Although Zhang Fenglin was somewhat hesitant to face his father, he agreed after being persuaded by his partner Ji Renjie and his apprentice Liu Quan. He took some time to visit Su Ji and ask Feng Yifan for advice.
This Sunday, there is still a constant stream of people coming to the old street.
The effect of Li Fei'er's program "Fei Chang Zhi Zhi" is obviously continuing to ferment, evoking memories of the old street among many older people and attracting more young people to visit the old street.
Today, among the young people coming to the old street, there are many boys and girls who specialize in wearing Hanfu.
Although Hanfu costumes are now common in many places, they are still very special in cities like Huaicheng.
Therefore, the appearance of this group of young boys and girls wearing Hanfu quickly became a landscape on the old street.
One thing that must be admitted is that walking on the old street wearing Hanfu really gives you the feeling of dreaming back to the Han Dynasty and traveling through time and space.
For this group of big boys and girls wearing Hanfu, it seemed like they had finally found a place to show off their Hanfu, and they were all full of surprises on the old street.
"It's really great here. The atmosphere is really suitable for wearing Hanfu."
"Yes, yes, look at those shops, they all have those old-fashioned wooden door panels."
"Yes, yes. The road surface under our feet is also paved with stone slabs. If it were replaced with bluestone slabs, it would definitely be more atmospheric."
"Everyone can come together to make suggestions. Isn't this place going to be renovated? Let's put forward this suggestion together."
"This is a good idea. Let's all come together to launch an initiative to renovate this street."
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This group of young people, with their own preferences and endless energy, has brought a new and beautiful landscape to the old street.
Shen Qingluo is one of this group of young people, but she came here alone today.
Because she saw the old street through a TV program that she often witnessed, and vaguely recalled that her grandmother had described this old street to her when she was still alive.
Especially when Shen Qingluo saw the introduction about Su Ji, she became even more certain that Su Ji should be the restaurant that her grandma had mentioned.
Shen Qingluo clearly remembered that when her grandmother was alive, she often told her that there was a very good small restaurant on such an old street full of ancient charm.
"You don't know, the chef of that restaurant really makes the dishes look like works of art. The most famous one is the unique lion's head dish, which has a variety of flavors and is really delicious."
When Shen Qingluo heard grandma talking about this, she and her grandma were both abroad.
In the end, grandma unfortunately passed away due to illness abroad and was never able to come back to the old street she missed, nor was she able to taste her favorite lion head again.
After completing her studies abroad, Shen Qingluo rejected the career path arranged by her parents and chose to return home.
She always remembered what her grandma said and wanted to see the old street and taste the lion's head.
Shen Qingluo returned to China and came to her hometown as her grandmother said. However, she had been back in Huaicheng for more than a month, but she still couldn't find out about the street market and restaurant that her grandmother mentioned.
When Shen Qingluo saw the scene of this old street through Feichang's witness and saw Su Ji, she was really excited.
As if she had a sense of blood identity, she could be sure at a glance that this was the place her grandmother had described.
Now that she was actually standing on this quaint old street, Shen Qingluo couldn't help but think in her heart what her grandma had once told her.
"The roads on the street are all paved with smooth stones, not bricks, but stones.
The shops on both sides also have very simple old-fashioned wooden doors that interlock with each other, and the two-story shops have protruding eaves.
The black and grey tiles and white walls look like a street market in an ink painting. Walking on the stone pavement is like going back to the streets of ancient times.
According to what my grandma said in my memory, the road under my feet was indeed paved with smooth stones.
Although the surface is very flat, the shape of each stone is irregular, so stones of different shapes are spliced together to create very strange patterns.
It fits what grandma said.
But then, when Shen Qingluo looked up at the shops on both sides of the old street, he still felt a little disappointed.
The walls are no longer white due to years of wind and rain, but have taken on a dark yellow color.
The eaves above some shop doors have been removed, and only a few are still preserved.
Apparently, some of the cornices had collapsed due to long-term lack of maintenance, so the shop owner simply removed them for safety reasons.
Of course, some shops still retain their eaves, but some are roughly reinforced, so they don’t look that beautiful.
At this moment, looking at the street scene, Shen Qingluo finally understood why the locals called this place "Old Street".
It is true that this street is very old and very dilapidated.
Although everything on the street was somewhat different from what grandma said, it did not affect Shen Qingluo's mood at all.
She was still very serious, walking on the old street, observing the shops on both sides, and from time to time she would get closer to take a look at the various things being sold in the shops.
After walking along most of the street, Shen Qingluo had a deep understanding of this old street, and finally she arrived at the door of Su Ji.
When Shen Qingluo saw the front of Su Ji on TV, he was already very amazed. He had seen that Su Ji might be the only shop on the old street with the most intact front.
And at this moment, I was actually standing in front of Su Ji's door, looking at the quaint facade, the black-gray tiles on the eaves, and the white walls on both sides of the door.
Especially the old plaque hanging in front of them.
Shen Qingluo felt a little bit unbelievable in his heart. This restaurant had existed for more than a hundred years, and it had managed to preserve its facade so well. It was really amazing.
Looking at the door, I recalled what my grandma said and the scenes I saw on TV yesterday.
Shen Qingluo couldn't help but think of the four lion heads, and he really felt like he was about to shed tears.
When Shen Qingluo was standing at the door in a daze, suddenly a soft voice sounded: "Sister, your clothes are so beautiful."
Hearing the sudden voice, Shen Qingluo immediately lowered his head and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw a very cute little girl standing at the door of Su Ji's restaurant, staring at Shen Qingluo with a pair of big watery eyes.
Shen Qingluo's first impression when he saw the little girl was that she was really beautiful, as delicate and delicate as a porcelain doll.
Especially the chubby little face, which really makes people want to pinch it.
Feng Ruoruo stared at the older sister standing in front of the door for a while and found that the older sister had been staring at her. The little girl gradually felt a little embarrassed, but she still mustered up the courage to ask: "Sister, are you here for dinner?"
Shen Qingluo came back to his senses after being asked this question, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, I am here to eat."
Feng Ruoruo made a gesture of invitation and said, "Sister, come in then. Sit down and wait for a while. Daddy still needs a while to prepare. You can order food with mom first. Ruoruo will help you tell daddy."
After hearing what the little girl said, Shen Qingluo couldn't help laughing, because she really thought the little girl was very cute.
He was able to explain things in a very organized manner. The key point was that from what the little girl said, it seemed that the division of labor in the small restaurant was quite clear.
Dad is in charge of cooking in the kitchen.
Mom is in charge of ordering.
Ruoruo is responsible for telling her father about the customers' orders.
In Shen Qingluo's opinion, this is a very interesting combination. He thinks this family must be very close, which is why they have such a cute little girl.
Shen Qingluo nodded and said, "Okay, then sister, please go in and sit for a while."
Feng Ruoruo immediately turned around and ran to her mother inside, and said to her proudly, "Mom, Ruoruo has attracted another customer."
When Su Ruoxi heard her daughter's words, she turned around and saw Shen Qingluo walking in. She smiled and nodded to Shen Qingluo.
Shen Qingluo's entry still attracted the attention of many guests who were already waiting in the restaurant.
This morning, many young people wearing Hanfu appeared on the old street. But in terms of exquisiteness and bright color matching, none of them could compare to Shen Qingluo's.
Especially between Shen Qingluo's eyebrows, there are some obvious Western features, which makes it easy to recognize that he is mixed-race.
Coupled with a very beautiful Hanfu, she naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.
Feng Ruoruo told her mother that after seeing her elder sister sit down, she also ran back to her grandfather and grandparents.
The little girl crawled into her grandmother's arms and whispered to her: "Grandma, that sister is so pretty, and her clothes are so pretty, too, much prettier than the Hanfu of the brothers and sisters on the street."
The name "Hanfu" was taught to Feng Ruoruo by her grandmother when she saw her brothers and sisters wearing Hanfu in the morning.
Lu Cuiling also looked Shen Qingluo up and down carefully, and whispered to her granddaughter, "Well, our Ruoruo really has good taste. This sister's clothes are indeed more beautiful. Grandma can be sure that this sister's clothes must be very expensive."
After hearing her grandmother's judgment, Feng Ruoruo looked at her with her big, twinkling eyes, thinking that her grandmother was so amazing.
"Grandma is so amazing. She can tell that my sister's clothes are very expensive."
To Feng Ruoruo, her grandma is really amazing. She can tell that other people’s clothes are very expensive, but Ruoruo can’t tell that, so her grandma is really amazing.
Being praised by her granddaughter, Lu Cuiling couldn't help but laugh. She hugged her granddaughter and said, "You are such a talkative little girl. Grandma really likes you."
Feng Ruoruo also hugged her grandmother, and then interacted intimately with her grandmother with a smile.
Shen Qingluo, who had already sat down, looked around the small restaurant, and the image of his grandma eating here seemed to appear in his mind.
Shen Qingluo remembered that her grandmother said that when she was in middle school, she often came here to eat with her parents.
When my grandma was in college, she went abroad with her parents and never came back.
Every time Shen Qingluo heard her grandma say this, she would feel very longing, and today she finally sat here.
Su Ruoxi came up to the Hanfu girl and said with a smile, "Hello, I need to tell you before you order, we don't cook at noon at Su Ji, we only provide fried rice and Yi Fu noodles."
While listening to Su Ruoxi's introduction, Shen Qingluo's eyes flashed with the scene of his grandmother telling him the story.
Grandma sat in the recliner, looking towards the east with a longing look on her face, and then muttered: "For lunch, there are only fried rice and Yi Fu noodles. You can choose a lot of different toppings for Yi Fu noodles, such as small yellow croaker toppings and braised lion head toppings. They are all delicious."
After hearing what the proprietress said, Shen Qingluo had a picture in his mind and said something excitedly.
"Yes, it's right. It's really right."
Shen Qingluo muttered something, which scared Su Ruoxi. She didn't quite understand what the Hanfu girl meant by "matched". What did she match
Su Ruoxi calmed down and asked with a smile, "What would you like to order?"
Shen Qingluo recalled her grandmother's introduction again, and after a careful recollection, she ordered a bowl of noodles.
"I want to order a bowl of noodles with small yellow croaker tofu as topping."
Yellow croaker tofu was once one of Su Ji’s signature Yi Fu noodles toppings. However, except for some old diners, young customers rarely mention this topping.
In fact, the topping for this bowl of noodles is not complicated, it is just yellow croaker stewed with tofu as the topping.
But there is a very time-consuming part in this process, which is that the yellow croaker stewed with tofu must be made fresh every time.
You must eat freshly cooked yellow croaker stewed with tofu and pour it on Yi Fu noodles to get the most authentic taste.
Su Ruoxi looked at Shen Qingluo and was really surprised that such a young girl could order such a classic Yi Fu noodles with toppings. She couldn't help but wonder why the girl knew it
Shen Qingluo saw the proprietress was stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Isn't it possible to make this dish now?"
Being pulled back to her senses by Shen Qingluo's nervous question, Su Ruoxi quickly said, "Oh, no, no, we will make it for you if you ask, but it will take some time."
Hearing that it could be made for him, Shen Qingluo was naturally very happy: "It's okay, I'm willing to wait for the delicious food."
Shen Qingluo's heart was filled with joy: it was worth waiting any longer to be able to eat Yi Fu noodles with toppings that her grandma had said she loved.
Seeing that Shen Qingluo was willing to wait, Su Ruoxi nodded and agreed: "Okay, then do you need anything else? Although we don't provide stir-fried dishes at noon, we do have side dishes."
Shen Qingluo asked immediately after hearing this: "Then, can I order the lion head?"
Su Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook her head: "Sorry, we don't cook separate dishes at noon, so you can't order lion head, but you can order a double topping, braised lion head and yellow croaker tofu together.asxs.."
Shen Qingluo asked in surprise: "Do you want to order two servings of noodles?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and replied: "No, you can add noodles if you need them. Double toppings are two toppings put together. Of course, one of the toppings will be placed separately according to your needs."
This way of ordering food is also an interesting way of eating toppings designed by Feng Yifan after changing the tables in Su Ji.
Shen Qingluo immediately said, "Okay, then I want this. I want Yifu noodles with braised lion's head and yellow croaker tofu. I don't need to add noodles. Can I put the lion's head alone?"
Su Ruoxi nodded and agreed: "Okay, we can serve the braised lion head topping separately according to your request."
After ordering the food, Shen Qingluo immediately got ready to go, sitting there staring at the kitchen door with anticipation.