Feng Yifan was busy in the kitchen when he suddenly heard the door behind him open and close. He knew without looking back that the person coming in must be his daughter.
Sure enough, Feng Yifan turned his head and saw his daughter standing beside the cooking table, looking at him with a smile.
"Dad, Ruoruo, come in and keep you company, okay?"
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Okay, Dad likes Ruoruo to accompany Dad the most. Dad likes to listen to Ruoruo's stories. What does Ruoruo want to tell Dad today?"
Feng Ruoruo came closer to her father with a smile, and then started talking happily.
"Dad, Ruoruo wants to tell you that today, my mom, grandpa and grandma and I went to a place across the street from us. There are many tall buildings over there."
Feng Yifan nodded and responded: "Yes, we went to the residential area across from our old street, right?"
Feng Ruoruo likes chatting with her father, because her father never lets her speak and he always responds to her, which the little girl finds very interesting. Besides, she can learn a lot of new things from chatting with her father.
"Yes, it's in that neighborhood. The buildings there are so tall."
Feng Yifan chatted with his daughter without stopping his work and was also processing the ingredients at hand.
"Well, the building is very tall. Do you like it there?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately continued, "Ruoruo didn't like it there originally."
"Why didn't you like it in the first place?"
"Because, originally Ruoruo felt that those buildings were too high. Ruoruo didn't like climbing such high buildings. It was very tiring, and grandpa couldn't climb up there either, so she didn't like those buildings over there."
"Oh, Ruoruo is right. It's inconvenient for grandpa to go up and down the stairs. It's really not good."
"Yes, so Ruoruo didn't like that place in the first place."
Feng Yifan glanced at the ingredients he was about to add to the pot, and while making sure they were all right, he continued to talk to his daughter, "Then why did Ruoruo like it again?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Because that's where my mom goes to school."
"Oh? There's a school where mom goes to school?"
As he said this, Feng Yifan broke off the last piece of cinnamon and threw it into the pot, then put the lid on and cooked the beef brisket in the pot over low heat on the stove.
Feng Ruoruo said seriously: "Yes, there is a school on Dad's side. It's the school where Mom went to school before. That school is so big."
After hearing this, Feng Yifan roughly guessed why his parents took his wife and daughter to that community.
My mother must have heard that after the reconstruction of the surrounding area of the old street, the old street was included in the primary school area in a more distant place. So if Ruoruo's household registration remains in the old street, he may have to go to a more distant place to go to school.
The grandmother naturally felt sorry for her granddaughter and didn't want her to have to travel far to go to school.
Therefore, the grandmother took her granddaughter there to take a look at the environment of the community and see if they could buy a house there so that it would be convenient for her granddaughter to go to elementary school in the future.
This may also be a problem that parents must face.
It doesn’t mean that the child must go to a key primary school, the main thing is to make it convenient for the child to go to and from school.
Feng Yifan thought about this and immediately asked his daughter, "Does Ruoruo want to go to school at her mother's old school?"
When Feng Ruoruo heard her father's question, she answered immediately, "Yes, I do."
Then, Feng Ruoruo said, "But Ruoruo heard from her grandma and mom that if Ruoruo wants to go to school over there, we have to move to that community."
Feng Yifan turned around, picked up his daughter and put her on the countertop. He then walked to the chopping board and started chopping food, asking, "Ruoruo, don't you want to live there?"
Feng Ruoruo sat on the kitchen counter with her calves hanging outside the counter, and then she swayed back and forth.
"Dad, Ruoruo likes living in grandpa's restaurant. Grandpa, mom and dad live here, and there are many rooms upstairs. Grandpa and grandma can also live here, and there is also Grandpa Shi."
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded as he cut vegetables: "Well, Ruoruo is very thoughtful. She allows everyone to live together, right?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded and said, "Yes, yes, we all live together."
Feng Yifan continued, "Then Dad has an idea. We can buy a house in the community over there, and then we can live there, or we can stay in grandpa's restaurant. Ruoruo can live wherever she wants."
At this point, Feng Yifan reached out and gently touched his daughter's little face: "Besides, Ruoruo can still go to her mother's old school, okay?"
After her father said this, the little girl naturally felt very good.
Feng Ruoruo clapped her hands and said, "Okay, okay."
But after cheering, the little girl pouted and asked, "Dad, it seems to cost a lot of money to live over there."
Feng Yifan looked at his daughter curiously and asked, "How did Ruoruo know how much it would cost to live there?"
Feng Ruoruo continued, "Because grandma said that she would give mom money. Grandma said that she would give mom money so that mom could go over there and buy a house for Ruoruo to live in."
Feng Yifan smiled and asked his daughter: "Does Ruoruo want grandma to spend money?"
Feng Ruoruo shook her head: "No, I don't want grandpa and grandma to spend money."
Feng Yifan immediately smiled and said, "Okay, then Dad will pay for it. Dad will buy Ruoruo a big house so that Ruoruo can go to mom's school."
The little girl wanted to laugh at first, but she didn't. Instead, she asked seriously, "Dad, does it cost a lot of money?"
Feng Yifan put down the knife in his hand, walked to his daughter, looked at her with a smile and said, "Dad spends money on his daughter, it doesn't matter how much money it is."
Feng Ruoruo opened her arms and hugged her father: "Ruoruo doesn't want dad to spend a lot of money."
Feng Yifan held his daughter and asked, "Why?"
Feng Ruoruo continued, "Because Dad's money is used to treat Grandpa's illness, and our money is used to buy many things in the future."
Feng Yifan comforted his daughter: "Don't worry, Ruoruo, Daddy is rich. He can buy Ruoruo a house so that Ruoruo can go to mom's school. He can also have money to treat grandpa's illness, and he can also buy Ruoruo a lot of things that Ruoruo likes."
Feng Ruoruo then asked: "Dad, are you going to buy something for Mom too?"
Feng Yifan immediately said, "Of course, I have to buy something for my mother, something she likes."
Feng Ruoruo asked curiously: "Then Dad, are you very, very rich?"
Feng Yifan gently held up his daughter's face, and said with a smile: "Although Daddy is not very rich, he will manage Grandpa's restaurant well, so we can still make money, right?"
The little girl seemed to understand and said happily: "Yes, we can make money."
Feng Yifan asked his daughter again: "What if Ruo Ruoxi doesn't want to buy a house and go to mom's school?"
Feng Ruoruo nodded: "Yes, I want it."
Feng Yifan agreed: "Okay, if Ruoruo wants it, we'll buy it."
Feng Yifan himself didn't think too much about it. During the time since he came back, he had somewhat neglected the issue of his daughter's future schooling.
He was only thinking about how to repair his relationship with his daughter, how to revive Su Ji, and how to satisfy his father-in-law and wife.
Now I think about it, my daughter’s birthday is coming soon. After her birthday, she will be six years old. In another year, she should go to elementary school.
If you wait until next year to consider this issue, it may be too late to enroll in school by then.
Thinking of this, Feng Yifan still has to admire his parents. It turns out that his parents are more prepared for a rainy day.
However, Feng Yifan doesn't need to ask his parents for money to buy a house. The money he has should be enough to buy one.
After "discussing" this matter, Feng Ruoruo continued chatting with her father.
The little chatterbox always has a lot to say, such as how many trees there are in the community? What are the areas around the tall buildings like? What is the inside of the school like
In short, once you start talking, don't expect to shut it off easily.
The father and daughter were chatting while Feng Yifan was busy.
The people in the restaurant in front were talking about other things.
It’s not that everyone ignored Feng Ruoruo, but Su Ruoxi knew that her daughter was in the kitchen.
"Don't worry, Ruoruo will definitely go to the kitchen to chat with her father. That little chatterbox is very talkative right now, and only her father can stand listening to her nagging all the time."
After hearing what Su Ruoxi said, Shi Jiahui was a little surprised: "Is Ruoruo so talkative?"
Su Ruoxi nodded: "Yes, she has been very talkative since Dad came back."
Lu Cuiling also said: "That's right, his father is like the switch of this little chatterbox, he turns on the chatterbox when he comes back."
Shi Jiahui was even more surprised when she heard this: "Could it be that Ruoruo didn't say it like this before?"
Su Ruoxi nodded again: "Ruoruo used to be a relatively optimistic child, but she didn't talk that much. She was very sensible, sometimes so sensible that it made people feel distressed."
Shi Jiahui reached out and held Su Ruoxi's hand: "That's really hard for you. Feng Yifan, that bastard, actually dared to abandon you and your daughter for five years. If I had known, I would have punched him twice when I came here to let you vent your anger."
When Su Ruoxi talked about this now, she didn't look bitter or resentful, but instead smiled.
"It's all in the past now. Now that he's back, he's trying his best to make amends. I can feel that he knows he was wrong and he's been very good to his daughter, my father, and me."
Shi Jiahui nodded and said, "That's more like it. As a man, these are his responsibilities."
Lu Cuiling also agreed, "That's right, that kid has been on the run for five years, now it's time for him to pay back."
When Shi Jiahui heard Lu Cuiling say this, she looked at Lu Cuiling and couldn't help but said with a smile: "Auntie Ling, why do you feel like you are Ruoxi's mother, not a mother-in-law at all?"
Lu Cuiling immediately smiled and said, "Isn't mother-in-law just mother?"
Shi Jiahui was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "Yes, yes, Aunt Ling, look at me, I said the wrong thing, you are so right, mother-in-law is not mother."
Su Ruoxi also laughed, and then said to Shi Jiahui: "Mom has always been very good to me. During the years when Yifan was abroad, Mom and Dad often came to see us and Ruoruo."
Shi Jiahui nodded: "That's good, this way you two can be a family. Listening to what you said, I envy you so much."
Speaking of this, Shi Jiahui couldn't help feeling a little sad.
Shi Jinbin saw his daughter's expression and immediately asked, "What's wrong? Is Xiao Jiang treating you badly?"
Shi Jiahui quickly said to her father, "Dad, no, what are you thinking? Jiang Feng is very good to me, but Jiang Feng's mother, my mother-in-law, still has the same attitude."
When Shi Jinbin heard this, he sighed helplessly: "Alas, I really can't say anything about this."
Shi Jiahui obviously didn't want to continue this topic: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about unhappy things. Let's talk about something else. Let's continue talking about the cooking competition between Yifan and Chen Wei, right?"
Shi Jinbin frowned slightly and said, "Don't mention Chen Wei all the time. He is your uncle after all."
Shi Jiahui curled her lips: "Does he dare to call himself Master Uncle? When he met you in Beijing, did he pretend not to know you? There were also several times when we exchanged culinary skills abroad. What was his attitude like?"
Shi Jiahui had had a lot of dealings with Chen Wei, especially when she was sent abroad by the hotel to exchange culinary skills, and she had met Chen Wei specifically.
However, Shi Jiahui had a very bad impression of Chen Wei. Firstly, it was because of what happened with Su Ji in the past, and secondly, it was because she had seen Chen Wei entangled with those women.
So Shi Jiahui really looks down on Chen Wei.
Shi Jinbin knew his daughter's attitude towards Chen Wei, so he asked directly: "So what do you think of Chen Wei's cooking skills?"
This sentence still made Shi Jiahui stunned. After thinking for a moment, she had to nod: "I have to admit that Chen Wei's cooking skills are really amazing."
Shi Jinbin nodded and said, "Then it's settled? As for his private life and character, that's just his bad behavior, but we still have to pay attention to his cooking skills."
At this point, Shi Jinbin said seriously: "If I remember correctly, Chen Wei is a few years older than me and he is already over 70 this year, but his physical condition is not inferior to that of young people. He also has many years of cooking experience. We really can't underestimate such an opponent."
This was the first time that everyone at Su Ji got to know Chen Wei’s cooking skills through what Shi Jinbin and his daughter Shi Jiahui said.
It is obvious that even Shi Jinbin agrees with Chen Wei's cooking skills.
Lu Cuiling couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Master, if you say so, doesn't that mean Yifan doesn't have much chance of winning?"
Shi Jinbin thought for a moment and said seriously: "No, in fact, Yifan still has a chance of winning, and if Yifan can grasp a point, his chances of winning may be very high."
Lu Cuiling then asked: "Grasp a point? What is that point?"
Shi Jinbin was silent for a moment before he said, "In terms of seasoning, he was right to choose vegetarian dishes as the main ingredients. However, in terms of seasoning, if vegetarian dishes want to win, they must have flavor."
Shi Jiahui also agrees with this: "Yes, we need to make vegetarian dishes taste like meat dishes, and they must also suit children's tastes. This is the key to success."
Su Ruoxi asked curiously, "Why is it that making vegetarian dishes taste like meat dishes and suiting children's tastes is the key to winning?"
Shi Jinbin said: "Because the ingredients Chen Wei uses are too high-end."
Seeing that Su Ruoxi didn't quite understand, Shi Jiahui carefully explained it to Su Ruoxi and her parents-in-law.
To put it bluntly, high-end ingredients are indeed delicious, but the deliciousness of high-end ingredients can easily make people sick of them, so normal banquets should be paired with vegetarian dishes to cleanse the palate.
It just so happens that Feng Yifan’s cooking is mainly vegetarian, which makes up for this.
But the key is to attract children, so you need to put more effort into the taste and appearance.