Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 427 Coffee Beans_1

Chapter 427: 427 Coffee Beans_1

Of course, all these things needed to be left for the future, not now.

Currently, Gu Chen didn’t have the time or the energy.

Favorable timing, geographical, and human conditions hadn’t yet aligned; the moment wasn’t quite right.

For example, there hadn’t yet been the emergence of a phenomenally popular star.

When the time was more or less right in the future, he could properly research the matter.

"What are you thinking about?" Ji Pianran knew Gu Chen all too well; seeing him lost in thought, she knew he must be pondering something.

So she asked with great curiosity beside him.

"Nothing much, just random thoughts."

The concept of a face mask, if brought up now, was still a bit premature.

So he planned to wait until he had time in the future to gradually bring it up with Ji Pianran.

Ji Pianran could tell that Gu Chen must be thinking about something but didn’t intend to share it with her.

So she didn’t press on with more questions.

After all, she trusted that whatever Gu Chen thought of was for the good of the family.

"Tired today?" Gu Chen asked Ji Pianran.

Ji Pianran, who had just closed her eyes in bed, opened them upon hearing Gu Chen’s question.

Then she looked at Gu Chen cautiously, "Not too bad."

After sharing a bed for so many days, she roughly understood what Gu Chen meant when he asked that.

What followed was Gu Chen’s solo performance.

About an hour later.

Ji Pianran, who had just been feeling okay, was now thoroughly exhausted.

She looked at Gu Chen, who still had energy to spare, and really didn’t know what to say.

She couldn’t understand how Gu Chen’s moves and strategies could be so varied, giving her a sense of novelty each time.

She didn’t have any feeling of aversion to Gu Chen at all.

After the hour’s ordeal, Ji Pianran couldn’t hold on and fell straight to sleep.

The next day, after Gu Chen finished dropping off TangTang at kindergarten,

He started heading toward his own store.

Upon arriving at the store’s entrance, he saw, as usual, a long line snaking out from the door.

Beyond the long line, there was a new sight.

The boy was still standing there, but the items on the table were no longer yesterday’s breakfast.

Instead, there were simple pastries.

He wanted to give these pastries out to the customers in line without charge.

Compared to yesterday’s outcome, at least today some customers accepted his goods.

Gu Chen paid him no attention, letting him do as he pleased.

As long as nothing illegal or disorderly was happening, Gu Chen couldn’t be bothered to make a fuss.

In those days, urban management wasn’t so strict, and street vending was still part of the cultural flow.

Even if he did report it, it wouldn’t be effective, and, in fact, might only cause more trouble.

If he wanted to set up a stall, he could just go ahead.

After Gu Chen changed into his work clothes in the kitchen,

He began to show off his culinary skills for the day.

His performance was always very stable, leaving every customer extremely satisfied.

After four hours of business, Gu Chen prepared lunch for Xiao Fang and the others.

As everyone sat together for lunch, Xiao Ping couldn’t help but speak.

"Lately I can’t count sheep because I’ve been losing sleep every day; I was totally out of it while serving customers today," Xiao Ping muttered.

Xiao Fang chimed in, "Tell me about it, I feel listless every day too, as if I can’t wake up, yet somehow always a bit sleepy."

At first, Gu Chen didn’t take their complaints to heart.

After all, such issues are fairly common.

Who hasn’t experienced insomnia or stayed up late at some point?

Just as Gu Chen was pondering these things, an idea suddenly sparked in his mind.

Coffee—he thought he might as well try making this beverage.

Beyond coffee, there were plenty of other things that stimulated the mind and woke you up, like the pure tea in drinks.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen felt a bit eager.

Would the Spiritual Spring be able to purify coffee beans? If so, his coffee beans could be considered some of the best in the world.

With this in mind, Gu Chen took the matter seriously.

He planned to give it a try when he got home that night.

Then he would see what kind of flavor a cup of coffee brewed like this would have.

While thinking about coffee, Gu Chen had just come up with another idea.

Zero-sugar, zero-calorie, zero-fat drinks! These would be a business opportunity in the future.

It’s just that people nowadays are chasing after sweet things.

For them, spending three bucks on a bottle of Coca-Cola, savoring the refreshing taste and sweet flavor, feels incredibly satisfying deep down.

But if they spent three bucks on a bottle of genuine soda water and felt nothing but gassy, many people probably wouldn’t opt for it.

Regarding this, Gu Chen planned to tackle the issue once he was in a better financial position.

Or he could just let Pian Ran take over the market more directly.

As long as it was done well, the money to be made from it in the future would definitely be substantial.

After finishing his meal at Qiwei Vegetarian, Gu Chen drove to the market.

Finding coffee beans and their seeds in the market was no easy task.

Apart from boutique stores, such items were hardly ever seen on the regular market.

Gu Chen bought coffee beans, as well as the seeds.

He planned to experiment and see if his hypotheses about the taste were correct.

After purchasing these items, there was still some time until Tangtang would return from preschool.

So Gu Chen headed home first.

He ground the coffee beans into powder and placed it in a cup.

Then Gu Chen proceeded to brew it with the Spiritual Spring!

This was the quickest method available.

Coffee could also be boiled, but Gu Chen was simply in a rush, that’s all.

After brewing the coffee.

Initially, Gu Chen only detected the normal aroma of coffee.

But as time passed, he realized the flavor of the coffee was getting diluted little by little.

Or in other words, the coffee was like a girl dressed in clothes.

She looks nice, very nice indeed, but not enough to turn heads.

The effect of the Spiritual Spring was to make the clothes vanish and expose the most precious thing for all to see.

Unsurprisingly, the second option would be more appealing to most people.

The effect of the Spiritual Spring was just that, and Gu Chen felt both surprised and delighted.

Maybe his method of making coffee was indeed feasible.

He wasn’t in a hurry to draw conclusions now. He decided to wait until the coffee beans by the Spiritual Spring grew back, so he could test whether this method was much stronger than direct brewing.