Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Jinjiang exclusive, plagiarism will be investigated...
"I wonder what Mrs. Gu wants to talk to me about?"
Zhang Mengzhi put down the basket in his hand, walked out of the vegetable garden and stood face to face with her.
"I'm sorry, Yan'er's father and I didn't know that the person he was dating was your fiancée."
Mother Gu didn't beat around the bush and directly stated her purpose.
"Stop, Madam Gu is wrong. She is not my fiancée, but your son's fiancée."
Zhang Mengting interrupted her and corrected the mistakes in her words.
"Yes, yes, yes, I was wrong. It should be Zhang's ex-fiancée."
Even though he interrupted her, Mother Gu did not dare to show displeasure to Zhang Mengzhi. She came here to ask for help, not to put on airs.
After all, she was a woman who had traveled extensively with her husband, so how could she not understand the word "flexibility"? So she was quick to admit her mistakes.
Looking at the woman in front of him who was speaking to him in a humble manner, Zhang Mengzhi just found it funny.
Hate? Of course, he couldn't let it go so easily. It's funny, really funny.
In the previous life, Zhang Mengzhi would never forget the scene where the Zhang family cried out to the heavens but no one answered. They cried out to the earth but no one answered.
What did the Zhang family do wrong? The Gu family killed one person after another.
Did she ever feel guilty at that time?
No, her humble attitude today is only because the Gu family has never defeated the Zhang family in this life.
"Mrs. Gu, I have nothing to do with her anymore. I don't know what you mean by mentioning her."
Zhang Mengzhi asked with a cold face.
"I'm sorry, when Yan'er was dating her, I really didn't know she had a fiancé! We were also deceived by her and the Wang family. We didn't mean to steal your fiancée."
Mrs. Gu was very dissatisfied with Zhang Mengzhi's attitude, but she described herself and the Gu family as poor people who were deceived by Wang Lingya and others.
"Can you be the third party without knowing him? Don't you know how to get to know a girl and her family before dating her?"
Zhang Mengzhi thought what Gu's mother said was quite funny.
They didn't know in this life, but they knew about the engagement in the previous life. But the result was that the Zhang family was destroyed by the Gu family, while Wang Lingya and the Wang family lived a good life thanks to the Gu family.
Is this fair?
It's not fair.
Therefore, even if the Gu family was indeed deceived by Wang Lingya and the Wang family in this life, making them unaware, Zhang Mengzhi had no intention of letting Gu Yan and the Gu family go.
"If the other party is trying to hide it, how can we know? Isn't it unreasonable for you Zhang family to hold on to this point?"
Gu's mother felt that her family was wronged. They were clearly victims as well, but just because her son stole Zhang Mengzhi's fiancée, they had to endure the revenge of the Zhang family. This was too fair.
"That's your problem. What does this have to do with my Zhang family? Madam Gu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."
Zhang Mengxiao almost laughed out loud after hearing her words, because it was exactly the same as the conversation he had with Gu's mother in his dream.
However, their situations were reversed, and it was no longer him who had to beg for mercy, but Gu's mother.
Zhang Mengzhi felt that she was too kind and didn't let her kneel down and then step over her hand. If it was restored one to one, Gu's mother would know what true injustice was.
"How come it's not related? Just because my son and your ex-fiancee were dating and the engagement was cancelled, your Zhang family is targeting my Gu family everywhere."
Provoked by his words, Gu's mother told the truth.
"Really? I don't care about Wang Lingya anymore, and I haven't told the elders about this. So did you misunderstand something? Madam Gu, please don't spread rumors to damage the reputation of my Zhang family."
Zhang Mengzhi simply refused to admit that the Zhang family’s suppression of the Gu family was because of his ex-fiancee. Wasn’t that giving face to Wang Lingya?
The truth indeed had nothing to do with breaking off the engagement; he was seeking revenge from his past life.
Can't we just ignore the deaths of the Gu family just because it hasn't happened in this life? Zhang Mengzhi said that he is not that magnanimous.
Moreover, Zhang Mengzhi felt that his methods were already very merciful compared to those of the Gu family.
Compared with the Gu family's unscrupulous style of doing things, the Zhang family's suppression of the Gu family was all within the scope permitted by law.
We've spared their lives. Isn't that magnanimous enough?
Therefore, it would be a wasted trip for Gu's mother to come and plead for mercy, as Zhang Mengzhi would never agree to it.
"Okay, okay, I underestimated you. I thought you were just a college graduate, but you turned out to be a biting dog."
Mother Gu had lost her mind at this moment. She was too embarrassed to bear the ridicule from Zhang Mengzhi several times.
"Mrs. Gu, please be more polite. Since you came to my house, as a junior, I have never been rude to you, right? But what you did was really inappropriate."
Knowing that the Gu family cared most about their reputation and looked down on these country people, Zhang Mengzhi's words made Gu's mother's facial features distorted.
Apart from the hardships she had suffered during the war, Gu's mother had never been treated like this before, so she was easily irritated by Zhang Mengzhi.
"Zhang Mengzhi, don't think that you can do whatever you want to my Gu family just by relying on the Zhang family. One day I will return to you the humiliation you gave me today."
After saying this, Mother Gu left without looking back.
"Humiliation? What did I say? Wasn't it the truth?"
Zhang Mengzhi looked at her angry back with a funny face. So this was called humiliation for her? Then what was the name of everything she had done to the Zhang family in her previous life?
It's really interesting. Since you said that I brought shame to the Gu family, it seems that if I don't do something, wouldn't I be accused of this in vain?
So Gu's mother found that when she went out to buy vegetables, the vegetable sellers were very indifferent to her and the vegetables they gave her were not of good quality.
"There are so many bugs in this vegetable that pigs won't eat it."
Throwing the vegetables given to her by the farmer on the ground.
"Hey, how can you talk like that? Are you looking down on us farmers? The presence of bugs means our vegetables are all natural and have not been sprayed with any pesticides. Only ignorant people would say such ignorant things."
The vegetable farmer picked up the vegetables on the ground with a look of heartache and scolded Gu's mother.
"That's right. Only laymen think that vegetables with worms are bad. I wonder if people who know the trade eat vegetables with worms these days!"
Countless vegetable farmers gathered around upon seeing this and started to scold Gu's mother.
Faced with everyone's accusations, Gu's mother lost all face. In the end, she didn't even buy any food and ran away covering her face.
Seeing this, the vegetable farmers who had blamed Gu's mother glanced at each other casually, and then went back to greet new customers.
But this time, those who bought vegetables targeted vegetables that had bugs or were bitten by bugs.
“I want this dish.”
A fashionable-looking older sister took away the vegetables that had just been thrown on the ground.
"Don't you want to look at something else? This dish is dirty."
The vegetable farmer kindly reminded the elder sister.
"I'll take this one. I think it's pretty good. If this vegetable doesn't grow well, bugs won't like to eat it!"
The eldest sister was not afraid of the bugs on it at all. She gently pinched it off with her fingers, threw it on the ground, and crushed it to death with her shoes.
"Sister, you know what you are talking about, but I won't take advantage of you. I'll sell this vegetable to you at half price."
The vegetable farmer is an honest man. Although he is a vegetable seller, he cannot take advantage of others.
In this way, a deal was reached with mutual consent and everyone was happy.
Zhang Mengzhi stood at the entrance of the market, watched this scene and turned away.
In this market that Gu's mother often visited, there were many people from the Zhang family selling vegetables. He didn't need to do much, as long as he talked to the vegetable farmers, they would know what to do.
If they dare to look down on these country people, they will immediately let Mother Gu know that without them, she won’t even have enough to eat.
Gu's mother ran away and returned home to see a kitchen with no vegetables except rice. She had no choice but to let her and her husband go to the cafeteria to eat.
She used to look down on the food in the cafeteria, thinking it was unnutritious and unhygienic.
Maybe she didn't say anything, but her attitude showed it all, so when serving the food, the canteen aunt's hands shook several times.
All the meat slices in the spoon were shaken out. In the end, although Mother and Father Gu had clearly ordered two meat dishes, there was only one piece of meat in them.
If she wasn't afraid of being noticed, the cafeteria aunt would have wanted to shake out the last piece of meat.
Even though Gu's parents knew that the people in the cafeteria did it on purpose, they didn't dare to make a fuss. First, they wanted to save face, they didn't want to be laughed at. Second, it was related to what happened around them recently. If they dared to make a fuss, it might be used as a handle against them.
Therefore, the couple could only endure and finish this very uncomfortable lunch. Even though they couldn't swallow the food, they didn't dare to waste it and ate all the food in the lunch box.
"Bang."
When she got home, Gu's mother threw the lunch box on the ground.
"What's the point of getting angry now? Why didn't you get angry then?"
Father Gu glanced at his wife and was also resentful towards her. She clearly went to ask for help, but ended up offending the person even more. Is there anyone who would do things like this?
"Old Gu, can we still leave Guocheng?"
Mother Gu didn't have the energy to fight with her husband, so she asked him with a sullen face.
"It's difficult, too difficult. Now I just hope that Yan'er can be assigned to Guocheng after graduation and not stay here."
After listening to his wife, Father Gu did not continue to complain to her and answered honestly.
"When will this day end?"
Mother Gu fell to the ground, she regretted it. She regretted that she could not control her temper and said harsh words to Zhang Mengzhi.
"It has already happened. The only thing we can do now is to protect Yan'er. No matter what the Zhang family asks in the end, we should agree to it!"
Father Gu had already lost his fighting spirit. The ambitions he had before coming to Guocheng were completely destroyed at this moment.
"My Yan'er is innocent, why can't the Zhang family let him go?"
Thinking of her son's demerit, Gu's mother began to wonder if the Zhang family had done something wrong. But then she thought that it was the Wang family who caused the trouble, and it was Wang Lingya who hanged herself, so there was no involvement from the Zhang family.
But she was unwilling to accept this. If her son could not be assigned a job, he would have to stay in Guocheng after graduation and they could no longer return to the capital.
The Gu family in the capital is now in an even worse situation than them. Although their lives are not threatened, what the Gu family did in those years has been dug up.
In order to help the Gu family rise to a higher level, they have killed people. Now the victim has come to the door, the higher authorities have accepted the case, and Mr. Gu has also been taken away.
So now, let alone waiting for the Capital Gu family to rescue them, the Capital Gu family itself can hardly be saved.
After knowing that the cause of all this was because Gu Yan stole Zhang's fiancée, the Gu family in the capital was very resentful towards Gu Yan's family.
Gu's father's brother didn't care about their life or death at all, he just wanted to get his own family out.
So now Father and Mother Gu can only think of a way themselves, whether it is begging for mercy or begging for mercy, they have to let Gu Yan leave.
Pop.
"Mom and Dad, has it come to this?"
When Gu Yan came back at noon, he heard the conversation between his parents and the book in his hand fell to the ground.
"Yan'er, you will have to walk the road ahead on your own."
Mr. and Mrs. Gu looked at their son and spoke softly.
Although the Zhang family suppressed them, they did not extend their influence to the school, so Gu Yan was still safe in school.
"Mom and Dad, can't we go ask Zhang Mengzhi for help? I've heard about him at school. He's a very good-tempered person. As long as we admit our mistakes, he shouldn't bother with our family anymore."
Gu Yan did not do nothing at school. Since he knew that the source of the incident was Zhang Mengzhi, of course he had to find out more.
According to all the students he asked, Zhang Mengzhi was a very good classmate who never easily conflicted with his classmates. If anyone asked him for help, Zhang Mengzhi would be willing to lend a hand as long as it was not too difficult.
"Yan'er, it's too late. Your mother has already offended him. Now you can only rely on yourself. Strive for excellent grades and work hard to get the school to cancel your demerit!"
Father Gu did not hide anything from his son and made sure he knew the truth.
"mom?"
Gu Yan looked at his mother in disbelief.
He has learned to keep a low profile in school now, so why did his mother offend the most important person? Everything the Zhang family did to their Gu family was because of Zhang Mengzhi. Not only did she not try to please him, but she also offended him. What good would this do for her and the Gu family?
"I, I couldn't help it. You don't know how infuriating what he said was."
Mother Gu defended herself.
"Your son stole someone's fiancée, and you don't allow him to feel resentful?"
After all, Father Gu and Mother Gu had been married for many years, so how could he not know her character? He immediately understood why his wife offended others.
She must have said something unpleasant, which angered Zhang Mengzhi, who was already unhappy.
"I know you think country folk are dirty and have bad backgrounds, and that asking them for help is a shameful thing. But don't you think that a person who can get into college and rank first in grades, is that an ordinary person? Didn't you see that the Zhang family is making things difficult for our Gu family because of him? Why can't you just be patient? As long as you are patient, we can survive. Now, the only way out is blocked by you."
Although he didn’t want to say it at first, Father Gu couldn’t hold it back in the end.
He had been suppressed so badly in the past two years that he felt quite resentful, but he just couldn't vent his anger on his wife and children.
However, today he couldn't hold it in any longer and complained to his wife.
"I didn't want to either, but who made him say such harsh words?"
Mother Gu didn't find fault with herself, but put the blame on Zhang Mengzhi.
Seeing his mother like this, Gu Yan felt powerless.
His mother was always a proud person, and she did not refute his father's words, which was obviously the truth. He did not think that Zhang Mengzhi was at fault in this matter, after all, those classmates exaggerated Mengzhi's good temper.
It is obvious that my mother’s attitude is too bad, as it can make a good-tempered person angry and say something excessive.
So in the end, the father and son of the Gu family did not think that Zhang Mengzhi had deliberately provoked the incident, but instead blamed it on Gu's mother.
Zhang Meng didn't know the situation, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
Gu's family affairs did not affect his expansion of his store at all.
He has three shops, one of which he uses to sell spicy hot pot and braised dishes, and the other two were connected and renovated so that the fast food restaurant will be bigger and can accommodate more customers.
The fast food restaurant was closed during the renovation, and a large group of customers wailed.
“Why are you closing down again?”
Someone who was used to having lunch at fast food restaurants asked unhappily when seeing the big word "Closed".
"Because we are renovating it. When it is finished, the store will be bigger and more people can sit when we eat. There will also be more dishes to choose from!"
Zhang Mengzhi stood in front of the store and explained to everyone.
"Okay! Even if we don't agree, you've already decided to close the business, so we can only wait until you renovate it."
Old customers had to accept the reality.
After all the guests had left, Zhang Mengzhi took the workers into three shops.
Starting today, the store will be renovated.
The decoration of the Malatang and Braised Meat Shops is simpler, with just new tables and a large glass counter, on which various braised meats will be placed for customers to choose from.
The fast food restaurant is different. Not only has the sign been redesigned, it uses Chinese red as the background, and then has the five big words "Hongyun Fast Food Restaurant" written in black regular script, and two small white words next to it - Zhang's.
There are six glass doors at the entrance, followed by imitation wood floor tiles. The whole house is decorated in Chinese style.
The walls are inlaid with original wood panels, and there are lantern-like lamps on the top. There are also original wood tables and benches. The whole decoration has Chinese characteristics.
Because Zhang Mengzhi has a vision of the future, the decoration of the store does not look complicated, even simple. However, because the layout is very fresh, plus there are green plants as embellishment, the guests who come to the store to eat can't help but relax.
Eating is a very relaxing thing, and Zhang Mengzhi does not let everyone feel restrained or nervous as soon as they enter the door.
Therefore, various green plants of different sizes are placed in the store, so that customers who come to the store to eat will feel relaxed as soon as they come in, no matter how bad their mood is.
In order to facilitate guests' physiological needs, he also installed men's and women's toilets in the corner.
The last is a large open kitchen, with transparent glass allowing guests to see the chefs working inside.
Whether washing vegetables or dishes, people can see everything clearly. This is what Zhang Mengzhi wants to tell everyone that the food in their fast food restaurant is not only fresh but also hygienic.
I have to say that this wave of publicity was very effective. The new fast food restaurant was full in less than an hour after it opened.
Zhang Mengzhi not only served as the chef himself, but also recruited some apprentices.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to hire new chefs, but he doesn’t like any of the applicants.
Either his cooking skills were bad or his character was bad. Of course, his cooking skills were bad but his character was good, so he stayed as an apprentice and decided to take on his own apprentices.
"Master, table one ordered braised pork, have you asked if it's ready?"
Xia Donghai trotted in. He was Zhang Mengzhi's first apprentice. He used to be the second chef in a state-owned restaurant. He thought he was a good cook, but after applying for the job and eating the dishes made by his master, he immediately agreed to be an apprentice.
"It will be ready soon. Please ask the guests to wait for a few minutes."
Zhang Mengzhi never stopped working. There were so many customers that the fast food he had prepared was not enough. He had already cooked three pots of braised pork. Not only did he cook all the pork belly that was delivered in the morning, he also had someone rush a batch of it.
"OK."
Xia Donghai ran out again.
There was no way to deal with it on the first day of opening because there were not enough waiters outside, so he, the apprentice, had to step in temporarily.
"Mengzhi, do you want to take a break?"
Mother Zhang was wiping her son's sweat. Zhang Mengzhi had been cooking since 10 o'clock and had not stopped yet. Even if her son was very good at cooking, it would be very tiring to keep cooking like this.
"You can take a break after I finish frying the braised pork with sauce."
Zhang Mengzhi looked at the dishes in the kitchen. All the dishes that could be fried had been fried. There was nothing else to fry except the side dishes.
"I'll go get you a glass of water and leave it there so you can drink it later."
Mother Zhang went out to pour tea for her son. The fast food restaurant provided free tea for customers. Even sanitation workers could come in and pour water when they were not busy.
"Mom, don't worry, I will fall down by myself later."
Zhang Mengzhi poured the last dish into the thermos bucket, put down the big iron pot in his hand, and sat on a stool beside him to rest.
He was well prepared and knew that business would be good on the first day of opening, but he didn't expect it to be this good!
He originally planned to prepare ingredients for lunch and dinner, but ended up cooking the whole thing for lunch.
It just so happens that everyone is tired at noon and doesn’t have to do anything in the evening, so they can rest.
He just needs to prepare more ingredients for tomorrow. Business should be the best in the first three days, and will gradually decline afterwards. The ingredients he has prepared should be enough.
However, Zhang Mengzhi still underestimated everyone's obsession with food. After three days, business did decline, but not by much.
Zhang Mengzhi has to prepare a lot of ingredients every day, and he hardly ever stops. The two meals he has to cook for lunch and dinner make his arms sore.
"Master, how about you just stand by and give us instructions and we'll do the frying."
Xia Dongxi was massaging his master's shoulders. They had the basic skills to become Zhang Mengzhi's disciples.
"Can."
Zhang Mengzhi thought about it and felt that after a week of watching, his apprentices were almost familiar with the dishes in the restaurant. What they lacked was experience. He could let them practice a few times after the customers left.
"Thank you, Master."
Xia Donghai hurried to discuss with his fellow apprentices, and the master was ready to let them go on stage.
Although Zhang Mengzhi decided to let his apprentices learn how to cook, he didn't let them do it rashly. He still let them cook a few times for him to taste, and only when they passed the test could they cook for the guests.
Fortunately, these people have some talent in cooking, and Zhang Mengzhi is there to guide them. Although the dishes they cook are not as good as Zhang Mengzhi's, they are much better than most chefs.
"Boss Zhang, why do the dishes today taste a little worse than before? They don't seem like you cooked them."
An old customer with a good sense of taste tasted it and called Zhang Mengzhi to ask.
"Good tongue, today's dish was cooked by my apprentice."
Zhang Mengzhi gave the other party a thumbs up. She didn't expect that someone would notice the difference so quickly.
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