Chapter 471
Su Yuanzheng hurriedly shook his head, his face full of a look of firm disagreement, and said while waving his hands:
"Hey! How can this be possible! Even if it's a used car, the price is not cheap! How can I let you kids pay for it?"
The fat boy said with a smile on his face: "It's okay, Dad Su, just think of it as your godson showing his filial piety to you."
Looking at the smug look on Little Fatty's face, Su Miao said cheerfully:
"Fat Brother has landed another good project, right? Dad, just take it. Fat Brother is going to be a real estate tycoon, and this little money is nothing to him."
"You're incredibly clever and full of ideas. The payment for a project I took on just now has been received. And the thing you asked me to do is going quite smoothly. Once the dividends come in at the end of the year, you'll be a wealthy woman too."
The fat boy said this with great excitement, then pointed at the middle-aged man he brought with him and said:
"By the way, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Wu, a fellow villager from Ning County. His restaurant business was very popular back in Ning County, and a few years ago he came to Yongcheng to expand his business and started a big business.
We met by chance during a social event some time ago, and today we specially arranged to have a meal at the restaurant so that we can get to know each other as fellow villagers and help each other out if there is anything in the future."
Everyone's eyes instantly turned to Boss Wu. He raised the corners of his mouth and said slowly:
"Don't listen to this guy's exaggeration. I'm just running a small business. My name is Wu Daqiang, Boss Su, just call me Daqiang.
In fact, I have tasted your Su Ji’s braised food at a banquet before. When I first put it in my mouth, I thought it tasted amazing. I didn’t expect that the boss is actually a fellow villager from Ning County.
After listening to Xiao Pan's story, I pestered him to take me to your store so I could try your signature dishes.
After a few more pleasantries, their words were full of cordiality and enthusiasm. Su Miao took the two to the front yard for dinner, which was VIP treatment.
Rice was served in ceramic bowls, and a full plate each of braised food, stir-fried pork offal, and two kinds of green vegetables was placed on the table. A small bowl of side dishes was also provided, and each person was served a serving of soup. It was placed on the small stone table and looked quite rich.
Su Yuanzheng and Su Miao were also there to accompany them. After all, they were people specially introduced by Xiaopang, so it was necessary to make friends with them.
Several people sat together, enjoying the delicious food and chatting happily. Everyone was cheerful and straightforward, talking to each other, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and there was constant laughter.
While eating, Wu Daqiang sighed:
"A few years ago, I moved my whole family to Nancheng for business.
Once, I happened to hear that there was a very good self-service porridge stall in Ning County, so I took the time to go back there just to try it. But when I got there, I found that they had stopped doing it.
I didn't expect you guys to move to Nancheng, and I didn't expect you guys were the famous Su Ji Food Shop."
Su Yuanzheng listened and replied, "When we were in Ning County, we set up a porridge stall for a year, and the following year my daughter was admitted to Yongcheng No. 1 Middle School.
I was really worried about her studying alone at such a young age, so after thinking about it, I decided to come along.
Fortunately, everyone likes the food I cook, which is how I gained a foothold in Nancheng."
Wu Daqiang was just putting a piece of fried pork offal into his mouth with his chopsticks. When he heard this, he nodded hurriedly and mumbled:
"It's delicious, especially the stir-fried pork offal. It's sour and spicy, perfect with porridge or rice. Even in the hot summer, it really whets your appetite."
Su Miao listened, a hint of curiosity flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but ask:
"Uncle Wu, Fatty said you used to run a restaurant in Ning County. Can I know which one it was? Maybe we've been there before."
Su Miao thought to himself that Ning County was such a small place, and there weren't many self-employed people in the past few years. If there was a famous restaurant, even if he didn't know, his father would definitely know about it.
"The restaurant's name was just randomly chosen before. It was called Boss Wu's Restaurant. It's in the east of the city, on the road from the square to the stadium."
"Boss Wu's Restaurant?!"
When the Su father and daughter heard the name, their eyes widened instantly, their faces full of surprise.
Wu Daqiang was puzzled by their reactions, thinking to himself, "Did I say anything wrong just now? Why are they reacting so strongly?"
"Boss Wu, we're truly destined to meet! When we were planning to open our porridge stall, we bought all the pots, pans, and small stools from your restaurant. Your nephew sold them to us!"
Su Yuanzheng said excitedly, his voice unconsciously rising a few degrees.
"Is this true? My restaurant closed in 1985. Did you really buy those things from my store?" Wu Daqiang asked in surprise and disbelief.
"It's true, it was the summer of 1985! My daughter was on summer vacation, and we started planning to set up a porridge stall.
At that time, I heard that Boss Wu's restaurant was going to clear out its items, so I hurried there.
The person who greeted us at the time seemed to be a young man. He said that the restaurant was his uncle's shop, and he was going to Nancheng for business, so he planned to close it.
Su Yuan was recalling everything in detail, remembering every detail clearly.
When Boss Wu heard this, he slapped his thigh and laughed out loud:
"That's exactly what happened! I was in urgent need of funds to build a factory, so I took all the money from the restaurant.
That young man was my nephew. At that time, I hadn’t even paid the store employees’ salaries yet.
I told him to sell everything in the store, use the proceeds to pay his salary, and use the rest as his hard work fee. I never thought that there would be such a wonderful fate between us.
"Uncle Wu, we have to thank you very much. That batch of tableware was a great help to us and saved us a lot of start-up capital, which gave us the opportunity to develop."
"Hey~ The success of your business is entirely due to your own abilities. I dare not take any credit for it.
It's a small world. After all these twists and turns, I never thought we'd have this connection. From now on, we'll be friends. Feel free to ask if you have anything to say."
Wu Daqiang smiled and waved his hand, a sincere smile on his face.
After a meal, the first step in people getting closer is to change the way they address each other.
Boss Su became Yuanzheng, Boss Xiao Su became Miaomiao, and Boss Wu became Brother Daqiang and Uncle Wu.
As they chatted, they talked about business. Su Miao asked Wu Daqiang, "Uncle Wu, what kind of factory are you running now?"
"Oh~ I run a leather factory on the outskirts of the city. The higher-ups even gave us a piece of land."
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