Although he was busy until after midnight before going to bed, Feng Yifan still woke up at dawn.
Glancing at the time, it was already five o'clock. Feng Yifan got up quietly, got out of bed, picked up his clothes, walked out the door, quickly went downstairs, and washed up in the bathroom downstairs.
Then he went to the kitchen, turned on the lights, and started preparing breakfast for his family.
While preparing breakfast, Feng Yifan also cooked a pot of rice and prepared a variety of ingredients. Because they were going on an outing today, they had to prepare lunch boxes for the adults and children.
I roughly calculated the number of people, including Feng Ruoruo's grandfather, and there were about 12 people in total, including adults and children. The portion was not large, but the quality requirements were still relatively high.
The key is to ensure that the three lovely little babies can have a good meal during this outing.
Feng Yifan first quickly steamed the buns and dumplings for breakfast, then selected the specially reserved prawns and peeled out the freshest shrimp meat.
There are also some bacon, cheese, seaweed, diced ham, diced chicken, various diced mushrooms, freshly slaughtered and sliced fish, and various fresh vegetables.
Feng Yifan really did not take any liberties in preparing this lunch box, and the selection of ingredients was even comparable to the variety of sumptuous dishes in restaurants at ordinary evenings.
By the time the buns and steamed dumplings were almost out of the pot and breakfast was ready, it was already past six o'clock.
Before he knew it, Feng Yifan had been busy alone in the kitchen for more than an hour, and he was still busy.
Suddenly, the door to the kitchen was pushed open and a small figure came in.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Feng Ruoruo yawned and greeted her father: "Good morning, Dad."
Feng Yifan saw his daughter in pajamas with her hair uncombed. He put down his work, washed his hands, and came to his daughter. He squatted down, took his daughter in his arms, and spoke to her softly.
"My dear Ruoruo, you don't have to go to kindergarten today, so why are you up so early?"
Feng Ruoruo leaned in her father's arms, still obviously a little tired, and muttered, "I miss Dad."
Feng Yifan hugged his daughter and said softly, "Dad is not leaving. If Ruoruo misses him, she can see him every day."
Feng Ruoruo yawned and finally became more awake. She raised her little face to look at her father's face. She raised her little hand and gently pinched her father's face. The little girl smiled and said, "Dad, do you know that we are going on an outing today?"
Hearing his daughter's words, Feng Yifan smiled and replied: "Dad knows, so Dad is preparing lunch boxes for the picnic for everyone."
When Feng Ruoruo heard her father say "picnic bento", she immediately became energetic. She looked at her father with her big eyes flickering and asked expectantly, "Dad, what is a picnic bento? Is it delicious?"
Feng Yifan smiled and gently pinched his daughter's little face and said, "A picnic bento is a meal that is convenient to eat during a picnic. Daddy's must be delicious."
Feng Ruoruo smiled immediately after hearing what her father said. Then she hugged her father's neck and said with a smile, "Dad's cooking must be delicious."
When the father and daughter were hugging in the kitchen, the door was pushed open again and Grandma Lu Cuiling walked in.
Seeing the father and daughter, the grandmother smiled and said, "I was wondering, you didn't comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face, or change your clothes when you got out of bed. Where did you go? You came down to find your dad."
When Feng Ruoruo heard what her grandma said, she turned her head in her father's arms and looked at her grandma with a smile.
Grandma continued, "Okay, hurry up and go upstairs with grandma. Look at you. You don't even brush your teeth or wash your face, and you don't even tie your hair. You look like a little lunatic."
Feng Ruoruo immediately turned around, hugged her father's neck and said, "No."
Seeing this, grandma asked again: "You don't want to? Then do you still want to go on the picnic today?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Yes."
Grandma nodded and said, "Yes, you are going to go on an outing. If you don't go upstairs and brush your teeth, wash your face, change your clothes and braid your hair, how can you go on an outing? How can you go out when you are like a little lunatic now?"
Feng Ruoruo still hugged her father's neck. After thinking for a while, she said, "Then, Ruoruo wants Dad to carry me up, and wants Dad to brush my teeth and wash my face."
Grandma smiled and said, "Oh, oh, oh, you're acting like a spoiled brat with daddy today. Can't I wash it for you?"
Feng Ruoruo hugged her father's neck tightly and said, "I want Daddy."
Seeing this, grandma curled her lips and said, "Okay, so you don't want grandma anymore? Then grandma will leave."
After saying this, seeing that her granddaughter was still indifferent, the grandmother pretended to be very angry and turned away.
Feng Ruoruo was also a little panicked when she saw this, and quickly shouted in her father's arms: "Grandma, don't leave, you still have to braid Ruoruo's hair."
Feng Yifan whispered to his daughter, "Go quickly, catch up with grandma, and apologize to her, or she will really leave."
After being told by her father, Feng Ruoruo finally got out of her father's arms, and then quickly ran to catch up with her grandmother. She opened her arms and hugged her grandmother, and quickly said, "Grandma, don't leave. Ruoruo likes grandma. Ruoruo, just follow grandma upstairs."
Lu Cuiling naturally didn't show any tension at all. She immediately turned around and picked up her granddaughter.
"Grandma knows that our little baby must like grandma."
Being picked up by grandma, seeing her smiling face, Feng Ruoruo also smiled: "Grandma, let's go upstairs quickly. We still have to eat dad's breakfast, and then we have to go on an outing."
Lu Cuiling carried her granddaughter upstairs quickly: "Okay, let's go upstairs."
Listening to the laughter of the grandparents and grandchildren outside, Feng Yifan got up and continued to prepare breakfast and lunch boxes for the outing.
At this time, the rice was steamed. Feng Yifan opened the lid of the pot and let the rice cool down first.
At the same time, peel and marinate all the fresh shrimps, coat them with batter and fry them in a pan.
Take out the shrimp and set aside, then stir-fry the marinated chicken cubes and cut some of the bacon into small cubes. After these two are stir-fried, stir-fry the ham cubes as well.
After stir-frying, put all aside.
Finally, we selected some very tender beef tenderloin, cut it into thin slices, and marinated it.
All the ingredients were ready, and Feng Yifan divided the rice into several portions.
In the first part, dip your hands in water, pick up a ball of rice, stuff the fried shrimp balls in the middle, slowly pinch the rice ball into a triangle with your hands, and finally stick a piece of edible seaweed on one side of the triangle.
By doing this step by step, I soon made a box of triangular rice balls.
Next, add the fried diced chicken and bacon, mix with some of the sauce and the second portion of rice.
Use your hands to scoop out the rice one by one, roll it into rice balls, put a small piece of cheese on them, put them in the oven and bake them slightly, and the second portion of rice balls is ready.
The third portion is made by mixing the marinated beef tenderloin sauce with rice. Still roll the rice into small balls, put the beef tenderloin on top, dip it in dry starch, and fry it in a frying pan.
The beef tenderloin noodles are sizzling and the rice balls are fried until slightly crispy, which is really delicious. The third serving of rice balls is ready.
Although Feng Yifan's hands were quick, he hadn't finished yet and his daughter came down again.
Feng Ruoruo had finished washing up this time, her hair was tied into beautiful twin ponytails, and she was wearing a lake blue dress.
Seeing his daughter at this moment, Feng Yifan really felt that his daughter was the most beautiful little girl in the world.
He put down the work in his hands, walked over, picked up his daughter, and carried her to his own cooking table so that his daughter could take a look.
Feng Ruoruo looked down at the various things her father had made on the table and was very surprised.
There are triangular, cylindrical, and square shapes, which Feng Ruoruo really finds very interesting.
"Dad, what are these?"
Feng Yifan picked up a triangular rice ball and said, "This is called a rice ball. Dad made it based on a kind of bento from foreign countries. He made some improvements and made it specifically for our outing."
As he spoke, Feng Yifan handed the triangular rice ball to his daughter and said, "Here, try it."
But Feng Ruoruo didn't eat it: "Dad, you can't eat this. This is for us to eat during the outing. Ruoruo can't eat it secretly. You have to eat it with Xixi and Feifei."
When Feng Yifan heard his daughter's words, he smiled and said to her, "It's okay, we'll just eat this one to taste it. Dad has made a lot more."
After hearing what her father said, Feng Ruoruo hesitated for a moment, and finally opened her little mouth and took a bite.
After taking a bite, she tasted the soft glutinous rice, the crispy shrimp balls, and some seaweed. After chewing it for a while, Feng Ruoruo gradually smiled.
Feng Yifan saw his daughter's smile and asked, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded immediately: "It's delicious."
Feng Yifan put his daughter down and handed her the rice ball in his hand: "Okay, take it and eat it. Dad will go upstairs to carry grandpa down, and then we can start eating breakfast."
Feng Ruoruo obediently took the rice ball and followed her father out of the kitchen, waiting downstairs for her father to carry her grandfather downstairs.
Seeing her mother and grandmother coming downstairs first, the little girl raised the rice ball in her hand and told her mother and grandmother.
"Grandma, Mom, look, this is the rice ball that Dad made. He said we would eat it when we went on an outing today. Dad gave me a piece first so that I could taste it. Grandma, Mom, you can try it too."
Lu Cuiling smiled and replied to her granddaughter: "Grandma doesn't want to eat it, so you can eat it. If you like it, then Grandma will like it."
But Feng Ruoruo was not happy: "No, Grandma, you have to try it too."
Finally, Feng Ruoruo shared the half of the rice ball in her hand with her grandmother and mother. After watching her grandmother and mother eat, she did not forget to ask, "Is it delicious?"
Naturally, grandma and mom also said it was delicious.
In fact, Lu Cuiling and Su Ruoxi really thought it was delicious, and were even a little surprised by Feng Yifan's slightly innovative method.
Feng Yifan carried his father-in-law downstairs, and the family sat down to have breakfast together.
Although she had eaten rice balls before, the breakfast was still rich. Feng Ruoruo also liked the three-piece buns and steamed buns very much.
Especially the siu mai made by dad today, which the little girl also likes very much. It is not the jade siu mai. The siu mai made by dad today is the pine nut siu mai, which tastes like pine nuts and is also very delicious.
Combined with the flavored soy milk prepared by her father, Feng Ruoruo felt it was really great.
After breakfast, Feng Yifan opened the door of the restaurant so that some people from the breakfast shop next door could come in to eat at Su Ji.
There were also quite a few people at Lin’s breakfast shop today, and it seemed that because it was the weekend, there were probably more people coming here specifically to eat pot stickers than usual.
Seeing that the restaurant next door was open and people could sit down to eat, naturally many people bought pot stickers and brought them to Su Ji to sit down and eat.
Of course, you have to pay for pot stickers at the next door first, because there are so many people. Lin Ruifeng simply asked his mother to collect the money, and he was alone in the back wrapping pot stickers as quickly as possible.
Feng Yifan stood outside the door and looked in, but did not go in to help. This was considered a training for his apprentice.
Fortunately, although there were many people, they basically came in waves. So after Lin Ruifeng's mother received a wave of money, she was able to help her son quickly.
Looking at the busy Lin family members, Feng Yifan was very satisfied with his apprentice's performance. This apprentice has indeed grown a lot.
After being satisfied, Feng Yifan returned to the restaurant. He still needed to go to the kitchen to prepare the rest of the lunch boxes for the outing.
Seeing that nothing was happening, Su Ruoxi simply asked her mother-in-law to help look after her father, while she quietly followed to the kitchen to see what kind of lunch box her husband was making.
Seeing that her parents had gone to the kitchen, little Feng Ruoruo felt that there was nothing to do in the restaurant, so she naturally followed them in.
Su Ruoxi entered the kitchen and saw her husband's cooking table filled with all kinds of things. Among the rice balls that were ready, there were the triangular ones that her daughter had eaten before, as well as cylindrical ones and square ones.
What surprised Su Ruoxi was that for each type of rice ball, all the ingredients her husband used were different.
Such a dazzling array of things really made Su Ruoxi stunned.
Feng Ruoruo followed in and saw her mother in a daze. She smiled and walked over to her and gently pushed her: "Mom, what's wrong with you? Look, isn't Dad very good? He can do so many tricks."
After being pushed by her daughter, Su Ruoxi came to her senses, looked at her daughter beside her, and then looked at her husband.
Then she smiled and said to her daughter, "Yes, Dad is really great. He can cook so many different dishes. Our little baby Ruoruo and her two good friends can have a good meal at noon today."
Feng Ruoruo laughed when she heard this, then reached out and pulled her mother over: "Mom, let's go help Dad."
Su Ruoxi was a little hesitant: "It's not good for us to disturb Dad, right?"
Feng Yifan raised his head and stretched out his hand to his wife: "Come on, let's do it together, it will be faster this way."
Seeing her husband extend his hand, and looking down at her daughter's encouraging expression, Su Ruoxi finally extended her hand. Her husband held her hand and she walked around the kitchen counter, holding her daughter's hand and coming to her husband.
Next, Feng Yifan picked up his daughter, and he and his wife surrounded her, and the three of them started to make rice balls together.