While Feng Yifan was enjoying rural life with his wife and daughter, he attracted more and more attention on the Internet because of the photos he posted on Weibo several times.
As it attracted the attention of many people, naturally many people began to investigate Feng Yifan's background and identity.
The first thing people noticed was the ancient street where Su Ji was located.
Some outsiders specifically went to the ancient street and tried to see Su Ji, but because the ancient street was still under reconstruction, they were unable to go in for the time being.
However, judging from some of the renovated old buildings on the ancient street, many people still have expectations for the ancient street.
What everyone is really looking forward to is how Feng Yifan will present Su Ji after the ancient street is reopened
Especially after the news about the renovation of Su Ji came out, not only the old customers of Su Ji, but also many people who have never been to Su Ji are very curious about what Su Ji will look like in the future? Will it be what everyone expects
In addition to the ancient street and Su Ji, another person who has attracted much attention is Lin Ruifeng, who sets up a stall in the small market every day.
During the time when Feng Yifan was away, Lin Ruifeng initially experienced a period of business decline.
During those days, some merchants who moved from the ancient street to the small market had begun to complain privately, thinking that they were deceived by Feng Yifan. Now that Feng Yifan had left, Lin Ruifeng could not support the stall at all, causing the business in the small market to become worse and worse.
Some complaints naturally reached Lin Ruifeng's ears.
After Shen Qingluo found out, he wanted to step forward and fight for Lin Ruifeng.
But he was stopped by Lin Ruifeng, who had a more stable temper.
"No need to say anything, let them say whatever they want to say. Business is bad now, and it's normal for people to have some resentment in their hearts. We can't argue with everyone just because they have resentment in their hearts. That will only make things worse. At this time, we need to look for our own problems."
After hearing what Lin Ruifeng said, Shen Qingluo looked at him in surprise.
"Why do I feel like you've suddenly become much more mature now? You're obviously several years younger than me, but how come you seem older than me? And you're still here to lecture me?"
Lin Ruifeng smiled and said, "I have followed Master for so long, and I have experienced the crisis of Su Ji with Master. If I still can't grow up and mature, how can I run the business left by Master? How can I follow Master in Su Ji in the future?"
Shen Qingluo also thought it made sense: "Well, it seems that you have really matured."
But then Shen Qingluo asked again: "Have you thought about how to improve the business?"
Lin Ruifeng shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about this yet."
Shen Qingluo said helplessly: "That's right, what's the use of just having a good attitude? If you can't think of a way to make your business better, then you may lose money every day."
If it were about other things, perhaps Lin Ruifeng could remain calm.
But when it comes to the issue of losing money, he really can't calm down.
Because Lin Ruifeng felt that most of the money in his current business belonged to his master. If he had to lose money, it would be equivalent to paying his master's money, which he could not accept.
Seeing Lin Ruifeng's serious expression, Shen Qingluo quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, don't worry, think about how to change it to attract more customers."
Lin Ruifeng calmed down, analyzed the situation carefully and said, "I don't know how to attract customers, but I can probably guess why the number of customers is decreasing nowadays."
Shen Qingluo asked curiously: "Why?"
Lin Ruifeng then began his own analysis.
"First of all, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and many people don't want to go out. The small market is open, and there are so many businesses and so many stoves burning, so it's a bit stuffy in the small market, and it's even hotter, which makes people stay away."
Shen Qingluo nodded immediately after hearing this: "This is a big problem. Sometimes I don't even want to go at noon."
Lin Ruifeng went on to say: "Also, maybe the food I make is no longer fresh to people, so it has lost its appeal to attract more non-regular customers."
Shen Qingluo thought about it and felt that the two points Lin Ruifeng mentioned were indeed crucial.
"So how are you going to change that?"
Lin Ruifeng shook his head and said, "I just can't think of it. I don't dare to change the master's menu casually. I really don't know what else I can do."
Shen Qingluo thought about it seriously and said, "Can we do this first? Instead of setting up the stall at noon, we can wait until the sun sets in the afternoon and then go there to set up the stall? Then in this way, we can sell later in the evening, and many people will be willing to go out at night."
After listening to this, Lin Ruifeng thought about it seriously and asked, "Who are you to make dinner and midnight snacks?"
Shen Qingluo nodded: "Yes, dinner and midnight snacks. In the summer, people go to bed later, so many people will definitely go out for midnight snacks at night. We can do business with those people."
Lin Ruifeng then asked, "What about noon? If we don't go there at noon, won't it make it more difficult for other people in the market to do business?"
Shen Qingluo curled her lips and said, "You can't even protect yourself, and you're still thinking about others?"
Lin Ruifeng said seriously: "We have to remember that we are all neighbors on the ancient street."
Shen Qingluo replied helplessly: "Then I really have no choice. I can't help them to attract people to buy things in the small market in the middle of the day under the scorching sun, right?"
After a brief pause, Shen Qingluo said, "However, we can try to persuade others to run a night market with us. Wasn't the ancient street also a night market in the past? Now that it's so hot, there won't be many people coming during the day, so why don't we all continue to run the night market."
After hearing this, Lin Ruifeng felt that it made sense and that running a night market together was indeed a good direction.
The weather in summer is hot, and many people do not want to go out during the day. It is different at night. After the sun goes down, the temperature drops. Some people may choose to go out for a walk at night because they have not been out during the day, so the night market is indeed more attractive.
Especially since the small market is not far from the small park opposite the ancient street, there should be a lot of people if it is turned into a night market.
Thinking of this, Lin Ruifeng felt that Shen Qingluo had really given him a good idea.
He couldn't help but hug Shen Qingluo and said, "Great, you are really amazing to come up with such a good idea."
Shen Qingluo was suddenly picked up. Even though they had been very close for a while, she still felt a little uncomfortable. Her cheeks flushed instantly. After being held for a while, she couldn't help but say, "Are you okay? Can you put me down first? It's broad daylight."
Lin Ruifeng also came to his senses and felt a little embarrassed to put Shen Qingluo down.
"No, sorry, I'm too excited."
Seeing that the other person was even more shy than himself, Shen Qingluo tapped his forehead with his finger and said, "Can you not be more shy than me? You are a grown man after all, can't you be like your master treats your mistress? Show some manliness and domineering spirit?"
After hearing this, Lin Ruifeng suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Qingluo with some surprise.
But before he could make any further moves, Shen Qingluo stopped him and said, "Don't move. Have you thought about how to persuade everyone to switch to a night market?"
After hearing what Shen Qingluo said, Lin Ruifeng immediately calmed down.
If Feng Yifan had said this, Lin Ruifeng didn't think that anyone would object, and many people might even choose to support it. This was because the business owners on the ancient street trusted Feng Yifan, especially because Feng Yifan had made the small market business very prosperous for a time.
But now Lin Ruifeng is of little influence, and he has made the business of the small market worse.
He really wasn't sure that he could convince the shop owners in the ancient street all at once.
Seeing that Lin Ruifeng was hesitant again, Shen Qingluo encouraged him, "You have to be bolder. If you don't speak up, you don't know if it will succeed. Only if you speak up, the dish will have a chance of success. You have to explain it clearly to everyone."
Lin Ruifeng was still a little conflicted and hesitant, and didn't dare to face everyone on the ancient street like this.
Shen Qingluo patted him hard: "Show your domineering attitude, think about your master? You can be considered a disciple of a famous family, you can't lose face for your master."
With Shen Qingluo's encouragement, Lin Ruifeng finally mustered up the courage.
However, Shen Qingluo also gave him an idea: "You'd better ask Sister Wang and my grandmother Wanhua to go with you. With their support, the bosses won't be too harsh on you. You just need to explain the matter clearly to everyone."
Lin Ruifeng thought it made sense, nodded, and took Shen Qingluo to find Wang Cuifeng and Liu Wanhua first.
After hearing what Lin Ruifeng said, Wang Cuifeng also smiled and said, "Okay, you, my little apprentice, now have the courage to speak up? Okay, since you have the idea to make a decision, I will definitely support you."
Then they went to Liu Wanhua, who naturally supported them and expressed her willingness to help set up a stall at the night market.
With the support of Liu Wanhua and Wang Cuifeng, Lin Ruifeng felt relieved and decisively went to find the merchants on the ancient street and called everyone to a meeting.
The merchants didn’t expect that Lin Ruifeng would have the courage to call everyone to a meeting
However, because of the presence of Liu Wanhua and Wang Cuifeng, and with the respect of Su Ji and Feng Yifan, the merchants on the ancient street also came one after another.
After everyone arrived, Lin Ruifeng didn't know how to start the conversation at first when facing so many people.
With Shen Qingluo's encouragement, he finally calmed down and expressed his thoughts.
"The small market has not been doing well recently. I thought about it carefully and thought it might be because the weather is too hot and people are reluctant to go out during the day. So I wonder if we can put all the small market business after the sun goes down? And restore the night market hours of the ancient street?"
After saying all this, Lin Ruifeng did not forget to add: "Of course, this is just my idea. I invited everyone here in the hope that we can discuss it together."
After Lin Ruifeng said this, the merchants on the ancient street were a little surprised.
In fact, many people have thought about this before: should the small market business be turned into a night market
However, everyone is busy with their own business and no one is organizing it, so it has never formed a scale? If the night market has no scale, and only one or two shops do business at night, it will definitely not attract many people, so the merchants who have ideas have not put them into practice.
Now Lin Ruifeng has stepped forward as the initiator and asked everyone to change the business hours to the evening.
Merchants also think that this is indeed a solution.
After everyone was silent for a while, a merchant took the initiative to speak.
"Well, I've thought about it before. It's summer now and the weather is really too hot. Many people don't want to go out during the day. It can be said that there is no business during the whole day. It's better to just change it to the evening."
"Yes, it's good to turn it into a night market."
"Well, I also agree to change it to a night market, just like the old street."
"Hey, originally we were just at the night market, we just went there to set up a stall, and everyone got the time wrong, so now we can change it to a night market, so everyone doesn't have to get up so early."
"Very good, very good. Xiao Lin has come up with a good idea this time. Do you all support it?"
"Support, support..."
This was the first time that Lin Ruifeng received everyone's support. At this moment, he suddenly felt extremely confident and felt as if he could handle these neighborhood relationships well even when his master was not around.
Shen Qingluo and Lin Ruifeng looked at each other. The young couple were very happy. They didn’t expect things to go so smoothly.
In this way, the small market stalls changed from all-day to a night market after the sun goes down.
Of course, in the first few days, the night market business was not very prosperous.
But as time went by, when the night market gradually attracted people's attention, many people who went out after sunset came to the small market intentionally or unintentionally. Gradually, people found that such a small night market was really a good place to go on summer nights.
There are a wide variety of goods here, and you can also eat some delicious snacks.
Even if you come a little later, you can sit down and have a midnight snack at Su Ji’s stall.
The business in the small market gradually became prosperous again, which gave Lin Ruifeng great confidence. He was happy every day and told Feng Yifan about this.
Feng Yifan also praised his apprentice, and he also felt that his apprentice did a good job of adapting this.
On this day, Lin Ruifeng and Zhao Daxia pushed a cart to set up a stall in the evening as usual. However, as soon as they entered the small market, they saw a strange scene.
Many stall owners in the small market were not at their stalls, but gathered in front of a stall near the inside. Listening to the lively discussions over there and the occasional aroma wafting over, Lin Ruifeng quickly determined that this was a new snack stall.