Although Feng Yifan trusts his apprentice more and believes that Lin Ruifeng can handle the problems in the street stall business, he still listens to his wife every day about the daily battle between his apprentice and Ma Xiaolong.
Just as Lin Ruifeng himself judged, Ma Xiaolong's huge rotating barbecue, coupled with the gimmick of the square kraft paper box, finally quickly fermented after two days of business. It was known by many people in the city and immediately became something that many young people flocked to.
About two days later, the small market attracted a large number of young people.
A large number of young people, attracted by the rotating grilled meat, served with fried rice, and finally stuffed into a brown paper box and made into a rice ball, came to the small market just to taste it.
The point is that Ma Xiaolong is really good at cooking. The sauce for the rotisserie was specially made by him. He also learned fried rice from Feng Yifan for a long time, so he has mastered these two things, and the gimmicks are really attractive.
As Ma Xiaolong's business became better and better, naturally a large number of young people flocked in, making the small market business even better.
The number of people in the night market is increasing exponentially every night.
Because of the increase in the number of people, many merchants in the night market, who initially ignored Ma Xiaolong, eventually began to follow his lead.
The most obvious manifestation is that now when Ma Xiaolong comes to set up the stall every afternoon, there will be some "enthusiastic" business owners who will take the initiative to help him set up the stall.
This situation used to occur when Lin Ruifeng came to set up his stall every day.
Now that this situation has come to Ma Xiaolong, Lin Ruifeng's side has begun to be ignored.
The merchants in the small market no longer cared about Lin Ruifeng's daily business, nor did they care whether Lin Ruifeng had any troubles. In short, everyone almost treated Lin Ruifeng and Zhao Daxia as outsiders.
Faced with this extreme snobbery, Zhao Daxia was very indignant.
After going through so much in the past two days, Zhao Daxia was so angry that she wanted to get angry at those merchants.
However, Lin Ruifeng stopped him and said, "Aunt Zhao, you don't have to get angry. It's normal for them to do this. After all, most of the business in the night market nowadays comes from Ma Xiaolong. It's true that his rotating barbecue with fried rice attracted more people."
Zhao Daxia said angrily, "But it's wrong for them to be so snobbish. I don't understand. If it weren't for you and Chef Feng, would they have the opportunity they have now? They are so ungrateful."
Lin Ruifeng said calmly: "It can't be said that we are ungrateful. Now they just don't pay much attention to us. They haven't done anything."
Zhao Daxia said bluntly: "Do they dare? If they dare to do anything, I will fight them to the death."
Zhao Daxia deliberately did not lower her voice when she said this, but raised it so that some business owners in the small market could hear it.
This could be considered as a warning from Zhao Daxia to them, so naturally the merchants first looked over here carefully, and then turned back one by one in a timid manner, not daring to have any opinions about this side.
When Lin Ruifeng saw this situation, he was a little amused and helpless about Zhao Daxia's intimidation.
But then he looked at Ma Xiaolong, and seeing that his business was booming, he felt a little envious and even a little jealous.
But Lin Ruifeng did not get discouraged. He continued to think of ways to improve the business of his stall.
Fortunately, crepe wontons are still the specialty of Su Ji’s stall. Many people who come to buy Ma Xiaolong’s barbecue fried rice will still buy a bowl of crepe wontons to eat.
Although barbecue fried rice is delicious, it is very greasy after all, and it will make you feel sick after eating too much.
So at this time, eating a bowl of crepe wontons can help cleanse the greasiness in your mouth.
As for Lin Ruifeng's fried rice, there are still some old customers coming to eat it.
Although the business is not as booming as Ma Xiaolong's, Lin Ruifeng's business is stable. Old customers come to patronize the business every day, and some diners who initially tried Ma Xiaolong's fried rice out of curiosity will gradually switch to Lin Ruifeng's business.
It must be admitted that Lin Ruifeng's research has played an important role.
He always asks diners about their tastes and then makes slight adjustments based on their preferences.
In this way, diners can eat well without making the food too greasy or heavy, which may make them sick of it after eating it once.
Feng Yifan heard Shen Qingluo report the battle situation to his wife every day from her.
Some pictures gradually emerged in his mind.
As a top chef, Feng Yifan is well aware that Ma Xiaolong's gimmick will gradually enter a period of weakness. Because eating too much will make people feel sick, and most of the people who go there are young people, so it is impossible for others to eat the right thing every day.
In this case, after the first few days of popularity, there will definitely be a period of weakness.
Under normal circumstances, when business is slow, the true business situation can be more truly reflected.
So every day when Su Ruoxi learned about the battle situation, she would appear very anxious, worried that Ma Xiaolong's business was booming every day and that his momentum had begun to overshadow Lin Ruifeng.
But Feng Yifan is not in a hurry. He is still very calm every day.
After a few days, Su Ruoxi became unhappy seeing her husband so calm.
That night, when Feng Yifan just lay down for bed, Su Ruoxi kicked him directly into the quilt, almost kicking him off the bed.
When the wife failed to kick her husband down and was about to launch a second attack, the husband quickly hugged his wife's feet.
"Oh, my dear wife, what's wrong with you today?"
Although Su Ruoxi's feet were held, she still struggled hard and tried to kick her husband a few more times.
However, she was always held by Feng Yifan, leaving her no chance to exert any force.
Seeing that she couldn't kick him, Su Ruoxi started punching her husband instead.
"Hmph, I'll beat you to death, you bad guy. You're not anxious at all all day. Xiaolin is about to lose, but you're still not anxious and don't give Xiaolin any ideas. You're a bad guy."
After being punched several times in a row by his wife, Feng Yifan had no choice but to hug his wife's legs and body.
After hugging her, Feng Yifan said to his wife seriously: "Oh, my dear wife, don't be anxious. Just listen to me. Listen to me carefully, okay?"
Su Ruoxi struggled for a while, but was unable to break free from her husband's arms.
Because her husband was so strong, she had no choice but to say, "Okay, tell me. If you don't make it clear, you won't be able to sleep tonight. Humph, I'll let Ruoruo and mom take care of you tomorrow."
Feng Yifan could only analyze the situation to his wife with a wry smile.
"Think about it, Ma Xiaolong's use of rotating barbecue and square box fried rice is a very powerful gimmick. I want Xiaolin to come up with a gimmick that surpasses his. I don't know if there is enough time to come up with it. Even if I have an idea and tell Xiaolin, can he do it now?"
After telling her husband this, Su Ruoxi suddenly felt that this seemed to be the case and that Lin Ruifeng was a little too different.
Seeing that his wife had calmed down, Feng Yifan continued talking.
"Now, Xiaolin has actually found his way. He asks every diner about their taste every day, and then adjusts the taste of each fried rice slightly according to the diners' tastes, such as adding more oil and salt, or reducing the oil and salt, or adding lemon to reduce the greasiness.
Xiao Lin has done a great job on all of these. This is also something that a top chef must understand and do. He must understand the taste of every diner in order to make dishes that satisfy the diners.”
After hearing this, Su Ruoxi seemed to understand what her husband meant: "Are you saying that the path Xiaolin insists on is the right one?"
Feng Yifan nodded: "Yes, those little gimmicks can be popular for a while, but people's pursuit of novelty will never stop. The gimmicks and ideas that seem novel now may no longer be novel in a short time. How many people will be able to stay by then?"
Su Ruoxi is not stupid. After listening to what her husband said, she has slowly understood.
She thought about it, then suddenly pinched her husband's ear and asked, "Tell me, did you send that Ma Xiaolong on purpose? You wanted to use Ma Xiaolong to sharpen Xiaolin, didn't you?"
When Feng Yifan was asked this question, he really didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Seeing that her husband didn't answer, Su Ruoxi pulled his ear hard.
Feng Yifan felt pain instantly and begged for mercy: "Ouch, my dear wife, please spare me, my ears, they are almost pulled off by you, please stop pulling."
Su Ruoxi said proudly: "Then just answer it obediently."
As she said this, Su Ruoxi gently rubbed her husband's ears with her hands, to give him some comfort.
Feng Yifan could only answer, "I really didn't ask him to go there, but I did want to use Ma Xiaolong to hone Xiaolin. Otherwise, Xiaolin wouldn't be able to improve quickly. If he indulged himself in the petty profits from the stall, he would lose his fighting spirit over time."
After hearing what her husband said, Su Ruoxi finally understood and suddenly pulled her husband's ear hard again.
"Humph, I knew you did it on purpose. You wanted to hone your apprentice. Aren't you afraid that Xiao Lin will be crushed by such great pressure? Xiao Lin is thinking that the stall is yours. He is standing there to represent you and Su Ji."
After feeling the pain, Feng Yifan hugged his wife to him and kissed her.
"Pressure is also motivation. Xiaolin has been through a lot before. I believe he can handle the pressure. Look, hasn't he improved the plum dipping sauce? And he is also very flexible in using methods to relieve greasiness. So this is the best reflection of my training for him."
Su Ruoxi thought about it carefully and it seemed that Lin Ruifeng had indeed made great progress. From Shen Qingluo's report, Lin Ruifeng was also very stable.
Thinking about it this way, she felt as if everything her husband said and did was right.
But the fight has already begun, and even if the husband is right, she cannot let him off so easily.
The next moment, Su Ruoxi grabbed her husband's ears again and even twisted them a few times, as if she wanted to twist her husband's ears off.
Feng Yifan screamed in pain and asked, "Ouch, I've already told you, why are you so stubborn?"
Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "Who told you not to tell me yourself? Do you have to torture me to tell me? Since you like being tortured by me so much, of course I have to satisfy you."
Feng Yifan looked at his wife, and at this moment he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He also saw the unreasonable side of women.
Su Ruoxi twisted her husband's ear and loosened her hand. Then she moved her legs and patted her husband's arms that were hugging her legs: "Okay, let me go quickly. I have already forgiven you. Why are you holding me like this?"
Feng Yifan first rubbed his ears with his hands, then hugged his wife and kissed her.
"Hmph, what are you doing? Your husband is going to punish you tonight."
Su Ruoxi immediately struggled and grabbed her husband's ears again, threatening: "You dare? If you don't let go, I will twist it."
The pain in his ears was unbearable for Feng Yifan, and he finally had to let go of his wife.
Seeing her husband let go of her hand, Su Ruoxi stretched her legs and kicked her husband twice.
After being satisfied, Su Ruoxi smiled and said, "Since you are so well behaved, and you also said that Xiaolin has made great progress after your training, then I will give you a small reward."
As she spoke, Su Ruoxi moved closer to her husband and took the initiative to kiss him on the mouth.
Feng Yifan naturally couldn't let go of his wife's kiss easily.
When his wife was about to raise her head, he held her down forcefully, and then he kissed her hard again.
The kiss lasted for quite a long time until Su Ruoxi slapped him hard twice and even grabbed his ear and twisted it twice. Feng Yifancai finally let go of his wife.
After being released, Su Ruoxi gasped for air and slapped her husband: "Hey, what are you doing, you bad guy? You almost suffocated me to death, you bad guy, don't do this again, do you understand?"
Seeing that his wife was so angry, he began to speak in a tone a bit like his daughter.
Feng Yifan couldn't help but laugh: "Hahaha, okay, my dear wife, I definitely won't do that. I couldn't help myself just now."
Su Ruoxi pouted, suddenly lowered her head and bit her husband's shoulder.
"Hey, why are you still biting people?"
Su Ruoxi said proudly: "This is a punishment."
Feng Yifan rubbed his wife's shoulders, then hugged her and wanted to be intimate with her.
But Su Ruoxi stopped her husband and said, "Wait a minute, according to what you just said, people will gradually get tired of Ma Xiaolong's gimmick? Then will Xiaolin's business get better?"
Feng Yifan asked back: "Why do you think Xiaolin's business will get better?"
Su Ruoxi asked: "Isn't it? When those people get tired of Ma Xiaolong's barbecue fried rice, they will definitely go to Xiaolin's, where the fried rice is even more delicious."
Feng Yifan followed up on his wife's words and said, "Maybe, they can choose not to eat fried rice."
Su Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, but quickly understood what her husband meant.
Many young people who are attracted to Ma Xiaolong now are just pursuing novelty. Once they no longer find it novel, they probably won't go to the small market again, and there is no possibility that they will choose Lin Ruifeng's fried rice.