1986: My Happy Life in Provence

Chapter 56: Always a Child

During the food tasting trip, Ronan was deeply impressed by two restaurants.

One is the restaurant run by the old couple.

Ronan tasted something there that was more important than just the taste. For several days after that, whenever Ronan was hungry, he would think of going out there for another meal.

Although his body didn't go there in the end, his heart had flown there several times.

Ronan also wants to make customers feel like they are at home, just like this old couple.

The second place where he had an epiphany was undoubtedly Mr. Jacques's restaurant.

He taught Ronan two experiences of success. It was not up to Ronan to decide whether to be stingy or not. He had no money in his pocket, so he couldn't be stingy even if he wanted to.

But "screening" is a subject that Ronan needs to think deeply about.

He has to screen his customers, screen the delicacies that he can make but others cannot, and also screen out a way that is most easily accepted by the people of Provence.

On the premise of meeting all the above conditions, it would be best if it can also have some connection with rosé wine.

Ronan had a hunch that if there was pink wine on his stall, Mr. Jacques, the "promotion ambassador", might be able to give him some help in some way.

Don't underestimate the social status of a two-Michelin-star restaurant owner. His circle of friends is definitely better quality and more senior than Lucas's.

Moreover, Ronan also wants to accumulate high-end restaurant resources and needs to continue to win the favor of this Michelin restaurant owner.

In addition, Ronan sincerely believes that the value of pink wine is far more than that.

If he makes Provence's business card popular in this life, then wouldn't he be the 'lifeboat' that the government says can save the French wine industry in the future?

Thinking of this, he changed his thinking and focused on rosé wine as the core, thinking about what he should sell.

The best partners for rosé wine are seafood and meat. Seafood requires high freshness of the ingredients, and Ronan has no experience in this, so his choice will definitely be meat.

There are so many delicious meat dishes in China that Ronan can name more than a dozen without taking a breath. Which one is most easily accepted by the people of Provence?
When he had no idea what to do, he thought of the topic again - screening.

"If we want to add rosé wine, it will be impossible to satisfy everyone's preferences, especially those who 'turn their noses up' at rosé wine. Since we are sure we won't like it, why not continue to please the audience of rosé wine?" Ronan felt that he had found some ideas.

Think about the audience of pink wine:

The target audience of this wine is ladies and open-minded young people, so wine critics also call it ladies' or children's sweet wine.

"Are there any foods that ladies and children like to eat?" Ronan touched his chin.

"Lao Luo, do you think Ronan has made some bad friends in Provence? Every time I call him recently, he says he just came back from dinner. He wasn't like this before. He didn't go out after work every day." Ronan's mother Feng Zhen said while watching TV.

Luo Tianhai is busy preparing dinner in the kitchen:
"Who knows? Maybe he left his parents and let himself go."

Feng Zhen felt that Luo Tianhai was too perfunctory. When it came to paying attention to their children, these careless men never took it seriously.

And when they start to take it seriously, it often means the child has gone astray and cannot be saved.

She walked to the kitchen door, leaned against the door frame and said:
"Don't take it lightly. I came to France far away from home just for you. I always feel that Ronan's sudden trip to Provence is not that simple. Maybe there is someone there."

Luo Tianhai turned on the faucet and washed the vegetables:
"Ronan is not a child anymore, don't always treat him like a child, there are always people who have people."

"Ronan is only 22 years and 9 months old. He is still a child before he gets married!" Feng Zhen said dissatisfiedly.

Luo Tianhai drained the vegetables skillfully:

"I don't have any other requirements for Ronan now. As long as he behaves himself, stops making trouble, and pays off the loan as soon as possible, I don't care what kind of friends he makes over there, or whether he marries a white, black, or Middle Eastern woman."

"Nonsense!" Feng Zhen left angrily, muttering, "I have to save more every month. Ronan has so many loans and he's not married yet."

She took out a red wallet from the leather bag at the door, pulled out a 500-franc bill, and walked towards the bedroom.

When she was almost at the bedroom door, she went back to pick up her wallet, pulled out a 100-franc bill, and put the two together.

Feng Zhen had just gone to the bedroom to put the money away when the phone in the living room rang.

"Please answer it." she shouted.

"What are you doing again?" Luo Tianhai muttered as he picked up the phone, "All." "Hello? Dad--" Standard Mandarin came from the other end of the phone.

Luo Tianhai was stunned:
"Well, wait a minute, I'll give your mother the phone."

"Wait!" Ronan stopped him, "I'm looking for you."

"Looking for me?" Luo Tianhai sat down on the sofa and wiped his hands on his apron twice.

At this time Feng Zhen also returned to the living room and asked Luo Tianhai by mouthing whether he was Ronan.

Luo Tianhai nodded in affirmation, so Feng Zhen also came over to listen to the voice in the microphone together.

"I want to learn a few new dishes." Ronan said calmly.

"Home-cooked dishes? Sure, I'll teach you a few." Luo Tianhai began to recall what home-cooked dishes Ronan liked to eat.

"No, not home cooking." Ronan paused, "I want to learn a few dishes that women and children like to eat. I want meat dishes, not vegan ones."

Feng Zhen grabbed the phone like crazy and asked loudly:
"Ronan, you went to Provence because you were pregnant before marriage, right? The child is already born?"

Ronan & Luo Tianhai: “???”

Ronan had to work very hard to convince Feng Zhen that he went to Provence not because of any woman, that no one was pregnant before marriage, and that there were no children.

"Really?" The alarm in Feng Zhen's ear was temporarily lifted.

"Really not. Mom, please don't let your uncle send you Qiong Yao's novel collection from China anymore." Ronan said speechlessly.

What kind of bloody plot is this!

"I just want to learn how to cook a few dishes to sell at the market." Ronan had to confess everything.

Luo Tianhai snatched the phone away:

"Go to the market to sell?"

"Correct."

"Aren't you going truffle picking?"

"Truffle season is over, and I'm going to find something else to do."

"Your idea is to sell food at the market?"

"Yes."

"Do you have a portable gas stove?"

"No, I'll buy it later."

“Do you have any cooking utensils?”

“No, I’ll buy them together later.”

"Where are the cutlery?"

"These are all small problems, Dad. I will buy them all."

Luo Tianhai's voice was even louder than Feng Zhen's just now:

"Ronan, can you please stop doing this? Do you know how much money this will cost?"

another side.

Ronan put the roaring receiver away and rubbed his face tiredly.

After several decades, I actually got to taste the taste of 'mixed doubles' again.

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