Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 192: One hundred ninety-two, Gu Chen is definitely an odd person_1

Chapter 192: One hundred ninety-two, Gu Chen is definitely an odd person_1

After saying that, she took out four brand-new hundred yuan bills from her bag and handed them to Ji Pianran, "This is your salary for this time, I’m pleased to have worked with you."

Clutching the four crisp hundred-yuan bills, Ji Pianran felt a rush of excitement in her heart.

"Thank you." She smiled.

After that, she picked up Tangtang who was playing with Xiao Wang at the side, and the two of them left the shop and walked onto the street.

After only a few steps, Ji Pianran took out her thermos from the cloth bag, unscrewed it, and took a sip of water, then turned to Tangtang, "Do you want to drink some water?"

She really was quite thirsty after all the talking.

Upon hearing this, the little girl shook her head, looking puzzled.

"Mommy, didn’t Auntie just give you some water to drink? Auntie’s cup is really pretty."

Her little mind couldn’t understand why Mommy wouldn’t drink from such a pretty cup but wanted to drink water once they were outside.

Ji Pianran gently shook the water bottle in her hand, looking at her with a gentle smile in her tone.

"Because the cup that Daddy bought is even prettier than Auntie’s, and the water Daddy boils is much tastier than the water outside!"

She wasn’t someone who had never seen good tea, but no matter how nice the tea could be, it was never as comforting as the plain boiled water that Gu Chen poured for her early in the morning, warming her heart as she drank it!

...

Meanwhile, Gu Chen had set off for the address given by Uncle Guang after dropping off Ji Pianran.

It wasn’t far from Pedestrian Street and was in the same area as Old Zhao’s shop.

This area had a bit of an industrial park feel, mainly housing medium-sized companies, neither too big nor too small, with one floor being used for office space and another for warehousing.

The buildings were all five or six units connected in a row, looking very neat.

Gu Chen drove leisurely along, craning his neck to check the house numbers.

"One hundred twenty-five, this is it!"

Having found the place, Gu Chen finally hit the brakes and stopped the car.

The Ji Family’s storefront looked like it wasn’t a company, but purely a warehouse, with no signs on it, just bare.

Gu Chen smiled faintly, "That’s kind of interesting."

Being able to rent a place here directly for a warehouse indicated that they indeed had money.

While he was pondering this, he saw Uncle Guang coming from the end of the building, walking briskly toward Gu Chen when he saw that he had arrived, smiling and waving to greet him.

"Sorry, I was just checking the goods in the warehouse over there, I didn’t expect you to arrive so early."

Their appointment was for nine o’clock, and it was only eight fifty when Gu Chen had arrived.

It seemed this young man was punctual.

In business, punctuality really mattered.

However, many people were not punctual, and Uncle Guang was quite satisfied with Gu Chen in this aspect.

Gu Chen also smiled, "No problem, you do your thing, I’m not in a hurry."

"Having so many storerooms is a hassle, but there’s no way around it, there are no larger warehouses available in the city, these are about as big as they get," lamented Uncle Guang.

Gu Chen’s brows twitched, "It seems your family’s business isn’t small."

He had mentioned having more warehouses, which meant there were at least two. Using places designed for companies as warehouses, and not just one but two, the business must be significant.

Uncle Guang chuckled and turned to point at the row of buildings in front of them.

"All these warehouses belong to the Ji Family. The ones at the back belong to us as well. Moving from one to the next is truly exhausting!"

Gu Chen: "!!!!!"

Although he was surprised inside, he didn’t show it on his face, after all, his purpose there was to sell Cordyceps; whether the family was wealthy or not had little to do with him.

Envy wouldn’t get him anywhere.

Gu Chen had a clear understanding of this; comparison is the thief of joy.

Living well oneself, striving to become wealthy, that was his goal, and no dream was more effective than staying grounded in reality.

He handed his cloth bag to Uncle Guang, saying courteously, "Please, have a look!"

Uncle Guang didn’t stand on ceremony and began checking the contents right away.

Even though his daughter resembled his own mistress, appearance was one thing and business was another.

The Ji Family’s money wasn’t blown in by the wind after all.

After clearly seeing the contents inside, Uncle Guang’s usually calm face suddenly showed surprise.

"Where, where did you get this from?"

After speaking, he reached in and grabbed one, eager to come out and examine it carefully under the sun.

The Cordyceps was twice the size of the ordinary ones and had a long, sharp tip; its quality was superb, absolutely top-grade.

No!

It was top of the top-grade!

Having seen the quality, he instinctively glanced inside the bag again.

Guai Guai, the amount Ji Pianran had was indeed substantial.

Due to the nature of Cordyceps, it’s almost impossible for them to be cultivated artificially.

They are formed by the larvae of bat moths being incubated in the soil during the summer and then infected by a fungus come autumn and winter.

After growing upwards for three centimeters, the larvae begin to die, and as the weather warms up, tender shoots emerge, and a plant and insect symbiosis starts to grow slowly.

This thing is only found in the wild and is incredibly hard to locate,

so everyone sells it by the piece.

There are also quite a few people who specially collect them in villages, gathering ten or twenty pieces before coming to him.

But this guy actually brought so many Cordyceps; it was simply unbelievable.

Usually, having thirty pieces was already considered a big client, as the thing is so particular, extremely precious, hard to keep alive, and even harder to find, with very high environmental demands.

Yet Ji Pianran’s bag had at least a hundred pieces, a quantity so astonishing it was beyond belief.

Ji Pianran hadn’t expected Uncle Guang to ask him such a question, which left him feeling somewhat embarrassed.

He didn’t understand what Uncle Guang meant.

What was with that expression?

Did he think the amount provided was too little?

Although the items provided by the system were of unquestionable quality.

But was the quantity considered a little on the lower side in the eyes of others?

After all, the big boss, just by looking at his warehouse, you could tell how much stock this family had under their control.

To tell the truth, he only got into Cordyceps cultivation because the system gave him seeds, and he planted them randomly. His only concern was that they were worth as much as gold, and he roughly knew how they were formed.

As for everything else, he had no clue, nor did he know that people usually sold them by tens and twenties.

At this moment, he felt somewhat guilty without reason.

Probably thought the amount given was too small, right? But it didn’t matter if it was less; as long as the crops he cultivated were plentiful, couldn’t the seeds for the Cordyceps be exchanged?

He could just exchange more himself. Besides, it wasn’t long now; he could produce another batch in three days.

His eyebrows moved, and he spoke sincerely, "If it’s not enough, I can bring more after a while."

Uncle Guang: "!!!!!!!!"

Upon hearing this, his facial expression became even more shocked, his eyes almost popping out.

What kind of person was this, anyway?

This was more than a hundred pieces—something the entire XZ might not be able to produce, and he still had more?

Truly inscrutable.

Inscrutable indeed!

And considering this person didn’t take advantage, refusing free toys and clothes, and let’s not forget the last time with the premium matsutake mushrooms.

Thinking about these, Uncle Guang couldn’t help but feel this person was no ordinary individual.

It seemed getting his address wasn’t going to be an easy task.

Uncle Guang took a deep breath, trying his best to calm down, and then forced a smile towards Ji Pianran.

"You still have more in your possession?"

Ji Pianran was quite honest, he slowly replied.

"Right now, definitely not, but in a few days, there should be."

Numb!

Uncle Guang was truly numb.