The next day, after preparing a hearty breakfast for his family and sending his daughter to school, Feng Yifan called his apprentice Lin Ruifeng to drive his parents' pickup truck out.
Su Ruoxi watched her husband driving his apprentice out and couldn't help but feel a little strange, but when she asked her husband, he didn't say anything.
This made Su Ruoxi a little depressed as she sat alone in the restaurant after her husband left.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law looked a little unhappy, Lu Cuiling sat down beside her, reached out and took her hand, gently patted the back of her hand and said, "What's wrong? Do you feel that it's boring for you to stay here alone because there is no business suddenly and Yifan is going out alone?"
Su Ruoxi was held by her mother-in-law's hand, and she also held her mother-in-law's hand and said, "Mom, don't you think this is strange? In the past, when I was busy with business every day, I thought it would be nice if I could take a break.
But now I have a lot of free time and I am bored again. I am hoping that the ancient street outside will be renovated as soon as possible so that we can resume business.”
Lu Cuiling laughed when she heard this: "Hahaha, this is not surprising at all, because in the past two months since Yifan came back, you have been very busy, and you have gradually become accustomed to being busy every day, so when you suddenly have some free time, you feel empty inside."
At this point, Lu Cuiling leaned close to her daughter-in-law's ear and whispered, "Besides, Yifan took his apprentice out today. Are you a little jealous?"
Su Ruoxi's thoughts were exposed by her mother-in-law, and a blush immediately appeared on her face, but she said, "No, Mom, don't talk nonsense. If Yifan wants to take his apprentice out, let him go. I don't want to care about him."
Lu Cuiling smiled even more happily: "Look, you said you don't care, tell me yourself, are you feeling uncomfortable? You blame Yifan for not taking you with him."
Then, Lu Cuiling said, "It's nothing, actually. You can use this time to think about your own affairs."
Su Ruoxi looked at her mother-in-law in surprise: "Thinking about your own affairs?"
Lu Cuiling nodded: "Yes, it will take some time to complete the reconstruction of the ancient street. Have you ever thought that during the reconstruction period, you should also make a change to Su Ji? And after that, which direction should Su Ji develop in?"
Su Ruoxi almost blurted out after hearing what her mother-in-law said: "Doesn't Su Ji insist on our small restaurant model? And Yifan said before that we can go to the exquisite private kitchen restaurant with reservations in the future."
Lu Cuiling asked: "But these are Yifan's ideas? What about your own ideas? After all, this Su Ji was passed to you. Have you ever thought about what kind of restaurant you want to make Su Ji into?"
If Feng Yifan were here, he might exclaim after hearing what his mother said.
I admire my mother for being a strong woman who has built a well-known vegetarian food supply base.
Just a few words led the daughter-in-law to start having some ideas.
Maybe Su Ruoxi did have some ideas of her own before, but after her aunt came to ask for the old plaque, which caused her father to have a stroke? After she came back with her husband, she had given up some of her ideas.
Maybe it's because she's too comfortable? Under the care of her husband, she can live a happy life every day.
Or maybe it was the harmony among the family that made Su Ruoxi lose her original enterprising spirit.
In short, Su Ruoxi unknowingly got used to letting her husband make the decisions on everything. She silently supported her husband behind the scenes, helping him manage the restaurant's accounts and keeping the money.
But now, after hearing a few words from her mother-in-law, Su Ruoxi suddenly woke up and some thoughts emerged in her mind.
Was that the time when Su Ruoxi was full of vigor and ambition? She had imagined what she wanted to make Su Ji into.
Let Su Ji rise again like it did in the time of my grandfather.
It has become a private kitchen restaurant that is well-known throughout the country and even the world.
Su Ruoxi still vaguely remembers that once a foreigner came to Su Ji to order food, and then her grandfather privately prepared a very exquisite meal for the other party, which won the other party's praise.
Su Ruoxi, who was still young at that time, was full of admiration for her grandfather when she saw foreigners were impressed by her grandfather's food.
Later, when her grandfather was seriously ill, Su Ruoxi still remembered what her grandfather said to her father before he died.
I don’t want my father to have to work as hard as he did. I hope Su Ruoxi’s father can relax a little and live the life he likes.
At that time, Su Jinrong also obeyed his father's wishes and stopped promoting Su Ji.
I have spent most of my life in peace and stability taking care of this old shop passed down from my ancestors.
But now Su Ruoxi feels that Su Ji should not continue to keep a low profile. Su Ji should forge its own path and become the famous private chef that her grandfather had been like.
Thinking of this, Su Ruoxi had her own ideas and thought about what she should do.
Su Ruoxi came back to her senses, looked at her mother-in-law and smiled: "Mom, thank you for helping me understand some things."
Lu Cuiling also laughed: "Well, we also have to do what we can. Although we can't cook ourselves, we can redesign Su Ji and make it what we want it to be. This way you will also gain a sense of accomplishment."
Su Ruoxi said to her mother-in-law: "Mom, I don't really want a sense of accomplishment. I just can't be left behind by Yifan."
Lu Cuiling smiled and nodded after hearing this: "That's right."
Su Ruoxi continued, "Everything Yifan did was for our family. I can't fall behind. I also want to do something for our family and make it better."
Lu Cuiling asked with a smile: "So what are you going to do next?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and replied, "Let's go to the east community and buy an apartment first."
Lu Cuiling was a little confused by her daughter-in-law's idea. It seemed to be different from what she thought.
Su Ruoxi saw her mother-in-law was stunned, and quickly explained: "Mom, this is what I think. In the next period of time, Yifan will have to set up a stall to attract some traffic and business for the old neighbors, and he also needs to train his apprentices to get started as soon as possible, and Ruoruo still has to go to kindergarten.
We might as well buy a house in the east community first, and use this time to renovate the new house there."
Lu Cuiling did not interrupt her daughter-in-law and watched her continue speaking.
Su Ruoxi continued, "Why don't we just wait until the new house is renovated before we leave? We can live in the countryside for a while and get some fresh air in the new house."
Lu Cuiling nodded, thinking that her daughter-in-law's arrangement was quite good. She only needed to arrange for someone to open the windows for ventilation every day after they left. This was not difficult, and she could ask Lin Ruifeng to help every day, opening the windows in the morning and closing them in the evening.
After thinking for a while, Lu Cuiling asked again: "What happens next?"
Su Ruoxi continued with a smile: "After we return from the countryside, we can move into the new house and move out of Su's house, and then we can start the overall decoration of Su's house."
Having said that, the daughter-in-law has hit the real point.
By moving to the new house and freeing up space, we can carry out an overall renovation of Su Ji’s interior.
Next, you can make drastic changes to how the restaurant is transformed.
Hearing her daughter-in-law's arrangement, Lu Cuiling smiled and nodded: "This is a good arrangement. It makes good use of our time. When you come back to the countryside with us after the summer vacation, we can start to renovate Su Ji and change Su Ji according to the plan you have planned."
Su Ruoxi smiled and nodded: "That's right, Mom, then let's wait for Yifan to come back and we will go to look at the house in the afternoon."
Lu Cuiling naturally agreed: "Okay, we'll go over to see the house this afternoon."
Su Jinrong, who was sitting in front of the restaurant and basking in the sun, listened to his daughter and mother-in-law chatting with a smile on his face, but he did not speak to join in.
In Su Jinrong's opinion, Su Ji will be handed over to his daughter and son-in-law in the future, and it would be nice for him to enjoy his grandchildren leisurely.
As for where the daughter and son-in-law will take Su Ji
Su Jinrong still believed in his heart that his daughter and son-in-law would make Su Ji better and better.
On the other side, Feng Yifan drove his apprentice out of the city and headed directly to a market in the suburbs. This was not the first time the master and apprentice had come here.
The last time Feng Yifan drove here with his apprentice, they went to a shop in the market here to order custom items.
And today I came here to take back the customized item.
On the way, Feng Yifan was driving and chatting with his apprentice about the topic of love.
"How is it? Have you contacted Shen Qingluo in the past few days?"
"Master, why do you care so much about this?"
"Can't I just ask?"
"Okay, my sister came back yesterday, and I was with my parents and sister to accompany grandma, so we didn't have time to contact each other."
"Before you go home to sleep at night, do you call everyone and say goodnight?"
"Do I need to say goodnight?"
"Are you stupid, kid? Is it important to say goodnight?"
"unimportant."
"Nonsense, of course it's important. Saying goodnight itself is not important. What's important is that you think of her and care about her. She's alone in the country. If you care about her more, she will definitely feel very happy. Do you understand?"
"Master, you told my sister yesterday that you don't understand these things."
"What's the matter? You have learned to argue with your master, right?"
"No, no, Master, I just feel that Shen Qingluo and I haven't reached that stage yet. We are just ordinary friends now."
"Okay, then do you know that this ordinary friend of yours has come to the ancient street to look at the shop?"
"What? Is she going to open a shop in the ancient street?"
"Look, as an ordinary friend, you don't even know such an important thing. Do you still have the nerve to call me your friend? You, don't call me your apprentice in the future. I feel ashamed if you tell others about it."
After hearing what Feng Yifan said, Lin Ruifeng was a little confused. He sat in the passenger seat for a long time. When he came to his senses, he asked, "Master, what should I do?"
Feng Yifan immediately said, "What should we do? Call them now to say hello and ask if there is anything they can help with."
Lin Ruifeng was stunned again.
Seeing his disciple standing there in a daze, Feng Yifan couldn't help but raise his hand and slap him on the back of the head: "What are you doing standing there? Hurry up and make a phone call."
Lin Ruifeng came to his senses and immediately took out his cell phone to make a call.
On the other side, Shen Qingluo was at work, but he was just preparing some handover work.
After receiving a call from Lin Ruifeng, Shen Qingluo's mouth corners slightly raised, and joy was clearly revealed between his eyebrows.
After answering the phone, Shen Qingluo asked in a very calm tone: "Hello, who are you looking for?"
Lin Ruifeng quickly told who he was, and then asked directly: "Do you need any help? If you need, I will help you."
Shen Qingluo originally wanted to ask Lin Ruifeng to come over and help him pack his things.
But then she thought again, "What are you doing? Don't you have to work with Chef Feng?"
As a result, Lin Ruifeng was more honest, so he told others that he was following his master to pull things.
Hearing that Lin Ruifeng was helping his master, Shen Qingluo changed his tone and said, "Oh, then you go ahead and do your work. I don't have anything to do here."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ruifeng said, "Oh, then if you need help, you can call me."
Shen Qingluo naturally responded: "Okay."
Feng Yifan was listening to the whole thing, and when he saw that his apprentice seemed to be about to hang up the phone, he quickly winked at him.
As a result, Lin Ruifeng saw the look in his master's eyes, but he didn't understand what it meant for a long time.
Finally, Feng Yifan said anxiously, "It's nothing serious here. Go over and help Xiao Shen. She must have a lot of things to prepare."
Shen Qingluo heard it on the other end of the phone and quickly said, "No, you don't have to come over. I've almost finished packing here."
As a result, Lin Ruifeng was very honest and just relayed the words to his master.
"Master, she said that the place has been cleaned up and I don't need to go there."
Feng Yifan wanted to kick his apprentice out of the car. How could he have taught such a stupid apprentice? He was just being polite, so why are you so rude
Thinking of this, Feng Yifan stopped the car and drove his apprentice out: "Okay, I don't need you to go with me, you can take a taxi back by yourself."
After leaving his apprentice on the side of the road, Feng Yifan got into the car and drove away without saying a word.
Lin Ruifeng was completely confused when he saw this situation. Didn’t they agree to go together to get the customized stewing and baking hanging oven
Lin Ruifeng was a little confused and was stunned for a while. He said to the other end of the phone: "My master abandoned me. I'd better go to you and help you move your things."
Shen Qingluo, who had been listening to the entire thing, was almost bursting out laughing at this point.
Trying hard to hold back his laughter, Shen Qingluo asked in doubtful words: "Why?"
Lin Ruifeng replied: "I don't know either. Maybe Master doesn't want to take me with him. I'll go find you. Where are you?"
Shen Qingluo put the phone away, avoided it and couldn't help laughing for a while, then told Lin Ruifeng the address.
Feng Yifan drove alone to the suburban market. He was still very depressed in the car: "How could I teach such a stupid apprentice? Don't you know that I am being polite? Really, if I don't teach him step by step, he doesn't know what to do. I don't know if this kid can succeed."
Actually, when Feng Yifan brought his apprentice out today, he didn't originally want him to accompany him to get the custom-made items.
The main purpose is to complete the task assigned by Lin Yanmei and to enhance the relationship between the apprentice and Shen Qingluo.
After sending his apprentice away, Feng Yifan drove all the way to the suburban market and came to the store that sold customized stewing and grilling hanging ovens.