Starting from the evening, many people came to Su Ji to eat. Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling felt that the business of their in-laws' small restaurant seemed to be better than before.
After seven o'clock in the evening, the small restaurant really welcomed a peak wave of customers. The ten tables in the restaurant were no longer enough, and there was even a queue at the door.
Seeing the queue forming at the door, Lu Cuiling and Feng Jiandong looked at each other and couldn't help but feel fortunate that they had listened to their son and had dinner with their granddaughter before the peak arrived.
At this moment, Feng Ruoruo, who had just finished dinner and was with her grandpa and grandparents, began to frequently go back and forth between the kitchen and the restaurant, busy delivering menus to her father.
When her granddaughter came back from delivering a round of menus, Lu Cuiling hugged her and said, "Ruoruo, my dear, let's not go and deliver them. Grandma will take you out to play later, okay?"
Hearing her grandmother's words, Feng Ruoruo said seriously, "It's not good. Grandma, you see, there are so many guests. Mom and Dad are very busy, so Ruoruo has to stay to help Mom and Dad."
Lu Cuiling looked at her granddaughter's serious expression and thought she was so cute. She hugged her granddaughter and asked, "How do you help mom and dad?"
Feng Ruoruo explained to her grandmother in detail: "Because there are so many people in the restaurant, it is not convenient for mom to go to the kitchen to give dad the menu. Then Ruoruo can take the menu written by mom and go to the kitchen to give it to dad.
Also, Ruoruo will help Dad organize the menu so that he won’t mess it up and will serve everyone the dishes in order.”
After hearing what their granddaughter said, Lu Cuiling and Feng Jiandong looked at each other again, both of them feeling very surprised.
The old couple never expected that their five-year-old granddaughter knew so many things, and she also knew how to help her parents reduce their burden.
Seeing such a sensible granddaughter, Lu Cuiling felt a little sad, and she really loved her granddaughter even more: "Ruoruo is so kind, how about letting grandma help you? This way Ruoruo won't have to work so hard."
After hearing what her grandmother said, Feng Ruoruo immediately said, "No, I don't want grandma to help me. This is Ruoruo's job, and Ruoruo feels very happy."
In fact, what Lu Cuiling didn’t know was that for Feng Ruoruo, the process of delivering the menu was like playing a game.
The child did not think that this was hard work at all, but instead thought that this "game" was very interesting. So if grandma wanted to take away her fun game, Feng Ruoruo would never agree.
Feng Jiandong looked at his granddaughter's unhappy expression and seemed to understand that delivering the menu was a fun game for her.
When Feng Ruoruo ran to deliver the menu to her father again, Feng Jiandong reminded his wife: "Don't worry about it. In fact, delivering the menu is just a little game for our granddaughter. Didn't you see that she was having a lot of fun?"
Lu Cuiling was a little confused: "It's a little game? I had fun playing it? What does that mean?"
Feng Jiandong went on to explain: "You, don't you understand this? For a child, delivering menus is not a job, it's her game."
After hearing what her husband said, Lu Cuiling thought about it carefully and slowly understood: "Oh, I understand. Ruoruo is because her mom and dad are busy, so she treats delivering the menu as a game?"
Feng Jiandong nodded: "That's right. Any child would find it fun to wander around the restaurant and run into the kitchen from time to time to play."
Lu Cuiling understood everything and couldn't help but laugh at herself: "No wonder my granddaughter didn't let me help. It turns out she didn't want to play with me."
Feng Jiandong smiled and said, "Isn't this great? Let the three of them have fun."
Su Jinrong, who was sitting in a wheelchair nearby, also smiled and said, "Let them play."
Lu Cuiling hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, it seems that we are all idle now. How about I go and help clean up the table? This shouldn't interfere with my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter, right?"
Feng Jiandong smiled helplessly and said, "Your granddaughter is really like you. You both can't sit still."
Su Jinrong also smiled when he heard this.
As he was laughing, Su Jinrong glanced at the team outside the door and happened to see his sister Su Lanxin walking out.
Feng Jiandong soon noticed that his father-in-law looked strange. He turned his head and looked outside the door in the direction his father-in-law was looking. He also saw Su Lanxin standing on the old street outside the door.
Su Lanxin and her group arrived at the door of Su Ji and were a little surprised to see a queue outside the door.
The secretary wanted to go in and ask, but was stopped by Su Lanxin. The two people from the Huaicheng Catering Association did not intend to cut in line, so the group simply lined up.
Seeing a few young people queuing up in front, Lin Youqi smiled and said, "I never thought that young people would come to eat local cuisine nowadays?"
Jiang Zhongjian took over and said, "It is indeed rare. It seems that young people nowadays tend to eat at Western-style restaurants, right?"
Lin Youqi added: "Western restaurants, as well as hot pot, barbecue and some fried foods, should be more popular among young people nowadays? In short, they should be more inclined to heavy tastes. Our local dishes are lighter, so it's normal that young people don't like them."
Su Lanxin heard this and said, "This is also related to publicity. If local cuisine is packaged, it can also attract young people."
Originally, Su Lanxin said this and wanted to follow up by introducing her catering group and its chain Chinese restaurants' innovations in local cuisine.
But the young man in the queue in front couldn't help but speak first after hearing Su Lanxin's words: "Yes, if it's well packaged, it will naturally attract us, just like this restaurant, it is said that several dishes are very good."
Another young man also said: "Yes, we all came here because we saw the video online."
Jiang Zhongjian asked curiously, "The video on the Internet? Is it about this restaurant?"
The young man in the queue answered: "Yes, it's a restaurant exploration video on the Internet. Someone comes to this restaurant to eat, then films the various dishes, makes a video and posts it online for everyone to see."
Hearing this, not only Jiang Zhongjian and Lin Youqi were a little surprised, but Su Lanxin also showed a hint of disbelief on her face.
However, the woman with the ponytail who came with Su Lanxin looked at the small restaurant and said, "I didn't realize that such an old-fashioned small restaurant actually knew how to use online videos for promotion."
The young man in the queue said immediately: "Although the storefront is a bit old, the food is really good."
Hearing this, the woman asked disdainfully: "You said it was good, have you ever eaten it?"
The young man was somewhat speechless when asked, but his companion helped him by saying: "We haven't eaten it yet, but the video is very good, and the person who took the video also said that it is very delicious."
The woman who came with Su Lanxin was still a little disdainful, but Su Lanxin's eyes stopped her from continuing to argue.
This little episode of queuing at the door was also seen by Su Jinrong, Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling inside, but the three of them naturally did not respond.
Lu Cuiling looked at it for a while and said, "Let her line up slowly. First, we need to put down Su Lanxin's prestige. We need to let her know that Su's business is doing well in your hands."
Su Jinrong did not respond, but stared at his sister intently, but no one knew what he was thinking.
Seeing this, Feng Jiandong whispered a reminder: "Father-in-law, you must take care of yourself and don't get angry easily. I believe Yifan can handle it."
After hearing the reminder, Su Jinrong came back to his senses and waved his hand calmly: "Don't be angry."
…
Finally, at about eight o'clock, Su Lanxin and her group entered the restaurant.
Su Ruoxi saw her aunt leading a group of people in. After hesitating for a moment, she greeted them generously: "Six people? Please come in and sit at table number five."
Su Lanxin did not go to table number five, but walked to Su Jinrong instead. She ignored Feng Jiandong and Lu Cuiling who stood up to block her, and bent over to greet Su Jinrong, "Brother, are you feeling better these days?"
Su Jinrong put on a smile and responded, "Very good."