Su Ji opened late today, which was a bit unexpected for many people. This also caused those who went to Lin's breakfast shop to buy breakfast to be unable to find a place to sit for a while.
When they saw Su Ji open the door, a group of people immediately rushed in.
There was no need for Feng Yifan and Su Ruoxi to greet them. The first group of people who came in found a seat by themselves, turned over the chairs that were upside down on the table, and then sat down to eat.
This scene was very interesting to the Su Ji family.
Feng Ruoruo said with a smile: "Dad, everyone knows how to move the chairs."
Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Yes, because everyone is used to it. Every morning we go to Uncle Xiaolin's house to buy breakfast, and then come to our house to sit down and eat."
Feng Ruoruo continued, "That's great. This way we can do business with Uncle Xiaolin."
The father and daughter were chatting when Wang Cuifeng and Fan Chaodong came in.
Wang Cuifeng looked at Feng Yifan and said, "Yifan, how long did you guys work out last night? Why are you open so late today? Uncle Lin's small door next door is almost broken by the crowds."
Hearing Wang Cuifeng's words, Su Ruoxi immediately said, "Sister, Ruoruo is here, don't talk nonsense."
Wang Cuifeng saw Feng Ruoruo and quickly said with a smile, "Oh, so little Ruoruo is here. Aunt Feng must have said something wrong. Your parents are sleeping late, right?"
Feng Ruoruo didn't understand what Wang Cuifeng said before. When she heard Aunt Feng asking her whether her parents slept in, the little girl thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Feng, my parents are very busy every day, so they didn't get up early this morning. They need to rest."
Everyone present was shocked when they heard Feng Ruoruo's words.
Then Wang Cuifeng exclaimed: "Oh, our Ruoruo is really good at talking."
Lu Cuiling also smiled and said, "That's right. Now I will protect my father and not let anyone say anything."
Wang Cuifeng smiled and asked, "Really? Dad can't be talked about?"
Feng Ruoruo stood in front of her father and said, "Dad is very good, why do you have to talk about dad?"
Fan Chaodong rarely spoke: "Yes, Ruoruo thinks Daddy is so good, so you can't say anything about Daddy. You are not Ruoruo, so you are not allowed to say anything about Daddy. Only Ruoruo can talk about Daddy."
Feng Ruoruo also agreed with Fan Chaodong's words: "Uncle Fan is right. Only Ruoruo can tell Dad, you can't tell him."
Wang Cuifeng stretched out her hand and pinched the little girl's face: "You little thing, you are really getting cuter and cuter."
Feng Ruoruo then asked Wang Cuifeng and Fan Chaodong to sit down: "Auntie Feng, Uncle Fan, please sit down quickly. There are seats here."
Following the girl's instructions, Wang Cuifeng sat down, while Fan Chaodong went to the next door to queue up to buy pot stickers and soy milk.
Feng Ruoruo wanted to chat with Aunt Feng, but her mother looked at the time and said, "Feng Ruoruo, you can't chat anymore? We have to go upstairs to clean up and then go to kindergarten."
Feng Ruoruo also agreed immediately and waved goodbye to Wang Cuifeng: "Auntie Feng, I'm going to kindergarten now."
Wang Cuifeng smiled and nodded: "Okay? Ruoruo, be careful on the road."
Go upstairs to pack up, put on your schoolbag, and Feng Ruoruo followed her mother and grandmother to go to kindergarten.
Because she knew that her father was busy in the morning, Feng Ruoruo would not let her father send her off now. When she left the house, she turned around and blew her father a kiss goodbye.
"Come on, Dad."
"Okay? Ruoruo, try your best too. Be a good kid in kindergarten."
After watching his daughter leave with her grandmother and mother, Feng Yifan turned around and went back to the restaurant. He came to his father-in-law and asked Wang Cuifeng to help look after him. He then went to the kitchen and started working.
Wang Cuifeng immediately agreed: "Okay, go ahead and do your work, I'll help you watch over here."
Feng Yifan was still very confident in Wang Cuifeng. He said a few words to his father-in-law and then went to the kitchen to get busy.
Because he got up late today, Feng Yifan had a lot of things to prepare.
First of all, we still need to take out the prepared large bones and chicken racks. The first thing to do is of course to make the soup. The key to a good bowl of noodles lies in the soup.
The delicious soup, paired with the right toppings, can highlight the deliciousness of a bowl of noodles.
Therefore, making soup is a daily necessity for Su Ji, and it is also something that has been passed down from generation to generation in Su Ji.
When making soup, the bones and chicken frames must be cleaned in advance. It is best to soak the bones in running water overnight to remove the blood and fishy smell in the bones.
Then put the pot into cold water. After it boils for the first time over high heat, be very careful to remove the foam.
After clearing off the floating foam, add onion, ginger, cooking wine, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon and other seasonings. Still bring to a boil over high heat, then put the chicken rack in and cook together.
The next step is a long boil, which usually takes at least two hours.
Feng Yifan usually cooks the soup throughout the morning, and only does the follow-up processing until it is close to business time at noon.
The boiled soup is still raw soup, and it needs to be swept to remove impurities in the soup. What is left is the classic soup used in Su Ji noodles.
The soup looks clear, but it actually contains the delicious flavors of large bones and chicken racks.
Such a soup, paired with Su Ji's Yi Fu noodles and a variety of toppings, is the true essence of the delicious Su Ji noodles.
While the soup is cooking, Feng Yifan also needs to process other ingredients.
For example, the beef brisket must be cooked in advance, otherwise it will not be tender when making the topping at noon.
Some vegetables also need to be processed in advance.
Of course, the most important thing is the classic dishes in Su Ji noodles, such as shredded eel, yellow croaker, etc. These toppings also need to be processed in advance.
Put the eel into a net bag, tie the net bag tightly, and put it into the pot to blanch it directly. Add cooking wine, green onion and ginger during the scalding process to remove the fishy smell.
After the eels have been blanched, Feng Yifan usually separates them with a bamboo skewer while they are still hot.
The reason why Su Ji Shredded Eel Noodles is delicious is that the eels are boiled before being cooked, which fully ensures that the eel meat is firm.
Moreover, Su Ji’s shredded eel noodles usually only use the back of the eel; the belly is not used to make the shredded eel noodles.
This is the same as stir-frying soft-shelled eel and stir-frying tiger tail, only using the eel's back and not the belly.
Of course, there are corresponding dishes for the abdomen, such as the famous braised navel.
Feng Yifan also created a noodle dish in the kitchen, using the method of stewing the navel with yellow eel, which uses the belly of the eel as topping. It has also been well received when it was launched these days.
Being a good cook requires you to constantly experiment and innovate while mastering the basics, so as to give diners a delicious enjoyment while also giving them a sense of freshness.
In fact, Feng Yifan really enjoys this moment, constantly exploring in the process of creating something new.
If the final product is acceptable to the diners, the sense of accomplishment at that moment will be very satisfying.
Feng Yifan was busy in the kitchen, and Feng Ruoruo was sent to kindergarten by her mother and grandmother. Along the way, the little girl naturally kept talking to her mother and grandmother.
"Grandma, do you know who has the most red flowers in our kindergarten?"
Lu Cuiling thought for a moment and said, "Is it Ruoruo?"
"No, no, it's not Ruoruo."
"Is that Feifei?"
Feng Ruoruo smiled and shook her head: "It's not Feifei. Feifei just came to the kindergarten, so she doesn't have the little red flower in front. In fact, the one with the most little red flowers is Xixi. She has a lot of little red flowers. She has the most little red flowers among all the children in our class."
Lu Cuiling was a little surprised: "It turned out to be Xixi? I didn't expect Xixi to be so powerful."
Feng Ruoruo nodded: "Yes, Xixi is so amazing. She always performs very well, so she can get a lot of little red flowers."
Lu Cuiling then encouraged her granddaughter: "Ruoruo, you should also work hard. We should take Xixi as an example and work hard to catch up with Xixi and strive to get a little red flower that exceeds Xixi."
Feng Ruoruo nodded with a smile: "Okay, Ruoruo will definitely work hard."
When she reached the kindergarten gate, Feng Ruoruo ran into Chen Yaofei, who came with her grandparents. When the two little girls were holding hands and preparing to enter the door, they heard Yang Xiaoxi's call.
"Ruoruo, Feifei, wait for me."
Yang Xiaoxi ran quickly and came in front of her two good friends. Seeing her two good friends made the little girl very happy.
"Luckily I made it on time. I was afraid I would be deducted a red flower for being late."
Feng Ruoruo looked at her good friend curiously and asked, "Xixi, why are you running so fast? How come you are late?"
Yang Xiaoxi turned her head and looked at her father behind her and said, "My dad got up late, and his car didn't go home, so he took me here in a taxi this morning."
Chen Yaofei asked curiously: "Xixi, isn't your father's car at home?"
Yang Xiaoxi quickly replied: "Yes, Dad's car picked up Mom last night, and then he didn't drive home, so he couldn't drive me to kindergarten this morning."
Feng Ruoruo found it a bit strange: "Xixi, why did your dad drive to pick up your mom and then not drive home?"
Feng Ruoruo's words were a little confusing, and Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei didn't understand them for a moment.
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "Because, Xixi's parents drove to our house for dinner last night, and Xixi's father drank, so he couldn't drive, so he left the car at our house in the parking lot across the street."
After hearing her mother's answer, Feng Ruoruo immediately understood.
Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei also understood.
But then Feng Ruoruo exclaimed, "Ah, Mom, you and Dad had dinner with Xixi's parents last night, and you didn't wake me up. Xixi didn't come either, and Feifei wasn't here either, so you sneaked in to eat the delicious food."
Seeing her daughter exclaim, Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "You guys usually eat your dad's special meal, can't we eat it secretly once?"
Feng Ruoruo was unhappy: "Mom, you are all bad. You eat when our child is asleep."
Yang Xiaoxi also came back to her senses at this time. Seeing that her father had come over, she quickly asked, "Dad, did you and Mom go to Ruoruo's house to secretly eat delicious food last night? Then you didn't bring Xixi with you, so you and Mom ate by yourselves. You are really naughty."
When Yang Zhiyi heard what his daughter said, he was a little amused.
He squatted down, took his daughter in his arms, and explained to her carefully: "It's like this. Mom worked overtime very late last night and didn't eat, so Dad took Mom to Ruoruo's house and asked your father Feng to make dinner for Mom. It was already very late at that time, and you were all asleep, so you couldn't wake up."
On the other side, Su Ruoxi was also explaining to her daughter.
"You have to go to kindergarten today, and children can't sleep that late, so in order to entertain Uncle Yang and Aunt Li, Mom and Dad can only go downstairs very late to cook."
The two little girls were not unreasonable children. After listening to their parents' explanation, they understood.
Feng Ruoruo said: "Well, okay, mom and dad made delicious food for Xixi's mom, that's great."
Yang Xiaoxi also said to her father: "Thank you, Dad, for helping Xixi take good care of her mother."
After hearing what his daughter said, Yang Zhiyi also smiled and said, "Dad should take care of Mom and Xixi. Dad likes to take care of Mom and Xixi."
Seeing the two little girls being very close to their parents, Lu Cuiling smiled and said, "Okay, you three have to go in, otherwise you will be late for kindergarten."
Afterwards, the three little girls held hands, said goodbye to their parents at the door, walked into the kindergarten and ran to their class.
After watching the three little girls enter the house, Su Ruoxi turned around and asked Yang Zhiyi: "You went home so late last night, is everything ok?"
Yang Zhiyi shook his head helplessly after hearing this: "Alas, I also want to be fine, but there is really no way to be fine."
Su Ruoxi was startled: "What's wrong? Are uncle and aunt angry?"
Yang Zhiyi sighed: "I am angry for sure. I feel that the conflict between my mother and Fei'er seems to have deepened a lot. The key conflict is still on the issue of having children."
Hearing this, Feifei's grandfather Chen Shoulin said, "Old people still have some traditional ideas. You should also understand them. Also, you should persuade Fei'er not to quarrel with your parents. Try to communicate more and express your thoughts to each other."
Yang Zhiyi nodded: "Uncle Chen is right, it is true that they do not communicate enough."
Feifei's grandmother Li Xiuchun also said: "So, at this time, you need to play a role, persuade each other, let them communicate, and it would be best if you can convince both parties to sit down and talk."
Lu Cuiling suddenly asked: "Fei Er, do you not want to have children? Or is it because your mother has a son-loving mentality and doesn't want to spoil the elderly?"
Yang Zhiyi said helplessly: "In fact, Fei'er has her own career, and her career is on the rise now. If she gets pregnant and has a baby at this time, it will definitely be affected. I don't want her to abandon her career just to satisfy my parents' wishes."
Su Ruoxi heard this and said, "You are a good husband who cares about your wife."
Lu Cuiling continued, "Then you should go and have a good talk with your parents and explain the reasons to them clearly."
Li Xiuchun also agreed: "Yes, you are a son after all. If you say something, your parents will be more receptive and it won't turn into a conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."
After listening to the opinions of several elderly people, Yang Zhiyi also made up his mind: "Okay, I will go back and have a good talk with my parents about this matter."
Chen Shoulin finally said: "That's right, you are a man, a husband, you must have the responsibility of a husband."