Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng came back together and brought back three black plastic bags.
From the expressions of the three people, it is not difficult to see that Lin Ruifeng and Ning Cheng are a little worried and do not look very confident.
On the contrary, Ma Xiaolong seemed more confident.
Seeing the three people coming back, Feng Ruoruo spoke first on behalf of her father: "Uncle Xiaolin, Uncle Xiaoma, Uncle Xiaoning, have you bought anything?"
Ma Xiaolong immediately said, "Report to the boss, we have bought it."
When Feng Ruoruo heard this, she turned to look at her father and said, "Dad, look, they've bought it. Do you want to check it out?"
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Okay, let's check it out."
When Lao Zhang heard about what happened between the master and his apprentice, he quickly helped to make room on the stall so that the three people could put the fresh river food they had bought on the stall.
Feng Yifan first sniffed the smell on the bags of the three people.
Then he nodded and asked the three to put their things down.
There were fresh shrimps, a sea bass and four crabs in the three bags.
Feng Ruoruo saw the crabs and immediately said, "Yeah, there are crabs here too. Dad bought some crabs too. Dad bought the best ones."
Feng Yifan first directly rejected the crab.
"These four crabs are probably hairy crabs, right? No matter how much you paid for them, you must have lost money on these four. Tell me, who bought them?"
Hearing this, the three people looked at each other.
Finally, Ma Xiaolong stepped forward and asked, "Master, I am sure that these four crabs are absolutely genuine. I have studied them before, and I am sure they are correct. The green shells, white bellies, golden claws, and yellow hairs all match."
The master and the apprentice performed such a scene in front of the stall, which attracted many people to watch curiously.
Today is National Day, which is also a good time to eat crabs.
So at this time, there are quite a few people coming to buy crabs, and everyone is curious about how to distinguish them
After listening to Ma Xiaolong's method of distinguishing eight characters, everyone was quite curious about what the principle was.
Feng Yifan smiled and asked: "Since you know these eight characters, do you know why you distinguish them this way?"
This sentence stumped Ma Xiaolong, and he really couldn't explain it clearly.
Feng Yifan said, "The green shell is because the crab lives in a good water environment with lush aquatic plants, so the back shell is green. The best crabs should have the same green color on their back shell and legs."
At this point, Feng Yifan picked up a crab and showed it to his three apprentices.
"Look carefully now, are the colors of this crab's legs and back different?"
The three people took the crab and observed it carefully. They quickly found that the color was indeed different.
When he saw the different colors, Ma Xiaolong instantly realized that he had made a mistake.
Feng Yifan then said: "The term 'white belly' is somewhat wrong. It comes from the fact that crabs often rub against the rocky bottom of the lake, so they turn white. However, for the best crabs, if their legs are strong enough, the belly has less chance of rubbing against the bottom of the lake, so it is impossible for them to be as white as a mirror.
And the two sides of the mouth covered by the two crab claws certainly can't be so white, because crabs need to eat, so look at your crab again?"
Listening to Feng Yifan's commentary really opened the eyes of the onlookers, and they were all fascinated by it, and more and more people gathered to watch.
Next, he talked about Golden Claw and Yellow Hair respectively.
Golden claws are crab claws that are light golden in color, but it’s not just the tip that has a little bit of gold in it, but the entire claw is golden.
The yellow hair mainly depends on the hair on the crab claws and legs. The lighter the hair on the claws, the better. If it is black, it means that the water quality of the water where the crab lives is not good. At the same time, the hair on the calf is not to be observed by color, but to see whether the hair is upright.
After talking about these four details, Feng Yifan also gave an on-site explanation of how to choose good crabs.
The crowd watching also burst into exclamations of sudden realization.
After Feng Yifan explained the four methods of distinguishing qualities, he added one more sentence at the end.
“In fact, the most important way to choose crabs is to smell them.
Authentic hairy crabs live in very clean waters and feed mostly on natural aquatic plants, so they smell fresh. But don’t you think these crabs have a strong fishy smell?”
After Feng Yifan's explanation, everyone finally understood how to choose crabs.
The crowd immediately burst into applause, and some people cheered for Feng Yifan.
"Chef Feng is great. Thank you for teaching us how to choose hairy crabs."
"Yeah, I didn't know how to choose before, but now I finally understand."
“It’s really very particular.”
"Indeed, it seems that the ones I bought before were not authentic."
Feng Yifan saw that the crowd was very excited, and said to the onlookers: "Now is the season for eating crabs. I still want to say here that you don't have to pursue the origin of crabs too much. In fact, in addition to Yangcheng Lake, crabs from other places are also equally good.
For example, the Gaochun crabs from Gucheng Lake or the Xihai dragon crabs from Bosteng Lake are both excellent varieties. Even if they are crabs from nearby lakes, as long as the waters are clean, the taste will not be bad. There is no need to pursue buying crabs from a certain place.
The purpose of eating crabs is to enjoy their freshness, so remember, as long as the crabs are fresh and clean and do not smell pungent, they are all good crabs to buy.”
After hearing what Feng Yifan said, the onlookers all expressed that they understood and applauded again to express their gratitude to Feng Yifan.
After checking the crabs, Feng Yifan went to check the remaining two items.
"The prawns are good and fresh, though a little small in size. But they are still fresh enough and can be considered as barely acceptable."
Ning Cheng was very happy to hear this: "Thank you, Master."
Hearing Ning Cheng say this, Feng Yifan also understood that it was he who chose the shrimps.
Finally, it was the sea bass. Feng Yifan checked it carefully and nodded with satisfaction.
"The sea bass you bought is pretty good, very fresh, and judging from the smell, it should be wild. Ruifeng and Ning Cheng were slightly better in selecting river fish this time. Xiaolong, you have to learn from your mistakes and don't buy anything without really understanding it."
Ma Xiaolong nodded helplessly: "I understand, Master."
Then, Feng Yifan said, "However, the performances of the three of you today were not very good. Lin Ruifeng and Ning Cheng can only be considered passing."
Feng Ruoruo asked beside him, "Dad, why? Didn't Uncle Xiaolin and Uncle Xiaoning pass the test?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Because your uncle Xiaolin and uncle Xiaoning only bought so little, when we go back, are we only going to cook one sea bass and one dish of shrimp today? How will grandpa's restaurant do business today?"
Hearing this, Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng immediately understood.
They remembered that their master had asked them to pick out some river food, but his master had not said how much they should buy, so the three of them only bought a little.
But today I came here to purchase some things in preparation for the opening of Su Ji.
If they only buy such a small amount of things, I'm afraid Su Ji won't be able to do business at noon and in the evening.
But the three of them were still standing there in a daze, and no one thought of restocking the goods.
Finally, it was Old Zhang at the vegetable stall who said, "You three fools, don't you understand what your master means? He's asking you to go and replenish the missing stock. What are you doing standing here like an idiot? Wait for your master to go and replenish the stock himself?"
After being reminded by Lao Zhang, the three of them immediately understood and quickly turned around to restock the goods.
Feng Yifan saw the three people going to restock and shouted, "Don't buy any more crabs. The water is too deep for you three to control."
The three people who ran a distance turned back and said, "Okay, got it."
After the three people ran away, Lao Zhang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hahaha, Chef Feng, it's really not easy for you to be a chef."
Feng Yifan shook his head helplessly: "It's okay. It takes time to grow. I lacked training in one aspect before."
Lao Zhang added: "Actually, they look OK. At least these three guys are serious."
Feng Ruoruo held her father's hand and asked curiously, "Dad, why do you let Uncle Xiaolin and the others buy things? Don't they always buy bad things? You should go by yourself, otherwise Uncle Xiaolin and the others will buy bad things again."
Old Zhang laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, Ruoruo is right. We can't let them buy it."
Feng Yifan smiled and said to his daughter, "Uncle Xiaolin, Uncle Xiaoma, and Uncle Xiaoning all need to improve. We can't stop them from improving just because they made a mistake once, right? So we still have to let them continue to buy, so that they can improve."
Feng Ruoruo nodded her head as if she understood: "Oh, then let Uncle Xiaolin, Uncle Xiaoma and Uncle Xiaoning cheer for them."
Feng Yifan nodded: "Okay, let them do their best."
Going to the seafood market again, Lin Ruifeng, Ma Xiaolong and Ning Cheng learned from their previous lessons and were more careful in their selection. They also asked the other party to ship the goods directly to Su Ji.
Su Ji’s signboard is still very useful. After all, Su Ji’s reputation has been very loud during this period.
When some merchants heard that the goods were given to Su Ji, they would waive the shipping fee directly. More merchants surrounded the three people and kept selling their products to them.
This time, the three of them showed the domineering attitude that Su Ji’s kitchen should have.
"I'm sorry, we have already selected our goods. You don't need to gather around here. We can't just buy anything randomly. Everything Su Ji wants must be of good quality. We won't buy the inferior crabs we just bought."
"Yes, yes, a lot of you were there just now, right? You joined in the fun, right? Since you joined in the fun, don't even think about getting us to buy your stuff in the future."
"If you don't want to buy it, then you don't want to buy it. No matter how much you say, it's useless. What were you doing just now? Get out of the way."
The three of them quickly fought their way out of the encirclement, finished their shopping, and returned to reunite with their master.
Feng Ruoruo saw the three uncles coming back and said with a smile, "Great, we can go home now. Ruoruo is getting hungry waiting here."
Lin Ruifeng took the lead, and the three of them apologized to Feng Ruoruo together: "I'm sorry for making Boss Ruoruo wait for so long."
Feng Ruoruo still smiled and said, "It's okay. After we go back, Uncle Xiaolin, Uncle Xiaoma, and Uncle Xiaoning, just make delicious food for Ruoruo."
When the three heard what the boss said, they immediately agreed and said they would make delicious food.
Feng Yifan also led everyone to leave the farmers' market.
Today we were delayed for quite a long time at the farmers' market.
When we returned to the ancient street, the sky was already bright and it was already around seven o'clock in the morning, almost eight o'clock.
Feng Yifan parked the car at the intersection and said, "Okay, the three of you take the things back to Su Ji. Remember not to rush to deal with them. Put them in order first. Everything will start after we get there in the morning."
The three of them agreed one after another.
Feng Yifan pulled his daughter out of the car and prepared to go home.
But Feng Ruoruo didn't want to get off the car.
"Dad, didn't we agree that Uncle Xiaolin, Uncle Xiaoma and Uncle Xiaoning would make breakfast for me? We can't go home. We have to eat first."
When Feng Yifan saw his daughter's expression, he felt a little amused and helpless.
"If you don't get off the car, how can we go home to change clothes? Didn't you say that you would wear the waiter clothes that grandma made for you today? Let's go home and wash, then change clothes, and then go to Grandpa's restaurant to have breakfast with the uncles, okay?"
After hearing what her father said, Feng Ruoruo finally nodded and agreed: "Okay."
Then, after waving goodbye to two or three young uncles, the little girl held her father’s hand and skipped towards the community.
Lin Ruifeng looked at his master and his daughter and couldn't help but say, "Ruoruo is so cute. Master is so happy."
Ning Cheng leaned over from the back row and said, "Yes, I think so too. Master is so lucky to have such a lovely daughter and a wife who loves him so much. If I could be like Master, I would wake up with a smile in my sleep."
When Ma Xiaolong heard what the two men said, he quietly hit each of them on the back of the head from behind.
"You two are really daydreaming. Instead of thinking about how to cook the dishes, you start thinking about living a simple life like Master
Have you passed the culinary exam? Forgot that you were cheated when buying seafood today
Ning Cheng, have you mastered your knife skills
Brother Lin, have you mastered the art of fire
If you don’t have it, hurry up and take the time to practice well. ”
Lin Ruifeng and Ning Cheng were stunned at first. They rubbed the back of their heads in a depressed mood, thinking that they seemed to be thinking too much.
But soon, the two came to their senses and found that they seemed to have been tricked by Ma Xiaolong.
Lin Ruifeng raised his hand and gave Ma Xiaolong a slap, saying, "I was almost fooled by you. Wasn't it you who bought the wrong thing today? Don't think that just because you have been with Master for a long time and are better at cooking than the two of us, you can teach us a lesson here. Don't forget, I am your senior brother."
Ma Xiaolong immediately laughed: "Hahaha, yes, you are my senior brother."
The three brothers were also chatting and laughing, then they drove the car to the intersection of the alley behind the shop in the ancient street, and then quickly began to unload the goods at the intersection.