From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

After the commotion in the bridal chamber, everyone naturally rushed to Huiquan Building to prepare.

During the period, a photographer was invited by Uncle San to take some happy photos for everyone.

They also used a camera to take photos of Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing with everyone.

Some of the most important photos.

The first photo is of Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing standing on either side of the master and his wife.

The second photo is a photo of Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing standing on either side of Grandpa Feng.

There are also photos with Grandpa Feng and Grandpa Situ.

A family photo with Grandpa Feng’s family.

And a group photo of Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing with their master, master's wife, fellow disciples and sisters-in-law.

After Feng Zhengming took these photos, he specifically asked the photographer to develop a few more.

After the photo shoot, Uncle San immediately invited all relatives and friends to go to Huiquanlou together.

The last people to leave the bridal chamber were Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing and their group.

By the time Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing arrived at Huiquanlou in their wedding car.

A huge flower arch was built in front of Huiquan Tower. The best men and bridesmaids stood on both sides, and when Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing walked hand in hand into Huiquan Tower, they threw flower petals to the two of them.

Such a grand wedding really attracted the attention of many people on the streets of Quancheng.

"Look, how grand is the number one scholar's wedding?"

"This is really beautiful. As expected of our top scholar, he is so stylish."

"Hahaha, this is worthy of our number one scholar status."

"As the old saying goes, when you pass the imperial examination, you will have a happy wedding night. Our number one scholar has truly lived up to these two old sayings."

"Have you noticed? The top scholar's wife is really beautiful."

"You just realized it? She is beautiful. This is what we call a perfect match."

"Yes, I know the wife of Zhuangyuan. She used to be a ticket seller at the railway station. She was really pretty. Later I heard that she resigned from the railway station."

"That's because I quit my job and followed the top scholar. How can I still be interested in the job of a ticket seller?"

"That's not the case. Women should also have their own careers. They can't just rely on men."

"He has his own job. After he quit his job, he studied on his own and got a college degree. Later, he worked in a foreign trade company in the island city."

"Amazing! Such a beautiful girl is also so capable. She will definitely be the top scholar's good wife in the future."

"That's right. Zhuangyuan has opened branches all over the province now, and it will definitely need a capable boss lady in the future."

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing's wedding indeed shocked the entire Quancheng.

After all, many celebrities from Quancheng were invited.

There were also some famous chefs from all over the province who came to congratulate Feng Zhengming.

The most important thing is that both the city of Quanzhou and the province sent congratulations to Feng Zhengming's wedding.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing walked into Huiquan Building hand in hand, and the next moment the lights in the entire Huiquan Building dimmed.

Huiquan Building, which was originally filled with noise, suddenly became quiet.

Then a beam of light shone on Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing.

Then, on the stage set up in the lobby on the first floor, the female host of the provincial TV station, who was recording a cooking program with Feng Zhengming, appeared.

"Welcome all friends and relatives to Huiquanlou today. Can you please tell me loudly what we are doing here today?"

When the female host asked this, everyone at the scene immediately shouted in unison.

"Come and drink the wedding wine, drink the wedding wine of our number one scholar."

The hostess smiled and said, "Yes, we are here to drink at the wedding of our number one scholar, so please invite our number one scholar and his bride to come on stage."

Guided by the lights, with applause from the entire Huiquan Tower and accompanied by the wedding march, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing slowly walked into Huiquan Tower together, walking step by step towards the stage of the wedding.

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing.

Feng Zhengming is tall and strong. When Luo Qing wears high heels, she is almost as tall as Feng Zhengming.

Therefore, when two people stand together, they give people the feeling that they are very well matched.

The two finally walked onto the stage.

The female host started to act as the master of ceremonies with a smile on her face.

First, the two people were asked to tell the story of how they knew each other and fell in love.

He also asked about some of the sweet words that Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing usually said to each other.

Afterwards, the two of them formally exchanged wedding rings in front of everyone, and then a wedding ceremony that combined Chinese and Western elements was held on the spot.

Although the whole process was not very complicated and was quite interesting, it also took up a lot of time.

However, because the groom is Feng Zhengming, the top scholar, everyone is still full of curiosity.

Even after the ceremony was over, Feng Zhengming and his fellow brothers had already started serving the food. Many people were still reluctant to leave and wanted to continue listening to the love story between Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing.

At the same time as the wedding banquet at Huiquanlou began, Feng Zhengming also held an event almost simultaneously at five branches in Quancheng and across the province today.

The event was held to celebrate the marriage of the boss Feng Zhengming. At noon, every customer in every store would receive a bag of wedding candy from Feng Zhengming after ordering.

Of course, the happiest people today may be the people who are staying in the stores.

Because today Feng Zhengming will give them a bonus as a celebration of his marriage.

After today's wedding, Feng Zhengming will give everyone a day off.

This is to make up for the fact that Feng Zhengming is getting married today and there is no way to invite all the staff in the store to the wedding.

In Huiquanlou, the dishes on every table are quite rich.

All the dishes are prepared according to the highest standards for Huiquanlou wedding banquets.

Not only are there big pork elbows, but there are also various sea cucumbers, abalones, and even lobsters, shark fins and bird's nests.

And this may be the dish that most amazes every table of customers.

In order to celebrate the wedding of Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing, Xia Hui and her brother used the bone-removing technique of Confucius cuisine to make a Confucius-style imitation bear paw for every table.

The boneless pig's trotters were stuffed with stuffing to create the imitation braised bear's paw, which really amazed all the guests.

In addition to this Confucius Mansion imitation bear paw dish made by brother and sister Xia Hui and Xia Mingye.

Sun Hai also worked together with Zhu Xu and others to make a dish of stewed yellow croaker.

This dish of braised yellow croaker in soup has become famous throughout the country thanks to the Hong Kong movie.

It’s just that in the movie, people don’t actually see the complete appearance of this dish.

Because no matter it was not made in the early stage of the movie, or it was made incorrectly in the later stage, it can not be considered the real appearance of the dish of stuffed yellow croaker in soup.

This time, Sun Hai was in charge of cooking, together with Zhu Xu and other young chefs in the kitchen.

Before making this dish, they studied carefully with Feng Zhengming for a long time.

Use chopsticks to reach into the fish's mouth and squeeze out the fish's internal organs.

This process seems simple, but it actually requires great caution.

Do not pierce the belly of the fish, nor damage the internal organs of the yellow croaker.

The chopsticks were used to squeeze out the internal organs of the yellow croaker, and then the middle spine of the fish needed to be carefully removed.

Removing the spine requires even more skill. Even though Feng Zhengming gave them a special knife, they still have to be extremely careful because the fish's belly may be ruptured if they are not careful.

After all the fish bones are removed, the next step is to marinate the fish.

At the same time, it is necessary to boil the so-called soup to be poured into the fish's belly.

To put it simply, this soup is soup jelly.

However, Feng Zhengming made some improvements. He used the eight-treasure method of the Eight-treasure Bag Chicken and taught Sun Hai and his friends how to stir-fry the eight-treasures.

Then let the eight delicacies cool down and put them in the refrigerator to freeze into jelly.

After that, the jelly is stuffed into the belly of the yellow croaker, and the throat of the fish is sealed with shrimp paste.

After completing this step, the next step is to coat the yellow croaker with batter and fry it.

Fry until golden brown and the shape is fixed.

Then place on a plate.

Before serving on the wedding day, deep-fry the yellow croaker in hot oil to reheat it.

Pour a layer of glass sauce on the outside and it is ready to serve.

After Feng Zhengming's improvements, the stewed yellow croaker soup was served and it really amazed all the guests again.

Especially when using chopsticks or a spoon to carefully break open the belly of the yellow croaker.

The surface of the yellow croaker is still a little crispy, and when the belly of the fish is opened, the soup with the stir-fried eight delicacies flows out.

"Wow, this is the real yellow croaker in soup."

Feng Zhengming saw the Confucius Mansion's imitation bear paw and stuffed yellow croaker in soup.

I am very satisfied with the performance of Xia Hui and Sun Hai.

It can be seen that the young chefs have made rapid progress in the kitchen during this period.

Especially Xia Hui and Sun Hai, when they first came, their level was only slightly better than that of apprentices.

But now the two of them have gone through a lot of experience, and have also learned from their senior brothers Feng Zhengming in the kitchen.

The two people's craftsmanship has improved very quickly.

Seeing that Xia Hui can make the Confucius Mansion imitation bear paw also shows that after returning home in recent years, she has won the recognition and attention of her family and learned some techniques of Confucius Mansion cuisine from her family.

Under the guidance of his third senior brother, Sun Hai has really begun to develop his own cooking style.

First of all, he can easily master various traditional Shandong dishes.

In this regard, Sun Hai's craftsmanship is not inferior to Gu Zhicheng and others.

Especially influenced by Feng Zhengming, Sun Hai has a solid foundation in basic skills.

This can also be seen from the fact that he brought people together to make yellow croaker soup this time.

Sun Hai's cooking skills are close to those of a master chef.

Feng Zhengming will also feel reassured about Sun Hai's upcoming exams.

Luo Qing saw Feng Zhengming staring at the food on the table with a relieved expression on his face, and probably guessed what he was thinking.

"Do you feel that everyone in the kitchen is working very hard? And they are making rapid progress?"

Feng Zhengming looked at Luo Qing: "Yes, they are all making rapid progress and can now try to be independent."

Luo Qing: "They might want to continue following you."

Feng Zhengming was stunned for a moment.

He then laughed again.

"Hahaha, continue to follow me, it might limit some of their development."

Luo Qing: "You promised everyone that you would take everyone to let Shandong cuisine go beyond the land of Qilu again and spread it across the country. Didn't you also say that you would take them to Shanghai to open a Shandong cuisine restaurant?"

Feng Zhengming: "Yes, we want to make Shandong cuisine go beyond Shandong again. This time we want to go south first."

Luo Qing asked: "When are you going to go?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, it's not the right time yet. We have held the wedding, and next we still have to go to Hong Kong City to participate in the exchange there.

After we return from this exchange in Hong Kong, we will first need to stabilize the business of all stores in the province.

No matter what, Qilu is our base, and we must first run all the stores in the province well."

Luo Qing naturally supported Feng Zhengming's idea unconditionally.

"You have made up your mind. I will definitely support you."

Feng Zhengming held his wife's hand and said, "Thank you for your support. With your support, I can be more confident. You are the real lucky star that has enabled me to achieve what I have today."

Luo Qing smiled: "You can achieve what you have now because of your own strength. It has nothing to do with me."

Feng Zhengming: "Hahaha, how come it doesn't matter? Think about it, since we met, has everything I do gone smoothly? I started out as a takeaway lunch box outside the train station, and now I'm the top scholar, and the owner of so many stores."

Luo Qing reached out and gently touched her husband's forehead.

“Don’t be superstitious. Everything is the result of your hard work and you deserve it.”

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing smiled at each other.

At this moment, the couple really felt like they were in sync.

But it didn't give the couple much leisure time.

The next step was for them to toast each table one by one.

Because almost all the people who came to congratulate them were witnesses of Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing’s career and love.

So Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing must go to each table to toast.

Of course, we start with the people who are sending off the bride from Luo Qing’s parents’ home upstairs.

When Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing were toasting, their brother-in-law Luo Wenhan advised them to drink less.

But after coming out of the private room in Luo Qing's mother's house.

Every private room thereafter was considered a distinguished guest at Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing’s wedding.

For example, the first private room is where the master and all the old masters from Quancheng gather together.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing naturally had to drink a lot when facing their master and the old masters.

Although they were not asked to toast one by one, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing still drank white wine in front of these old masters.

After the old chefs toasted, the next private room was filled with a group of chefs from Gangcheng who came to congratulate, as well as several bosses from Gangcheng.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing naturally had to politely thank them for their congratulations.

After that came people from the local chefs association, as well as invited friends with good local connections like Chen Sifu.

Among them, people from the Tao family were also invited by Feng Zhengming.

The private rooms on the second floor of Huiquan Building are really a gathering of people of certain status.

After the toasts were finished in the private room on the second floor, the atmosphere became even more lively when we went downstairs.

The hall downstairs was filled with relatives and friends of both families.

So everyone felt more comfortable in the lobby downstairs.

They may not sit at the same table, but they will get together to drink.

Seeing Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing coming to toast, some young people who were a little red in the face due to drinking took the opportunity to make fun of Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing.

In order not to spoil everyone's fun, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing also joined in.

As a result, the game was originally intended to get Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing to drink a few more glasses.

However, because of the tacit understanding between the two of them, the person who started the teasing was punished to drink a few more glasses.

One of the drinks was deliberately mixed by a group of people and prepared for Feng Zhengming to drink.

They were even suggested to play a game, and the fifth senior brother Cao Zhiguo, who took the lead in making trouble, drank it himself.

Then the fifth sister-in-law couldn't help but complain to the fifth brother.

The entire first floor hall was immersed in a sea of ​​laughter. (End of this chapter)