Feng Liya checked the ti and realized she’d get back just in ti for lunch. She started the car and headed to the restaurant.
When she arrived at the restaurant, it was at its busiest. Zhang Yu was enthusiastically greeting guests, balancing the books, and during the busy monts, she would even help serve dishes from the kitchen.
These days, the family had been busy with all sorts of things, and Zhang Yu had grown quickly. Feng Liya watched her busy daughter with a sense of comfort.
The owner of the hardware store next door saw Feng Liya, "Xiao Feng, what have you been busy with lately? Haven’t seen you around."
The formalities had been completed, so there was no harm in sharing, "The restaurant’s being relocated, so we need to think about what to do next."
The boss lady from the tobacco store on the other side comnted snidely, "Do you even need to worry about money? The compensation must be quite a lot."
Although nobody knew exactly how much compensation was given, considering the number of shops, it was clear it wouldn’t be a small amount.
"It seems like a lot, but my husband and I plan to start an agritourism business, lease an orchard, and rebuild the house in our hotown."
"Your hotown?"
"Agritourism?" The crowd watching in surprise asked.
They had previously been discussing whether Zhang Tao and his wife, with a big sum of compensation, would continue operating a business, as being a chef is hard work.
They hadn’t expected Zhang Tao and his family to continue striving to earn money. But what surprised them even more was their plan to start an agritourism business.
Feng Liya nodded, "We initially thought of renting a shop to continue the business, or buying one."
"But suitable shops are rare, and opening a restaurant again cos with pressure."
"When my brother found out, he ntioned that the orchard and pond in my rural village needed soone to lease them. Agritourism is popular now, so he suggested we start one."
"We’ve been dealing with this for the past few days, and finally, we’ve got all the paperwork done. We can breathe a sigh of relief now." As for buying a piece of land, there’s no need to ntion it to avoid stirring jealousy.
Is it for this reason? People exchanged looks. Whether they had visited agritourism spots or not, they knew the inco potential.
"Why go back to your hotown?" An old colleague of Feng Liya, from the cafeteria, suddenly rembered that her village was quite a distance from the city.
"That area is rather remote, not many visitors. Can’t you pick a more bustling location?" The old colleague casually pointed out the position of Feng Liya’s hotown.
Originally so envied Feng Liya for being able to go back to her hotown to start an agritourism business, but they hadn’t expected it to be so remote.
Many started advising earnestly, really urging her to reconsider, as if wanting imdiately to tear up the signed agreents and contracts themselves.
Seeing the crowd’s excitent, Feng Liya knew so truly worried about the couple, feeling they were just wasting money.
The more soone persuaded, the more it fueled an atmosphere of regret, making Feng Liya question if their earlier decision was wrong, leaving her troubled in various ways.
Feng Liya understood their ntality well, "There’s no way. If we rented in a village with good transportation connections, the rent alone..."
"After renting the house and land, we need to properly renovate them, which takes a significant investnt."
"If there’s no business, we’re anxious, worrying if all our money goes to waste, only to start anew."
"If there is business, we’re anxious still, fearing the landlord might raise the rent seeing our success, or create trouble, because ultimately, they own the property."
"Though my hotown is a bit remote, it has beautiful scenery." It was precisely for its beauty; otherwise, even in her hotown, if she’d expected possible relocation, she wouldn’t have thought of starting agritourism.
When Feng Liya talked about her hotown’s beautiful scenery, nobody dared to refute—indeed, the landscape was genuinely lovely.
"You can prolong the contract ti." Soone joked.
Others nodding, "Yes, yes, you can set a longer ti fra, solving that issue."
"What if they don’t honor the agreent after signing the contract?" Feng Liya snorted, "Even large factories can be inconsistent, let alone private owners."
"Given my hotown’s beautiful scenery, why should I go to another village? I don’t want my efforts renovating a house to end up with the landlord starting an agritourism business." Agritourism isn’t that hard, right?
It’s truly not too difficult, since the entry barrier is low. However, whether one can manage it well is another challenge.
People heard the implication in Feng Liya’s words, thinking perhaps she was being a bit stingy, even though she was cheated by the factory, "But your family did earn through this relocation."
Many agreed and nodded.
"That’s because of relocation. Without it, we’d have to work hard to earn money and pay back my brother."
"When we purchased the shop, we didn’t know it would be relocated either—the factory was unreasonable, forcing us to give up debt collection when we were out of money." Even if they made a fortune, they shouldn’t be complacent.
"Plus, initially, the factory posted notices about selling the shop, you saw them too, yet no one bought them."
"I know so say we heard insider information about the relocation, hence bought it. Co on, there have been rumors for years about the factory’s relocation, but how many believed them?"
"Now, after the relocation, they claim I had inside information. Sure, I had inside info, and so did you." Feng Liya was frustrated just thinking about it.
Recently, so-called speculations have been rampant, painting the couple as cunning people. "Thankfully, we got the property deed, or completing it would’ve been questionable."
They had decided on agritourism; how frequent could their connection with the current crowd be? Even if there was, it wouldn’t be much.
She was tired of continuing the chatter, preferring to go back and collect money. She loved seeing the drawer full of money—it truly felt great.
Given the commotion outside, Zhang Yu, of course, heard it, but now was the restaurant’s busiest ti, so she couldn’t step out.
Seeing Feng Liya coming in with a beaming expression revealed her victory, otherwise, she wouldn’t be smiling so broadly.
"Mom, are all the formalities done?" Although knowing everything could be completed, she still sought confirmation.
"All done, next it’s your uncle’s turn to select people, pick an auspicious day, then we can start construction." Putting so much money in, certainly, Feng Liya and her brother hoped for returns.
"Everything goes smoothly."
"Wondering if it can be completed before sumr vacation." Zhang Yu knew the likelihood was low, but she still hoped.
"Probably finished by September and opened before the National Day holiday." During the holiday, there’d be more travelers, offering more choices.
"Great, great." No matter when, opening indicates one thing—that the family will embark on a different developnt path from the previous owner.
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