The story of a cook

Chapter 126
Sister Wang said: "Look, the few Korean stir-fries in our family are selling very well now. They are all dishes made by you. You cook them well. Why won't the new chef cook after you leave?"

I said, "I can teach him, and he will walk after he has been taught."

Sister Wang said: "It's not that simple. You also prepared the pickles, pig's trotters, and pig's ears. These are all special dishes of our family. Who will prepare them after you leave? The new chef?"

I said: "That's nothing, as long as you are a chef, you can do it, just keep the old soup well and prevent it from spoiling, it's so simple."

Sister Wang said: "To put it lightly, I don't know if others don't know. The pickles have different flavors for each person. Don't look at it as the same bucket of old soup. When others adjust it, the taste will change. It's not the original taste. That's not it. It can be adjusted at will, just like my dog ​​meat soup, it looks very simple, if you change someone else, it will be the same as mine, and the ingredients are also the same, the dog meat waiting for it to come out has two flavors, it is not the same as mine Guaranteed to be different."

Sister Wang was talking about this, so I nodded and said, "That's true, but I can't stay away all the time, I have to go out to cook, and I can't always cook these dishes here."

At this time, Sister Ma said very relieved: "Okay, Master Tan, the cooking chefs in other barbecue restaurants just cook a few dishes and finish the job. You are good, and you also take the initiative to serve pickles and study dry seasonings. If you have nothing to do, you can do whatever you want." Jiucai, it’s okay this time, it’s hard to leave even if you want to, Auntie won’t let you go, so you just stay here, you know what it’s called, it’s called the more capable you are, the more tired you are, the more you have to keep working. "

I said: "Why, there are still mistakes if you are capable, then I will stop doing it from now on. You clean up the squid yourself, and you peel the potato skins yourself, and you pick the wolfberry by yourself. Don't look for me, I don't fix anything. This way you will be laid off sooner.”

Sister Wang laughed and said: "The main reason is that you are so kind, Mr. Tan. We all don't want you to leave, and we all want to work with you. How happy we are. If you leave, I think we will never find someone like you Master like you."

After drinking with the two of them for a while, Sister Jin also came over, and the first thing she said when she sat down was: "Master Tan, you haven't left your job, have you?"

I said: "No, who said that I resigned."

Sister Jin asked: "You haven't left your job? Then what are you and your aunt talking about?"

I joked and said: "Talk about other things, let aunt take care of you, don't bully me every day, you will bully me away."

Sister Jin asked, "You really told your aunt like that?"

I said, "Well, that's what I said."

Sister Jin looked at me, saw me smile, and said, "You lied to me there." She went on to say, "As long as you don't tell your aunt about resignation, I'm going to be worried all afternoon. You resigned because of me joking. When your aunt came, you sat there and talked with her for a long time, and I wondered if you told your aunt about resignation. It scared me to death."

"Not at all." I threatened Sister Jin: "But if you still joke like that, I will leave even if there is no work outside."

Sister Jin immediately said, "No, I promise not."

Sister Ma said: "Master Tan, you are too narrow-minded. Didn't you just say that he is your partner? What's the matter? It's not true, and you said it first. Live there together, no."

I said, "Sister Ma, can you not mention this."

Sister Ma said: "Why didn't you mention it? I was there at the time. I was the person involved and I have the most right to speak." She looked at me and Sister Jin and said, "I said no that day. You have to tell me to go, go. I saw what I shouldn’t have seen, and I’ve heard what I shouldn’t have heard. Hey, what a mess, I know everything. Master Tan let me know about this little secret. Jin Zi, he really said that, What I said is the same as the truth, I think it is also true, otherwise it is not true, even if it is a lie, it will not be made up so quickly. I have been thinking for the past two days, would you and Master Tan have been together for a long time? Let's live together—"

Sister Ma really had no choice but to go crazy.

This is the time to relax. Say what you want to say, just pretend you didn't hear it.

Picking up the wine glass to drink with Sister Wang, Sister Wang also smiled and drank with me.

Sister Jin and Sister Ma didn't know what topic they were talking about, and they started chatting with gusto.

Seeing how happy they were chatting, Sister Wang said to me: "Master Tan, we Xian people are more honest and friendly. If you treat us well, we will treat you well, and we will treat you twice as well." , Then said: "Look at our Korean women, they are no worse than those men, just don't say anything, they know everything in their hearts."

I nodded.

Sister Wang continued: "Everyone watched you solve the problem for Jin Zi that day, and you were very manly. Jin Zi felt that he owed you favors, and you were outstanding, so everyone liked you very much, and Jin Zi also liked you. Over the years, she That ex-husband always came to ask her for money, and if he didn't give it, he would make a fuss, and he couldn't control it. This time you helped Jin Zi solve it completely. Jin Jin is very grateful, and it's normal to like you. No one has treated her well these years, and there is no one The man cares about her, you help her and she will treat you well, we Korean women are all sentimental and dedicated, if she likes you, you can't even run away."

Sister Jin was chatting with Sister Ma and didn't pay attention to what I said to Sister Wang. I said to Sister Wang: "It's so scary, then I really have to resign."

Sister Wang said: "It's not that serious, she just likes you, she doesn't want to be with you, just to scare you." Then she said: "You too, our fresh girls are so enthusiastic, other men want to return If you don’t, you’re better off, you don’t want it for nothing.”

I said, "No, Sister Wang, is there anything free in this world? Some things seem to be free, but they are actually more expensive than valuable things, and you can't afford them in your life."

Sister Wang said, "It sounds like you have experienced everything when you talk. How old are you?"

I said, "I haven't experienced it. I haven't eaten fat pork, and I haven't seen fat pigs go away. I have seen a lot of them."

The chat between Sister Ma and Sister Jin came to an end.

Sister Ma asked Sister Wang and me, "What are you two talking about?"

Sister Wang said, "I'm chatting with you."

Sister Ma said, "What are you talking about? I have nothing to talk about."

Sister Wang said, "Talking about the man you met yesterday."

Sister Ma was confused, and asked: "The guy I met yesterday? I didn't see any guy yesterday, so he just messed around with me. Sister Wang, you've learned too much."

Miss Wang just laughed.

Sister Jin said to Sister Ma: "You don't know, Sister Wang sometimes jokes with a serious face, and others think it's true. I have been deceived by her several times."

Sister Ma said: "The older a person is, the better he becomes. People are old and smart, horses are cunning, and rabbits are hard to catch when they are old."

Are there really free things in this world?
I don't think so.

A lot of things look like they were given for nothing, but if you didn’t take them, you would know that they were not given for nothing after you took them, and you couldn’t pay the bill.

One day Lin Yan said to me: "Old Tan, Eldest Sister is not going to work there anymore."

In the last two days, I went to repair the freezer in the Rose Hotel and chatted with the elder sister for a while. At that time, the elder sister didn't say anything.

I asked Lin Yan: "You did a good job, why don't you stop doing it?"

Lin Yan said: "I heard the elder sister say that she does all kinds of work in the kitchen, and those people in the kitchen treat her badly, and they also say that she is not used to eating. She eats spicy food every day, and sometimes she eats some pickles."

I said, "They are all Sichuan chefs, and they promise to eat spicy food. She can't eat it."

Lin Yan said: "Those chefs are the same. They just think that they are delicious and don't care about others, let alone the eldest sister, even the waiter in front can't eat it."

I said: "I went there once in the last two days. I didn't go to the front. I repaired the freezer in the kitchen. I saw that the kitchen was left unattended. It was a mess and it turned yellow sooner or later."

Lin Yan said: "It would be great if it was Huang, then Huang Ping would take it, and the eldest sister could continue to work there."

I asked: "The eldest sister said she would not do it, but she didn't say whether she was looking for a job. Don't just stop doing it if she can't find a job outside. Where are you going to stay?"

Lin Yan said: "The eldest sister said that Zhan Ze has been contacted, so go to Zhan Ze's. The restaurant that Zhan Ze is working at now lacks a dishwashing staff."

I said "Oh" and asked, "Eldest sister didn't say where Zhan Ze is doing now?"

Lin Yan said: "I didn't say it, I just said it was on the northbound side."

I said: "You go to see the eldest sister again and tell the eldest sister that if you think the restaurant in Zhanze is good, you can go there, and if it is not good, you can work on it first. I will also contact her and find her a better hotel with good benefits. If she can work for a long time, she can't stand the toss, it's best to find a place for her to retire."

Sister Zhang is a nice person, but she is too weak. Once a woman is weak, she is easily bullied.Sister Zhang's marriage failed mainly because she was too weak. Her husband didn't dare to speak out even after he brought women from outside to live at home. This was because he was afraid of being bullied.

Weakness cannot be exchanged for a change of heart, it can only make the person who bullies you worse.

The best way to deal with someone who bullies you is to fight back with an eye. If you don’t hurt or be afraid of beating him, he won’t know his fault and won’t be afraid of you.

We don't bully others, but we can't be bullied by others either.

Although he is a part-time worker, he stands at attention and earns clean money.

Ever since the Rose Hotel was rented out, I haven't seen Zhan Ze, and I don't miss him, but I'm a little worried about the job he found for Sister Zhang. Zhan Ze is a person who makes people worry.

After the fried vegetables and pickles were served in the old shop opposite the barbecue shop, the workload on my side began to increase.

It's strange to say that the stir-fried vegetables here are not very good, but the stir-fried vegetables sold in the old shop are quite good, and it is almost becoming a stir-fry tavern.

The customers at the old shop ordered stir-fried dishes, and the waiter passed the menu, and I made it here, and when it was done, Miss Jin delivered it directly.In the beginning, Sister Jin was still busy, but when the sales of stir-fried vegetables in the old shop started to increase, she became a little bit too busy.She still has to pay for the food and deliver the food to the old shop, so she is too busy alone.Not only is she too busy, sometimes I am too busy here.Take pig's trotters and pig's ears as an example. In the past, there were forty of them every day, and they were sold short every day.Now it's seventy a day, and it's a bit strenuous to set up.If the pig's trotters and pig's ears are not cleaned up, they will be fine, and they will come here without any trouble.But it has to be tidied up, one by one. It is a laborious job. Sometimes there is not enough time. I even use up the noon break, so that I can finish what I can't do and sell it.

The old lady also saw that I was a bit overwhelmed, so she found another waiter and transferred Sister Jin to the kitchen to help me.Once Sister Jin came, I felt much more relaxed, and I could be busy with everything.

The Korean women are really capable.Sister Jin arrives early every day, and by the time I arrive, she has almost finished packing the pig's trotters.There were nearly seventy pig's trotters, all of which I baked and soaked in water the night before, and she just cleaned them up.Even tidying up seventy pig's trotters would take two hours, she is really capable.

She worked non-stop all morning. After cleaning up the pig's ears and trotters, she began to help me prepare the ingredients for cooking. When it was ready, it was time for the guests to order.The stir-fried vegetables at the barbecue restaurant are better. After the stir-fry is finished, they go directly to the food delivery port. After waiting for the stir-fried vegetables at the old shop, Sister Jin has to deliver them plate by plate.

The stir-fried dishes can’t wait, they have to be delivered right away. Sometimes I finish the second dish before she delivers the dishes, and when she comes back, I rush to send the second dish over.After a meal, I was sweating profusely like me.After the meal, she started cleaning up. At first I cleaned up with her, but later she didn't need me anymore, saying that I didn't clean up well, and she had to clean up again after I finished cleaning up, which was troublesome.So she cleaned up and I did other things.At night, it was the same as noon, like a war, and I was sweating profusely again.

After dinner, Sister Jin cleaned up and began to wash the work clothes. My work clothes were in her charge, and they were cleaned, much cleaner than mine.

I asked Sister Jin: "Is it more tiring to work in the kitchen than to pay in front?"

"It's more tiring than paying the dishes, but I still prefer to work in the kitchen." Sister Jin said: "I will go to the kitchen at the beginning. If my aunt can't find someone to pay the dishes, she will let me do it first."

I said: "You are so stupid, how easy it is to pay the food, and how tired the kitchen is."

Sister Jin said: "That's better than Fu Cai, where Fu Cai sometimes stands there when he bumps into a hooligan customer, chatting with you endlessly, and saying nasty things, you can't be impatient with the customer, Sometimes I want to scold people."

I said: "No way, who told you to be beautiful, if you look like Zhu Bajie, no one will tease you."

Sister Jin said angrily, "You are just like Zhu Bajie."

Knowing that I might leave at any time, I will teach Sister Jin pickles when I have nothing to do.

I called Sister Jin over when I was making old-age soup, and told her how to filter, how to heat, how to look at the color, how to boil the sugar color, and how to change the medicine pack every few days, what is in the medicine pack, all kinds of medicine What is the ratio, wait, take her a little bit, and soon she will be able to operate independently.

Sister Jin said to me: "Master Tan, you accept me as an apprentice, and I will be your apprentice."

I laughed and said, "How old am I? Besides, I'm not good at cooking. I'm not good at cooking. I'm still taking apprentices. I'm still learning now."

Sister Jin said: "You teach me pickles, if other masters don't teach this, unless they are their own apprentices."

I said: "It's nothing to keep secret. I won't teach you. If you want to learn from other masters, you can learn it. If you learn from other masters, you have to scold me for being conservative. It's better to teach you. You can also learn it from other masters." You can say hello to me, right?"

Sister Jin said: "Even if I don't teach, I can't scold. It's normal not to teach."

I said: "Hey, there is no secret about craftsmanship at all. Any chef can make pickles, but the taste is different. The ones I make are not the best. I am afraid of misleading your children when I teach you.

After that, when Sister Jin called me "Master Tan", the word "Tan" was missing from the three characters, so she just called me Master.

(End of this chapter)