The two cars drove out of the city where the old street was located and headed towards the lakeside area in the south.
To the south of Huaicheng, there is a pleasant lake. The lake is not very big and is located at the junction of Huaicheng and Yangcheng to the south.
It was originally a suburban area of the two cities.
In recent years, the province has taken the lead in promoting Huaiyang cuisine culture in the two cities of Huai and Yang. The two cities have also jointly managed the lakes.
Gradually, with the lake as the center point, some surrounding areas were covered to build a lakeside area spanning two cities.
Huaicheng's famous Fujing Tower is located on the north bank of the lake.
Also on the south bank of the lake, there is a symmetrical restaurant specially built by Yangcheng, Huchunju.
The two restaurants can also be regarded as scenic and viewing points on the lakeside.
However, although this lake cannot be compared with the famous large lakes in China, its water area is indeed not small. Therefore, in addition to the two restaurants, there are still many attractions to visit in the surrounding area.
Therefore, most of the locals in Huaicheng and Yangcheng would not choose Fujinglou and Huchunju.
The reason, of course, is that the prices of the dishes at both restaurants are not affordable.
The car drove out of the city and slowly approached the lakeside area.
Although this place is considered a suburb, it is actually quite prosperous, and there are special tourist routes from Huaicheng and Yangcheng to here.
Therefore, during holidays, this so-called suburb always attracts many tourists.
While driving, Li Feier called her husband: "Hello? Should we park at Fujing Building? Or should we go to the lakeside parking lot?"
Fujinglou has a good location, so its parking lot usually receives some tourists to park during holidays. Of course, if you don't eat at Fujinglou, the parking fee is not low.
Yang Zhiyi quickly responded: "We are not going to Fujinglou for dinner, so we should park the car in the public parking lot over at the lakeside."
Li Feier said, "But there might be a queue at the public parking lot."
Yang Zhiyi hesitated for a moment.
At this moment, Feng Yifan suddenly made a call: "Hello, is this cousin Liancheng? I'm Feng Yifan. We're taking the kids to the lake today, but there's no place to park. I wonder if we can use the Fujing Building parking lot?"
Not only the people in the cars on both sides, but also Su Liancheng, who was preparing for today's business at Fujing Building, never expected that Feng Yifan would call him.
After a brief moment of shock, Su Liancheng immediately agreed: "Sure, tell me the license plate number and I'll tell the gatekeeper, and you can drive right in when you arrive."
Feng Yifan responded with a smile: "Okay, thank you for your help, cousin."
Then, Feng Yifan asked Yang Zhiyi for the license plate number and reported the license plate numbers of the two cars to Su Liancheng.
After hanging up the phone, Feng Yifan saw silence in the car and in the other car. He smiled and said, "What's wrong with you? Since there is such a convenience, why not use it?"
But Feng Yifan then said to his father-in-law in the back seat: "Dad, can we use the Fujing Building parking lot?"
Su Jinrong came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Why not? Just stop there."
After hearing his father-in-law's words, Feng Yifan continued, "Look, the old man is the one who understands. We should take advantage of the convenience. The key is to bring the children out to play today and have fun."
In another car on the other end of the phone, Su Ruoxi finally spoke up: "You are just bold. It is wrong to act first and report later."
Feng Yifan quickly said to the phone: "Don't be angry, honey. I will definitely ask for instructions first next time."
Yang Zhiyi couldn't help but ask, "Then are we still going to Fujing Building?"
Over there, Li Fei'er and Su Ruoxi said almost in unison: "Go."
With the two wives' decision, the car naturally drove directly to Fujing Building.
After the mothers hung up the phone, Feng Ruoruo immediately asked curiously: "Mom, why do we need that building? Aren't we going to play by the lake?"
Chen Yaofei helped to add: "It's Fujing Building."
Yang Xiaoxi also asked: "Yes, yes, why do we have to go to Fujing Building? And who did Uncle Feng call to tell us we were going?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and replied, "We went there to park. Two cars drove here today. If we don't park the cars properly, we won't have a suitable place to play."
After hearing this, the three little girls behind immediately understood.
Feng Ruoruo said with a smile: "So you're going to park the car."
Yang Xiaoxi added: "That's right, just park the car. We have our own food, so we don't have to go to Fujinglou to eat."
Chen Yaofei followed up by saying, "Fujinglou is so expensive, and the food is not tasty."
Hearing the three little girls chatting in the back seat, the two mothers driving in the front smiled at each other and continued driving towards Fujing Building.
At this time in Fujing Building, after Su Liancheng hung up the phone, he immediately instructed the gate guard to let the two cars in and not to charge Feng Yifan and his car.
As luck would have it, just as Su Liancheng had given instructions to the gatekeeper, his father Chen Wei appeared behind him at some point.
Chen Wei asked curiously: "Do you have any friends coming?"
Su Liancheng hesitated for a moment, but answered truthfully: "It's my uncle. Feng Yifan called just now and said that they were going to play by the lake together, but there was no place to park. He asked if they could park the car in our parking lot."
Chen Wei looked at his son and asked in surprise, "You agreed?"
Su Liancheng nodded.
Chen Wei then muttered with a strange look on his face: "With your uncle's personality, he actually allowed his son-in-law to call you and even agreed to park the car at Fujing Building?"
Su Liancheng suddenly asked, "Oh, by the way, will my mother come over today?"
Chen Wei smiled and replied, "Don't worry, your mother definitely won't be able to come today. She has to attend a meeting of the Catering Association today. But today, it seems that your uncle will come."
Su Liancheng was a little surprised: "Master uncle is coming? Master uncle hasn't gone back yet?"
Chen Wei nodded and said, "Of course I didn't go back. Do you think your uncle came all the way here just for the old plaque in your grandfather's house?"
Su Liancheng asked curiously, "What's that for?"
Chen Wei lowered his voice and said, "It's for the 'Red Mansion Banquet'."
Su Liancheng was shocked for a moment.
The Red Mansion Banquet is a big event, especially for the domestic catering and culinary circles.
You should know that "Dream of Red Mansions" is a famous classical masterpiece. The reason why it is a classic is that the descriptions of some human nature in the market in the book are really very delicate and exquisite.
In particular, there is a very detailed description of the dishes.
The Red Mansion Banquet is the dishes in the book and is also a reproduction of the various banquets in the book.
There are also many famous chefs in the domestic catering and culinary circles who have conducted research on the Red Mansion Banquet for a long time.
Su Liancheng didn't expect that Zhuang Daozhong made a special trip to Huaicheng for such a purpose.
After a moment of silence, Su Liancheng asked his father, "Dad, tell me, does Master Uncle have a crush on Feng Yifan? Does he want Feng Yifan to participate in the Red Mansion Banquet?"
Chen Wei said confidently: "That's for sure. Your uncle's attitude was very clear that night."
Su Liancheng then asked: "Then, if Feng Yifan participated in the Red Mansion Banquet, wouldn't it be very disadvantageous to my mother?"
Chen Wei smiled and responded, "Whether you participate or not, it will be disadvantageous to your mother, because we lost the old plaque to your uncle, so we were not qualified to come back and ask for it."
Hearing his father's words, Su Liancheng asked in surprise: "Dad, didn't my mom lose that year?"
Chen Wei shook his head and said, "If you lose, you lose. I didn't have the qualifications to compete with your uncle at the time, so if your mother loses, we lose."
As the father and son were chatting here, a message came from the gate guard on the intercom: "Boss Su, the two cars you mentioned are here."
Su Liancheng immediately said, "Okay, let them in and arrange for them to park in the VIP parking space."
After hanging up the intercom, Su Liancheng looked at his father and asked, "Dad, do you want to go see my uncle?"
Chen Wei nodded and said, "Go, we haven't seen each other for many years, it's time to meet each other."
The father and son then rushed to the VIP parking area in Fujing Building together.
Under the guidance, Yang Zhiyi drove the car into the VIP parking area and couldn't help but sigh: "It's amazing that we were arranged to park in the VIP parking area. I have never parked here before. It turns out that this side is more spacious."
After all, Fujinglou is a well-known restaurant in Huaicheng, so it also has to undertake some reception activities.
The so-called VIP parking area is usually not open. It is only used for parking special vehicles when there are reception activities.
Not to mention that it was Yang Zhiyi's first time, it was also Li Feier's first time to park the car and come in.
The two cars were parked next to each other, and the group quickly prepared their things and got out.
The three little girls got off the bus quickly and ran over here, waiting together for their grandparents, grandfather and fathers to get off the bus.
Feng Yifan got out of the car first, went to the back to get the wheelchair, and placed it next to the car. After everyone else got out of the car, he carried his father-in-law down and put him in the wheelchair.
As soon as Su Jinrong sat down in the wheelchair, he saw two familiar figures standing outside the parking space waiting.
Feng Yifan turned around and raised his head, and also saw Chen Wei and Su Liancheng, father and son.
Feng Yifan was no stranger to Chen Wei. He had met Chen Wei when he last acquired Su Lanxin Catering Group in his previous life, and the two had also had a cooking showdown in their previous life.
It’s just that Feng Yifan was at the peak of his career at that time, while Chen Wei was already an old man in his twilight years.
So the result is predictable, Chen Wei is no match for Feng Yifan.
When we met again after a lifetime, Chen Wei was still dressed as stylishly as ever, exuding a bohemian feeling.
But today, Chen Wei was still very respectful. He led Su Liancheng to Su Jinrong, took the initiative to bow and extend his hand to Su Jinrong to greet him: "Brother, long time no see."
Su Jinrong also raised his hand, shook hands with Chen Wei and said, "Senior Brother, you shouldn't call me Big Brother."
Although Chen Wei is much older than Su Jinrong, he still insisted: "No, you are Lan Xin's brother, I should call you big brother, after all, according to Su's rules, I am the son-in-law."
Su Liancheng also took the initiative to greet him: "Hello, uncle."
The atmosphere was a little awkward. Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Thank you for bothering my uncle and cousin today. They gave us such a good parking space. We won't bother you anymore. We still have to take the kids out to play."
As soon as Feng Yifan opened his mouth, he not only broke the awkwardness, but also made his attitude clear directly.
We are just here to park our car and have no intention of catching up with you.
Su Liancheng was stunned for a moment, but still said, "How about going to Fujinglou at noon to try our dishes? It just so happens that my uncle and cousin-in-law can give us some pointers."
Feng Yifan smiled and declined: "I don't deserve your advice. If it weren't for my uncle, I wouldn't teach you how to do it."
Chen Wei looked at Feng Yifan and sized him up: "Feng Yifan? Well, I've heard of your name. It was your creativity that helped the 'Victon' restaurant get three stars, right?"
Feng Yifan pretended to be surprised, but in fact he was not surprised at all, because that matter could not be concealed in the foreign catering industry.
You know, for any restaurant abroad, every one-star increase is a very sensational thing.
What's more, three stars is already considered the top restaurant.
Naturally, after a restaurant is upgraded to a new star, it will attract attention from all sides. The entire process of upgrading the star cannot be kept secret forever in the industry.
Feng Yifan pretended to be surprised, then acted calmer and said, "It's just a small matter."
Chen Wei then said: "It is indeed a small matter, but your departure will probably be the biggest loss for the restaurant."
Feng Yifan immediately laughed: "Uncle, you are really too kind. I don't have such great ability."
When the two were about to continue chatting, Feng Ruoruo ran over, took her father's hand and said, "Dad, let's go quickly. We have been standing here for a long time. We are going to get tanned."
Hearing his daughter's words, Feng Yifan immediately lowered his head and looked at her: "I'm sorry, Ruoruo got tanned. Let's go quickly."
After coaxing his daughter, Feng Yifan raised his head and said to Chen Wei and Su Liancheng again: "I'm so sorry, we really have to leave. Thank you uncle and cousin for your help."
This time, Chen Wei and Su Liancheng did not stop them. They watched Feng Yifan and his large group of people, surrounding the three little girls, leave.
Looking at the backs of that group of people leaving, seeing their laughter and joy.
Su Liancheng couldn't help but feel a little envious: "I really envy them for being so happy. Seeing this scene, I suddenly seem to understand why Feng Yifan didn't want to compete at all, and why my uncle recovered so quickly."
Chen Wei couldn't help but sigh: "It's really enviable. They should be happier."
Su Liancheng suddenly turned his head and looked at his father and said, "Dad, can't you and Mom reconcile?"
Chen Wei was stunned at first after hearing his son's words, then he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's impossible. Some things can't be undone, especially for someone as strong as your mother. She will never allow the slightest betrayal."
Su Liancheng added: "But, didn't mom still let you be the head chef?"
Chen Wei smiled bitterly again: "That's because I am of such value to her."
After hearing what his father said, Su Liancheng was speechless. He could only turn his head again, looking at his uncle's family leaving with envy in his eyes.