At nine o'clock in the evening, the small market was still brightly lit, but there were only a few customers.
However, many stall owners obviously have no intention of leaving. They seem to want to continue waiting here to see if there will be another night market later in the evening.
Feng Yifan naturally wouldn't stay here, as the two children, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei, had already gone back.
My daughter was already yawning in her grandfather's arms, leaning in the wheelchair.
Feng Yifan decisively called his apprentice and Sister Zhao to clean up together and prepare to pack up and go back.
While cleaning, Lin Ruifeng couldn't help asking, "Master, we don't have to go back so early. We can try to run a night market here. Maybe we can really make it work?"
Feng Yifan smiled and responded: "The night market is not suitable for us. There is no end to the money we can make. We need to ensure quality and build up a good reputation, so it is just right to cook two meals a day."
Zhao Daxia agreed and said, "The boss is right. There is no way to make enough money. There is no need to spend all your time here just to make money. Besides, our family pays attention to quality and hygiene. If we work too late and don't get enough rest, how can we guarantee quality and hygiene?"
Feng Yifan laughed when he heard this: "That's right, Sister Zhao is absolutely right."
Then, Feng Yifan patted his apprentice and said, "Okay, hurry up and pack up, let's go back."
Then thinking of putting the cart in the Lin family breakfast shop, Feng Yifan glanced at the hanging stove and said, "Why not do this? Anyway, this thing is placed at your house at night. We can take the stove back so that it will be easier to clean. It's not clean here because of the wind and sun."
Zhao Daxia heard this and said, "Boss, you are finally going to take the stove back. I was thinking yesterday, if you leave the stove here, aren't you afraid that someone will take it away in the middle of the night?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Even if we take this hanging furnace away, it won't sell for much money."
Feng Yifan then said, "But it's easier to clean up when we take it back. It's still easy to get dirty if we leave it here. Since we want to be clean and hygienic, we should do everything well."
Lin Ruifeng looked at the hanging furnace and asked, "Master, how do we get this thing back?"
Feng Yifan immediately ran out and came back with the flatbed school bus that Zhang Qiang gave him from the farmers' market.
"Come on, help get the stove up and pull it back."
Feng Ruoruo was dozing off in her grandfather's arms. When she saw her father and Uncle Xiaolin moving the stove, the little girl suddenly perked up and came up to her father to look at him curiously.
"Dad, where are you and Uncle Xiaolin going to move this?"
As Feng Yifan and his apprentice were moving the stove, he answered his daughter, "The stove has been here for two days, and it's dirty inside and out, so we need to take it home and clean it thoroughly."
Feng Ruoruo immediately shouted, "Dad, Ruoruo will help you too."
Su Ruoxi pulled her daughter back as she was about to go forward and said, "Hey, don't go over there. Dad and Uncle Xiaolin are already very busy. If you go over there, you will only make things worse. Come over here and stay away from them. Don't let Dad and Uncle Xiaolin bump into you."
Feng Ruoruo pouted and was not very happy, but she still listened to her mother and stepped aside to make way.
When Dad and Uncle Kobayashi put the stove on the flatbed cart, the little girl immediately came to Dad and wanted to help him push it.
Feng Yifan smiled and said to his daughter, "How about this, Dad and Uncle Xiaolin will be responsible for pushing the two carts, and you and Mom will be responsible for pushing Grandpa, okay?"
After hearing what her father said, the little girl immediately agreed: "Okay, okay, Ruoruo and mommy will push grandpa."
After assigning the tasks, Su Ruoxi took her daughter to push her father.
Here, Feng Yifan, his apprentice and Zhao Daxia were pushing the stove and the cart together.
The group left the small market in a mighty procession. As they passed by other stalls, they greeted and said goodbye to the owners of other stalls with a smile.
Many bosses felt regretful that Feng Yifan closed his stall so early.
"Chef Feng, you can actually work a little longer. It's really too early for you to close the stall."
"That's right, the night market here still has some business at night."
"Boss Feng, you guys are really too early."
Facing everyone's regrets and verbal requests to stay, Feng Yifan smiled and responded: "It's getting late. I'm different from the other bosses. I have to take care of my father-in-law and daughter. Children can't sleep too late or they won't grow tall, so I have to close the stall early.
Besides, we have sold out our stuff, and the wontons are not suitable for eating late at night, so we will take them away. I wish all the bosses a prosperous night market business."
Everyone smiled and thanked them, then watched the family leave.
After Feng Yifan and his friends left, many bosses in the small market immediately sighed and started talking.
"Alas, business is not good if it's not on the weekend. It's true that only Su Ji's business is good."
"I think business is OK, especially when those kids come, business here is pretty good too."
"Yes, the business was really good when the two groups of children came, but it was a pity that there were only those two groups."
"Feng Yifan is smart. He knows to focus on children's business. He makes wontons, noodles, and fried rice, which are most suitable for children's taste."
"Yes, I've tried their fried rice, and it tastes really good for children."
"Feng Yifan is indeed a man who has been abroad. He is really smart."
"I didn't realize it before, but it seems that Feng Yifan has learned a lot during these years abroad."
"But Feng Yifan seems to have never cooked Western food, right? Everything he cooks is ours, whether it's Su Ji's traditional dishes, or the roast goose, roast duck, barbecued pork, and wontons made at the stall, none of them have the slightest Western touch."
"Yes, many of the snacks he made for his daughter were Western-style."
A group of people were talking about Feng Yifan in private, their words were full of envy, but outsiders naturally had no idea what they were thinking in their hearts.
But one thing is certain, this group of bosses on the ancient street chose to stay here and set up stalls, or they wanted to take advantage of the popularity of Su Ji and Feng Yifan.
Feng Yifan didn't know that after they left, the owners of the ancient street in the small market were talking about him.
He was pushing the stove and asked his apprentice to push the cart. Zhao Daxia lent a hand at the side and they successfully pushed the things across the road. After entering the ancient street, it was even easier to walk because there was no one on the semi-closed ancient street.
Of course, the old stone pavement in the ancient street makes it a bit bumpy to push a cart along.
At times like this, it was thanks to Zhao Daxia who was there to lend a hand from time to time, otherwise it would have been very difficult for Feng Yifan to push the hanging stove.
After a bumpy ride, the stove was finally pushed back to Su Ji's door.
Recalling the hard work of pushing the oven back, Feng Yifan said to his apprentice: "Ruifeng, why don't you move the oven over there in the future? You can bake the cakes here every morning and bring the finished products back directly. It's too tiring to push the oven back every day."
After hearing this, Lin Ruifeng thought for a moment and asked, "If we don't push the oven over, if the food is finished being baked, do we have to come back and bake it later?"
Feng Yifan was stunned when asked this by his disciple. After thinking about it, it seemed that this was indeed not possible.
And there is another important reason why the stove is placed at the stall, which is that the stove can actually keep heat.
After roast goose, roast duck and barbecued pork are roasted, they can actually be kept in the oven to keep warm so that customers don’t buy cold food.
But thinking of such a long journey, Feng Yifan felt a little worried about his apprentice.
"If I wasn't here, it would be too hard for you to push two carts by yourself."
Zhao Daxia said at this time: "Boss, the hard work is actually because your car is not good enough. You should get a car that is more suitable for pushing the furnace, or just weld wheels on the bottom."
After hearing what Zhao Daxia said, Feng Yifan immediately thought of an idea: "Sister Zhao, this is a good idea. We can directly weld the handle and wheels to the furnace, so it will be easier to push."
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "Did you listen to Sister Zhao's ideas today? Do you want to give Sister Zhao more money?"
Feng Yifan immediately said after hearing what his wife said, "Yes, you should pay more."
Zhao Daxia waved her hands: "I can't accept it. You pay me a lot. And I can come to the shop first in the morning and help Xiaolin push the cart over."
Lin Ruifeng said a little embarrassedly: "Thank you so much, Sister Zhao."
Zhao Daxia waved her hands again: "Why are you thanking me? Don't forget, you have to pay me."
Lin Ruifeng scratched his head for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Why don't you just cooperate with Sister Zhao after we leave? You two can share the profit. It will be worth it for Sister Zhao to stay and work for you."
Zhao Daxia disagreed: "No, no, I can't share this money. I'm just a helper and I can't do it. I can't share Xiaolin's money."
Lin Ruifeng wanted to persuade her, but Zhao Daxia was very determined: "Xiao Lin, if you say that again, I won't work for you anymore."
Feng Yifan patted Lin Ruifeng and said, "Then listen to Big Sister. I'll pay Big Sister 4,000 yuan a month anyway."
Lin Ruifeng nodded: "Okay, then I'll give it to you every month."
Su Ruoxi said beside him: "That's not right, didn't your master tell you to give it to me?"
Lin Ruifeng said quickly, "No, Master, I have to pay for this. I know that Master didn't go back with Ruoruo's grandpa and grandma because he wanted to stay and help me. He taught me. I can't let Master pay for Sister Zhao's salary anymore. I have to pay for this myself. After all, this is my own business."
Feng Yifan nodded with satisfaction when he heard this: "Not bad, you can realize that this is your own business. It's worth it for me, your master, to teach you for so long."
Then, the master and his apprentice pushed the cart and the stove into the Lin family shop together.
Although the Lin family's shop is not big, after putting away the tables and chairs, it is just enough to push the cart and stove in side by side.
After putting the cart and stove away, little Feng Ruoruo yawned and chattered while holding her father's hand.
"Dad, ha... Today that sister told me to read some books, saying that she wanted you and mom to read them to me, you have to buy them for me, ha..."
Seeing his daughter dozing off, Feng Yifan promised her, "Okay, Dad and Mom will buy you some later. Are they Aesop's Fables, Andersen's Fairy Tales, or Grimm's Fairy Tales?"
Feng Ruoruo smiled and said, "Yes, yes, these are the ones. Dad, remember to buy them for me."
Feng Yifan promised his daughter seriously: "Okay, I will definitely buy it."
Then he squatted down and said to his daughter, "Then Ruoruo, be good and go home with your mother to wash up and go to bed. Daddy still needs to clean up here with Uncle Xiaolin."
Feng Ruoruo hugged her father's neck, not wanting to let go: "Dad, grandma has gone home, Ruoruo wants you to hold Ruoruo while she sleeps."
Hearing his daughter's coquettish behavior, Feng Yifan couldn't bear to let go.
Lin Ruifeng saw this and said, "Master, why don't you go back first? Don't you still need to serve Uncle Rong? I can handle this alone."
At this time, Zhao Daxia spoke again: "Why are you alone? I'm still here, right?"
Feng Yifan looked up and said a little embarrassedly: "How can I feel embarrassed about that?"
Zhao Daxia continued, "Boss, you are too polite. Didn't Su Ji also close at this time before?"
Lin Ruifeng agreed, "Yes, Master, you guys go back first. Sister Zhao and I can do it."
Feng Yifan glanced at his daughter in his arms, then agreed: "Okay then, you two have worked so hard. By the way, remember to take out the small charcoal stove inside the stove and clean it. Also wipe the outside as well."
Lin Ruifeng said: "I understand, Master, you can go back first."
Feng Yifan picked up his daughter and said goodbye to Lin Ruifeng and Zhao Daxia.
Feng Ruoruo also waved goodbye to the two people: "Bye Uncle Xiaolin, bye Aunt Zhao, you guys should go to bed early too, Ruoruo is going home to sleep, ha..."
At the end of her speech, the little girl yawned again, and everyone who saw it laughed.
Lin Ruifeng waved his hand and said, "Okay, Ruoruo, bye, good night."
Zhao Daxia smiled and said, "Well, good night, Ruoruo."
Feng Yifan returned to Su Ji with his daughter in his arms. He first handed his daughter to his wife, and then he went upstairs carrying his father-in-law on his back.
The couple, one was bathing their daughter, while the other was washing their father-in-law.
After Feng Yifan finished washing his father-in-law, he went downstairs to carefully check the restaurant and kitchen. After making sure everything was closed and the door was locked, he went upstairs to his room to accompany his wife and daughter.
Next door, Lin Ruifeng and Zhao Daxia were also busy, carefully cleaning almost everything, including the cart, hanging stove, and various pots and pans.
After everything was packed up, Zhao Daxia said goodbye to Lin Ruifeng and left.
Lin Ruifeng also saw Zhao Daxia off.
"Thank you, Sister Zhao, for your help."
Zhao Daxia smiled and said, "You're welcome. You should also go to bed early. I will come early to help you tomorrow morning. Come on, Xiaolin."
Lin Ruifeng nodded, then watched Zhao Daxia turn around and leave.
After seeing Zhao Daxia off, Lin Ruifeng quickly ran back to his shop, locked the door after entering, then went back to his room, took out his cell phone and called Shen Qingluo.
The following time was the time for the young couple to enjoy their romantic time.