Swatting at his hand, “Put me down, or I’ll go to the police and report you. I’m your elder, and being disrespectful towards an elder, the people on the street won’t let you off either.”
Granny Su knew that Su Dazhuang had some connections on the street, otherwise, Su Wensong wouldn’t have lost his job in the first place.
Hearing this, she became somewhat worried and pulled on Su Wensong’s arm, “Wensong, don’t dirty your hands with such people, Granny is fine.”
Su Wensong didn’t want Granny to worry, so he finally let go.
Su Dazhuang smoothed his clothes, looking at Su Wensong with dissatisfaction, “It’s becoming more and more outrageous, daring to lay hands on your own uncle…”
Seeing Su Wensong about to step forward again, he quickly changed the topic, “I didn’t come here to argue with you today, I came to discuss something with your granny…”
“I’ve already said, there’s no need to discuss, I don’t agree, you can leave now,” Granny Su was adamant.
Su Dazhuang, seeing the two of them like this, knew that the matter wouldn’t be easy to handle, but he didn’t want to lose momentum, “You should think it through, if you miss out on this opportunity, there won’t be another, I’m also thinking for your own good, old aunt, you’re at such an advanced age now, the area around the train station is so chaotic, noisy every day, and you can’t rest well, not to mention the Bun Shop, people coming and going all the time, I remember you like tranquility the most, my place is definitely quieter than here by a long shot…”
“That was the past, I now enjoy the bustle, Wensong, see the guest out,” Granny Su no longer wanted to deal with this nephew and directly urged him to leave.
With an ugly expression on his face, Su Wensong took a step forward, Su Dazhuang, not daring to clash head-on with him, only said, “Think it over properly, I don’t want to trouble the street over such a small matter.”
Hearing the word “street,” Su Wensong still couldn’t help but grab his arm and dragged him directly outside, “Get out, if you dare, come try it again and see if you can still steal from us this time.”
Su Dazhuang stumbled from being pushed, still wanting to threaten a bit more, but seeing Su Wensong’s face, he moved his lips but finally closed his mouth, leaving in an embarrassed state.
Seeing the person leave, Sun Lanlan showed a face full of guilt, “I’m sorry, I originally wanted to help Granny Su, but in the end, I was unable to assist and even caused…”
She knew that Chuxia and Granny Su were close. Seeing someone yell at Granny Su, and with both Su Wensong and Chuxia absent, she had come out to intervene.
She didn’t expect that the other party would claim her and Su Wensong…
“Good child, it’s not your fault, Granny thanks you for your help, otherwise my old bones would have really been angered to death by them, don’t take what that person said to heart, he’s just a scoundrel, just think of him as farting.”
Granny Su was holding Sun Lanlan’s hand, her eyes full of affection.
This girl is indeed a good friend of Miss Lin, both are similar, with good hearts and likable, well-behaved appearances.
Before, she hadn’t ruled out the possibility of pairing her with her grandson, but having watched for so long, her grandson seems like a wooden block, and this girl doesn’t seem to fancy him either. At the previous apprenticeship banquet, she did seem to take a fancy to the Sun Family boy.
Now that Su Dazhuang was spreading rumors, they couldn’t let her bear any emotional burden; wouldn’t that be repaying kindness with ingratitude?
“What’s going on?” It was only now that Lin Chuxia had the chance to ask.
Granny Su sighed, “That’s Wensong’s uncle. Today, I don’t know what got into him, he came to exchange houses with us. I didn’t agree, and then he tried to forcibly take the deed from me. Luckily, Lanlan came to help me.”
Hearing Granny Su’s words, Su Wensong’s face turned dark. He really should have taught that man a lesson just now, daring to lay hands on Granny.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuxia immediately understood – are the Su Family father and son bullying Su Wensong by force of habit? After snatching his job, now that they see the Bun Shop doing well, they’ve come to snatch the house.
She could imagine what kind of calculation the father and son were making: grabbing the house first and then taking over the Bun Shop to become the bosses themselves.
What a flight of fancy.
Sun Lanlan thought of this too and asked with concern, “What should we do then? Will the street side with them?”
Su Dazhuang spoke with seeming confidence, as if he had a strong backing.
Granny Su also worried a bit, Su Dazhuang was a schemer; to curry favor with the higher-ups, he personally reported his own uncle, gaining merits and shining brightly for a while through their downfall.
Later, as policies changed, those people also began to keep a low profile.
But human nature doesn’t change; after stealing the grandson’s job, now they have their sights on their house, who knows what other tricks they have up their sleeve.
Su Wensong, however, snorted coldly, “I hadn’t even returned from the countryside when he made his move and took the job. Now that I’m here, if he wants to pull this trick, I’ll see if he’s really got what it takes.”
In the few months he had been with Lin Chuxia, he also learned quite a bit about how to deal with people, and he knew that retreating incessantly is never the fundamental solution.
The job issue couldn’t be reversed, but this time, he was determined not to let his uncle’s family get any benefits from him.
Lin Chuxia, seeing that he had a plan in mind, said no more.
But these last few days served as a wake-up call for her.
Having no men in the store just wouldn’t do, even if Su Wensong was busy with other things, and the workload in the small courtyard was overwhelming. The staff still needed to be spread out, leaving a man in the store was necessary.
“Let’s go have a look at the small courtyard later, and after everything is taken care of, everyone should come to the store for a meeting,” Lin Chuxia said.
Sun Lanlan volunteered, “You guys just got back, rest for a while; I’ll make the trip.”
Before long, everyone from the small courtyard came over.
These last two days, Qin Han had been following Sun Bingnan around, doing whatever he did.
Now that Sun Bingnan was fully familiar with the store’s operations and knew that Qin Han was Lin Chuxia’s uncle, he intentionally mentored him.
One taught seriously, and the other learned diligently, Qin Han picked up a lot during these two days, getting a handle on almost every aspect of the store’s operations.
Lin Chuxia was quite satisfied when she found out; now, even distributing personnel wouldn’t affect the normal progress of work.
The meeting content was straightforward: she briefly mentioned the renting of the new store space. Regarding upcoming tasks, Su Wensong would go to the new store, Sun Bingnan would handle the procurement of cooked food materials and assist Pang Yongli and Ma Yingzi with preparing the cooked foods, while Qin Han stayed at the Bun Shop in charge of its procurement and some daily tasks.
This was Lin Chuxia’s way of training him; when the new store was renovated and officially open, she planned to appoint Qin Han as the store manager.
The rest of the staff would continue their usual tasks.
At the end, Lin Chuxia put the purchased cooked foods on the table, inviting everyone to taste and share their opinions.
Granny Sun took a bite of the smoked chicken and grimaced, “This is not as tender as ours, and the flavor is off.”
Sun Lanlan and Zhang Guilan nodded in agreement, particularly Zhang Guilan who had also bought cooked foods from the food factory in the past.
“I used to think the cooked foods from their place tasted good, but ever since I’ve had our sister-in-law’s, I always feel like something’s missing from their flavors.”