The fourth day of May.

Qinghe Village Longshan Team.

After eating the fragrant soft and glutinous rice dumplings, Liu Yuansheng and Liu Xiahui and his son, Liu Yuanxiong, Liu Yuanhua and several other neighbors had tea and chat.

"Yuanxiong, how is your new hydropower station project going?" Liu Yuansheng asked after taking a sip of tea.

Liu Yuanxiong smiled and said, "It's almost done, and it should be possible to generate electricity by the end of this year!"

Liu Yuansheng said: "I invested only at the beginning of this year and gained something at the end of the year. It's really good!"

Liu Yuanhua said with envy: "Yuanxiong, your hydropower station project is better. As long as the water is constant, your money will not be cut off. Apart from a larger investment, there are no other shortcomings!"

Liu Yuanxiong smiled modestly and said, "I'm just making some money. Xiaohui's business is a real big business!"

Liu Xiahui laughed and said, "Uncle Yuanxiong doesn't have to be humble. My catering business is risky. I have to face many powerful opponents. If I am not careful, I will capsize.

Uncle Yuanxiong, your hydropower station is a basic need. Since its establishment, our country has been in a state of power shortage. It will be short of electricity for a long time in the future. There is no such thing as an opponent. You earn this money safely without any risk. This is a business that many people cannot envy!”

Liu Xiahui's words meant that Liu Yuanxiong's heart was about Liu Yuanxiong. What he was most proud of was that the hydropower station project was small and although the profit was not very high, it could flow slowly. As long as the hydropower station was built, there would be basically no cost in the future. If you can't stand it, you'd just ask three or two people to guard the power station and don't let anyone do damage or steal!

"The competitors do not exist, but in this industry, I can only make some money. I can't become bigger and stronger!" Liu Yuanxiong said with some regret.

While renovating tea for everyone, Liu Yuansheng said, "If you want to build a hydropower station like Sanxia, ​​it is indeed impossible, but those small hydropower station projects should be built as long as you have money to invest, right?"

Liu Yuanxiong said: "It still needs to be passed by the government. Only after the government has approved it can it be built. However, this is not a problem. As long as the construction requirements are met, the government will generally not interfere with you. The most important thing is that hydropower stations have high requirements for geographical advantages and are not built in any place. This is the reason why I said I cannot make it bigger and stronger!"

Liu Xiahui nodded and said, "This is a good place. The country may have built a hydropower station for a long time. Even if it is not built, it is already planning. If a private person wants to enter this field, he can only make small fuss and there is no chance to make you bigger and stronger!"

Liu Yuanhua said: "Yuanxiong, don't have too high requirements. Making 100 million or tens of millions is enough!"

Liu Yuanxiong smiled and said, "If I could make tens of millions of dollars, I would definitely be satisfied!"

Liu Xiahui said in a affirmative tone: "Uncle Yuanxiong, I dare not say that much, but earning it worth tens of millions is not difficult for you!"

After all, Liu Yuanxiong, who started from scratch in his previous life, could earn tens of millions of dollars, and in this life, both in terms of capital and connections, they are ten times stronger than in their previous life. It is naturally not difficult to make tens of millions of dollars.

Liu Yuanxiong was humble, then brought the topic to Liu Xiahui and asked, "Xiaohui, I read the news not long ago and said that your old Liu fast food has defeated Gedeji and sells the workplace. It is really a glorious thing for the country and it is so satisfying!"

Liu Xiahui smiled and said, "It's just that our country's market share has surpassed others. People eat Deji and sell Downey's. It's an international fast food giant. There are chain stores in more than 100 countries around the world. My old Liu fast food is far worse than others!"

Liu Yuanxiong said: "Our country has more than one billion people, which is the largest market in the world. Being able to defeat your opponent strongly in this market proves that your Lao Liu fast food has great potential. It is just a matter of time before you surpass the other party!"

Liu Xiahui shook his head and said, "Uncle Yuanxiong, things are not that simple. In the fast food market in our country, my Lao Liu fast food is a local battle and has a unique advantage. But once you go abroad and compete with other countries, this advantage will be completely reversed. Think about it, it is so difficult to win local battles. Going to countries and regions where they have the advantage, it is really a big deal to win!"

Liu Yuanhua widened his eyes and asked, "Xiaohui, what you mean, is your Lao Liu fast food going abroad and opening a chain store abroad?"

Liu Xiahui nodded and smiled: "I do have this idea. The domestic market needs to be digged deeper. It is time to go out and try the larger foreign market!"

As soon as these words were said, they naturally attracted everyone's surprise. For rural people, being able to do business abroad is really more shocking than how much money they earn.

Liu Yuanxiong said: "We don't know about opening a shop abroad, but I went to Xiaohui before to eat Lao Liu fast food, and found that there are buns, steamed buns, dumplings and the like in the fast food restaurant. I feel that you can add our water dumplings here! This is also a special food here. I believe that anyone who has eaten it will praise it!"

Liu Xiahui said: "I actually had this idea when adding the water bags we have here, but there were a lot of dishes to promote at that time, and the production of water bags was also troublesome, so I didn't add them.

Now that everything in the fast food restaurant has stabilized, it is time to launch new things!”

Liu Yuanxiong said: "In fact, in addition to falling into the water, our rice dumplings, gray water, sweet decisions, heart-turning decisions, cover decisions, hair decisions, and chicken coop decisions all have their own characteristics!"

Liu Xiahui said: "Those who are promoted as pastries are okay, but they are not suitable for promotion as fast food!"

"That's true!"

Liu Yuanxiong smiled and stopped mentioning this matter. Instead, he talked about another major event in the village. "Brother Sheng, Xiaohui, there are people in the village discussing the reconstruction of the ancestor's hall now. I wonder what you father and son think about it?"

Liu Yuansheng nodded and said, "The ancestor's hall is indeed a bit dilapidated. If you want to rebuild it, you can rebuild it. It won't cost much anyway!"

Liu Xiahui said: "Since you need to rebuild it, let's go to great lengths and make the ancestor hall a little more grand. The layout of the ancestor hall is too small now. Every year during the Spring Festival worship, there is no place to turn around. In addition, the choking smell of incense and firecrackers is so irresistible!"

Liu Yuanhua said: "This should be fine. Now with Xiaohui's support, everyone's living standards have improved. The population money for the rebuilding of the ancestor's hall is not a big deal for many brothers and nephews!"

Liu Yuanxiong continued: "It's enough to collect a population of 100 yuan. Then erect a monument to donate merits to solve the remaining funding gap!"

Liu Xiahui only heard about money. He was unwilling to take over the things involving ancestors. Rural people are more superstitious. Rebuilding the ancestor's hall will give the population money even in the difficult situation. This is a "blessing" for them. If you take over the money and help others pay for the money, they may not be grateful to you.

After talking about the rebuilding of the ancestor's house, the few people talked about family matters, whose son got married, whose daughter got married, and who was married to a better family, etc.

Speaking of this, Liu Yuansheng felt a headache and sighed: "Yuanxiong, your eldest daughter is more worry-free. She has already set her wedding date just after she turned 21 this year. Unlike Xiaoxue, who is considered Xusui, she is 29 and doesn't even have a boyfriend. She is so worried!"

Liu Yuanxiong smiled and said, "Brother Sheng, I think you are worrying about nothing. With your Xiaoxue's conditions, I am afraid that those who pursue her can line up from here to the provincial capital. How can you worry about it?"

Liu Yuansheng said helplessly: "I'm afraid she will be dazzled and missed the best marriage age for nothing. After the age of 30, fewer and fewer people will be available for selection, and even to the point of being selected. It will be too late to regret it when the time comes!"

"Average women are like this, but your Xiaoxue is in such a good condition. Not to mention that she is over 30 years old, even if she is over 40 years old, she is the only one who chooses others. Where is the turn of others to choose her!"

"It's hard to say about fate. Maybe Xiaoxue will meet her true destiny tomorrow!"

"Oh, I hope so!"

“…”

Liu Xiahui was in a very conflicted mood about her sister's marriage. On the one hand, she didn't want her sister to get married so early, and on the other hand, she hoped that her sister could find the man she liked as soon as possible.

I don’t want my sister to get married so early, so I naturally want her to love him for a few more years. After all, the love for her younger brother in this world is basically second only to her parents.

Although my sister will definitely love him as much as she is now even after getting married, it will be different after having a family.

There is no need to say more about hope that my sister can find the man she likes as soon as possible, just like a father who is reluctant to let her daughter get married, and I hope that she can find the man she likes as soon as possible.

In a blink of an eye, he has been reborn for almost ten years, and his sister is already twenty-eight or nine. It’s time to find a good husband for her!

...

The fourth day of the fifth month is the Dragon Boat Festival in the Liu family in Qinghe Village, and the fifth day of the fifth month is the orthodox Dragon Boat Festival. Since Liu Xiahui and others are back, it is customary to go to my grandmother’s house to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow after the Dragon Boat Festival.

When I was a child, Liu Xiahui and his brothers often did this. They first celebrated the festival at their own house in the fourth day of the day, and then went to their grandmother's house to celebrate the festival at their fifth day of the day. They celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival twice a year, which was quite interesting.

In the evening, Liu Yuansheng was having tea and chatting with Liu Yuanxiong and others downstairs.

For those who like to drink tea, drinking tea while chatting is a great pleasure. For example, Liu Yuansheng likes drinking tea very much. It is no problem from getting up to sleep at night.

Jiang Shiyun is a rare opportunity to come back, and it is normal to use a tractor (upgrade) with her neighbors while chatting.

As for Tang Xiaomin and Liu Xiaxue, they were sharing their experiences of playing with Apple 4 upstairs.

Especially the fruit-cutting game, which made Tang Xiaomin play all night in his previous life. Although it was not that exaggerated in this life, it was still so hard to let go of it.

Liu Xiahui is naturally not interested in such games that have become a big deal in later generations, and is used to those big-screen mobile phones in later generations. The screen of Apple 4 is still too small and it is not enough to play.

Therefore, his task was to coax Liu Xiaoxian to bed.

After Liu Xiaoxian fell asleep, Liu Xiahui came to the living room and said to his wife and sister who were having fun sitting on the sofa: "Is such a simple game that fun? Don't play for too long at once, be careful to hurt your fingers!"

Tang Xiaomin nervously cut the fruit and said without raising his head, "I feel very fun. Look at how many points I have got, my sister can't compare to me!"

The fruits on Liu Xiaxue's side were falling faster and faster. She was staring at the mobile phone screen with all her concentration, and her slender middle finger kept scratching the screen, without even the time to answer Tang Xiaomin's words.

Seeing this, Liu Xiahui knew that they were in high spirits now, so he stopped disturbing them. Instead, he took out his cell phone and sat opposite them and started watching Tencent News.

Now when you look at mobile phone news, you can't be honest with the experience of later generations. The big data era in later generations is really awesome. It will recommend news content based on your preferences, so that you will not feel bored if you watch it for several hours.

Now, if you want to read the news you like, you have to search it slowly.

As he flipped through, Liu Xiahui suddenly found a news about antivirus software. It was the news that the number of antivirus users in January this year officially surpassed the former antivirus overlord Rising to become the new overlord.

Seeing this news, Liu Xiahui suddenly thought of the famous 3Q war.

That was an unprecedented Internet battle between Tencent and 360 for their respective interests.

Thinking of the 3Q war, Liu Xiahui felt that his catering empire should not be careless. He should form a full industrial chain as soon as possible, establish his own moat, and create barriers that no one can break.

After all, the world is changing too fast. Before the 3Q war broke out, who would have thought that two industries that were not in common with QQ and 360 would one day completely break up and beat the whole world to know?

Not only the 3Q war, but also two Internet overlords with completely different positionings. Who would have thought that one day would be in a stalemate in the payment field?

Although Liu Xiahui's current catering empire does not seem to have any conflict with these Internet giant overlords, who can guarantee whether one day everyone will fight to the death in a certain field?

Therefore, it is urgent to build your own moat.

At present, the entire industrial chain of the catering industry is nothing more than a process from production place (food/fresh) to distribution (logistics/cold chain) to sales channels (diding in/takeout) and then to payment (cash/cashless).

The origin of ingredients/fresh food, this Liu Family Group was the first to be established.

The logistics/cold chain was completely improved two years ago. After all, there are so many chain stores open. If this transportation problem is not solved, Laoliu Catering will not have developed to this point today.

There is no need to say more about dine-in/takeout. There are not too many chain stores of Liu's Group. Takeout also established a separate company last year and is currently developing rapidly. After the APP of Lao Liu Takeout is launched, it will become the number one in the takeout industry.

So, if you want to form your own moat and create a catering barrier that no one can break, the Liu Group only needs to solve one problem.

The problem is cashless payment!
Chapter completed!