From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 286 The dry rice shop is booming on New Year’s Day
"One portion of Zhuangyuan's pork, and one bowl of noodles with wide hands."

Accompanied by a shout, the noisy people in Feng's restaurant were instantly suppressed.

Then the customers queuing up in the shop saw the first person in line carrying a plate of meat and a large bowl of hand-rolled noodles on a tray towards their seats.

After the provincial young chef cooking exchange competition.

Through provincial TV stations and newspaper reports, Feng Zhengming naturally became the biggest winner.

A large number of locals in Quancheng came to Fengjiagan Restaurant to eat.

In the past, most of the people who came to Ganfanpu were people who worked nearby or lived nearby.

Now that Feng Zhengming has become famous, many people who do not live in the area of ​​Fengjiagang Restaurant will come to Fengjiagang Restaurant specifically for food.

This also leads to queues almost every day at Fengjiagang Restaurant.

Today is New Year's Day, and the Feng Family Restaurant is still open.

Naturally, more people came to Fengjiagan Restaurant to eat.

Feng Zhengming also adopted the title of No. 1 Scholar in accordance with the results of everyone's discussion.

He even framed his certificate from the Provincial Young Chefs Culinary Exchange Competition in a glass frame and hung it on the wall of the dry rice shop.

There was even a wooden board nailed to the wall inside the meat counter.

Display your trophies and medals as well.

Feng Zhengming's operation was really very high-profile.

But precisely because of his high profile, Fengjiagan Restaurant attracted more customers.

On New Year's Day, the Feng Family Restaurant opened at noon, and the small shop was packed to the brim.

In the end, Feng Zhengming had to ask people to move the stools out, so that customers who wanted to eat in the shop could sit down and wait in line at the door, instead of all rushing into the shop.

Those customers who are willing to pack up the meat and take it away also order outside the door. After ordering, a waiter will wait inside to pack it up and deliver it to the customers waiting outside.

Even though Feng Zhengming had such an arrangement, the restaurant was still very popular on New Year's Day.

Li Huidong, his wife Hu Yan and their son also came to Fengjiagan Restaurant.

The family of three took advantage of today's rest and went to the big lake and spring to play together.

At noon, Hu Yan suggested that we go to Fengjiagan Restaurant for a meal.

His son Li Xiaogang also agreed with both hands.

"Dad, I'm going to eat the handfuls of pork made by my uncle. Now even my classmates know that uncle's pork is the most delicious here. I haven't eaten it in a long time."

When Li Huidong saw that his wife and son both wanted to eat at the restaurant, he naturally agreed with a smile.

Li Huidong, a family of three, took his wife and son to the Feng Family Restaurant on a bicycle.

It's just that Li Huidong and the others didn't expect that the Feng Family Restaurant's business is so booming now.

I saw people sitting on small stools or standing in line waiting in front of the door.

Hu Yan couldn't help but exclaimed: "So many people?"

Li Xiaogang also raised his head in surprise and asked: "Dad, are we right?"

His son's words brought Li Huidong back to reality from his surprise.

He stretched out his hand and gently touched his son's little head: "You're right, don't you see a sign at the door? The Feng Family Restaurant."

Li Xiaogang raised his head and looked at the signboard, then muttered: "That's right, why are there so many people?"

Hu Yan responded to her son with a smile: "Everyone thinks your uncle's meat is delicious."

Li Xiaogang said: "Yes, the meat made by my uncle is delicious."

Then Li Xiaogang said dejectedly: "Then how do we go in to eat?"

"Of course we go through the back door and go directly to the kitchen to eat."

The sudden sound startled Li Huidong's family of three.

The family of three almost turned around together and saw Li Huidong's eldest sister and brother-in-law arriving in front of the Feng family restaurant with their niece.

Lin Xiaona, who was sitting on the beam of her father's bicycle, smiled and waved to her brother.

"Hehehe, it turns out you guys are coming to eat uncle's meat too."

Li Xiaogang said: "Yes, we will come to eat too."

Then Li Xiaogang looked at his uncle: "Can we go in through the back door?"

Lin Jiacheng laughed: "It depends on whether your father will take us through the back door."

When Lin Jiacheng said this, everyone, including Li Huidong's eldest sister Li Fenzhen, looked at Li Huidong.

Especially the two children, their faces were full of expectations.

Seeing this scene, Li Huidong could only smile and say: "Okay, today is New Year's Day, so I will make an exception and take you through the back door."

When Li Huidong said this, the two children immediately cheered.

Lin Jiacheng quickly asked the children to keep their voices down.

"Shh, don't be so loud. What if someone hears you?"

Lin Xiaona and Li Xiaogang quickly covered their mouths together.

Li Huidong and his eldest sister's family went around to the alley behind the front of Feng's Restaurant, entered from the entrance of the alley, and came all the way to the back door of Feng's Restaurant.

As soon as he reached the back door, before Li Huidong could knock on the door, the back door was pushed open from the inside.

Then the two families saw Sun Hai and Zhang Lei carrying garbage out to take out the garbage.

Li Huidong was a little surprised to see it was Zhang Lei.

Li Xiaogang shouted directly: "Uncle Leizi, Uncle Leizi."

Zhang Lei and Sun Hai heard the shouting and raised their heads to look over.

Zhang Lei was a little surprised: "Master."

Lin Jiacheng joked with a smile: "Okay, Leizi, you betrayed the master, have you been caught?"

Zhang Lei quickly said: "I, I don't."

Lin Jiacheng continued to joke: "Are you saying you haven't? We've all hit you. It's a day off. How come you're here? And you're working with Sun Hai. How dare you say you're not betraying the master?"

Zhang Lei was said so that he didn't know how to explain it for a moment?
Just at this time, another figure came out from inside.

Everyone saw that it was Yang Peng.

Zhang Lei quickly said: "If you want to betray the master, it was Xiaopeng who brought me here."

Yang Peng was stunned by what Zhang Lei said, then turned around and saw the master coming.

"Master, why are you here?"

Lin Jiacheng continued to joke: "Your master is here to arrest you. You two are so bold. You dare to betray the master. You don't rest during the holidays and come here to work for others."

Yang Peng was also a little speechless, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt something was wrong.

"That's not right. It was master who told us that if we don't want to go home during the New Year's Day holiday and don't feel like there is much to do, we can come to our junior uncle's place to help and learn from our junior junior uncle at the same time."

As soon as Yang Peng said this, Zhang Lei immediately came to his senses.

"Yes, Master asked us to come."

Lin Jiacheng burst out laughing: "Hahaha, look at how scared you two are." Sister and brother Lin Xiaona and Li Xiaogang laughed so much that they kept twisting on the bicycle beam.

Li Huidong was also amused by the scene in front of him.

"You two came here today and didn't even say a word to me. I thought it was a day off and you two ran out to play. By the way, Xiaopeng, you are here. Where is Xiao He?"

Yang Peng immediately replied: "We came here together, she is helping in the shop."

Li Fenzhen said with a smile: "You didn't take a good rest during the holiday, so you came here to work."

Zhang Lei said: "We are mainly here to study and learn."

Li Fenzhen said: "I've never seen you guys so eager to learn."

Yang Peng said: "This is not like after participating in the competition and finding out that we are insufficient. We hurriedly went to the junior uncle to make up for the lessons and learn the craft from the junior uncle."

Li Huidong asked: "How was it? Did you learn anything today?"

This question stunned Zhang Lei and Yang Peng.

It was Sun Hai who helped and said, "Uncle, the business in the shop is very good. We have been busy all the time. Uncle, he doesn't have time to give us advice."

Lin Jiacheng smiled and asked the two apprentices: "Then your trip is not in vain?"

Zhang Lei said: "It's not in vain. We worked along and learned a lot."

Yang Peng echoed: "Yes, it is also a kind of learning for us to watch the two master uncles work."

Li Huidong was very satisfied with the two apprentices' answer and their initiative to come to the restaurant today to help and learn.

"Do more, see more, listen more, and think more. Even if you can only do odd jobs, there are still many things worth learning."

Sun Hai looked at his uncle and his group and asked, "Uncle, do you want to go in for lunch? I'll tell my uncle that you can go in with me. You can eat in the locker room at the back."

Li Huidong hesitated and asked, "Are you very busy today? If it's too busy, we won't go in. We might as well go to the front and pack the food and take it back to eat."

Li Fenzhen then said: "Yes, if you are too busy, we won't go in and disturb you."

Lin Jiacheng also said that he would not go in and disturb him, but could wait outside the back door and ask someone inside to pack up the meat and rice for them, and they would take it back to eat.

Just when Li Huidong and the others said they would not go in and disturb them.

Feng Zhengming has already walked out.

"Senior brother, since you are all here, come in. Why are you being polite to me? Isn't this place just like home? Xiaona, Xiaogang, come in quickly."

Seeing Feng Zhengming coming out to greet them, Li Huidong and his party felt a little embarrassed.

Lin Jiacheng asked: "We really won't disturb you?"

Feng Zhengming laughed: "No, brother-in-law, why are you being polite to me? Come in, come in."

Finally, at Feng Zhengming's warm invitation, Li Huidong and his party followed him into the dry rice shop through the back door.

Feng Zhengming arranged for the senior brother and his team to enter the dressing room next to the kitchen.

It was both the first time for Li Fenzhen and Hu Yan to enter the kitchen.

Li Fenzhen was a little surprised: "Zhengming, the place behind you is quite big."

Hu Yan also said: "It's so big that it can even fit a table."

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "This is the dressing room. When I originally designed this place, I thought that sometimes there might be too many guests and we would need to eat here, so we reserved this place. It needs to be big enough to accommodate a table so that everyone can have a place to change shifts and eat when business is good.”

Then Feng Zhengming asked the two children: "What do Xiaona and Xiaogang want to eat today?"

Lin Xiaona did not answer what she wanted to eat. Instead, she said seriously to Feng Zhengming: "Happy New Year."

Feng Zhengming did not expect that Lin Xiaona said Happy New Year to him in English.

He was stunned for a moment, then responded with a smile: "Happy New Year."

Lin Xiaona was a little surprised when she heard this: "Does your little uncle know English?"

Li Huidong said to his daughter: "You still want to show off such a simple thing in front of your little uncle."

Feng Zhengming said: "I know a few words, but I'm definitely not as good as Xiaona."

Lin Xiaona looked at Feng Zhengming and said, "Uncle is so awesome."

Li Xiaogang also quickly said to Feng Zhengming: "Happy New Year, little uncle."

Feng Zhengming said: "Happy New Year and Happy New Year's Day."

Then Feng Zhengming asked again: "Then what do you want to eat?"

Li Xiaogang immediately said: "I want to eat a handful of meat."

Lin Xiaona thought for a while and said, "Uncle, I want to eat shrimp, is that okay?"

Feng Zhengming agreed: "Yes, of course. As long as you want to eat it, I will cook it for you."

Then he said to the senior brother: "Brother, we made a big pot of crispy pot this morning. How about giving you some to try?"

Li Huidong immediately said: "Then I must try some."

After hearing that Feng Zhengming had made crispy pot, Lin Jiacheng immediately asked: "Is there any kelp roll?"

"Yes." Feng Zhengming replied immediately.

Lin Jiacheng said, "Then you must have one."

Li Huidong continued: "You and Lao San just need to take the time to cook a few dishes for us. Don't do anything special. Don't delay your business."

Feng Zhengming said: "It's okay, senior brother, please wait for a while and I will ensure that the dishes are prepared for you."

Li Fenzhen quickly said: "Don't make too much. If you make too much, we won't be able to eat it and it will be wasted."

Feng Zhengming agreed and said: "Sister, I know, please wait for a while."

After saying this, Feng Zhengming walked out of the dressing room and went directly to the kitchen.

Li Huidong couldn't help but ask: "Did we come at the wrong time? There are so many people queuing in front, so business must be very good. Will we delay their business by sitting inside like this?"

When Hu Yan heard her husband's words, she couldn't help but said: "You, don't think too much, we have already come in, let's wait and eat."

Li Fenzhen said: "That's right, you don't have to worry about that with your own junior brother."

Lin Jiacheng said: "Now Zhengming is indeed very famous. On New Year's Day, many people obviously come here because of his reputation. His current restaurant is really too small."

Li Fenzhen and Hu Yan both agreed on this point and felt that the current restaurant space was too small.

Li Huidong said: "It's okay. Zhengming has already acquired some of the storefronts next to it. After the Chinese New Year, he will start to expand the space. By then, he will open up both sides and connect them into a big store."

This statement surprised everyone.

Lin Jiacheng asked in a low voice: "Has Zhengming made so much money? Can he take down all the shops next to him at once?"

Li Huidong said with a smile: "How can he say that he is now the number one young chef in the province? He has been running this dry rice shop for half a year, shouldn't he make some money?"

After hearing what Li Huidong said, Lin Jiacheng nodded: "That's right, and I heard before that he was still working at a food stall at the train station."

After hearing this, Li Fenzhen couldn't help but sigh: "Zhengming is really capable at such a young age. I thought at the beginning that he would definitely be able to accomplish a great career."

Hu Yan nodded and said, "Yes, Zhengming has both skills and courage. His current achievements are all due to his own efforts."

While Li Huidong and the others were chatting, Zhang Lei and Yang Peng quickly brought the meat and crispy pot dishes.

Seeing the sumptuous dishes on the table, the two children Lin Xiaona and Li Xiaogang drooled with greed.

(End of this chapter)