Although Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling now make a living by farming in the countryside, they are not the kind of people who work hard in the fields and ignore the changes and things in the outside world.
Especially after their son Feng Yifan failed the college entrance examination, had a big fight with his wife at home over whether to repeat the year, and then ran away from home to make a living, the couple shifted their focus from their son to growing vegetables.
In the eyes of Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling, since their son's sapling has grown in the wrong direction, they might as well let him have a try.
The couple focused their attention on the land and planned to grow acres of fresh vegetables to prove that they were capable of farming.
In the following years, the couple actually did it. They were the first to start growing organic vegetables and traveled around to find experts to learn various scientific planting techniques. They really took vegetable growing to a new level.
During the five years that Feng Yifan was abroad, the old couple brought their fellow villagers to plant crops together, forming a large-scale cultivation system.
A wide variety of vegetables are delivered to surrounding farmers' markets and restaurants in big cities like Huaicheng.
Every time they delivered vegetables to Huaicheng, the old couple would take time out to come to Su Ji to visit their granddaughter. This was also considered as their best effort as parents to help their son maintain the family.
The reason I hadn’t come to visit for three months was because I had a very large order from a multinational restaurant chain.
Feng Yifan's parents had done business with foreign chain restaurants in China before, so after the other party contacted them, the old couple were naturally nominated by the village to contact the other party.
I just didn’t expect that the other party’s requirements were quite high, and they even wanted to conduct a bidding.
Originally, given Lu Cuiling's dislike for procrastination, she did not want to cooperate with that restaurant chain, thinking it was too troublesome and too much trouble.
But the villagers learned that the other party's chain restaurant was not just opening one, but would open restaurants in Huaicheng and several surrounding cities, and even in Shanghai further south.
The villagers all thought that this was a big deal, and if the deal was successful, there would be no need to worry about the market for vegetables.
So the villagers expressed to the old couple that they hope to be able to have such a project.
In the end, for the benefit of the entire village, the old couple had no choice but to temporarily stop visiting their granddaughter and concentrate on negotiating with the other party.
What puzzled Lu Cuiling was that her son said he had only been back from abroad for three days, so how did he know about this
Moreover, before my son went abroad, organic vegetable cultivation in the village had not yet developed on a large scale
When Feng Yifan heard his mother's surprise and strange talk about culture, he realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, as if he shouldn't know these things.
But after changing his mind, Feng Yifan decided to just tell everything directly.
"Mom, actually the catering company behind the restaurant chain you're working with is owned by Aunt Ruoxi. I only met her when I came back, and some unpleasant things happened..."
As Lu Cuiling listened, she felt that the matter seemed to be of some serious importance, so she put the phone on speaker and let her husband listen with her.
The old couple listened to Feng Yifan's general retelling of what happened, and looked at each other with complicated expressions.
After listening to this, the old couple were silent for a minute.
Feng Jiandong said, "Since this is the case, we will go to them tomorrow. We will not cooperate with them anymore, and we will not supply their food."
Lu Cuiling was directly angry: "Not only will we not supply them, we will also fight against them. This kind of people, in order to fight for a plaque, even angered my eldest brother to the point of having a stroke. They are simply not human at all. My son will fight with her."
When Feng Yifan heard that his mother was angry, he quickly spoke to comfort her.
"Mom, don't get excited. My son is back. How could they possibly take away Su Ji's old plaque? If they have any skills or methods, let them come. My son is not afraid of them."
Originally, Feng Yifan wanted his parents and his wife's aunt to break off cooperation, but then he thought that his parents were negotiating on behalf of the village, and if they just stopped cooperating, the biggest losses would be to those villagers.
Besides, he was also awarded the title of God of Cooking in his previous life. Using such means seemed like he was afraid of them.
When Lu Cuiling heard her son's words, she immediately perked up: "Good son, you are really my good son. Good job, I knew you wouldn't back down. Now that we are being bullied, we must not back down."
While Feng Yifan was talking about these things with his parents, Feng Ruoruo, who was standing next to him, stared with wide eyes, looking at her father with a little anxiety.
I was thinking: Why hasn't Dad finished talking yet? Why doesn't he let Ruoruo talk to Grandma
However, when Feng Ruoruo heard her father talking to her grandparents about her grandfather's restaurant, she was very well behaved and did not disturb her father who was on the phone.
Similarly, Su Jinrong and Su Ruoxi, father and daughter, had different ideas when they heard Feng Yifan tell them what happened on the phone.
Su Jinrong sighed in his heart, thinking that this was a family disgrace, and it was even known to his in-laws.
Su Ruoxi thought that it would be a good idea to let her parents-in-law know. Maybe after discussing it together, they could come up with a better way to deal with her aunt.
Especially from her husband's conversation, Su Ruoxi heard that the vegetables from her parents-in-law's country might be supplied to the chain restaurants under her aunt's company. Su Ruoxi had similar ideas in her mind as Feng Yifan had before.
If this is really the case, then let my parents-in-law stop providing supplies, and it will also dampen my aunt's enthusiasm.
But on second thought, Su Ruoxi realized that it was not easy for her parents-in-law to grow vegetables in the countryside, and such a large supply must not only come from her parents-in-law's family.
If there are fellow villagers together, then it does not seem good to let everyone break the contract together.
When Su Ruoxi was feeling a little confused, she heard her husband's powerful words and felt a sense of dominance from her husband for the first time.
If it were in the past, when Su Ruoxi heard her husband say “I’m not afraid of them”, she might have thought he was bragging
But after seeing her husband's cooking skills over the past three days, Su Ruoxi felt that her husband had the ability to say such things.
Feng Jiandong thought for a moment and said, "How about this, after your mother and I go over there, we will discuss this matter in detail. At most, we will break the contract. Your mother and I will appease the villagers."
Lu Cuiling also said: "Yes, don't worry, your father and I will take care of the affairs of the villagers."
After a pause, Lu Cuiling finally couldn't wait any longer: "Hurry up and give the phone to little baby Ruoruo. I want to hear our little baby's voice. I have nothing to say to you."
Hearing his mother's words, Feng Yifan couldn't help but make a joke and said, "Mom, your son has been gone for so many years, don't you want to hear his voice more?"
The person on the other end of the line responded resolutely, "I don't want to. Get out of here right now. I want to talk to my little darling Ruoruo. Give the phone to Ruoruo. Otherwise, when I get over there, you'll see how I'll deal with you."
Under his mother's urging, Feng Yifan had no choice but to hand the phone to his daughter who was lying on his lap.
"Okay, grandma wants to talk to Ruoruo. Ruoruo, you go talk to grandma."
Little Feng Ruoruo quickly picked up the phone and first called out sweetly, "Grandma, Grandpa, how are you? Do you miss Ruoruo? Ruoruo, let me tell you, Ruoruo's dad is back, and his cooking is delicious..."
Once my daughter starts talking, she simply doesn't stop and keeps chattering away.
Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling, who were on the other side of the phone, were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling. It was as if they had heard the voice of their little granddaughter and all their worries and sorrows were instantly thrown away.
As for Feng Yifan, he winked at his wife and asked her to accompany their daughter to make a phone call, while he pushed his father-in-law to the side to explain the situation.