Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 377 Imperial Chef Arrives_1

Chapter 377: 377 Imperial Chef Arrives_1

As for why Gu Chen is now willing to write advertisements himself.

There isn’t any special reason, really.

It’s simply because he’s out of money...

If he had more funds to hand, Gu Chen’s first consideration would definitely be to directly organize an opening ceremony.

Then, he would go all out with various marketing strategies and advertising campaigns.

Guaranteeing a full house of guests on the first day of opening.

He would even create some buzz and fabricate stories to add an air of sophistication around himself.

Or he might concoct some history about the shop to stir up a sense of awe and respect from others.

Of course, right now, such things are pretty much wishful thinking.

Gu Chen doesn’t even have the money to hire a server, it’s just him, the sole commander.

If you add his daughter Tangtang to the equation, then... that would count as 1.5 labor forces, I suppose.

Under such circumstances, he could only leave the more than one hundred square meter storefront unoccupied for now.

However, he chose to have takeaway service right at the door.

After all, he didn’t have much time to attend to the customers, and his shop, up until now.

Aside from buns, he didn’t have anything else ready.

Despite the numerous difficulties at present, Gu Chen remained full of confidence.

Once the ink on the red paper dried, Gu Chen immediately opened the door.

He slapped the advertisement onto the most eye-catching spot outside Qiwei Vegetarian.

Luckily, there were no city management officers at that time, otherwise his ad would have been taken down within a day.

He might even have been penalized with a fine for "affecting the city’s appearance" or some other reason.

Gu Chen silently thanked the relaxed environment of his era in his heart.

Then he excitedly set up a small blackboard, which he had already prepared, at the doorway.

He looked it over and was quite satisfied with it.

First, he shouted to his daughter inside the room, telling her to cover her little ears in advance.

Then he took a clothes pole, hung the eight hundred firecrackers he had prepared on it, and hoisted it up.

As the crackling sound erupted, he looked up to see a cheerful spread of red confetti all over the ground.

Although he never checked whether this was the auspicious time for opening a shop or not,

Gu Chen never cared about that; he decided that today was auspicious for his opening, so it was auspicious.

The crowd that had been passing by on the street was now drawn in by the noise of the firecrackers.

They couldn’t help but gather around out of curiosity.

A look of joy spread across Gu Chen’s face as he turned to the onlookers gathering around.

Bowing in a full circle, he then announced with a big smile,

"My fellow townspeople, Qiwei Vegetarian is celebrating its grand opening today, and everyone is welcome to come and taste!

All buns are available for free, but as the saying goes, ’small business, small profits,’ so this is only for today.

Might as well share the joy with everyone here, and I look forward to your continued patronage in the future."

With that, he straightaway lifted the lid off the steamer.

One by one, the fluffy white buns were revealed to the crowd.

The shout immediately caused a commotion amongst the people nearby.

At that time, the concept of free tasting had not emerged, especially for small ventures like breakfast and bun businesses.

Nobody would do a loss-making deal on the first day of opening just for some publicity, like Gu Chen did.

Seeing that nobody dared to step forward for a while, Gu Chen’s smiling expression remained unchanged.

Some people, upon seeing this, couldn’t help but ask.

"Is your store really opening today?"

"Yes, this is for real. Would anybody fake such a thing?" Gu Chen replied with a smile.

"And it’s really free?" another person from the crowd asked, sounding somewhat uncertain.

"Of course, absolutely free!" Gu Chen responded without hesitation, then continued.

"Moreover, if anyone here tastes the food and finds it not to their liking, I will even refund you the money for the buns on the spot."

Upon hearing this, everyone present exchanged glances, somewhat taken aback.

"Young man, don’t bite off more than you can chew.

Haven’t you heard the saying ’it’s difficult to satisfy everyone’? I suggest you better not open the store,"

someone retorted with a hint of skepticism.

However, Gu Chen was not the least bit annoyed; instead, he burst into laughter and said,

"Hahaha, that brother makes a good point. However, today I’ll not hide anything from you all.

My ancestors were the Imperial Chefs of Yanjing.

My great-grandfather was specifically responsible for making buns for the emperor, and this craft has been passed down for over a hundred years.

So today I indeed have this confidence. If you don’t believe me, feel free to come and try.

Everyone present today can witness for me.

If anyone says it doesn’t taste good, I guarantee without any argument, I will refund the money on the spot."

As his words fell, Gu Chen took out fifteen hundred yuan from his pocket and placed it in front of everyone.

With confidence written all over his face, he scanned the crowd gathered around and then gestured invitingly toward the steamer of buns at his side.

Seeing this, curiosity was piqued amongst the onlookers.

In these times, traveling was inconvenient, and the majority of people might never leave their own city more than a few times in their lives.

There were also far fewer massive waves of migrant workers like before his rebirth.

Especially in a place like Chuan City, which was far from the center, where people could only get information through newspapers and television,

almost everyone harbored a mysterious longing and beautiful fantasy about the capital.

Now, hearing Gu Chen claim that his ancestor was an Imperial Chef from Yanjing,

immediately ignited that deep-seated craving for something wonderful within them.

Right away, someone couldn’t help but rub their hands together in eagerness to taste this bun.

"Hehe, I want to see if the taste passed down from the Imperial Chef is really that good,"

a rather mature-looking youth said as he rubbed his hands and stepped forward to Gu Chen’s side.

He then picked up a bun with chopsticks and took a bite.

Suddenly, a rich fragrance filled his mouth in an instant.

The filling of the bun was fresh, tender, juicy, soft, and just fatty enough without being greasy, with just one bite,

he immediately craved more, nearly unable to resist gobbling down the rest in one go.

The person, who originally intended to find fault, did not expect to encounter such delicious food.

He couldn’t help but widen his eyes in amazement, staring at the bun in front of him, and muttered involuntarily,

"Delicious... It’s really delicious. I’ve never tasted anything this good before."

The corners of Gu Chen’s mouth couldn’t help but curve into a smile; he knew his first step was successful.

Indeed, others couldn’t hold back any longer, and a group of people immediately swarmed around the man.

Seeing the blissful expression that emerged on his face with each bite,

suddenly, everyone began to feel an irresistible itch of anticipation.

"Is this bun really that tasty?"