Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 270: Report Again
Since Chaofengzhai opened, Yan Jiekuang decided to hand over the management to Wang Qing and his apprentice Yin Liguo, while Yan's Restaurant was managed by Yang Lifen and Yang Liwei. Yan Jiekuang had no plans to go to the restaurant again. After eating the breakfast made by Aunt Wang in the morning, he took the initiative to ask to take Yongchang, Yongxin and Shilei to school. The three little guys were very happy because the number of times their uncle took them to school could be counted on one hand.

Yan Jiekuang took the children straight to the school. The three elementary school students talked about interesting things about going to school along the way. Yan Jiekuang carried the lunch boxes of the three people in his hands. They are already in the second grade and may join the Young Pioneers this year. According to their performance in school, this is a foregone conclusion, but these three little guys always keep this matter on their lips. They regard this matter as their top priority now.

When they arrived at the door, Yan Jiekuang handed the lunch box to Yongchang. The three little guys just walked to the door and saw the teacher on duty. They bowed to the teacher and said in unison: "Good morning, teacher." The teacher responded with a smile. The three of them just stepped into the school gate when Yongxin suddenly turned around and shouted to Yan Jiekuang: "Will Uncle San pick us up this afternoon?" Yan Jiekuang was stunned at first, then smiled and shouted: "I'll pick you up. Come in."

The three little guys walked towards their classroom happily. Yan Jiekuang saw the teacher on duty looking at him. Yan Jiekuang nodded, smiled, then turned around and went home.

The weather is very good today, and the streets are full of people rushing to work and school. The clothes in the old city are still mainly gray, blue and green, but there are more bicycles on the streets, and the sound of bicycle bells can be heard everywhere.

Yan Jiekuang was in a good mood. He strolled to Yuer Hutong and returned home. The big cat in the front yard was lazily lying on the recliner. The cat lay next to the recliner every day. The five puppies surrounded him as soon as they saw Yan Jiekuang entering the yard, calling him in baby voices and circling around him.

Yan Jiekuang squatted down and teased a few puppies. Da Pang, Xiao Pang and Shi Li rushed out from the backyard and pulled Yan Jiekuang to the backyard. Yan Jiekuang was a little confused, and Da Pang said, "Don't worry about it, Dad, come with us first."

Yan Jiekuang quickly said, "Wait a minute, don't be so anxious." Yan Jiekuang asked the children to go into the study, and Xiaopang took out a book from a bookcase. The bookcase belonged to Yongchang and his friends.

Xiaopang handed the book to his father and said, "Dad, please teach us Chinese."

Yan Jiekuang took the book and saw that it was a first-grade book for Yongchang. Yan Jiekuang teased the three little guys and asked, "Why are you studying?"

Shi Li said in a baby voice: "We also want to be three-good students like our brothers and sisters." She pointed to the award certificates of Yongchang and others on the wall. These certificates were for three people. Originally, Aunt Wang wanted to put them in each room, but Yongchang and the others disagreed. They insisted on putting them on the wall of the study as a surprise for their third uncle.

Yan Jiekuang was very happy when he saw it, and told them to wait for them to paste the certificates all over the wall. The three little ones were there at the time. Unexpectedly, the children still remembered it. Yan Jiekuang looked at his son and Shi Li and said, "We are still young, I will try my best to teach you, how about this, two words a day, okay?"

Although the three little ones didn’t understand what Yan Jiekuang meant, they knew that Yan Jiekuang would teach them. The little guys became happy and jumped and shouted.

Yan Jiekuang thought that he had to get a small blackboard first. If he was going to teach, he had to teach well and not fool the children. He told the children to play in the yard and he would make a blackboard for them. The children agreed and jumped to play on the swing under the grape trellis.

Yan Jiekuang greeted Aunt Wang and went into his studio. In a short while, he finished the blackboard. After thinking for a while, he started to make a small desk and a small chair.

Yan Jiekuang was busy when he saw Aunt Wang coming over with Qi Li, who was sweating profusely. Yan Jiekuang looked at his watch and it should be opening time for the restaurant.

As soon as Qi Li saw Yan Jiekuang, she said directly: "Third brother, you should go to the restaurant quickly. A bunch of people in uniforms came and said that our restaurant should stop operating and wait for investigation."

Yan Jiekuang was shocked and asked quickly, "Why? Did you tell me?"

Qi Li shook her head and said, "As soon as I heard it, I rushed to find you. Manager Yang and Chef Yang were talking to them."

Yan Jiekuang quickly put down the work in his hands, washed his hands, pushed his bicycle, took Qi Li out, and went straight to Yan's Restaurant.

As soon as I arrived at Yan's Restaurant, I saw a group of people gathered at the door. Yan Jiekuang walked slowly inside, shouting as he walked: "Make way, I'm the boss here, let me pass."

When the onlookers heard this, they automatically made way for them. Yan Jiekuang and Qi Li then walked into the restaurant. As soon as they entered the restaurant, they saw Yang Lifen negotiating with a man who looked like a leader. Most of the people who came were probably from the Dongcheng District Commercial Bureau, and there were also a few from the police station.

Yan Jiekuang walked over directly. When Yang Lifen saw Yan Jiekuang coming, she felt like crying and said quickly, "Third brother, they said they are a joint law enforcement agency. They received a report and want to close down our restaurant."

Yan Jiekuang nodded, turned around, looked at the leader, and said with a smile: "Hello, comrade, I am the boss here, a self-employed person, may I ask who you are?"

The man looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "I'm from the Inspection Division of the Commerce Bureau. It just so happens that you're here, so we want to get some information from you."

Yan Jiekuang hurriedly greeted them and said, "Come on, leaders, please sit down and talk. I think there must be some misunderstanding. Manager Yang, go get our account book. By the way, pour some tea."

The man who looked like a leader quickly said no, but still sat down with the others.

Yan Jiekuang called Yang Liwei over, pointed at the people watching outside, and said, "Go and explain to them. Don't let them watch. Close the store today and say we have to cooperate with the investigation."

Yang Liwei agreed and walked out with two kitchen workers and Qi Li. Yan Jiekuang smiled and said to the leader: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Yan Jiekuang, and I am the legal representative here. May I ask your name?"

The man looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "My last name is Wang, so you can call me Chief Wang. This is the deputy chief of this police station. His last name is Zhang, so you can call him Chief Zhang."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Thank you both for coming. I will definitely cooperate with the investigation. This is my account from the time I opened the business until now. Please take a look at it." He pointed to the account that Yang Lifen and Zhao Yuan had moved over.

Section Chief Wang directed the comrades from the Audit Department behind him to start checking the restaurant's accounts. At this time, the waiter also brought tea.

Section Chief Wang ignored his colleagues who were checking the accounts and looked at Yan Jiekuang and asked, "You are a self-employed business owner, so you should know the policy, right?"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "I know. Individual businesses cannot exceed the approved business scope, cannot employ more than eight employees, and must pay taxes and management fees on time."

Section Chief Wang nodded and thought for a moment. Yan Jiekuang took out cigarettes and distributed them to his comrades, and threw a few boxes of cigarettes on the tables where they were checking accounts.

Yan Jiekuang lit a cigarette for Section Chief Wang, and then for Director Zhang. Section Chief Wang took a puff and said, "We and the police station have both received a letter of complaint. Our superiors take this matter very seriously, so they asked our two departments to jointly enforce the law. You tell me what you think."

Yan Jiekuang shook his head and said, "I will not do anything that violates the policy. Please investigate this matter and clear my name."

Section Chief Wang frowned and looked at Director Zhang, who nodded and said with a smile, "There's a new store in Liulichang called Chaofengzhai. Did you know that they even held a banquet for a thousand old men, which caused a sensation?"

Yan Jiekuang replied with a smile: "I know this restaurant. My apprentice is the head chef there. He invited me to prepare this banquet on the opening day."

Section Chief Wang frowned and asked, "What does that store have to do with you?"

Yan Jiekuang replied calmly: "I know the person who opened the store. He used to be the manager of my restaurant, and the head chef is my apprentice. That's the extent of our relationship."

Section Chief Wang and Director Zhang looked at each other, both of them were very surprised. Director Zhang asked, "Isn't that store yours?"

Yan Jiekuang shook his head in confusion and said, "No, I still understand the policies. How can I exceed the scope of business?"

Section Chief Wang and Director Zhang fell silent, and just like that, the few of them stopped talking about this topic.

Not long after, the comrade who was checking the accounts came over to report to Section Chief Wang, saying that there was no problem with the accounts or the personnel. Section Chief Wang stood up and said to Yan Jiekuang, "Let's go to Chaofengzhai now. If there is any problem, both of your stores will be closed down, and you will be investigated. Don't leave Sijiu City recently."

Yan Jiekuang nodded, and Section Chief Wang waved his hand and left with the large group of people. Yan Jiekuang breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Yang Lifen came over and asked, "Third brother, are you still going to open the business?"

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "This incident today has a big impact. Let's give our employees a day off. We should take a break anyway. We will open for business as usual tomorrow."

After saying that, Yan Jiekuang walked out of the restaurant, looked at the people in the neighboring shop who were pointing and talking from time to time, shook his head, and walked home.

Yan Jiekuang knew that there was nothing wrong with him, so he was not worried at all and just went back home to do what he was supposed to do.

At noon, Yan Jiekuang and Aunt Wang prepared a meal together and ate it with the three children. Yan Jiekuang said to the three children, "After the meal, take a nap. When you wake up, I will give you a surprise." The three children nodded and lowered their heads to eat.

The three little ones were very obedient and went to sleep after dinner. Aunt Wang and Yan Jiekuang sat in the front yard drinking tea. Aunt Wang asked what happened today. Yan Jiekuang simply told Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang sighed and said, "Someone is jealous of you. Do you know who it is?"

Yan Jiekuang immediately thought of Yi Zhonghai. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. This is good. It can also clarify that there is no problem with the restaurant."

Aunt Wang didn't say anything else. At this time, a man came in from outside, walking slowly. Yan Jiekuang looked and saw that Wang Qing had come.

(End of this chapter)