From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

With his family preparing for the New Year, Feng Zhengming felt relieved.

He simply started going to the old store one day and the new store the next, cooking in the kitchen himself and continuing to train apprentices.

Huiquanlou will still give everyone a holiday after the Little New Year.

This also caused some confusion among the service staff at Huiquanlou.

Many people don’t quite understand why Huiquanlou was closed during the Chinese New Year.

Because in the past two years, more and more people have ordered New Year’s Eve dinners at restaurants during the Chinese New Year.

Huiquanlou is a well-known restaurant in Quancheng. It can be said that half a year ago, people started asking whether they could order New Year's Eve dinner at Huiquanlou.

At that time, Feng Zhengming was still hiking around Qi and Lu.

So when Feng Zhengming called back one time, He Yunqing asked him specifically.

Feng Zhengming clearly refused at that time.

"Uncle He, tell everyone that we at Huiquanlou will not be having New Year's Eve dinner."

That time on the phone, He Yunqing did not ask for the reason in detail.

Now that the Chinese New Year is getting closer, many big restaurants are preparing for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and some specialty restaurants are also making preparations. It can be said that it is very busy.

Only Huiquanlou still insists on not accepting New Year’s Eve dinners.

He Yunqing asked Feng Zhengming in detail again.

"Zhengming, why don't you want to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner? Now even some small restaurants have started to accept New Year's Eve dinners.

Everyone is very busy at work now. Many people work in other places and only come back home during the Chinese New Year. So everyone has no time to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner.

If we prepare New Year's Eve dinner, there will definitely be a lot of people willing to order it, and we should be able to make a lot more money during the New Year."

Feng Zhengming smiled and asked, "Why? Uncle He, do you think my salary is too low? How about I give you a raise?"

He Yunqing quickly said, "No, no, you've already paid me a very high salary, and it can't go up any more."

"I'm just curious, why don't you want to cook the New Year's Eve dinner?" He Yunqing still insisted on asking.

Seeing that He Yunqing was so persistent, Feng Zhengming had no choice but to express his thoughts.

"Uncle He, the Spring Festival is a very important festival for us. It is the day when every family in the country reunites. Everyone definitely wants to go home and reunite with their family.

If we at Huiquanlou prepare New Year's Eve dinner, everyone in the kitchen and the service staff, including you, Uncle He, will definitely not be able to go home and celebrate the New Year properly.

I don't think this is a good thing for anyone.

We have worked hard for a year, why should we continue to earn this hard-earned money during the Chinese New Year? "

Without waiting for He Yunqing to speak, Feng Zhengming gave his decision seriously and clearly.

"Hui Quan Lou is not only not accepting New Year's Eve dinners now, it will not accept New Year's Eve dinners in the future. When I am in charge of Hui Quan Lou, it will always be closed after the Little New Year and will not reopen until the sixth day of the New Year."

He Yunqing really didn't expect that Feng Zhengming would be so determined.

Not only He Yunqing couldn't understand it, but all relatives and friends couldn't understand it either.

Even though no one could understand it, no one could dissuade Feng Zhengming from making this decision.

He Yunqing thought for a moment and asked, "Since the vacation is so long, should the wages for those days be deducted appropriately?"

Feng Zhengming asked back: "Why do you want to deduct wages?"

He Yunqing immediately settled the account with Feng Zhengming.

"The holiday starts after the Little New Year and lasts until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

There are ten to eleven days of vacation in between.”

Feng Zhengming nodded: "But whether it's before the holiday or starting on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, aren't we all back to work? When our Huiquan Restaurant resumes business, everyone will be very busy, right?"

He Yunqing also nodded. He wanted to say something, but didn’t know how to say it.
Feng Zhengming continued to express his thoughts.

"Since everyone works before and after the Lunar New Year, the Lunar New Year period is a holiday that everyone should enjoy, so the wages for those days should not be deducted. Everyone should still be paid according to the full month's salary."

Since they can get a full month's salary, the service staff naturally don't mind taking a New Year holiday.

Who wouldn’t like a boss who can let you rest and get paid at the same time?

So everyone doesn’t understand why he insists on not accepting the New Year’s Eve dinner?

But no one would oppose his decision.

He Yunqing failed to persuade Feng Zhengming in the end, he could only agree to Feng Zhengming's arrangement.

"Well, you are the boss and the chef, you decide, and we will follow your decision."

Feng Zhengming laughed and put his arm around He Yunqing's shoulders without any respect.

"Uncle He, you should go home and have a good rest during the Chinese New Year. This year, remember to bring your family with you to Huiquanlou to celebrate the New Year with us."

He Yunqing was a little embarrassed: "It's not good, right? There are quite a lot of people at home, and the children will also come back during the New Year."

Feng Zhengming smiled and invited again: "It would be better if there were more people. We haven't seen Uncle He's family very often. You and your family must come during the New Year. We'll be waiting for you."

He Yunqing felt that he really could not refuse Feng Zhengming's invitation, so he had no choice but to nod and agree.

"Okay, I'll go back and tell your aunt, and when the children come back for the New Year, our whole family will come together on New Year's Eve."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "That's right, tell Auntie that she doesn't need to bring anything, just come over for dinner, and everyone won't miss the Spring Festival Gala. I'll prepare a big TV in advance."

He Yunqing smiled even more happily after hearing what Feng Zhengming said.

"I noticed that after getting engaged, you seemed to be more relaxed. You were no longer in the state of constantly rushing to do things. Whether it was Huiquan Restaurant or your two dry restaurants, you didn't care too much about the performance of the business."

Feng Zhengming smiled and responded: "Yes, after getting engaged, I am not just a chef now, I am also a man who is about to get married. I need to take time out to take care of my family, accompany them, and make some preparations for the wedding."

He Yunqing sighed: "Having such a family-oriented idea proves that you are more mature."

"Hahaha, Uncle He, is this a compliment?" Feng Zhengming was very happy. "Thank you Uncle He for the compliment."

After chatting with He Yunqing for a while, Feng Zhengming continued to make some preparations for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

He Yunqing didn't bother her any further. Since it was already holiday time, he said goodbye and went home.

After returning home, He Yunqing told his wife that Feng Zhengming had invited the whole family to celebrate the New Year together.

The wife was also a little surprised: "Zhengming wants to invite our whole family to celebrate the New Year together?"

He Yunqing replied: "Yes, he said that it would be more fun to celebrate the New Year with more people."

The wife then wondered, "Why doesn't he want to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner? I saw Jufengde and Taifenglou today, and they seemed to be preparing the New Year's Eve dinner."

Without waiting for He Yunqing to answer, his wife continued seriously: "It seems that the New Year's Eve dinner is still very profitable."

He Yunqing was also somewhat helpless: "Zhengming is unwilling to do it. He said that during the Chinese New Year, everyone should be allowed to have a holiday and go home to celebrate the New Year, and they should not be asked to work overtime just to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

He also said that from now on, Huiquanlou would not prepare New Year’s Eve dinner as long as he was there.

Moreover, Huiquanlou has closed for the Spring Festival from the beginning of the year until the sixth day of the first lunar month.

His wife was surprised again: "Why did it take so long?" He Yunqing knew what his wife wanted to say.

"Not only do we have so many days off, but Zhengming also pays everyone according to the full-term salary."

The wife was stunned. She had never expected Feng Zhengming to do this.

He Yunqing looked at his wife. He understood that anyone who knew the news would be stunned.

After a long time coming back to her senses, the wife could only say something to He Yunqing.

"It turns out that he is indeed a good boss."

In the few days before the New Year, restaurants and hotels of all sizes are very busy preparing New Year’s Eve dinners.

Similarly, Feng Zhengming and his colleagues in Huiquan Building were also very busy.

It’s just that Feng Zhengming and his colleagues are busy so that their family can have a comfortable and happy New Year’s Eve dinner.

So people in other restaurants and hotels have some emotions to some extent.

Unlike Feng Zhengming and his family, they can be more relaxed and even full of laughter.

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Feng Zhengming even asked his fellow brothers to bring their wives into the kitchen.

Ask each of the senior brothers to teach his sister-in-law how to cook a dish for the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The requirement is that no matter what dish the sister-in-law wants to learn to cook, the senior brothers must teach her carefully.

When it was time for the New Year’s Eve dinner, the sisters-in-law cooked and the brothers helped them.

Feng Zhengming also asked Luo Qing to join in this interesting activity.

But this activity really made life difficult for several seniors.

However, the sisters-in-law all praised Feng Zhengming for organizing this event well.

"Zhengming is really good. This activity is really great."

"That's right. You don't know your third brother. He always says I'm stupid and that my cooking is not good. I asked him to teach me, but he always refuses. This time, I must ask him to teach me a dish."

"Third sister-in-law, so Third Brother always says this to you? Our Lao Cao is okay in this regard. He doesn't dare to say this to me."

Cao Zhiguo quickly stated: "I never thought about it that way. How could I say that about you?"

It would have been better if he didn't express his opinion. After he did, his wife immediately seized on it.

"Cao Zhiguo, don't think I don't know. You just don't dare to say it. In your heart, you must think I'm stupid and that the food I cook is inedible."

After hearing what his wife said, Cao Zhiguo was a little confused about what to say.

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, sisters-in-law. The New Year's Eve dinner is still two days away. You can let your senior brother teach you well."

He also reminded his fellow brothers: "Brothers, you need to show the same energy you normally put into teaching your apprentices, but you need to be more careful and patient than when you teach your apprentices."

Third Senior Brother Yang Bin couldn't help but said, "You little brat, I think you did it on purpose to find something for us to do."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Third brother, don't you think I have to teach Luo Qing a dish too? We treat everyone equally. Besides, everyone is busy at ordinary times, and you don't have time to teach your sister-in-law how to cook."

Seeing Feng Zhengming's generous words, Luo Qing said directly: "Then I want to learn your best dish, the one that won you the national cooking championship."

Seeing that Luo Qing wanted to learn the Wulong Xizhu, Feng Zhengming agreed with a smile: "No problem."

The third brother took the opportunity to quickly point out why the younger brother agreed so readily.

"Xiao Luo, you don't understand. The dish of Oolong Playing with Pearls is indeed very beautifully presented, but in fact, there is no great technique involved in making the dish."

Luo Qing smiled and nodded: "I know, but I have never cooked before, so it would be better for me to learn a simple dish that does not require much technical skills."

This left Yang Bin speechless.

It is obvious that Luo Qing does not want to choose a dish that is too difficult so that Feng Zhengming will not be able to teach her.

Then, the wives of the three brothers each chose the dish they wanted to learn to cook.

Fortunately, the dishes that my sisters-in-law need to learn are relatively simple.

Although it is said to be simple, Feng Zhengming and his fellow seniors still encountered great challenges when they actually started teaching.

Even at home, the three sisters-in-law cook for themselves.

But in the kitchen, some small problems with their family’s cooking also made the senior brothers feel a little overwhelmed.

For example, my sister-in-law wants to learn a simple home-cooked dish, Osmanthus meat.

Because I learned it, when the eldest brother is not at home, my sister-in-law can also make it for the children.

As a result, from the very beginning of cutting the meat into shreds, the eldest brother was silenced.

It’s not that my sister-in-law’s knife skills are bad, it’s that she has no knife skills at all.

Feng Zhengming couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, do you usually cut meat and shredded meat like this when you cook at home?"

Being asked this question made my sister-in-law feel a little embarrassed.

The eldest brother replied helplessly: "Maybe this is the thinnest thing your sister-in-law has tried her best to cut."

The eldest sister-in-law couldn't help but pat the eldest brother gently after hearing this: "If I can cut better than you, then you are the chef who can teach me?"

These words immediately made everyone in the kitchen laugh.

Luo Qing started to tease: "Sister-in-law, let your brother teach you well."

The other two sisters-in-law also followed suit: "Yes, yes, big brother, teach well."

The eldest brother had no choice but to teach him step by step from cutting the meat into strips.

This might be the first time that the eldest brother and his wife have been so close since they were introduced and got married.

Luo Qing saw this and whispered to Feng Zhengming, "Look, my sister-in-law's face is all red."

Feng Zhengming smiled and responded, "Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law were introduced to each other and got married. When they were young, they probably didn't do anything too intimate, especially in front of us."

Luo Qing praised Feng Zhengming: "Your idea is great. Usually the brothers and sisters-in-law are very busy, and there are not many opportunities for them to be so close together. Today, you can let them learn to cook in the kitchen like this, which is really great."

Feng Zhengming looked at his three senior brothers and saw that they and their sisters-in-law were gradually getting into the mood.

The three senior brothers began to teach the sisters-in-law how to cook very carefully.

An idea emerged in Feng Zhengming's mind.

"If the cooking show I'm going to have with the TV station gets a good response, I'll take the opportunity to invite my senior brothers and my sister-in-law to be on the show together. Then I'll let my senior brothers teach my sister-in-law how to cook on TV, and at the same time teach the audience in front of the TV."

After hearing this, Luo Qing immediately thought this was a better idea.

"Great, this will make the cooking show more family-friendly. It would be best if the stove is also a family stove, so that everyone can feel the warmth of home when watching it. I'm sure many people will be willing to watch the show."

Feng Zhengming was very excited to see Luo Qing and expressed his support for his idea.

He reached out and held Luo Qing's hand: "Okay, you want to learn the Wulong Xizhu? Let's start learning it."

In the following time, the kitchen was filled with sweetness and warmth, and the four brothers were all teaching their lovers how to cook. (End of this chapter)