Dong looked down on this guy even more.
Unless this guy starved to death on the street one day, Li Dong would pretend he didn't know this person.
He didn't work hard, didn't know how to differentiate between the five grains, and loved leisure and hated work. These words could be used to describe Li Nanming, but Li Dong was too lazy to care about him.
Li Nanming didn't have any self-awareness. He walked to Li Dong's table and saw Li Dong sitting opposite Li Lan. Li Nanming frowned and said, "Excuse me. Can't you see I'm here?"
Li Lan heard this and quickly prepared to get up.
Li Dong snorted, "Sit down!"
Then he stared at Li Nanming and said, "What are you doing? Who wants to let you sit? "
Li Nanming's face changed slightly, then he said embarrassedly, "I'm just joking. Dongzi, I have something to discuss with you."
"I don't have time. Let's talk about it later."
Li Dong didn't even bother to be perfunctory and directly refused.
Li Nanming's face turned red, and then it turned from red to green. He said with a livid face, "Dongzi, I am your cousin. You don't want to give me face? I came all the way to Pingchuan for the opening of your parents' restaurant. Is this how you treat me? Now that you have some money, you want to turn your back on me? "
Li Dong glanced at him and frowned, "Don't try to get close to me. I will turn my back on you. What can you do about it? Do I owe you anything? Do I have to talk to you just because you said you wanted to talk to me? "
Li Nanming was angry, but he was afraid that if he really offended Li Dong, he wouldn't have a chance in the future. He didn't know what to say for a while.
Fortunately, Li Qing came over at this time. She also heard some of Li Dong's words. Seeing Li Nanming standing there motionlessly, Li Qing quickly said, "Brother, Second Uncle and Second Aunt are upstairs calling for you. Hurry up."
Li Nanming sighed softly, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He didn't say anything and turned to go upstairs.
After he left, Li Qing and Li Lan felt a lot more relaxed.
Li Dong didn't hate Li Qing as much as before. Since Li Chenghui passed away, Li Qing had changed a lot.
Seeing that Li Qing was about to leave, Li Dong said, "Sit, I have something to say to you."
Li Qing was quite flattered and carefully sat down next to Li Lan.
Li Dong ignored her and asked directly, "I heard you opened a small convenience store?"
Although Li Qing was a little curious about how Li Dong knew, she still nodded and said, "Yes."
"Where did the money come from?"
"I asked my mother for 20,000 yuan, borrowed 10,000 yuan from a friend, and 30,000 yuan to rent a shop. I haven't finished it yet." Li Qing said with some embarrassment.
Li Dong thought for a while and asked again, "You opened it yourself? Li Nanming didn't pay? "
Li Qing didn't say anything.
Li Dong understood and finally said, "I heard that you wanted to buy a batch of goods from Qingyang Store Far away on credit. Is this true?"
Li Qing's face suddenly turned red. She stammered, "That … Dongzi, I was just asking. Your store manager said no, so I didn't ask."
"I'll go back and tell him that I can supply you with goods for three months in the future. The payment will be paid after you sell the goods. But let me say something first. You are you, Li Nanming is Li Nanming. He's a piece of trash. I don't like him. Your store is your store. If he tries to meddle, don't take any goods from me in the future. "
Li Dong wasn't afraid of hurting their sibling relationship. He helped Li Qing because Li Dong saw that she was willing to change.
Li Qing used to be unruly and capricious. But after Li Chenghui passed away, Li Qing became a completely different person. She knew how to support herself. It wasn't easy for Li Dong to see her. After all, they were related by blood. If he could help her, he would.
But Li Dong was too lazy to talk to Li Nanming. He didn't want to talk too much with this guy.
Hearing Li Dong's words, Li Qing immediately said gratefully, "Dongzi, thank you. Don't worry. After the goods are sold, I will pay you back immediately. I won't interfere with my brother's business. He has some money on hand now. He doesn't need my help. "
Li Chenghui left behind a lot of property when he passed away. But now that Li Nanming was the head of the family, Li Qing really didn't have any money.
The 20,000 yuan she got from Wang Li was Wang Li's private money. If it wasn't for the fact that she had no other choice, Li Qing wouldn't have thought of buying on credit.
Not to mention Li Dong, Li Qing almost gave up on her brother.
She opened a convenience store, the smallest kind. She didn't even have the money to hire people. She wanted to get 20,000 yuan from Li Nanming to buy goods. In the end, Li Nanming refused to give her money even after she asked for an IOU.
Seeing that there was no money to buy goods, Li Qing was worried to death. Li Nanming didn't even want to help.
Now that Li Dong helped her solve this problem, Li Qing didn't care about Li Nanming's life. Anyway, this guy had money. He could live like this for a few years.
Li Dong didn't say much to Li Qing. After talking about this matter, he let her go upstairs.
Watching Li Qing leave, Li Dong said to Li Lan, "If Li Qing is willing to ease the relationship with you in the future, then do as you see fit. If she doesn't want to, then forget it. Forget about Li Nanming. Don't deal with him. He might lead you astray. Do you understand? "
Li Lan nodded quickly. In fact, if Li Dong didn't say it, she didn't want to deal with the Li siblings.
Especially Li Nanming. She was scared just by looking at him.
…
At noon, Li Dong accompanied Li Chengyuan, Chen Jiawan, and the people in the vegetable market to have a meal.
During the meal, Li Chengfu and Li Dong talked about the ancestral grave.
Previously, Li Dong paid 150,000 yuan, and the others pooled their money together. A total of 200,000 yuan was prepared to repair the ancestral grave.
Now almost two months had passed, and the ancestral grave was almost repaired. They didn't spend that much money, and there was still more than 20,000 yuan left. This time, Li Chengfu was going to return the money to Li Dong.
Naturally, Li Dong didn't care about the money. He let Li Chengfu do as he saw fit. In the end, Li Chengyuan also said so, so Li Chengfu didn't argue anymore.
20,000 yuan was nothing to Li Dong, but it was not a small sum of money in the countryside.
Since Li Dong didn't want it, they divided it and got back the money they had paid before. It was equivalent to repairing the ancestral grave without spending money. Naturally, they were willing to do it.
As for the 20,000 yuan that Li Nanming paid, no one said to return it to him.
That guy was so stingy. For his 20,000 yuan, Li Chengfu and the others went to Qingyang several times. Finally, they persuaded Wang Li. Besides, Li Chenghui was buried there. Finally, they got the 20,000 yuan.
After so much effort, although there was still some money left, they were not going to give it to him. This guy was so stingy even though he was rich.
Li Dong didn't care much about these things. After lunch, he said goodbye to Li Chengyuan and Cao Fang and left first.
But when she left, she had a little tail beside her. Chen Jing shoved Li Lan over again.
Li Dong didn't dislike Li Lan. In addition, Li Lan and the others wouldn't go back today. Anyway, he didn't accompany his girlfriend on a date.
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