Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 375: Three hundred seventy-five Prepare for Baozi Shop_1

Chapter 375: Three hundred seventy-five Prepare for Baozi Shop_1

Gu Chen was browsing the vegetable market.

Actually, supermarket veggies, whether in packaging or appearance, did look somewhat better.

But a saying from the internet in his previous life had put it well.

"All this fancy stuff, can it make it taste any better?"

No, it just makes it more expensive.

Gu Chen thought this made a lot of sense.

After all, for someone like him whose total worth was no more than two thousand yuan, it was clear that the marketplace was his real destination. As for whether things looked pretty or not,

they all tasted the same once they were in your mouth.

Having become accustomed to dealing with the complicated hearts of people from the future, whenever he saw businesses dismantling or moving,

it was always a case of take down what you can, carry off what you can, and if it can’t be taken away, sell it cheap as used goods.

The end result was pretty much no different from a swarm of locusts passing through.

So before he took over the shop, he had actually considered many different plans.

But even he hadn’t expected that the old couple would actually not take anything with them in the end.

They just handed over the entire shop to him, just as it was.

This touched Gu Chen deeply and also saved him quite a bit of money.

Back in the day, he always scoffed at promotions claiming to make one a "Cooking Immortal" or the like.

But after meeting the old couple, he felt that these old items that had been used for eons in the shop

might truly carry many special sentiments with them.

And even though they were old, it was obvious from certain marks,

that they had always been cherished and handled with care.

Everything in the shop shone like new, with only the marks of time visible.

After taking a look, Gu Chen completely abandoned the idea of renovating or replacing those items.

Of course, he didn’t really have the money to do so... but no matter what, he was now the head chef of Qiwei Vegetarian.

He even felt no need to change the shop’s signboard. Gu Chen thought that such a decades-old brand

was infinitely better than hiring some famous artist to write a new one, and more importantly,

it saved money!

Gu Chen, who had started from scratch, was now truly sensible of his poverty.

And Gu Chen believed that with his cooking skills, he shouldn’t ruin the old couple’s reputation at least.

As for the rest, aside from ingredients, the principle was to save everywhere he could.

After all, the two thousand yuan he had seemed like a lot, but once you start spending, you’re left with almost nothing.

Luckily for him, the car he drove out today was the new Alfa Romeo.

The brand was very niche, especially in Chuan City during this era, with barely anyone recognizing it.

So, in this way, he managed to keep a low profile.

Otherwise, a guy who drives a luxury car out but haggles over a few cents worth of vegetables would probably be ridiculed mercilessly.

Before, when watching TV dramas, he always saw the male lead end up selling steamed buns when he hit rock bottom,

thinking that scriptwriters really lacked originality, but now that it happened to him,

Gu Chen felt though he wasn’t sure about originality, there was definitely a lot of life in it.

After all, he was now cleaner than a polished plate, and if not selling buns, he couldn’t even afford the stock for anything else.

After much consideration, steamed buns were indeed the most appropriate choice, as they didn’t require much filling.

Moreover, the amount of seasoning was all up to one’s inclination, as well as several other more noticeable characteristics.

They had a large output, and everyone loved to eat them, and... they were especially economical.

Of course, there were even more ways to save money, like simply kneading dough and selling steamed buns.

However, Gu Chen felt that with his cooking skills, only making steamed buns was somewhat a waste of talent.

And there was very little room for creativity. If he made them a bit fancy and charged a little more,

most people today are pretty down to earth; Gu Chen thought better of becoming that kind of profiteer.

Having made up his mind, Gu Chen went on a shopping spree in the market.

With his silver tongue and the occasional flirtatious glances he threw at the vegetable-buying aunties,

even those who were battle-hardened in the market were flustered by a few words from Gu Chen.

In this manner, Gu Chen was able to purchase, at the low price of two hundred yuan,

all the meat and filling he would need for Qiwei Vegetarian for the next three days in one go.

In addition, he took advantage of the low prices to restock his home refrigerator with fresh ingredients; everything was perfect.

Several large Snake Skin Bags were filled with all the goods he had bought this time.

Hiring a car was out of the question; after all, there weren’t that many items, and they could fit if he squeezed them in.

Gu Chen directly stuffed all the bags into the trunk of his new car.

Although it was a bit of a tight fit, it was no matter; a little bit of pressing and everything was in.

Gu Chen sought simplicity in all this and did not consider anything else.

Fortunately, there was no one here who knew him.

While some passersby were curious about why someone who drove such a fancy car would buy so many vegetables, wondering if he had some severe illness,

nobody interfered in his personal matters.

Otherwise, if someone knowledgeable saw him using the latest model of Alfa Romeo as a grocery car,

they would likely be furious, thumping their chest and trembling with rage.

On the way back, Gu Chen also made a detour to a department store to buy a small blackboard and an 800-shot string of firecrackers.

The old couple had been running a shop on the street for decades; almost everyone living nearby knew what breakfast items they sold.

So there was no need to advertise at all.

Although Gu Chen was now also selling steamed buns, he still had to prepare breakfast for his wife and take his daughter to school every day.

He most likely wouldn’t make it in time to sell breakfast, so Gu Chen planned to write down the types of buns he would sell,

as well as the specific business hours, on the blackboard and hang it outside the shop.

That way, customers wouldn’t make a wasted trip when no one was around.

After sorting out this "thoughtful little trick," Gu Chen was quite pleased with himself.

Then, with the vegetables he had bought, he headed straight back to Qiwei Vegetarian.

He opened each Snake Skin Bag, sorted the vegetables and meat, washed them, and prepared them,

before putting them in the refrigerator and the large freezer in the shop for later use.

After busying himself inside and out, Gu Chen looked up at the time.

He saw it was nearly twelve o’clock at noon, and by three in the afternoon, his daughter would be out of school.

Gu Chen thought for a moment and took the opportunity to start kneading and preparing dough for the steamed buns,

since he still had a bit of time. Of course, this first batch was not for sale but to be steamed and given away for free tasting later.

After all, this was sort of a reopening, and he couldn’t skimp on appearances.

Although he didn’t have much money for a grand ceremony, setting off firecrackers to liven things up,

and giving buns to the neighbors to build goodwill was still doable.

As Gu Chen thought this to himself, he suddenly worked with even more vigor.