Chapter 99: Let You Open a Gourmet Shop, You Open at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Hearing the sounds from inside the house, Li Jiang standing outside the door looked at Lu Feng with an apologetic expression: "Fengzi, don't take it to heart, my second uncle is just like that; to be honest, I'm quite annoyed by him too. This person speaks unpleasantly, just pretend you didn't hear it."

"It's fine, go in." Lu Feng smiled and shook his head; he didn't care about these things.

Seeing that Lu Feng's expression wasn't bad, Li Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, took out his keys, and opened the main door of the house.

"Dad, Mom, Lu Feng is here."

Li Jiang pushed open the door and walked in, shouting toward the living room.

The conversation inside the house stopped, and all eyes turned toward the door.

Lu Feng led Da Mao in following him; as soon as he entered, he saw seven or eight people sitting in the living room.

Those should all be relatives of Li Jiang's father Li Tian Yong.

It seemed that for this birthday, Li Jiang's family had only invited some relatively close family members, counting as a family dinner.

Under such circumstances, Lu Feng could still be invited over, which also showed how much Li Jiang's family valued him.

"Xiao Feng, you're here, hurry and sit, hurry and sit."

Li Jiang's mother Zhao Hui Fang stood up after seeing Lu Feng and warmly waved at Lu Feng.

Lu Feng changed into slippers after entering the house, shook the wine in his hand in front of him, and smiled at Li Tian Yong: "Uncle Li, I brought two bottles of wine for you, wishing you a happy birthday."

"Xiao Feng, you coming is enough, why bring anything..." Li's father smiled and waved his hand, then immediately saw the wine name on the gift box in Lu Feng's hand, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Li Tian Yong stood up abruptly and quickly walked toward Lu Feng.

He took the Moutai gift box from Lu Feng's hand and looked at it carefully, with a fiery light in his eyes.

Seeing his reaction, others also curiously gathered around.

"Hey! Moutai! This wine is not cheap!"

A relative saw the words on the gift box and said with a somewhat surprised tone.

"Could it be fake?"

Li Hong'an looked at Lu Feng somewhat in surprise, reached out his hand wanting to take the gift box from Li Tian Yong's hand: "Open it and let me taste a sip; I've drunk Moutai before, I'll know if it's real or fake with one sip!"

"Get lost!" Li Tian Yong frowned, slapped away the fat hand reaching out, and glared at him unhappily: "Look at you, you're not even as good as Xiao Feng; you drink Moutai but haven't brought me a bottle!"

Li Hong'an was left speechless by what he said, took back his hand with an unnatural expression, and stood aside sulkily without speaking.

"Xiao Feng, this wine is too precious; why don't you take it back and return it? I accept your thoughtfulness."

Li Tian Yong looked at Lu Feng and said with a kind smile on his face.

"This wine was given to me by someone else; I don't usually drink alcohol, and since you usually like drinking, I just brought it for you." Lu Feng shook his head and said.

If he didn't say that, Li Jiang's father probably wouldn't accept it peacefully.

This counts as a kind lie, right?

After hearing this, Li's father laughed heartily and patted Lu Feng's shoulder: "Good, good, good! Xiao Feng, you're thoughtful! Such good wine, I can't bear to finish it all at once; I must cherish it and drink it slowly!"

"Lu Feng, right? I heard that after you lost your job, you opened your own restaurant. Now the catering industry is not doing well, and restaurants are not easy to run, but your courage is commendable. When I have time later, I'll go patronize your business!"

Li Hong'an stepped forward two steps, extending his right hand toward Lu Feng, looking like he was preparing to shake hands with Lu Feng.

"Uncle and Auntie, Jiangzi said you wanted to eat the xiaolongbao I make. I brought some ingredients over, as well as ingredients for fried noodles. Do you want to eat xiaolongbao first or fried noodles first?"

Facing Li Hong'an's actively extended hand, Lu Feng acted as if he hadn't seen it, turned around, picked up the ingredient box placed at the door, and said smilingly to Li Jiang's parents.

Holding the ingredient box was telling him that both his hands were occupied now, so a handshake was out of the question.

Seeing this, Li Hong'an's face turned red then white, and he silently took his hand back.

"Fried noodles! Eat fried noodles first! I haven't eaten them yet!"

After Li Jiang entered the door, he took Er Ha to the balcony. After locking the balcony door, he just happened to hear Lu Feng's words and immediately came over, saying loudly.

"Stand aside! Today is your dad's birthday, listen to your dad!"

Zhao Hui Fang glared, and Li Jiang immediately shrank his head, standing by Lu Feng's side without speaking.

Li Tian Yong chuckled and said to Lu Feng: "Make xiaolongbao first; I haven't eaten them for several days, and I really crave that taste."

"Dad, Fengzi said he didn't bring many ingredients today; I estimate he can only make about four portions." Li Jiang spoke to Li Tian Yong, then, while others weren't paying attention, winked.

Lu Feng glanced at him somewhat speechlessly; just now downstairs, he clearly said half would be enough for the customers.

As soon as this started, one portion was directly missing.

Li Tian Yong heard his son's words and noticed the look Li Jiang gave him.

As a father, he naturally understood his son. Seeing Li Jiang's little move, Li Tian Yong instantly understood the meaning.

"Xiao Feng, making three portions is enough; there are still so many dishes on the table, so as not to waste by not being able to finish them later."

Li Tian Yong chuckled and said to Lu Feng.

Lu Feng silently complained in his heart: Truly worthy of being father and son, quite in sync; the portion for the guests was reduced by another one.

However, since Li Tian Yong had said so, he naturally wouldn't say anything more.

"Okay, Uncle and Auntie, please wait a moment; it'll be ready soon." After saying this, Lu Feng walked into the kitchen.

"I'll go help Fengzi!" Li Jiang said and also followed him in.

Li Tian Yong and Zhao Hui Fang greeted the others to return to the living room, and everyone sat back at the dining table.

Several home-cooked dishes had already been set on the dining table, along with several dishes Li Hong'an brought back from the restaurant, looking quite abundant.

The whole table looked at Li Tian Yong; today he was the protagonist.

However, after Li Tian Yong sat back at the dining table, he leisurely drank tea, showing no intention of picking up his chopsticks at all.

The others were a bit hungry too, but felt awkward eating first.

"Brother, sister-in-law, this Lu Feng looks so young; he's probably just learned to cook, right? How good could his xiaolongbao be? How can a fly-infested dive's culinary skill compare to the few dishes I brought?"

Li Hong'an sat next to Li Tian Yong, leaned in, and asked in a lowered voice.

"If you find it not delicious, you can just eat the few dishes you brought later."

Li Tian Yong glanced at him, tone somewhat dissatisfied: "I heard Xiao Jiang say it; the shop he runs isn't small either. How is it some fly-infested dive?"

"Only knows how to make xiaolongbao and fried noodles — if that's not a fly-infested dive, what is?" Li Hong'an curled his lip, muttering softly.

"Can't I want to eat?"

Although Li Hong'an's voice wasn't loud, Li Tian Yong still heard it, glared at him, and said directly.

"Fine fine fine, today's your birthday, big brother; you call the shots."

Li Hong'an laughed carelessly, then looked at the dishes on the table: "Brother, how about we start eating first? So many people are waiting; the dishes'll get cold in a bit."

Li Jiang's mother Zhao Hui Fang spoke up: "Xiao Feng is a guest too; he's gone to cook for us now. How can we start eating before the guests have all arrived? That would be so impolite."

Li Hong'an was left speechless, and could only pick up his teacup and take a sip.

Then he suddenly remembered something, looked at the table, then turned to ask Li Tian Yong: "Brother, didn't he just send off two bottles of wine? Why don't we have a couple cups first?"

Li Tian Yong refused outright without a second thought: "Don't even think about it! I'm saving those two bottles to drink slowly. If you want to drink, go back and drink your own!"

Li Hong'an scratched his head helplessly, and didn't say anything more.

At this moment a loud clang came from the kitchen, startling everyone in the living room.

Zhao Hui Fang had just stood up intending to go check, but saw Li Jiang walk out of the kitchen looking dusty and disheveled.