When invited to be advertising spokespersons, Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi naturally refused. The couple's opinions were surprisingly consistent.
First of all, the couple felt that Feng Ruoruo was still a kindergarten child, and they did not want their child to be exposed to highly commercial things such as advertisements so early, especially they did not want others to use their child for advertisements.
Secondly, the couple thought that if they endorsed some advertisements, they might attract a group of fans, but they would also attract a group of haters. Both fans and haters would affect Su Ji's business.
So considering these two very important reasons, the couple jointly rejected each other's invitation to endorse advertisements.
Since Feng Yifan and his wife both rejected it, Fu Jie did not continue to pester them and could only let it go.
However, Fu Jie did not leave immediately. Instead, she found a table and sat down with a group of people, intending to taste the cooking skills of Feng Yifan, the father.
After tasting Feng Yifan's cooking, Fu Jie gave Su Ruoxi, who was sitting at the cashier counter, a thumbs-up while paying: "Madam, the boss's cooking skills are really amazing. He is definitely a top chef. I really shouldn't have come here."
After leaving these words and paying the money, Fu Jie left with his people.
At this point, the worries about being followed and the three little girls being abducted by strangers were finally put to an end.
Of course, this incident also sounded a wake-up call for the three companies.
When Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei returned, the parents still went out from the east side of the old street and left in the car arranged by Yang Zhigang.
Obviously, parents are still worried about their children and don't want them to be in danger.
After Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei left, Feng Yifan did not close early tonight and planned to stay open for a while longer. After all, the whole family was going out for an outing on Saturday, and the big table in the restaurant was also going to be officially retired.
It's like knowing that the Big Round Table is going to retire.
It also seems like they want to let these big round tables shine for the last time.
Tonight, Su Ji's business was really good, and there were even quite a few diners who were willing to share tables with each other. Until nine o'clock in the evening, all ten tables in the restaurant were still full.
This situation was somewhat beyond Feng Yifan's expectations. Due to the shortage of manpower, Lu Cuiling also went to the kitchen to help.
Su Ruoxi was a little flustered at first, and had no time to look after her daughter, so she could only let her daughter stay with her grandfather. She would only let her daughter leave for a while when she needed to send the menu to the kitchen.
In this way, the whole family was busy until half past ten, when the crowd finally began to slowly disperse.
Little Feng Ruoruo was also very tired. He lay on his grandfather's lap, looking drowsy and about to fall asleep.
But when grandpa or mom asked her, "Ruoruo, do you want to go upstairs to sleep?"
Feng Ruoruo would immediately perk up and answer very seriously: "No, no, Ruoruo is not sleepy, Ruoruo wants to help dad pass the menu, Ruoruo wants to stick with dad, mom, grandpa and grandma to the end."
Seeing her daughter's persistence, Su Ruoxi couldn't help feeling a little distressed, but her daughter's persistent look made her helpless.
In the end, it was my grandfather who came up with an idea.
Let mom quietly hang the closed sign outside the door so that no customers will come in.
Grandpa is very experienced and knows that today is Friday. If he really keeps working, maybe around 11 o'clock there will be a group of young people coming. Those are the real midnight diners.
Su Ruoxi listened to her father and quietly went out and hung up a sign saying "Suspended business" when her daughter was not paying attention.
A few young people happened to be about to enter the store, and when they saw the sign they were immediately puzzled.
"Madam boss, are you closing down now? But there are clearly still customers inside, right?"
Su Ruoxi said very politely: "I'm sorry, I have a child at home, and it's almost 11 o'clock now, and the child really needs to go to bed, so we can't continue to open. If you want to eat, you can come back the day after tomorrow."
The people at the door were stunned for a moment, and then a girl asked, "Madam Boss, why do you have to come the day after tomorrow?"
Su Ruoxi continued to explain: "Because we are not doing business tomorrow, we have to go out and play with our daughter. We have been busy with business over the years and have not taken our daughter out to have a good time. I hope everyone understands."
After listening to Su Ruoxi's explanation, the guests at the door who wanted to enter also expressed their understanding.
The girl who asked the question even took a photo of the 'temporarily closed' sign at the door and posted it on her Moments to spread the word.
Su Ruoxi saw it and was also very grateful: "Thank you for your understanding."
Another girl said: "Of course I can understand that. Children are the apple of their parents' eyes. Before we came here, we heard from many friends that not only is your food delicious, but the atmosphere is also very good, and there is a cute little baby here."
The girl who posted the circle of friends also said: "Yes, we also want to see the cute little baby, but since it is too late today, we will not watch it. We will come early the day after tomorrow."
Su Ruoxi smiled and nodded: "Okay, everyone come early the day after tomorrow, so you can see our Ruoruo."
The young man at the door waved goodbye to Su Ruoxi and walked towards Yang Zhigang's barbecue restaurant next door.
Yang Zhigang may not know that his business has been much better these days. One of the reasons is that Su Ji closed too early, and many young people who came here because of its reputation did not want to go anywhere else and had to choose to eat barbecue here.
If you put up a "Temporarily Closed" sign, naturally no customers will come in.
The guests in the restaurant finished their meals and left one after another.
Because there were no new orders, Feng Ruoruo had nothing to do, and finally she fell asleep on her grandfather's lap.
Seeing this, Su Ruoxi quickly carried her daughter upstairs, then came downstairs, closed the door, and started cleaning today.
Feng Yifan found that there were no new orders, and probably knew that the restaurant in front should have closed. He glanced at the clock in the kitchen and saw that it was already eleven o'clock, so he quickly ran out of the kitchen.
I saw that the restaurant door was closed, my wife was already cleaning up the garbage, my father-in-law was sitting next to the cash register, but my daughter was no longer there.
Knowing that his daughter should have been sent upstairs to sleep by his wife, Feng Yifan quickly walked to his wife, reached out and hugged her and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to the time, and it ended up being so late."
Su Ruoxi was hugged by her husband. She was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, please let go. My gloves are full of garbage and very dirty."
Upon hearing this, Feng Yifan let go of his wife and wanted to apologize to her again.
Su Ruoxi quickly took off the rubber gloves on her hands and covered her husband's mouth with a finger.
"I don't want you to apologize to me. The restaurant is not yours alone, it's ours. It's so late today, I am also responsible, so I don't blame you. Ruoruo has fallen asleep, don't worry."
As his wife withdrew her fingers, Feng Yifan suddenly kissed his wife's lips.
The couple cuddled in the restaurant for a while, but Su Jinrong couldn't bear it anymore and coughed twice to remind the couple.
Hearing her father cough, Su Ruoxi came to her senses and quickly reached out to push her husband away. With blushing cheeks, she said, "What are you doing? Go clean up quickly, really."
Feng Yifan smiled innocently and said, "Yes, my dear wife."
When he turned around, he saw the smile on his father-in-law's face. Feng Yifan smiled too and ran quickly to the kitchen.
Back in the kitchen, Feng Yifan said excitedly, "Well, today's business is over. Thank you for the hard work of my beautiful and generous mother and my hardworking apprentice."
When Lu Cuiling heard that the business was over, she was really relieved: "Huh, it's finally over."
Then, Lu Cuiling thought of her little granddaughter: "Oh, it's so late, where is our little baby Ruoruo?"
Feng Yifan quickly said to his mother, "Mom, don't worry. Ruoruo has been sent upstairs by Ruoxi to sleep."
Lu Cuiling put down what she was holding, walked over, raised her hand and slapped her son: "It's all your fault, you little brat. Who told you to close the store late? Wouldn't it be better to close earlier? But you delayed my little baby Ruoruo's sleep."
Although Feng Yifan was hurt by his mother's slap, he still smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mom, I won't do it again."
Lu Cuiling continued, very seriously: "Son, Mom knows it's not easy for you to run this restaurant, but you two should also take care of your health. Ruoruo is still a child after all."
Feng Yifan took a step forward and hugged his mother, saying very seriously: "Mom, please rest assured, Ruoxi and I will definitely take good care of Ruoruo."
When Lu Cuiling was hugged by her son, her body froze. Then she reached out to hug her son and patted him on the back: "Mom believes in you. We have seen your performance since you came back this time. We believe you can do it."
Then, Lu Cuiling pushed her son away and said, "Okay, clean up quickly. I'll go to the front to help Ruoxi."
After watching his mother leave, Feng Yifan turned his head to look at the piles of dishes in the kitchen, then looked at his apprentice and said helplessly, "It looks like we, the master and apprentice, will be busy tonight."
Lin Ruifeng smiled and said, "Master, it's okay. I will definitely help you finish these."
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Okay, let's get started. Hurry up."
In the following time, the whole family naturally spent time cleaning. Although we have become accustomed to it these days, because we finished work late tonight, we ended up cleaning until very late, almost at twelve o'clock.
After sending his apprentice out the door, Feng Yifan couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, fortunately we don't have to open tomorrow."
Lin Ruifeng thought for a moment and said, "Master, you can actually consider hiring some professional dishwashers, so that you can have a little more ease every day."
At this point, Lin Ruifeng went on to explain: "Master, I, I said this because I don't want you to work too hard, not because I want to be lazy."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "I know. I will definitely consider this later, especially after I change the small table, I may really need it."
Lin Ruifeng nodded: "Then, Master, I will go back first."
As he spoke, Lin Ruifeng couldn't help but began to yawn. After all, although he usually went to bed late, he was not as tired as today.
Feng Yifan patted him and said, "Go back to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow to prepare your own breakfast."
Lin Ruifeng forced a smile and said, "Master, don't worry. I'm young and can handle it. Besides, Su Ji will be on break tomorrow. I can catch up on my sleep after breakfast."
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Yes, good night."
After the master and apprentice said goodbye, Feng Yifan returned to the restaurant, quickly checked everything in the kitchen, and then hurried to the front restaurant.
The restaurant had been cleaned by everyone, and Feng Yifan even took time out to carry his father-in-law upstairs.
The last two to finish the work were master and apprentice Feng Yifan and Lin Ruifeng.
Feng Yifan still checked carefully to make sure that the power supply and other equipment had been unplugged and the door had been locked before turning off the lights in the restaurant and quickly going upstairs.
When passing by his mother's door, Feng Yifan walked lightly, trying not to disturb his mother and sleeping daughter.
Before returning to his room, he went to his father-in-law's room first. This has become Feng Yifan's habit now, to see if his father-in-law is asleep.
When I entered the room, my father-in-law was still awake.
Seeing his son-in-law coming in, Su Jinrong waved and asked his son-in-law to come to the bedside and said softly: "You have worked hard today. Alas, Dad can only watch and can't help at all. Fortunately, Grandma Ruoruo and Ruifeng, the child, are here."
Feng Yifan stood by the bed and lowered his head and said, "Dad, don't say that. You will be fine." He paused for a moment and said, "It's my fault today. I didn't manage my time well and it's so late."
Su Jinrong shook his head and said, "How can this be considered late? Can you forget the past and we go to bed before 1 o'clock? This is not too late."
Feng Yifan said seriously, "Dad, now is different from before. You and Ruoruo can't go to bed too late. Let's get back to business later and close at nine o'clock in the evening. This way, we won't disturb you and Ruoruo's rest."
If it was just Su Jinrong himself, he might have refused it outright. But thinking of his granddaughter, he naturally nodded and agreed.
"Well, let's just go at nine o'clock. That should be a good time, and we don't need to do the night show later."
Feng Yifan then said to his father-in-law, "Dad, I have another idea. When we replace the tables downstairs with small tables, should we also add fried rice and noodles in the evening? This way, we can have more variety in our product categories."
When Su Jinrong heard this, he looked at his son-in-law and asked, "Are you planning to only make fast food?"
Without waiting for his son-in-law to reply, Su Jinrong continued, "Just to make money? What about your independent menu? Don't give up. Follow the rules. Be precise."
His father-in-law's words made Feng Yifan suddenly wake up and realize that he had lost his persistence because of the good business these days.
The reason why Su Ji has been able to maintain the old plaque and pass it down from generation to generation is because it has insisted on its own characteristics and rules.
If I give up the rules, if I really make fried rice and noodles at noon and in the evening, then Su Ji will no longer be Su Ji.
Feng Yifan recalled what he originally wanted to make Su Ji into, a private kitchen restaurant.
Thinking of this, he said to his father-in-law seriously: "Dad, I understand that I have lost myself a little. I shouldn't give up my original insistence, and I shouldn't give up the rules of Su Ji. Don't worry, I know how to run Su Ji now."
Su Jinrong nodded with satisfaction: "Well, go to bed early."
After saying good night to his father-in-law, Feng Yifan turned off the light and door of his father-in-law's room and tiptoed back to his own room.
Seeing that his wife had already gone to bed, Feng Yifan washed up as quietly as possible, tiptoed to the bed, kissed the ends of his wife's hair, and lay down to sleep.