From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

The news that Feng Zhengming proposed to Luo Qing soon spread to all relatives and friends.

Then everyone suggested that Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing must hold a proper engagement party first.

Facing everyone's request, Feng Zhengming was also a little amused: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we are still holding an engagement party. Is it too late?"

As a result, all relatives and friends agreed that an engagement party was a must.

Even Grandpa Situ expressed his opinion righteously.

"The engagement party is very important. You can't just not go this time. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I think we should just hold an engagement party for you before the Chinese New Year."

Grandpa Situ's proposal was immediately recognized by everyone.

Grandpa Feng was the first to stand up and agree.

"Although time is indeed tight, with so many of us, we should be able to help you organize the engagement party. We'll hold it at your Huiquan Building."

After determining the location, Grandpa Feng directly expressed it to several of Feng Zhengming’s senior brothers.

"You are Zhengming's senior brothers. You must help him prepare for his engagement party this time."

As the eldest senior brother, Li Huidong immediately stood up and expressed his position.

"No problem. We, the senior brothers, will definitely help Zhengming make the engagement party a great success this time."

Third Senior Brother Yang Bin followed suit and said, "Big Senior Brother and I will cook this time, and we will definitely make Zhengming's engagement banquet a grand affair."

Fifth brother Cao Zhiguo even included the female relatives in the count.

"When the time comes, please ask the eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law to bring my family along. You will be responsible for leading the people to decorate Huiquan Tower so that Zhengming's engagement banquet will be grand enough."

Seeing that everyone had already started discussing, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing looked at each other.

He spoke again: "Time is so tight, is it really possible? How about waiting until after the Chinese New Year? Besides, how can we invite Luo Qing's relatives to the engagement party during the Chinese New Year?"

At this time, Luo Qing's uncle spoke immediately.

"Don't worry about your family. I'll notify them about Qingqing's engagement party and make sure all the relatives will be there."

Then Uncle San raised his hand: "I'll arrange a car to pick up Xiao Luo's family."

My uncle immediately thanked his third uncle: "Okay, thank him, third uncle."

Uncle San smiled and replied, "You're welcome. We're all family from now on. Our main focus this time is to get the engagement party off the ground."

The second aunt also said: "If there are not enough cars, let your uncle help to arrange a car."

My second uncle nodded: "Yes, I can also borrow a few cars from the army."

Uncle San quickly waved his hand and said, "Sister, you and brother-in-law don't have to worry about the car. I promise to arrange it."

Seeing that everything is arranged properly.

Even Xia Hui and the others in the kitchen gave up going home for the New Year and insisted on helping Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing organize the engagement party.

Since everyone was so enthusiastic, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing had no choice but to agree.

Feng Zhengming expressed his gratitude to his relatives and friends.

"thank you all."

Naturally, everyone said you're welcome.

Second Aunt even spoke out what was in everyone’s heart.

"For so long, it was you, Zhengming, who helped us. You took care of grandpa, you reopened the Feng family's dry rice shop, and you also helped your third uncle with some business.

And you go to the army and help your uncle prepare New Year's Eve dinner for the soldiers.

You also took care of your brother and sister."

After the second aunt finished speaking, the eldest brother took over the conversation.

"You also gave us jobs as senior brothers. If it weren't for you, how could we have such a high status in the cooking industry? I'm afraid it will take us a long time to become the head chef of a restaurant like Huiquanlou."

The third brother also spoke up: "Yes, if it weren't for your help, how could your sister-in-law and I return to Quancheng? How could your sister-in-law run her own store? How could your nephew go to school in Quancheng?"

Everyone expressed their gratitude to Feng Zhengming.

For so long, everyone has been helped by Feng Zhengming.

He is getting engaged this time, so everyone must go all out to help him hold the engagement party.

Grandpa Feng smiled and gave the order directly: "Okay, for this engagement banquet, all the procedures are ours. Zhengming, you don't need to participate. You just need to attend the engagement ceremony with Luo Qing when the time comes."

When he heard about the "engagement ceremony," Third Uncle immediately said, "Yes, yes, and there's also an emcee for the engagement ceremony. I'll find a Hua Dan from our provincial TV station to be your emcee."

Feng Zhengming quickly said, "No need to be so exaggerated, right?"

Uncle San smiled and responded, "Don't think it's an exaggeration. I tell you, I have always wanted to repay you because you helped me secure my position as the host, so I have to be the emcee this time."

Hearing this, Feng Zhengming looked helpless. It seemed that his engagement would indeed alarm quite a few people.

The engagement has already attracted so many people. Feng Zhengming can’t even imagine how many people he will need to invite when he gets married.

But after thinking about it carefully, Feng Zhengming felt that when getting married, he could use his status as the president of the Chefs Association as an excuse to not hold a grand wedding, so the scale of the wedding could be smaller.

In the next few days, all the relatives and friends of the family began to participate in the preparations for the engagement party.

As the news spread, more and more people came forward to help.

The master also asked me to come.

Feng Zhengming felt that he should indeed invite a master to witness his engagement.

Then the master and his family arrived, and when several other masters heard the news, they all expressed their desire to be there to congratulate.

As a result, some people who originally planned to go home for the New Year gave up on going home for the New Year.

Such as the brother and sister Xia Hui and Xia Mingye, and Qi Jiale and Gu Zhicheng in the kitchen.

Lu Chongshan originally wanted to go home for the New Year, but when he thought about his engagement, he had to make flower cakes to celebrate, so he gave up going home for the New Year.

When Feng Zhengming heard the news, he told Luo Qing with a helpless look on his face.

"Why do I feel like, with so many people participating in our engagement party, after the engagement party, we still need to prepare a New Year's Eve dinner for everyone to celebrate together?"

Luo Qing couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

"Hahaha, do you think you're going to lose money if so many people are having a New Year's Eve dinner together? Why are you so stingy?"

Feng Zhengming curled his lips: "Those are all our own money."

Luo Qing smiled and asked, "How can you let them host our engagement party and not let them have the New Year's Eve dinner with us?"

Feng Zhengming couldn't help laughing. "Of course we can't miss the New Year's Eve dinner. Besides, it's actually quite lively with so many people celebrating the New Year together. We are engaged, and you have to celebrate the New Year with us."

Without waiting for Luo Qing to speak, Feng Zhengming said directly: "Bring your parents, grandparents, and grandparents over here, and we will celebrate the New Year together."

Luo Qing asked: "Didn't you just say that if there were more people celebrating the New Year together, you would have to spend more money?"

"Isn't that a joke? I make so much money this year, how can I be afraid of spending that little money?"

Feng Zhengming hugged Luo Qing and showed off to her with a proud look on his face: "I am rich now. Tell me what you want to buy in the future, and I will buy it for you."

Luo Qing smiled and leaned on Feng Zhengming's shoulder.

"I don't need you to buy anything for me. I just hope to be by your side, to witness you become the best chef, to make more delicious dishes, and to let more people know you."

Luo Qing's words touched Feng Zhengming deeply.

Maybe everyone hopes to meet a wife who can understand him.

Feng Zhengming feels that he is lucky to have met a woman who understands and supports him. Moreover, this woman is constantly improving herself so that she can always stand by his side.

Feng Zhengming actually wanted to tell the other party that she had already been walking side by side with him.

Everyone was busy preparing for Feng Zhengming's engagement party.

When Luo Qing's relatives and friends heard the news, they were all very surprised.

Luo Qing's family really didn't expect that the two would get engaged so soon.

However, Luo Qing's parents and brother were particularly happy about this.

Luo's mother even spread the news widely in the family compound.

Many people in the family compound envied him in public, but were somewhat jealous of him behind his back.

Father Luo quickly asked his son to inform his grandparents.

Then Uncle Feng Zhengming arranged a car to pick up Luo Qing's grandparents.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the engagement party, Luo Qing's grandparents and uncles and aunts were all arranged to stay in a hotel after they were brought to Quancheng.

This also made Luo Qing's grandparents quite excited.

Grandma even thinks that living in a hotel is too luxurious.

For this reason, grandma once insisted on leaving and living with Luo Qing's parents.

Fortunately, Feng Zhengming went to the hotel in person to persuade his grandmother.

"Grandma, you and grandpa can stay here peacefully. Your granddaughter's engagement is a big deal. Don't you and grandpa want to see your granddaughter get engaged? And you don't have to worry about money if you live in this hotel.

The hotel and I have some cooperation, and they specially sponsored my engagement party this time."

Luo Qing smiled and said to her grandparents: "After you get engaged, you still have to live here. We still have to celebrate the New Year together. You can go back after the New Year."

Hearing this, Grandpa and Grandma were shocked again and said they wanted to leave again.

"No, no, we can't stay in the hotel."

Grandma yelled, "How much will it cost to stay that long?"

Luo Qing could only say: "Grandma, we have already spent all the money. If you don't live here, the money won't be returned to us. Are you going to let us spend money in vain?"

Sure enough, these words were the most useful, and grandma finally agreed to stay.

Grandpa and grandma were reluctant to spend money, but the people in Uncle Luo Qing and Aunt's family were extremely happy.

As a result, when Luo Qing's grandparents, uncle and aunt found out about it, they were immediately unhappy.

They felt that they were at a disadvantage by arranging for Luo Qing's grandparents to stay in a hotel.

Luo Qing's mother also felt very embarrassed about this.

Fortunately, Luo Qing's uncle stepped in to settle the matter.

Luo Qing almost had a falling out with her uncle and aunt because of this.

But he was persuaded by Feng Zhengming.

"Well, our engagement is a happy event. Don't let some negative factors affect it. As long as the overall process is perfect, we will pretend not to hear any negative voices."

With Feng Zhengming's persuasion, Luo Qing somewhat let go of her dissatisfaction.

Before the engagement banquet began, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing also separated.

Feng Zhengming returned to his grandfather's house and saw his two grandfathers, his second aunt's family, and his third uncle's family were all waiting for him.

Even his master and several fellow brothers gathered at his grandfather's house.

Seeing that everyone was there, Feng Zhengming felt a little confused.

"Why are you all here? Are you waiting for me?"

Grandpa Feng spoke first: "Yes, we are all waiting for you to come back."

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised to hear this.

"what's the matter?"

Everyone looked at each other first, and it was still grandpa who spoke.

"You and Xiao Luo are getting engaged, and you are getting married this year, so we all decided to give you a gift."

Feng Zhengming quickly refused: "Grandpa, no need. I am not a big boss now, but I am also a small boss. I can afford to give Luo Qing everything, and we don't lack anything."

Grandpa Situ smiled and said, "What you have is yours. As your elders, we must prepare it for you."

Master Yan also nodded: "Yes, we are going to prepare something for you. It is a gift from us as elders to welcome the new daughter-in-law in our family."

Feng Zhengming looked at everyone and could only ask: "Okay, then what are you going to prepare for me?"

Then Feng Zhengming saw two keys placed on the coffee table.

Feng Zhengming recognized one of the keys as a car key.

There was another key that looked like a door lock.

Grandpa Feng smiled and said, "Here is a house and a car, which we all give to you two together."

Although he had already roughly figured it out, Feng Zhengming was still shocked by what his grandfather said.

"Grandpa, these two things are too expensive, aren't they?"

Although the current house prices are not as high as they will be in the future, houses are still not cheap considering people’s current income.

And a new car is obviously more expensive in this day and age.

When Feng Zhengming was trying to refuse, the master spoke.

"Don't think they are expensive. These are the gifts we pooled our money to give to you two. There are so many of us. Do you think we can't afford these two things?"

These words really left Feng Zhengming unable to refute.

Then the second aunt smiled and said: "It's for you, just take it. The house will be your wedding house after you get married, and you will definitely use the car in the future.

You will be a great chef in the future, how can you do without your own car? "

Uncle San echoed, "That's right. If you want to open a branch in another place, it will be too tiring for you to run back and forth without a car of your own."

The master's wife smiled and said, "Zhengming, the house is not far from your master's house and your grandfather's house. You can visit us often in the future."

Feng Zhengming looked at everyone present; no one here was related to him by blood.

But I treat them as my own relatives, and they also treat me as their own children.

So everyone really contributed to Feng Zhengming's engagement.

And everyone hopes to hold a good engagement banquet for Feng Zhengming.

I also hope to give Feng Zhengming a great wedding banquet in the future.

This is something everyone sincerely does, and everyone thinks it is a great thing that can be done for Feng Zhengming.

The master's wife even looks forward to helping Feng Zhengming take care of the children in the future.

Looking at these people in front of him, Feng Zhengming was deeply moved.

I am not an orphan, I have a family. (End of this chapter)