Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi took Shi Tao out of the community.
Yang Zhiyi immediately said to Shi Tao beside him: "Hey, Shi Tao, do you know if there are any fun bars near your home? Anyway, the girls are not here tonight, and your mother has to take care of the sisters. Your uncle Yifan and I will treat you. Let's go find a bar and have some fun together."
Shi Tao looked at Yang Zhiyi with a strange expression.
"Uncle Yang, I didn't expect you to have such thoughts? Aren't you afraid of being discovered? Will your aunt quarrel with you when you get home?"
Yang Zhiyi said calmly: "What's the big deal? We are not going to those messy places."
Shi Tao didn't dare to make a decision directly, so he turned his head and looked at Feng Yifan beside him.
Feng Yifan looked at the two people's eyes focused on him, and smiled and said, "If it's a small bar with some unique features, we can go and sit there. Anyway, we three grown men, I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep if we go back at this time."
Hearing this, Yang Zhiyi was immediately excited: "Look, your uncle Yifan has spoken. If anything happens, your uncle Yifan is there."
Shi Tao looked at Yang Zhiyi and said, "Uncle Yang, why do I feel like you deliberately want Uncle Yifan to take the blame?"
Feng Yifan immediately said, "Shi Tao is right. Let's not go there. Let's go back to the hotel and sleep."
Yang Zhiyi quickly said, "Okay, I'll bear the consequences together, is that okay?"
Feng Yifan looked at Yang Zhiyi and asked, "Do you want to go to some special bars?"
Yang Zhiyi quickly waved his hands: "Absolutely not, I just want to find a quiet little bar, where we can have a drink and chat. I definitely don't want to go to those weird bars."
Feng Yifan stared at Yang Zhiyi for a long time, which made Yang Zhiyi feel a little uneasy.
Then he retracted his gaze and Feng Yifan said, "Well, does Shi Tao know the place?"
Shi Tao thought for a moment and said, "Go two blocks ahead and turn the corner on a small street. There seem to be a few, but I haven't been there, so I don't know the details."
Yang Zhiyi immediately said: "Let's go and take a look."
Shi Tao was still a little hesitant, then turned and looked at Feng Yifan.
Finally, Feng Yifan nodded as the final decision.
With Feng Yifan's nod, Shi Tao naturally felt at ease and boldly led the way.
Feng Yifan and his companions strolled along the somewhat empty streets at night. After walking two blocks and turning a corner, they entered a not very spacious neighborhood. After walking for a while, they saw several bars with flashing signs.
Shi Tao pointed at a few bars and said, "This is it, but I've never been in there, so I don't know if it meets your requirements."
Feng Yifan examined it and finally chose a bar with a simple and elegant facade.
The three of them pushed open the door and found themselves in a very elegant bar with a relatively quiet atmosphere.
When the boss saw the three people coming in, he immediately greeted them, "Welcome, please take a seat."
The bar is not very big, and the layout inside has a bit of an izakaya feel.
Feng Yifan and the others sat down side by side on the chairs in front of the counter.
Soon, the boss came forward to recommend wine to Feng Yifan and others.
The wine recommended by the boss is the beer he brewed himself.
Feng Yifan and his friends originally just wanted to sit there, have a drink and chat, so they accepted the boss's recommendation.
Not long after, the boss brought three glasses of beer and two small plates of barbecue to Feng Yifan and his friends.
After thanking the boss, Feng Yifan raised his glass and said, "Okay, come on, let's have a toast first."
The three of them raised their beer glasses, clinked them, and then took a sip of the boss's homemade beer.
After drinking it, it was a bit surprising that the boss's homemade beer tasted quite good, especially the malt flavor in the beer, which was really delicious.
After drinking it, Feng Yifan gave the boss a thumbs up and said, "Boss, your beer is great."
After receiving the compliment, the boss responded with a smile: “Thank you.”
After Yang Zhiyi ate a piece of barbecue sent by the boss and took a sip of beer, he couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, it's been a long time since I drank like this. Since I got married and had Xixi, my daily life has been very fixed. I have to rush to finish my manuscripts at home, take care of Xixi, and take care of my wife."
Feng Yifan smiled and asked, "Why? Do you regret it now?"
Yang Zhiyi immediately said, "Who regrets it? I have such a beautiful wife and such a lovely daughter, how could I regret it? It's just not drinking and smoking, it's no big deal."
Then Yang Zhiyi asked: "Chef Feng, you left your wife and children behind and went abroad for five years. After you came back, you treated your wife and daughter so well. Was it to make up for the guilt you felt towards them?"
Feng Yifan nodded calmly: "That's right."
Shi Tao couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Yifan, you went abroad for five years and didn't come back. Was it really just to prove yourself?"
Feng Yifan looked at Shi Tao and asked, "What else?"
Without waiting for Shi Tao to answer, Feng Yifan took a sip of wine and continued, "What happened back then really made me regretful, so after I accomplished the ideal I wanted to achieve, I couldn't wait to give up everything and rush back to make up for my wife and daughter, and my family."
Yang Zhiyi waved his hand and said, "Oh, well, you've done a great job."
Shi Tao also nodded: "Yes, Uncle Yifan, I think you did a very good job."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "It's not enough. For some things, you won't understand how precious they are until you actually lose them. So what I'm doing now is not enough. I need to do better."
Yang Zhiyi asked: "So you're not willing to open a restaurant in Shanghai, even though you know Shanghai will make your business better? It will get you more attention and gain you a higher reputation?"
Feng Yifan answered seriously: "Yes, I don't need those. I just want to spend more time with my wife and daughter."
Yang Zhiyi continued to ask: "If that's the case, why did you invite Senior Sister to Su Ji? And why did you come to Shanghai? To try to invite two top dim sum chefs like that?"
Feng Yifan was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile: "Because I hope to bring delicious food to my wife and daughter."
Yang Zhiyi was a little surprised: "So, you actually invited them to go just to cook for your family?"
Feng Yifan laughed: "You really believe it? In fact, we asked them to go to Su Ji together in order to promote Su Ji better and continue the inheritance of Su Ji. Besides, the transportation is so convenient nowadays. Is it difficult to go to Huaicheng from Shanghai? Su Ji needs the cultural heritage of Huaicheng."
Yang Zhiyi thought about it and nodded: "That's right. If Su Ji leaves there, it may not be considered Su Ji."
Feng Yifan raised his head and drank the beer in the glass.
"Perhaps one day in the future, everyone who is invited to Su Ji now will leave Su Ji and come to Shanghai or a larger city to open a branch of Su Ji. At that time, I will stay at Su Ji and take care of Su Ji, which can be regarded as an explanation to my father-in-law and grandfather."
Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao were both stunned after hearing this.
Soon, Yang Zhiyi realized: "So, Feng Yifan, you want others to spread the reputation of Su Ji, and let the senior sister and your disciples spread the dishes of Su Ji."
Feng Yifan nodded: "Let's put it this way, I can't leave Huaicheng anymore, so I can only let them go."
Yang Zhiyi completely understood that Feng Yifan wanted to gather people with aspirations first, then restore the old Su Ji dishes in Huaicheng Su Ji and form a unique Su Ji style. Then he wanted Shi Jiahui and others to come out and open a branch in a big city like Shanghai.
Shi Tao asked Yang Zhiyi, and only after Yang Zhiyi's detailed explanation did he understand.
"I support Uncle Yifan's approach."
Yang Zhiyi looked at Shi Tao in surprise: "You understand again?"
Shi Tao said seriously: "Uncle Yang, you probably don't know that most of the restaurants run by top chefs are not located in well-known metropolitan cities. After becoming famous, most of them will let their apprentices go out and open branches one by one."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Su Ji probably won't open so many branches. They will probably open only one in Shanghai at most."
Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao were a little confused and asked in unison: "Why Shanghai?"
Feng Yifan said: "Eldest Sister will come back eventually, and people like Ruifeng also need a wider world to showcase themselves, and a big city like Shanghai is just right."
Feng Yifan raised the empty glass in his hand and asked the bar owner to fill it up again.
He continued to say to Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao: "I don't want to leave Huaicheng to open a store, but that doesn't mean Su Ji can't open a store outside Huaicheng."
Yang Zhiyi couldn't help but say: "Feng Yifan, you are really black-hearted. You want to teach others and let them work for you to make money."
Feng Yifan took a sip of beer, smiled happily and said, "Even if that's the case, what can you do to me?"
Yang Zhiyi was unwilling to accept it at first, but soon he gave in and drank the first glass of wine obediently.
He knew very well that Feng Yifan was not that kind of person. He did that just to promote Su Ji's dishes better. At the same time, it would also allow Su Ji's dishes to spread more widely, give his apprentices a bigger stage to perform, and allow them to start their own culinary career.
The two men and an older boy drank together for a while, and the topic shifted from the restaurant to other places.
As time went by, more and more people started to fill the bar.
When he found that the bar was getting crowded and noisy, Feng Yifan decisively paid the bill and asked Yang Zhiyi and Shi Tao to leave together.
Walking out of the bar and on the way back to the hotel, Yang Zhiyi still felt a little bit unsatisfied.
"I really didn't drink enough wine at this meal."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "If you haven't had enough to drink, let's go back to the hotel and ask the restaurant to serve a few dishes. We can drink more in the room."
Yang Zhiyi listened and thought about it and said, "Well, this is a good idea. We really can't continue drinking in the bar."
Shi Tao was rather curious: "Why?"
Yang Zhiyi said seriously, "Don't you see it's getting late? And there are more and more people in the bar. Although the environment of the bar is good, it is a bar after all. If some drunk youngsters cause trouble, how can old men like me and your uncle Yifan handle it?"
Shi Tao rolled his eyes when he heard this and thought to himself: I don't believe you two old guys.
Just by looking at Feng Yifan's physique, it was obvious that anyone who came into the bar later would intentionally keep a distance from him.
How much does it take for someone to drink if he takes the initiative to provoke them
However, Shi Tao also felt that he should not stay in the bar any longer.
Although he is an adult, today is actually Shi Tao's first time to enter a bar. He is also worried about what the consequences will be if his parents find out about this.
On the way back to the hotel, Feng Yifan's cell phone suddenly rang.
After the call was connected, the daughter's voice came from the other end: "Dad, have you slept with Uncle Yang?"
Feng Yifan responded to his daughter: "Not yet. We are just strolling outside and will be back to the hotel to sleep soon. Why is Ruoruo not asleep yet?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Xixi and I didn't say goodnight to Dad. We just said goodnight to Mom."
Feng Yifan pressed the hands-free button, pulled Yang Zhiyi over and said, "Okay, Dad will pull Uncle Yang over, you and Xixi say goodnight together, and then go to sleep well. Remember not to kick the quilt around, or you will keep Aunt Jiahui awake."
Soon, two little girls shouted in unison: "Good night, Dad."
In order to shout in unison, Feng Ruoruo and Yang Xiaoxi agreed to count "one, two, three" together.
After hearing the little girls shouting good night, Feng Yifan and Yang Zhiyi smiled, and the two fathers responded at the same time: "Good night, go to sleep."
Finally, the two little girls kissed their father one by one on the phone before hanging up.
After hanging up the phone, Feng Yifan checked the time and said with a smile, "Look, this time is just right. Fortunately, we have already left the bar."
Yang Zhiyi also smiled and said, "Yes, fortunately, he has left."
Shi Tao took out his cell phone, checked the time and asked, "Uncle Yifan, how did you know this time? Ruoruo would call me?"
Yang Zhiyi helped answer: "Because this is the time when the little girls need to go to bed."
Shi Tao said: "I thought they would go to sleep after we left."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "How is that possible? Those two little girls will definitely pester your mother to play for a while, then call their mother to chat for a while, and finally say good night to their father before they can lie down and sleep obediently. You don't understand how to take care of children."
Yang Zhiyi laughed and said, "Hahaha, he is still a child himself."
Shi Tao was very dissatisfied with being called a "child".
"I am no longer a child. I am an adult. I am an adult both in China and abroad."
Yang Zhiyi asked with a sly smile: "Oh? Really? Then have you ever spent the night with a girl?"
This question made Shi Tao's face turn red instantly.
Feng Yifan saw this and tried to smooth things over by saying, "Alright, alright, people call you uncle, why are you so unserious? Let's go back to the hotel. Should we have more drinks or go to sleep? We'll talk about it after we get back to the hotel."
The two men and a big boy returned to the hotel together, slightly drunk.