From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Because the new store was still under renovation, Feng Zhengming felt that it was not a good idea to let Zhang Lei and Yang Peng stay idle at home, so he arranged them to work in the kitchen of Huiquanlou and let them learn more from their master.

After all, until the new store opens, maybe a year or even longer, Zhang Lei and Yang Peng will need to be on their own in the kitchen of the new Ganfanpu store.

Yang Peng's young wife, He Xiaona, was also arranged by Feng Zhengming to work in Huiquanlou to learn from the service staff.

As for the eldest sister Chang Xiuqin in the eldest brother’s wife’s family.

Feng Zhengming temporarily arranged her to stay in the old Feng family restaurant.

After experiencing some things in the cafeteria, Chang Xiuqin has obviously become more normal.

Now, in addition to working harder.

Nor will they talk about others behind their backs.

Many times, I even saw people talking behind my back, or the service staff were not paying much attention.

Chang Xiuqin would lower her posture and have a good talk with the other party instead of directly blaming others.

Yang Bin noticed these changes and told Feng Zhengming everything.

That night, Huiquanlou closed early, so Feng Zhengming took everyone to Ganfanpu for a midnight snack.

After ordering the dishes, Chang Xiuqin found a free time to find Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming and Chang Xiuqin went to the alley outside the back door of the shop alone.

Chang Xiuqin sincerely apologized to Feng Zhengming.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Feng. It was my fault when we were in the cafeteria. I treated you as an outsider, targeted you everywhere, and talked about you behind your back. After you left, Dongzi and Yanzi both talked about me."

Chang Xiuqin paused before continuing.

"I later learned that after you left, Dongzi had a hard time handling many things in the cafeteria by himself, and the factory also ostracized Dongzi and his friends."

Chang Xiuqin raised her head and looked at Feng Zhengming, and said very sincerely: "I am really sorry for you, please forgive me."

Faced with Chang Xiuqin's sincere apology, Feng Zhengming smiled and waved his hand.

"Big sister, you don't have to be like this. You and I weren't familiar with each other at the beginning, and I didn't leave the cafeteria because of you. I wanted to leave the help of my senior brother and try to make my own way."

After a short pause, Feng Zhengming continued to ask: "Sister, are you adapting to the work here?"

Chang Xiuqin quickly said, "It's great here. Thank you for letting me work here."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I heard from my sister-in-law that your child is about to graduate from high school, and now he doesn't know what to do? Want to come directly to Quancheng to find you?"

Chang Xiuqin quickly said, "I didn't ask him to come. I don't want to cause any more trouble to Dongzi and Yanzi, nor do I want to cause any more trouble to you."

In fact, Feng Zhengming had already learned the situation from his senior brother without Chang Xiuqin telling him.

Chang Xiuqin has an older son who is sixteen years old this year. He graduated from junior high school but failed to get into high school.

The young man obviously didn't want to continue going to school.

So I wanted to come to Quancheng to find Chang Xiuqin and work in Quancheng.

But Chang Xiuqin was worried about causing trouble for Li Huidong and Hu Yan, so she did not let her son come to Quancheng.

Now she has gone to work at Feng Zhengming's restaurant again.

She didn't want to bring trouble to Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming thought for a while and said, "Sister, I discussed it with my senior brother. The child is still young. No matter what, he should learn something. Otherwise, if he just finds a job casually, he may have to keep looking for work in the future."

Chang Xiuqin also said after hearing this: "Yes, that's right, I told the child's father the same thing. I discussed it with the child's father and asked him to persuade the child to continue going to school."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "It's right for him to continue to go to school, but I don't think he has to go to high school. You can let your child come to Quancheng to attend a vocational school to see what he likes and learn a skill or craft so that he can have a way to make a living in the future."

Hearing Feng Zhengming say this, Chang Xiuqin nodded: "Yes, yes, you are all in the city, so you know these things better."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "This is not about the city and the country. I used to be an orphan begging for food everywhere. Sometimes it's not a bad thing to go out of my hometown and see the outside world."

After that, Feng Zhengming said to Chang Xiuqin: "Sister, why don't you discuss it with my senior brother and sister-in-law? Also ask the child for his own opinion. If he is willing to go to vocational school, let him come."

Feng Zhengming also smiled and said: "Now we have Ganfanpu and Huiquanlou, so at least the children won't go hungry when they come here."

Faced with Feng Zhengming's sincere advice, Chang Xiuqin felt even more guilty.

He bowed to Feng Zhengming seriously.

Feng Zhengming quickly helped Chang Xiuqin up: "Big sister, you really don't have to do this."

After the two finished talking, Feng Zhengming asked Chang Xiuqin to go back to work first.

He went to the kitchen again and discussed the situation in the kitchens of both sides with his third senior brother.

Yang Bin now entrusts many of the dishes to Sun Hai.

Sun Hai also knows how to seize opportunities and is very serious when cooking.

Feng Zhengming watched from the side and said with a smile: "Not bad, Sun Hai has learned some real skills from the third brother."

Yang Bin laughed immediately: "Don't laugh at me, okay? I'm just teaching him according to what Master taught us."

Listening to what Third Brother said, I saw some progress made by Sun Hai.

Feng Zhengming couldn't help but sigh: "Master is really amazing. If he hadn't been so strict with us, how could we brothers have the skills we have now?"

Yang Bin nodded: "Yes, it's really thanks to Master for being willing to teach me."

"So you have to teach well, Third Brother. Sun Hai is your first apprentice. Let Sun Hai bring honor to you in the future. Make him one of the top ten in the Youth Chef Competition this year."

Hearing this, Yang Bin shouted to Sun Hai with a smile.

"Xiao Hai, did you hear what your uncle said? You have to get a top ten spot in this year's Youth Chef Competition."

After hearing this, Sun Hai took the dishes out of the pot and put them on the plate while agreeing with a smile.

"Okay, Master, Uncle, I will definitely work hard to get into the top ten in this year's Young Chef Competition."

Then Yang Bin asked, "How is your new store going?"

Feng Zhengming responded: "It will probably take some time to renovate the new store, so you can rest assured that we will hand it over to the Liujiacun renovation team."

Yang Bin also nodded: "You can be assured if you leave it to them. They are very honest and have a good relationship with you. They will not cut corners for you."

Then Feng Zhengming asked in a low voice: "Third brother, how is the child's schooling going?"

Yang Bin also lowered his voice and said, "This may be a bit troublesome. The main reason is that our registered residence is not in Quancheng. It is not easy to move here now."

Feng Zhengming thought for a moment and whispered an idea to his third senior brother.

"Third brother, I will contact the cooking association later and ask you to join the association first. I will then arrange a title of Huiquanlou training teacher for you. Then you can apply for talent introduction and transfer your and your child's household registration here first."

After hearing Feng Zhengming's method, Yang Bin was shocked.

"Will this work?" Feng Zhengming whispered, "Don't worry, Third Brother, this will definitely work. I've asked people about it."

Yang Bin thought for a moment and asked again: "What about your sister-in-law?"

"I'm afraid my sister-in-law will have to wait. In two years, you can buy a house in Quancheng and then transfer her household registration here."

Hearing about buying a house, Yang Bin sighed: "Isn't it easy to buy a house?"

Feng Zhengming laughed: "Third brother, do you have no confidence in our business?"

These words made Yang Bin couldn't help laughing.

"I was wrong. I should have confidence in our business. I believe that under the leadership of Chef Feng, our business will surely flourish. Buying a house is not a big deal."

At this point, Yang Bin asked, "What about you? Should you buy a house as well? You and Luo Qing must have your own house when you get married."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, we need to buy one. Why don't we buy one together when the time comes?"

Yang Bin smiled and said, "I can wait a little longer. You can buy a house first and marry Luo Qing home."

Hearing this, Feng Zhengming shook his head and said, "Third brother, you can't wait. It's important for the child to go to school. I think I should just register you and the child and buy you a house first."

Yang Bin quickly said, "No, you can't do that. Didn't I say that I would apply for my child's and my household registration through talent introduction? Once the household registration is done, there will be no problem for the child to go to school. You don't have to worry about buying a house for us first."

Feng Zhengming shook his head: "The household registration is done, but there is no house. The children don't have a stable environment to study when they go home from school, which is not good for their studies."

"Hahaha." Yang Bin laughed immediately. "When did you become an education expert? We are country kids. How can we expect him to go to college in the future? After finishing junior high school, find a vocational school to go to and learn a skill so that he can make a living in the future."

Yang Bin obviously doesn't care about his child going to college. He even wants his son to learn cooking from him.

"My kid seems to be quite interested in cooking. If he has talent when he grows up, he can learn cooking from me. This way, our skills can be passed down to him."

Feng Zhengming disagrees with this.

"Third brother, your idea is wrong. If the child wants to learn, we should still support him. Nowadays, many children in the countryside can be admitted to a good university. Third brother, you should also encourage the child more."

Yang Bin was somewhat helpless: "It's not just my encouragement that will do. It also depends on whether he is good at studying."

Feng Zhengming said seriously: "Third brother, you are wrong to think so. You must first have confidence in your son. If you don't even have confidence in yourself, how can your child have confidence?
We should encourage our children more. We work so hard to run the Huiquanlou restaurant. Isn’t the money we make all for the children?

You can't label your child as someone who will be a chef like us in the future.

He should be encouraged to do what he likes and pursue his own goals.”

After hearing what Feng Zhengming said, Yang Bin suddenly felt that this was the truth.

I worked so hard. I went to a vocational school and started learning cooking right after graduating from junior high school.

Later, I was lucky enough to become Master Yan's disciple.

But having a good master actually makes things more difficult.

Because a chef like Master Yan is famous, he will not easily accept apprentices.

Since you have accepted a disciple, you will definitely be very strict with him/her.

It can be said that Feng Zhengming and his senior brothers all suffered step by step.

As Feng Zhengming said, they work so hard, isn't it to create better conditions for their children in the future? So that their children don't have to work as hard as they did?

Now that every family has only one child, people hope that their children can have a better future.

Thinking of this, Yang Bin suddenly looked at Feng Zhengming and said, "I understand now. No wonder those kids like you. It's because you don't force them to study. You let them do what they like."

When Feng Zhengming heard what his third senior brother said, he immediately became happy.

"As for children, we should provide more guidance, explain some principles to them, and teach them not to break the law easily. This is actually enough.

Children should be allowed to choose what they like and what their goals are. "

Yang Bin said helplessly: "I think our kid just wants to play and has no goal."

Feng Zhengming asked: "Then third brother, have you and sister-in-law had a serious talk with the child? Ask him what he wants to do in the future?"

Yang Bin looked at Feng Zhengming with some surprise, then shook his head.

Feng Zhengming spread his hands and said, "Look, you and your sister-in-law haven't talked to your child clearly, and you don't understand your child. How do you know that he doesn't have a goal in his heart?"

After being taught a lesson by Feng Zhengming, Yang Bin felt that he should really take some time to talk to his son.

"Okay, I'll listen to you this time. I hope that kid can really get into college in the future. It will bring honor to our Yang family."

I talked to my third senior brother, and it just so happened that Sun Hai had cooked a few dishes for Feng Zhengming and his friends.

Feng Zhengming took it and said, "Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll take this out."

After saying that, Feng Zhengming took the tray with the dishes.

After Feng Zhengming came outside with the dishes, he personally served them to the eldest and fifth brothers, as well as the kitchen staff and service staff of Huiquanlou.

Everyone has obviously become accustomed to it, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.

After the dishes were served, Feng Zhengming also drank a glass of wine with everyone.

"Come on, everyone has worked hard these past few days since we resumed business. I'd like to toast you all with a drink tonight during this midnight snack."

Huiquanlou has reopened these days and there are still many people who came back after the Spring Festival and have not left, so Huiquanlou has been doing very brisk business these days.

Especially every night both the hall and the private rooms are fully booked.

There was even one or two table changes in the hall.

So these days, everyone at Huiquanlou was really busy. They worked until very late at night and were too tired to come to Ganfanpu for midnight snack.

Today we closed early.

Everyone will have time to have this midnight snack.

After finishing the first glass of wine together, everyone ate, drank and chatted.

They were divided into several groups, each talking about topics of interest.

We talked about family matters, children, and TV we watched.

In short, at this moment, everyone in Huiquan Tower is no different from ordinary people.

A midnight snack made everyone at Huiquanlou quite happy.

Feng Zhengming did not let everyone drink too much. After eating supper, he asked everyone to go back first. He and his eldest and fifth brothers stayed behind and helped in the restaurant until closing time.

After closing the business and cleaning the shop inside and out, Feng Zhengming and his three brothers left.

At this moment, Feng Zhengming couldn't help but smile and said, "Do we look like we were back in Yanxi Tower?"

The three brothers all laughed at once. The scene before them was indeed very similar to when they closed down at Yanxilou at night. (End of this chapter)