If Lin Ruilong had not come to Su Ji today, he would definitely not take his cousin Lin Ruifeng seriously when he met him privately, and he would certainly not take his cousin's master seriously.
Because Lin Ruilong's master is a serious chef in Fujinglou.
Lin Ruilong has always been very proud at home that he could enter Fujing Building, and his parents naturally feel very proud of it as well.
Even in the neighborhood where they live, several families took the initiative to introduce girls to him.
But today, when he came to deliver a batch of goods, he actually saw Manager Su of Fujing Building smiling at his cousin and master, and all the pride in Lin Ruilong's heart collapsed in an instant.
Even though Su Liancheng was smiling and being very polite in front of Feng Yifan.
But in Fujing Building, Su Liancheng is the general manager and the owner of Fujing Building.
Not to mention a young apprentice like Lin Ruilong, even Lin Ruilong's master did not dare to act rashly in front of Su Liancheng, and always looked fawning when facing Su Liancheng.
So after witnessing this scene today, Lin Ruilong's pride was instantly shattered.
What Lin Ruilong could not accept the most was that before Su Liancheng left, he specifically greeted his cousin whom he had always looked down upon.
I even bought a portion of pot stickers from my uncle's breakfast shop and ate them while walking.
All this was a subversion to Lin Ruilong, and he felt very uncomfortable on the way back.
But look at Su Liancheng again, he was eating pot stickers without caring about his image and praising them: "Well, I didn't expect the pot stickers next to Su Ji are so delicious. I think our Fujinglou can also make some pot stickers."
The feeling of seeing others turn things around really made Lin Ruilong feel very uncomfortable, but he could do nothing about it.
Just when Lin Ruilong was feeling a little self-pitying in his heart, he looked up and saw Su Liancheng, who was walking in front of him, looking back and staring at him.
This sight really made Lin Ruilong feel nervous.
I'm done for. Is it possible that Manager Su is going to settle accounts with me? Will I be fired if I go back
All kinds of fearful thoughts were churning in my mind, and then I saw Su Liancheng waving at me.
Lin Ruilong hesitated for a while, but finally stepped forward and said very respectfully: "Manager Su, what do you want? I really didn't mean it today. I didn't expect you and that boss to have that kind of relationship."
Su Liancheng patted Lin Ruilong on the shoulder and said, "Relax, I don't blame you, and I won't fire you. You performed very well today. I think you should be rewarded for standing up at a time like that."
Lin Ruilong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Manager, there's no need for a reward."
Su Liancheng smiled and continued to ask: "By the way, that Lin Ruifeng seems to be your brother? Real brother?"
Lin Ruilong shook his head: "No, he is my cousin, and his father is my uncle."
Su Liancheng nodded: "Oh, then the relationship between you two is the same as the relationship between me and Chef Feng's wife."
Then Su Liancheng asked, "How is the relationship between your two families? You and your cousin should have a good relationship, right?"
When asked this question, Lin Ruilong didn't know how to respond.
After a brief hesitation, Lin Ruilong still responded with a stiff upper lip: "Yes."
Su Liancheng nodded and said, "As long as we have a good relationship, it's fine. Your cousin is now my brother-in-law's apprentice. I think you should hang out more when you have time. If there is a chance, please ask your cousin out and I will treat him to a meal."
Lin Ruilong looked at Su Liancheng in surprise. He didn't quite understand what Manager Su meant.
Seeing Lin Ruilong's surprised look, Su Liancheng quickly said: "Don't get me wrong, I have no other intentions, nor do I want to ask your cousin to help me get back at my place. We are all family, and my brother-in-law and I don't bear grudges.
I want to invite your cousin to dinner, mainly because I want to make friends with him."
Su Liancheng's explanation made Lin Ruilong even more speechless, and he was extremely jealous.
He was able to enter Fujing Building as an apprentice only after passing a series of tests.
Moreover, I haven't learned much from following that master until now. All I do all day is practice knife skills with him and cut vegetables and side dishes in the kitchen every day.
It had only been less than half a month, but Lin Ruilong was already starting to get bored and even wanted to leave Fujing Building.
However, being able to enter Fujing Building was a great honor in the eyes of Lin Ruilong's family and neighbors. Even for the sake of those beautiful girls in the neighboring families, Lin Ruilong felt that he had to persevere.
Secondly, the salary offered by Fujinglou is indeed not low. Even an apprentice like Lin Ruilong now earns four thousand a month.
This can be considered a very considerable salary income in Huaicheng.
So considering these two points, even though Lin Ruilong felt it was very boring, he had no choice but to persevere.
At least he won't change jobs until he finds the right girl to marry.
But now compared to his cousin, who was clearly an apprentice in such a small restaurant, Su Liancheng, the owner of Fujinglou, wanted to treat him to a meal and make friends with him.
Lin Ruilong really felt very unhappy at once. This contrast made him feel very uncomfortable.
Su Liancheng saw that Lin Ruilong was silent, but he didn't think much about it. Perhaps it was because he had been abroad for too long, and he was not very sensitive to some problems between the family members in China.
So when he saw Lin Ruilong didn't say anything for a long time, Su Liancheng thought that Lin Ruilong was worried about embarrassing his cousin.
Su Liancheng said, "It's really just making friends. Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for your cousin. If he doesn't want to, I won't force him."
After saying this, Su Liancheng suddenly thought of something and made the promise.
"Oh, don't worry. Even if your cousin refuses to come for dinner, I won't be angry with you because of this. We at Fujinglou won't fire you for this. Just do your best."
Lin Ruilong finally came back to his senses. After listening to Su Liancheng's words, he quickly smiled and said, "Manager Su, don't worry. I will do my best. Because of my relationship with my cousin, he will definitely come if I call him."
Su Liancheng added: "There's no need to specifically call him out. If it's inconvenient for him, just wait. And it's best to get his master's consent so as not to embarrass him."
The more Lin Ruilong listened, the more uncomfortable he felt, but he could only agree: "Okay, Manager Su, don't worry."
On the way back, Lin Ruilong felt very depressed.
Think about it, for so many years, my uncle's family has always been looked down upon by their family. The reason is actually very simple. Lin Ruilong's family thinks that my uncle's family's breakfast business is not presentable.
After all, Lin Ruilong's parents are employees of an enterprise, and now they are waiting for retirement peacefully.
No matter how you look at it, Lin Ruilong's family seems to be superior to Lin Ruifeng's family.
If Lin Ruifeng had not been admitted to another place and was now working in a big city like Shanghai, Lin Ruilong's family might not even recognize Lin Ruifeng's family as relatives.
But this family, which has always been looked down upon by their own family, now seems to have turned things around.
Lin Ruilong thought that once he entered Fujing Building, he would be able to easily suppress Lin Ruifeng.
Especially when he went home and heard from his mother that his cousin was also learning cooking from others, but in a small restaurant, Lin Ruilong felt extremely superior.
But he didn't expect that this superiority would be broken so quickly.
Today he was like a small worker, delivering goods to the small restaurant where his cousin was an apprentice.
When he was being harassed at the door, it was his cousin who came forward to help him and intercede. And later, his cousin never took action, but just stood by and watched him move the goods.
What made Lin Ruilong even more unacceptable was that the owner of Fujinglou wanted to be friends with his cousin.
Lin Ruilong kept thinking: How could they turn things around? He should be the one who always had the upper hand over him. Why did he seem to be the protagonist now
He thought about this all the way, and when he returned to Fujing Building, Lin Ruilong made up his mind.
I can't just be content with the status quo. I have to find an opportunity to escape from my current situation of being a laborer. I must find a better backer than Lin Ruifeng.
Although he was thinking this in his mind, Lin Ruilong just stepped into the kitchen when he heard his current "Master" calling him.
"Ruilong, what are you still doing standing there? Can't you see I'm very busy here? Come over here quickly. Don't think that you can be a big shot just because you followed Mr. Su out for a while.
Let me tell you, if you don’t learn the craft well, you will always be just a laborer and only fit for odd jobs.”
Faced with the master's rude roar, Lin Ruilong felt even more unbalanced and felt that he really couldn't stay in the kitchen of Fujing Building.
No future.
Lin Ruilong quickly thought of a good way, which was to rely on his cousin's relationship to get close to Su Liancheng.
With Su Liancheng's help, Lin Ruilong felt that he would be able to turn things around soon.
Thinking about this, Lin Ruilong naturally smiled unconsciously.
As he was walking towards the kitchen with a smile on his face, he was suddenly slapped on the head.
Lin Ruilong was about to lose his temper when he heard his master yell, "I've been calling you for a long time, what are you doing standing here? Didn't you hear me? Hurry and move all those goods over to me.
I'll tell you again, kid, if you want to learn something in the kitchen, you must be perceptive and diligent, and don't think about taking shortcuts. Those tricks in your mind are useless in the kitchen."
To be honest, Master Lin Ruilong is quite sincere and wants to teach Lin Ruilong something.
Although the tone may be a bit harsh, there is not much bad intention.
However, today's experience had made Lin Ruilong feel uneasy, so his master's shouting words sounded more like a direct attack on him.
So he agreed verbally, but when he went to move the goods, he turned around and looked at Lin Ruilong with disdain.
He had already started to dream in his heart that one day, relying on his relationship with Su Liancheng, he would be able to act arrogantly in the kitchen and even command his "master" to do his work.
In this vision and fantasy, Lin Ruilong always had a smile on his face while working.
The master saw this and wondered in his heart: Could it be that this kid Lin Ruilong suddenly became wise after being scolded a few times
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After Su Liancheng and his team delivered the goods and left, Feng Yifan took his daughter into the kitchen to check the goods.
I have to say that the ingredients sent by Su Liancheng are indeed top-notch ingredients.
Moreover, many of them are not available in China and all need to be ordered from overseas at high prices.
Seeing these top-notch ingredients, Feng Yifan felt for the first time how seriously Su Lanxin and the others took this competition, and he also saw that Su Lanxin really wanted to win.
Feng Ruoruo followed her father. Seeing her father staring at the pile of goods without saying anything, the little girl felt a little strange. Then she squatted down beside her father, held her face with her hands and looked at him carefully.
In this way, the father and daughter sat in the kitchen together, staring at this pile of top-quality overseas ingredients for a while.
It was not until everyone upstairs got up that Su Ruoxi saw that her daughter had not gone upstairs to comb her hair. She felt a little puzzled and went downstairs to look for her.
When I entered the kitchen, I saw the father and daughter squatting together, staring at a pile of goods. The father and daughter squatted there together, pressed against each other, staring at it motionlessly.
Seeing this from behind made Su Ruoxi think that this father and daughter were so cute.
After observing for a while, when the father and daughter tilted their heads almost at the same time, Su Ruoxi couldn't help laughing out loud.
Phew, hahahaha…
Hearing the laughter, the father and daughter turned around together and saw Su Ruoxi standing behind them looking at them.
Feng Ruoruo stood up first, turned around and threw herself into her mother's arms: "Mom, what are you laughing at?"
Su Ruoxi gently pinched her daughter's nose: "Mom was watching just now, and you and Dad were squatting there watching together. It was very strange. What were you two watching?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately replied: "Mom, those things were sent by the man called uncle."
When Su Ruoxi heard her daughter's words, she was also a little bit surprised. At first she didn't react to "that person called uncle". Who is this person
After thinking about it carefully, Su Ruoxi understood: "Oh, it was sent by that uncle?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded: "Yes, that's the person I call uncle."
Su Ruoxi smiled and corrected her daughter: "You should call him uncle, he is mom's cousin, you can't call him that guy."
After hearing what her mother said, Feng Ruoruo nodded and said, "Okay, then call him uncle."
Su Ruoxi nodded, pulled her daughter behind Feng Yifan, patted the couple who were still squatting there and asked, "What are you looking at? Why did Su Liancheng send these things?"
Feng Yifan stood up and said to his wife seriously, "These things should be the ingredients that my uncle will use to compete with me in cooking. They are all top-notch ingredients."
Su Ruoxi looked at the boxes in confusion: "Are these filled with food? Why are they placed like this?"
Feng Yifan answered seriously: "In order to keep them fresh, these boxes are electronic thermostatic boxes. The temperature of each box is set according to the required temperature of the ingredients to ensure the freshness of the ingredients."
Su Ruoxi was a little surprised: "Is it so magical?"
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Yes, this can also be regarded as the application of technology in cooking."
Su Ruoxi's expression then turned a little ugly: "In that case, wouldn't it be difficult to deal with my aunt?"
Feng Yifan was silent for a moment, then said calmly: "It doesn't matter. If you want to make something delicious, you don't have to use these top-quality ingredients. Sometimes, cheaper ingredients can also make it more delicious."