At the gate of the community, Li Luo waited for the second-hand car driven by Li Guohong. After getting into the back seat, he followed it to West Street not far away.

Walk all the way through Ningshan Street, pass the south gate of Qianjiang University, and come to the intersection with West Street in front of the Ningshan Tunnel. Turn right and you will reach West Street.

Li Guohong stopped the car on the side of the road, and the three of them got out of the car and came to West Street. Li Luo looked at the depressed shops here and couldn't help but sigh.

In later generations, after Qianjiang University and surrounding supporting communities gradually became active, the bustling scene of West Street was completely different from what it looks like now.

"This way." Li Guohong took them to the west gate of Qianjiang University as soon as he got off the car.

On the south side of the west gate, the first shop is a milk tea shop, and the next one is a breakfast shop.

At this time, there was a middle-aged man standing in front of the store, short and fat, with a beer belly. When he saw Li Guohong arriving, he smiled and handed him a cigarette.

The two started chatting, and Li Luo listened and soon got a general understanding of the situation.

This middle-aged man is the landlord of this milk tea shop and breakfast shop.

When these two shops were rented out before, although the business was not very good, the landlord only collected rent after all. Whether the business was good or not had nothing to do with him, as long as he received the rent that should be collected.

But the summer vacation is coming soon, and the owners of these two stores have said that they do not plan to renew the lease when it expires at the end of June, because they really can't make much money here.

This makes the landlord quite upset.

At this time, the agent happened to act as a middleman and contacted a buyer for him, saying that he wanted to buy a storefront house recently.

Upon hearing this, the landlord immediately became interested.

You know, although the business here on West Street is not very good, housing prices have not increased much recently.

But when Qianjiang University first moved here, the housing prices in the surrounding areas increased accordingly.

Most of the landlords on West Street bought storefront houses at that time, which cost about seven to eight thousand per square meter. Compared with the current price of more than ten thousand, they have made a lot of money.

Therefore, the landlords here are not very willing to sell their stores.

It's just that some people don't want to sell because they don't have enough money at home. They plan to keep it and see if it will continue to rise in the future.

For example, the landlords of these two stores, because their home business has not been very good recently, happened to need some funds to circulate, so they gave away pillows, and the intermediary found a buyer.

The two parties hit it off immediately, and they were the smoothest people to talk to with Li Guohong.

We chatted for about half an hour, because we had already chatted many times before, and the conversation went very smoothly this time. The two parties agreed on a specific time to discuss the contract next time, and the landlord left happily.

Then Li Guohong took Li Luo to meet the landlords of the other two storefronts.

One is the landlord of a fruit shop. This shop has been closed for several months and has not been able to find a new owner to renew the lease.

The landlord is more interested in finding people to rent the house, and he is also willing to sell the house, but it is not as high as the previous landlord.

The other is the landlord of a hot pot restaurant.

Looking at this Sichuan-Chongqing old hot pot restaurant in front of him, Li Luo felt a little dazed for a moment.

It seems that they came here to eat when their rock club had a dinner last time.

In the previous life, Xu Youyu often brought him to this restaurant to eat hot pot, so Li Luo could be said to be very familiar with this place.

But compared with the bustling business in the previous life, the old Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot restaurant in this life is still in a state of making ends meet.

It will take at least until the next year or so, when the subway opens and Times Street is built, that this hot pot restaurant will be able to survive.

Its geographical location is excellent. Exit D of West Street Subway Station is right in front of his store.

Whether coming from Ningshan Street or coming out of the west gate of Qianjiang University, students passing by basically cannot avoid the entrance of his store.

Especially after the road on West Street was widened once, and because it is the first traffic light before the Ningshan Tunnel, the east-west green light time is very short.

As a result, later Qianjiang University students did not like to wait for the green light when crossing the street. Instead, they went directly from Exit D of the subway, and then came out from Exit C of Times Street opposite.

This means that every time students walk here, they will pass by this old Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot restaurant.

Some college students who were too lazy to walk more were intercepted and became loyal customers of Sichuan-Chongqing Old Hotpot.

Especially after it has been open for a long time, the reputation of Sichuan-Chongqing Old Hotpot has also spread in Qianjiang University.

Many departments and groups like to go here when they have dinners.

Not only is it close, but the prices are more affordable than the hot pot restaurants in Times Street, so I often come here to grab a seat.

Every weekend, the store is almost full, from four o'clock in the afternoon to eight o'clock in the evening, it is almost full.

And for a hot pot restaurant like this, in the previous life, the house price was at least 30,000 yuan per square meter.

Because of its superior location, even if house prices fell later, the prices of this store remained strong.

In the end, Li Guohong even talked to the landlord of this store?

And looking at it like this, it’s quite entertaining, right?

Li Luo stood aside, quietly listening to his father chatting with the landlord opposite, and probably learned something about the situation.

The business of this store is really not very good. It has been open for a year. It doesn't matter if there is no customer flow during the summer and winter vacations. When there are students, they basically spend money on Ningshan Street and don't come here at all.

Although the hot pot restaurant also spent some money on publicity in schools, it had little effect.

Only on weekends can we sit at three or four tables at the same time.

The rest of the time there is no one around.

After paying the rent, water, electricity and labor costs every month, the hot pot restaurant owner basically makes little money.

The summer vacation is coming soon again recently. Although the owner of the hot pot restaurant did not say that he would give up the rent, he had privately talked with the landlord and wondered if he could lower the rent again.

After all, no one expected at the time that the flow of people on West Street and Ningshan Street, which are both next to Qianjiang University, would be so different.

Li Luo didn't know how the hot pot restaurant owner persisted in his last life.

Anyway, looking at the current situation, either the landlord finally compromised and chose to lower the rent.

Or the hot pot restaurant later changed hands to someone else, letting others step into this trap.

I just don’t know whose hands this hot pot restaurant became so prosperous in the end.

But none of this matters anymore.

If Li Guohong can win this store, then Sichuan-Chongqing Old Hotpot will naturally shine in his hands.

Today's landlords, because they have an escape route from Li Guohong, can choose to sell the house and pocket the money, so they are a bit tougher on the hot pot restaurant owner's request to lower the rent.

However, just when Li Luo was listening with interest, Lin Xiuhong suddenly said: "It's already past nine o'clock, you two stay here for now, I'll buy some food, and we'll cook a meal together at Li Luo's place at noon

Eat."

"Okay, you go first." Li Guohong waved his hand, then looked at Li Luo, "Are you going back with your mother?"

Li Luo shook his head, he wanted to know more about the situation.

So Lin Xiuhong left alone. After a few words of advice to the father and son, she came to Bihailanting and went upstairs to put her bag away.

Yan Zhusheng, who was practicing in the piano room, heard the faint sound of opening the door outside and immediately ran out with his slippers on.

The word "Li Luo" she was about to blurt out, the moment she saw Lin Xiuhong, she swallowed it down and said politely: "Hello, aunt."

"Bamboo sheng." Lin Xiuhong saw her, then looked around and asked doubtfully, "Where are Xixi and Youyu?"

"They are still sleeping."

"It's already past nine o'clock." Lin Xiuhong shook her head helplessly, "Why is Xixi starting to sleep in too? Has Li Luo led her into trouble?"

"No." Yan Zhusheng shook his head, "Li Luo got up in the morning and went for a morning run with me."

"That's good." Lin Xiuhong nodded and patted Yan Zhusheng on the shoulder with great satisfaction, "You have a good habit, you must keep it up."

"I'm just going to put a bag first and take a look at what's in the refrigerator."

"Li Luo and his father will be back soon. I'll prepare the meal for you first."

With that said, Lin Xiuhong walked into the kitchen, looked at the remaining ingredients in the refrigerator, and after some mental calculation, she walked out and said to Yan Zhusheng, "Then I'm going to buy groceries first."

When Yan Zhusheng saw this, he immediately ran to the door and changed shoes with Lin Xiuhong: "Auntie, let me go with you."

"Hey, just stay at home, no need."

"It's okay." Yan Zhusheng had already changed his shoes and walked out of the house. He turned to look at Lin Xiuhong obediently, "I'll press the elevator button first."

Watching Yan Zhusheng run to the elevator, Lin Xiuhong had a helpless and somewhat relieved expression on her face. She put on her shoes and then went out. The elevator had already reached the 15th floor.

The two of them went downstairs together and went to the nearby vegetable market to buy vegetables.

Yan Zhusheng followed Lin Xiuhong obediently, not bothering to watch her bargaining with the stall owner, but watching with great interest.

After Lin Xiuhong paid, she took the initiative to carry the bag.

After walking around the vegetable market, most of the bags were in Yan Zhusheng's hands, and Lin Xiuhong didn't even bother.

After buying groceries and returning to Bihailanting, Lin Xiuhong was sighing at Yan Zhusheng's cleverness. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Ying Chanxi, who had just gotten up, hanging the washed clothes on the balcony.

Seeing Lin Xiuhong enter the house, Ying Chanxi was surprised at first, and then asked happily: "Aunt Lin, why are you here?"

"I'm buying food for you to cook." Lin Xiuhong said with a smile, "Li Luo and his father will be here soon, and I'll cook first."

As he said this, Yan Zhusheng came in behind him.

When Ying Chanxi saw this scene, his face suddenly froze: "Zhusheng...how did you..."
To be continued...