Chapter 273: Chapter 273: Waking Up the Whole House

“A restaurant, or rather, let’s start with a small eatery to test the waters.”

Yi Meng wrote the word “eatery” on the paper and continued, “Our family now has silver in hand, enough for our daily expenses. But this is something outsiders don’t know, and we can’t let outsiders find out either.”

“Think about it, how much is our family’s daily expenditure now, compared to our income.”

With Yi Meng’s words, Qi Quanjin quickly calculated in his mind.

Although he appears silly in front of his own wife, Qi Quanjin is definitely not a fool.

On the contrary, he is very smart, otherwise, he couldn’t have become the most influential person in the family besides the old master, despite being the fourth in line.

“If we calculate based on our income from selling vegetables, our current expenses are almost matched.”

After calculating, Qi Quanjin furrowed his brows tightly.

This detail, if not brought up by his wife, he truly hadn’t noticed.

Now that he’s aware of it, he only feels a chill down his spine.

“Wife, it’s my negligence. Outsiders don’t know exactly how many pounds of vegetables we sell, but, but the sisters-in-law have an idea.”

“If we keep spending without other income, it’s indeed… hard to explain.”

Qi Quanjin pressed his lips together, thought for a moment, and said, “Wife, do you have any plans for starting a small eatery? Tell me, and I’ll talk about it with Dad tomorrow.”

Seeing that he sorted it out himself, Yi Meng also felt relieved.

Sigh, she had just been worried about how to tell this man, realizing now she might have been overthinking.

The saying “pregnancy makes you dumb for three years” is really not lying!

Yi Meng, while sighing, shared with Qi Quanjin some things she thought about while eating.

Starting an eatery, firstly there’s the issue of the premises.

But with the Liu Family being locals, this is not a difficult matter.

The second issue is the manpower.

This matter, as a problem, isn’t really a problem.

The Qi Family has no shortage of people.

Men and women, old and young, all are accounted for.

But not all can work, and those who do can’t work for nothing.

All these details need thorough analysis and arrangement.

As the saying goes, the real issue is not scarcity but inequality, which is the biggest challenge in this matter.

“Wife, you don’t need to think about this now. I’ll talk to Dad later and see how he arranges things.”

Qi Quanjin stroked his chin, “Wife, if we open an eatery, you must handle the kitchen. You just finished confinement, and now you have to go busy in the kitchen, it’s too tiring.”

“It’s not a big deal.”

Yi Meng didn’t mind being a cook.

Though the sisters-in-law’s cooking isn’t as good as hers, it’s not really bad either.

“I plan to teach the Third Sister-in-law how to cook. She talks less and isn’t suited for dealing with outside matters, and her culinary skills aren’t bad, just lacking the new ideas I came up with.”

Yi Meng counted on her fingers for Qi Quanjin, “The Second Sister-in-law is quick-witted, letting her handle purchasing will surely be more efficient than others.”

“As for the Fifth Brother’s wife, although she’s young, she’s excellent with the dough. Speaking of which, when it comes to steamed buns and dumplings, who can make them better than her?”

Previously, without detailed calculations, it didn’t seem significant.

Now, upon careful analysis, not only Yi Meng but even Qi Quanjin realized each sister-in-law and brother-in-law had their own unique skills.

The more Qi Quanjin listened to his wife’s analysis, the more excited he became, finally clenching his fist and palm together, “Wife, hold on, I’ll wake up Dad and we’ll have a good discussion!”

Yi Meng couldn’t help but laugh, “What’s the rush? Look at what time it is. Dad and Mom already don’t sleep much, if you disturb them again, how will they get any sleep tonight?”

Qi Quanjin glanced at the sky outside.

It was pitch dark, and the specific hour couldn’t be discerned, but he felt as if his heart was on fire, “I can’t wait, I’ll tell them now! Who knows what might happen during the day, if we delay, who knows when we can settle it.”

With that, Qi Quanjin stormed out of the room.

Seeing him like this, Yi Meng had no choice but to dress up, ready to wait for news from the old man’s room.

Yi Meng thought it was just the two of them going to the old man’s room to talk about opening an eatery, but unexpectedly Qi Quanjin had stirred up everyone in the back courtyard rooms.

In a rush, they all went into the old man’s room, looking at each other. The women at least wore their outer garments, but their hair was down, with no time to tidy it up.

The men were just draped in their outer clothes.

Seeing sisters-in-law and brother-in-law in the room, they hurriedly dressed up.

Seeing that all the sons and daughters-in-law were present, Mrs. Qi’s face turned green, and she pointed at Qi Quanjin, scolding, “Qi the Fourth, if you don’t explain by the earthly branches, I’ll break your legs!”

In the middle of the night, disturbing everyone like this, are you trying to turn the world upside down!

Not only Mrs. Qi, even Qi Quanjin was dumbfounded.

Initially, it was only when he came out and got spotted by the Sixth Brother, who came out at midnight to relieve himself. They only exchanged a few words, but who would have thought this old rascal would wake up all the other brothers.

And he even claimed the old man or old lady might not be doing well.

Upon hearing that, how could the other houses stay calm, naturally, they all rushed over, not even having time to dress properly.

“Old rascal, what did you say to the big brother and the others?”

Qi Quanjin looked at Qi Quanli standing at the door.

Qi Quanli was also bewildered now.

It wasn’t right!

Wasn’t the Fourth Brother supposed to be hurrying to check on the old man?

Being in such a hurry, wasn’t it because the old man wasn’t doing well?

Looking again at their father sitting on the kang with a black face, Qi Quanli felt a chill down his spine, his hair standing on end.

It’s over, he surely misunderstood.

Upon being called out, Qi Quanli immediately put on a pitiful face, “Fourth Brother, how can you even ask? Weren’t you in a hurry to check on the old man?”

“I…”

Qi Quanli opened his mouth.

He was anxious just now, but not that anxious!

In the end, it was Qi Zheng who spoke with a stern face, “What’s the matter, Fourth, spit it out quickly!”

After all, it’s his own son, and knowing the rascal’s monkey-like temperament, Qi Zheng naturally wasn’t clueless.

Yet, he couldn’t understand why the increasingly steady Fourth Son would rush over at midnight.

There must be something urgent.

Thinking to this point, Qi Zheng hurriedly said to Mrs. Qi, “Old lady, go and check the Fourth Brother’s house, maybe Meng Niang or Manbao isn’t feeling well.”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qi forgot her anger and quickly prepared to go.

Qi Quanjin hastily stopped her, “It’s alright, it’s alright, Mom, don’t worry, I came to see Dad for another reason.”

“You damned child, hurry up and speak!”

Mrs. Qi, in a fit of anger, smacked Qi Quanjin’s arm a few times.

Though lacking strength, it still stung.

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