I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 243 Dad, is this car easy to drive? (Bonus chapter for monthly pass winners)

It was already evening when I picked up the car.

As Mr. Su Tianyan, who has just happily acquired his new car, he has to treat Su Cheng and Ye Li to a meal today.

With Ye Li present, the food couldn't be too bad.

The three sat in a casual restaurant, and Su Tianyan ordered four dishes.

Although they ordered less food than Su Cheng had for Zheng Jiawei, it was still pretty good; the three of them couldn't finish it all.

If Ye Li weren't there, Su Cheng would have to go back and eat noodle soup today.

"Dad, how's the car driving?"

Su Tianyan answered Su Cheng's question 'happily': "Not bad, not bad, it's very easy to drive, much easier than a tricycle!"

"With this car, I won't be afraid of wind and rain anymore."

Su Cheng smiled and chimed in, "Yeah, that's right. It has a range of eighty kilometers, so it'll be convenient to travel around in the future."

Su Cheng felt that the old man was definitely cursing him as a son of a bitch in his heart.

but it does not matter.

Just scold me.

I've cursed him quite a bit myself, calling him an old geezer.

Anyway, Su Cheng had a great time today.

"We can charge our devices downstairs; we just need to run a cable from the basement."

When the three of them were almost finished eating.

Su Cheng suggested, "Hey Dad, how about we go check out your renovation shop later? I haven't been there yet!"

Su Tianyan frowned: "What are you watching so late?"

"Anyway, I'm just killing time. I heard from Jiawei that he saw you hold an opening ceremony last time, and you even hired people to perform lion dances. I'd like to see what kind of business yours is like."

"Okay, I'll take you two to see it after we finish eating."

"it is good."

Su Tianyan's decoration company is real, based on his consistent style of going all out in his charade.

The storefront was located on a street lined with home improvement shops, selling things like tiles, bathroom fixtures, various appliances, paint, hardware, and custom cabinets.

"This is it."

The old man made wall materials, but not latex paint; he made granulated paint.

This paint can create a 3D effect on the wall, and it can also be customized with designs, such as a 3D painting of eight horses or other paintings.

The two entered the shop under Su Tianyan's guidance.

"Hey Dad, turn on the light! Let us see."

"Wait, I forgot where the light is. Oh, I found it."

clap clap.

As the lights came on, one model room after another appeared in front of Su Cheng and Ye Li.

"Uncle, how much do you charge?"

Su Tianyan explained that he had already memorized these prices: "Seventy or eighty yuan per square meter, but there are cheaper ones, sixty yuan per square meter."

"Huh? Isn't this price a bit too expensive?" Su Cheng asked, puzzled.

He felt that 70 or 80 square meters was beyond the purchasing power of a county town.

"It's not expensive at all. Look how good the results are!"

Ye Li thought it looked pretty good, but the main reason was the beautiful lighting inside the shop.

If you install it in your home and replace it with ordinary light fixtures, the effect might be mediocre.

This is more expensive than high-quality latex paint.

However, Ye Li definitely wouldn't say it.

"Please sit down, I'll make you some tea."

"Dad, won't you have trouble sleeping if you drink tea so late at night?"

"will not."

"Oh fine."

After Su Cheng sat down, she noticed that the tea sets in the shop were very unique and looked like they were top-of-the-line.

The tea was also excellent, even better than the tea Ye Li had given me.

"Dad, when did you learn to brew tea? I've never seen you brew tea before."

According to Su Tianyan's character, he wouldn't do it, but Su Tianyan himself really does.

He reacted quickly: "I just learned it, is my technique alright?"

"Uncle, your tea-making skills are very skillful and experienced. You can't tell at all that you're a novice."

"That's because I learn quickly and well," Su Tianyan explained. "Now that I'm a boss, it would be so embarrassing if I didn't learn how to make tea."

“Go and see along this street, every shop has a tea set, so I have to get one too.”

Su Cheng thought the old man's words sounded strange.

What was he implying in those words?
Now that I'm a boss, I definitely need to know how to make tea.

Now that I'm a boss, I certainly can't just drive a cheap old man's car.

"Dad, your tea set is really beautiful. How much did you pay for it?"

"I didn't buy it; it was a gift from someone. I don't know how much it cost."

Su Cheng refused to believe it and took out her phone to take a picture and scan the image.

This startled Su Tianyan, who quickly dissuaded him, "Alright, stop searching. What's there to search for? It's all cheap stuff."

Su Tianyan was genuinely afraid that Su Cheng would find something: "Did you find anything?"

"No results found."

"It's good that you couldn't find it. It was fired in some lousy kiln. You can't find it online."

Su Cheng: ???
How could such porcelain be fired in a dilapidated kiln?
Su Cheng felt like it was a custom-made item, someone was hired to burn it.

Su Cheng kept the photos; he figured he'd have to find someone knowledgeable to ask them.

"Dad, may I give you a suggestion?"

"What suggestion do you have? Let me hear it." "I think you could actually move to Jingzhou!"

"Jingzhou?"

"Yes, move to Jingzhou. Let me tell you, the decoration companies in Jingzhou can make a lot of money. Each business can earn at least tens of thousands!"

"If we move to Jingzhou, where will I live?"

"You can stay at my place. Didn't I tell you before that I moved to a bigger place? You can stay in one room and I'll stay in the other."

Ye Li suddenly suffered from PTSD at this moment.

Has Su Cheng lost her mind?
He actually invited his dad to stay at his place.
She observed Su Cheng with a strange look, while also paying attention to Su Cheng's reaction.

Su Tianyan's face was full of resistance: "Won't this affect your work?"

Su Cheng: ???
Now you realize it's affecting my work?

When you came to Shengyue to ask me for money, why didn't you consider whether it would affect my work?
"No, no, I leave early and come home late, and I go to sleep as soon as I get back."

“I’ve seen short videos where three generations live in a three-bedroom apartment. These three generations have different schedules, cook for themselves, and rarely even see each other.”

"Let's forget it, it's too far, I'm not used to Jingzhou."

"I went to Jingzhou once, but it didn't feel right for me."

“All my relatives and friends are back in our hometown. If I go there, you'll be out early and back late. I won't even have anyone to talk to.”

"Dad, we're going there to make money, not to retire. If no one speaks up, then no one will speak up."

"The main reason is that my current workers have been with me for decades, and I know them all well."

"I don't know anyone in Jingzhou. If you send me there, I won't even be able to hire a single worker. How am I supposed to make money?"

"Besides, my store was just finished, and I spent tens of thousands just on decorating the showroom. Am I just going to throw it away like that? Of course not!"

Su Tianyan righteously and firmly rejected Su Cheng's invitation to go to Jingzhou to do renovations.

You can’t go!

If I go there, won't I really end up living the life of a construction worker?

He had to hide it from Su Cheng if he wanted to smoke a cigar, so as to avoid letting Su Cheng smell his scent.

Su Cheng persisted, pressing on relentlessly: "Dad, if we don't have any workers, we can hire temporary ones. Nowadays, it's all about online recruitment. You know that fish bubble company? They specialize in hiring these kinds of people."

"You can just move your whole system to Jingzhou, and we can make a fortune in three to five years!"

"Moreover, I can help you attract customers in Jingzhou. Most of my colleagues and clients have bought houses in Jingzhou, and they can use our services for their renovations!"

"Pshaw, if I were relying on your meager customer base, I'd probably lose my entire life savings."

"I don't need you to introduce business to me. I'm doing just fine back in my hometown. Many people introduce business to me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have opened a storefront. Don't you think so?"

Su Tianyan refuted Su Cheng's words and even found a flaw in Su Cheng's statement.

"All your clients and colleagues have bought houses in Jingzhou. When will you be able to buy a house in Jingzhou?"

Su Cheng: ???
Grass.

I should have known better than to say that.

Instead, the old man outmaneuvered them.

"Me... um... I'll try my best to buy a house near the Sixth Ring Road within the next two years."

"Okay, let's talk about it after you've made some money." Su Tianyan was eager to change the subject. "Are you going back to your hometown with Xiao Li later?"

"correct."

"Are you free tomorrow? If not, come work with me."

"Dad, do you have work to do tomorrow?"

Su Tianyan didn't have any work to do, but he could assign one.

"Of course I have it, otherwise why would I call you?"

I grass!

There is a pit!

Su Cheng secretly said that it was not good.

Do you want me to do manual labor?
Su Cheng quickly refused: "Dad, how would I know how to do this? This is a craft, I've never done it before. What if I do it wrong for someone? It would damage our reputation."

"If you don't know how, just learn. It's very simple. Tomorrow, just take a sprayer and spray it evenly on the wall I've already prepared."

Su Cheng: ???
Do we really have to force him to do hard labor?

"Dad, I really can't do this job."

“I asked you to do some work, but look at the state you’re in.”

"No, Dad! I have something to do tomorrow..."

What's up?

Su Cheng's mind raced; he needed to come up with a perfect excuse.

Got it!

"I have to accompany Xiao Li to the Yue Fei Temple tomorrow. We already agreed on it before we came." Su Cheng winked at Ye Li.

Ye Li immediately understood.

"Um, Uncle, if you want Xiaocheng to help, I can do it another day... Why don't you go help Uncle first?"

Su Cheng and Ye Li worked together seamlessly and quickly got Su Tianyan on the platform.

With Ye Li present, Su Tianyan couldn't act too forcefully, so he eventually relented and let Su Cheng accompany Ye Li shopping first, thus saving Su Cheng from a predicament.

"Have you finished watching? It's getting late, let's go back."

"Okay." Su Cheng couldn't wait to leave, afraid that the old man would change his mind again. "Dad, Xiao Li and I will go back first. Please drive carefully on the way and send me a message when you get home."

Su Tianyan simply responded with an "Mmm".

Normally, this is nothing to worry about; it's a normal response.

But Su Cheng could tell that the old man was filled with rage.

They pulled down and locked the shop's roller shutter, then drove off in their old-man's car.

If this were a Maybach or a Rolls-Royce, Su Cheng would definitely feel like she was in deep trouble.

But the old man's expression and the scrap metal together gave Su Cheng a strange sense of amusement.

(End of this chapter)