For Feng Yifan, his life has now returned to normal, with a slow and fulfilling pace every day.
Accompanied by his wife and daughter,
Taking care of my father-in-law,
Teach your apprentice again.
It's really very comfortable.
In sharp contrast to Feng Yifan's paradise-like life is Su Lanxin's busyness from morning to night.
Because she is in China, most of the time, meetings with senior executives of the company have to be held in the evening or even late at night.
But Su Lanxin still persists every day and maintains a very standard daily schedule.
This morning, after washing up and having a simple breakfast, Su Lanxin immediately asked her secretary to arrange a car and rushed to the train station because she was going to pick up a very important person, her uncle.
But Su Lanxin didn't know that her uncle, who was her father's assistant when he attended the state banquet, arrived half a day early.
After leaving the hotel and getting in the car, Su Lanxin confirmed the time with her secretary: "Are you sure you'll arrive at 8 a.m."
The secretary also looked through his own records and confirmed carefully: "Yes, Master Zhuang's high-speed train will arrive at 8:10, and the chef's plane will land after 8:30."
Su Lanxin said calmly: "Don't worry about that. The filial son will go to pick up his father. Let's go to the high-speed rail station."
The secretary sitting in the front seat said something to the driver, and then the car started and left the hotel, heading for the high-speed rail station.
But Su Lanxin didn't know that her uncle, old man Zhuang Daozhong, had arrived a day earlier. He had encountered Feng Yifan twice in the farmer's market with his great-grandson in the morning.
Zhuang Daozhong led his great-grandson Zhuang Zhebin to stand in front of the Fujing Building, which was surrounded by a small lake with a literary flavor and had a very ancient flavor. He smiled and asked, "Xiao Bin'er, who do you think would come here specifically for morning tea in a place like this?"
Zhuang Zhebin looked around.
Although Fujinglou is located outside the peninsula of the lake, and across the road is a bustling urban area, the environment of Fujinglou does not look like a place for breakfast.
He originally wanted to make a few words of defense, but faced with this situation, Zhuang Zhebin was a little unable to speak.
While Zhuang Zhebin was in a daze, several cars slowly drove into the small lake peninsula where Fujing Building was located, accompanied by a series of horn sounds, and turned into the parking lot next to Fujing Building.
Soon, a group of people walked out of the parking lot.
I didn't seem to know those people, but from their clothes, I could tell they were from wealthy families. There were young people, middle-aged people, old people, and children.
Without asking, you can tell that these people drove all the way to Fujing Building to have morning tea.
Zhuang Daozhong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Xiao Bin, it seems that Grandpa can't keep up with the times."
Although it was his great grandfather's words that were refuted, Zhuang Zhebin's expression became even worse.
The Fujing Building looks like a scenic spot, and there are people who drive here to eat morning tea. Although we don’t know how the morning tea at Fujing Building tastes, everything in front of us shows one word.
expensive.
Zhuang Daozhong intentionally waited for a while until the group of people who had driven here specially came to the door, and then walked into Fujing Building with them.
Then Zhuang Daozhong said nothing and listened carefully to the conversations between the groups of people who came in.
"Dad, I heard that Fujinglou is the most unique place in the area. You can eat the most authentic local dishes here, and the morning tea is also very famous."
"The environment here looks really nice, but I'm afraid this place is very expensive?"
"Dad, since we are out here for fun, of course we have to find the most unique local food to eat."
"Well, the scenery here is really beautiful."
"You are from out of town? You've come to the right place. If you want to know the most authentic morning tea, it must be Fujinglou."
"I always eat here with my parents in the morning. It's delicious."
"Oh, hehe, thank you for the introduction."
"Dad, you see, we came to the right place? It really is a local specialty."
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Zhuang Daozhong watched the group of people come in, and patted his great-grandson: "Xiao Bin, don't just stand there, let's go in and try the most distinctive local morning tea and see how it tastes."
Zhuang Zhebin came to his senses and hurriedly accompanied his great-grandfather into the house.
As soon as the old man and the young boy entered the room, a waiter came up to them with a smile. After asking questions, he led them to sit down at a separate square table.
Zhuang Daozhong looked around along the way and found that there were indeed quite a few people in the morning tea hall of Fujing Building, but there was no phenomenon of sharing tables.
Sitting in such an environment, it doesn’t feel like you are here to have morning tea, but rather more like entering a scenic spot to enjoy the scenery.
Zhuang Daozhong always had a smile on his face, like an old man who had not seen much of the world. He looked around every corner inside Fujing Building and even looked at the scenery outside through the doors and windows.
Just as the waiter was about to introduce the morning tea at Fujinglou, Zhuang Daozhong saw that there were actually people sitting outside surrounded by the small lake.
Zhuang Daozhong immediately pointed to the dining table outside and asked, "Can we sit over there too?"
The waiter turned his head and took a look, then replied, "You can sit there, but there is a minimum consumption requirement. Do you two want to move to the seats over there?"
After listening to the introduction, Zhuang Daozhong smiled amiably and waved his hand: "Is there a minimum consumption requirement? No need for that."
The waiter was very professional and still had a smile on his face as he began to introduce the various breakfast dishes at Fujinglou.
"Our Fujinglou breakfast specialties include three-piece buns, jade siu mai, and thousand-layer oil cakes. Of course, buns also have other fillings. Our Fujinglou chef also makes a special five-piece bun based on the three-piece bun..."
The waiter gave a detailed introduction, and Zhuang Daozhong nodded as he listened, patiently completing the introduction.
Afterwards, Zhuang Daozhong asked, "Do you have the mixed basket here? The one that gives us one or two of each type of bun, mixed together?"
The waiter also smiled and nodded: "Yes, we have mixed cages in Fujinglou. You can mix a cage according to your preferences."
Zhuang Daozhong nodded and said, "Okay, give me a tray of mixed vegetables, two each of three-diced pork, five-diced pork, and fried dough sticks, a basket of jade siu mai, a portion of dried shredded pork, and two bowls of white porridge."
After saying that, Zhuang Daozhong looked at his great-grandson and said, "Xiao Bin, look, what else do you want?"
Zhuang Zhebin responded: "Great grandfather, this is enough."
The waiter wrote down the order using the electronic ordering device in his hand, and also printed out the order and left it for me: "Please wait for a moment, please keep the order, and you can pay at the door when you leave."
After watching the waiter leave, Zhuang Daozhong picked up the bill, looked at the prices, and handed it to his great-grandson with a smile: "Xiao Bin'er, the prices are indeed not cheap. Do you have enough money? Don't let the future bring you trouble to even afford breakfast for your great-grandfather."
Zhuang Zhebin reached out to take the bill, took a look at the final total price, and was a little amused.
The total price of what Zhuang Daozhong ordered: 92 yuan.
Although he guessed that having dim sum in a restaurant like Fujinglou would not be cheap, the fact that breakfast for two people would cost nearly 100 yuan really made Zhuang Zhebin speechless.
Looking around again, Zhuang Zhebin found some foreigners in the lobby, and they seemed to think the prices were fine.
The food we ordered came out pretty quickly, and from the looks of it, it didn’t disappoint.
While tasting the food, Zhuang Zhebin consciously or unconsciously observed his great-grandfather's expression.
Although Zhuang Daozhong noticed it, he did not point it out. He just ate the food he ordered with a blank expression on his face. Finally, he drank the porridge and put down the bowl with a blank expression on his face.
After paying the bill and walking out of Fujinglou with his great grandfather, Zhuang Zhebin finally couldn't help asking, "Great grandfather, what do you think of Fujinglou? I heard that it's cooked by Grandma Xin's last disciple, and I think it tastes pretty good."
Zhuang Daozhong nodded and said, "Well, let's go. I haven't been to Huaicheng for many years. Come with me for a walk first, and then we'll go to Su Ji for lunch."
Zhuang Zhebin clearly heard dissatisfaction from his great grandfather's words, but he didn't dare to say anything more at this moment. He could only nod and agree: "Okay."