allonlinenovel Chapter 230 Wait for me
Chapter 230 Wait for me
"You said you don't want money for the meal, why can't you leave?" Li Laosi was stopped by Li Xiaoxiao as soon as he stood up.
"I said I don't want money, I mean I don't want grandpa's money. You and uncle have to pay for the meal. You just said that filial piety is the most important virtue. It's the first time grandpa came to my restaurant to eat, so I should be filial to him. But it's different for you two." Li Xiaoxiao said as a matter of course.
Li Laosi and Li Laoda's faces changed at the same time. They looked at the dishes on the table with their hearts pounding, but they couldn't say a word to refute her.
Before the two of them could speak, Li Xiaoxiao continued, "What you are eating today are all our restaurant's signature dishes, as well as the side dishes in the mandarin duck hot pot, which are also the highest standard of our restaurant. The total is nine taels of silver, and you only need to give the other six taels."
What? They have to pay six taels of silver for a meal! Li Laosi was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
Boss Li's face was also gloomy and ugly. He didn't expect that Li Xiaoxiao would actually play this trick.
"Li Xiaoxiao, don't go too far. They both followed me here, you can't ask them for money." Old man Li was also distressed.
Since coming to the capital, the whole family has been eating from the same pot again, and all the money has been given to him for safekeeping, so the six taels of silver is equivalent to his own spending, and of course he is reluctant to part with it.
"Grandpa, this restaurant is opened by me and someone else in partnership. This is the only time you don't have to pay, but you have to pay for those two things, otherwise I will ask the waiter to report to the police." Li Xiaoxiao threatened.
She found that Lao Li’s family only remembered to eat but not to be beaten, which was the typical way of forgetting the pain once the wound healed.
Li Xiaoxiao didn't look like she was joking. Old man Li glared at her angrily. Six taels of silver was already a lot for him.
The man with a mustache gave one hundred taels of silver, which covered the family's travel expenses, as well as some things to buy after arriving in the capital.
He spent money to buy a maid yesterday, and now he has 40 taels of silver left. If he takes another 6 taels, they will have 34 taels of silver left. With so much spending in the capital, this money will not last long.
He has been here for so many days and has accomplished nothing. He can't go to the man with the Bazi Hu to ask for it again!
Old man Li got a headache when he thought about these things, but he had to give the money today, and his face became gloomy for a while.
After a long while, as if he had finally made up his mind, he took out six taels of silver from his pocket and threw it directly on the table.
He glared at Li Xiaoxiao fiercely, then turned and left. Li Lao Da and Li Lao Si followed closely behind him. Before leaving, Li Lao Si turned his head and said harshly, "Li Xiaoxiao, just wait for me!"
Just wait, I'm not afraid of you. In fact, the meal they just had didn't cost nine taels of silver, actually only a little more than six taels.
But they didn't know the exact price, and they were angry at that time, so whatever she said was the price. Li Xiaoxiao felt at ease earning this money.
After returning home, Old Man Li sighed heavily. It was really a bad start. He didn't expect to lose more than he gained, and spent six taels of silver in vain. However, he had to say that the food was really to his liking.
After living to an old age, he finally enjoyed the happiness of being a rich man, which made him determined to get this thing done well so that he could earn more money.
After returning, the three of them discussed directly how to deal with Li Xiaoxiao again. Li Laosi was also furious. Li Xiaoxiao was really difficult to deal with, insidious and cunning.
How could such a young person have so many evil thoughts?
"How hateful!" Boss Li slammed his hand on the table. They also overlooked the most important thing. A meal actually cost nine taels of silver. How could it be so expensive? When he was a county magistrate, he often went to restaurants to eat. Although Chengyang County was a small county and the prices were not as high as those in the capital, it couldn't be half as much, right?
It’s too late to think about it now. Li Xiaoxiao, you are really great.
"Brother, what should we do now?" Li Laosi couldn't think of any ideas himself, so he could only ask Li Lao Da for help.
"Don't be anxious, let me think about it." Boss Li's face looked very ugly and he fell into deep thought.
"Boss, you'd better think of a solution quickly. We don't have much money left." Old man Li urged anxiously.
"I know, Dad, don't worry." Li Dajiang was a little impatient with the old man Li's urging. He was not Zhuge Liang, so it was impossible for him to come up with a solution so easily.
Just when Boss Li was at a loss, suddenly, the voice of Old Lady Li came from the east room: "I'm hungry, please bring me some food."
It turned out that the family had bought a maid, and Liu and Jiang gave her the task of feeding Old Mrs. Li every day.
There are nine people in the family, and all the work is done by the old woman alone. As she is old and works slowly, she simply cannot handle it.
In addition, seeing the family's attitude towards Old Mrs. Li, he didn't take the matter of feeding Old Mrs. Li seriously and just did whatever work was most important.
The delay lasted until the end of the day. Old Lady Li had not eaten enough in the morning and had been hungry until now. She was already starving, and she had no other choice but to start shouting.
Hearing Mrs. Li's cry, Li Dajiang suddenly had an idea, and an idea slowly formed in his mind.
When the family was divided, Li Laoer agreed to give five taels of silver a year as pension, but he did not say at the time how to support one of the elderly if he could not move.
Maybe he could make a fuss about Old Lady Li and send her to Li Xiaoxiao's home and ask her to support her.
Given Li Xiaoxiao's temper, I think she would definitely not agree. He would then report the matter to the government and accuse her of being unfilial. In this way, wouldn't he have achieved his goal?
Old Man Li and Li Laosi knew that Li Dajiang was trying to find a solution, so they didn't dare to disturb him and just stared at him eagerly.
Look at the expression on his face, from thoughtfulness, to frowning, to sudden realization, and finally his brows and eyes relaxed.
The two of them became happy instantly, thinking that they must have come up with some good idea. They waited for a long time before they heard Li Dajiang speak.
"Dad, do you still remember the contents of the document when we divided the family property?" Li Dajiang straightened his wrinkled clothes and regained his usual calmness.
Hearing Li Dajiang's question, Old Man Li frowned and thought carefully for a while: "Of course I remember, why are you asking this?"
"At that time, they only said that you would give me five taels of silver a year as a tribute, but they didn't mention how your sons would support you if one of you became incapable."
Li Dajiang was not there at the time of the division of the family property, so he did not know the specific contents of the document on division of the family property.