Zhang Maosheng's sudden appearance scared Zhang Fenglin, and the family, which was originally happy, lost all laughter in an instant.
Especially Xue Huan and her son Zhang Xueping, when they heard their husband call the old man who suddenly appeared "Dad", both mother and son were shocked, and Xue Huan even stood up quickly.
Zhang Xueping looked at his parents, and then looked at the old man his father was facing with his head down.
When the atmosphere between the two sides was extremely awkward, Zhang Xueping still mustered up the courage to ask: "You, you are my, my grandfather?"
When Zhang Maosheng saw his son Zhang Fenglin, he looked very bad, even with resentment in his eyes, and he had the urge to get angry with his son.
But suddenly he heard someone calling him "Grandpa", and then Zhang Maosheng looked at Zhang Xueping again.
The big boy was no longer short, and was about as tall as Zhang Maosheng's chest. From his eyebrows and eyes, one could vaguely see some of Zhang Fenglin's childhood appearance.
The anger in Zhang Maosheng's heart was extinguished by a sudden brake the moment he saw his grandson.
When three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were stunned, they didn't know what to say next.
It was Su Jinrong who spoke up next to him: "Old Zhang, I was planning to ask Yifan and Ruifeng to call you. Now that you're here, it's just right for you to meet your eldest grandson."
Su Jinrong then said to Zhang Xueping, "Zhang Xueping, this is grandpa, dear grandpa, hurry up and call me."
After Su Jinrong's mediation, Zhang Fenglin seemed to have found a way out.
Zhang Fenglin quickly pulled his son to his side, asked him to stand in front of his father and said, "Pingping, hurry up and call me grandpa, this is your grandpa."
Zhang Xueping hesitated for a moment, then Zhang Fenglin raised his hand anxiously to hit his son.
But just as he raised his hand, Zhang Maosheng grabbed his son's hand.
"Alright, the child is still young, and he hasn't seen me for so many years. It would be too difficult for him to call me grandpa all of a sudden. Don't be so harsh to the child like I was before."
Zhang Fenglin was held by his father's hand, and after hearing what his father said, he was stunned.
It was Xue Huan who heard the voice and quickly spoke on behalf of her husband: "Dad, you, please sit down quickly. Fenglin is really something. He didn't tell us for so many years that you were here. If we had known earlier, we should have visited you first and then come to eat with you."
Looking at his daughter-in-law's enthusiastic greeting, Zhang Maosheng was quite satisfied with Xue Huan as his daughter-in-law.
At this time, Zhang Xueping finally seemed to have recovered from the stress and called out, "Hello, Grandpa."
When Zhang Maosheng heard his grandson calling him, he was stunned again, then a smile spread across his face and he agreed, "Okay, okay, good boy, come sit down and eat."
Afterwards, the whole family sat down, and Liu Quan took the initiative to give up his seat and found a plastic stool to sit on the side.
Everyone sat down, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward again.
After a moment of silence, Xue Huan finally spoke up: "Dad, you haven't eaten yet, right? It's a good opportunity for us to eat together. Do you want any more dishes? Let's order a few more dishes."
As she spoke, Xue Huan waved to Su Ruoxi: "Sister-in-law, please come over here, thank you."
Su Ruoxi had just finished recording the menu for a table and handed the list to her daughter, asking her to deliver it to her father in the kitchen.
Hearing Xue Huan's call, Su Ruoxi came over and asked with a smile, "Sister-in-law, do you want more food?"
Then, Su Ruoxi saw her deskmate Zhang Maosheng, and then looked at Zhang Fenglin who dared not laugh.
After hesitating for a while, Su Ruoxi asked Zhang Maosheng, "Uncle Zhang, is it the same as before today? Do you want three shredded vegetables, chicken porridge, or lion's head? Or do you want to order something else and eat with Brother Zhang?"
Zhang Maosheng took a look at the dishes on the table and said, "Well, this is already very rich. Give me another portion of shredded pork, a large portion of chicken porridge, and a few pomegranate buns."
Su Ruoxi also immediately noted down the table number and wrote down the dishes Zhang Maosheng ordered on the new menu.
The menu was recorded. Since Feng Ruoruo had already gone to the kitchen to deliver it, Su Ruoxi had to make the trip herself.
After Su Ruoxi left, the family at the same table fell into silence again.
There was no smile on Zhang Maosheng's face and he sat there without saying a word.
This made Zhang Fenglin afraid to speak, or should it be said that he didn't know what to say
Seeing that her husband didn't say anything, Xue Huan didn't know what to say for a moment.
As for Liu Quan, he was even more silent.
Finally, only Zhang Xueping was left looking at his grandfather and then at his father.
The older boy couldn't help but speak up: "Grandpa, do you and my dad have a bad relationship? I always feel that my dad seems to be very afraid of you when he sees you, and my dad never mentioned you at home before. What's going on between you two?"
Hearing his son asking so many questions, Zhang Fenglin glared at his son and said, "Don't ask nonsense questions here."
Xue Huan also held her son back, preventing him from asking any more questions.
On the contrary, Zhang Maosheng heard what his eldest grandson said, thought for a moment and said, "Grandpa was too strict with your father in the past, so your father may not like Grandpa very much, that's why he is like this."
After Zhang Maosheng said this, Zhang Fenglin quickly said, "No, no, Dad, I was wrong. I didn't understand your intentions before. I failed your expectations of me, and I failed your intention to find Uncle Rong to teach me cooking. I am even more sorry for Uncle Rong's cultivation of me."
At this point, Zhang Fenglin finally stood up and sincerely admitted his mistake to his father: "Dad, I'm sorry."
Faced with his son's admission of mistake, Zhang Maosheng was a little unsure of how to respond.
Zhang Maosheng sat on the chair, staring at his son who bowed to him and admitted his mistake, and he was stunned.
After a period of silence, it was Su Jinrong who was standing next to him who spoke up: "Alright, Lao Zhang, your son has admitted his fault. Your daughter-in-law, your eldest grandson, and even your apprentice are all here. You should take advantage of this opportunity to back down. Don't be so tense. Give your son a way out. You and your son should shake hands and make peace."
After Su Jinrong opened his mouth, and said so many words with a little effort at once.
Lu Cuiling also came over and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't be so tense. Your son and his grandson have come to apologize. You should also take the initiative and shake hands with your son to make peace. We are still a family after all."
After Su Jinrong and Lu Cuiling persuaded him, Zhang Maosheng finally sighed: "Okay, sit down, let's let the past be the past. Both of us were responsible at the time, but the main responsibility is mine. I was indeed a little too harsh on you at that time. Dad also apologizes to you."
Zhang Fenglin quickly said, "No, no, Dad, you were strict with me at that time to encourage me to improve. I didn't understand you."
Su Jinrong stretched out his hand, shook his son's hand tightly and said, "Let's not talk about who is wrong. Today, we two have shaken hands and made peace. If you have time in the future, bring Pingping to see me often."
Zhang Fenglin held his father's hand tightly, tears already forming in his eyes. He nodded seriously and said, "Okay, Dad. Actually, you can move in with us and get along well with Pingping. I think Pingping will definitely be happy to live with Grandpa."
When Zhang Fenglin said this, he also looked at his son.
But Zhang Xueping did not give a definite answer.
To Zhang Xueping, this grandpa was still a little strange, so Zhang Xueping actually didn't want to live with his grandpa.
When Zhang Fenglin saw that his son didn't say anything, he immediately frowned and wanted to get angry.
However, Zhang Maosheng stopped him: "Okay, she's still a child, and she's not familiar with me. I won't go to your house to disturb you. You can come and see me more often when you have time."
Xue Huan also spoke up at this time: "Dad, if you have time, you can come and stay with us for a while. Pingping is a little unfamiliar with you. If you stay, Pingping will probably like it."
Zhang Maosheng smiled and nodded: "Okay, thank you, I'm very happy, but I won't live with you for the time being. I'm used to living here, and I can't leave Su Ji."
The family in front really shook hands and made peace, and Su Jinrong and Lu Cuiling were both very happy.
As a result, Yang Zhiyi and Chen Yaofei's grandparents also smiled when they saw the scene here.
We have all heard about the problems between Zhang Maosheng and Zhang Fenglin, father and son, so I am really happy from the bottom of my heart that they can shake hands and make peace. I think such a family is a better one.
In the kitchen, Feng Ruoruo, who was originally delivering the menus, and her two good friends were telling their father about the situation outside after delivering the menus.
Before Feng Ruoruo brought in the menu, she saw Grandpa Zhang coming in, so the little girl also had to report to her father.
"Dad, Grandpa Zhang is here, and then Grandpa Zhang went directly to Uncle Zhang's table."
Yang Xiaoxi followed up and said, "Father Feng, is Grandpa Zhang Uncle Zhang's father?"
Chen Yaofei then said, "I heard from Father Feng and Grandpa Su that Grandpa Zhang seemed to be the father of Uncle Zhang, but they had a quarrel."
When Feng Ruoruo heard what Chen Yaofei said, she quickly said to her father, "Oh, Dad, then you should get out quickly and don't let Grandpa Zhang and Uncle Zhang quarrel."
Chen Yaofei quickly explained: "No, they are not quarreling now, they quarreled in the past."
Feng Ruoruo asked curiously: "Why are you arguing?"
Chen Yaofei shook her head to indicate that she didn’t know.
After listening to the three little girls, Feng Yifan anticipated that Zhang Maosheng and Zhang Fenglin, father and son, might meet, but he did not expect that they would meet so soon.
After listening to the little girls, he became a little worried about the situation outside.
While Feng Yifan was still worried, Su Ruoxi came in with a menu.
"Uncle Zhang is here and has ordered a few more dishes. It looks like he's ready to make peace with Brother Zhang. Hurry up and prepare some for him."
Feng Yifan was a little surprised after hearing what his wife said: "We shook hands and made peace so soon?"
When Feng Ruoruo saw her mother coming in, she rushed to her mother and asked, "Mom, mom, are Grandpa Zhang and Uncle Zhang arguing outside?"
Su Ruoxi hugged her daughter, pinched her little face and said, "No, Grandpa and Uncle are about to reconcile."
Feng Ruoruo also exclaimed immediately: "Ah, you made up so quickly?"
Chen Yaofei came over and said, "It's not happy. They had a fight a long time ago and they just made up now. It's been a long time."
Su Ruoxi put her arm around Chen Yaofei and said with a smile, "Well, Feifei is right. Grandpa and uncle had a quarrel a long time ago, and then they ignored each other. Now, grandpa and uncle have reconciled. Should we go out and celebrate for grandpa and uncle?"
When Yang Xiaoxi heard this, he quickly ran forward and said, "Yes, yes, let's go out and celebrate."
Maybe Yang Xiaoxi didn't understand what was going on, but when she heard about the celebration, she felt very excited.
Su Ruoxi said to her husband, "Okay, hurry up and make what Uncle Zhang ordered. I'll take our daughter out first."
Feng Yifan responded, "Okay, then you guys go out and wait for a while. Ruoruo and the others' dinner will be ready soon. Since there aren't many people here during this period of time, you guys can eat first."
Hearing that they could eat, the three little girls were naturally very happy.
Feng Ruoruo shouted: "Great, we can finally eat."
Yang Xiaoxi touched her belly and said, "Xixi has been hungry for a long time."
Chen Yaofei smiled and said, "Hehe, Feifei is actually hungry too."
Su Ruoxi pulled the three girls and said, "Okay, since you are all hungry, let's go out first. I will ask Father Feng to serve you food later. We will also start eating dinner."
After watching his wife and the girls leave, Feng Yifan took a look at the order Zhang Maosheng had placed.
I saw three kinds of shredded vegetables, a large portion of chicken porridge, and pomegranate buns.
Feng Yifan's mouth curled up slightly. He probably guessed that Zhang Maosheng and Zhang Fenglin, father and son, should have made peace.
Feng Yifan then said to his apprentice Lin Ruifeng, "Ruifeng, you will make this pomegranate bun today."
Lin Ruifeng didn't hesitate and immediately agreed: "Okay, Master."
The process of making pomegranate buns is not complicated. The most difficult part may be spreading the skin of the pomegranate buns.
During this period of time, Lin Ruifeng has also done this several times with his master. He knows that today is a chance given by his master to give him a try, so Lin Ruifeng also does it very seriously.
After giving the pomegranate buns to his apprentice to make, Feng Yifan began to prepare chicken porridge and three kinds of shredded vegetables.
For some chefs who are not very skilled in knife skills, "Three Shredded Vegetables with Chinese Spicy Sauce" may be a difficult dish to prepare, but for Feng Yifan, it is actually very simple.
Knife skills were too easy for Feng Yifan.
On the contrary, the preparation of chicken porridge is much more complicated for Feng Yifan.
Because chicken porridge is made by chopping the chicken into puree, picking out the tendons in the meat, and then sifting the meat several times to finally get a very fine and flowing chicken puree.
This series of steps is a test of a cook's patience and skills.
Feng Yifan also started to process the chicken after cutting the three strips and putting them in the pot.
Only after the three shreds are out of the pot, only part of the process is completed, and very detailed follow-up steps are still needed.
So Feng Yifan asked Lin Ruifeng to bring up the shredded vegetables and pomegranate buns first, while he continued to make the final chicken porridge in the kitchen.
The final result is a runny chicken puree, which should be stirred and cooked in clear broth.
The chicken puree becomes like rice grains, and when served it looks like a bowl of clear white porridge.