Today when we came to the farmers' market, little Feng Ruoruo turned into a little teacher. She began to explain various things to brother Shitao along the way.
Although Shi Tao had been here once before, teacher Feng Ruoruo still explained it to him very seriously today.
For example, we usually have to go to Grandpa Zhang’s stall first, hand the list to Grandpa Zhang, and ask Grandpa Zhang to prepare the necessary vegetables.
"Brother Shi Tao, let me tell you, we don't have to wait here. Grandpa Zhang will prepare the food for us, and he will also ask Uncle Zhang to deliver it to us. So we just need to come here and give the bill to Grandpa Zhang, and then we can go buy other things."
Shi Tao had a serious look on his face. He followed the young teacher Feng Ruoruo, who was carried on the shoulders of his uncle, and listened carefully to what the young teacher said.
Seeing Brother Shitao being so serious, Teacher Ruoruo became even happier and more motivated.
Then, Feng Yifan led them to the seafood market, and little teacher Ruoruo began to teach brother Shitao again.
"Here is a place where you can buy fish and shrimp. Dad also has a very good boss here. We can go to his house to buy fish and shrimp. Dad said they are all the freshest. After we buy them here, we can ask them to send them to Grandpa Zhang, and then Uncle Zhang will deliver them to our home."
Shi Tao also nodded and said, "Oh, okay, I understand."
Feng Yifan also spoke at this time and briefly introduced to Shi Tao some methods of selecting certain fish, shrimps and seafood.
Today Feng Yifan also bought some very fresh crabs, as well as a variety of fresh shrimps and live fish from here.
Teacher Ruoruo also taught Brother Shitao how to identify different kinds of fish.
"Brother Shi Tao, look, that's a grass carp, and that's a silver carp, it has a bigger head, and that's a Huihui fish, that fish is really fierce..."
Having come here many times with her father, Feng Ruoruo is already familiar with all the fish here.
I will also introduce it to Brother Shitao, injecting small octopus, cuttlefish and various sea fish.
Shi Tao was a little surprised when he heard this: "I didn't expect Ruoruo knew so many people?"
When Feng Ruoruo heard this compliment, her little face was filled with pride and happiness. She said with a smile, "I learned this from my dad. Every time he came, I would ask him, and then he would tell me. Now I am telling this to Brother Shitao. Brother Shitao, you have to remember this."
I have to say that Feng Ruoruo's memory is really good.
But I come here more often and I learn a lot from my dad, so I remember a lot of things.
Shi Tao was very serious. He followed his uncle and watched how he selected various fish and shrimps, and how he identified the quality of some seafood.
In front of Feng Yifan, seafood store owners usually dare not slack off at all.
Basically, the things given to Feng Yifan were definitely the best he had.
For example, today, the boss prepared several boxes of fresh sweet shrimps from the Gulf of Mexico for Feng Yifan.
Seeing the boxes of sweet shrimps that the boss brought out, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Sure, the boss is really resourceful. This stuff is not easy to get. You name the price for these boxes, and I will definitely not bargain."
The boss said with a smile: "Of course I can't ask you for a very high price for this one, since Chef Feng likes it."
The price that the boss finally offered was within Feng Yifan's acceptable range, so he asked the boss to ice the food and send it to Lao Zhang's vegetable stall.
Then the boss took out some good stuff.
This time Feng Ruoruo couldn't recognize him.
"Dad, what is this? Why do all these fish look different?"
Shi Tao, who was standing next to him, took a look and asked, "This should be a sturgeon, right?"
Feng Yifan looked at them carefully, then said with a smile: "Boss, I really underestimated you. I want these fish too. You decide the price."
Only after Feng Yifan and the boss completed the transaction of several fish did he explain to his daughter and Shi Tao with a smile.
"These two are sturgeons."
In fact, sturgeons and sturgeons are indeed very similar and belong to the same family of fish. They are also very ancient fish species and can be called living fossils.
Of course, the sturgeons that the boss gave to Feng Yifan were artificially bred.
But even so, sturgeon is indeed a very rare and good food ingredient.
After Feng Yifan bought all these sturgeons.
Today's shopping at the farmers' market is a complete success.
On the way back, Feng Ruoruo sat in her father's arms, counting on her fingers, some new things she had learned in the past few days.
"Today I got to know the sweet shrimp from the Spitfire Bay. The shrimp is red, as if it was cooked.
There is also the sturgeon, which looks very strange, with a pointed mouth..."
Listening to his daughter reviewing the story, Feng Yifan smiled and held his daughter in his arms. He would remind her from time to time and tell her what mistakes needed to be corrected.
Feng Ruoruo would be very happy at times like this because she could learn a lot and interact with her father.
Shi Tao, who was sitting next to him, asked curiously, "Uncle Master, the sweet shrimp from the Spitfire Bay and the sturgeon are both very good ingredients. What are you going to do with them?"
Feng Yifan looked at Shi Tao and said, "You're still anxious?"
Shi Tao said a little embarrassedly: "I, I am just very curious."
Feng Yifan said: "The best way to eat the sweet shrimp from the Spitfire Bay is to eat it raw, because cooking it will destroy the freshness of the shrimp. You can mix a few dipping sauces and eat it with it, and it tastes absolutely delicious."
Ma Xiaolong, who was driving back, said: "Sweet shrimp from the Spitfire Bay is a top-notch sashimi. Many top Japanese restaurants like to use it."
Feng Yifan didn't wait for Shi Tao to ask, and continued: "As for sturgeon? We can add a dish to Su Ji's menu today, let's have 'Sturgeon in Wine Lees'."
Ning Cheng asked curiously, "Master, is there anything special about this dish?"
Without waiting for Feng Yifan to answer, Shi Tao said: "This dish seems to have appeared in A Dream of Red Mansions."
Feng Yifan looked at Shi Tao and asked, "Oh? You actually know the source?"
Shi Tao nodded and said, "Because I want to learn cooking from you, uncle. My mother told me that you once gave Fujinglou the idea of making Red Mansion dishes, so I re-read Dream of the Red Chamber and paid attention to some of the menus."
Feng Yifan nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, you look a bit like me back then."
When Shi Tao heard this, he was really excited.
But then, a bucket of cold water was poured on my head.
Feng Yifan added: "However, you still have to pass the test before you can officially become my disciple, so you still need to continue to work hard."
Feng Ruoruo sat in her father's arms and heard her father talk about the dishes he wanted to make with those sturgeons.
The little girl said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "Dad, can we not use wine in cooking? Drinking is not good."
Feng Yifan was stunned at first, then he started laughing.
It turned out that when my daughter heard that "Sturgeon with Wine Lees" contained wine, she thought that this dish was made with a lot of wine, so my daughter thought that drinking wine was not good, and therefore this dish was not good either.
Feng Yifan explained to his daughter with a smile: "This wine lees is not for wine. We are going to use it for cooking. Moreover, after cooking and heating, the alcohol will evaporate and you won't get drunk from eating the food. So don't worry, Ruoruo. Dad will make it for you when you get home. Try it."
Feng Ruoruo asked in surprise, "You really won't get drunk?"
Feng Yifan said with a smile: "No, Dad promises that there won't be any smell of alcohol."
In the end, the little girl still believed what her father said.
The group also drove back to the ancient street.
Shi Jiahui, Catherine, Hans, Tom and others had already arrived at the restaurant, and Tian Lang even ran to the intersection to wait for them.
When he saw the car stop, Tian Lang immediately rushed to the front of the car and shouted to his brother in the car: "Shi Tao, you went shopping with me this morning, why didn't you call me?"
Shi Tao said helplessly: "You can't get up by yourself, you can't blame me, right?"
Before Tian Lang could continue to get angry.
Feng Ruoruo poked her head out and said, "Sister Tian Lang, you got up too late. We are all back from shopping."
Tian Lang was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Feng Ruoruo was also in the car.
"Ruoruo is going with you too?"
Feng Ruoruo said with a smile: "Yes, I always go shopping with my dad. Of course, I go when I am on vacation, but I don't go when I am in kindergarten."
Tian Lang suddenly felt a little lost: "It turns out that I am not even as good as Ruoruo. I want to go but I can't get up."
Feng Ruoruo got off her father, then jumped out of the car and took her sister's hand to comfort her.
"Sister, it's okay. I'll get up earlier next time so I can go with dad. Then Ruoruo can take me to see a lot of interesting things."
When Tian Lang heard his sister's words and saw how she was comforting him, he soon stopped feeling lost.
She smiled and said, "Okay, I will get up earlier next time."
Feng Ruoruo then pulled her sister aside and said, "Sister, let me tell you, Dad bought a lot of things today, including sweet shrimps from the Spitfire Bay that I've never seen before, and sturgeon."
This was the first time Tian Lang had heard of all this, and she was also very surprised.
Then, Feng Ruoruo told her sister very seriously what her father had taught her on the road.
Tian Lang was really stunned by what he heard, and he looked at the little girl with admiration.
While Feng Ruoruo was talking to Sister Tian Lang, Feng Yifan had already instructed his apprentices to unload the things from the car and then push the cart back to the restaurant.
Finally, Tian Lang took Feng Ruoruo and followed Feng Yifan to the restaurant.
Back at the restaurant, when Hans and Tom saw the sturgeons they had bought, they naturally wanted two.
Feng Yifan was not stingy and divided the sturgeon he bought into two portions, one for Su Ji and one for Ruo Restaurant.
As for the sweet shrimps, Feng Yifan had no intention of selling them at all, because there were only a few boxes in total, and he was planning to keep them for his own family's meals.
Of course, at the end, at Catherine's request, two boxes were still given to the restaurant to use as extra dishes.
Seeing that he only gave two boxes, Catherine was also a little dissatisfied: "Chef, you can't be so stingy."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Am I stingy?"
Catherine said, "Then the top-quality Spitfire Bay sweet shrimps are perfect for us to use as appetizers. If they are paired with sturgeon fillets, we can just launch a new fish and shrimp delicious set meal today."
Feng Yifan said, "I've given you two boxes. Is that enough for today's set meal? I'm afraid not many people will order from those who have made reservations. In fact, you may not be able to sell many in the end. The leftovers may even allow you to sell one more item. Isn't that okay?"
Catherine said, "But chef, you bought a lot today."
Feng Yifan looked at the remaining four boxes and said, "Is it a lot? There are only six boxes in total. How is this too much?"
Hans couldn't help but say in a foreign language: "But Su Ji probably won't be able to use it."
Feng Yifan said seriously: "Who said Su Ji can't use it? Don't we have shrimp roe? We can peel the shrimp roe and mix it with crab roe to make crab roe and shrimp roe noodles."
I have to say that Feng Yifan's creative idea really surprised everyone.
Originally, crab roe and shrimp roe noodles were made with shrimp roe from river shrimps, but river shrimps are not easy to get nowadays. However, these sweet shrimps do have some shrimp roe, which can be peeled and fried and then mixed into the crab roe noodles.
This can be considered to increase the flavor of the noodles.
Feng Yifan added: "Besides, in fact, here at Su Ji, I can peel the shrimp and make a separate cold dish for the guests, or use wine lees to give it a little flavor."
These fantastic ideas really shocked everyone.
But Feng Yifan finally said: "But, actually I don't plan to make these four boxes. I plan to keep them for myself."
Hearing this, everyone in the kitchen was shocked again.
Feng Yifan said calmly: "It would be great if we could keep this good stuff and enjoy it ourselves."
Shi Jiahui couldn't help laughing first: "Hahaha, after all this fuss, our chef bought such delicious sweet shrimps, but actually he wanted to eat them himself."
After Shi Jiahui said this, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Feng Yifan looked at the people in the restaurant and asked, "How is it? Do you want another box?"
Catherine, Hans and Tom looked at each other, and finally all three of them shook their heads.
Feng Yifan said, "Okay, we were just joking before. There are six boxes in total, two for Su Ji, two for the restaurant, and the remaining two for us as midnight snacks. Everyone has worked so hard for so long, we need something good to reward ourselves. Now, let's get to work."
Knowing that they could taste these delicious sweet shrimps in the evening, everyone became excited.
Everyone in the kitchen of Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant was busy.
Of course, while being busy, everyone still managed to make breakfast.
When Su Ruoxi accompanied her father, parents-in-law, and the two families of Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei came together, everyone had breakfast together at Su Ji.
After breakfast, Feng Yifan couldn't play with his daughter. Feng Ruoruo was also very well behaved. She went to play with her grandparents together with Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei, without disturbing her busy father too much.
As Su Ji's lunchtime opening approached, customers arrived in an endless stream on time.
Today, when everyone was queuing at the door waiting to enter, they received a notice that Su Ji was serving new dishes in limited quantities today.