Su Ji's diners have already arrived, while Su Ruoxi and her mother-in-law are still looking for things in the flea market.
The flea market had a wide variety of items, and Su Ruoxi and her mother-in-law quickly found a table. However, there were usually only one or two tables in a flea market.
Not to mention the 16 to 18 tables that Su Ruoxi wanted at a time, even three or five identical tables could not be found.
After searching around in the flea market for a long time, I did find quite a few tables of suitable heights, but the most I bought at one store only had four identical tables.
Seeing her daughter-in-law's disappointed look, Lu Cuiling comforted her: "Ruoxi, why don't we buy a few of each, as long as the height is suitable, we can put them in different styles."
The method Lu Cuiling suggested is indeed a good one, which is to intersperse tables of different styles and colors with each other.
This is actually a popular element nowadays.
Su Ruoxi also remembered that she had seen some videos online showing restaurants that young people liked to go to arranged like this.
This is called irregularity.
But then Su Ruoxi thought again, Su Ji is a standard private restaurant, and the dishes they make are very exquisite even if they have never been served at a state banquet.
If we use those colorful dining tables to intersperse them, it will obviously be completely incompatible with the tone of the entire restaurant.
Thinking of this, Su Ruoxi shook her head at her mother-in-law: "Mom, that's not good. It doesn't match our restaurant."
Lu Cuiling thought about it and it seemed that this was indeed not a good idea.
Especially the tables in the second-hand market, which were already a bit depreciated, and with all kinds of different colors, it was really a bit unsightly to put them in Su Ji, let alone let people sit down and eat.
Su Ruoxi stood at the corner of the street, looked at the flea market from a distance, and said helplessly: "Forget it, Mom, let's go back first."
Lu Cuiling also agreed: "Okay, then let's go back first. We've been running around for so long and it's getting late. Let's discuss it when we get back. If it really doesn't work out, Mom will pay for a carpenter to make a batch of tables."
Hearing this, Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "No need, Mom. If it really doesn't work, we can just stick with it and rebuild it in the old street."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started their return journey. While waiting for a taxi at the intersection, Su Ruoxi glanced at the watch on her hand.
"Oh no, it's over, Mom, it's bad, we're going to be late."
Lu Cuiling also looked at her watch and found that it was almost 11 o'clock. But Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Yifan is in the store."
Su Ruoxi was still a little anxious: "But Yifan is alone, and he has to work in the kitchen, serve others, and take care of my dad. It's definitely not possible. Mom, we have to go back quickly."
When Lu Cuiling saw her daughter-in-law's anxious look, especially her worry that her son couldn't handle it alone, she was very happy in her heart, because it showed that her son and daughter-in-law had reconciled.
In the eyes of a mother, as long as her son and daughter-in-law have a good relationship, she will naturally be very happy.
For the mother, she actually doesn't have too many requirements for her son now. She just hopes that her son and daughter-in-law can be happy, and that the couple can take care of their granddaughter together and let their granddaughter Feng Ruoruo be happy forever.
When Lu Cuiling was feeling relieved, her daughter-in-law finally stopped a car at the intersection.
Su Ruoxi reached out and pulled her mother-in-law and said, "Mom, let's go quickly."
Lu Cuiling was pulled into the car. Seeing her daughter-in-law's panic, she continued to comfort her: "It's okay. Believe it or not, if we don't go back now, Yifan will definitely be able to manage the restaurant in an orderly manner."
Su Ruoxi was still a little anxious after hearing this: "Oh, mom, Yifan is busy alone, he must be very anxious."
Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "It's good to keep him busy and teach him about his difficulties. Only then he can understand how hard it was for you to take care of the children and help your father run the restaurant during the five years he was away from home."
Su Ruoxi looked at her mother-in-law in surprise, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
At this moment, Su Ruoxi even had a vague feeling that the person in front of her should be her own mother.
After a moment of silence, Su Ruoxi came back to her senses and said, "Mom, that's your son, don't you feel sorry for him at all?"
Lu Cuiling reached out and held her daughter-in-law's hand, and said softly, "Silly child, how can a mother not love her son? But mother loves you more. What kind of life have you lived in the past five years?"
After hearing what her mother-in-law said, Su Ruoxi couldn't suppress the pain in her heart and began to surge.
Looking back on the past five years, when her daughter was only one year old, Su Ruoxi had to take care of her daughter every day and help her father run the restaurant.
Even though there was a special dishwasher at that time, some people were also hired to wash vegetables and help in the kitchen.
But Su Ruoxi was still overwhelmed every day, especially because she had to settle accounts every day, and she had to do it while coaxing her daughter, which was really painful.
Fortunately, my daughter behaved well later on, and sometimes she seemed to understand that her mother was very busy.
Then he would lie on the bed and watch his mother busy at the desk. The little guy would play on the bed by himself, trying not to disturb his mother.
But even so, Su Ruoxi was still under a lot of pressure at that time.
In particular, after one year abroad, the husband did not come back as agreed, but just called to say that some of his studies abroad had not been completed.
Later, the calls became less and less frequent, and sometimes they might not call back for up to half a year.
At that time, perhaps because of the fact that his most trusted disciple, to whom he had devoted all his efforts, did not return, Su Jinrong's cooking skills showed some deviations, and the seasoning of his dishes was obviously regressed.
In fact, Su Ruoxi didn’t care at that time. The deviation in her father’s taste was a sign that his health was not good.
It was just that at that time, Su Ji's business started to deteriorate. With bad business, staff costs and daily expenses would not be reduced. Under various pressures, Su Ruoxi could not pay more attention to it. Because she was already a little desperate at that time.
At the critical moment, my parents-in-law came from the countryside, helped a lot, and left money.
When Su Ruoxi recalled it now, looking at her mother-in-law holding her hand, her nose really got sore and she really wanted to throw herself into her mother-in-law's arms and cry.
But after thinking about it, Su Ruoxi wiped away the tears from her eyes and said to her mother-in-law seriously: "Mom, it's okay. Those difficulties are over. I believe that Yifan's return will change everything in our family and make it better."
Lu Cuiling took out a handkerchief from her bag, gently wiped the tears from her daughter-in-law's eyes and said, "Yes, everything is over. It will be fine."
After a pause, Lu Cuiling said seriously, "If Feng Yifan, that brat, fails to take good care of you, Ruoruo, and your father, and run the Su Ji business well after he comes back, his father and I will not let him off."
Seeing her mother-in-law's indignant look, Su Ruoxi couldn't help but burst into laughter, and her heart was filled with warmth.