The story of a cook

Chapter 151
Life always goes on with a smile.

Many rural children of my age are taking the part-time job. This is a way out for us.

The second day after returning to the provincial capital, Lin Yan went back to her mother's house, and I went to work.

In the kitchen, both Master and Zhang Hao were there.

Kneel down and kowtow to Master, and say, "Master, Happy Chinese New Year!"

Master helped me up and said, "Okay, you have a happy Chinese New Year too." Then he said, "Why don't you kowtow, I won't practice this anymore."

I said: "Is that okay? You are my master, just like my father. I should kowtow to you during the Chinese New Year."

The master was a little excited and said, "Hey, there are a few young people who pay attention to this now. My son didn't kowtow to me during the Chinese New Year, and I didn't expect my disciples to kowtow."

Zhang Hao said: "Tan Zi, I just wished Master a new year without kowtowing. I am too careless about you."

I said, "Then you kowtow again during the Chinese New Year. It's not a shame to kowtow to Master."

It is not a shame to kneel and kowtow to our master during the Chinese New Year. Without a master, we would not have craftsmanship. Without craftsmanship, how can we earn money to support our family?There is no controversy about kowtowing to a mentor who taught me crafts and life, and it should be taken for granted.

Seeing that I was back, the master said to Zhang Hao: "Zhang Hao, Tan Zi is back, you can rest tomorrow."

Zhang Hao said: "I'm not in a hurry, Master, if you have something to do, you should rest first."

The master said: "I have nothing to do. Didn't you say that you want to rest and go to your sister's house? You can rest tomorrow."

Zhang Hao said: "Then I will take a break tomorrow."

I asked Master, "Master, are you busy these days during Chinese New Year?"

Master said: "Not busy, not busier than usual, and there are not many dishes a day."

I asked: "It should be busy during Chinese New Year, why not?"

Master shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on, I'm not busy."

I went to the Cantonese restaurant to have a look, but there were not many people there.Master A Fu went home for the New Year, and he heard from the master that he would not come back.Ah Fa hasn't returned home yet, and Ah Hua is left on the stove.The roast meat brine is okay, everyone is there, and there is nothing wrong, they all gather together to chat.

Greeted one by one with the Cantonese people, wished each other New Year's greetings, and then came back.

Zhang Hao asked: "Tanzi, didn't you bring anything delicious when you came back?"

I said: "Bring it, I'm at home, go to my house to eat after get off work, and drink some by the way."

Zhang Hao said: "No, I have to go back early today, my daughter-in-law will come back today."

I asked, "Sister-in-law has returned to her mother's house?"

Zhang Hao said, "Yes, I went there in the second day of junior high school, and I'm coming back today."

I asked, "If you're not busy these days, do you leave work normally?"

Zhang Hao said, "No, when there is no food at seven o'clock, everyone will be off work."

At this time, the master said: "I haven't seen Mr. Du in the past two days. I don't know what I'm busy with. What if I see him and study with him?"

I said, "I guess he doesn't know either, let's see first."

Zhang Hao said: "As long as we can raise capital normally, we can do it wherever we are."

After coming to the club for two months, the first month’s salary is normal, and the second month has not come yet, so I can’t tell what it’s like, but it’s not normal for such a big club to have no business for a day.Those who can come to the club to spend are not ordinary people, ordinary small bosses can't afford to spend here.Those who came were either big bosses or officials, and they were all dignitaries.

The Chinese New Year should be the peak of consumption, but not many people spend, which is a bit abnormal.

Whether it is abnormal or not is not something we study, we just cook the dishes well.

We can only stay when no one is eating, and we can't go to the street to attract customers.

At that time, I also heard some rumors that something happened to the big boss of the group, and many people were involved. Some government officials and VIPs who used to come to consume were afraid to come, fearing unnecessary troubles.

Zhang Hao left in the afternoon, and Master and I were left.

When I was resting in the dormitory, I received a call. I checked that the number was from Taishan Road. I really didn’t want to go out and answer the phone. I had to walk a long way to get a phone booth. It’s okay if the caller is waiting there. If not Then waiting is a waste of time.But I thought it would be bad if I didn't come back during the Chinese New Year, so I left the dormitory, walked for 5 minutes to the outside of the club, found a shared phone booth and went back.

It was Sister Ma who called, and I said, "Sister Ma, who do you think, happy Chinese New Year!"

Sister Ma said, "Happy Chinese New Year! I thought you didn't come back."

I said, "I came back yesterday, and I just went to work today."

Sister Ma said, "Go to work when you come back."

I said, "We don't have a holiday here, so it would be nice to go home for the New Year."

Sister Ma asked, "Then what time do you get off work today?"

I said: "It must be seven o'clock, why, something happened."

Sister Ma said: "Your sister Jin is also back, come to my house for dinner tonight."

I said, "I won't go, I'm tired in my hometown these days and want to sleep."

Sister Ma said, "Come here, don't drink."

I just laughed and said, "How can I not drink? Let's drink a lot."

Sister Ma said, "Look, I really don't drink."

I said, "I'm not going there either, your words are not credible."

Sister Ma said: "Look at you, isn't this the first meal this year, come here, we won't have time when we go to work."

I said: "You two drink slowly at home, I won't go."

Sister Ma got angry and said loudly: "Tell you Master Tan, if you don't come, I will go to the gate of your club with Jin Zi to block you at seven o'clock, and I may not say anything at that time."

I thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll go."

Maybe the Korean people are so enthusiastic.

Standing at the phone booth and thinking for a while, I called a few friends in the provincial capital one by one to celebrate the New Year. After all, I came back, so I had to make the phone call.

Master Chen didn’t have a holiday for Chinese New Year, and the restaurant was very busy. He was still cooking when he called. He said that this year their restaurant had a lot of reservations, and they were busy from the first day of the new year to the eighth day.

The fourth child is at home on vacation, and he goes to work on the sixth day, and the second child has gone back to his hometown for the New Year, and it is estimated that he will come back on the eighth day.

The boss didn't call back, so he probably went to Xiao Liu's house.Now that the boss has a son, he has to work hard to make money.

Sister Zhao is at home, and today she has guests at home, saying that she and Li Na will go to Guangzhou tomorrow, first to go out for fun, and second, to buy some goods by the way, and they will come back after fifteen.It seems that she and Li Na's clothing business is doing well, getting better and better.I am really happy for Sister Zhao, she has been completely reborn and has returned to her own life.

In fact, people should be like this. You must live and understand. Only by living and understanding can you find your true self and life will be wonderful.

Everyone wants their life to be wonderful, and all the wonderful things are created with their hands.

People have to work hard to live, and hard work will pay off.

In the evening, I walked with Master after get off work. Sister Ma’s house lived in the same community as Master’s, so I happened to be on the way.

On the way, the master said, "Tanzi, wherever you work, you are very popular, so that's right."

I said, "It's just a fool, Master, you know that I work hard, I don't hide it, and I don't get sick with anyone."

The master said: "That's the best. If you are stupid, no one will talk to you."

I said, "Well, yes."

The master said: "Wherever we work, we are all craftsmen. It is one thing to cook well, but the main thing is to pass the test of character. If you don't have good character, you can't do it anywhere, even if you cook well. Your master often said, As chefs, we should never leave the three-foot stove, that is our foundation, we must be down-to-earth wherever we go, and be a good person.”

I said: "Yes."

The master said: "Nowadays some chefs don't pay attention to it, and they will do anything to make money. If in the past we cooks were low-class, we would be with thieves, hooligans, Che Huozi, and teachers, so don't look down on low-class cooks." , the low-ranking people are the most particular, the most loyal. So, to be a cook is three points of cooking skills and seven points of cooking ethics, "It is difficult to cook hundreds of dishes without skills, and it is difficult to cook Yijia without virtue." Then asked Me: "Do you know what the "Yi family" is?"

I said, "Is it referring to our chef's grandfather, Yi Yin?"

The master said, "Yes, that is to say, Yi Yin, the chef's patriarch, you know quite a lot."

I said, "It's nothing to read."

The master said: "It is useful to read more books for nothing, but don't read those messy books. They are all bad manuals. They are useless after reading them. If you don't read them well, you will learn badly."

I said, "Well, don't watch."

Master said: "Learning to cook is also learning to be a human being. For us cooks, we are also learning to cook. Cooking is the same as being a human being. Sometimes being a human being is more difficult than cooking. I don’t think we cook in Northeast China now. If you can’t earn a high salary, it’s because you have something wrong with your life, if you can’t cook well, you can’t cook well, and your salary will naturally not go up.”

I said, "That's right, there are too many gangs."

The master said: "I will die in this life, and I don't plan to worry about it. It depends on your generation how Northeast cuisine develops."

I said, "Master, now is the time for you to be powerful."

The master said: "It's amazing. I don't like them forming cliques, so I didn't get involved with them in advance. I can do it now. I have pensions with your teacher and wife, and I don't have any burdens. I'm starting to retire."

When I was talking, I came to the master's residential area, and the master said: "I won't chat with you anymore, I will chat with you when I have time, drink less alcohol, and start drinking every day when you are old."

I said, "Well, don't drink too much."

Master said: "Alcohol is not a good thing. If you can't drink it, don't drink it. It's a mistake."

I said: "Got it."

Master went straight home, and I went to sister Ma's house.

(End of this chapter)