While the daughter was concentrating on preparing a birthday present for her father in the kindergarten, the father was actually in the kitchen of Su Ji, preparing a more interesting gift for his daughter.
When Su Ruoxi was taking a lunch break at the restaurant, she also came to Su Ji's kitchen. Seeing her husband busy in the kitchen, she was very curious.
"What are you doing?"
Feng Yifan looked up and saw his wife coming in. He smiled and said, "I'm making a birthday meal for myself."
Su Ruoxi became even more curious, so she came to her husband and looked at the pile of things he had placed on the kitchen counter.
"What kind of birthday meal are you planning to prepare for yourself?"
Feng Yifan pointed to the eel in the basin in front of him that had been slaughtered and said, "Of course, it's stewed."
Stewed raw
Su Ruoxi was not unfamiliar with this dish, but she was a little confused as to why her husband wanted to cook this dish on his birthday
Feng Yifan guessed his wife's doubts, stretched out his hand to pull his wife to his side, and said seriously: "You know, my mother is from Jinling, so when I was a child, my mother always made this dish for me on my birthday."
This answer made Su Ruoxi suddenly realize.
Lu Cuiling was indeed from Jinling, and her family had even once been a wealthy family in the city.
So when Lu Cuiling was young, she ate many famous dishes from Jinling.
Later, when she went to the countryside, Lu Cuiling met Feng Jiandong, and the two of them experienced a touching love story together.
But when it was time to return to the city, Lu Cuiling's family did not approve of Feng Jiandong as their son-in-law.
Because she was not recognized by her family, Lu Cuiling later followed Feng Jiandong and left home.
I haven't even had much contact with my family in all these years.
After Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling returned to the city, they worked in a factory together. Later, they experienced factory restructuring together and encountered the crisis of middle-aged unemployment.
Over the past few decades, the couple has gone through many ups and downs together.
After losing their jobs in the factory, the two finally decided to move away from the city and return to the countryside where they had gone to work.
Feng Yifan told his wife slowly and softly the love story of his parents.
"I had just started middle school at that time, and suddenly I had to follow my parents back to the countryside from the city. I couldn't accept it at first."
Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling took Feng Yifan, who was in middle school at the time, back to the countryside and started their life as farmers.
However, for Feng Yifan, who was in his rebellious period, such rural life was unacceptable.
Feng Yifan recalled that period of time in the past. Looking back at his age now, all those past events can become a laughing stock.
"I followed my parents back to the countryside and transferred to a middle school in the countryside. I really had all kinds of difficulties to adapt to. For example, the school was far from where I lived. I had to get up early in the morning to catch the school bus. If I missed the bus, I had to walk there by myself."
At this point, Feng Yifan smiled and said to his wife, "You know what? On my first day on the school bus, I had a fight with a senior student in the school."
Feng Yifan was in his rebellious period at that time. After experiencing a series of changes at home, he became even more rebellious.
In addition, Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling, the parents, also need some time to adapt after returning to the countryside from the city, so they have no time to take care of Feng Yifan for the time being.
That's why Feng Yifan got into a fight with senior students on the school bus on his first day of school.
Su Ruoxi was really a little surprised, because no matter the impression she had when she was young or the husband in front of her now, in her eyes, her husband didn't seem like someone who would fight with others casually.
Surprised, Su Ruoxi asked curiously: "So who won in the fight between you and the senior student?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said: "Well, of course..."
Having said this, Feng Yifan deliberately paused for a while and even showed a hint of pride on his face.
Just when Su Ruoxi thought that her husband must have won the fight.
Feng Yifan changed the subject and said, "Of course I lost the fight."
Su Ruoxi was a little slow to react to her husband's sudden change of tone. She was stunned for a moment before she slowly understood.
Reaching out and gently patting her husband, Su Ruoxi scolded: "You are such a jerk, panting so hard. If you didn't win, then you didn't win. You even paused for a moment and pretended to be so proud of yourself."
Facing his wife's coquettishness, Feng Yifan smiled and said, "I couldn't help it. I was a spoiled fat boy in the city at that time. How could I beat those senior kids in the countryside?"
Su Ruoxi heard this and asked again: "Are you injured?"
Feng Yifan nodded: "Well, I suffered a little and learned a lesson."
Su Ruoxi thought about it and asked again: "Did you fight back against them later?"
Feng Yifan was a little surprised when he heard his wife ask this: "Why? Are you sure that your husband is the kind of person who will never suffer a loss, and will grit his teeth and take revenge sooner or later if he suffers a loss?"
Su Ruoxi nodded: "Well, I think you must take revenge."
Feng Yifan embraced his wife and said with a smile: "Revenge is a later matter. It has little to do with the stew we are going to make today."
After listening to her husband's words, he finally turned the topic back to Dunshengqiao. Su Ruoxi asked, "Then what does your fight with the senior students on the school bus have to do with Dunshengqiao?"
Feng Yifan said softly, "That day, in order to help me adapt to rural life and to celebrate my promotion to middle school, my mother went to the morning market in the village and bought me yellow eels to stew."
After her husband said this, Su Ruoxi suddenly realized the significance of this dish to her husband.
At that time, the mother must have still felt guilty towards her son.
After all, it was because of me that my son had to leave the familiar city, live in an unfamiliar countryside, and go to an unfamiliar school.
Moreover, the conditions in the countryside at that time were definitely not as good as those in my original home in the city.
So a mother, feeling guilty, wanted to prepare a good meal for her son on his first day of school in an unfamiliar environment, and make his favorite stewed raw croaker.
Su Ruoxi heard this and said, "Well, actually mom loves you very much, but life was too helpless at that time."
Feng Yifan nodded: "Yes, it's a pity that I didn't get to eat the raw stew. Instead, I got to eat fried shredded pork with skin."
Su Ruoxi was surprised: "Ah? You were beaten?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Of course I got beaten. Just imagine, on my first day of school, I had a fight with someone on the school bus before I even entered the school gate."
As a result of the fight on the school bus, Feng Yifan was unable to attend class on his first day at school and was punished by standing in the teacher's office for the entire morning.
It was not until noon that the teacher called Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling.
At school, the parents apologized to the teacher in a humble manner and promised to educate Feng Yifan well and not let him make the mistake of fighting on the school bus again.
The teacher at the time was quite understanding and did not blame Feng Yifan too much, nor did he continue to punish him. Instead, he asked him to go home with his parents and report to class the next day. When Feng Yifan and his parents left, the teacher even told Feng Yifan's parents not to beat their child when they got home.
Speaking of this, Feng Yifan couldn't help laughing: "I thought at the time that since the teacher had spoken, it would be fine for me to go home."
Su Ruoxi looked at the smile on her husband's face and laughed too, saying, "In the end, when you get home, you get a meal of fried pork with belt."
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded.
Su Ruoxi then asked: "Then whose fault was it that you fought with a senior student on the school bus? Why did you fight?"
Feng Yifan smiled and replied, "I was the one who started it. I was probably just dissatisfied with the new environment and was very annoyed with the other party, so I started fighting. I didn't expect that those country kids were so strong that I was no match for them at that time."
Listening to her husband talk about his past and some of his childhood experiences made Su Ruoxi feel closer to her husband.
Su Ruoxi asked curiously, "Mom, have you ever thought about going back to Jinling to take a look?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "I have been back, but my grandparents' family's attitude towards us was just like that. Maybe they felt that my mother didn't follow their arrangements at the time."
Su Ruoxi was very puzzled: "It's been so many years since the incident happened, is it necessary to make it so awkward?"
Feng Yifan spread his hands and said, "Who knows? Maybe my grandpa's family thinks that my parents are no longer on the same level as them. To put it bluntly, they look down on my parents."
Su Ruoxi was quite indignant when she heard this.
"Really? We are all family, so why should we look down on each other? Besides, mom and dad are successful in their careers now, and they are very powerful vegetable tycoons."
Speaking of this, Su Ruoxi raised her chin with some pride. Her arrogant look was exactly the same as Feng Ruoruo's arrogant look.
Feng Yifan saw his wife's expression and said cheerfully, "Who said it wasn't true? So now we don't have to rely on others anymore. We don't have to please those arrogant rich people in my grandfather's family. We can all live our own lives and our family won't ask them for help."
Su Ruoxi said arrogantly: "Of course, my parents are so powerful now, why should I beg them."
After that, the couple did not continue talking about things at their mother's home.
Su Ruoxi looked at the ingredients on the cooking table in front of her, leaned gently into her husband's arms and asked, "Is the stewed uncooked pork made by mom delicious?"
Feng Yifan hugged his wife and answered, "Of course, I think the stewed sheng qiao made by my mother is the best in the world."
Su Ruoxi immediately asked again: "Are you sure you can reproduce the taste of what your mother made?"
Feng Yifan was quite confident: "Of course you can. Don't underestimate your husband, okay? After all, your husband is also a world-class chef. It's not difficult for him to stew raw clams. I promise that I can make the same taste as my mother made for me back then, as a way of making up for the meal I didn't get to eat back then."
Su Ruoxi immediately said, "Why didn't you get to eat it? You clearly ate two meals that day."
Feng Yifan was stunned at first: "You ate two meals?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "Of course, didn't you eat two meals of fried pork with skin on the belt that day? One for dad and one for mom, just a perfect combination."
After hearing what his wife said, Feng Yifan immediately started laughing.
While laughing, Feng Yifan held his wife in his arms and whispered in her ear: "Be careful, I will give you a good beating at night."
Su Ruoxi leaned in her husband's arms and bumped her husband's chest with her elbow: "You dare, I think it's me who won't let me go to bed at night and kick you out of bed."
Feng Yifan couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Is it so cruel? You want to kick your husband off the bed."
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "Of course."
Feng Yifan continued, "Then I'll take Ruoruo and sleep on the floor."
Su Ruoxi hit her husband's chest with her elbow again: "How dare you? If you want to sleep on the floor, go by yourself. You are not allowed to bring Ruoruo with you."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Wow, you are so overbearing. Ruoruo likes to sleep on the floor with me."
Su Ruoxi suddenly turned around, pinched her husband's face and said, "I am so domineering. You are not allowed to take Ruoruo away."
Feng Yifan looked very funny when his wife pinched his face and mouth.
But he still tried very hard to say with his pinched mouth: "I won't snatch you away. If I want to snatch you away, I will snatch you and Ruoruo together."
Su Ruoxi pinched her husband's face and mouth, stared at him for a long time, and suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed her husband.
…
In the kindergarten, the children who had just woken up from their nap woke up a little, did some stretching exercises with Teacher Fang, and then returned to the classroom to start today's painting.
Feng Ruoruo has been looking forward to this for a long time, and she has thought about what she wants to draw many times in her little head.
When it was finally time to start drawing, the little girl and her two good friends sat down obediently.
They were waiting for Teacher Fang to distribute the drawing books and watercolor pens to them.
After everything was distributed, Feng Ruoruo said to Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei: "Xixi, Feifei, don't forget, Xixi will draw the snacks, and Feifei you will draw the dishes made by your father."
Chen Yaofei then asked: "Ruoruo, Xixi, should I draw all the dishes that Father Feng made?"
Feng Ruoruo quickly said, "No need, Feifei, just draw the dishes we like."
Chen Yaofei nodded in understanding: "Okay, then I will draw the chicken wings, the squirrel fish, the ribs, and the lychee-like fish..."
When talking about her favorite dishes cooked by Mr. Feng, Chen Yaofei can name them all and find that there are really a lot of them.
Yang Xiaoxi was a little surprised to hear Chen Yaofei say so much: "Fei Fei, there are so many, you can't draw so many in your notebook."
Chen Yaofei smiled and said, "Sure, I can draw it smaller."
Feng Ruoruo also said: "Yes, yes, draw it smaller. When I finish, I can also help Feifei draw, and I can also help Xixi draw."
Yang Xiaoxi smiled and responded: "Thank you Ruoruo, I can draw it."
Then the three little girls started drawing.
When they are drawing every day, it may be a relatively quiet time for the children in the class. Not only do the children like this moment, but Teacher Fang also likes this moment because the children are really cute at this time.
Maybe the children are too young and cannot complete the painting well, but it doesn’t matter. As long as the children try hard to paint, it is enough.
A more abstract kitchen gradually appeared on the drawing paper in front of Feng Ruoruo. The lines were not very straight, but there was a stove with fire coming out, and a table with many things on it, so one could give it a bit of a kitchen look.
The little girl was very serious and drew her father cooking in the kitchen bit by bit.