Looking at the faint smile on Su Jinrong's face and his nonchalant answer, Zhuang Daozhong realized that things would never be that simple.
Su Jinrong did not let his uncle ask further questions. He raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation and said, "Uncle, please sit down first."
Zhuang Daozhong did not sit down directly, but stretched out his hand to call the great-grandson he brought to his side, and introduced him to Su Jinrong first: "Jinrong, this is my great-grandson, Zhuang Zhebin, who is from Zhiguo."
After being introduced, Zhuang Zhebin quickly bent down and took the initiative to shake hands with Su Jinrong and said, "Hello, Grandpa."
Su Jinrong looked at Zhuang Zhebin and said with a smile, "Well, I didn't expect that Brother Zhiguo's grandson is already this big."
Zhuang Daozhong is younger than Su Jinrong's father, but he got married earlier. When he served as an assistant to the chef of the Su family at the state banquet, he was only in his 20s and had already married and had children.
As for Mr. Su, it was after the state banquet that he came back and ran Su’s business for a few years before he got married and had children.
So Zhuang Daozhong’s eldest son, Zhuang Zhiguo, is actually a few years older than Su Jinrong.
At the beginning, Zhuang Zhiguo also came to Su Ji to learn cooking, so he was quite familiar with Su Jinrong and Su Lanxin. From then on, Su Jinrong and Su Lanxin treated Zhuang Zhiguo as their brother.
After introducing each other, Zhuang Daozhong still did not sit down. Instead, he looked serious, bent over and asked in a low voice: "Is it related to Su Lanxin?"
Su Jinrong was stunned for a moment, but still smiled calmly, and called to his daughter who was taking orders from customers, "Ruoxi, come here."
Su Ruoxi also hurried to her father's side. In fact, she had seen the old man and the young boy come in before, and saw them walk straight to her father. But seeing that they were quite kind, she didn't say much.
Now that her father called her over, Su Ruoxi took a serious look at the old man and the young.
Although the old man seems to be very old, he does not look very old. Instead, he is very energetic and full of capability.
The young man, or should I say a big boy, was not at all reserved and stood very respectfully beside the old man.
Su Jinrong introduced to his daughter: "Ruoxi, this is my great-uncle, and his great-grandson, Zhuang Zhebin."
After listening to her father's introduction, Su Ruoxi immediately knew who the other person was. It should be the person her husband mentioned in the morning that he met twice at the farmers' market.
After a brief pause, Su Ruoxi quickly took the initiative to greet him, "Hello, Uncle Master."
Zhuang Daozhong nodded and said, "Hello, you have worked hard, taking care of your father and the restaurant business."
Zhuang Zhebin took the initiative to step forward and greeted: "Hello, aunt."
Su Ruoxi responded: "Oh, hello."
Su Ruoxi was a little uncomfortable at first when she was called "Auntie" by a boy who seemed almost as tall as her.
Zhuang Daozhong saw that Su Ruoxi was embarrassed, and said with a smile: "The seniority cannot be messed up, this is the rule. I was your grandfather's assistant at the beginning, so I can't even be considered your father's uncle."
Su Jinrong also used Zhuang Daozhong's words just now: "The seniority cannot be messed up."
These words made Zhuang Daozhong couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
In fact, Zhuang Daozhong originally wanted to become Mr. Su's disciple, but Mr. Su did not agree. According to Mr. Su's statement at the time, he and Zhuang Daozhong were colleagues, and there was no question of who was superior or inferior.
So later, Zhuang Daozhong sent his eldest son to Su Ji to learn cooking, and he stayed in Su Ji for a while.
Old Master Su always asked Su Jinrong and Su Lanxin, brother and sister, to call Zhuang Daozhong "Uncle Master".
Su Ruoxi quickly greeted the old man and the young man and said, "Master Uncle, please sit down. You haven't had lunch yet, right? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it for you."
Zhuang Daozhong didn't say anything polite. He sat down at the table next to Su Jinrong and said directly, "Two bowls of Yi Fu noodles, please. I'll have the one with chicken sauce, and I'll have a bowl of Su Ji's special Yi Fu noodles for you, my nephew."
Zhuang Zhebin was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Special stew? What is that, great grandfather?"
Zhuang Daozhong looked at Su Jinrong, the two of them looked at each other, and then laughed at the same time. This dish of Yifu noodles with toppings is indeed a specialty that only Su Ji can have.
After laughing, Zhuang Daozhong said to his great-grandson, "You will know after you eat it."
Su Ruoxi also agreed, and then went on to record some other orders, and finally took her mother-in-law's order, before going into the kitchen to inform her husband.
When I entered the kitchen, Feng Yifan was already frying rice while directing his apprentices.
As for the various toppings for the noodles, some had already been prepared in advance, and some had also been prepared by Feng Yifan on the stove.
Su Ruoxi walked in and presented the menu to her husband. After a moment's hesitation, she couldn't help but say, "The master from Su Ji is here. They are the old man and the young man you met this morning."
Feng Yifan did not stop working and responded, "Yes, I know they will come."
Su Ruoxi continued, "That uncle didn't seem to know that Dad had a stroke, and he didn't seem to stand on Aunt's side."
Feng Yifan responded again: "Well, that's good, at least we won't have one more enemy, and it's not a bad thing to have an impartial elder. Don't worry, it doesn't matter whether he helps us or not."
Seeing that her husband was still busy, Su Ruoxi didn't say much. She turned around and walked out of the kitchen.
When she walked out of the kitchen, Su Ruoxi saw her mother-in-law sitting next to the uncle-in-law, and she had already started to complain very directly.
Lu Cuiling knew that the person who came was her uncle-in-law, so she was very domineering and decisive. She sat down next to him and complained to him without any courtesy.
“Since you are Su Ji’s uncle, you should know that this old plaque of Su Ji was inherited by my father-in-law with his real ability.
Regardless of whether the previous generation favored boys over girls, didn't Su Lanxin learn some Su Ji dishes in the end? So the competition between the two for inheritance was fair.
Since it is fair, then Su Lanxin lost, so why is she running back to ask for this old plaque now? "
At the intersection at the west end of the old street, Zhuang Daozhong had some experience with the character of Lu Cuiling, Su Jinrong's mother-in-law. Now, facing Lu Cuiling's questioning, he didn't know what to say.
Seeing that Zhuang Daozhong was silent, Lu Cuiling continued, "Also, even if Su Lanxin has some complaints, my father-in-law is her brother after all. As your uncle, look at what my father-in-law has become now. Isn't it all because of Su Lanxin who is angry?"
Hearing this, Su Jinrong couldn't help but coughed and said, "No, blame her."
Lu Cuiling ignored that and said directly: "Why don't you blame her? If Su Lanxin hadn't brought people to your house to ask for the plaque, and then found a junior to show off in front of you, how could you be so angry that you had a stroke?"
At this point, Lu Cuiling said to Zhuang Daozhong, "Since you are Master Su, you must handle this impartially. Su Lanxin must come in person to apologize to her brother. As for the old plaque, she is not qualified to ask for it."
It has to be said that Lu Cuiling's domineering words really left Zhuang Daozhong speechless for a long time.
After knowing what happened, Zhuang Daozhong was somewhat dissatisfied with Su Lanxin. However, this was Su's family affair after all, and Zhuang Daozhong, as the uncle, was not in a position to express his opinion directly.