Chapter 369: Once Upon a Time, a Rich Second Generation (Part 2 and 3)

From then on, Cao Ji stopped selling rice noodles and stir-fried dishes and only sold pancakes.

Jiang Da was promoted from a kitchen helper to the head chef, with a fixed salary of 3,000 yuan per month, including food and accommodation, plus commission.

In just one week, the store's business rebounded, and a month later, it was full of customers.

The loss from rent was recovered in just half a year.

Cao Dayong was full of energy, but he knew better than anyone how the current situation came about - it was Jiang Da's skill in making pancakes that revitalized the store.

He tried to follow Jiang Da's steps one by one, but the pancakes he made didn't taste the same, and it felt like something was missing.

He knew that this apprentice must stay!

So the couple treated Jiang Da extra well and often gave money to the Jiang family.

The Jiang family was indeed very satisfied and did not mention a word about letting Jiang Da become an apprentice. Jiang Da himself had no idea. He felt that 3,000 yuan a month was a lot. It could not only allow him to have enough food and clothes, but also pay for his younger siblings to go to school and help with the family expenses.

The following year, Cao Ji opened its first branch, still selling pancakes.

In the same year, the second branch was opened in a neighboring city.

As Cao Ji's "first apprentice", Jiang Da often runs back and forth between several stores, training new chefs and instructing on pancake techniques. Although the pancakes made by the young apprentices are not as tasty as his, there is almost no difference, and only experienced gourmets can't taste the difference.

Cao Dayong saw the possibility of mass production.

He had a vague plan in mind, but lacked the courage to put it into practice.

At this time, he met the businessman who had given him guidance before.

The other party actually came from the famous "Huizhou merchants". Compared with the pioneering and innovative "Zhejiang merchants" and the gangster-like spirit of "Shanxi merchants", the "Huizhou merchants" took the concept of making small businesses bigger and stronger and operating with integrity.

Cao Dayong was inspired and decided to give it another try.

Two years later, Cao Ji appeared in City F like mushrooms after rain, and gradually took shape as the prototype of the current chain brand.

At that time, Jiang Da was nineteen and Cao Dayong was almost forty.

He never gave up the idea of ​​having a child to inherit his legacy, but his wife just couldn't get pregnant.

The two went to the hospital for a check-up and found that it was Cao Dayong's problem.

When he reached middle age, his business was booming and his wealth was accumulating more and more, but God cut off his family line, even if it was just a daughter!

Cao Dayong was depressed for a while.

At this time, Jiang Da caught his eye.

First of all, this child is honest, grateful and very kind.

Secondly, others may not know, but Cao Dayong knows very well that the pancake-making skill was actually created by Jiang Da.

Last but not least, Jiang Da is filial. Over the years, he and his wife have treated him as half a son and have long had feelings for him.

Since he is already half a son, why can't he completely become a child of the Cao family?

After some discussion, Cao Dayong and his wife both thought it was feasible, so they told Jiang Da about their idea.

A nineteen-year-old child has no idea what this means, but Old Mrs. Jiang knows!

At that time, she could not be called "Old Mrs. Jiang". Qiu Shufen, who was not yet 40 years old, relied on the money sent back by her eldest son every month. She not only supported the education of her second, third and youngest sons, but also had some left for her own spending. She had a plump waist, a round body and a radiant face.

She had long coveted the Cao family's wealth, and often instructed Jiang Da to ask Cao Dayong for a raise, openly or secretly. Fortunately, Jiang Da never asked for it. She never expected that one day she would have such a good thing as being adopted!

If the eldest son becomes the son of the Cao family, then won't all the Cao family's money belong to the Jiang family?!

The more she thought about it, the more beautiful it became. Qiu Shufen was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night. The next day, she gave Cao Dayong and his wife the definite news -

She agreed to this!

From now on, Jiang Da will be the child of the Cao family.

Cao Dayong and his wife were very happy and immediately transferred 200,000 yuan to Qiu Shufen. Qiu Shufen used the money to buy a property in the city. In order to save money, she did not buy a new house, but bought two second-hand houses at once.

She planned it very clearly, one set for the second child, one set for the third child, and that was it!

I don’t know if she was lucky or had foresight, but the two dilapidated houses were demolished within two years, and Qiu Shufen received a huge compensation.

With Jiang Hua and Jiang Teng also doing their best, the Jiang family quickly became successful.

Until now, the old lady still holds this huge amount of demolition compensation in her hands, otherwise how could Jiang Hua and Jiang Teng support her like this?

Let’s talk about Jiang Da who was adopted. He had no share in the house his mother bought, and he had to send his salary home on time every month. After learning from a master for so many years, he had no savings at all. He was inexplicably kicked out of the house and became the son of his master and his mistress.

Fortunately, Jiang Da had a deep affection for the Cao couple. Knowing that his master was unable to have children, he was willing to be filial to the two elders and quickly accepted his new identity.

It’s just that the name has never been changed.

Until he was 22 years old, Cao Dayong had always treated Jiang Da as his own son. He not only let him learn to manage a store, but also taught him Cao family dishes himself.

Jiang Da did not disappoint his expectations. He was extremely talented in cooking and even surpassed his master. He not only improved the Cao family cuisine, but also made exclusive innovations, adding a total of 32 new dishes to the Cao family recipes.

Jiang Xiaodi listened with great interest and asked, "What happened next?"

Han Yunru also looked at her husband with curiosity.

When she married Jiang Da, Jiang Da was no longer in the Cao family, and the man never mentioned it after marriage, so she only found out about it just now.

Jiang Fuyue: "If Dad is still in the Cao family, then shouldn't Chen Xing and I both have the surname Cao? We're definitely third-generation rich."

Jiang Da glanced at his daughter, his face full of helplessness, as if to say: You wish! I haven't even become a second-generation rich, and you want to become a third-generation rich?

Jiang Fuyue shrugged: "It's just a thought, it's not against the law."

Jiang Da's eyes were blank as he once again fell into memories: "I remember that year when I was 23, just after my birthday, my master's wife was diagnosed with cancer..."

Cao Dayong spent a lot of money on his wife's treatment, but unfortunately, he still couldn't save her life.

Before she died, the master's wife lay on the hospital bed, holding the father and son's hands, and first told her husband: "Dayong, Ada is our son, our own son! You must train him well! Let him inherit everything from us in the future."

Cao Dayong burst into tears and nodded repeatedly.

Then, she reminded Jiang Da: "You are a good child. Although you always call me Master's wife, I know that you already regard me as your mother in your heart."

Yes, in Jiang Da’s heart, his master’s wife is his second mother.

"Your master has a bad temper and is impulsive. You should keep a close eye on him and stop letting him smoke and drink. It's bad for his health. In the future, when he's old and ready to come down to live with me, you must stay by his bedside and don't let him die alone."

Jiang Da nodded heavily.

After his master's wife left, Cao Dayong put more energy into running "Cao Ji". In the same year, Cao Ji chains blossomed everywhere, and it was no exaggeration to say that they were making a fortune every day.

Next, Cao Dayong began to recruit apprentices and cultivate a trusted team for Jiang Da to facilitate his taking over Cao Ji in the future.

It was at that time that Sanpang'er, Fuman, Dazhuang, Apiao, Xiangqing and Xiaodouzi were brought back to the Cao family.

All six of them were orphans, and Cao Dayong gave them names, all with the surname Cao.

In the next few years, Jiang Da and the six people learned cooking and lived together, and their relationship grew deeper and deeper.

Everything was going well, but the unexpected happened.

Yu Shangmei was that accident.

When she met Cao Dayong, she was less than 30 years old, had just divorced, and had a son. She was beautiful and had a plump figure. To use the popular words now, she was a "human peach"!

With her good looks and eloquence, she was successfully hired and assigned to a Cao Ji branch as lobby manager.

At a work meeting, she and Cao Dayong hit it off.

Three months later, Cao Dayong announced that they had obtained a marriage certificate.

Yu Shangmei officially moved into the Cao family.

Before this, Jiang Da knew nothing.

He felt uncomfortable when he thought of his master's wife who had been busy all her life and had never enjoyed a few days of peace and quiet, but he didn't want to interfere too much in such matters.

After all, he is not his biological son, and there are many things between them.

Jiang Da also comforted himself that his master's wife had been gone for so many years, and it was good that his master could get over it.

But I didn’t expect that with the “latter master’s wife” there would also be a “latter master”.

The relationship between Jiang Da and Cao Dayong became increasingly distant due to the influence of his newlywed wife. Later on, Cao Dayong believed someone and decided that Jiang Da was coveting his property and had bad intentions, so he gradually stripped Jiang Da of his power and took it all back into his own hands.

Later, Yu Shangmei coaxed him into handing over these powers to her biological son.

In the next two years, Jiang Da was completely heartbroken by Cao Dayong. He stopped fighting and stayed in the kitchen doing what he did best. He was satisfied with the fixed salary he received every month.

But this peace did not last long, as it was broken by a sudden accident...

Two updates together, 3,000 words.

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(End of this chapter)