Chapter 404: Spending a Ton of Money, Old Man Zhou Is Shocked

Afternoon.

Wuyue Plaza Super Luxury House.

Deng Shirong prepared a large table of delicious dishes to entertain his mother-in-law and elder sister who came from afar.

"My dear, I used to eat this white-cut chicken a lot when I was at my mother's house. The taste was pretty good, but compared with the taste of yours, it was far worse."

Gu's mother tasted a piece of white-cut chicken and praised it: "Last time I ate it, I wanted to say that the white-cut chicken you made has a very special fragrance, and it is more fragrant the more you eat it, and it makes people have endless aftertaste. It's really amazing!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Mother-in-law, our Bobai white-cut is famous for its deliciousness. The key to deliciousness is not only the heat, but also the ingredients themselves and the secret seasoning sauce and condiments.

Let's talk about the ingredients first. Take this white-cut chicken for example. It must be the kind of free-range chicken that has been raised for more than a year. The white-cut chicken made from such a free-range chicken is absolutely The more you chew, the more fragrant it is. This is not comparable to the feed chickens bought in the market.

There are also seasoning sauces and condiments. Different white cuts will be served with different sauces and condiments. This is also extremely important. If my mother-in-law wants to learn, I will teach you how to match the white cut sauce and condiments. I will definitely be able to make this fragrant white cut. "

Mother Gu smiled and said: "My mother-in-law, then it's a deal. Teach me how to make this later. You are really amazing."

Gu Caiwei also smiled and said: "Dad, you will teach me later. When Yunheng wants to eat it in the future, I can make it for him."

Deng Shirong nodded and said: "No problem, this white cut is actually the easiest dish to learn. As long as the sauce and condiments are matched well, even if the ingredients are not good enough and the heat is not controlled well, the taste will still not be too bad. .

Of course, if the ingredients and the heat can be controlled well, it will naturally be better, which can complement each other and make the taste even better. ”

Gu Caixiao said with a smile: "Weiwei, I was originally worried that you would have a poor appetite during pregnancy and couldn't eat anything, but with the cooking skills of my father-in-law, I am only worried that you will get too fat. ”

Gu Caiwei reached out and touched her belly, and said worriedly: "It doesn't matter if I am fat. After giving birth, I should be able to slowly lose weight. I am now afraid that the nutrition is too good and the baby in my belly will get fat. Then I will suffer when I give birth. ”

Deng Shirong continued: "Weiwei, don't have a psychological burden on this. It is a good thing that the fetus develops well. This woman does suffer when giving birth. This has nothing to do with whether the fetus develops well.

If the fetus is well-nourished, the immunity will be greatly improved after birth, and then it will grow up healthily. If the fetus is malnourished, it will be weak and sickly after birth.

In the past, when we were poor, many children died. The main reason was that women did not have good food to eat during pregnancy, and the fetus was seriously lacking in nutrition. This meant that the immunity was not good after birth, so it was really a case of death. "

Mother Gu said: "Weiwei, your father-in-law is right. Maintaining a balanced nutrition during pregnancy is good for the child's future growth."

Gu Caiwei smiled and said: "Mom, I just said it casually, I know the importance of it."

"Okay, mother-in-law, sister, let's eat quickly, the food will get cold if we talk any more."

"Well, eat!"

...

The next day.

Deng Shirong's family split into two groups:

One group was Deng Shirong taking his youngest daughter to the station and boarding a bus to Guangzhou.

One group was Gu's mother taking her two daughters, holding many gifts selected by her in-laws, and returned to her parents' home under the escort of the bodyguard and driver.

After nearly ten hours of driving, Deng Shirong and his little daughter finally arrived in Guangzhou at night.

Guangzhou is indeed famous for its food. Even at night in this era, one can feel the super charm of this food city. Deng Shirong brought his little daughter to a very popular fried noodle stall and asked for two portions of dry fried beef noodles, which are very famous in the fried noodle world.

While sitting down and waiting, Deng Yunzhu said curiously: "Dry fried beef noodles, why is the name so strange?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Niu refers to beef, and He refers to rice noodles, so there is such a name."

Deng Yunzhu was surprised and said: "Using beef to stir-fry noodles? This is quite rare." In this era, dry fried beef noodles are not as common as in later generations, and Deng Yunzhu has never eaten this fried noodles.

Deng Shirong said: "Speaking of the invention of this dry fried beef noodles, it was actually forced out."

Deng Yunzhu likes to listen to her father's stories about food the most, and hurriedly asked: "Dad, how was this dry fried beef noodles forced out?"

When Deng Shirong was obsessed with cooking in his previous life, he did a lot of research on food and the stories behind each food: "The founder of this dry fried beef noodles was named Xu Bin. At that time, it was during the period of Japanese invasion of China. Guangzhou had fallen. He and his parents ran wonton noodles on Yangxiang Road to make a living. But the business was cold at that time, and it was difficult to maintain the wonton noodles alone, so he also ran fried noodles.

In the past, fried noodles were all fried with slippery stir-fry, that is, stir-fry and then add starch on top. The starch used was inseparable from cornstarch (soy flour).

One night, the cornstarch in the stall had just been used up, and when they went to buy more, they were stopped by the checkpoint set up by the Japanese invaders and were not allowed to pass. There was nothing they could do.

It happened that a Japanese detective came at this time and wanted to eat fried rice noodles for supper after smoking opium. Xu Bin's father had a temper that he would never make it without enough ingredients, so he refused and said that he couldn't make it because of insufficient raw materials. But the detective Kou was unreasonable and insisted on eating it, and finally pulled out a gun to threaten.

After the argument, Xu Bin's mother came out to mediate and sent Xu Bin to fry the noodles.

As a result, people came up with a way to deal with it by stir-frying without starch: first add oil to the wok to fry onions, stir-fry bean sprouts, add noodles and stir-fry, and then put the pulled beef into the wok to stir-fry together.

Unexpectedly, the noodles fried in this way were particularly delicious, and the detective came every night to ask for this kind of fried noodles.

At that time, it was not easy to earn a few more dimes to buy cornstarch, and the Xu family father and son were happy to save the money for buying cornstarch, so they specially prepared "dry fried beef noodles" and served it with Guilin chili sauce. Later, a restaurant owner took a fancy to this delicacy and sold it in the restaurant. Teahouses and restaurants also followed suit.

Since then, this cheap street snack has entered the "high-class hall" and became the famous dry fried beef noodles. "

Deng Yunzhu said: "So this is how the dry fried beef noodles are made. Dad, you said so mysteriously, and I don't know what it tastes like."

Deng Shirong said: "This delicacy must taste good, but whether it is delicious or not depends on the chef's performance. This night snack stall is very popular. I think the chef's skills are decent, and the fried beef noodles should not be too bad."

Deng Yunzhu said expectantly: "Then I'd like to try it carefully. ”

Due to the high business, the father and daughter waited for nearly half an hour before two servings of dry fried beef noodles were served.

The father and daughter were really hungry. As soon as the two servings of noodles were served, they picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

Deng Yunzhu took two bites in a row before she couldn't help but praise: "Dad, you are right, the taste of this dry fried beef noodles is really good and delicious."

"Well, it tastes really good. "Deng Shirong also praised.

No wonder there are always people queuing up at this night snack stall, and the number of diners has not decreased. It is estimated that the reputation of this night snack stall has spread in this area.

This dry fried beef noodles is also very suitable for night snacks. If his night market street is really developed in the future, it just needs such merchants with good skills to settle in. As long as there are enough such merchants, there is no need to worry about the night market street not being prosperous!

Deng Shirong wrote down this address and contacted him if they were destined to meet in the future.

…

Early the next morning.

Deng Shirong took his little daughter to the restaurant downstairs to meet Lao Zhou and Lao Huang.

Anyway, unless there are special circumstances, these two old guys will come here every morning for morning tea.

Sure enough, after Deng Shirong and his daughter came down, they saw Old Man Zhou and Old Man Huang at a glance.

After greeting each other, Deng Shirong couldn't help asking: "Lao Zhou, Lao Huang, at what time did you two get up, why did you come so early? "

Old Zhou smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, Lao Huang and I both got up at 5:30 in the morning. Our residence is not far from here, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk here. Basically, we can all get here before six o'clock."

Deng Shirong sighed, "It seems that the morning tea business is not easy to do. Even the diners come so early. If so many snacks are to be made, they must start in the middle of the night, right?"

Old Huang nodded and said, "The snacks here are all fresh goods, and they really start in the middle of the night."

After ordering a few signature snacks, the few people ate and chatted.

After chatting for a few words, Deng Shirong asked about the business: "Lao Zhou, where is the shop you helped to find?"

Old Zhou said, "This shop was found by my eldest son-in-law who works in the Public Security Bureau. It is about four or five kilometers away from here. It was originally a wholesale station, and the customer flow is still good. After drinking morning tea, I will take you to see it and you will know."

Deng Shirong said, "Lao Zhou, this matter has troubled you. "

Old Zhou smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, you are too polite. It's just a little help. It's nothing."

It's just a little help, but Deng Shirong and his daughter are both businessmen, so they naturally understand that finding a shop is the most troublesome thing. Especially Deng Yunzhu's hot pot restaurant has very high requirements for the shop, which must be large and well located. Such a shop is not easy to find.

Deng Shirong didn't say much about this. If the two became relatives, then Lao Zhou, as the man's parent, should have such a performance. If the two could not become relatives, then they would owe Lao Zhou a favor and find a way to pay it back later.

Because they have to go to the shop later, so today's morning tea is naturally not the same as before. We ate until the afternoon.

We finished our morning tea at around nine in the morning while eating and chatting.

Then, after parting with Old Man Huang, Old Man Zhou took Deng Shirong and his daughter to see the shops.

In Guangzhou at that time, in addition to buses, there were also many human-powered tricycles. As for the three-wheeled motorcycles that were popular all over the country for passengers, it would take a few years for them to become popular.

Half an hour later.

Old Man Zhou brought Deng Shirong and his daughter to the destination. He pointed to the shop in front and said, "Uncle Jiu, Ah Zhu, this is the shop I told you about. Do you think the location here is suitable?"

Deng Shirong and his daughter began to look around and found that as Old Man Zhou said, the passenger flow here was good. Even though it was not rush hour, there were still many vehicles and pedestrians coming and going.

There are many shops and even restaurants nearby, so it is indeed suitable for opening a hot pot restaurant.

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Old Zhou, this location is really good."

Deng Yunzhu also thanked you and said, "Uncle Zhou, thank you!"

Old man Zhou smiled and said: "As long as you are satisfied, if you are sure you want to rent this shop, I will contact the landlord to sign the contract."

Deng Shirong looked at his youngest daughter and said, "Azhu, this is your own property, you make the decision yourself!"

Deng Yunzhu said: "Uncle Zhou, please invite the landlord here. I rent this shop."

Old man Zhou said with a smile on his face: "Okay, then you guys wait for me here and I'll make a call over there."

…

Twenty minutes later, the landlord rushed over.

The landlord was a middle-aged man in his forties. When he came over, he immediately greeted Old Zhou: "Uncle Zhou."

Old man Zhou nodded and introduced: "Boss Chen, let me introduce to you. This is Boss Deng who wants to rent your shop. This is her father, Uncle Jiu."

Boss Chen immediately greeted: "Uncle Jiu, Boss Deng, hello!"

"Hello, Boss Chen!"

After greeting each other, Boss Chen took out the key, opened the door of the shop, and said: "Uncle Jiu, Boss Deng, please come in and talk!"

Deng Shirong and his daughter followed the landlord and Old Man Zhou into the shop. The space of more than 300 square meters was still very good. After some decoration and renovation, it would be a very qualified hot pot restaurant.

Boss Chen said: "Boss Deng, do you know the rent of this shop?"

Deng Yunzhu nodded and said, "Uncle Zhou told me."

Boss Chen said: "Then do you have any objections to the rent?"

Deng Yunzhu shook his head and said: "The rent set by Boss Chen is still very fair. I have no objection."

Boss Chen said with a smile: "That's natural. Captain Qin personally greeted me. Naturally, I will give you the best price for rent. I don't know how many years you plan to rent this store, Boss Deng."

Deng Yunzhu thought for a while and asked: "Boss Chen, I would like to ask, do you want to sell this store?"

Boss Chen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He obviously didn't expect that Deng Yunzhu would ask such a question, just like a tenant who was originally going to rent a house suddenly asked the landlord if the house was for sale. No matter which landlord heard such a question, he would feel Accident.

In addition to the accident, Boss Chen was a little moved. It happened that his son would need a lot of money to study abroad. Even if he rented out the shop, the rent would still be a drop in the bucket and not enough to support his son's study abroad expenses.

There are two ways to study abroad in this era: one is to study abroad through government dispatch, and the other is to study abroad at one's own expense.

Obviously, the government does not send many students to study abroad. Most international students study abroad at their own expense. Many people borrow money and work to raise the cost of studying abroad. With their own efforts and family support, they have the opportunity to go abroad and study abroad. to overseas.

Boss Chen’s son is one of those studying abroad at his own expense.

Originally, he was still worried about how to afford his son's high study abroad expenses in the next few years. Now that Boss Deng has the idea of ​​buying a shop, he might as well sell the shop. If he can save some money, he should It is enough to pay for my son’s study abroad for several years.

Thinking of this, Boss Chen said with a smile on his face: "Sell, of course. Boss Deng, you don't want to rent anymore, do you plan to buy it?"

Deng Yunzhu said with a smile: "It's still a bit troublesome to rent a shop. If the price is fair, I would rather buy it."

Boss Chen said happily: "Don't worry, Boss Deng, if you really want to buy it, I will definitely give you a fair price."

Hearing this, Mr. Zhou was also very surprised. It was agreed that he was here to rent a shop, but suddenly it turned into buying a shop. This change was really too fast.

Moreover, renting a shop and buying a shop require completely different levels of funds.

It seems that he still underestimated the financial resources of the Deng family. If he dared to offer to buy more than 300 square meters of shop, the financial resources would probably exceed his previous imagination.

Deng Shirong was quite pleased to hear this. He had told his children before that if he finds a suitable store for the next branch, he will buy it first if conditions permit. If the landlord refuses to sell or the asking price is too high, he will use it instead. It’s never too late to rent.

Obviously, the younger daughter has heard what he said, so now she wants to change the rent to buy.

One wants to buy, the other intends to sell, and the two parties naturally hit it off.

In terms of price, perhaps because of Old Man Zhou's eldest son-in-law's reputation, the other party did not make a big deal, but gave a more reasonable price - 560,000.

It’s about 1,800 per square meter. This is a shop in a big city like Guangzhou. Although this is not the most prosperous area in Guangzhou, Boss Chen’s shop is in a good location. It only sells for about 1,800 per square meter. It’s really very fair. The price is up.

Deng Yunzhu's net worth has already exceeded one million, and she can easily come up with the money without her father's help.

Then, Old Man Zhou witnessed history and watched helplessly as his "quasi-daughter-in-law" spent a lot of money and bought the more than 300 square meters of shop with great pride.

This scene gave Old Man Zhou a big shock.

Their family eats royal food, and their financial situation is better than that of most families. However, the family's savings are still quite limited. If something happens and the whole family needs to pool money together, they can collect tens of thousands of yuan without going out to borrow from outsiders. Already very good.

Of course, if you go out to find someone to borrow money, with their family’s connections, it’s no problem to scrape together a million or several hundred thousand.

After all, they are all on royal rations. With a job like this, it is very easy to find someone to borrow money. If you ask a few more people to borrow money, you can easily borrow a large amount of money. The whole family can borrow it from relatives and friends together, and then it can be done together. It's really not difficult to make one million or several hundred thousand.

In later generations, news often appeared, that is, someone owed millions of dollars in debt to relatives, friends, classmates, and colleagues because of gambling or other reasons.

However, this so-and-so’s salary is only a few thousand yuan a month, but because he or she has such a stable job with royal food, he or she is inherently easier to trust than those idle people in society, so he or she can owe Put down so much debt.

However, being able to borrow money is not a skill. Mr. Zhou and his family could borrow tens of thousands of yuan, while Deng Yunzhu easily spent 560,000 yuan to buy this shop. The economic gap is really huge.

I used to think that Deng Yunzhu's hot pot restaurant would be very good if it could earn 108,000 yuan a year, but now it seems that they have underestimated the income of the hot pot restaurant. To be precise, they have underestimated the income of Deng Yunzhu's hot pot restaurant.

…

afternoon.

At a restaurant near the Ministry of Finance in Beijing, Deng Yunsong once again invited his beautiful colleague Pei Qinghua to dinner.

Since the last time the two of them had dinner together, Deng Yunsong invited Pei Qinghua to dinner every now and then.

At this time, the two were already very familiar friends. While eating, Pei Qinghua said: "Chief Deng, you have invited me to dinner these days. You can't steal this meal from me again. You must Give me a chance to invite you back."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said: "Chief Pei, why bother with this issue? For a beautiful woman like you, no one else will have a chance to treat you to dinner. If you are willing to treat me to dinner, this is enough for me. What else can I do?" I deserve your treat!"

Pei Qinghua said with a smile: "Your mouth is really like honey, but this code is the same code. We have just joined the work this year. Although the salary is quite high, it is just enough to live on. You are just doing it every now and then." If you invite me to a restaurant for dinner, how can you spend so much on the salary you receive?”

Deng Yunsong smiled and said: "The salary I get from my job is indeed not enough to squander, but although I am from a rural area, my family's conditions are not bad. Not to mention just treating you to dinner every now and then, I can afford to treat you to dinner every day. "

Pei Qinghua blinked and said, "I didn't expect that you are still a little rich man!"

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "I made you laugh."

Pei Qinghua said: "However, although you are not short of money, I still have to pay for today's meal. This is the way to get along."

Seeing that she was not being polite, Deng Yunsong nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll let you invite me today, and I'll invite you again tomorrow. Is that okay?"

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "No problem."

Next, the two of them chatted while eating. There were so many common topics that they felt like they couldn't stop talking.

The meal lasted for about an hour and a half before the two of them finished it.

Because we had agreed in advance, it was Pei Qinghua who paid the bill today, and Deng Yunsong did not compete with her.

After leaving the hotel, the two of them walked back to the courtyard together.

When she reached the downstairs where Pei Qinghua lived, she waved to him: "Chief Deng, I'll go up first. See you tomorrow."

Deng Yunsong also waved and said, "Okay, see you tomorrow."

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