Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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“Who else could it be but Fan Jinyou!” He Yuzhu said.

"Fan Jinyou? He still has the nerve to come here?" Xu Huizhen asked in surprise, stopping what she was doing and sitting up straight.

He Yumei was also somewhat surprised and looked up at He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu said, "I never expected that he would come to me and beg me to help him open the tavern."

"So you refused?" Xu Huizhen asked.

He Yuzhu nodded: "Yes, I've never run a small bar before. And you're pregnant, so we can't exactly go and work for him, can we?"

Xu Huizhen didn't say what she originally wanted to say to He Yuzhu to help Fan Jinyou. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth, thinking about how Fan Jinyou had slandered He Yuzhu in front of her a few days ago.

Time flew by, and three days later, Fan Jin had come up with countless ideas, but unfortunately none of them succeeded in restoring the tavern to normal.

After discussing it, Zhao Yali and Kong Yuqin went directly to the neighborhood committee to complain that they had worked hard for a month but hadn't received a single penny in the end.

The neighborhood director was furious and called the neighborhood committee aunties and He Yuzhu to come to the tavern.

Everyone was there. They put two tables together, with the street director sitting in the middle, a neighborhood committee auntie on one side and He Yuzhu on the other. Everyone else sat on either side.

Fan Jinyou squatted opposite him like a prisoner on trial, his head bowed so that his expression was not visible.

"Fan Jinyou, you've disappointed me greatly. How did a perfectly good little tavern end up in your hands without a single customer tonight?"

Fan Jinyou remained silent, pretending to be deaf and dumb.

"You're really hopeless. You shouldn't be a neighborhood committee cadre anymore. From now on, you'll just be an ordinary collective employee."

Hearing the director's words struck Fan Jin like a thunderbolt, and only then did he slowly raise his head.

He opened his mouth, but after a moment he still couldn't utter a single word.

Fan Jinyou was filled with resentment. Before the public-private partnership, he was a young street cadre who was respected by everyone when he went out.

This public-private partnership did not bring down He Yuzhu; instead, it made him lose face and reduce him from a street-level cadre to an ordinary clerk in the neighborhood committee.

This clerk hadn't even been in the position for a few days before being dismissed from even a regular clerk position and was kicked out.

The so-called collective employees are people like Zhao Yali and Kong Yuqin. They will never be able to become cadres again; they will just be ordinary workers.

The neighborhood committee auntie said, "Fan Jinyou, from now on you will be an ordinary employee in this tavern. You must obediently follow the new leader's orders, otherwise you won't even have this job."

Fan Jinyou wanted to know if he could be transferred to another position, as he really didn't want to stay in the tavern any longer.

But he couldn't say those words out loud. The neighborhood director was there too, and if he made any demands at that moment, he might lose his job.

"Yes, I will definitely work hard."

Fan Jinyou had no choice but to endure it; being able to keep his job was his bottom line.

If a man in his twenties doesn't even have a job, he can't even find a wife.

They knew that the director's visit today was not just to punish Fan Jinyou, but to set things right and get the tavern running again.

Although it wasn't the first one, the public-private partnership of the tavern was still quite noteworthy.

We can't let those businessmen see that their businesses have failed and they've been forced to close down because they joined the company. We must get the tavern running again.

The street director said, "Comrade He, the reason the tavern has fallen into this state is because I misjudged people and assigned an unqualified person. I apologize to you here."

"Director Li, you're too kind. You were also deceived by Fan Jinyou. This is not your fault."

"It's my fault for not leading the team well. Today we're here to solve the tavern's operational problems."

The neighborhood committee auntie asked, "He Yuzhu, do we really need your expert opinion on how to run this little tavern?"

He Yuzhu asked, "So who will be the next public sector manager?"

The neighborhood committee auntie said, "From now on, the general manager will be Zhao Yali. She used to be a sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative, so she should know a bit about business."

"Me?" Zhao Yali was surprised. She originally thought that she was just going through the motions by coming to listen in, but she did not expect to hear such unexpected news.

I didn't do anything particularly special, so how did I end up with the position of general manager?

The old woman nodded and said, "It's you. You have to cooperate well with He Yuzhu from now on and not make any more mistakes."

A few days ago, after learning that the tavern was in trouble, the old lady began to investigate and easily found out about He Yuzhu's past.

He also opened a small tavern and breakfast shop on Yandaixie Street, which were very successful.

The joint public-private partnership has been completed there, and development is going very smoothly.

This also shows that although Xu Huizhen had been in charge of running these shops, He Yuzhu was also good at business.

She believed that if she handed the tavern over to He Yuzhu to run, it would definitely regain its former liveliness.

She also shared her thoughts with the street director, who agreed with her opinion.

The management of the tavern was handed over to He Yuzhu, who was then in charge of its operation.

He Yuzhu hadn't expected that the responsibility of running the business would fall on his shoulders. He already had enough to do, so he said, "I can't do it. I don't have enough experience."

"Comrade He, you don't need to be modest anymore. I think it's the right thing to do to hand over the tavern to you."

The neighborhood director said, "Comrade He, we believe you can run the tavern very well, and we hope you won't let us down. This matter is settled."

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"Comrade He Yuzhu, we believe you can run the tavern well."

The neighborhood committee lady said the same thing.

He Yuzhu had no choice but to accept, and together with the newly appointed Zhao Yali, they saw the two of them off.

Then they returned to their seats and sat down again, and for a moment no one spoke.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Zhao Yali knew that she was the only one who should speak.

Zhao Yali understood perfectly well that Fan Jinyou boasted of his great abilities, but his "Spiritual Tavern" had already gone out of business in less than a month.

I'm not even as capable as Fan Jinyou, so becoming the general manager is like a windfall.

In the future, we should still listen to He Yuzhu in terms of business operations; after all, he has the ability!

I felt a little envious. He Yuzhu is really lucky. He was punished by Fan Jinyou a few days ago, and I thought that was the end for him. I didn't expect that he would regain the right to run the tavern in the blink of an eye.

"Manager He, please speak to everyone."

He Yuzhu asked, "Let's confirm first, is what I say valid? Are you all going to listen to me?"

“Of course I’ll listen to you,” He Yumei answered first.

Kong Yuqin had long been jealous of He Yumei's ability to curry favor with Xu Huizhen by being so shrewd and resourceful. He Yumei would spend her free time sweeping and helping with the children, and even took the lead in supporting He Yuzhu. Kong Yuqin couldn't fall behind, so she quickly said:

“Boss He, I’ll listen to you too, your word carries weight.”

Ma Liansheng quickly said he would obey.

Seeing that the three soldiers who should have been under her command had already defected, Zhao Yali realized that she was completely useless as the general manager. She sighed and thought it would have been better not to be in office at all.

"Of course we will listen to your business advice."

As he spoke, he nudged Fan Jinyou, who was sitting next to him, with his elbow.

The two are cousins, so they should at least give him a hand so that He Yuzhu doesn't fire him.

Fan Jinyou was already filled with shame and kept his head down, muttering to himself, "I'm just an ordinary employee. I'll listen to whoever is the manager."

He Yuzhu said, "You have a good attitude. Under his management, our tavern went from being packed with customers to being deserted."

"As the old saying goes, if you blame others, you will be angry with yourself. Since the neighborhood director asked me to revive the tavern, I have no choice but to do so."

"First thing, Master Ma, you're the one who sourced this liquor, aren't you?"

Ma Liansheng was surprised that the first question was directed at him. He smiled and said, "I had my nephew bring in the wine. Please rest assured, Mr. He, it's genuine liquor."

"A proper distillery? I don't think so. Isn't this just water mixed with alcohol? And it's not exactly a proper one!"

“What do you mean it’s impossible?” Ma Liansheng replied in surprise.

The others also turned to look at Ma Liansheng, all of them looking shocked.

Everyone knows that if water is added to the accounting, there will be a lot of room for manipulation.

Turning cold water into the price of liquor, what a lucrative business!

He Yuzhu asked, "Do you usually drink alcohol?"

Ma Liansheng said, "I can drink a few ounces of alcohol quite often."

He Yuzhu said, "I also run a tavern on Yandaixie Street. My uncle and father-in-law are both masters at the distillery, and now they brew their own liquor. There's nothing I don't know about liquor. You've added water to your liquor, you know that?"

Ma Liansheng feigned shock and said, "We can't do that, he's my nephew."

"If your nephew mixed this water, then your family is dishonest; if the distillery mixed it, then the manufacturer is cheating people."

You're to return all three vats of wine in front of me, along with the wine stored in the warehouse, tomorrow.

"If you can't resign, not only will you lose this position, but I'll also have to notify the police station to arrest you. This is blatant speculation and profiteering."

"Don't, don't, don't"

Ma Liansheng quickly said, "Can't I just return it?"

Fan Jinyou then realized that the wine Ma Liansheng had given him was actually diluted with water. Wasn't he just setting himself up for a trap?

He slammed his fist on the table in anger: "You, Ma Liansheng! I told you that the guests only came once and never came again. It turns out you were the one who watered down the wine!"