From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

In order to show respect to the recommendation guidelines review group, Feng Zhengming chose to let them review his Huiquanlou first.

Of course, in order to be fair and just, Feng Zhengming himself did not go back to the kitchen to cook.

After all, he can't be both a judge and a contestant.

Moreover, during the review that day, Feng Zhengming did not even go to Huiquan Building.

He simply drove with his wife and daughter to his wife's grandparents' home in the countryside.

Luo Qing's grandparents were naturally very happy to see Feng Zhengming and his friends come back.

The old house of my grandparents was rebuilt a long time ago at the expense of Feng Zhengming, and it is now considered the best house in the village.

Luo Qing's uncles and aunts were very polite when they saw them come back.

However, Luo Qing's grandparents did not let her uncles and aunts and their families stay at home.

After letting them all leave, grandpa and grandma greeted Feng Zhengming, Luo Qing, and the little girl Feng Nuanyu with a smile.

"Xiaoqing, how long will you and Zhengming stay at home this time?"

Luo Qing replied: "He will probably stay for a while. During this period, isn't the province going to select a number of restaurants as good restaurants in the province and recommend them to outsiders? Zhengming is coming back to preside over this matter."

Luo Qing tried her best to explain it to her grandparents in words they could understand.

After understanding, grandpa and grandma looked at Feng Zhengming in surprise.

Grandpa: "Zhengming is really getting better and better. He can even participate in the selection of restaurants in our province?"

Grandma: "Zhengming is our top scholar. He must be qualified to be selected as the best restaurant in the province."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Grandpa, grandma, I didn't actually participate in the selection. My master and his friends were the judges. I came back mainly to promote this matter and make it as fair and just as possible."

Grandpa was curious: "Zhengming, what about your own restaurants? And your Huiquan Restaurant?"

Feng Zhengming: "Now all the restaurants in my province have chefs in charge. Huiquanlou is under the charge of my two senior brothers."

Grandma: "Huiquanlou has been handed over to your senior brother? Zhengming, you are not the chef at Huiquanlou anymore?"

Feng Zhengming: "No, that's not right. Although I'm not a judge in this competition, I'm also the host of the competition. I can't cook at Huiquanlou by myself."

Grandpa and grandma suddenly understood.

"Yes, we must ensure fairness."

"It is obvious that you are the top scholar. You are the chef at Huiquan Restaurant. Others cannot compare to you. It is difficult to select."

Luo Qing smiled and said, "Grandma, he is not in Huiquan Tower. His two senior brothers are also very powerful."

Grandma: "Really? Senior Brother Zhengming is also very powerful?"

Grandpa: "He must be very good, otherwise Zhengming would not let his senior brother take charge of the cooking."

Grandma asked again: "So this time, will Zhengming's Huiquanlou be able to win first place?"

Luo Qing smiled and explained: "There is no first or second place. We will select the best restaurants in the province. Then we will hang a sign to indicate that they are excellent Shandong cuisine restaurants."

Grandma nodded: "Oh, that's it."

As they were chatting, little girl Feng Nuanyu stared at a little chick passing by the door. She thought it was very interesting and wanted to chase it.

Seeing this, Feng Zhengming took his daughter's hand and walked out of the house carefully.

When the two old people saw the little girl, they all smiled.

I feel like having a little girl like this makes the house really lively.

Luo Qing did not go with them. She sat at the door and watched the father and daughter holding hands and chasing chicks in the yard of their grandparents' house.

The little chicken was chased by Feng Nuanyu and ran around everywhere. The little girl tried to catch it several times but failed.

This made Feng Nuanyu very dissatisfied.

"Ah, ah, dad, dad..."

I heard my daughter calling out anxiously, and kept shouting "Dad".

Luo Qing, who was sitting in the room, couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, little girl, it's no use calling daddy. You have to catch them yourself. Catch them yourself. Go and chase them quickly."

Hearing her mother's voice, Feng Nuanyu turned her head and looked at her mother who was sitting there.

The little girl even raised her little hand and waved to her mother: "Mom, come here."

Luo Qing refused with a smile: "Mom won't go."

Just at this moment, the little chick appeared not far ahead.

When the little girl saw it, she quickly chased after it and tried to bend down to catch it.

It's just that the little girl's movements were slow and a little clumsy, so it was impossible for her to catch the chick.

The little girl felt very dissatisfied after failing again.

I saw my daughter pouting her lips and looking like she was about to cry.

Feng Zhengming squatted down, looked at his daughter and gently touched her little face with his hand.

"Don't cry. If you want to catch those chicks, you have to work hard. Don't cry just because you can't catch them."

The little girl didn't quite understand what her father meant, but when she saw her father squatting in front of her and poking her little face with his hands, she found it very interesting. She took two steps forward and threw herself into her father's arms.

The little girl put her arms around her father's neck and babbled in his ear.

Feng Zhengming doesn’t know what his daughter is talking about?
But he took the opportunity to reach out and grab a chick not far away.

When Feng Nuanyu saw the little chicken caught in his father's hand, she felt really incredible.

"ah……"

Feng Zhengming smiled: "Come, you can touch it gently."

Feng Nuanyu was not afraid at all. She raised her little hand and gently touched the chick.

"ah."

Feng Nuanyu found it very interesting to touch the little chicken.

Feng Zhengming: "Yeah, is it fun?"

When Feng Nuanyou saw her father imitating her, she immediately started to giggle, and then reached out to touch the little chicken in her father's hand again with her little hand.

The little girl touched the chick a few times and found it very interesting. She reached out to grab the chick in her father's hand.

Feng Zhengming was a little worried that his daughter might have hurt the chick seriously.

So he blocked it a little bit with his other hand.

In this way, my daughter's little hands were unable to directly grab the chick.

This still made Feng Nuanyu feel very interesting.

Right in front of dad, the little hands gently touched the little chick.

When Luo Qing saw the father and daughter, her face was also full of smiles.

In her opinion, there is not much time like this between father and daughter.

In Shanghai, Feng Zhengming goes out early and comes back late most of the time, so he doesn't have much time to spend with his daughter.

Even after returning to Quancheng, Feng Zhengming was still very busy in the past few days.

Scenes like today's made Luo Qing feel that this was how a father and daughter should be.

Then Luo Qing remembered that her husband brought a camera with him this time.

She quickly got up and rummaged through her luggage, taking out the camera her husband had brought back.

Luo Qing held the camera and took a photo of the father and daughter playing with the chicks together.

In the past few years, Luo Qing has traveled to many places with Feng Zhengming, and her photography skills have improved a lot.

I also know how to compose the image within the lens.

After Luo Qing took some photos, she was able to capture quite a few photos of the father and daughter that were full of warmth and fun.

After playing with the little chick, Feng Nuanyu soon discovered something new and interesting.

That was the big black dog in my great-grandfather's house. Black dogs are the kind of native dogs that are more common in the countryside.

He is not very big, but he is a good guard.

The black dog attracted the little girl because it lay there with its tail wagging like a pole.

Feng Nuanyu moved over cautiously and staggeringly.

All of a sudden, the little hand grabbed the black dog's shaking tail.

This sudden move really scared the black dog.

Seeing the black dog, he got scared and ran away.

The little girl looked very happy.

Feng Zhengming looked at his wife, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Your daughter has reached the age where people hate her so quickly."

Luo Qing glared at her husband and said, "You are the one who is hated by people and dogs. Hurry up and bring our daughter back. She is going to run to the chicken coop again."

Feng Zhengming turned around and saw his daughter jogging towards the chicken coop.

He hurried forward, just as his daughter trotted over to the chicken coop and was about to fall towards it, she could no longer stand.

Feng Zhengming reached out and picked up his daughter.

Being picked up this time really made Feng Nuanyu feel dizzy.

But soon the little girl thought it was interesting too.

I was about to fall down, but suddenly I seemed to fly up.

Then Feng Zhengming slowly put his daughter on the ground and made her stand.

The little girl actually tried to imitate the way she fell to the ground just now, wanting her father to pick her up.

Feng Zhengming hugged her a few times and discovered his daughter's little thoughts.

"Oh, you little devil, you did it on purpose, didn't you?"

As a result, Feng Nuanyu seemed to understand what her father was talking about, and she quickly hugged her father and smiled happily.

It was as if she didn't want her father to continue talking about her.

These happy moments of the father and daughter were captured by their mother.

When grandparents saw this family of three, their faces were full of smiles. They felt that this family of three was really happy.

Feng Zhengming and his wife Luo Qing were enjoying life in the countryside with their daughter.

Huiquanlou has already welcomed its first group of professional reviewers.

However, the people in Huiquanlou did not know that along with the professional judges, there were also two other groups of judges consisting of ordinary customers.

Three groups of people arrived one after another, which was also an intentional arrangement by Feng Zhengming.

The purpose is to test whether the restaurant can guarantee equal treatment to guests?
Huiquanlou has done a very good job in this regard because He Yunqing is in charge of its management.

The three groups of people arrived at the store one after the other, and even one group of ordinary customer judges arrived before the professional group.

He Yunqing was still very welcoming and welcoming, and led the other party into the private room upstairs.

Just as Grandpa Feng Zhengming and Master Yan's professional group arrived for the judging, another group arrived at Huiquanlou almost at the same time. This group deliberately did not want a private room and only asked for a table in the lobby.

He Yunqing also arranged people and greeted the judges of the third group seriously.

After arranging suitable tables, the service will be provided attentively, and there will be special waiters to receive guests and take orders.

In terms of this kind of reception service, Huiquanlou does a really good job.

Three groups of judges scored Huiquanlou from different perspectives in different capacities.

When this group in the hall ordered food, they mostly ordered some affordable dishes to go with wine and rice.

The professional group ordered all kinds of dishes from Huiquanlou to test the serving efficiency and quality control, especially the unique skills of Li Huidong and Cao Zhiguo in the kitchen.

There was another group of judges in the private room who directly ordered a fixed-price set meal.

I want to see the efficiency and quality control of the set meal, and whether there will be a decline in service after ordering the set meal.

At Huiquanlou, there are three tables including other tables of customers who came today.

They all take it seriously as always.

Everything was done according to the rules first set by Feng Zhengming.

With rules in place, there will be no problems if you follow them.

The other two groups of judges whose identities were not revealed had a very good overall impression of Huiquan Building.

Whether it is the service provided by Huiquanlou in receiving guests or the quality control of Huiquanlou dishes, they are just as good as usual.

The two groups of judges even felt that they could not find any reasons to deduct points.

The group in the private room deliberately ordered a take-out service at the end, wanting to see if they could find any points to deduct in terms of service.

As a result, even if they ordered a set meal, the waiter was almost very serious when providing take-out service.

And no one in their group was allowed to intervene and help throughout the whole process.

It is not difficult to see from the service attitude and service process of the waiters.

The waiters are really well-educated and have strong business skills.

So the two groups of hidden judges left first, and they almost unanimously gave close to full marks.

Of course, in addition to these two groups, the more important one is the professional review group.

Master Yan and several masters from Quancheng are here.

This really made Li Huidong and Cao Zhiguo a little nervous.

After serving the dishes, Cao Zhiguo couldn't help but mutter something to his senior brother.

"I really want to go up and ask, to see what score the Masters will give me."

Li Huidong turned his head and glanced at his fifth apprentice brother: "It's best to give up the idea. We can't take the lead in breaking the rules. We have to enforce the rules set by Zhengming."

Cao Zhiguo asked: "Big Brother, are you really not curious at all?"

Li Huidong: "I'm not curious. Why should I be curious about the scores? The Masters won't favor anyone. If we do a good job, we will naturally get high scores. If we get low scores, we can make improvements at that time."

After hearing what the senior brother said, Cao Zhiguo fell into deep thought.

"Well, Senior Brother is still the one who keeps his composure. I want to learn more from you, Senior Brother."

Li Huidong was amused by Cao Zhiguo's words.

"Don't give me that. I don't know you. You're being sarcastic, aren't you?"

Cao Zhiguo laughed and said, "No, it's really not Senior Brother. I really think that you have a good attitude and are able to keep your composure."

Li Huidong: "It's not that I have a good attitude, it's that we have done what we should do, and we will definitely be included in the recommended guidelines. As for how good the score is, it's actually not that important."

Cao Zhiguo was puzzled: "How can it not be important? Isn't it better to have a higher score?"

Li Huidong smiled and asked, "Who do you think people come to Huiquanlou for?"

These words made Cao Zhiguo understand immediately.

"Yes, in the eyes of others, Huiquanlou is Zhengming's national number one restaurant. In the end, others come here for Zhengming's reputation."

Li Huidong then asked: "Do you suddenly feel bad?"

Cao Zhiguo nodded first, then smiled.

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter. The greater our junior brother's reputation, the better our business will be. As long as we make money, that's all."

Upstairs, the judges from the professional group finally finished their meal and left Huiquan Building after paying.

Li Huidong and Cao Zhiguo went out from the kitchen to deliver the food.

However, even though he saw the two of them, Master Yan did not express anything and left directly with the other masters and Grandpa Feng Zhengming. (End of this chapter)