While her husband was busy in the kitchen with his apprentice, Su Ruoxi finished calculating the morning's bills, locked the cash register drawer, and began to clean up the restaurant seriously.
Put away the chopstick cages and various condiment boxes placed on each table at noon.
Because Su Ji cooks stir-fried dishes at night, the chopstick cage and seasonings are not actually used.
Just as I put away all my things, a voice suddenly came from the door.
“If you want to run an elegant private kitchen restaurant, you should learn something. You should know that any private kitchen restaurant needs to have its own style.
You also need to prepare exquisite tablecloths, matching tableware, and some high-end wine glasses.
You are so unprofessional here.”
After hearing such a long speech, Su Ruoxi turned her head and looked in the direction of the voice.
I saw Su Lanxin walking in alone.
Today, Su Lanxin was not wearing fancy clothes as usual, but rather a very casual outfit.
A long skirt, a white shirt and a small suit.
I have to say, Su Lanxin dressed like this doesn't look like a person in her 50s at all.
Even in Su Ruoxi's eyes, her aunt has a little bit of girlish style.
After being stunned for a while, a trace of vigilance suddenly appeared on Su Ruoxi's face, and she unconsciously revealed a little bit of hostility.
Su Lanxin walked in gracefully, stretched out her hand, and gently slid her fingertips across the table.
"Yeah, it's very clean. It looks like you cleaned it very carefully."
Then Su Lanxin walked into the restaurant, carefully observing the layout of the restaurant and examining it very carefully.
“The arrangement of your tables is not good. They are too conventional. You should make full use of the space in the restaurant and arrange the tables in a staggered manner.
In addition, it is not good that you all use square tables. They seem too monotonous. You should use some round tables in combination to make the layout of the restaurant more varied.
If possible, use the old large round table and arrange two or four of them.
Place them at the four corners, or simply place a round table on one side and a square table on the other side."
Su Lanxin really said a lot, even what kind of details should be added to the restaurant and what appropriate tablecloths should be used, she said the same thing as Su Ruoxi.
Su Ruoxi was also surprised when her aunt suddenly came and gave some instructions about the restaurant.
She couldn't help but wonder: What does this mean? Are they planning to take away the old plaque and even the restaurant
We haven't even started the competition yet, so how do you know you will definitely win
Su Lanxin told Su Ruoxi a lot about the restaurant's layout and gave some ideas on the restaurant's design.
Although Su Ruoxi felt very dissatisfied, she felt that many of the things Su Lanxin said made sense.
Just like that, one spoke and the other listened.
Before they knew it, my aunt and niece had spent quite a while together in Su's Restaurant.
Su Lanxin had almost finished speaking, and looked at Su Ruoxi and asked, "Do you have any questions? And I've been talking for so long, don't you even give me a glass of water?"
Su Ruoxi came to her senses immediately after hearing what her aunt said, and hurried to pour some water for her aunt.
While placing the water cup, Su Ruoxi asked: "You, will the arrangements you just mentioned really make the restaurant look better?"
Su Lanxin grabbed the cup of water that Su Ruoxi had put down and drank it all in one gulp without any ceremony.
Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Su Lanxin looked at her niece: "It seems that you have no idea about restaurant design. If you have time, I think you should come to my place to learn.
Your husband has returned from abroad, and his views on many things may have surpassed yours.
So if you want to keep up with your husband, you should also recharge yourself. If you are willing, I can let you go to the training center of my overseas catering group to study. "
Su Ruoxi was a little confused by her aunt's words.
After a long while, Su Ruoxi suddenly came to her senses and said, "Do you want to transfer me away, and then continue to compete with my father and Yifan for the old plaque and the restaurant?"
Su Lanxin was stunned when she heard this, and then she looked at her niece and suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, you are too sensitive. Do you think that if you stay, you can change anything? Whether Su Ji can be saved in the end actually depends on your husband, right?"
Having said that, Su Lanxin warned her niece with a serious face.
"I need to remind you, never trust a man completely. Many times you think your man is trustworthy, but in fact he is not. So no matter what, you need to be vigilant. You need to enrich yourself so that you can control your husband."
When Su Ruoxi heard this, her expression changed again, and she looked at her aunt with even more strange eyes.
Su Lanxin didn't care and continued, "I think the financial power of Su Ji should be in your hands now. This is very important. Men can't give them too much money. If they have too much money, they will change.
Oh, by the way, did you know that before your husband returned to China, he helped a restaurant get three stars, so he should have received a very generous bonus, didn’t he give it to you?”
Su Ruoxi was stunned again, but immediately said: "I think he should keep his money."
Su Lanxin said seriously: "You are wrong. You should take the money into your own hands so that you can better control him."
Hearing her aunt say this, Su Ruoxi couldn't help but ask, "Do you treat your uncle the same way?"
When Su Lanxin heard Su Ruoxi's words, her expression suddenly changed.
The change in Su Lanxin's expression also made Su Ruoxi a little alert.
However, when Su Ruoxi was preparing to deal with the other party's anger, Su Lanxin's momentum that was ready to go suddenly disappeared.
"Chen Wei is no longer your uncle. He is just an employee of my company, so I will not control how he spends his money."
Su Ruoxi said calmly, "I believe in my husband. I can feel that he is sincere to me, my daughter, and my father, so I don't think our marriage needs to be maintained by controlling his money."
Su Lanxin looked at her niece as if she was looking at her own daughter, but also as if she was looking at herself when she was younger.
After a long while, Su Lanxin shook her head: "You are really the same as when you were young. You both trusted a man regardless of everything. But later, facts proved that the man we chose to trust regardless of everything might not be worthy of our trust."
Su Ruoxi said very firmly: "No, I think my husband is worthy of my trust."
Su Lanxin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst into laughter. She seemed unable to stop laughing, and she laughed so hard that tears came out.
Seeing the other person's look, Su Ruoxi was a little worried. After hesitating for a moment, she went to the cashier and got a tissue and handed it to Su Lanxin.
Su Lanxin took the tissue, folded it and placed it at the corner of her eye, gently pressing it twice to absorb the tears that were about to fall, without wiping them with the tissue.
Stopping her laughter, Su Lanxin looked at her niece and said, "You know what? The way you look now makes me feel like I'm seeing myself back then, the me who was determined and willing to break up with my father."
Su Ruoxi said seriously: "We are different, and I will not be like you."
Su Lanxin was stunned when she heard this.
The look she gave Su Ruoxi revealed a complex emotion, as if a mother was looking at her rebellious daughter, or like she was looking at her younger self.
The more she looked at it, the more they looked alike. Su Lanxin's mood became more and more complicated.
After thinking for a while, Su Lanxin spoke again: "You have not experienced what I have experienced."
At this time, Su Ruoxi had gradually found the initiative in the conversation.
"I certainly haven't experienced what you've experienced, but I don't think that my father's decision not to teach me cooking means he doesn't love me, and I won't fall out with my father over cooking."
When Su Lanxin heard this, her expression turned a little ugly, and she had the urge to get angry at Su Ruoxi.
But seeing the stubbornness on Su Ruoxi's face, she felt like she was facing her former self.
In a trance, Su Lanxin had a feeling that she was having a conversation with herself who had chosen a different path.
One is who I am now, and the other is who I was when I did not choose to break up with my father. Instead, I accepted the competition and was willing to stay in Su Ji to help my father and brother.
Afterwards, she married her father's apprentice and slowly developed a career under her father's guidance.
My father would recommend his disciples to intern in some big hotels or in hotels where his friends had attended state banquets.
Even outstanding apprentices successfully obtained the opportunity to participate in the state banquet, appeared at the state banquet with their master, and achieved one achievement after another.
In the end, perhaps Su Lanxin will be with her husband in a big hotel in Beijing or Shanghai
Or maybe she and Chen Wei could go to a certain city and open a private kitchen restaurant of their own, where they could live a more comfortable life and come back with her fellow apprentices to visit their father and brother from time to time.
If that were the case, would it be more comfortable? Would it be happier
It’s a pity that there is no if.
Su Lanxin could feel her niece's hostility.
After a moment of silence, Su Lanxin suddenly asked, "Do you think I shouldn't come back?"
Su Ruoxi didn't expect her aunt to ask her this.
She didn't hesitate much and nodded, saying, "Yes, from my point of view, I really don't think it's a good thing for you to come back. You can see that my dad has become like that because of you."
Su Lanxin nodded: "Yes, so you hate me in your heart?"
Su Ruoxi didn't understand what the other party meant. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "I hated him before, but not so much now. In fact, we just want to live a peaceful life. You own such a big company, why do you have to make things difficult for us?"
Su Lanxin stared at her niece, and suddenly stretched out her hand, subconsciously wanting to touch her niece.
However, upon seeing this, Su Ruoxi immediately stepped back and avoided it.
Su Lanxin touched nothing, but didn't mind.
After taking her hand back, Su Lanxin finally told him why she came.
"Tomorrow, Feng Yifan and Chen Wei will not compete in cooking at Su Ji. I have already reached an agreement with the kindergarten, and we will host the Children's Day at noon tomorrow.
Since we are going to have a competition, then let’s do it seriously, in the kindergarten, so that all the children can taste it together.”
Su Ruoxi was a little surprised: "You, why do you do this?"
Su Lanxin no longer had the warmth she had before, and said very seriously: "Why? Because I'm the challenger, I'm Su Lanxin, I want to take the old plaque, I will make Su Ji even more famous in my hands."
Su Ruoxi said seriously, "Humph, what if we refuse to compete?"
Su Lanxin stared at Su Ruoxi.
At this moment, the aunt and niece suddenly became hostile. Both sides stared at each other with their big eyes and revealed a very determined aura.
Even in this clash of momentum at this moment, Su Ruoxi was not at a disadvantage at all.
Even though Su Lanxin was facing him, she was the CEO of a multinational catering group that had been in charge for many years and had an aura of rising to the top.
But Su Ruoxi did not retreat at all. She stood there firmly and looked at him.
After a long while, Su Lanxin smiled and said, "You don't have to compete, but are you willing to do that? If you don't compete, then I will announce to the public that the inheritance of Su Ji will be cut off in your hands. You don't have the courage to compete with me, a non-inheritor."
Su Ruoxi looked at the other person in surprise: "You, don't you think that what you did is shameless?"
Su Lanxin was unusually calm, and kept a smile on her face as she responded, "Shameless? The business world is like a battlefield, there are some necessary means that must be used, otherwise you can only passively take the beating."
Su Lanxin at this moment was completely different from her before.
If she had looked a bit like a loving mother before.
So now Su Lanxin is like an old witch who will do anything to achieve her goals.
She was making a final push to get Su Ji to agree to compete with her, to defeat Su Ji in the competition, and to prove that she was more qualified to inherit Su Ji's old plaque.
Su Ruoxi was silent for a moment, and then fighting spirit emerged in her eyes.
"Humph, do you think you will definitely win? Let me tell you, you lost to my father back then, and you will lose to my husband tomorrow. You will never win."
Su Lanxin smiled and nodded: "Very good, this is the kind of momentum we need, then we'll see you tomorrow."
After saying this, Su Lanxin turned around and left.
When they reached the door, Su Lanxin said again: "By the way, you don't need to bring anything tomorrow. I will have someone prepare everything. I will prepare the kitchen utensils, tableware, and ingredients."
After saying this, Su Lanxin walked out of Su Ji without stopping and left the old street.
After the other party left, Su Ruoxi suddenly collapsed on the chair beside her. She was really a little scared at that moment, but when facing Su Lanxin, she knew she could not retreat.
Now that everyone had left, Su Ruoxi finally sat down and looked at her palms, which were sweaty from holding them.
Su Ruoxi sat in the restaurant, feeling somewhat complicated, and began to worry about tomorrow.
Feng Yifan came to her at some point and stretched out his hand, gently placing his hands on his wife's shoulders and rubbing her shoulders gently.
Su Ruoxi felt the warmth of her husband's palm and raised her hand to hold the hand on her shoulder.
Feng Yifan held his wife's hand, walked over to her and squatted down, and said to her seriously: "Don't worry, no matter where or how we compete, I will not lose."
Su Ruoxi held her husband's hand tightly. Although she said nothing, her eyes revealed her trust in her husband.