Gu Zheng wasn't clear about the Sun family's situation.
Gu Zheng made a lot of phone calls last night. He went out for breakfast with Changfeng in the morning and went to the park in the morning. Bianjing's chrysanthemums were very famous. Unfortunately, it wasn't the season for chrysanthemums to bloom. They could only come again in the future.
"It's here. Let's stop and walk over!"
It was almost noon when Gu Zheng and Changfeng arrived at an alley near the iron tower. Gu Zheng and Changfeng each carried a bag of fruit. The two of them looked like they were visiting someone else's house.
"What's going on?"
Gu Zheng said in surprise as soon as they arrived at the door of the address. He and Changfeng quickly walked into a courtyard. The courtyard door was open. It was very messy inside. Many things were scattered in the courtyard as if they had been robbed.
This was an old-fashioned house. Although the house was old, it wasn't small. The courtyard was very large and there were some flowers planted. It could be seen that this place had been taken good care of before, but it had just been messed up.
"Who are you?"
A woman in her forties walked out of the main hall. She was looking at the two of them with suspicion and vigilance.
"Is Old Master Sun here? We are here to visit Old Master Sun!"
Gu Zheng replied. This was the place where Old Master Sun, the father of the Sun brothers, lived. The Sun brothers had just left. The reason why the courtyard was so messy was because of them.
Old Master Sun was almost 70 years old. After 60, he didn't ask about the matters of the shop and handed it over to his children. He didn't expect that five of his children would come together today and force him to make a will.
Not only that, but he also found out what Sun Er had done. It almost angered him to death. Old Master Sun used to be a hot-tempered person. He wanted to beat this unfilial son to death on the spot. The chaos in the courtyard was caused by the old master chasing Sun Er.
The five children were all driven away by Old Master Sun in the end. As for the matter of making a will, no one dared to mention it in the end. The old master said that if these unfilial sons dared to say such things in the future, all the property under his name would be donated and they wouldn't get a single cent.
"Why are you looking for Elder Sun?" the woman asked again. She didn't let down her guard. After all, so many things had happened just now.
"I'm here to pay you a visit!" Gu Zheng smiled.
The woman saw that Gu Zheng's attitude was very sincere and that he was carrying a gift. Only then did she reply, "Elder Sun was too angry and is now resting. What's your name? I'll help you ask!"
"My name is Gu Zheng. If Elder Sun isn't feeling well, I'll come back another day!"
"You are Gu Zheng?"
The woman's eyes suddenly widened, and her expression became very nervous. Today, the five sons of the Sun family came to make trouble and asked the old man to make a will. They mentioned Gu Zheng many times. It was said that when Sun Er was in Hangzhou, he made a bet with a young man named Gu Zheng and lost their century-old soup.
It was because of this that so many things happened in the end, including Sun Er forging the will. She didn't expect that the person she had just mentioned was now in front of her.
"Let them come in!"
An old voice came from inside. The woman was slightly stunned and a little unwilling, but she still brought Gu Zheng and Changfeng in. She came out to pack her things.
The living room was quite big. An old man was standing there. The old man had a head full of black hair, and there were traces of it being dyed. People of his age didn't dye their hair, so it was hard to guarantee that they had real black hair.
"Please sit!"
The old man sighed and let the two of them sit on the sofa. The living room had obvious traces of being cleaned up.
"You are Gu Zheng. Not bad!" The old man sat opposite Gu Zheng. He first looked at Gu Zheng carefully before nodding.
Gu Zheng also had a smile on his face and said softly, "Old Man Sun, I'm sorry to take the liberty of visiting!"
"It's nothing. My five unfilial sons just left. I've made a fool of myself!"
Old Man Sun sighed. Only now did Gu Zheng know that a few people from the Sun family had already come here. It was also their doing that caused this place to become like this.
"Old Man Sun, I'm sorry. I've caused you trouble …"
Old Man Sun waved his hand to interrupt Gu Zheng's words and said, "You don't have anything to apologize to me. We should be the ones apologizing. I, Sun Guangming, have been open and aboveboard all my life. I didn't expect that each of my children would be worse than the other. It's good that the hundred-year-old soup was lost. In their hands, it will be lost sooner or later!"
Changfeng looked at Gu Zheng. Listening to the old man's words, it seemed that he was going to accept this gambling debt?
"Old Man Sun, in fact, at the beginning, I didn't really want your family's treasure. If it weren't for the other young master's attitude, it wouldn't have ended up like this!"
Gu Zheng also sighed. The chicken blood soup he made was not inferior to the Sun family's. It could be said that it was better than the Sun family's. This hundred-year-old soup might be a treasure for others, but for him, it was of little value.
If it weren't for the Weapon Spirit, who had been investigating and asking Gu Zheng to settle this account, Gu Zheng might not have come at all. He would bring up this matter the next time he saw Sun Er.
"I know their virtue. They've caused you trouble. You can take the hundred-year-old soup away today, but I have a small request. I want to see you make chicken blood soup once!"
Old Master Sun had accepted the gambling debt and was willing to give the hundred-year-old soup to Gu Zheng. Chang Feng did not expect that Old Master Sun would be such a straightforward person despite the Sun family's attitude.
In fact, Gu Zheng had called yesterday to inquire. He had asked Chief Wu and Elder Gao, as well as Uncle Hu and some people in the culinary circle that he knew.
Sun Er's chicken blood soup cooking skills were all learned from his father. His father inherited it from his master. Before Sun Er finished his apprenticeship, it was Old Man Sun who made chicken blood soup for leaders and foreign guests.
Old Man Sun was a very good person. No matter who it was, they all praised him. No one said that he was a very righteous person. That was why Gu Zheng came to visit. If Old Man Sun was really such a person, then he would find a way to persuade the Weapon Spirit. If Old Man Sun was like his sons, then Gu Zheng could only say sorry.
Next, he wouldn't deal with the Sun family according to the conventional method. The Weapon Spirit had many means. He could make the Sun family lose the hundred-year-old soup and teach them a lesson.
"Old Man Sun, you don't have to be like this. What I want is just an attitude. Your attitude is enough!"
The moment Old Man Sun expressed his stance, Gu Zheng felt a little embarrassed. The few of them were right. Old Man Sun was indeed different from his children. He was much, much stronger than their children.
It was just that a good person like Old Man Sun actually had a son like Sun Er. The other children were also unlucky. It really made people sigh.
In fact, after they left, I also understood that it might not be a good thing to give the family business to them. It's fine when I'm here, but it will definitely be chaotic when I'm not. If I only give it to one person, the other four will definitely resent me. In that case, I might as well not give it to anyone. In fact, even if you didn't come today, I would have found a way to find you! "
Old Master Sun sighed again. Although he said that, he was still very sad in his heart. After all, it was his own child. He also had a lot of responsibility for what happened today. Who asked him to run around all those years ago and not take good care of the child?
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