After interviewing Yang Zhigang’s barbecue restaurant, the crew finally arrived at the door of Su Ji.
Before entering, many of the first-time visitors in the crew were already surprised by the rather unique facade standing at the door.
Some people who came to the TV station together, although they had never been to Su Ji, had been to Fujing Tower, the most famous restaurant in Huaicheng.
The storefront of Su Ji looks plain yet has a touch of antiquity, especially the two doors, which give people a very magical feeling. The outside is the door of an old-fashioned street shop with gussets.
Inside is a door that has a bit of the feeling of the hollow carved wooden doors found in the mansions in the Jiangnan water towns.
It feels like having a meal in a mansion in the gardens of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
When you step inside, the furnishings inside are certainly not fashionable, but the large wooden tables match the feeling of the store.
The moment Li Feier entered the door, she heard a kind, surprising and long-awaited call.
"Mom, you're finally here."
Li Feier looked in the direction of the sound and naturally saw her daughter rushing towards her. Following behind her daughter were two other cute little girls.
Among them, Feng Ruoruo ran over and looked at Li Feier very seriously, then looked at the group of people who followed in, and especially looked carefully at the machines used for filming.
Then, Feng Ruoruo looked at Li Feier and said, "Auntie, you look so beautiful today. Are you here for dinner?"
Li Feier smiled and responded to the little girl: "Hello, Ruoruo, we are indeed here to eat today. Can we order now?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll go tell Mom and Dad."
Then Feng Ruoruo turned around and ran to the cashier, said something to her mother first, and then ran quickly to the kitchen.
Seeing her friend's anxious look, Yang Xiaoxi said to her mother, "Mom, we have been waiting for you for a long time. Even Feifei is waiting for you with us today."
Li Feier looked at Chen Yaofei who was standing aside, and the little girl quickly greeted Li Feier.
Li Feier smiled and said, "Good evening, Feifei. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
Chen Yaofei smiled shyly and replied, "It's okay. My grandparents and I are not in a hurry to go home. After you guys take pictures of Ruoruo's restaurant, I will go back with my grandparents."
Li Feier nodded, pulled her daughter away from her arms and said, "Go play with Feifei, Mommy still has to work."
Yang Xiaoxi did not stick with her mother. She turned around and held hands with Chen Yaofei and returned to the elderly people.
Li Feier made some preparations with the TV station staff, touched up her makeup, adjusted the camera lights, and asked the photographer to take a picture of the entire restaurant.
Afterwards, Li Feier first walked over and had a conversation with Su Jinrong and Su Ruoxi.
"Uncle Rong, Ruoruo's mother, we will do some interviews first, and then you'd better notify Ruoruo's father and ask him to come out as well. After the interview, serve a few more dishes, preferably the specialties of your restaurant."
Su Ruoxi was a little curious and asked, "The restaurant has many specialties. Do you want the fancy dishes? Or the usual dishes?"
Li Feier thought for a moment and said, "It's better to use the usual dishes. After all, our TV station will broadcast it for the whole city's audience to see. We can't deceive everyone. That won't be good for Su Ji either."
Su Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Oh, that's good. It's better to be more real."
Li Feier saw that Su Ruoxi was a little nervous, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, there is absolutely no problem with the dishes of your Su Ji. I think every one of them is a masterpiece."
Su Ruoxi also smiled: "Thank you."
Feng Ruoruo entered the kitchen and saw her father instructing Uncle Xiaolin to cut something. The little girl slowly approached her father and suddenly jumped on him and hugged him.
"Yeah, Dad, here I come."
Feng Yifan pretended to be frightened by his daughter, then turned around and hugged his daughter in his arms, tickled her, and said to her laughingly, "Let's see if you dare to scare Daddy again in the future."
Feng Ruoruo smiled and begged for mercy: "Ruoruo, I don't dare, I don't dare anymore."
Feng Yifan stopped tickling his daughter and hugged her and asked, "Come in, do you want to tell Daddy that Xixi's mom is here?"
Feng Ruoruo asked in surprise: "Dad, how did you know?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Because Dad and Ruoruo have telepathy, so Dad can know what's happening outside through what Dad sees and hears."
Feng Ruoruo was even more surprised and opened her mouth wide: "Dad, is it true?"
Without waiting for her father to answer, the little girl continued to ask: "Then why can't Ruoruo sense her father?"
Feng Yifan smiled and hugged his daughter. He leaned close to her and whispered, "Because Daddy didn't tell Ruoruo, Daddy will tell Ruoruo that Daddy loves Ruoruo very much and Daddy will cook the most delicious dishes for Ruoruo."
Hearing what her father said, Feng Ruoruo hugged her father's face with a smile, and then kissed him on the nose: "Ruoruo knows."
The father and daughter rubbed their noses intimately, and Feng Ruoruo quickly said to her father: "Dad, you have to cook well."
Feng Yifan asked curiously: "Why do we have to cook well?"
Feng Ruoruo said quickly, "Because Xixi's mother is here, she brought uncles and aunts from the TV station. Dad, you, grandpa, mom, and Ruoruo will all be on TV, so you must do well."
Feng Yifan continued to ask: "Does Ruoruo want to be on TV?"
Feng Ruoruo thought about it seriously before saying, "Ruoruo wants to, but also doesn't want to."
Feng Yifan was really a little puzzled: "Why would I want to do it and not want to do it?"
Feng Ruoruo said seriously with a serious look on her face, "Because, Ruoruo wants Grandpa, Dad and Mom to be on TV, so that more customers will come to Grandpa's restaurant and business will improve. But Ruoruo is afraid that she will make a fool of herself on TV."
When Feng Yifan saw his daughter's appearance, he knew that she had already started to pursue beauty at her age, so she was worried that she would not look good in the photos when she was on TV.
So the father smiled and encouraged his daughter: "It's okay, our Ruoruo is the prettiest, she will definitely look pretty on TV. If you don't believe me, we can ask Uncle Xiaolin."
Lin Ruifeng was standing by and practicing knife skills. Today the master taught him some new knife skills.
For example, how to cut with a spatula, how to cut at an angle, how to cut with a slice knife, etc.
These knife skills, which are based on the basics, are obviously much more difficult. If one really wants to master them, I'm afraid even a few Han Qius would not be able to do it.
While Lin Ruifeng was practicing seriously, he heard the master's question, raised his head and looked at the master and the cute little Feng Ruoruo. He immediately smiled and said, "Of course, Ruoruo is very beautiful, and she will be beautiful on TV too."
Feng Ruoruo was naturally very happy to receive Uncle Xiaolin's praise, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Uncle Xiaolin."
Then Feng Ruoruo said, "Uncle Xiaolin, you have to work harder. Dad is so awesome, you have to become awesome too."
Lin Ruifeng nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely work hard."
Next, Feng Ruoruo got down from her father's arms and said, "Dad, I'll go ask for you what dishes Xixi's mother and the others want to order."
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Okay, thank you Ruoruo then."
The little girl replied: "You're welcome."
Looking at his daughter running out of the kitchen, Feng Yifan's face was filled with satisfaction and happiness.
Feng Ruoruo came back from the kitchen and quietly approached her grandmother, intending to carefully find out some information.
But soon, Feng Ruoruo was discovered and Li Feier called her over: "Ruoruo, come here, Auntie has something to tell you."
Feng Ruoruo hesitated for a moment, and only with the encouragement of her grandma, grandpa and mother did she walk up to Xixi's mother.
Li Feier bent down and said, "Ruoruo, don't be afraid. I'm Xixi's mother. You and Xixi are good friends, right? Now auntie will give you a task. Go and call Dad out first, okay?"
After listening to what Xixi's mother said, Feng Ruoruo thought for a moment and asked, "Auntie, can you tell Ruoruo what dishes you want to order?"
Li Feier was stunned by the question, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ruoruo, I won't embarrass your father. How about this, I won't order any dishes, and let your father have his best dishes, okay?"
Hearing this, Feng Ruoruo immediately laughed happily: "Auntie, you are so kind. Ruoruo will help dad thank you."
Li Feier said: "Okay, now can Ruoruo go and call dad out?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded in agreement, turned around and ran to the kitchen again.
Watching the little girl enter the kitchen, Li Feier said to Su Ruoxi: "Your daughter is really smart, very thoughtful, and she also knows how to protect her father."
Su Ruoxi smiled and responded, "I grew up in a restaurant, so seeing the guests coming and going, I have a wild temper."
Li Feier continued, "No way, I think Ruoruo is really well-behaved. If we talk about a wild personality, it's our Yang Xiaoxi, and she always sabotages her father."
When Yang Xiaoxi heard this, she quickly came over and pouted her lips and said, "Mom, I don't have any. I am also very good."
Seeing this, Li Feier and Su Ruoxi both laughed, and some other people present couldn't help laughing as well.
As a result, the atmosphere of this originally serious interview actually became relaxed. At this time, Su Ji happened to have three tables of guests, which was also suitable for filming and interviewing.
Li Feier thought about it and simply walked over and interviewed the guests at the three tables.
Among the three tables of guests, one table was filled with old customers of Su Ji. Today was the birthday of an old gentleman in the family, so the whole family came over for dinner to celebrate. Feng Yifan even specially sent a bowl of longevity noodles.
As for the family's table of dishes, it was truly sumptuous and very beautiful.
The photographer couldn't help drooling just by taking pictures of the table of dishes, and felt that Su Ji was indeed worthy of its reputation.
Li Fei'er also interviewed this table: "Old man, did you come to Su Ji to eat very early?"
The old man who was celebrating his birthday smiled and replied, "Yes, I came to Su Ji to eat when I was young. At that time, this old street outside was the favorite place for us young people to visit, and it was also the holy place for our love at that time."
The old man recalled the scenes when he was young, when he was dating his current partner, they would go to the old street and the surrounding areas, and then come to Su Ji to have a meal or two.
Although Li Feier knew the reason, she still pretended to be surprised and asked, "Why do you want to have two meals?"
At this time, the old lady answered: "Because, Su Ji has a rule that no food is cooked at noon. In order to make it convenient for everyone, there is only fried rice and noodles with various toppings at noon."
The old man took over and said, "We were playing here at that time. There were many places to play around. We were tired and had to eat out at noon, so we came to Su Ji to eat a bowl of chicken sauce Yi Fu noodles, or a plate of assorted fried rice."
The old lady continued, "In the afternoon, we can go to some place we haven't been to before, or go to the cinema here to watch a movie."
The old man added, "Come back in the evening and have a nice and delicious dinner together. The day just passed like this."
But the old lady added: "No, you still have to take me home."
When the old lady said this, everyone laughed, and Li Feier also laughed. The restaurant was suddenly filled with laughter, and everyone was moved by such simple love.
This table of old diners witnessed their love and their walk together for so many years at Su Ji. Now in their 80s, they come here with their children and grandchildren to celebrate their birthdays and reminisce about the past. They are really typical customers of Su Ji.
In addition to this table, the second and third tables have two other types of guests at Su Ji.
One table is occupied by some middle-aged people who are successful in their careers and have families and businesses. They all come here with their wives and children for a gathering with friends.
The last type is in recent times, because of Meng Shitong and others’ online video promotion, they attracted a group of young people to Su Ji.
When interviewing young people, Li Feier naturally asked them seriously about their views on this old street and their impressions of traditional restaurants like Su Ji.
Young people are more direct in their words.
"We were attracted by videos online. We saw the chefs' amazing cooking skills in the videos, so we wanted to come and see it with our own eyes."
"Before we came, we just wanted to see the boss show off his skills, but we didn't think about what the dishes would be like."
“But after eating it, we only want to say two words…”
A table of young people said in unison: "It smells really good."
Hearing the young people's unanimous words, the restaurant was filled with laughter. The TV station staff really didn't expect that the atmosphere in such a small restaurant would be so lively.
When the old man at that table heard the word "young man", he said, "Of course it smells good. I hope you will come here often in the future."
The young people responded: "We will definitely come again when we have time."
Some young people also said: "If I want to treat a guest, I think this place will definitely be my first choice."
After finishing the interviews with the guests at these tables, I turned around and saw Feng Yifan coming out with his daughter in his arms. He was standing outside a group of cameramen, with a calm face, not panicking at all as he waited for Li Feier to finish.
Li Feier was naturally not polite and guided the cameraman to turn around and give Feng Yifan a close-up shot first.
"This is the current chef of Su Ji and the sixth generation successor of Su Ji, Feng Yifan, Chef Feng." Li Feier introduced the chef directly in the voice-over while the camera was in close-up.