Lu Cuiling's appearance helped to gradually disperse the crowd gathered in front of Su Ji's door.
Although the old street was still crowded with people, many of them were curious about Su Ji. However, after hearing what Lu Cuiling said before, everyone was more restrained and would not force their way into Su Ji.
However, everyone still feels a little regretful that Su Ji is not open today.
Especially some older people, after watching the TV program, come to Su Ji and want to taste the traditional dishes of Su Ji.
Everyone was very curious about the four-flavor lion head cooked by Feng Yifan, and wanted to try it.
But unfortunately, Su Ji is not open today because Su Ji is changing tables today.
After dealing with the people outside, Lu Cuiling and her son returned to Su Ji. Looking at the large round tables, she couldn't help but say, "Son, why don't we just start by removing these tables so that we can put the tables back when your dad and the others come."
Feng Yifan thought for a moment and said, "Mom, why don't we wait a while? We don't have enough people right now."
Lu Cuiling rolled up her sleeves and said, "Why aren't there enough people? Don't we still have your mother to help?"
Seeing her grandmother roll up her sleeves, Feng Ruoruo immediately led her two good friends to stand up: "Grandma, there's Ruoruo too."
Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also said in unison: "Grandma, we can help too."
Seeing the three little girls clamoring for help, Lu Cuiling quickly said, "Hey, three little darlings, these tables are very heavy, you'd better not help, you can't move them."
Feng Ruoruo was still unconvinced: "Sure, sure, grandma, we can help."
As Feng Ruoruo spoke, she pretended to lift the table to show her grandmother.
Lu Cuiling quickly hugged her granddaughter and said, "Okay, okay, let's not do it now. Let's wait for Grandpa to come and let the people he brought with Dad and the others move it, okay?"
Seeing his mother surrender helplessly, Feng Yifan couldn't help but laugh.
When Lu Cuiling saw her son laughing, she glared at him and said, "What are you laughing at?"
Feng Yifan still kept smiling and responded: "I am smiling. I didn't expect that you, mom, would also be afraid. As expected, our Ruoruo can control grandma."
After hearing what her son said, Lu Cuiling immediately said in dissatisfaction: "You little bastard, I feel sorry for your daughter, but you are still making up stories about me, right?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately pouted and spoke up for her grandmother: "Dad, you are not allowed to say bad things about grandma."
Lu Cuiling nodded and said, "That's right, did you hear me? Your daughter won't let you say bad things about grandma. If you dare to make up stories about me again, I'll let your daughter teach you a lesson."
Feng Ruoruo listened to her grandmother's words and raised her fist to her father: "Dad, don't talk about grandma."
Feng Yifan could only surrender when he saw this: "Okay, okay, Dad won't say anything about grandma."
Then, since everyone had nothing to do, they just sat down in the restaurant and waited for Feng Jiandong and the car from the furniture factory.
But after waiting for a while, no one came.
Feng Ruoruo and the other two little girls were already starting to feel a little sleepy.
After all, they didn't take a nap at noon today, and they played for so long and walked a lot, so it is normal for them to start showing fatigue now.
Seeing the three little girls starting to feel sleepy, Su Ruoxi immediately said, "Are you three sleepy? Go upstairs and take a nap first, okay?"
Chen Yaofei's grandmother also agreed, "Yes, yes, go upstairs and take a nap. I'll wake you up for dinner when it's time."
Feng Ruoruo wanted to refute, but she yawned as soon as she opened her mouth.
Seeing her granddaughter's sleepy look, Lu Cuiling also said, "Look, you are so sleepy that you are yawning and you can hardly open your eyes. Let's go upstairs and go to bed."
Feng Ruoruo was still not happy, and pouted her lips and said, "No, I have to wait for Grandpa to come."
Yang Xiaoxi also hummed: "We have to wait with Ruoruo, ha..."
Chen Yaofei even blearily responded, "Well, wait a little longer."
Feng Yifan saw this and said, "Okay, don't wait any longer. Go upstairs and sleep first. When you wake up, the table will be changed. Then you can come down to have dinner and play."
Finally, after repeated persuasion from the adults, the three little girls were so sleepy that they agreed to go upstairs to sleep.
Li Feier happened to park the car and came over, and then the two grandmothers and two mothers took the little girls upstairs to sleep.
Although it was already four o'clock, Su Ji was not open today anyway, so there was no need to worry about the little girls sleeping too long.
Let them take a short nap, and then wake them up for dinner after the table is changed.
Almost immediately after the three little girls upstairs fell asleep, there was a knock on the front door of the shop. Feng Yifan went to open the door and saw his dusty father standing outside.
There were two young men accompanying my father.
Seeing Feng Yifan opening the door, Feng Jiandong quickly introduced: "Yifan, these two are from the furniture factory in the neighboring village. The tables have been pulled over for you, but why are there so many people on the street today?"
Feng Yifan first let his father lead the group in, then he asked everyone to sit down and rest while he gave some explanations.
Feng Jiandong and others were also a little surprised when they heard this. They didn't expect that Feng Yifan and Su Ji would both be on TV.
In particular, the two young men who came with them to the furniture factory, upon hearing that this small restaurant was on TV, could not help but look around, and were filled with curiosity and admiration for this small restaurant.
Feng Yifan first poured some water for his father and the two young men, and then ran to a retail store on the old street to buy two packs of cigarettes.
The two young men were a little flattered when Feng Yifan gave them two packs of cigarettes.
"Oh, brother, you are so polite."
"We can't have it. My dad told us before we came here."
Feng Jiandong smiled and said, "Okay, take them. It's just a pack of cigarettes, not worth much. Besides, these are local cigarettes. Take them back and let your family members have a taste."
After hearing what Feng Jiandong said, the two young men accepted the cigarettes.
After hearing what his father said, Feng Yifan asked, "Do you want me to go get you one? It's just right for you to take back."
The two young men quickly said, "No, really no need, brother."
Feng Jiandong finally said, "Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll arrange these later. Let's take a break, then you open the door and we'll get those tables in."
Feng Yifan thought for a moment and said, "Dad, let's do this. Since these two brothers are here, the three of us can dismantle these large tables and move them to the innermost storage room upstairs. Can I trouble you two?"
After hearing Feng Yifan's words and having received Feng Yifan's warm greeting before, the two young men naturally agreed immediately.
Next, Feng Yifan, the two young men, and Feng Jiandong began to move the tabletops and the shelves supporting the tables one by one to the innermost storage room on the second floor.
However, when they really started moving, they realized the weight of these large round tables.
Even if you take the table top apart, it is still very heavy to lift because it is made of solid wood.
Fortunately, Su Ji only has ten tables, otherwise if there were twenty or thirty, it would probably really exhaust everyone.
Even though there were only ten, Feng Yifan still felt a little guilty after carrying two of them. He could only call Lin Ruifeng and Yang Zhigang, and Yang Zhiyi who had just returned from delivering the car.
In this way, the power of numbers was fully demonstrated, and a group of people finally carried all ten tables of Su Ji to the utility room on the second floor.
The utility room is big enough to hold the tables. In fact, the ten large round tables are fastened together using the old-fashioned mortise and tenon method, so after being disassembled, they don't take up much space.
Even the large round table top can be disassembled into several foldable pieces.
When two young men from the furniture factory saw the wooden tables that could be disassembled, they couldn't help but sigh: "The craftsmanship of these tables is really amazing."
Su Jinrong heard it and said, "It's been many years. Yes, it's made by an old carpenter."
The young man from the furniture factory nodded and said, "Well, this kind of craftsmanship can only be done by those old carpenters. By comparison, the tables in our factory are really several levels lower."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Don't say that. The tables in your factory look pretty good, too."
Another young man couldn't help but say, "That's right, the wooden tables you ordered this time are also handmade by us, and they are all great."
Feng Jiandong immediately smiled and said, "Okay, you guys have praised me so much along the way, hurry up and clean up and take down the table."
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Yes, let's go get the tables first."
At this time, the grandmother and mother who had gone upstairs to coax the little girl to sleep had also come downstairs.
Feng Yifan said to his mother and wife, "Mom, thank you and Ruoxi for your hard work. Sweep the floor here, and mop it if you can. We'll go get the tables over here."
Lu Cuiling turned around, picked up the broom and said, "Okay, you guys go ahead and leave the cleanup here to us."
Next, the men including Feng Yifan went to move the tables, and only the two old men, Chen Yaofei's grandfather and Feng Jiandong, were left behind to accompany Su Jinrong.
As for the two grandmothers and the two mothers, they began to clean the restaurant. Of course, the two grandfathers who did not go also joined in the cleaning, speeding up the cleaning of the restaurant floor.
Finally, in order to facilitate the placement of the table, all the chairs were moved away to create enough space.
At this time, Su Ji's door was open, and many people at the door looked inside. They were all surprised to see that Su Ji didn't even have a table.
"Huh? What's going on? Does Su Ji quit?"
"No way? Didn't you say we'd take a break today?"
"There's not even a table left. Are you really quitting?"
"Oh my god, after such good publicity, you just quit like that?"
"Hurry up and post it on your Moments so everyone knows."
…
While a group of onlookers at the door were discussing, someone came in and asked, "Excuse me, you have removed all the tables. Are you planning to quit? Or are you planning to move?"
Su Ruoxi immediately stood up to explain: "No, we are actually planning to replace a batch of tables. We are not quitting or moving away."
Lu Cuiling also said: "Yes, please don't misunderstand, we changed the table. The previous table was too big and it might not be convenient for a small number of people to come in and eat together, so we changed to a slightly smaller table."
After listening to Lu Cuiling's explanation, the people watching at the door suddenly understood.
"Oh, so it's about changing tables."
"Well, changing to a group of smaller tables would indeed be more suitable for a small restaurant."
"Yes, the tables were too big before, and I always had to share the table with others when eating, which was very awkward."
"What's so awkward about that? Wasn't it normal to share a table in the past?"
"That was in the past. Now when two or three people go out to eat together, it's awkward to mix with others."
…
Su Ruoxi walked to the door and said to the people watching outside the door very seriously: "Please rest assured, our Su Ji will not move out of the old street, because this is our Su Ji's roots. Even if the old street is rebuilt, we will still operate as usual after the reconstruction."
After receiving such an answer, the people watching at the door naturally felt relieved.
"Boss, if you don't leave, we will definitely come here often to eat."
"Yes, there are very few old restaurants like yours nowadays. We will definitely come to support you."
“After the old street is renovated, it will definitely be better than it is now.”
"Yes, yes, it will definitely be better."
…
Su Ruoxi continued with a smile: "Thank you for your support. Su Ji will definitely stick to what we should stick to and make the traditional taste good. My husband will also continue to introduce new dishes so that everyone can always be satisfied with the food."
The crowd burst into applause, and many people shouted "good" in unison.
Not long after, Feng Yifan and his team brought a number of square wooden tables from the east entrance of the old street.
Although these square wooden tables may not be as good as Su Ji’s ten old round tables in terms of material and craftsmanship, they are still quite good in appearance.
The wood grain of each table is very beautiful, and the key is that the table tops are made of whole wooden boards, which looks very integrated.
The four corners of each table are also decorated with hollow carvings, making the wooden table look simple and elegant without being too monotonous.
Seeing these square wooden tables, the onlookers thought that they matched well with Su Ji's traditional restaurant.
"Not bad, these square wooden tables really match the style of the restaurant."
"Yes, it matches very well. It looks beautiful."
"Hahaha, this feels very much like an old-time teahouse."
"It's not just restaurants, right? Most of the old restaurants should be like this."
…
Amid the onlookers and discussions, Feng Yifan and his group went back and forth several times and finally moved all twenty wooden tables into Su Ji.
After moving the tables, Feng Yifan and his colleagues were all exhausted and out of breath. It must be said that it was really hard work.
Yang Zhiyi sat down and said, "Oh my God, this is really tiring."
Feng Yifan felt a little sorry: "Thank you so much for coming today. I will cook tonight. If you all stay, I will definitely make a good meal for everyone."
Yang Zhiyi was naturally not polite after hearing this: "Of course, we have worked so hard, we must give Chef Feng a good meal."
Yang Zhigang also agreed: "Yes, yes, you have to give Yifan a good beating. Yifan, you have to show your best cooking skills."
The others naturally agreed.
Feng Yifan smiled and agreed: "Okay, today I will use my best skills to serve you all well."