Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 474: Four hundred and seventy-four, searched for half a lifetime_1

Chapter 474: Four hundred and seventy-four, searched for half a lifetime_1

After the first customer left,

almost two hours passed

before the flower shop welcomed its second customer.

This second customer appeared much older, probably about the same age as Old Zhang.

Seeing him, Gu Chen figured the business was unlikely to succeed.

After all, young people were more likely to buy the flowers at the price of fifty-eight yuan per bouquet.

After entering, the customer didn’t speak to Gu Chen but wandered around the shop.

He couldn’t help but bend down when he saw a bouquet of jasmine.

He was about to bury his cheeks into the bouquet when he suddenly stopped.

The old man looked stunned, his face showing a hint of disbelief.

He sniffed the flowers again, and this time, his eyes suddenly turned moist.

"How much for this flower?" the old man lifted his head and asked Gu Chen, his voice trembling.

Gu Chen didn’t understand why the man suddenly started crying.

"Fifty-eight yuan," Gu Chen replied directly.

Upon hearing the price, the old man didn’t say another word and immediately took out the money.

"Here you go," he handed the money to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen really didn’t expect the man to be so generous; to him, it seemed like fifty-eight yuan for fresh flowers was hardly worth mentioning at all.

He bought them without hesitation—could he be one of Chuan City’s rich?

"Can these flowers last after I bring them home?" asked the old man.

"They might not do well in ordinary water, but the flowers I grow here are special. Generally speaking, they won’t wither within seven days after bringing them home."

Thanks to the Spiritual Spring, these fresh flowers were not easy to wither.

They would not wither even over seven days.

Learning they would last for seven days, the old man nodded and then touched the bouquet of jasmine.

"Brother, why are you crying?" Gu Chen curiously asked him.

Normally, whatever the problem, it shouldn’t lead someone to tears directly, right?

When he used to work at Qiwei Vegetarian, people would taste his cooking and burst into tears.

But it was the first time someone had been so touched by the scent of a bouquet of flowers that they didn’t seem like themselves.

After hearing Gu Chen’s question, the old man sighed with deep emotion, "It’s so similar! Back in the day, my wife planted a whole garden of flowers and plants. Every morning, when I opened the window, I was greeted by the scent of these flowers.

Back then, when every household was so poor they had to eat tree bark, I always thought about planting some vegetables instead.

But my wife insisted on planting flowers, saying they were like her life itself."

"Later on, when not every household was that poor anymore, my wife fell seriously ill and never got up again.

The flowers in the backyard all withered, and that fragrant aroma was gone forever.

I’ve been searching in Chuan City for half my life, just like searching for my wife, but sadly, I never found it again."

As the old man spoke slowly, Gu Chen was a patient listener by his side.

Listening to him tell his story about the flowers.

Gu Chen didn’t expect the old man to be so persistent, searching for a single bouquet of flowers for half a lifetime.

In an era when no one had enough to eat, the old lady insisted on planting flowers in the backyard—a decision that was easily misunderstood by others.

Yet, under such circumstances, the old man never stopped his partner.

Despite his spouse’s whims in planting, he had no complaints.

"Today, I heard about a flower shop here and came to have a look, I didn’t expect to actually find it," the old man said with a hint of disbelief on his face.

Half a lifetime had passed by like this, he thought this was how it would be for him forever.

The flowers today from Gu Chen gave him a new lease on life, as if they had opened a new Chapter for him.

"Boss, will this shop keep on going? Will there always be flowers?" the old man asked Gu Chen.

"Unless something unexpected happens, it will keep going. The flowers in the shop, there will always be," Gu Chen replied.

Jasmine itself is not exactly a niche flower, so Gu Chen would plant it every day.

"Then I will come by every once in a while," the old man pledged earnestly.

"But these flowers are not cheap, if it really comes to it, I can sell them to you one by one."

Gu Chen knew the flowers were indeed very expensive, fifty-eight yuan each.

If this old fellow were to come once a week, then he would spend over two hundred and thirty yuan a month.

Could the old man afford that much money?

Gu Chen didn’t think the old man had the capacity.

Because most people in his class couldn’t afford it.

"As long as I am still breathing, I will come. Fifty-eight yuan, after she passed away I haven’t really spent money, I still have that bit of savings, just don’t know how many more years I’ll live," he said.

The old man walked away with the flowers in hand.

For someone his age, of course, he would have savings.

So when faced with this price, he wasn’t afraid.

Gu Chen, watching the old man’s receding figure, felt a bit heavy-hearted.

If he were the old man, and the flowers from Pian Ran were the ones he sought, he guessed he would also search ceaselessly until he found them.

After the old man left, Gu Chen sat leisurely in the flower shop.

Indeed, these flowers and the like were just accessories, their sales were not that good.

By then, Gu Chen had been sitting there since the afternoon, and there had only been these two customers.

Gu Chen sighed, but it wasn’t a big deal.

After all, as long as he sold one flower a day, it was a non-loss for him.

Because one was fifty-eight, that’s over twelve hundred yuan a month.

This money could completely cover the rent expenditure.

Just when Gu Chen was thinking about closing up for the day, he suddenly saw a figure approaching from outside.

At first glance, Gu Chen didn’t take it seriously, but upon a closer look, he realized it was the young man who bought the flowers from him in the morning.

Next to him stood another person, a girl who looked very pure, holding the flowers the young man had bought from the store that morning.

After the two entered, Gu Chen was very observant.

"Congratulations, congratulations," he said to the young man.

The girl blushed upon hearing this, and the young man too was somewhat embarrassed, yet amidst the embarrassment, a hint of joy showed through.

Today was a memorable day for him.

Because he had won the heart of the girl he loved most.

"Boss, why are your flowers so fragrant?" the girl asked Gu Chen curiously.

"The flower planting technique here is quite special, the flowers won’t wither for seven days after being bought, and as for why they are so fragrant, maybe it’s because the environment where they are grown is really good," Gu Chen said with a smile.