Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 422: 124: Buying a Restaurant, A Promising Future_2

Ni Yang picked out two bag styles, one in a cylindrical design and another lady’s bag.

The cylindrical one was for Ni Cuihua, and the lady’s handbag was for herself.

Ni Cuihua did need to carry many things when going out with the kids, so a cylindrical bag would be more convenient for her.

The two bags cost 30 yuan.

After buying the bags, Ni Yang said, “Mom, let’s go buy a bicycle.”

Ni Cuihua replied, “Why buy a bicycle? We already have one at home, don’t we?”

Ni Yang continued, “The bicycle is for you to ride, Mom. It’ll make things more convenient for you when you’re out.”

Ni Cuihua always had to walk to the edge of the village and take the bus to get to the city, which took a lot of time.

“No need,” Ni Cuihua refused, “I hardly go out anyway. Besides, Yunyun is still too little to sit on her own. Even if there were a bike, I couldn’t ride it.”

“Let’s buy one anyway. Then we’ll install a child seat on the back. Yunyun can sit there.”

Convinced by these words, Ni Cuihua decided to follow Ni Yang and buy a bicycle.

A Phoenix brand bicycle was 275 yuan. Adding a child seat, the total cost was 280 yuan.

The child seat available at the time was made of woven bamboo, it was completely natural and non-polluting and was very cool to sit on in the summer.

As soon as she sat on the child seat, little Ni Yun started laughing joyously.

Mother and daughter were walking forward while pushing the bicycle along.

When passing by a bustling commercial street, they saw a group of people discussing something.

“Is this restaurant about to close down?”

“The transfer fee is 2800 yuan? No, wait! Thousand, ten, … ten thousand! Forty-eight thousand? Gosh! Am I hallucinating?”

“They’re only selling an empty shell and still want thirty-eight thousand, has the boss gone mad?”

“Whoever buys it is an idiot!”

“Even 2008 is too much!”

Ni Yang backtracked quietly when she heard these remarks, and looked at a red notice with black letters pasted on the wall.

The gist of the notice was that the restaurant was facing closure due to poor management. Now, they wanted to transfer ownership. The transfer fee, together with the restaurant’s property rights, was being offered for sale at 48,000 yuan.

It was a three-story small restaurant with over 1,500 square meters, 48,000 yuan was not expensive.

Moreover, considering the location, it would not cost less than several hundred million yuan in the future.

For a moment, Ni Yang was tempted, after all, she used to be in the catering industry in her previous life.

“Mom, what do you think about this restaurant?”

Ni Cuihua shook her head, “Not good, it’s about to go bankrupt…”

Ni Yang smiled, “Mom, when assessing a situation, we can’t just look at the surface. There are many reasons why a restaurant might go bankrupt. It could be due to poor management, or it could be a problem with the taste of the food. I think the location here is good, and if it’s well-managed and the food tastes good, we don’t have to worry about there being no business.”

Since it’s a restaurant, the taste certainly plays a key role.

As long as the taste is good and the service is up to standard, there should be no problem.

In this era, people’s sense of service and being served isn’t strongly developed. If they can train a team to provide quality service, like Haidilao in the future, they can certainly stand out in this industry!

As a mother knows her daughter best, Ni Cuihua quickly grasped Ni Yang’s intentions, “Yangyang, you’re not thinking of buying this restaurant, are you?”

“Yes,” Ni Yang nodded.

Ni Cuihua said, “That’s 480,000! It’s a lot more than just a few hundred or a few thousand! Yangyang, think it through!”

Ni Yang replied, “Mom, I’ve thought it through. I want to buy it!”

If she bought the restaurant, even if she didn’t run it, she wouldn’t lose anything just leaving it as it was. On the contrary, she would make a fortune. Of course, Ni Yang wanted to buy it!

What’s more, Ni Yang was confident she could turn the business around.

This way, she could make money and see her asset appreciate. It was like hitting two birds with one stone.

480,000 was a large sum for Ni Cuihua, she expressed some concern and said, “Yangyang, do we really have that much money?”

Even though she knew the Milk Tea Shop, Noodle Restaurant, and skincare shop were all very profitable and making good money, Ni Cuihua had not actually worked out the figures. She did not know just how much money Ni Yang had.

Ni Yang patted Ni Cuihua’s hand, “You don’t need to worry about the money.”

Ni Cuihua continued, “Yangyang, the restaurant owner couldn’t even make a profit before going bankrupt, are you sure you will succeed if you take over? This is 480,000, not 48, or 4,800. Yangyang, our Noodle Restaurant, Milk Tea Shop, and skincare shop have done very well, maybe we should not bother with anything else? As the old saying goes, don’t fuss over trifles, and you won’t end up poor. We should live a steady life. We have enough money, we just need to have enough to spend. I’m content with the life we have.”