Chapter 39: The Arrival of His Parents

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  Chen Zhiyuan spent the whole afternoon hiding in his room writing recipes, and it wasn't until the afternoon that he had written six dishes. Although this culinary skill is only at the beginner level, there are over a thousand recipes inside, and these recipes aren't simple ones either - each dish corresponds to one or even several medicinal formulas. These medicinal formulas all require the medicine ingredients to be processed and then mixed in specific quantities. Chen Zhiyuan's work for the afternoon was to select dishes that Li Jianwang Shan and others could currently make based on their ability to process the medicine ingredients.

  The cooking method of dishes is only a small part in the food industry, and most of them are the processing methods of medicinal materials. Each type of medicinal material has different processing methods, and there can be as many as ten or more types of medicinal materials on one prescription sheet. Chen Zhiyuan needs to compare the ability of each person, including Wang Shan, according to the processing method of each medicinal material. If all the requirements on a prescription sheet are met, then it is written down. If they cannot even process one type of medicinal material, then this dish cannot be made.

  Actually, Chen Zhiyuan could have continued to cut corners like before, which would have allowed Wang Shan and the others to create more dishes. However, now that business has grown, the guests they receive are high-ranking officials and nobles. To attract these people, they need to focus on the therapeutic effects of their food. Any hotel's head chef can make delicious dishes, so there's no need for them to spend a lot of money to come here to eat. Therefore, cutting corners would be equivalent to ruining their own reputation. After an entire afternoon of thinking, Chen Zhiyuan was only able to come up with these six dishes, which are the most basic and simple in the culinary world.

  When it got dark, I heard my little sister shouting outside: "Zhiyuan, your parents are here, come out quickly!"

  Chen Zhiyuan rubbed his head and walked out in a daze, seeing his parents and hurriedly went over to them. Wang Shufen hadn't seen her son for a long time, so she grabbed Chen Zhiyuan's hand and said: "Oh dear, how come you've lost weight again?"

  Chen Yajun heard this and was a bit displeased, opening his mouth to say: "What do you mean he's thinner? He can still eat at his sister-in-law's place, I think he's the same as before!"

  "Brother, you're talking about sister-in-law, but look at Zhiyuan, he's not thin at all! This store is booming with business, we're busy from dawn till dusk!"

  "This small shop can be busy to that extent!" Chen Yajun said in disbelief.

  "Brother, do you know how much our sales have been in less than two months?"

  "There are tens of thousands of people who are about to die from hunger, what's so beautiful about that? This little money is enough for Li Jian to buy a house!" Chen Yajun first poured a basin of cold water on her sister!

  "Look at your ignorant father! Really, tell him how much money we've made recently!" Chen Yalan said proudly, staring at Chen Yajun.

  "It's almost 5 million!" Chen Zhiyuan had a slightly surprised expression.

  "How much?" Chen Yajun was startled!

  "5 million!"

  Chen Yajun heard this and pulled his sister over: "Is what that kid said true?"

  Chen Yalan laughed and said: "That's not true, we're going to expand the scale of the store and call you all over to help!"

  "My goodness, so much money!"

  "But now there's not much money left, 300,000 was spent on renovating this store, and the remaining 200,000 I gave to Geng Ming. My uncle Geng is ill, you know that, Dad?" Chen Zhiyuan said.

  "What? Jianmin is ill? How is he now?" Chen Yajun's heart skipped a beat when he heard that Geng Jianming was ill. He and Geng Jianming had been friends since childhood, just like Geng Min and Chen Zhiyuan. After growing up, the two of them worked in the same factory, with nearly 50 years of friendship. In his heart, he had long regarded Geng Jianming as his own younger brother!

  "Dad, don't get excited, it's nothing big, we'll go take a look at Uncle Geng in a while!" Chen Zhiyuan comforted.

  "Really nothing?" Chen Yajun was still a bit worried.

  "It's really nothing serious, Dad, don't worry!"

  "The runner-up, don't worry, Zhiyuan has said it's nothing serious, we'll go take a look in a while!" Wang Shufen also comforted her husband.

  Chen Yajun sighed and complained: "You say this Jianmin, when he's sick why doesn't he give us a call? I said I called him the other day and it was always turned off. This kid, next time I see him, I'll definitely have a good talk with him!"

  "Brother, Jianmin said we'll go together later. Don't you want to know why we called you here this time?" Chen Yalan changed the subject.

  "What else can I do, just let me work for you, but the salary is too low and I won't do it!" Chen Yajun thought of his son and sister's family earning 500,000 yuan in less than two months and felt happy again. This store was opened by his son Chen Zhiyuan, and as a father, he was proud of him.

  "Your son is the boss, go discuss your salary with him!" Chen Yalan laughed on the side.

  "What salary do I need? This kid is mine, from now on all his money will be transferred to my card!" Chen Yajun waved his hand and took over Chen Zhiyuan's property.

  "I told Dad, you can't do this, I still have to spend money on school, what am I supposed to use now that you've taken it all away?" Chen Zhiyuan was afraid that his old man would treat him like a child and had indeed confiscated all his money. His old man was an old-fashioned person who would deposit the money in the bank as soon as he got it, and it would probably take until marriage to get it out again. He still needed this money to make more money!

  "Look at you, scared stiff! Your dad still wants money from you, but first, let me take care of this!" Wang Shufen laughed as she saw her son's tense expression.

  Chen Yajun suddenly burst out laughing, slapping the table and startling several people. He opened his mouth and said: "My son has grown up and is doing well! First, he was admitted to graduate school, and it's no problem for him to become a doctor in a large hospital. Now, he's even started this lucrative business. I'm at ease now, let him take charge of the money himself!"

  "Father is wise, Father is wise!" Chen Zhiyuan hastened to flatter.

  "But." Chen Yajun suddenly said.

  Chen Zhiyuan's heart lifted again, and he swallowed his saliva: "But what?"

  "After drinking this wine, you have to take care of me properly, you little brat has money now, I must drink this wine every day!" Chen Yajun's true face as a drunkard was exposed.

  Wang Shufen initially agreed with her husband's previous words, but the latter sentence made him angry enough to scold: "You old drunkard, all you know is drinking. At your age, you're still so useless!"

  "Don't worry, mom, the wine is medicinal and won't harm you. I'm rich now, so I'll add a few more herbs to make it even better. When we move to Yujing Mountain, we can use the hot spring water to brew the wine, and dad can drink as much as he wants!" Chen Zhiyuan was also thinking of making some medicinal wine for his parents based on their physical condition. Living forever might be impossible, but prolonging their lifespan wouldn't be a problem.

  "Good son, good son!" Chen Yajun had just said this when he suddenly thought of what Chen Zhiyuan had said behind him: "What about moving to Yu Jing Shan?"

  Chen Yalan hastily said: "Your son's business has grown big, he borrowed 60 million from the bank, our store will be renovated into a health club, and when that happens, we'll all move there to live"

  "What loan? You're paying back 6 million, are you crazy?! How can you afford to pay that much back?! Hurry up and go get a refund!" Chen Yajun was very opposed to borrowing from the bank. People of his generation valued stability and prudence, and borrowing money to do business was even more unacceptable.

  Chen Zhiyuan heard this and his head was big again. This was like Father explaining things clearly to him, but he didn't know how much effort it would take to get him to agree. He lazily said: "Little aunt, you talk to my dad about this, mom's gone, let's go sit over there for a while!"

  Wang Shufen had only one thought in her mind, as long as her son and husband were fine, nothing else mattered, and she didn't care about the loan either, so she followed her son to a side to talk.

  The two daughters pulled the curtains open, and as they were talking, Wang Shufen started nagging: "Your dad never listens to me. If he did, our family would have made a fortune by now, and you wouldn't have to work so hard from dawn till dusk. Just look at how thin you've become!"

  Chen Zhiyuan wanted to coax his mother into happiness, and immediately made a decision: "Mom, from now on I will absolutely not follow in my dad's footsteps, I will definitely listen to my wife's words and let her manage the finances!"

  Wang Shufen's face turned black with anger: "You useless thing!!"

  Chen Zhiyuan: "I..."