From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

At his grandfather's instruction, Feng Zhengming called his third uncle Feng Jiandong.

After Feng Jiandong learned the news, he quickly drove to Huiquan Tower himself.

When they arrived at Huiquan Building, Feng Jiandong did not disturb the two old people.

He and Feng Zhengming discussed some details of the evening reception in detail.

Feng Zhengming naturally told his third uncle everything he saw and heard.

After hearing this, Feng Jiandong couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "The Tao brothers really did it on purpose. They hid from me and didn't let me participate."

Then he was curious about the relationship between Mr. Situ and his father.

"What is the relationship between Mr. Zhengming Situ and your father? Do you know?"

Feng Zhengming shook his head and replied: "I don't know the specific relationship, but it seems that they must have known each other many years ago. Later, Grandpa Situ went abroad and never came back, so they lost contact."

After hesitating for a moment, Feng Zhengming whispered: "It seems that Grandpa Situ and Grandma are also familiar with each other."

Although Feng Zhengming didn't know the specific situation, the two old men met outside the private room at that time. He heard his grandfather talking to Mr. Situ about his grandmother's death. He knew very well that Mr. Situ almost fainted.

Feng Jiandong has always been a person who dares to think boldly. He almost immediately thinks of many possibilities.

Of course, he also thought about whether his mother and Mr. Situ also had a relationship?
Then his father and Mr. Situ competed back then?
In the end, his father won, and Mr. Situ chose to go abroad and never come back?

If Feng Zhengming could know these thoughts in his third uncle's mind.

He would probably give me a thumbs up and encourage his third uncle to stop doing business and just write novels.

When Feng Zhengming saw that his third uncle was silent, he thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle, have you eaten?"

Feng Jiandong suddenly came to his senses and immediately put on a pitiful look in front of Feng Zhengming.

"Isn't it that you haven't eaten? Boss Wang has arrived with a new batch of goods in the past few days. He is busy delivering the goods and arranging the delivery of goods for distribution. If you call me, I will come over quickly."

After a pause at this point, Feng Jiandong and Feng Zhengming were not polite: "Bring me a bowl of hand-made noodles. I quite like your chef's hand-made noodles."

Feng Zhengming also smiled and agreed: "Okay, uncle, please wait for a while, I will go to the kitchen to make you a bowl of noodles."

After saying that, Feng Zhengming went to the back kitchen to make noodles for his third uncle.

Feng Jiandong sat alone in the lobby of Huiquan Building, thinking about tonight's events.

He couldn't help but feel so lucky.

He might have missed these returned overseas Chinese tonight.

Who would have thought that they would come to Huiquan Building for dinner?

Then today Feng Zhengming just happened to pick up his grandfather, and by chance, two old people who had not seen each other for many years met.

Connect it all.

Feng Jiandong looked at the Huiquan Building where he was.

He couldn't help but mutter: "Zheng Ming still has the ability. If it weren't for his good craftsmanship and good philosophy in running Huiquan Building, Huiquan Building would not have become famous in Quancheng in a short time.

Without the fame of Huiquan Building, how could the dinner hosted by the overseas Chinese tonight be held at Huiquan Building?
If they hadn't been at Huiquan Tower tonight, it would have been impossible for my father and Mr. Situ to meet. "

Thinking of this, Feng Jiandong suddenly felt that Feng Zhengming seemed very important to the family.

Seeing that Feng Zhengming hadn't come back yet, he borrowed the phone in Huiquan Building to call his second sister.

On the phone, Feng Jiandong first introduced the situation to the second sister, and then asked the second sister if she knew this old Mr. Situ? Or does the elder brother abroad know?

When Feng Suying heard her brother explain the situation, she was also a little surprised.

In Feng Suying's memory, her parents' relationship can be described as a model couple.

Even back then, my mother was implicated due to the situation at home.

My father has always been loyal to my mother and will always rush to my mother to protect her from the wind and rain.

Feng Jiandong was young at that time and was relatively well protected by his family, so he had actually never seen many scenes.

Feng Suying has a better understanding of what the family was like during the most difficult time.

Because my mother’s family situation was special at that time, and my mother was a teacher, my status was really too sensitive at that time.

Many times, it was my father who stood up to protect my mother and the entire family.

In fact, even the eldest brother in the family doesn't know.

Feng Suying knew that if it were not for her mother's situation, her father could have become the manager of a state-owned restaurant.

But my father gave up all opportunities just for my mother.

Later, when Feng Suying was in the army, she was also affected by her mother.

It was his father who came forward to allow Feng Suying to join the army.

Those years were quite difficult for the family.

It was not until later that my mother resumed her job as a teacher, and the situation at home gradually improved.

Feng Suying now thinks back on the mutually beneficial relationship between her parents. In fact, if she thinks about it carefully, her father has done more.

And on many things that my mother approves of, my father will try his best to provide sufficient support.

For example, when my eldest brother went abroad, it was because his mother supported him and his father also supported him.

Today, she heard her younger brother tell her that an overseas Chinese who had returned from abroad might have some relationship with her parents. He also asked her if she knew what the relationship was between him and his mother.
Feng Suying had a vague feeling that the other party might indeed have a close relationship with her parents.

It might even be true that his brother guessed that his relationship with his mother was unusual.

But even though she thought so, Feng Suying still warned her brother directly on the phone.

"Stop guessing. After Dad finishes talking to the other party, you can send him back to the hotel. Don't ask blind questions on the way, okay?"

Feng Jiandong immediately said: "I know, sister, don't worry, I will definitely not talk nonsense."

Immediately afterwards, Feng Jiandong said: "I'm calling to see if you know anything, sister? If you know anything, tell me so that I can be mentally prepared."

Feng Suying said: "I don't know anything, so don't make blind guesses. If dad wants to tell us, he will tell us naturally."

Hearing what his sister said, Feng Jiandong naturally agreed "obediently".

In the back kitchen, Feng Zhengming found a piece of beef tenderloin from the refrigerator and quickly cut some beef slices.

Rinse the sliced ​​beef, marinate and starch it, then chop some green onions and onions.

When everything is ready, pour oil into the pan and grease the beef slices first.

Then stir-fry the minced ginger in the pan, then add the onions to the pan and stir-fry over high heat until the onions are brown. Add the oiled beef and green onions to the pan and stir-fry.

Simply cook some soy sauce, add a little sugar, MSG, and pepper.

After the aroma is completely stir-fried, stir-fry the onion and beef first and remove from the pan.

Then he took out the hand-made noodles that Lu Zhongshan had prepared in advance and cooked a bowl of noodles.

After the noodles are cooked, put them into a bowl with hot soup, and finally sprinkle with some chopped green onion and coriander.

Holding this bowl of hand-made noodles and fried beef with green onions, Feng Zhengming walked out of the kitchen. As for the cleaning work in the kitchen, it is natural to leave it to others.

Feng Zhengming took it out and happened to see his third uncle hang up the phone.

"Come and eat, uncle."

Smelling the fragrance, Feng Jiandong trotted over without any hesitation.

I saw a bowl of hand-made noodles and a side of fried beef with green onions.

"You are too honest, just give me a bowl of noodles, and you can also give me a plate of fried beef with green onions."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "I just have this little beef left in the evening, uncle, you can eat it."

Feng Jiandong laughed: "How can I just eat this? The food you gave me is too good."

Saying this, Feng Jiandong was not polite and sat down to eat.

While eating beef stir-fried with green onions, eat big mouthfuls of noodles.

In the end, I even poured some of the remaining beef into the noodle bowl and finished the soup and water along with the hand-rolled noodles in the bowl.

After eating such a large bowl, Feng Jiandong was quite satisfied.

Leaning on the chair and gently touching his bulging belly, Feng Jiandong said with satisfaction: "It's so good. Zhengming, your cooking skills are so good. Whatever dish you have in your hands is as easy as picking it up at your fingertips."

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Uncle San is exaggerating. It takes a lot of time and effort for me to cook some dishes."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Situ's voice sounded from behind.

"Although what you do is time-consuming and laborious, the hard work you put in still satisfies all the diners. This should be regarded as the best praise for a chef."

Hearing the sound, Feng Zhengming turned and looked at Mr. Situ who came downstairs with his grandfather.

Feng Jiandong also quickly stood up and straightened his clothes.

"Hello, uncle, I am Feng Jiandong, the third child in the family."

Before his father could introduce him, Feng Jiandong took the initiative to introduce himself to Mr. Situ.

When Feng Zonggu saw his son like this, he could only introduce him helplessly: "This is my youngest son."

Mr. Situ smiled and said, "Yes, at first glance, he is Wanjin's child. His facial features are very similar to Wanjin's when he was young."

Hearing what Mr. Situ said, Feng Jiandong almost immediately realized that this old man who had returned to China might really be very familiar with his mother.

Feng Zonggu didn't give his son any time to continue thinking: "You drove here, right? You take your uncle back to the hotel."

Mr. Situ smiled and said, "Don't bother the kids. I can just take a taxi back to the hotel when I go out."

"No trouble, no trouble, uncle, you are a guest, we should greet you well." Feng Jiandong quickly took the initiative to take the job.

After some courtesy, Mr. Situ agreed to let Feng Jiandong drive him.

Feng Zhengming accompanied his grandfather to send Mr. Situ out and into the car.

Sitting in the car, Mr. Situ said to Feng Zhengming: "Zhengming, your skills are so good. I heard that your province will soon start participating in the national cooking skills competition chef selection. You have to work hard for it."

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "Grandpa Situ, don't worry, I will definitely prepare well and try to represent Shandong cuisine in the competition."

Mr. Situ nodded: "Okay, I hope you can get a good ranking. In the future, you can represent Shandong cuisine and go abroad with me to demonstrate, and let foreigners see our Chinese cuisine."

Feng Zhengming responded seriously: "I will work hard and strive to be qualified to represent Shandong cuisine abroad."

Feng Zonggu never forgot to tell his son who was driving to pay attention to safety on the road.

The two brothers said goodbye, and Feng Zhengming accompanied his grandfather to watch the car drive away.

When the car disappeared from sight, Feng Zhengming turned to look at his grandfather, but did not ask him to go back.

But Grandpa quickly noticed his gaze.

Grandpa turned to look at Feng Zhengming and asked with a smile on his face: "Are you curious? What is the relationship between grandpa and grandma and your grandpa Situ?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I'm very curious, but if grandpa doesn't want to tell me, I won't ask."

Grandpa was very direct: "Our relationship is very simple. He once became my brother-in-law because of a bowl of white rice with meat. Your grandma and he were lovers."

After hearing what his grandfather said, Feng Zhengming couldn't help but think: Simple? Grandpa, do you have any misunderstanding about simplicity? Can your relationship be simple?
And then Feng Zhengming saw a trace of pride on his grandfather's face.

"Although he and grandma were lovers, grandma still chose grandpa in the end, which shows that grandpa is still a little better than him."

Grandpa's words were matched by his undisguised pride.

Feng Zhengming looked at the seventy-year-old grandfather in front of him, but he felt a pure joy like a young man's success.

Seeing his grandfather like this, Feng Zhengming couldn't help but laugh.

"Master, shall we go back?"

Grandpa nodded: "Let's go back."

Feng Zhengming and his grandfather returned to Huiquan Building first, waiting for the private rooms, hall and kitchen of Huiquan Building to be cleaned.

I gave everyone a summary of today and waited until everyone left Huiquan Building one after another.

Feng Zhengming went out with his grandfather and took a taxi home.

When I got home, my grandpa went straight back to his room as soon as he entered the door.

Feng Zhengming was still a little strange?
Not long after, grandpa came out again holding a photo album in his hand.

This is a very old photo album. Grandpa asked Feng Zhengming to sit with him in the living room, and then opened the album.

On the first page of the album, there is a black and white photo that has become somewhat yellowed.

The photo shows three young people.

One of the boys and girls were both wearing what looked like school uniforms.

On the other side of the girl, stood a boy wearing a simple short shirt.

Just looking at the attire of the three people in the photo, it is not difficult to see that there is a certain gap between the boy in a simple short shirt and the other pair of men and women dressed in school uniforms.

But if you see the pure smiles on the faces of the three people in the photo, you can see that the three of them took a photo together and were genuinely happy.

Grandpa looked at the photo and said softly: "This photo was taken by the three of us together before he went abroad."

Feng Zhengming looked at the photo for a while and said: "Grandma was so beautiful when she was young, and grandpa was also very handsome."

Hearing this, Grandpa suddenly became happy: "Hahaha, Grandpa shouldn't be as handsome as your Grandpa Situ when he was young, right? The school uniform he wore at that time was also very beautiful."

Feng Zhengming looked at it carefully and said: "At that time, Grandpa Situ felt a bit oily and powdery, and he was not as down-to-earth as Grandpa."

Grandpa was stunned for a moment by these words, and then he laughed.

"Hahaha, you kid, what you said is the same as what your grandma said when she wanted to marry me."

On that summer afternoon decades ago, when he heard Liu Wanjin say the words "let's get married," Feng Zonggu was really stunned.

But before the other party could ask again, Feng Zonggu quickly came to his senses and agreed: "Okay, then, let's get married." (End of Chapter)