It seemed that someone in their family wanted to go abroad for something, so they sold the house. They did indeed sell it for eight thousand five hundred yuan.
The shop front of his family's property was definitely not worth that price, as it was only one room, about sixty square meters. Even if it were to be sold, it would fetch at most five to six thousand yuan.
"I remember now, there was such a family."
Li Kuai Shou finished speaking, fell silent for a moment, and then looked at Zhang Liu Nian, "Why do you suddenly want to buy it? And if you want to buy it, do you know how much money you need to prepare?"
It wasn't that Li Kuai Shou looked down on him. In those days, even county towns didn't have many households with ten thousand yuan. And no matter how unremarkable his shop front was, it would still cost five or six thousand yuan.
But could Zhang Liu Nian, such a young comrade, suddenly come up with such a large sum of money?
Zhang Liu Nian replied with a smile, "To be frank, Li Qi and I used to be drinking buddies. As for our current relationship, you've just seen it.
I didn't know it was your family's shop front before coming here. If I had known it was your family's, I might have reconsidered whether to rent it."
Li Qi exploded with anger upon hearing this. He rushed forward, taking two steps at once, "Zhang Liu Nian, what do you mean by that? What drinking buddies? You and I are not friends."
Zhang Liu Nian looked helpless and turned to Li Kuai Shou, "You can see his attitude clearly. So I'm worried that after I rent your family's shop, he'll trouble me from time to time, making it impossible for me to operate. To prevent him from troubling me, I had the idea of buying it outright."
"..."
Li Kuai Shou hadn't expected that this was the reason he wanted to buy the shop. He glared at his son impatiently and said apologetically, "Don't worry, I won't let him trouble you. If he dares to do so, I'll break his legs."
Li Qi wanted to retort, but upon meeting his father's warning gaze, he instantly transformed into a good boy, not daring to utter a single word.
"If you are unwilling to sell and insist on renting, you must specify in the contract that while I am operating my business, Li Qi cannot come to cause trouble, nor can he hire anyone to trouble me. If I find out he has done so, I have the right to terminate the lease and demand five times the rent from you.
If you cannot accept this agreement, you should consider whether you can sell it to me directly." Zhang Liu Nian did not want to lock down the deal immediately, and he was willing to give Li Kuai Shou a choice, depending on how he chose.
Of course, if he felt his demands were too excessive, then he could find another place.
There were not too few shop fronts in Da Tang County, and finding a suitable one would only take some time.
Li Kuai Shou was momentarily choked by his words, but after thinking about it, as long as he could control his son, everything would be fine.
Therefore, renting it to him was entirely possible.
"Comrade Zhang, please rest assured, I will keep this unfilial son in check and will not let him cause trouble for you." Li Kuai Shou solemnly guaranteed.
Seeing that he was so determined, Zhang Liu Nian understood that he was only willing to rent, not sell. After a moment of contemplation, he still reached a rental cooperation agreement with him.
And amidst Li Qi's astonished expression, he took out eight hundred yuan on the spot and handed it to Li Kuai Shou, successfully obtaining the rental contract.
From then on, both parties could be considered to have reached a successful cooperation.
As they walked out of the Li family's house, Mu Ming Liang kept glancing at Zhang Liu Nian. Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Zhang Liu Nian smiled and said, "Just say it. Is there anything you can't tell me?"
Mu Ming Liang felt a little embarrassed and scratched his ear, saying, "Did you really want to buy it just now, or was it to get him to add that clause?"
Zhang Liu Nian's thoughts changed too quickly, making Mu Ming Liang feel that he had done it on purpose, just to make Li Kuai Shou properly discipline Li Qi.
Zhang Liu Nian replied with a smile, "Of course I wanted to buy it, but Comrade Li didn't want to sell."
Therefore, he had no choice but to add that restrictive clause.
On the other side, in the Li family, Li Kuai Shou was scowling, glaring at his son, "Speak, why did you think of provoking him?"
Li Qi, seeing that his father wanted to question him, mumbled a few words.
It was roughly this: he used to be good friends with Tie Fei. Later, Tie Fei unintentionally met Zhang Liu Nian and brought him along to eat a few meals, making them familiar with each other.
Then, he learned that Zhang Liu Nian was a softie who relied on his wife, and he looked down on him. Every time they met, he would make sarcastic remarks.
"..." Li Kuai Shou was speechless. Zhang Liu Nian relied on his wife, wasn't he also relying on his parents? What was so funny about the elder brother making fun of the second brother?
This son was becoming more and more unbearable, especially in terms of dealing with people. Even if he looked down on Zhang Liu Nian, he shouldn't have shown it all the time, as if he wanted the whole world to know he hated Zhang Liu Nian.
Wait, that wasn't right. According to his son, Zhang Liu Nian lived off his wife and was so poor that he had to borrow money everywhere. Then how could he take out eight hundred yuan without blinking an eye and even had the nerve to buy the shop?
This kid was definitely trying to elevate himself by belittling others.
"Nonsense. If he really relied on his wife, how could he have eight hundred yuan?"
"..." This was also something Li Qi couldn't understand. Zhang Liu Nian had always been very poor. Every time they ate together, he would decline, saying he had no money.
How could he suddenly pull out eight hundred yuan today?
There must be something he didn't know. It seemed he needed to find Tie Fei to ask why this had happened.
Thinking of Tie Fei, he couldn't help but think of Shirley again. "Dad, you and Mom should think about it. Anyway, I didn't get into university this time, and I'm not young anymore. It's time for me to get married."
"You brat, why did you choose the Tie family's daughter?" Li Kuai Shou was enraged and raised his hand to hit his son.
But Li Qi, seeing his father about to hit him, immediately turned and rushed out of the house.
Zhang Liu Nian was unaware of what was happening here. At this time, he and Mu Ming Liang had already arrived at the Da Tang Restaurant.
"Are we going back?" Mu Ming Liang stopped at the restaurant and asked.
Zhang Liu Nian shook his head, "I want to try the supply and marketing cooperative and see if they can help me sell my lobster sauce."
Upon hearing that he wanted to cooperate with the supply and marketing cooperative, Mu Ming Liang immediately thought of his master, who had friends everywhere. He reminded him, "Supply and marketing cooperative? Master seems to know the director there. If you talk to him, cooperation will be easier to achieve."
Zhang Liu Nian smiled, "I'll try it myself first. If it doesn't work, then we'll talk."
"Alright, you try it yourself. If it doesn't work, then tell Master."
"Okay, I'm leaving."
Getting into the tractor, Zhang Liu Nian and the others headed straight for the supply and marketing cooperative. When they arrived, the female employees inside were selling goods.
Zhang Liu Nian waited until no one was around before he stepped forward to promote his lobster sauce.
"Comrade, this is lobster sauce we made ourselves in the countryside. We would like to sell it through you for mutual benefit. Could you please inform the relevant people for us?" Zhang Liu Nian was handsome and spoke politely, easily winning the favor of the opposite sex.
The young female employee's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance upon seeing him, and she turned to go report it.
Du Zi Teng, who was following behind Zhang Liu Nian, kept scanning Zhang Liu Nian's face and whispered, "It really makes a difference when you're good-looking."