After more than two hours of high-speed rail ride, Feng Yifan and his group of people finally returned to Huaicheng.
After getting off the high-speed train, Feng Ruoruo couldn't wait to ask on the platform: "Dad, do you think grandma and mom will come to pick us up?"
Feng Yifan helped everyone get the boxes out of the car, and said to his daughter, "Mom definitely can't come. I have a baby in my belly now, so it's not convenient for me to pick up Ruoruo. But grandma said she will drive over to pick us up. Let's go out and take a look, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Okay, okay."
Yang Xiaoxi followed up by saying, "Ruoruo, Feifei, my mother also said she would drive over to pick us up."
Yang Zhiyi also came out carrying two boxes. He looked at the group and said, "Two cars still don't seem to be enough."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I asked Ma Xiaolong to drive over to pick us up."
Feng Ruoruo immediately calculated and said, "Then there are three cars coming to pick us up."
Chen Yaofei counted the number of people and said, "Three cars should be enough."
Yang Xiaoxi said: "Sure, three cars can seat a lot of people. There are so many of us that we can all have cars."
Feng Yifan greeted everyone and said, "Okay, okay, let's go out of the station first. I'm sure everyone is waiting for us outside. Let's go out first and then arrange how to sit."
Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "Dad, Xixi, Feifei and I must sit together."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Okay, let the three of you sit together."
A group of people dragged their luggage and followed the crowd out of the high-speed railway station.
At the exit of the high-speed railway station, Lu Cuiling, Li Feier and Ma Xiaolong were already waiting.
Li Feier was chatting with Lu Cuiling: "Aunt Lu, is Ruoruo's mother feeling better recently?"
Lu Cuiling nodded: "Yeah, much better. I've gotten used to it now. My reaction isn't as strong as before. These days, I video chat with Ruoruo every day, watching the three girls having fun. My mood is much better now. I don't have those crazy thoughts like before."
Li Feier said: "That's good. We still need to pay more attention to it. Depression during pregnancy is not good."
Lu Cuiling said, "That's right. Fortunately, Yifan took Ruoruo out with him. This gave Ruoruo a few days to adjust. Now she has calmed down."
Li Feier smiled and said, "I really envy Ruoxi for having such a good husband."
Lu Cuiling said: "Don't say that, Xixi's father is also very nice."
Li Feier said helplessly: "He has always been like that, very careless, and often speaks without thinking, so it is easy for him to offend people. Fortunately, he doesn't have to go to work now, and he writes books at home, so he is not afraid of offending others."
Lu Cuiling said: "This is good. Xixi's father is obviously a cultured man."
Li Feier laughed: "Hahaha, Aunt Lu, please stop praising him. He doesn't need to be praised."
Ma Xiaolong saw a group of people coming out of the station and quickly said, "They are coming out."
Lu Cuiling and Li Feier looked at the people leaving the station.
When they saw the three little girls, they quickly waved and shouted.
"Ruoruo, Xixi, Feifei, come quickly, grandma is here."
"Xixi, Feifei, Ruoruo, here, here."
When the three little girls heard the sound, they quickly found their grandmother and mother, and happily held their hands and ran while shouting.
"Grandma, Aunt Li, we are back."
"Mom, grandma, we are back."
"Grandma, Auntie, Feifei is back too."
Seeing Chen Yaofei, Lu Cuiling and Li Feier also waved and greeted the little girl: "Fei Fei is back, come quickly."
The three little girls quickly came out of the station and ran to Lu Cuiling and Li Feier together.
Feng Ruoruo and Chen Yaofei threw themselves into Lu Cuiling's arms.
Yang Xiaoxi naturally threw herself into her mother's arms.
Feng Ruoruo and Chen Yaofei told their grandmother about the various things they played with outside.
Yang Xiaoxi complained to her mother without hesitation: "Mom, do you know that Dad doesn't wash my clothes every day? He only washes them when we are about to come back. Then I haven't dried several clothes yet. The clothes I'm wearing were bought by Aunt Jiahui."
When Li Feier heard her daughter's complaint, the smile on her face froze.
Lu Cuiling, who was standing nearby, heard this and hurriedly tried to persuade him, "No, no, Fei'er, they just came back. If you have any questions, wait until you get home tonight to discuss them. Don't argue with Xixi's father here."
Yang Xiaoxi turned to her grandmother and said, "Grandma Lu, my dad is just stupid and he doesn't wash my clothes."
Lu Cuiling smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, grandma knows. Then let's go back home and denounce dad, okay?"
Yang Xiaoxi also nodded: "Okay."
Feng Ruoruo followed up by saying, "Grandma, my dad is very good. He always washes my clothes at night."
Lu Cuiling quickly said, "Okay, your father is fine, don't talk about it here."
Feng Ruoruo didn't quite understand why her grandma didn't allow her to speak.
Lu Cuiling looked at Li Feier, staring at the expression on her face, worried that Feng Ruoruo's finishing blow would rekindle Li Feier's anger.
Fortunately, Li Feier did not show any more anger, but pulled her daughter up.
After waiting for a while, Feng Yifan and his group came out dragging boxes.
When Li Feier saw Yang Zhiyi, she quickly pulled her daughter to her husband.
Seeing this, Lu Cuiling wanted to persuade them.
Unexpectedly, when Yang Zhiyi saw his wife and daughter coming over, he actually took the initiative to apologize to his wife at the exit.
"Honey, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I didn't wash Xixi's clothes every night as you asked. I thought I could take care of my daughter and write a book well if I brought my computer with me, but I found out that I was wrong. I really can't do it.
Honey, you are really working hard. I now understand that you have to go to get off work and take care of our daughter every day. It is really too hard. Honey, I am sorry. "
Yang Zhiyi's proactive admission of his mistake made Li Feier lose her temper.
When Yang Xiaoxi saw her father admit his mistake, she naturally spoke up for him: "Mom, please forgive me. I'm sorry."
Under her daughter's persuasion, Li Fei'er could only say, "Alright, alright, hurry up and move your things to the car. Let's go back first. What's the point of standing here at the exit?"
Yang Zhiyi quickly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to my wife."
Feng Yifan and his friends also loaded their things into the car one after another, and then everyone got in the car together.
Among them, Feng Ruoruo, Yang Xiaoxi and Chen Yaofei were going to ride in the same car, so they simply got into Yang Xiaoxi's car together.
Shi Jiahui, Chen Shoulin and Li Xiuchun got into the car driven by Lu Cuiling.
Feng Yifan led Chen Xu and Luo Yu into the car driven by Ma Xiaolong.
After getting in the car, Feng Yifan introduced Ma Xiaolong, Chen Xu and Luo Yu to each other.
Ma Xiaolong looked through the rearview mirror at the two people sitting in the back row and found that they were about the same age as him. He was a little bit pessimistic about his master's invitation to them this time.
In the car, Feng Yifan asked about Ma Xiaolong's recent stall situation, and about the decoration situation of Catherine and the other three next door.
Ma Xiaolong answered while driving: "The stall business is still the same. There are still a lot of people every night. Although the initial growth period has passed, there is still a fixed group of people coming to eat every day.
Catherine and her team have already started decorating their restaurant, and they have hired very professional decorators. It is said that the company has decorated many restaurants in Shanghai before, and recently received a big order for the decoration of the Perovence restaurant's branch in China. "
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Oh, I know. I met Rodney over there."
Ma Xiaolong was a little surprised: "Chef, have you met Chef Rodney?"
Feng Yifan said: "Yes, we met once. He was invited by my grandfather to cook on the yacht. He should be looking for some domestic investors to invest in the branch of Perovence Restaurant."
Ma Xiaolong asked again: "Chef, have you found any investment?"
Feng Yifan smiled and asked, "Do I still need to find investment?"
Ma Xiaolong was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, chef, you don't need to look for investment."
Feng Yifan went on to say: "If we need to open a branch in the future, we can look for some investment. For now, we don't need investment."
Ma Xiaolong, Chen Xu, and Luo Yu were all a little surprised: "Chef, are you planning to open a branch?"
Feng Yifan saw that the three were very surprised, so he smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Is it strange that I opened a branch?"
Without waiting for the three to answer, Feng Yifan continued, "As for branches, we will definitely not open them for the time being. Our current task is to run Su Ji well, to create our own characteristics, and then to promote Su Ji. When the time is right, we will consider opening branches."
Finally, Feng Yifan added: "When the time comes, it may depend on your ability. I should prepare to retire and enjoy life."
Hearing these last words, the three people in the car were a little surprised.
Ma Xiaolong asked curiously: "Chef, don't you plan to open a branch in a big city?"
Feng Yifan said, "Why should I go? It's not like I haven't been to a big city before. What's more, if I leave here, what will happen to Su Ji? I'll take care of the old shop, and you guys can run the branch. Of course, it will depend on your ability. If I'm not satisfied, don't go and embarrass yourself."
Feng Yifan's words made the three people feel a little uncomfortable.
At the same time, the three of them were naturally determined not to let the chef look down on them.
Feng Yifan told Ma Xiaolong about some of the things they had decided on the high-speed rail.
"The menu should be in that format. I still hope that you can all show yourselves. Except for Ning Cheng who can't cook yet, I hope that you and Ruifeng can each come up with a few dishes. Or you can come up with some dishes that can go with my main dish."
Ma Xiaolong immediately said: "Chef, let's make it according to your main dish."
Feng Yifan shook his head: "You are wrong. I hope you can show some of your own creativity."
These words made Ma Xiaolong a little afraid to speak.
Chen Xu and Luo Yu looked at each other in the back row, and they both vaguely noticed that Ma Xiaolong was in a bad mood.
Luo Yu then said, "Chef, innovation is not that easy, and I am better at Western pastries. Wouldn't that be a bit out of place for your restaurant?"
Feng Yifan asked back: "Are you planning to only make desserts forever?"
Luo Yu was stumped by this question.
She thought about it carefully and said, "I plan to keep making various dim sum. I hope to create my own style and become a top dim sum master."
Feng Yifan said: "So, you can't just make Western pastries, you need to learn more about other pastry making."
Chen Xu continued, "Well, Luo Yu and I are indeed trying to complement each other. I have been teaching her how to make Chinese dim sum."
Feng Yifan nodded: "So, do you still think that you are not suitable for my restaurant?"
Luo Yu understood: "Chef, I will definitely work hard."
Feng Yifan leaned back in his chair and said seriously, "The reason why I chose you to join my team instead of looking for those well-known chefs is that you haven't formed your own style yet. Under such circumstances, you have the courage to try various things."
These words made the three people in the car excited.
To put it simply and directly: they have infinite possibilities.
Feng Yifan wants to use their unlimited possibilities to create dishes that are unique to Su Ji, combining Chinese and Western characteristics as well as tradition and modernity to form a brand new Su Ji cuisine.
“Innovation does not mean to deny tradition, but to make some creations with the chef’s own characteristics based on the thorough understanding of tradition. The new and the old are not contradictory. What we need to do is to better integrate the new and the old and reflect them in each of our dishes.”
Feng Yifan's words had a profound impact on the three people in the car.
Especially for Ma Xiaolong and Chen Xu.
Both of them have received traditional cooking training.
During the years that Ma Xiaolong followed Feng Yifan abroad, he learned a lot from Feng Yifan, even some Chinese cooking skills.
Chen Xu learned from a dim sum master, so it can be said that he received very traditional training.
Compared with the two, Luo Yu, who changed his career path late, does not have a deep understanding of tradition.
However, after being with Chen Xu for such a long time, Luo Yu has some understanding of traditional dim sum, and has also seen from Chen Xu some directions in which tradition is developing towards modernity.
Luo Yu thought for a moment and said, "Chef, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity."
Feng Yifan responded: "You're welcome. We all learn from each other and work together. As I said before, we want to create a set of restaurant standards under our own food culture."
The three young men in the car were suddenly filled with longing.
Three cars returned to Feng Yifan's community one after another.
When the car entered the community, Feng Yifan remembered: "Oh, I forgot. I should have sent Chen Xu and Luo Yu to the hotel first. Why did you go straight back to my house?"
Chen Xu said, "Chef, we don't need to stay in a hotel."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "You guys can't not stay in the hotel now. I can't let you all stay in my house, right? You can stay in the hotel first, and I'll find you a house in the next few days."
Hearing this arrangement, Chen Xu and Luo Yu nodded and agreed.
The car drove into the parking lot. Three little girls were already waiting downstairs. When they saw Ma Xiaolong's car, they quickly waved their hands and called Feng Yifan.