Chapter 404: Spending a Huge Amount of Money, Old Man Zhou is Shocked

afternoon.

Super luxury house in Wuyue Plaza.

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

"My dear, I used to eat this white cut a lot when I was at my mother's house. It tasted pretty good, but it's far inferior to what you made."

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

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, our Bobai Baiqie is famous for its delicious taste. The key to its deliciousness is not only the cooking time, but also the ingredients themselves and the secret sauce and condiments.

Let’s talk about the ingredients first. Take the boiled chicken for example. It must be made with free-range chickens that have been raised for more than a year. The boiled chicken made from such free-range chickens will become more fragrant the more you chew it. This is incomparable to the feed chickens bought on the market.

There are also sauces and condiments. Different white cuts are paired with different sauces and condiments. This is also extremely important. If my mother-in-law wants to learn, I will teach you how to pair the sauces and condiments for white cuts. I am sure you will be able to make white cuts with a fragrant aroma."

Mother Gu smiled happily and said, "My dear, it's a deal. You will teach me how to make this later. You are really amazing at this."

Gu Caiwei also smiled and said, "Dad, you can teach me later. When Yunheng wants to eat it, 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 seasonings are well matched, 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 would be even better, as they 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 would not be able to 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 with some worry, "It doesn't matter if I'm fat. After giving birth, I should be able to slowly lose weight. I'm just 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 feel any psychological burden about this. It's a good thing that the fetus is developing well. It's true that women have to suffer when giving birth, but this has nothing to do with whether the fetus is developing well.

If the fetus has a balanced nutrition, its immunity will be greatly enhanced after birth, and 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 prematurely. The main reason was that women didn’t have much to eat during pregnancy, and the fetuses were severely malnourished. Their immunity was weak after birth, so they really died prematurely.”

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 was just talking casually just now. I know the seriousness of the matter."

"Okay, mother-in-law, sister, let's eat quickly. If we continue talking, the food will get cold."

"Well, let's eat!"

…

The next day.

Deng Shirong's troops were divided into two groups:

Deng Shirong took his little daughter to the station and boarded a bus to Guangzhou.

Along the way, Gu's mother brought her two daughters, took many gifts selected by her in-laws, and returned to her parents' home under the escort of a bodyguard and driver.

After nearly ten hours' drive, Deng Shirong and his little daughter finally arrived in Guangzhou in the evening.

Guangzhou is well-known for its food. Even at night in this era, one can still feel the charm of this food city. Deng Shirong brought his little daughter to a very popular fried noodle stall and ordered two servings of dry fried beef noodles, which is very famous in the fried noodle world.

While sitting down and waiting, Deng Yunzhu asked curiously, "Dry Fried Beef Noodles, why is the name so strange?"

Deng Shirong laughed and said: "Niu refers to beef, and He refers to rice noodles, so it has such a name."

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

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

Deng Yunzhu likes to listen to her father's stories about food the most, and asked quickly: "Dad, how was this fried beef vermicelli made?"

In his previous life, when Deng Shirong was obsessed with cooking, he did a lot of research on food and the stories behind each dish: "The founder of this dry fried beef noodles was named Xu Bin. At that time, it was during the Japanese invasion of China. Guangzhou had fallen. He and his parents made a living by running wonton noodles on Yangxiang Road. 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 rice noodles were always stir-fried and then starched. The starch used must be cornstarch (soybean flour).

One night, the stall had just run out of cornstarch, and when they went to buy more, they were stopped at a 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 and would never make it if there were not enough ingredients, so he refused and said that the raw materials were not enough to fry it. However, the detective Kou Ye was unreasonable and insisted on eating it, and finally pulled out a pistol to threaten.

As the argument became more serious, Xu Bin's mother came out to mediate and sent Xu Bin to make fried noodles.

As a result, people came up with a quick idea and figured out a way to deal with the problem by stir-frying the beef without using starch: first put some oil in the wok to fry the onions, stir-fry the bean sprouts, add the flour and stir-fry together, and then put the fried beef into the wok and stir-fry together.

Unexpectedly, the noodles fried in this way were so delicious that the detective came every night and asked for this kind of fried noodles.

At that time, it was not easy to earn a few more dimes to buy cornstarch, so 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, and various teahouses and restaurants also followed suit.

Since then, this cheap street food has entered the "high-class" market and has become the famous dry fried beef noodles. "

Deng Yunzhu said: "So this is how the dry fried beef noodles are made. Dad, you talk 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, so I think the chef's skills are decent, and the beef noodles he stir-fried should not be too bad."

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

Due to the good 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, so as soon as the two servings of noodles were served, they picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

Deng Yunzhu ate two mouthfuls in a row before she couldn't help but praise, "Dad, you're right. This fried beef noodles tastes really good. It's 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 never decreased. I guess the fame of this night snack stall has spread around the area.

This dry fried beef noodles is also a very suitable delicacy for midnight snacks. If his night market street is really developed in the future, he will need merchants with good skills to move 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 the address and planned to contact him if they were destined to meet again.

…

The next morning.

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

Unless there are special circumstances, these two old guys will come here every morning to have 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 but ask, "Lao Zhou, Lao Huang, what time did you two get up? Why did you come so early?"

Old Zhou smiled and said, "Uncle Jiu, Old Huang and I both got up at 5:30 in the morning. We both live not far from here, so it only takes about ten minutes to walk here. Basically, we can 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 we want to make so many snacks, we have to start in the middle of the night, right?"

Old Man Huang nodded and said, "The snacks here are all fresh goods. They are indeed made at midnight."

After ordering some signature snacks, they started chatting while eating.

After chatting for a while, Deng Shirong finally got down to business: "Old Zhou, where is the shop you helped find?"

Old Man Zhou said, "This shop was found with the help of my eldest son-in-law who works at the Public Security Bureau. It is about four or five kilometers away from here. It used to be a wholesale site, so the customer flow is not bad. I'll take you there after we finish our morning tea and you'll see."

Deng Shirong said: "Old Zhou, I'm sorry to trouble you with this matter."

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

It may sound like a piece of cake, 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 in area and in a good location. Such a shop is not easy to find.

Deng Shirong did not say much about this. If the two became relatives, then Lao Zhou, as the man's parent, should behave like this. If the two could not become relatives, then he would just owe Lao Zhou a favor and would find a way to repay it later.

Because I have to go to see the shop later, today's morning tea is naturally not like the previous ones, which lasted until the afternoon.

We ate and chatted and finished our morning tea around nine in the morning.

Then, after parting with Old Man Huang, Old Man Zhou took Deng Shirong and his daughter to see the shop in a car.

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 picking up passengers, it would take a few more years for them to become popular.

Half an hour later.

Old Man Zhou brought Deng Shirong and his daughter to their 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 this location is suitable?"

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

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

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

Deng Yunzhu also thanked him: "Uncle Zhou, thank you!"

Old 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 come and sign the contract."

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

Deng Yunzhu said, "Uncle Zhou, please ask the landlord to come over. I'll rent this shop."

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

…

Twenty minutes later, the landlord came over.

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

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

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

"Hello, Boss Chen!"

After greeting each other, Boss Chen took out his 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 very good. After some renovation, it could become a very qualified hot pot restaurant.

Boss Chen said, "Boss Deng, you know the rent for this shop, right?"

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

Boss Chen asked, "Do you have any objection to the rent?"

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

Boss Chen smiled and said, "Of course. Captain Qin has personally greeted me, so I will naturally give you the most favorable price for the rent. I wonder how many years you plan to rent this shop, Boss Deng?"

Deng Yunzhu thought for a moment and asked, "Boss Chen, I want to ask, are you selling this shop?"

Boss Chen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Obviously, he didn't expect Deng Yunzhu to ask such a question. It was like a tenant who was originally going to rent a house suddenly asked the landlord whether he wanted to sell the house. No matter which landlord heard such a question, he would be surprised.

In addition to being surprised, Boss Chen was also tempted, because his son needed a large sum of money to study abroad. Even if he rented out the shop, the rent he earned would still be just a drop in the bucket and was not enough to support his son's study expenses.

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

Obviously, the government does not send many students to study abroad. Most of the students go abroad at their own expense. In order to raise funds for their studies, many people borrow money and work. Only with their own efforts and the support of their families can they have the opportunity to go abroad and study.

Boss Chen’s son is one of those students who studied abroad at his own expense.

Originally, he was worried about how to afford his son's high study abroad expenses in the next few years. Now that Boss Deng wants to buy a shop, he might as well sell it. If he spends frugally, it should be enough to cover his son's study abroad expenses for a few years.

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

Deng Yunzhu smiled and said, "Renting a shop is more or less troublesome. If the price is fair, I would rather buy it."

Boss Chen said happily: "Boss Deng, rest assured, if you really want to buy it, I will definitely give you a fair price."

Hearing this, Old Man Zhou was also very surprised. It was agreed that they came here to rent a shop, but suddenly it turned into buying a shop. The change was really too fast.

Moreover, the funds required for renting a shop and buying a shop are completely different levels.

It seems that he still underestimated the financial resources of the Deng family. They dared to ask to buy this shop of more than 300 square meters. Their financial resources must be beyond his previous imagination.

Deng Shirong was quite pleased to hear this. He had told his children before that if they could find a suitable shop for the next branch, they would give priority to buying it if conditions allowed. If the landlord refused to sell or asked for too high a price, it would not be too late to rent it afterwards.

It was obvious that the younger daughter had taken his words to heart, so she now wanted to change from renting to buying.

One wanted to buy, the other wanted to sell, so naturally the two parties hit it off.

In terms of price, perhaps because of the face of Old Man Zhou's eldest son-in-law, the other party did not ask for an exorbitant price, but instead gave a relatively fair price - 560,000.

About 1,800 yuan per square meter. This is a shop located in a big city like Guangzhou. Although this is not the most prosperous area in Guangzhou, Boss Chen's shop has a good location and is sold at only about 1,800 yuan per square meter. It is really a very fair price.

Deng Yunzhu’s net worth had long exceeded one million, and she could easily come up with the money without even asking her father for help.

Then, Old Man Zhou witnessed history, watching his "future daughter-in-law" spend a fortune and generously buy the shop of more than 300 square meters.

This scene gave Old Man Zhou a great shock.

Their family is on the government payroll and their economic conditions are better than most families, but their savings are still quite limited. If something happens and the whole family has to pool money together instead of borrowing from outsiders, it would be great if they could get together tens of thousands of yuan.

Of course, if they go out and borrow money from others, with their family's connections, it should be no problem to raise a few hundred thousand.

After all, they are all paid by the government, and with such a job, it is very easy to borrow money from others. If you ask a few more people, you can easily borrow a large sum of money. If the whole family borrows from relatives and friends together, it is not difficult to get together hundreds of thousands of yuan.

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

However, this person's salary is only a few thousand yuan a month, but because he (she) has such a stable job that pays the government, he (she) is naturally more trustworthy than those idle people in society, which is why he (she) owes so much debt.

However, being able to borrow money is not a skill. Old Zhou's family can only come up with tens of thousands of yuan at most, while Deng Yunzhu easily came up with 560,000 yuan to buy this shop. The economic gap is really too big.

Previously, people thought that it would be pretty good if Deng Yunzhu's hot pot restaurant could earn 100,000 or 80,000 yuan a year, but now it seems that they underestimated the profits of the hot pot restaurant, or to be more precise, they underestimated the profits of Deng Yunzhu's Spicy Girl Hot Pot.

…

afternoon.

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

Ever since the last time they had dinner together, Deng Yunsong has invited Pei Qinghua to dinner every few days.

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

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "Chief Pei, why bother with this question? A beauty like you, others would never have the chance to invite you to dinner. The fact that you are willing to honor me by dining with me is enough for me. Why do I need you to treat me?"

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "You are so sweet, but let's be honest. We both just started working this year. Although our salary is not small, it is just enough for living. You treat me to dinner every now and then. How can the salary you get be enough for you to squander like this?"

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "The salary I get from work is definitely not enough to splurge, but even though I'm from the countryside, my family is well off. I can afford to treat you to a meal every now and then, not to mention every now and then."

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

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

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

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

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "No problem."

Next, the two of them ate and talked. They had so many common topics that they seemed unable to stop.

The meal took the two of them about an hour and a half to finish.

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

After leaving the restaurant, the two walked back to the family compound together.

When she reached the floor below where Pei Qinghua lived, she waved at him and said, "Chief Deng, I'll go up first. See you tomorrow."

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

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PS: Thank you to QQ Reading Abiao for the generous reward, and thank you to all the relatives for the monthly tickets.

(End of this chapter)