After talking to his mother, Feng Yifan chatted with his wife for a while.
"Are you okay at home? Don't always think about not bothering your parents. They are in good health now. Tell them if you need anything. Don't just bear with any discomfort."
"I know. Are you used to being with your daughter? Why are you acting like a parent when you talk to me?"
"No, no, I'm just concerned about you. I thought it would be great if everyone could come together."
Su Ruoxi was furious when she heard this: "How dare you say that? Isn't this your fault?"
Feng Yifan quickly said with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault. It's my husband's fault. You should take good care of yourself. When your husband comes home, I'll make you something delicious."
Su Ruoxi asked again: "Have you found a dim sum chef?"
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Yes, we met today, but it may not be finalized yet. I need to make a dessert later to convince them."
Su Ruoxi immediately said, "Are you so arrogant? You dare to be so arrogant in front of my husband? Humph, no, you can take Ruoruo and Xixi with you to pick up Feifei and come back. Without them, our family can't do business, right?"
After hearing what his wife said, Feng Yifan also laughed: "That's right, since my wife has spoken, let's just leave them alone. There's no rush anyway. After picking up Feifei, I'll take Ruoruo and the others out to have some fun and wait for those two guys to come to us and beg us."
Su Ruoxi also laughed so hard: "Hahaha, yes, that's right, let's do it this way."
After the couple had a good time, Su Ruoxi returned to her room with her phone, then murmured aggrievedly, "Hubby, I miss you. I want you to come back and hold me to sleep."
Feng Yifan also said quickly: "Wife, I miss you too, otherwise I will take Ruoruo back, so that I can hold my wife to sleep."
Su Ruoxi said again: "Then don't do it. You promised Ruoruo that you would bring her and Xixi to pick up Feifei."
Feng Yifan said: "Then after I pick up Feifei, I will take the children back?"
Su Ruoxi said, "No, you have to take the children out to play. They have to go to kindergarten when they come back. And don't forget that when the three of them come back, they have to go to Teacher Guo's dance class. There will be less time to go out and play in the future."
Feng Yifan was somewhat helpless: "Alas, this is so hard for the children."
Su Ruoxi said, "Will it be even harder for you, husband? You have to be busy in the restaurant every day, and take care of Ruoruo and me. It will be really hard for you, husband."
Feng Yifan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and responded with a smile: "Husband doesn't feel tired. Husband likes to take care of you and Ruoruo in this way. I love you."
Su Ruoxi kissed him on the other end of the phone and said, "Well, I love you, husband, too."
Afterwards, Su Ruoxi asked Feng Yifan to sing a song to coax her to sleep.
Feng Yifan also spoke directly without caring about anything in Shi Jiahui's room.
Shi Jiahui was almost driven out of the room by the singing.
After the song was over, Su Ruoxi said, "Well, my husband sang beautifully. Husband, go to bed early. I'm going to sleep first. Good night."
The call was finally hung up, and Su Ruoxi lay down to sleep with a happy face.
Shi Jiahui watched Feng Yifan put down his phone, then stood up and said, "Oh, I really can't stand it any longer. If you two chat for any longer, I'm really going to have nightmares tonight."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Big Sister, you are wrong. Although my brother-in-law is not here, you can't be so jealous of me and Ruoxi."
Upon hearing this, Shi Jiahui immediately said angrily, "Am I jealous of you two? Alright, alright, go back to sleep. I want to sleep too. Go away now. I can't afford to keep you here."
Finally, under Shi Jiahui's joking drive, Feng Yifan did not leave immediately, but sat down instead.
Seeing Feng Yifan sitting down, Shi Jiahui was still a little surprised: "What else do you want?"
Feng Yifan said very seriously this time: "Senior Sister, I wonder how you felt after having the banquet on the yacht tonight?"
This question stunned Shi Jiahui for a moment, and then she slowly sat down.
I began to think about the dinner on the yacht tonight, especially the whole set of dishes prepared by Rodney using ingredients from domestic rivers.
Shi Jiahui became serious and after carefully thinking about tonight's dishes, she soon felt the pressure.
After a long silence, Shi Jiahui finally said, "I can feel the pressure."
Feng Yifan looked at the senior sister, then nodded and said, "Indeed, I think tonight, senior sister, you should understand the gap between some domestic chefs and foreign chefs. That is, in terms of innovation of dishes, China is far behind."
Shi Jiahui nodded in agreement: "Indeed, most chefs in our country have always adhered to what their ancestors passed down, and very few people would change and innovate some dishes according to the changes of the times."
Feng Yifan added: "Moreover, even many things passed down by our ancestors may not be mastered very well by many domestic chefs. They often learn a little bit and then start to try various things on their own, and use some stimulating flavors to cover up the shortcomings of their own cooking methods."
Shi Jiahui looked at Feng Yifan. She knew very well that what Feng Yifan said was very insightful.
Nowadays, in most places in China, dishes are cooked with a lot of oil, salt and spicy flavors. This very strong and stimulating taste masks the chefs' shortcomings in cooking skills.
At the same time, it has also led to the skills of many chefs in the country becoming lower and lower.
If we can’t even make traditional dishes well, how can we talk about innovation
Shi Jiahui had some ideas before, but because she had always been in China, she had not had direct contact with some of the top restaurants abroad and the skills of those top chefs, so her feelings were not very direct.
After all, most of the dishes cooked by most star-rated restaurants in the country are customized menus.
There is not much innovation, let alone the ability to utilize local ingredients.
Today was different. Shi Jiahui saw that a top three-star restaurant chef made good use of domestic ingredients and innovated a whole set of dishes. It really opened Shi Jiahui's eyes.
Perhaps there are many shortcomings, like many of the ones pointed out by Feng Yifan.
But such a bold attempt by others is itself a kind of courage and sufficient confidence in one's own craftsmanship.
Seeing Shi Jiahui's frown getting tighter and tighter, Feng Yifan finally said, "Don't be nervous, Senior Sister. Our Su Ji will not come to Shanghai for the time being, so we don't have to face the impact from top restaurants like Perovence for the time being. Of course, we still have our advantages."
Shi Jiahui looked at Feng Yifan, and her eyes clearly seemed to be asking "where is the advantage?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said: "For example, we understand the tastes of Chinese people better, and our dishes are more in line with the tastes of the Chinese public. For another example, we can set up banquets that are familiar to everyone in China, but restaurants like Perovence cannot set up banquets like us."
After hearing this, Shi Jiahui thought about it and it seemed to be true.
Feng Yifan added: "We don't need to imitate others, we just need to stick to our own characteristics."
Shi Jiahui thought for a moment and asked, "So you will continue to sell noodles with various toppings at noon?"
Feng Yifan nodded.
Shi Jiahui asked again: "And you will also take on some banquets?"
Feng Yifan nodded again.
Shi Jiahui asked again: "Then for Su Zaoyan, will you use the most traditional method?"
Feng Yifan did not nod this time: "I will make some improvements to the Su Zao Feast. I am not saying that I will use Western methods, but I will learn from them to better highlight the characteristics of the Su Zao Feast and make better use of the rich flavor of the Su Zao soup."
This time it was Shi Jiahui's turn to nod. She actually agreed with Feng Yifan's approach.
A completely Western style is naturally not advisable.
However, some Western cooking techniques can still be used as reference.
Shi Jiahui said seriously: "Then I have to work hard to improve myself so that I can better adapt to the needs of Su Ji in the future. We want to build Su Ji into the same level as Samsung."
Feng Yifan shook his head and said, "No, we want Su Ji to surpass Samsung."
Shi Jiahui was stunned for a moment. She wondered in her mind, "Isn't that possible?" but she didn't say it out loud.
Feng Yifan seemed to have guessed it, and said with a smile: "Nothing is impossible. Three stars is just a rating from a well-known foreign organization. There are many similar ratings abroad. We don't have to be equal to them. We have to make our own top-notch cooking."
These words really made Shi Jiahui's blood boil.
Being able to create your own set of ratings, independent of those foreign food ratings, is indeed a very attractive prospect for any chef in the country.
Perhaps if someone else said this, Shi Jiahui would never believe it.
But facing Feng Yifan, Shi Jiahui was somewhat confident that he could do it.
Feng Yifan chatted with the senior sister for a while, and later they talked about the future direction of Su Ji Restaurant and some things that could be learned from foreign restaurants.
Shi Jiahui also gained some new insights during her chat with Feng Yifan.
She found that her vision was somewhat limited before.
After chatting with Feng Yifan, my horizons have been broadened a lot.
Many things are no longer limited to that point, but will broaden your horizons, open up some of your own ideas, and strive towards a higher direction.
After chatting with the senior sister for quite a long time and roughly determining some future directions for Su Ji, Feng Yifan stood up and said goodbye.
After leaving the senior sister’s room, Feng Yifan returned to his own room.
The room was cool and my daughter was sleeping soundly in bed.
Feng Yifan took a shower and then fell asleep on the bed next to him. He was still thinking in his mind how to achieve the many goals that would come next one by one.
Before he knew it, Feng Yifan fell asleep.
While I was half asleep, I felt a pair of small hands patting my face.
Before Feng Yifan could open his eyes, a heavy object fell on him.
Then he heard his daughter's laughter. Without opening his eyes, Feng Yifan said, "Feng Ruoruo, why are you up so early?"
When Feng Ruoruo heard what her father said, she reached out and patted her father's face, and used her little hands to help her father open his eyes.
"Dad, why didn't you sleep with Ruoruo?"
Feng Yifan opened his eyes, looked at his daughter, smiled and said, "Because Ruoruo is a girl and her father is a boy, we can't sleep together like this."
Feng Ruoruo pouted and asked, "But Dad, when we were at home, didn't you always sleep with me and Mom?"
Feng Yifan added: "That's because I have my mother."
Feng Ruoruo still pouted, and it was obvious that the little girl was very dissatisfied.
"Without mom here, you are Ruoruo's father, you can also take Ruoruo to sleep with you."
Feng Yifan was somewhat helpless and could only sit up and hold his daughter to explain: "Ruoruo, although I am a father, we still have to pay attention to the difference between men and women. If boys and girls are not married, it is best not to sleep together. At home, because mom is there, dad can take Ruoruo to sleep together, but it is not allowed outside."
Feng Ruoruo asked curiously, "Is that so?"
Feng Yifan smiled and replied, "Yes, if you don't believe me, you can ask mom when she wakes up."
Feng Ruoruo nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll ask my mother."
Feng Yifan then reached for the watch next to the pillow, turned on the light, and looked at the time on the watch.
It was actually still very early, only seven o'clock in the morning.
However, because Feng Ruoruo went to bed early at night and was used to taking a nap every day, she looked energetic after getting up.
Feng Yifan knew that his daughter would not be able to fall asleep again, so he could only yawn and say, "Then Ruoruo, are you going to get up from Daddy? Let's get up, wash up, and then go downstairs for breakfast."
Feng Ruoruo thought for a moment and said, "But Dad, I didn't take a shower yesterday."
This question suddenly made Feng Yifan think of it.
My daughter fell asleep on the way home yesterday, so she didn’t take a shower when she came back.
But I can’t wash my daughter myself
After thinking for a while, Feng Yifan said, "How about this, let's get up first, and then Dad will go and see if Aunt Jiahui has gotten up. If Aunt Jiahui has gotten up, Dad will let Aunt Jiahui give you a bath, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo understood very well that her father could not give a girl a bath, so she agreed readily.
When Feng Yifan put on his clothes, opened the door and walked out of the room, Yang Zhiyi from next door also walked out with sleepy eyes.
The two fathers looked at each other, and Yang Zhiyi spoke first: "Xixi hasn't taken a shower yet, I want to ask if Sister Shi has gotten up?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Same, I'm going to ask too."
The two fathers came to the door of the room where Shi Jiahui slept last night and rang the doorbell.
Shi Jiahui also quickly packed up and opened the door.
When she saw the fathers of the two little girls at the door, Shi Jiahui understood the problem instantly and said with a smile, "I'm up, but I can't give them a bath now. You wash the children's faces and brush their teeth first, then go downstairs to have breakfast. After breakfast, take a rest and I'll give them a bath."
Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi looked at each other in surprise and asked in unison, "Is there such a thing?"
Shi Jiahui said seriously, "Of course, you two are so careless as fathers. You don't care about your daughters at all. When you came back last night, you didn't let me bathe the children first and let them sleep."
Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi had no choice but to agree and go back to clean up for their daughter.
As a result, the two fathers still asked to go to Shi Jiahuimen for the hair combing matter.
Shi Jiahui also looked helpless: "This father taking care of his daughter is really a disaster."