"When I went up the mountain just now, I saw bamboos all over the mountains and plains of Leigongping. It reminded me of the time when the school organized us to play in the county park when we graduated from elementary school. I broke bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.
As a result, the administrator found out that we were being fined and stopped us while we were driving. You paid for all the money. "Huang Dong took the initiative to talk about what happened when he graduated from elementary school.
Shen Chi smiled and said, "It's just a trivial matter. I didn't expect that you still care about it after so long."
"It may be just a small thing to you, but to me, you are the one who gives me light when I am in darkness.
I'm very grateful that you helped me out at that time and prevented me from making a fool of myself." Huang Dong smiled at Shen Chi and said, "My mother passed away early, and my father was a gambler. Since I was a child, my grandmother and I have been dependent on each other, and I was often bullied by others in the village. Bullying from partners.
I didn't bring any money on that spring outing, and I was going to be hungry at noon, but you invited me to eat bread and drink soda.
That was the best bread I had ever tasted. After I graduated from elementary school, I went out to work and learned how to cook from a chef. Shen Chi, do you know? But what I am best at is baking bread."
Shen Chi also didn't expect that one of his unintentional acts of kindness would make Huang Dong feel fondly to this day. He didn't want to continue on this sad topic, so Shen Chi changed the subject and said, "By the way, how is your grandma?"
"When I was working in the fields during the primary school entrance examination, I accidentally fell and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. My father gambled all day long and lost all his money. He had no money to go to the hospital and left after a few days." Huang Dong said easily, But Shen Chi could still hear the difficulty in it.
Happy families are all the same, but every unhappy family has its own misfortunes. Shen Chi sighed softly in his heart.
"Do you have any wishes?" Shen Chi didn't know how to comfort Huang Dong, so he had to change the topic.
Speaking of his wish, Huang Dong became excited again: "My biggest wish is to open a bakery of my own."
"Work hard and you will definitely make it happen." Shen Chi encouraged. Huang Dong smiled and quickly made his bed.
Seeing that it was getting late, he asked Shen Chi where the kitchen was, and he consciously started to cook dinner. Seeing that it was his first day here, Shen Chi wanted to persuade him to take a break, but Huang Dong refused with a smile.
Huang Dong worked very quickly and cooked dinner for twenty or thirty people by himself.
Shen Chi took a bite of Huang Dong's food and realized that his three years of cooking skills were not in vain. His cooking skills were not much better than his own chef skills.
In the evening, after everyone ate the food prepared by Huang Dong, they all praised his cooking skills.
Especially after Shen Changlin and Gui Shuzhen heard what Zeng said about Huang Dong's experience, they saw that he was only one year younger than their daughter Shen Fang, but he had already shouldered the burden that life had placed on him like an adult. , and became more and more sympathetic to him.
In this way, Huang Dong stayed on Lei Gongping. Huang Dong said that what he was best at was baking bread. He really did not lie. Early the next morning, Huang Dong used the simple tools and ingredients in the kitchen to really make fragrant soft bread. Delicious bread.
Shen Chi suddenly felt that it was a pity that his craftsmanship should be left in Lei Gongping. Thinking of his previous statement that he wanted to have his own bakery, Shen Chi went to Huang Dong and told him his thoughts: "Huang Dong, you first Didn’t you say you wanted to open a bakery?
It just so happens that I have a few vacant shops in Song Town. I'll rent them to you for free first. Then you can pay the rent to me after you make money. How about that?"
Huang Dong was very excited after hearing this, but then he said with a slumped face: "But to open a shop, you still need to buy a lot of tools and raw materials. All the money I have saved in the past two years has been used by my father to gamble."
Shen Chi thought that he had already invested in several projects, and this one was no different, so he said to Huang Dong, "Let's form a partnership. I'll provide the money for the store and you will provide the technology. How about we add the money we make and divide it equally?"
After hearing this, Huang Dong immediately said: "Of course, you pay for everything. I can't take so much. We are three to seven, and I am three and you are seven."
Shen Chi didn't bother to argue with him about the disappearance now. He would wait until he really made money later, so he agreed to it for the time being.
After lunch, Huang Dong asked Shen Chi to take him to see the store.
"I just heard that our Song Town was developed, so I quit my job in the bakery and came back." - Huang Dong said excitedly to Shen Chi on the way, and then said with a gloomy expression: "It's a pity that I just came back and was planning to open a shop. My dad stole the money and lost it gambling."
"It's okay, let's start over. But you have to be careful not to let your father steal the money you make this time." Shen Chi reminded.
"Don't worry, it won't happen this time." Huang Dong also looked angry when he mentioned his father.
The two of them were walking and chatting, and they almost arrived at the town. When passing by Xiaojia Village, they saw that their village was being demolished, and Chen Jianmin was looking at the design drawings and making plans on the site.
Shen Chi immediately understood that he must be undertaking the second phase of the renovation project. Seeing that he was busy, he did not go up to say hello. He and Huang Dong went to the town alone. At this time, tourism was not yet popular, and the town was bustling with tourists. There aren't many.
"My shop is still at the very back, and the location is a bit off," Shen Chi said.
Huang Dong smiled and replied: "It's okay. If you drink well, you won't have to worry about the alley being deep. As long as our bread is delicious, we won't have to worry about no one coming."
Shen Chi felt relieved when he saw that his family was confident. Even if the few shops he had were located in off-center locations, Shen Chi would still find ways to make them popular.
Shen Chi's ten shops and Sun Fuqiang's ten shops are side by side, door to door.
At this time, all ten of Sun Fuqiang's shops were open. Except for a few shops selling crystal products, the other shops selling specialties only sold some wax goods for the New Year, local chickens he raised, and Huli The fish they catch and the things they sell are more earthy than those sold by Shen Chi, turning the whole street into a farmer's market.
In comparison, Shen Chi only opened an egg shop here, but the rustic smell was not that serious. Chen Jianmin came over several times to see the opening of Shen Chi's shop. After seeing the things they sold, he felt extremely happy. I was so disgusted that I never came back again.
When Shen Chi and Huang Dong came over, the business of Gan Lamei's store was busy. After the early period of indifference, their business is now slowly improving.
Seeing Shen Chi coming over, Gan Lamei, Huang Lianzhen and the others enthusiastically invited Shen Chi into the shop.
Only then did Huang Dong learn that Gan Lamei and the others had opened their shop with the support of Shen Chi.
"Your business is good." Shen Chi said to Gan Lamei and the others with a smile.
"The quality of your eggs is better, otherwise even if we keep it for a year, the business will not get better." Gan Lamei said with a smile.
"Yes, almost every snack shop in town now sells eggs from us." Huang Lianzhen also laughed.
"A few days ago, there was a boss who specializes in egg business. He wanted to buy goods at wholesale prices. I asked him to go to Lei Gongping to buy. It probably happened in the past two days." Li Taoying, the third daughter-in-law of Teacher Huang, said to Shen Chi. .
"There's no need to look for me. Since you took this order, let's do it. I'll give you a commission when the time comes." Shen Chi said to Li Taoying.
"How can that be done? You have already helped us a lot, and we can't even steal it from you." Gan Lamei refused.
"You can do whatever you want in the business world. Favors are favors and business is business. If you really want to repay me, just get more clients for me." Shen Chi said jokingly.
Having been with Shen Chi for a long time, everyone knows his personality. Although he looks gentle and easy-going on the outside, it is difficult to change his mind. Gan Lamei did not dwell too much on this matter, but asked Shen Chi The purpose of Chi’s trip: “Xiao Chi, what’s the purpose of coming to town?”
"Huang Dong and I plan to open a bakery together. I brought him over today to see the shop." Shen Chi replied with a smile.
"That's good, we will have company in the future." Huang Lianzhen took over the conversation with a happy face. Shen Chi smiled and then said to Huang Dong: "Let's spread the bread next to the egg shop, so that we can help each other source of customers.”
"You are smart, so let's make the decision." Huang Dong replied.
So Shen Chi and Huang Dong decided to open a store.
Before leaving, Gan Lamei pulled Shen Chi and said
Said: "Xiao Chi, go back and tell your parents. I went back to my parents' house yesterday to tell you about hiring people for your farm. I was able to hire five people. They are all honest and reliable."
"Our family can rest assured that Auntie is looking for someone," Shen Chi replied with a smile.
After hearing what Shen Chi said about inviting people, Huang Dong asked Shen Chi on the way back: "Does your family need a chef to invite people?"
Shen Chi looked at Huang Dong with a puzzled look on his face, only to hear Huang Dong continue: "My master is also unemployed at home now, and I want to find a job for him."
After saying that, he quickly explained to Shen Chi: "Don't worry about my master's skills. I learned all my skills in red and white cases from him."
"Then how did he lose his job?" Shen Chi asked.
Huang Dong hesitated for a moment, then said: "After I finished my craft, my boss secretly found me and asked me to increase my salary and let me stay. He wanted to fire my master.
I quietly told my master about this. My master had a bad temper, so I went to the boss to argue with him. As a result, the boss fired me and my master. I later found a Western pastry shop to work there, and my master went around to pick up jobs. Make a living by doing odd jobs.”
When Shen Chi heard this, he felt that Huang Dong's master was also a man of good temper, so he said to Huang Dong: "If he is willing, just ask him to come over."
Upon hearing this, Huang Dong said happily: "I will go to the city to find my master tomorrow. By the way, I will buy all the materials and tools needed to open a shop."
"Okay, I will pay you the money needed to open the store tomorrow. What materials do you need to buy? What tools do you need to buy? It's up to you. I'm only responsible for investing the money, and I don't care about anything else." Shen Chi said.
"There are a lot of things to buy, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get them back by myself." Huang Dong said worriedly.
"It's simple. I'll see ***'s father tomorrow and ask him to send someone to go into the city with you. You drive there and buy whatever you need at once." Shen Chi replied.