Gu Sheng pointed at the signboard: "Tell me what happened? It's just renting a place, why did you change all the shop signs?"
Gu Anyi was afraid of upsetting the old man: "Dad, you'll see once you come inside with me. The house is still ours, it's just been rented out to them."
Now I have a job and even have rent to pay, which is great news for our family!
Gu Sheng coughed twice; he had been hospitalized for several months and had lost a lot of weight. He pushed open the door and went inside, only to find that the place had changed drastically.
Gu Anyi stepped forward and said, "Dad, let me tell you, business is booming right now. Every evening, customers come in droves to eat."
"Is business really that good?" Gu Sheng knew from the look of the shop that his son hadn't been fooled; business was obviously thriving.
The strong aroma of meat wafted through the air. I took a few steps forward and lifted the curtain. I saw a large pot on the gas stove, simmering.
"What's cooking that smells so good?"
"This is tonight's noodle soup. It has a lot of beef bones in it and has been simmering for an hour. It can be turned off in another hour." Gu Anyi opened the lid and added some seasoning from the jar.
"They've told you the secret recipe?" Gu Sheng was shocked. How could anyone be so foolish? Not only did they give them so much money, but they also put their son in charge of such an important matter.
He no longer believed what his friend Guo Chenpi had said. In his view, his son was very smart, and it wouldn't be so easy for the other party to deceive him.
In addition, during this period, he was able to eat very delicious food from time to time, and his son's face turned darker. He also gained weight and became more muscular, which was enough to show that he had been very busy lately.
"Yes, I know the secret recipe. My sister-in-law entrusted everything to me, and I cook a pot of soup during the day. There's also some meat in it, two slices in each bowl of noodles. We sell dozens of bowls every night!" Gu Anyi poked the meat with his chopsticks; it wasn't cooked to the point of being very tender.
"Son, you should work hard with them!" After a long silence, Gu Sheng made this momentous decision. He felt that his son had made the right choice by following them, and that they might achieve great things in the future.
His health was not as good as before, and although the doctor had never said how long he would live, he felt that he only had a few months left at most and would not see his son's future.
"Dad, don't worry, I will keep a close eye on our shop and promise not to sell it. If possible in the future, I will put our shop sign back up."
"Good son, I'm content with just hearing you say that." Gu Sheng coughed several times, feeling a pain in his chest again.
Gu Anyi helped him out of the kitchen and sat him down on the folding bed.
"Dad, have you heard something?"
"Hmm." Gu Sheng stopped coughing and said, "Your Uncle Guo told me that our family's shop was swindled. I didn't believe it at first because he rarely tells reliable things."
He kept mentioning it to me, so I decided to come and check out the store.
“Actually, even if you hadn’t said anything, I would have guessed it.” Gu Anyi sat down: “The only one who could say something like this to you is him.”
I borrowed a lot of money from him after you got sick. That day, he asked me to sell the shop to him.
Consider it payment to settle the debt. Luckily, Brother Chenhao was there, otherwise he would have succeeded.
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