Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 609 - 604 new soups are free!

Chapter 609: 604 new soups are free!

Upon hearing this, Old Zhang’s nose couldn’t help but feel sour.

He had thought that Gu Chen was calling to confront him.

Unexpectedly, Gu Chen was actually concerned about the workers’ welfare.

Which construction site would dare to do as Gu Chen said,

and stop work because the weather was too hot? Normally speaking, forget about the hot weather, even if knives were falling from the sky, the construction couldn’t stop for a single day.

"Alright, that’s all," Gu Chen really didn’t say anything else.

He made this call not to scold anyone.

After saying what he had to say, he hung up the phone.

After hanging up, Gu Chen kept thinking about one thing.

The journalists were really ruthless, the letter from his lawyer that he sent out today clearly infuriated them.

But Gu Chen didn’t care, if they wanted to report, then let them report.

Fortunately, what was broadcast wasn’t anything serious.

If there had been reports of unauthorized construction, that might have caused some trouble.

Ever since the downfall of the three major real estate companies, the people of Chuan City have become sensitive.

Their demands on real estate companies are very stringent.

For example, at the Hardware Estate, although it was contracted out to some other small-scale local real estate firms in Chuan City,

Gu Chen had also heard quite a bit of gossip recently.

The homeowners of Hardware Estate weren’t just targeting Gu Chen alone.

During construction by other real estate companies, they also weren’t shy about pointing things out.

One would often see elderly men and women suddenly appearing on the construction site.

It was dangerous, and some even offered to help out with their skills.

You could say that wherever there were violations, the developers of Hardware Estate were involved everywhere.

But it didn’t really have any practical effect, because the journalists only had their eyes on Gu Chen.

As for the rest, they couldn’t care less.

Gu Chen could only sigh helplessly by himself.

Although the day passed just like that,

the next day, Gu Chen acted as if he had forgotten everything that happened the day before.

After getting up and making breakfast, he went straight to Qiwei Vegetarian.

Today, he intended to add a new dish to Qiwei Vegetarian’s menu.

When arriving at Qiwei Vegetarian, everything around felt so familiar yet strange.

The restaurant was far from empty, with many people lining up and waiting to get in.

At that moment, Boss Gu’s sudden appearance instantly attracted everyone’s attention.

"Boss Gu, long time no see."

"Boss Gu, what brings you to the restaurant today?"

"Boss Gu, are you going to cook yourself today?"

This group of regular customers asked Gu Chen with these questions.

It sounded almost like they were teasing him.

In the eyes of these regulars, Gu Chen was like a friend to them.

Gu Chen smiled and then said, "Of course I’ll be cooking today."

As he said this, it immediately made everyone’s eyes light up.

No one had expected that Gu Chen would actually be cooking himself today.

Gu Chen walked into the kitchen, then switched places with Xiao Fang.

Xiao Fang, who had been the mainstay in the restaurant kitchen for so long, immediately reverted to an apprentice’s demeanor when she saw Gu Chen, standing obediently beside him.

"How do you feel about your recent progress?" Gu Chen asked her considerately.

Upon hearing this, she responded promptly, "Pretty good, I feel like I’ve gotten quite used to it."

"We’ve added a new dish, seaweed egg drop soup, it’s very simple to make, so you should learn it," Gu Chen said to her.

After hearing this, she quickly nodded in agreement.

The diner in front of them became interested upon hearing Gu Chen’s words.

"Boss Gu, what did you just say you’re adding to the menu? Seaweed egg drop soup?"

After the diner asked, the surrounding people instantly turned their attention towards the conversation.

They were adding a new dish, and everyone was very excited.

Last time, Gu Chen had added an Emperor’s cabbage to the menu.

It could be said that the response was very good, crisp and refreshing.

"Yes, we’re adding a new dish, seaweed egg drop soup."

"But, this dish will be free of charge, anyone who wants it can just order," he explained to them.

When everyone heard that not only was a new dish being added, but that it was also free, they were involuntarily stunned on the spot.

They looked at Gu Chen with a bit of disbelief.

"Boss Gu, why is the new dish free?"

"Has Boss Gu started some big project and earned so much money that he doesn’t care about Qiwei Vegetarian’s modest daily income anymore?"

"That’s not it, Boss Gu is just a kind-hearted person."

"Soup for free, that’s really nice."

They all discussed this amongst themselves.

At this moment, Gu Chen also told them directly, "Qiwei Vegetarian has been in business for so long, it’s time to give something back to all our customers.

In the future, Qiwei Vegetarian will also roll out a series of free dishes for everyone to choose from, though of course, they won’t be any main dishes."

All the diners were surprised upon hearing this.

No one expected that Gu Chen would introduce free dishes at Qiwei Vegetarian.

This kind of thing had never happened before in any other restaurant.

Moreover, Qiwei Vegetarian’s current situation was stable in terms of customer flow.

Like this seaweed egg drop soup, even if it were not free, it would still sell well.

But Gu Chen decided to make the seaweed egg drop soup a complimentary item.

As Gu Chen just said, they won’t be any main dishes.

The customers didn’t mind at all.

They even thought it made sense.

Main dishes, that would be a bit too outrageous.

If the soup was already free and the main dishes were free as well, it’s not like you could just walk into the restaurant empty-handed

and have a braised carp served up for free.

At that moment, Gu Chen prepared his first pot of seaweed egg drop soup.

When that pot of soup was ready, the entire Qiwei Vegetarian was filled with one aroma: freshness!

An utterly supreme freshness!

It made people involuntarily smile as soon as they smelled it.

Every table and every customer actively chose to bring a bowl to their table.

The guests weren’t trying to take advantage of the free offer, mainly they just loved the taste of the soup.

In the lengthy minutes that followed, a variety of soup-sipping sounds could be heard throughout the room.

Some people enjoyed sipping their soup bit by bit, while others preferred to hold the bowl and drink directly.

All in all, the entire restaurant was filled with a rather amusing scene.

Soon, almost all of the customers put down their soup bowls at around the same time.

After setting them down, almost everyone looked at the pot of soup again as if by a common impulse.

Then they immediately stood up and went to get a second helping.

One ladle per person, and just like that, the freshly served pot of soup was emptied!