From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Originally, the brothers were going to act separately, but when they reached the bus stop, they happened to see a bus going to Ganfanpu, so Feng Zhengming and the others simply got on the bus and went to Ganfanpu together.

Soon after the group got on the bus, many people on the bus recognized Feng Zhengming.

Everyone smiled and took the initiative to greet Feng Zhengming.

"Happy New Year, Chef Feng."

"Mr. Feng, when will the shop open?"

"Yes, Chef Zhuangyuan, we are all waiting to eat your braised pork."

"When will Huiquanlou open? I want to invite my relatives to have a meal at Huiquanlou before they leave."

"Yes, my friend and I have also made an appointment. We want to wait until Huiquan Restaurant opens so that we can go there for dinner."

"Chef Feng, your Huiquan Restaurant is closed for the New Year, leaving us with no place to eat."

"Hahaha, yes, today is the fifth day of the new year, shouldn't Feng Zhuangyuan be open for business as well?"

Everyone in the car was quite polite to Feng Zhengming.

Some people who were not familiar with Feng Zhengming only found out that he was the top scorer in the country after asking his friends.

"Wow, I never thought that the top student in the country would ride the bus with us?"

"That's right. He won first place in the national competition. Doesn't he use the prize money to buy himself a car?"

"I thought it would be hard for us to see such a great chef."

"Me too, I didn't expect to see you on the bus."

Feng Zhengming heard someone was surprised that he was riding a bus.

He smiled and responded: "I am just an ordinary chef, a laborer like everyone else. The bus is the one we laborers should take."

This made everyone on the bus feel comfortable.

"Hahaha, that's right, working people should take the bus."

"The top chef is indeed closer to us."

"He's truly approachable. If you encounter a chef who's pretentious in the future, take Chef Feng as an example."

"Yes, if you meet those chefs who are pretentious, just say that we have seen the top scorers in the country, so what qualifications do you have to be pretentious?"

The bus was suddenly filled with a joyful atmosphere.

While we were chatting, the bus stopped at the station and a few elderly people got on.

Feng Zhengming quickly stood up and gave his seat to one of the elderly people.

The old man was helped by Feng Zhengming to sit down.

He raised his head and expressed his gratitude to Feng Zhengming.

When he looked up and recognized Feng Zhengming, the old man was a little excited.

"Oh, it's our top scholar. Please give me your seat. I'm so sorry."

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Grandpa, you're welcome. Respecting the elderly and loving the young is our traditional virtue. Before my master taught me the craft, he first warned me to be a good person."

The old man nodded and responded: "Okay, thank you, top scholar."

Then the old man asked: "I wonder when your shop will open for business?"

Seeing the old man also asking, Feng Zhengming smiled and said to everyone in the car: "Ganfanpu and Huiquanlou will both open on the sixth day of the New Year. In the next few days, if you want to go to Huiquanlou, you can call in advance to reserve a seat."

After hearing the news, someone on the bus wanted to book a table at Huiquanlou with Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm not responsible for reservations. Please make reservations by phone."

After hearing what Feng Zhengming said, the people in the car had no choice but to give up.

Several senior brothers watched Feng Zhengming's performance along the way.

They all looked at each other and smiled.

In the eyes of his senior brothers, Feng Zhengming is truly their role model.

Although he is now the champion of the National Cooking Competition, it was the first time he won the championship in a live televised event.

It can be said that Feng Zhengming already has a great reputation.

But he still remains approachable.

He still rides the bus.

Had quite a chat with the people on the bus.

I will chat with you about some family matters.

Feng Zhengming even teaches people how to cook in the car.

For example, an older sister asked Feng Zhengming how to make braised pork more delicious?

Feng Zhengming told us his method of making braised pork in the car.

He also tells everyone many details of his cooking without reservation.

"Auntie, let me tell you, many dishes in our restaurant are fried, but it takes too much oil to make it at home, so we can just fry it.

Put a small amount of oil at the bottom of the pan, then put the things that need to be fried in it and fry them on several sides.

After frying, pour out the frying oil in a small bowl, leaving a small amount of oil in the pan, sauté the scallions and ginger, and then stir-fry the prepared vegetables. This way you can save a lot of oil. "

The little tips Feng Zhengming mentioned fully take into account the possibility of operating at home.

I am very dedicated to teaching everyone how to make delicious dishes at home.

Many aunts, sisters-in-law and some men who can cook at home on the bus were fascinated by Feng Zhengming's teaching.

Several fellow students even saw that some people actually took out notebooks from their bags and wrote them down carefully.

As they chatted along the way, Feng Zhengming and his friends had unknowingly arrived at the nearest stop to the dry rice shop.

The driver stopped the car for a long time, but seeing that Feng Zhengming hadn't finished speaking, he couldn't help but urge him.

The female ticket seller responded helpfully: "Don't rush me. Learn a few dishes from the champion. You can cook them at home and eat them, too."

This made everyone in the car laugh.

The bus driver was also helpless: "Watch the time, we are already late."

Feng Zhengming also noticed it and said to everyone with a smile: "Okay, okay, let's stop here for today. After the Chinese New Year, when I have some free time, I will summarize some home cooking tips and publish a booklet. I will put it in our Huiquanlou and Ganfanpu so that everyone can take it home to cook."

Then the people in the car immediately said, "Feng Zhuangyuan, please give us a recipe, and we will definitely buy it when the time comes."

This idea naturally won the approval of most people in the car.

"Yes, yes, give us a recipe and we can all learn it."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Okay, I'll contact the publisher when I have time."

After getting off the bus, Feng Zhengming came up with another idea to teach everyone how to cook.

Maybe I could cooperate with the TV station and launch a program that teaches people how to cook at home.

While Feng Zhengming was thinking about this, several of his fellow students saw him get out of the car and stood there in a daze.

Yang Bin stepped forward and patted him.

"Hey, hey, hey, our top scholar, what's going on? The car has left, are you so flattered that you can't get out?"

After being slapped by his third senior brother, Feng Zhengming suddenly came to his senses.

"Oh, no, Third Brother, I was just thinking, since everyone is so interested in how to cook delicious dishes at home, can we cooperate with the TV station? Launch a program? Teach everyone some dishes?"

Feng Zhengming's words left his fellow brothers a little confused.

Fifth Senior Brother Cao Zhiguo exclaimed, “No, Zhengming, are you really going to teach everyone how to cook?”

Sixth Senior Brother Zhang Minghai asked curiously: "Zhengming, aren't you afraid that after you teach people, no one will come to eat at your house?" But Senior Senior Brother Li Huidong smiled and said: "Zhengming's idea is actually very good. If Shandong cuisine is to be passed down, more people need to be able to cook it. Besides, the dishes taught to ordinary people will definitely be home-cooked dishes."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, I just want to teach you some home cooking."

Yang Bin laughed: "Have you assigned yourself too much work? You want to open a new shop, walk all over Shandong, and now you want to make a TV show to teach everyone how to cook home-cooked dishes?"

The other senior brothers also felt that Feng Zhengming had assigned too many things to them.

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "These things must be done one by one. First of all, we should open the branch of the dry rice shop. After the branch of the brewery is on track and the affairs of Quancheng are arranged, I should go for a hike in our Qilu land first.

When I come back from walking around the province, I should have more insights, and then I can write a cookbook and contact a TV station to make a TV show. "

After hearing Feng Zhengming’s arrangement, the fellow students all felt that it was feasible.

Li Huidong said: "It seems that your life will be quite fulfilling from now on, Zhengming."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "I definitely need the help of my fellow brothers. Let's work together to make the dishes better and pass on Shandong cuisine."

This statement was also agreed by the senior brothers.

In fact, my senior brothers have always had similar ideas.

However, the senior brothers are still subject to some limitations in their abilities.

Now Feng Zhengming has enough ability.

His fellow practitioners all felt that it was very meaningful for him to do these things.

While chatting, Feng Zhengming and his fellow brothers came to Feng's restaurant.

In front of the dry rice shop, I saw Xia Hui and Xia Mingye, a brother and sister, who had rushed back.

There was also Sun Decai who also returned, and several young chefs from Huiquanlou.

Even Yao Zhenhui came to the door of the dry rice shop and waited.

Feng Zhengming looked at everyone and said with a smile, "You guys are back so early?"

Yang Bin was also a little surprised to see Xia Hui and Xia Mingye, brother and sister.

"Aren't you two going to spend the New Year here before going back? Why are you back so soon?"

Xia Hui said: "My uncle said before that we will open on the sixth day of the New Year, so we must rush back."

Xia Mingye nodded and agreed, "That's right, we went back. Grandpa spoke for us and our family supported us to learn cooking from our uncle, so we came back early."

Yang Bin looked around and found that Sun Hai was not there, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"It seems that Sun Hai will have to wait another day or two before coming back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Hai appeared running out of breath.

"Master, I'm back. I'm back."

When he saw Sun Hai appear, a smile suddenly flashed across Yang Bin's face.

But the smile was only fleeting.

Yang Bin said with a straight face: "Well, it's okay. I didn't come back too late. You're so out of breath. I think you need to practice more in the future."

Sun Hai adjusted his breathing so that he wouldn't pant so much.

"Master is right. I will definitely learn from you in the future."

I saw that the third senior brother had already started training his apprentice.

Feng Zhengming could see that Third Senior Brother was quite satisfied with his disciple, but in front of his disciple, Third Senior Brother had to try hard to maintain his demeanor as a master.

So Feng Zhengming and the others did not expose the truth. They opened the door of the dry rice shop and everyone went in together.

After entering the house, Yang Bin immediately said, "Okay, even though not everyone has returned yet, we still need to clean the house inside and out first."

Feng Zhengming threw the key to his third senior brother.

"Third brother, I'll leave this to you. I'll take people to Huiquan Tower."

Yang Bin took the key and said, "Okay, go ahead."

After parting with his third senior brother and the others, Feng Zhengming, together with his eldest and fifth senior brothers, took Sun Decai, Xia Hui, Gu Zhicheng, and Qi Jiale, rode on a tricycle, loaded some things, and rushed to Huiquan Tower.

Riding several tricycles, they rushed to Huiquanlou Road.

Li Huidong couldn't help laughing again.

"Who would have thought that the champion of the national cooking competition would not only take the bus, but also ride a tricycle to transport food to the restaurant."

When Li Huidong said this, everyone in his group was stunned at first, and then they all couldn't help laughing.

Xia Hui smiled and said, "Uncle Master, with your wealth, you should be able to buy a car."

Feng Zhengming acted like an elder.

"Girl, how come you don't know how to save money? How expensive is it to buy a car? We need to save some money. We are going to open a new store soon and there are many expenses."

I heard Feng Zhengming say this seriously.

Let Xia Hui lower her head and admit her mistake.

"Uncle Master, I was wrong. We should really save some money."

Li Huidong saw Xia Hui being frightened by Feng Zhengming.

He immediately said, "Don't listen to your junior uncle, he is just trying to scare you. Why would you need so much money to open a new store?"

Feng Zhengming was exposed by his senior brother and said helplessly: "Brother, Master always taught us to be low-key and save as much as possible. Buying a car is indeed too expensive."

Li Huidong also became serious: "Buying a car is indeed expensive, but you can use it."

Without waiting for Feng Zhengming to speak, Li Huidong pointed at the things on several tricycles.

"Look, your tricycles are full. You have two stores with large demand. If you keep using tricycles to transport goods, it's fine in winter, but in summer, you will suffer and the goods may be damaged by the sun."

After listening to the analysis of practicality by the senior brother.

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Brother is right, I have the same idea, but I just don't have time to buy it yet."

Li Huidong said: "You don't need to buy something too good, just get something more practical, preferably a small truck."

Gu Zhicheng also nodded: "Yes, Master Uncle is right, let's get a small truck to facilitate our purchases."

Qi Jiale was eager to try: "Chef, can we learn to drive when the time comes? I also want to learn to drive, so I can help drive and transport the goods."

Feng Zhengming agreed with a smile: "No problem, when business is off-season, you can also take some time to get a driver's license."

The group chatted and didn't feel tired while riding the tricycle.

It didn't take long to arrive at the door of Huiquan Tower.

The door of Huiquan Building has been opened.

Feng Zhengming and his friends walked to the door and saw that He Yunqing had already brought people to clean the place.

When Feng Zhengming entered the room and saw He Yunqing and the foreman there, he was a little touched.

"Uncle He, Big Sister, why are you all starting to work?"

He Yunqing smiled and said, "Didn't they say we'll be open on the sixth day of the New Year? Of course we have to come here early to clean and set up the place."

The foreman agreed, "That's right, we need to prepare in advance."

After asking, Feng Zhengming found out that He Yunqing and the foreman had come to Huiquanlou in the morning.

Then some waiters who were from Quancheng also came one after another.

It was as if everyone had discussed it beforehand.

Everyone really treats Huiquanlou as their own home.

This sense of belonging is due to Feng Zhengming's good treatment of everyone and his respect for everyone. (End of this chapter)