One morning, the Lin family breakfast shop prepared four and a half pots of pot stickers. Except for the first half pot that was shared by the He and Su families, all four pots were sold out.
On the contrary, some neighbors on the old street who came late following the smell were unable to buy any.
Yang Zhigang, the owner of the barbecue restaurant, watched others eating breakfast with gusto, and quickly said to Lin Ruifeng, "Ruifeng, you must save some for me tomorrow morning."
Lin Ruifeng didn't expect that the product would be such a huge success on the first day of sales.
Facing the instructions from the old neighbors in other shops on the old street, Lin Ruifeng quickly nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay, Brother Yang, I will remember to save a pot for everyone tomorrow."
After hearing his apprentice's words, Feng Yifan spoke before he even came out of the inner room: "Why keep them? Let them come early tomorrow to line up."
When they first heard the voice, the old neighbors couldn't figure out who it was.
Yang Zhigang shouted rudely, "Who is it? Who is giving orders in there? I'm talking to Xiao Lin, don't hide, come out and let me see who it is."
Feng Yifan walked out of the workshop, looked at Yang Zhigang and said, "Brother Yang, what's the matter? You ordered my apprentice to keep some for you, and I can't say a word? I'm telling you, you all have to line up to buy them tomorrow, otherwise I won't keep any."
When they saw Feng Yifan come out, especially with a smile on his face, Yang Zhigang and others immediately realized that he was joking.
Yang Zhigang smiled and said, "I was wondering how Ruifeng could suddenly make such delicious pot stickers. You can smell the fragrance from half a block away. It turns out there is a master behind the scenes who is giving him advice."
Lin Ruifeng also said seriously: "Yes, today's pot stickers were taught to me by my master."
Then Lin Ruifeng said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, I'm not very good at it. My master is responsible for kneading the dough and mixing the fillings, and my mom is mainly responsible for making the wrappers. I'm relatively stupid."
Feng Yifan patted his apprentice and said, "Don't underestimate yourself. This is only your first day. It's good enough if you can work hard."
Yang Zhigang smiled and said, "I never thought that Yifan, you would become a master. It seems that Ruifeng is quite impressed by you."
Lin Ruifeng quickly said: "Master is very good and taught me a lot."
Yang Zhigang nodded and said, "Yifan has made Su Ji's business booming in just a few days since he came back this time, and has also brought new customers to our entire old street. He is definitely capable, but it depends on how much you have learned."
Lin Ruifeng lowered his head again and said, "I haven't learned much. I'm still learning some basics."
Yang Zhigang added: "It is right to start from the basics. If you don't learn the basics well, how can you do well in other things?"
Feng Yifan stood up and said, "Okay, Brother Yang, don't teach my apprentice anymore. Since he has chosen me as his master, I will definitely teach him well and will not let down Uncle Lin and Auntie's trust."
Yang Zhigang smacked his lips and said, "Oh, what a pity. I smelled the food a little late and missed out on eating the pot stickers today."
Unexpectedly, just as Yang Zhigang finished speaking, a voice suddenly rang out at the door of Su Ji: "Uncle Yang, do you want to eat the pot stickers that Dad taught Uncle Xiaolin to make?"
Yang Zhigang turned his head and saw Feng Ruoruo standing at the door of Su Ji. Hearing the little girl's words, he smiled and asked, "Yes, Uncle Yang wants to eat it very much. Ruoruo, do you have any?"
Feng Ruoruo said proudly: "Yes, there are still a few left at Ruoruo's house."
Yang Zhigang quickly said, "That's great. Ruoruo, are you willing to give it to Uncle Yang? Uncle Yang can buy it from Ruoruo, or exchange it with Ruoruo. How about that?"
Feng Ruoruo didn't say anything, but turned around and ran back to the restaurant, and soon came out with a small plate.
"No need, there are still a few here, give them to Uncle Yang and you guys."
Seeing that there were indeed a few pot stickers on the plate that Feng Ruoruo brought out, Yang Zhigang naturally didn't hesitate and reached out to take them.
But another hand got there first.
When Yang Zhigang saw that the pot stickers that were about to hit him were snatched away, he quickly turned around and made a gesture to grab the pot stickers.
But when he turned around, he saw that the person who took the plate first was the owner of the wine shop. Yang Zhigang could only smile and say, "So the owner is here too, let's share the food."
Wang Cuifeng, the lady proprietress of the liquor store, curled her lips and said, "If I hadn't taken action first, I'm afraid this would have already gone into your stomach, right, Yang Guangtou?"
Yang Zhigang touched his big bald head and said with a smile: "How dare I? Ruoruo said that she would give us the food. With your wife, the boss of the rice wine Xishi Wang, here, how dare I eat alone?"
Wang Cuifeng smiled and said, "This is pretty good. Come on, everyone, have a taste."
At this point, Wang Cuifeng looked at Feng Yifan and Lin Ruifeng and said, "Let's try it too. These two masters and apprentices have conquered an entire street of pot stickers this morning. Let's see how they taste."
After hearing what Wang Cuifeng said, Feng Yifan and Lin Ruifeng, the master and disciple, looked at each other and immediately smiled confidently.
Wang Cuifeng, Yang Zhigang, Li Jianping from the sauce and stew shop, and several other shop owners near the east end of the old street, all came forward, and each of them got exactly one.
After eating it, the shop owners on these old streets quickly tasted the flavor.
Li Jianping said first: "Well, this tastes good, crispy and fragrant, with shrimp and corn in it, it is very refreshing and neat to eat."
Yang Zhigang ate beef filling and exclaimed after eating it: "My beef filling tastes good. The beef seems to have been marinated. The spices are really fragrant. They taste better than my barbecue ingredients."
The owners of other shops also praised the taste of the pot stickers.
Wang Cuifeng still ate it. She ate half of it first, then went to the breakfast shop to get some vinegar, and then ate the other half.
After tasting it, Wang Cuifeng nodded and said, "It really tastes good. It tastes even better with vinegar."
Then, Wang Cuifeng said with some regret: "Oh, if I had known it was so delicious, I shouldn't have shared it with you. I took it from Ruoruo, why did I think of sharing it with you?"
When Feng Ruoruo heard what her aunt said, she couldn't help but throw herself into her father's arms and laugh.
Feng Yifan held his daughter in his arms and said to Wang Cuifeng, "Madam Wang, if you like it, you can come and buy it tomorrow morning. I have taught Xiaolin the recipe, and I guarantee it will taste the same as today."
Wang Cuifeng immediately said to Lin Ruifeng, "Okay, Ruifeng, I will definitely come over to eat tomorrow morning."
Feng Ruoruo shouted in her father's arms: "Auntie Feng, you have to come earlier, otherwise, they will be bought up by others."
Upon hearing this, Wang Cuifeng deliberately said to Feng Ruoruo: "Then can't little darling Ruoruo save some for Auntie?"
Feng Ruoruo thought for a moment and said, "No, Aunt Feng, you have to buy it yourself, because there are so many people queuing up, we can't cut in line, we have to queue up properly."
Yang Zhigang immediately laughed and said, "Hahaha, look, you still want Ruoruo to help you cut in line, but even kids know they have to queue up by themselves."
Wang Cuifeng rolled her eyes at Yang Zhigang and said, "What do you care? I'll get up early tomorrow and be the first one to come and buy it."
Yang Zhigang smiled and said, "But I'm closer to this side."
Wang Cuifeng said with an unhappy look on her face: "Yang Zhigang, you big bald guy, are you doing this on purpose?"
Such an interesting scene of "tit-for-tat" on the old street also made everyone laugh happily.
Feng Ruoruo saw that Uncle Yang and Aunt Feng seemed to be arguing, so she quickly persuaded them in her father's arms: "Uncle Yang, Aunt Feng, please stop arguing. Come earlier tomorrow morning and you can have something to eat."
Wang Cuifeng immediately smiled and said to Feng Ruoruo, "Okay, Auntie, listen to Ruoruo and don't quarrel with the bald guy."
Yang Zhigang also smiled and said, "Yes, yes, listen to Ruoruo and don't quarrel."
At this moment, the neighbors on the old street are in harmony, which really makes the old street full of human touch. Feng Yifan feels that after the old street is rebuilt, there must be these old neighbors, that is what the old street should have.