At around 9:40 in the evening, the last table of guests finally left the restaurant satisfied.
Su Ji's business for the day ended successfully. Feng Yifan came out of the kitchen, quickly cleaned up the dishes on the table, and sent them all to the washroom in the alley outside the kitchen.
Zhao Daxia saw another batch of food being delivered and asked, "Is this the last table?"
Feng Yifan immediately replied: "Yes, this is the last table. Thank you for your hard work, sister."
Zhao Daxia straightened up, twisted her waist and said, "It's okay, not too hard. It's much easier than other places I've worked. You can go and get busy. I'll take care of this."
Feng Yifan had seen Zhao Daxia's work and knew that this lady was indeed very skillful, so he was quite relieved.
Back in the kitchen, Feng Yifan said to his apprentice, "Ruifeng, Sister Zhao will wash the dishes today, so we will go to the front to clean the restaurant first, and then clean up the kitchen."
Lin Ruifeng also responded, but he still finished the work at hand first. He cleaned the cooking table and wiped the knife, chopping board and chopping board clean.
After finishing all this, Lin Ruifeng and his master walked out of the kitchen and went to the front to help clean the restaurant.
The restaurant door was closed, and then a group of people first wiped the tables and chairs, especially the oil stains on the table top, which had to be wiped carefully.
Cleaning the restaurant also takes a lot of time. Fortunately, Feng Yifan, Lin Ruifeng and Su Ruoxi work together, so each person’s workload is not very heavy.
After wiping the tables and chairs, I soaked the floor with the soapy water and then mopped the floor carefully.
The three of them finished cleaning the front of the restaurant, and Zhao Daxia had also washed all the bowls, chopsticks and plates in the back.
When she came to the front and saw Feng Yifan and others busy, Zhao Daxia immediately started to work.
Zhao Daxia asked Feng Yifan directly: "Boss, I have already washed all the dishes in the back and put them in the disinfection cabinet you mentioned. Do you want to check it out?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "No need, I trust you, big sister."
But Zhao Daxia was still very serious: "No, boss, I think you should still go and check it out. I will wait for you to check it out before I take the money and leave, in case there is anything wrong."
Seeing that Zhao Daxia was very persistent, Feng Yifan went to take a look behind.
After making sure that all the bowls, chopsticks and plates were put into the sterilizer and were indeed all cleaned very cleanly, Feng Yifan couldn't help but admire Zhao Daxia's attitude towards work.
Back at the restaurant, Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Sister, you did a great job. I am very satisfied."
Zhao Daxia finally smiled and said, "Okay, as long as the boss is satisfied."
Su Ruoxi handed the prepared money to Zhao Daxia: "Sister, this is today's money, please keep it."
After receiving the money, Zhao Daxia put it in her pocket, and the smile on her face became even wider: "Okay, we're even today. The boss and the boss's wife are both straightforward people, and I'm very happy with my work. Then I'll go back first."
Seeing that Zhao Daxia was about to leave, Feng Yifan thought for a moment and ran to the kitchen again, taking out the lunch box containing pine nut crisps from the kitchen.
"Big sister, you seem to like this snack, so I'll bring it back for you to eat."
Zhao Daxia was embarrassed to answer, "How can I accept this? I work for you and you provide me with food. I have already been paid, how can I accept this?"
Just at this moment, Feng Ruoruo came back hand in hand with her grandmother.
After seeing off her two good friends, Feng Ruoruo followed her grandmother to the small park to play for a while.
Seeing that it was getting late, the grandmother brought her granddaughter back with her.
As soon as she entered the door, she heard Aunt Zhao refusing the snacks her father had sent her. The little girl quickly stepped forward and said, "Aunt, take them. The snacks my father made are delicious. You can take them home and eat them slowly."
Seeing Feng Ruoruo coming back and hearing what Feng Ruoruo said, Zhao Daxia didn't know what to do.
While I was in a daze, Lu Cuiling came over and said, "Take it. A box of snacks is not worth much."
In the end, Zhao Daxia accepted the snacks and said goodbye to the family in the restaurant. After leaving the restaurant, she looked back and saw the family with smiling faces in the restaurant. Zhao Daxia felt lucky to work in such a family.
Unconsciously holding the lunch box tightly, Zhao Daxia turned and walked toward the east end of the old street, quickly disappearing into the night.
Feng Ruoruo waited obediently for her father to close the door, then immediately rushed to her father, raised her little head and looked at him and asked, "Dad, today is Saturday, can I sleep with you and mom tonight?"
Feng Yifan looked at the expectant expression on his daughter's face, then looked up at his mother, then nodded and agreed: "Okay, sure."
Feng Ruoruo immediately laughed happily: "That's great, I can sleep with mom and dad."
Seeing her granddaughter's happy expression, Lu Cuiling pretended to be unhappy and pouted: "Grandma is being disliked like this."
Hearing her grandmother's words, the little girl quickly turned around and threw herself into her grandmother's arms.
"No, grandma is not disliked. Ruoruo likes grandma the most. But Ruoruo sleeps with grandma every day. Just today, she will sleep with mom and dad for one night."
Hearing her granddaughter's words, Lu Cuiling gently pinched her little face and said, "Okay, then you can sleep with mom and dad tonight."
Feng Ruoruo was naturally very happy and snuggled into her grandmother's arms, saying sweetly, "Grandma is so nice."
Feng Yifan glanced at the time and saw that it was almost ten o'clock, so he asked his father-in-law, "Dad, how about I carry you upstairs and you go to bed first? It's almost ten o'clock."
Su Jinrong waved his hand instead: "No hurry, you guys sit down first, we'll discuss it."
After hearing what Su Jinrong said, everyone sat down and looked at him strangely.
Seeing that everyone was sitting down, Su Jinrong thought for a moment and said, "Let's discuss how to compete with Su Lanxin."
Everyone fell silent, even Feng Ruoruo was lying in her grandmother's arms, being well behaved and silent.
As for Lin Ruifeng, who was sitting aside, although he had something to say, he didn't know what to say since his master didn't say anything.
After a moment of silence, Su Jinrong looked at his son-in-law and asked, "What do you think? How are you going to deal with it?"
Feng Yifan raised his head and looked at his father-in-law with a serious expression. Then he saw his daughter playing in her grandmother's arms, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
"Dad, since Grandmaster Uncle has also said that we should decide how to compete, then my idea is that we should just compete on Ruoruo's birthday."
This sentence surprised everyone present.
Su Jinrong frowned and looked at his son-in-law and asked, "Ruoruo's birthday? How are you going to celebrate?"
Feng Yifan reached out and pulled his daughter from her grandmother's arms, picked her up and put her on his lap, and said in front of his daughter very seriously: "It's very simple. We both cook a dish for Ruoruo, and let Ruoruo and the children who came to celebrate her birthday judge it."
Feng Ruoruo didn't care about the competition her father was talking about. She just heard her father say that he wanted to celebrate her birthday and invite some children.
The little girl immediately turned around and hugged her father's face and said, "Dad, should I invite all the children in the kindergarten to my birthday party? I want to invite Xixi and Feifei, and Liuyan, and Zhang Zhuangzhuang, and..."
Feng Ruoruo really knew them all by heart and almost called out the names of all the children in her kindergarten class.
Of course, there were a few names that Feng Ruoruo never reported, such as "Liu Zihao".
Maybe if the little boy knew, he would be very sad, right
Feng Yifan listened to his daughter and asked her to stop for a moment. He said to everyone seriously, "I want to invite Ruoruo's kindergarten children to celebrate Children's Day on Ruoruo's birthday.
Then we asked my aunt and others to come over, and we prepared a banquet for the children in the kitchen with the theme of Children's Day.
In the end, let the children judge who did the best. "
Su Ruoxi couldn't help but speak up when she heard this: "If we let the children judge, would my aunt and the others think it's unfair? And wouldn't it seem a joke if the children judged?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "How can this be a joke?"
Then, he asked his daughter, "Then Ruoruo, are you willing to be a judge for Dad?"
Feng Ruoruo thought for a moment and asked, "Dad, if Ruoruo is the judge, whoever Ruoruo says is the best will win, right?"
Feng Yifan nodded: "That's right, whoever Ruoruo says cooks the best food wins."
Feng Ruoruo agreed immediately: "Okay, then Ruoruo will be the judge, and Ruoruo will definitely say that Dad wins."
Feng Yifan was stunned when he heard his daughter say this.
When Su Ruoxi heard her daughter's words, she immediately laughed: "Hahaha, look, you still say it's not a joke, you let Ruoruo be the judge, and Ruoruo decided that daddy is the best, how can you compete?"
Feng Ruoruo became unhappy when she heard what her mother said. She pouted her lips and stretched out her hand to hold her mother to stop her from speaking.
"Mom, you're wrong. Dad is the best."
Su Ruoxi reached out her hand and held her daughter, and then pulled her daughter into her arms. She explained to her daughter seriously with a smile on her face.
"It's true that Ruoruo thinks her father is the best, but if it's a competition and Ruoruo is a judge, she must be fair and just. If she can't be fair and just, then Ruoruo is not qualified to be a judge."
The little girl still pouted and said, "Ruoruo just thinks daddy's food is the best."
Su Ruoxi looked at her husband and asked, "Look, how are you going to compare?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said confidently, "It's very simple. We will not tell Ruoruo which dish was made by me after we make it. This way, Ruoruo and her friends can evaluate it according to their preferences."
Su Ruoxi was really surprised by her husband's idea.
Then both the two elderly people, Su Jinrong and Lu Cuiling, and Lin Ruifeng who was sitting on the side listening, felt that this was indeed a good idea.
Feng Ruoruo leaned towards her father from her mother's arms and whispered, "Dad, you can tell Ruoruo quietly."
Feng Yifan touched his daughter's head and said seriously, "Don't tell Ruoruo. We must ensure fairness and justice. No cheating. 'Do you understand?'
Seeing that her father was very serious, Feng Ruoruo shrank her little head back into her mother's arms, but still nodded.
Su Jinrong said at this time: "Well, this method is okay."
Seeing his father-in-law agreed, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Since you think it's okay, let's tell our uncle-in-law and ask him to talk to my aunt. Anyway, if my aunt wants to compete, she has to follow this plan."
Lu Cuiling asked with some concern: "Son, are you really sure?"
Hearing her mother-in-law ask this, Su Ruoxi thought about it and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Yes, if we let a group of children be the judges, without telling them in advance who made it, and simply let the children judge based on their preferences, will there really be no problem?"
Although Su Ruoxi has seen her husband making various snacks for her daughter's kindergarten children during this period, the children all loved them very much.
But if it is a cooking competition, every child has a different taste.
Moreover, children often have some bad preferences. In this case, it is very difficult to make dishes that will attract all the children.
Feng Yifan thought for a moment and said, "Don't we still have a judge like Uncle Shigong?"
At this point, Feng Yifan looked at his father-in-law again: "Besides, Dad can also be the judge, and let my aunt send someone as well, so that there will be three professional judges and the children's opinions will be combined."
After hearing this plan, everyone thought about it carefully and felt that this plan was indeed suitable.
The theme of the banquet for both parties was Children's Day, so the children were the first group of judges.
It depends on the children's preference.
Secondly, one judge from each side will form a three-person judging panel with Zhuang Daozhong to judge from a professional perspective.
Seeing that no one seemed to have any objections, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "I think that in this way, my aunt will not have any objections either. We can use this closed competition in Su Ji to determine who is better."
Su Jinrong finally made the decision: "Okay, let's do it."
After finalizing the competition plan, Feng Yifan led his apprentices to the kitchen to complete the remaining finishing work.
After cleaning the kitchen, he sent his apprentice back through the alley behind the kitchen.
Feng Yifan went back to the kitchen and carefully checked the various gas and water pipes in the kitchen. Finally, he locked the door, turned off the lights and walked out of the kitchen.
Just as Feng Yifan was in the restaurant, checking how the front door was locked and checking various things in the restaurant, he had just turned off the lights when a message came on his phone.
When I opened it, it turned out to be a message from Yang Zhiyi, asking about the scallion oil used for braised pork.
While going upstairs, Feng Yifan edited some information related to scallion oil on his mobile phone and sent it to Yang Zhiyi.
Scallion oil is very simple. It is made of scallions, shallots (onions can also be used), coriander, bay leaves, star anise, and white cardamom.
First, when the oil is cold, fry the bay leaves, star anise, and white cardamom. After the oil temperature rises, fry the chopped scallions and shallots, and finally add a little coriander.
After sending the information about scallion oil to Yang Zhiyi, Feng Yifan thought about it and made a copy and sent it to Feifei's grandfather.
After sending the message, Feng Yifan came to his father-in-law's room.
As soon as he entered the room, Su Jinrong, who was lying on the bed, spoke first: "Are you really sure that you can prepare a Children's Day banquet for the children and win over Chen Wei, who may be more proficient in Western cuisine?"