From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Jiang Fanglin is a cheerful and straightforward woman who loves to laugh.

Therefore, it was easy for me to get along with Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing.

It's clear that Jiang Fanglin really likes children; she would occasionally interact with the two children while chatting.

After chatting with Luo Qing, Feng Zhengming realized that Jiang Fanglin was indeed a very good woman.

The couple both felt that Jiang Fanglin and Luo Wenhan were a good match.

Compared to Fang Hongyan before, who was always thinking about playing tricks and climbing the social ladder, this new woman is different.

Jiang Fanglin needs to be more down-to-earth, and also has a cheerful and smiling personality.

After a conversation, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing had come to accept Jiang Fanglin as their sister-in-law.

Jiang Fanglin herself also decided that she was in love with Luo Wenhan.

Jiang Fanglin saw a gentler side to Luo Wenhan's personality.

"Luo Qing, you probably don't know that your brother is a very gentle person. He is actually very good at taking care of people, so I think he is a very reliable and good man."

Luo Qing looked at her brother with some disbelief at Jiang Fanglin's assessment.

Because Luo Wenhan has never shown a gentle and considerate side when he is at home.

As for being down-to-earth?

In Luo Qing's memory, her older brother was never reliable or down-to-earth from childhood to adulthood.

But then I thought about it again, and it seemed that when my brother was pursuing Fang Hongyan, it also reflected what Jiang Fanglin had said.

The older brother might be a "bully" at home, but when he sees Fang Hongyan, he's like a mouse seeing a cat.

So, thinking about it this way, Luo Qing could understand the good qualities that Jiang Fanglin mentioned about her brother.

“Sometimes he’s just superficially reliable. Now that you’re our sister-in-law, you should keep a closer eye on him and prevent him from making too much money and starting to have strange ideas. He’ll become unreliable and frivolous.”

Jiang Fanglin laughed: "Haha, don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on him."

Luo Wenhan felt embarrassed in front of his brother-in-law because he listened to his sister and girlfriend.

"What kind of talk is that? Do I need anyone to tell me what to do? I'm not going to go out and have fun."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Brother, it's a blessing to have someone who genuinely cares about you and looks after you."

These words startled Luo Wenhan.

Then he looked at his sister and smiled.

“My brother-in-law is right.”

The topic quickly shifted back to Feng Zhengming.

Jiang Fanglin: "My dad also loves to cook. If I go back and tell my dad that my boyfriend's brother-in-law is Feng Zhuangyuan, my dad will definitely be very happy and will want to come and meet you."

Feng Zhengming: "Great! Uncle, you're welcome to come to Jinan anytime you have time. I'll definitely treat you well."

He then added, "If we go back to Shanghai, you can bring your parents there too, and I will host you there."

Jiang Fanglin: "Okay, after the New Year, I'll tell my dad that I'll definitely come."

Luo Wenhan quickly said, "Didn't we agree that I would go to your house after the New Year?"

Jiang Fanglin smiled: "You go first, and then we can come back together."

Luo Qing: "Brother, you really should visit their home. You need to make a good impression so that your future in-laws will like you. Just don't make a fool of yourself."

Luo Wenhan: I know. Fanglin and I have already discussed it. I will make a special trip to visit her hometown after the New Year.

After saying this, Luo Wenhan pondered for a moment.

"Wait a minute, why do I feel like you're my older sister? Not my younger sister?"

These words immediately made everyone burst into laughter.

Luo Qing said with a smile, "You've always been like a younger brother to me since we were little."

At this moment, two children sitting to the side, eating earnestly, also appeared.

The uncle clearly didn't want to eat vegetables, but Feng Nuanyou insisted on putting them on his plate and making him eat them.

"It's not good for your uncle not to eat vegetables. You have to eat vegetables, be good."

The adults witnessed this scene.

Feng Zhengming looked up at his brother-in-law: "You and your sister weren't like this when you were little, were you?"

Luo Wenhan immediately turned his head away, not wanting to answer.

Luo Qing smiled and said, "That's right, my brother looked pretty much like that when he was a kid."

Jiang Fanglin smiled and nudged Luo Wenhan lightly with her elbow.

"So you were always being looked after by your younger sister when you were little."

Luo Wenhan: "I was just letting her have her way."

Luo Qing: "Come on, when did you ever give in to me when we were kids? You wouldn't have given in to me if I hadn't been so fierce."

Upon hearing this, Luo Wenhan suddenly looked at Luo Qing with a sincere expression.

"Little sister, I'm sorry. I've always been a bad brother. I've never acted like one since I was little. When we were young, my family clearly favored boys over girls and treated you badly, but I always showed off to you and even bullied you when you were very young."

Looking back now, I realize I was absolutely no older brother at all; I was a complete jerk.

Luo Qing never expected that her brother would suddenly apologize to her.

Although Luo Qing no longer resents her family or her brother over the years.

But hearing her brother apologize to her like this still touched Luo Qing quite a bit.

From childhood to adulthood, Luo Qing has always been very assertive, and it can be said that she has achieved everything through her own efforts.

It could even be said that she fought with her own brother for it.

This contributed to Luo Qing's very assertive personality.

She will strive to get what she wants and be assertive in obtaining it.

Because of her brother, Luo Qing used to believe that she should fight for what she wanted.

Just like when she fell in love with Feng Zhengming, she was very straightforward and took the initiative to confess her feelings to him.

Once she sets her mind on something, she's determined to do it.

Her marriage to Feng Zhengming gradually brought about some changes in her.

Luo Qing began to become less assertive and was more willing to silently support Feng Zhengming from behind.

Now, Luo Qing is gradually becoming less domineering towards her family.

Although she had not completely forgiven her family in her heart.

It's like she insists on keeping her child with her and doesn't want to leave the child at home and have her parents take care of the child for her.

Luo Qing didn't actually want her child to be raised by his parents and become distant from her.

Or rather, the child has been instilled with certain ideas by his parents.

Today, her brother apologized to her, which made Luo Qing feel as if she had suddenly resolved her inner conflict.

Although it's impossible to completely change her views on her family, at least at this moment, Luo Qing has made peace with the past.

Feng Zhengming smiled and picked up his coffee: "Come on, let's have tea instead of wine, wishing you and your future sister-in-law a happy family and a long and happy life together."

Upon hearing this, Luo Qing smiled and picked up her coffee.

Luo Wenhan and Jiang Fanglin smiled and picked up their drinks.

Even Feng Nuanyou and her uncle raised their glasses together.

Everyone clinked glasses together, as if witnessing Luo Qing's reconciliation with her brother Luo Wenhan.

Laughter from several people echoed in the coffee shop.

After meeting Jiang Fanglin, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing took the two children back with them.

On the way, Luo Qing leaned against her husband's chest and couldn't help but shed tears. Feng Zhengming understood that his wife was not sad but happy.

After all these years, she finally received an apology from her brother.

If given a choice, which girl wouldn't want to be pampered by her parents and brothers from a young age?
Luo Qing had always longed for this, hoping to have a better relationship with her family.

Over the years, although their relationship has improved, Luo Qing still harbors some resentment towards her family and brother.

Today, Luo Qing finally heard her brother apologize, which made her burst into tears.

Feng Zhengming took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away his wife's tears.

"It's good to cry. Now that I've matured, it's all thanks to you. It's your strength that has brought about so many changes in the family."

"Look, even Grandma is very good to our Youyou now, isn't she?"

Luo Qing looked at her husband and nodded.

"Everything is fine now, all thanks to you. With you backing me up, I was able to maintain my dominance over my family and ultimately force them to compromise and change."

Feng Zhengming: "You're my wife, of course I have to support my wife."

Two little children walking hand in hand in front of each other suddenly turned around and saw their parents hugging.

Feng Nuanyou immediately let go of her uncle's hand and ran quickly back to her parents.

Seeing this, the younger uncle quickly ran back as well.

Feng Nuanyou tilted her little head up to look at her parents.

"Mom, are you crying?"

Before her mother could answer, Feng Nuanyou quickly comforted her, "Mom, don't cry. If Dad bullies you, Youyou will protect you."

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing were immediately amused by their daughter, and Luo Qing squatted down to hug her.

“Mom didn’t cry. Mom was happy. Uncle apologized to Mom today, so Mom felt very happy and blessed.”

Feng Nuanyou didn't quite understand: "Is she happy? If she's happy, why is Mom crying?"

Feng Zhengming also squatted down and explained from the side: "This is called crying tears of joy, which means that the mother is very, very happy."

Hearing her father say that, Feng Nuanyou turned to look at her uncle.

"Is Dad right?"

The uncle was taken aback by the question, and the little boy didn't know if he was right or wrong.

“My brother-in-law is an adult, he should be right.”

The conversation between the two children completely amused Luo Qing.

He laughed so hard that snot bubbles came out of his nose.

Luo Qing quickly covered her face with a handkerchief and wiped away her tears and snot.

She reached out and gently stroked her daughter's little nose.

"Alright, you little rascal, you always manage to make me laugh."

Feng Nuanyou smiled and said, "Mom smiled."

Then Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing stood up and, together, led the two children back.

Back home, Luo Qing washed her face first and then asked Feng Zhengming to tell his family about Luo Wenhan's girlfriend.

Feng Zhengming gave a brief overview of the situation.

“This Jiang Fanglin is indeed a good woman. I feel that she and my brother are a good match. After the New Year, my brother can bring her back to meet Grandma, Mom and Dad.”

Grandma was naturally the happiest to hear this.

"Okay, okay, Zhengming, you've seen it and said it's good, so it must be right."

Luo Qing's maternal grandmother was indeed still that shrewish old lady.

In the old lady's eyes, Feng Zhengming, the national culinary champion, should be a very discerning person, so if he said there was no problem, then there must be no problem.

Even the maternal grandmother has started thinking about taking care of her great-grandson herself in the future.

It's easy to see from this how much Grandma loved Luo Wenhan.

After sitting at Luo Qing's parents' house for a while, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing took the child home first.

On the way back, Luo Qing couldn't help but mutter, "Grandma is still as biased as ever."

Feng Zhengming couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"Don't be angry. That's just how the elderly are. They've lived like this their whole lives, and it's hard to change their mindset."

Luo Qing: "I'm not angry. It's just that my grandma makes it so obvious. My uncle's children and our Youyou are all here, but she only thinks about my brother's future children."

Feng Zhengming: "After all, my older brother was spoiled by his maternal grandmother when he was a child, so she must still care about him."

Then Feng Zhengming added, "And wasn't the grandmother very good to her own grandson?"

Luo Qing pouted: "Isn't that because he's a grandson?"

Feng Zhengming: "It's not easy to change the old people's ideas. The preference for sons over daughters is a deeply ingrained part of their thinking that we can't reverse all at once. We can only say that we can change it gradually."

Because Feng Zhengming had been drinking at noon, they took a taxi back.

Feng Zhengming held his youngest daughter in his arms and had Feng Nuanyou sit next to her.

Feng Nuanyou would glance at her younger sister in her father's arms from time to time, and then turn her head to look at her younger brother in her mother's arms.

"Dad, do you like me and my sister more, or do you like my brother more?"

When Feng Zhengming heard his daughter ask this question, he smiled, lowered his head, and answered her softly.

"Dad definitely likes you and your sister a little more because Dad likes girls, but Dad won't be too biased and will give your brother the same love."

Feng Nuanyou smiled broadly upon hearing her father's words.

“I knew it, Dad loves me and my sister.”

Luo Qing smiled as she listened to her daughter's words.

"But you and your sister can't bully your brother either. From now on, you're the older sister, so you have to protect your sister and brother. When your brother grows up, he can protect you and your sister."

Feng Nuanyou: "My brother is a boy, he should protect me and my sister."

Feng Zhengming smiled: "That's right, what our Youyou said is correct. My brother is a boy, and boys should be strong and able to protect the girls in the family."

Luo Qing laughed along, "Aren't you being a little too biased? Your son will definitely blame you later."

Feng Zhengming: "No, we believe in our son. He will definitely grow up to be a man."

Feng Zhengming's current thought is that he will teach his son to be strong in the future.

Even if his son is naughty, as long as he is not a bad person, Feng Zhengming will not discipline him excessively.

In Feng Zhengming's mind, boys should be a little mischievous, a little bold, and above all, responsible and dependable.

So although he didn't say it out loud, Feng Zhengming still looked down on his brother-in-law quite a bit.

It's truly shameful that a grown man like him only knows how to act tough with his parents and sister at home, yet gets bullied and manipulated by a woman outside.

Feng Zhengming didn't want his son to have the same sullen personality as his brother-in-law.

At this moment, he began to repeatedly rehearse how to educate his son.

Even though his son was still an infant, he felt that there were some things that needed to be put on the agenda.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing took the child and went straight back to their home in Jinan.

The house had already been cleaned by someone arranged by my second aunt and third aunt.

When Feng Zhengming and the others returned home, Feng Nuanyou immediately ran happily to her little room.

Upon seeing their daughter's appearance, Feng Zhengming and his wife exchanged a glance.

My home in Jinan isn't as big as my home in Shanghai, but this two-bedroom apartment is much cozier. (End of Chapter)