Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 176: One hundred and seventy-six: Give them a slight chance and they’ll show their true colors!_1

Chapter 176: One hundred and seventy-six: Give them a slight chance and they’ll show their true colors!_1

Wu Shuhui nodded slightly, her eyes filled with gratitude.

"You’ve been working so hard during this time, Old Bai."

Uncle Guang’s full name was Bai Guang, and the only ones in the world who could call him Old Bai were Ji Guangsheng and Wu Shuhui.

"Madam, rest assured, it’s all part of the job. It’s getting late; I’ll go and arrange dinner."

After saying this, Uncle Guang bowed and took a few steps back before walking out of the hospital ward.

...

On this end, Gu Chen had already bought the roujiamo and brought Tiantian home.

At the moment, he was sitting with Tiantian on the floor of the front room, looking at the Cordyceps. In just one day, the Cordyceps had grown another centimeter taller.

Gu Chen was calculating that if things continued like this, the Cordyceps would be fully mature in no more than two days.

By then, he would be able to make a good sum of money.

At this time, Tian Laosì was just coming back to the village on a slow bus.

He wasn’t late because he was busy with the goji berries, but rather because he seldom went to the city, he took the opportunity to stroll around the streets.

Without realizing it, the afternoon had just slipped away.

As soon as he entered the village, he headed towards Gu Chen’s house.

Gu Chen was still staring blankly at the Cordyceps when a "knock, knock, knock" came from the door.

Hearing the sound, the little girl nervously tugged at Gu Chen’s sleeve, "Daddy, someone’s knocking."

Gu Chen nodded, "Stay here and wait for Daddy. I’ll be right back after checking."

Having said that, he patted his bottom and stood up, knowing that the visitor was very likely to be Tian Laosì.

He opened the door, and indeed, it was Tian Laosì.

"Fourth Brother, how did it go today?" Gu Chen asked with concern.

Upon hearing this, Tian Laosì furrowed his brows, recalling seriously.

"Everything went smoothly; that Boss Zhao treated me quite well and even gave me some Zhonghua cigarettes to smoke. But he kept asking where exactly the goji berries come from."

Tian Laosì reported truthfully.

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen’s brows twitched. See, they can’t be trusted when he’s not around.

Was he clinging to the source of supply plan to kick him out after finding it?

Actually, Gu Chen wasn’t really worried, because no one else in the world knew where the source was except for himself.

However, he felt that this couldn’t go on forever since all his products appeared out of thin air.

He had no confidence in his heart.

It seemed he needed to speed up the process of buying land.

Once he had the land, the products would be self-produced, self-sold, and homegrown—no one could do anything to him.

At this point, Tian Laosì hesitated a bit.

"Anyway, he asked very detailed questions, like where your house is, and whether I’ve been to your garden or not. I think this Boss Zhao is particularly curious, and I don’t know what he’s up to, so I came to tell you as soon as I got back."

Tian Laosì wasn’t foolish, he vaguely felt that something wasn’t right.

But where exactly the problem lay, he couldn’t say, so he could only report truthfully to Gu Chen so he could be more cautious.

Poeple always say that businessmen are cunning, and he indeed feared that Gu Chen would be outsmarted.

Gu Chen patted Tian Laosì on the shoulder, smiling, "Fourth Brother, you’ve worked hard."

This Old Zhao, he had underestimated him. He thought that after signing the equity contract, Zhao would have given up the idea of knowing the source of his products, but it turned out he just needed a little opportunity to show his true colors.

It looked like he would need to give Old Zhao a wake-up call.

"I worked hard? Thanks to you, I had a good long stroll around the city today," Tian Laosì said with a big, sincere smile.

To be honest, in the past few years, he had only been to the city a couple of times.

He was usually too busy with farming, and besides, just buying something small in the city would cost dozens; he hardly had enough money to make ends meet, let alone spare cash to spend in the city.

If it weren’t for Gu Chen, he really wouldn’t have had the chance to visit the city.

You have to say, the city sure has a lot of things, and they’re really good too.

He even bought Yan Yan two pounds of strawberries.

After saying that, he passed over the bag containing two pounds of strawberries, "Get a basin and give some to Tangtang."

Gu Chen always brought food for his own family, but this time he had bought something expensive, and he felt he definitely needed to share some with Gu Chen’s house.

Even though it wasn’t much, it was the thought that counted.

Tian Laosì was genuinely happy, and there was a smile on his face as he spoke.

Gu Chen smiled along, "Then just wait a moment."

After saying that, Gu Chen went into the kitchen and took out the other portion of cherries he had picked that morning, which he had originally saved for Tangtang, but now he decided to give them to Tian Laosì.

All because of his sincere affection for him.

No matter how much, he was happy to give it.

When Tian Laosì saw Gu Chen coming out with a basin of "plums," he blinked, instantly feeling a bit awkward.

He had thought that strawberries were hard to come by this season.

Unexpectedly, Gu Chen had bought plums.

He originally wanted to kindly give away some fruit, but now he suddenly felt like what he had brought was not good enough.

Gu Chen walked over, smiling at Tian Laosì.

"Brother Si, these are a new variety of cherries. Take them back for the children and your sister-in-law to try, they taste pretty good."

Hearing they were cherries, Tian Laosì’s eyes widened in surprise, with an expression you could only describe as astonished.

My goodness!

Cherries!

Today he had asked, and they were thirty-two yuan a pound, ridiculously expensive!

And those were not even as big as half of Gu Chen’s, his were so big, he couldn’t even guess how much they cost!

Compared to that, what he thought was a good product now seemed hardly presentable.

Tian Laosì licked his lips, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

"Chenzi..."

He was never good with words, and now he didn’t even know what to say.

Seeing his discomfort,

Gu Chen laughed heartily, reached into the plastic bag for a strawberry, and popped it into his mouth with a casual smile at Tian Laosì, "Truly sweet!"

After speaking, he then looked surprised as he called toward the front room, "Tangtang, come quickly, your Uncle Si has brought you strawberries!"

Hearing the word "strawberries," the little one who had been playing with the dirt instantly electrified, without a second word, got up and ran outside.

Strawberries!

She wanted to eat strawberries!

Tian Laosì hadn’t expected that Gu Chen would actually like his strawberries, and he heaved a sigh of relief, then began to laugh.

"Look at you, the kid was playing so well, why call her out!"

Gu Chen said with a laugh, "Listen to you, such tasty food, how could I bear not calling her?"

These words were actually meant for Tian Laosì’s ears.

The strawberries, half the size of a little finger and some half red and half white, did not look all that sweet.

How good could they taste?

He acted this way simply to make Tian Laosì happy.

It was not easy for Brother Si. He knew that, and all his kindness was seen by Gu Chen, but two grown men couldn’t just sit on the ground and talk about gratitude, that would be too much like a sentimental soap opera.

So he could only make him happy in this way.

Of course, Gu Chen himself was also very happy.

Having someone treat him with true kindness, considering him a brother, who wouldn’t be pleased with that?

The little one came running out from the front room, overjoyed, stretching out her muddy little hands.

"Uncle Si, strawberries, Tangtang wants strawberries."