From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

This New Year's Eve dinner that several families gathered together was indeed filled with laughter and joy.

Especially for the elderly, they really had the feeling that the whole village celebrated the New Year together in the past.

Grandpa Situ drank a few too many glasses and hugged Grandpa Feng beside him with a red face.

"Xiao Feng, do you remember? During the Chinese New Year, I brought you into my house secretly to eat the cakes and pastries that my family made for the Chinese New Year. You said you wanted to take some back home for your family to taste, so I packed a lot for you. But when we left the house, my aunt saw us."

"Hahaha, I remember, at that time, my aunt almost thought I was a thief and insisted on sending me to the government, but you came out and let me go."

Without waiting for Grandpa Situ to speak, Grandpa Feng continued to speak.

"After we got married, she once told me that the time you let me go, my aunt reported you and you were beaten."

Grandpa Situ laughed even happier after hearing this: "Hahaha, did she tell you that? Actually, I wasn't beaten that much. After all, it was New Year's Day, and my dad wouldn't really beat me."

Listen to two grandfathers talk about the interesting things that happened during the Chinese New Year when they were young.

It has to be said that all the Feng family members present were fascinated by the talk.

Even He Yunqing and his family, who were sitting at the same table, were fascinated by the story.

After listening for a while, Zhang Hongwei suddenly exclaimed: "Wow, it turns out that Grandpa Situ's family is a wealthy family in Quancheng?"

Hearing her son making a fuss, Feng Suying couldn't help but reach out and tap her son gently.

"What are you yelling about, little brat?"

After being knocked, Zhang Hongwei still had a playful smile on his face.

"Mom, it's not like you're not allowed to talk about it now."

Feng Suying raised her hand as if to strike again.

"Can you shut up, little brat? Can't you listen to grandpa and the others?"

Grandpa Situ stopped Feng Suying with a smile.

"Suying, please don't hit the child. I think your son is very smart. Doesn't he want to build an airplane in the future?"

Zhang Hongwei nodded immediately: "Yes, Grandpa Situ, I want to build an airplane in the future."

Grandpa Situ smiled and said, "Then you must study hard in the exam and get into a university that can teach you how to build an airplane."

"Of course, after the New Year, I will start working hard, and I must pass the exam this time." Zhang Hongwei was really very imposing.

When others heard what Zhang Hongwei said, they all praised him.

“You have ambition.”

They also encourage their children to learn from Zhang Hongwei.

Especially the eldest sister-in-law Hu Yan, who is looking forward to her son.

"Son, look at your uncle. How ambitious he is. If you want to learn how to build airplanes, you should learn from him."

Li Xiaogang also nodded: "I will definitely learn well from my uncle."

Zhang Hongwei received a lot of praise and he was really proud of it.

"Everyone, hurry up and eat. After dinner, I'll take you out to play. This time, I'll show you a new way to set off fireworks."

This made everyone quite curious.

Feng Zhengming vaguely guessed it.

He reminded Zhang Hongwei: "Be careful when you set off fireworks, don't hurt other children."

Zhang Hongwei patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, brother, I already have experience."

Feng Suying said immediately, "You gave him the money to buy a lot of model airplanes. As soon as the winter vacation started, he started to study how to use those model airplanes to make fireworks. He almost got beaten up by your uncle."

Zhang Hongwei felt a little embarrassed when his mother revealed his true identity.

"I was inexperienced, and my dad was too ruthless. Didn't I prevent the fire in the end?"

Feng Suying sternly warned: "How dare you say that? Don't you know you can't play like that in the compound? Don't you know how dangerous it is?"

After hearing what his mother said, Zhang Hongwei quickly promised to be careful in the future.

Then the topic returned to the scenes of the elderly people's New Year celebrations when they were young.

Grandpa Feng and Grandpa Situ talked about their New Year celebrations in Quancheng.

Then several other elderly people also talked about their New Year celebrations in the village when they were young.

The children also found it very interesting.

When I was a child, I would celebrate the New Year in the village with opera performances and various markets.

Although living conditions were not good at that time, especially with the presence of landlords and gentry, they did exploit them to a certain extent.

But my grandparents still had a lot of fun in the village when they were young.

Uncle Feng Zhengming, aunt, uncle, senior brother and He Yunqing talked about their childhood.

In fact, one can tell that their New Year celebrations were not very wealthy when they were young.

In that era, domestic productivity was not enough, so life was still relatively difficult.

However, although it is a bit difficult, there will be some activities organized by street units during the New Year.

It will also make the children of each family have more fun.

As they chatted, everyone was sighing.

Life is getting better and better now. During the Chinese New Year, we not only have fish and meat to eat, but also watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV.

This kind of life might not have been something our grandparents could have imagined when they were young.

When my uncles, aunts and uncles were young, they had a certain yearning for such days.

And now children are finally living this kind of life.

Feng Zhengming watched everyone getting happier and happier. He smiled and said, "I believe our lives will get better and better in the future. I hope we can all celebrate the New Year happily like this."

Luo Qing was a little surprised when she heard this: "It will get better and better in the future. Won't we be happier during the New Year?"

Feng Zhengming was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but think back to the future New Year.

The living standard was indeed high enough, but the New Year celebrations did not seem as fun as they are now.

Of course he didn't say that out loud.

Feng Zhengming smiled again: "I am definitely happier. I hope that in the future, with so many of us, we can celebrate the New Year together. By then, my brothers and sisters may come with their grandchildren."

Hearing Feng Zhengming say this, the eldest sister-in-law immediately took over the conversation.

"So Zhengming, you two should hurry up and have a baby after you get married this year. After you have a baby, you two can still continue to pursue your careers. After all, there will be someone at home to help you take care of the baby."

Then a group of people responded and expressed their willingness to help Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing take care of the child.

Feng Zhengming looked at everyone's enthusiasm and his face was full of smiles.

"Okay, there will be so many people taking care of our child. I believe that child will be as lively as me."

This statement immediately amused everyone.

"Hahaha, indeed, it proves that you are lively enough."

"Then if you two get lively together, won't you drive us crazy?"

"Your son is going to be a chef like you in the future. Will you and your son both be the top scholar?"

"No way? The child doesn't have to be a chef in the future, he can do other things."

Feng Zhengming smiled and responded to everyone: "It doesn't matter. I will support my child in whatever he wants to do in the future. As long as he is happy and does not do anything illegal, he can do whatever he wants."

In this era, Feng Zhengming's words were somewhat ahead of their time. So as soon as he finished speaking, his third aunt and eldest sister-in-law began to teach him that his thinking was wrong.

"Zhengming, you are wrong to think this way. If you have a child, you still have to educate him well. If you don't have time, then just send him to Aunt San when he is older and she will help you teach him."

Uncle San immediately agreed, "That's right. When your child is about to go to school, our Shengnan should be about to take the college entrance examination. Your aunt San has nothing to do at home, so send him to our house and let your aunt San help educate you."

The eldest sister-in-law naturally nodded and said, "Yes, that's good. It proves that you can't neglect your child's education."

Others also tried to persuade Feng Zhengming.

He must attach importance to his children's education and not let his children lose at the starting line. He must let his children develop a habit of learning from an early age and understand how to learn.

After hearing what everyone said, Feng Zhengming couldn't help feeling helpless.

We have to admit that in this era, parents really attach great importance to their children's education.

They all hope their sons will become successful and their daughters will become outstanding.

Feng Zhengming’s idea of ​​letting his children do whatever they want in the future.

To others, it is simply irresponsible.

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Even Luo Qing agreed with everyone's advice.

Feng Zhengming had no choice but to listen to everyone.

"Okay, I'll listen to you all. I'll leave my child to my third aunt and eldest sister-in-law. I'll let him go to college and build airplanes with Hongwei in the future."

Zhang Hongwei immediately responded: "Okay, come and build an airplane with me then."

Finally, Grandpa Situ laughed: "Hahaha, aren't you guys thinking too far ahead? Even if Zhengming and Xiaoluo can have a child this year, they still have to wait at least 18 years to go to college.

Who can predict what changes will happen in 18 years?
So don’t plan too far ahead now. Zhengming is right. Children should be given their own space to choose their own future path.”

After Grandpa Situ said this, everyone agreed that it was indeed true.

It is a bit too early to think about how to educate children in the future.

Zhang Hongwei suddenly said, "Hahaha, maybe I'll be a professor in 18 years, and then I'll be a teacher for your kids."

This remark made everyone laugh.

Feng Suying couldn't help but hit her son twice again.

"I think you deserve a beating. No one else said anything, but you insisted on saying something. It makes you look bad, doesn't it?"

When everyone saw Feng Suying hitting Zhang Hongwei, they all laughed even harder.

The New Year's Eve dinner finally ended in laughter and joy.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone helped to clean up.

They also cleaned the restaurant and the kitchen together.

The children were naturally happier, and Zhang Hongwei took them out to set off firecrackers.

Zhang Hongwei took out his model airplane and demonstrated to the children the acrobatics of using the model airplane to fire cannons in the air.

Naturally, the children were very happy.

Zhang Hongwei is also very generous and teaches the children how to play with model airplanes.

It can be regarded as planting a seed in the hearts of a group of children.

As for whether it will sprout in the future, we can only wait and see.

After the cleaning was completed, Feng Zhengming and his friends continued to sit down in Huiquan Building and chat and watch TV.

This kind of atmosphere makes everyone feel like they are in the past when not every household had a television and people might have to squeeze together in a family compound to watch TV.

Having found this feeling again made everyone feel very happy and for a moment no one really wanted to leave.

In response, Feng Zhengming did not let everyone leave, and said that they could only leave after dinner.

But everyone still has to go back after all.

Before leaving, the elders gave each child New Year's money.

Feng Zhengming also gave each of the children relatively large red envelopes.

It made a group of children very happy.

But happiness is only temporary, and you may have to hand over the New Year’s money after returning home.

Luo Qing's grandparents, uncles and aunts have to go back to the village first.

Feng Zhengming brought them a lot of things, including various things he bought, as well as the crispy pots and various braised goods that Feng Zhengming had made in advance.

This way, grandparents can eat it directly when they get home in the evening.

After seeing off Luo Qing's grandparents, uncles and aunts, Luo Qing's grandparents, uncles and aunts were also seen off.

Afterwards, several senior brothers also left and went back one after another.

He Yunqing and his family also left.

Only Feng Zhengming and his family, as well as Luo Qing's family, were left in Huiquan Building.

No one was in a hurry to leave, so they just stayed in Huiquan Building waiting for dinner and watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Luo Qing could finally sit down and chat with Feng Zhengming alone.

The intimacy between the two people made both families very happy.

Then Luo Qing's parents would naturally take the opportunity to criticize Luo Qing's brother Luo Wenhan.

Let him hold on tight too, he can't be alone all the time.

Luo Wenhan had no choice but to promise: "I will work hard. When I go to the south, maybe I will make a lot of money and marry a big star to you as your daughter-in-law."

Luo's mother definitely didn't give her son any face for this.

"You? You? I think you should forget about it. You might as well not go out of town and just open a shop at home."

Facing his mother's disbelief, Luo Wenhan remained firm: "Just wait and see, Mom. I will definitely show you what I can do."

Grandpa Situ smiled and expressed his support: "That's great. Boys should go out and try their luck. I support you and believe you can succeed, Xiao Luo. Work hard."

Getting the support from Grandpa Situ made Luo Wenhan even more confident.

"Hahaha, if Grandpa Situ supports it, then I can definitely do it."

Seeing their son's look, the parents could only remain silent.

In the evening, Feng Zhengming fried a few side dishes and heated up some of the prepared dishes. Only the Feng and Luo families sat down to have a reunion dinner for the two families.

After dinner, we watched the Spring Festival Gala together, with the sound of firecrackers and fireworks flashing outside.

The entire night sky of Quancheng seemed to be illuminated.

We all sat together until midnight to welcome the New Year's bell.

When the bell rang, Feng Zhengming took advantage of the fact that no one in the family was paying attention, hugged Luo Qing and kissed her.

Neither of them noticed that their passionate kiss was actually seen by their family members.

The family is also very happy for the two and looks forward to their wedding.

Before we know it, another new year has arrived.

Everything seemed to be starting to become different.

But nothing seemed to have changed at all.

As winter turns to spring, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing walk hand in hand into their new year. (End of this chapter)