The story of a cook

Chapter 173 Prepare in advance
Zhang Li was standing at the entrance of the shopping mall, holding a sun hat in her hand. Seeing me coming, she walked up to me, showed me the sun hat in her hand, and asked me, "How is it? Does it look good?"

I said, "It's just summer and it's not hot yet, you bought it a little early."

"It's sold at a small stall, and it's cheap." After speaking, he put the hat on my head, looked at it, and said, "It's quite suitable."

I asked, "Bought it for me?"

She said: "Well, if you wear it properly, I will give it to you."

I said, "Why don't you buy it if you don't wear it, I'm not used to wearing a hat."

She went up to take off the hat, and said angrily, "I don't want to wear it down, so take it home to my sister."

After speaking, I turned around and left. I followed behind. I wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, I decided not to say it. It’s not good to talk too much. Try to talk as little as possible to reduce unnecessary troubles.

I have rented a house with Lin Yan for a year, and I already have the concept of family in my heart, and I feel somewhat uncomfortable with women other than Lin Yan, and I always feel sneaky and sorry for Lin Yan.I know that I won't have anything to do with other women, let alone have anything to do with other women, but I always feel bad in my heart, and I shouldn't be alone with other women like this.

It's a different matter if they are sitting and drinking together. I don't distinguish between men and women at the wine table, as long as I can drink with them.

The habit of drinking is really hard to quit. Even the doctor gave a warning to stop drinking, but I still drink it secretly. I feel that my family does not know about it. In fact, my wife has known it for a long time, but I just don’t say it. .

The son always said to his wife: "Mom, my dad drinks secretly, and I know where he hides the wine."

The wife said: "Well, don't tell your dad, your dad can drink something, and you pretend you don't know."

I remember that if I didn’t come home after get off work, my wife would call me to ask what I was doing. When I said I was drinking, my wife would not ask who I was drinking with, and just ignored it.I asked my wife what if I drink with a woman?My wife said whatever, just you, it's not that I look down on you, other men and women have some purpose in drinking, you have one purpose - as long as someone is with you.Very discouraged, tell my wife that I am not afraid that something will happen to me and the woman?My wife said that it would have happened earlier, and I can't wait until now.

It seems that you can't live with a woman for too long. After too long, she will see you through. You feel a little transparent in front of her, but you can't leave. If you leave, you will feel like a paraplegic. I can't even take care of myself.Maybe this is the couple.

At the traffic post, you can see the Rose Hotel diagonally opposite. The lobby inside is lit up. It seems that there are not many tables of guests, and the business is not good.

Zhang Li stopped, looked back at me, and said pitifully, "I'm hungry, let's have some food."

I laughed, it was already nine o'clock, I should be hungry, so I said: "I can't eat here if I'm hungry, I have to go back to eat."

She asked, "Are you going back to the hotel?"

I said: "Go back to what restaurant, what time is it, let's go back, let's go eat skewers."

She said: "This place also has skewers, why don't you go back to eat, aren't you hungry? Besides, you carried me here just now, aren't you tired?"

I said: "Tired is not tired, and you are not heavy. You have to drink when you eat skewers. You don't know when you drink. It's better to go back and eat. It's okay to drink too much. You will be home in a few steps, and you can drink more." point."

She thought for a while and said, "Yes, it's convenient to eat at the door."

So he carried her back.

When I passed by Liyang Hotel, I wanted to stop and go in to have a look at the big lady who washes the dishes, Zhang Li. I introduced her to come here to do the dishes. After thinking about it, I still didn’t stop. The big sister thought more when she saw Zhang Li and me together. It's not necessarily what to say to Lin Yan, it's better to avoid unnecessary troubles.

Zhang Li asked me: "How did you look in the store?"

I said, "It's not very good. A lot of old people have left, and there are still a few left in the kitchen, a mess."

She said: "I'm right, don't believe me yet."

I said, "It's not as serious as you said, and their business is okay."

She said: "His business is an old store in this street, and this street is already lively, with a lot of traffic and people, and every family's business is good."

I didn't speak, thinking about the current situation of Yangchun Kitchen in my mind.

Zhang Li said: "Master Tan, you may not know that no matter how big or small a restaurant is, the position of the chef is very important. Many restaurants are killed because of changing chefs back and forth."

I said: "It is impossible for a restaurant not to change chefs, they have to change, and it is impossible for a chef to work in a restaurant for a lifetime."

She said: "It is impossible to work for a lifetime, but there is no way to quit after two or three months."

I knew she was talking about me, so I didn't answer.

After a while, we went uphill to Beiling, got out of the car and pushed the car forward.Beiling is a royal cemetery, and there are many ancient trees in it. In summer, it is a natural oxygen bar.As soon as you cross the moat and start to go uphill, you will immediately feel a chill on your body, and the temperature will drop by at least one degree.

Zhang Li said: "As soon as I get here, it starts to cool down."

I said: "Do you know, this is Huang Taiji showing his power, tell the people who come to his sleeping place to be quiet and stop making noise."

Zhang Li just laughed and said: "What's wrong, the emperor doesn't let people talk."

I said: "He is called the nine-five-year-old, the king of heaven and earth, how can anyone disturb the place where he sleeps."

Zhang Li said: "You know a lot. If you know so much, tell me, how do I know where your home is?"

I said, "I really don't know about this."

I haven’t told her where I live, nor have I told sisters Li and Zhang in the store. She really doesn’t know where I live. She doesn’t tell me and I don’t ask. Nothing.

I went up the slope and continued to ride. This time Zhang Li naturally hugged my waist and leaned on my back, and I felt ambiguous again.This feeling is hard to say, a little bit of resistance, but also a little bit of enjoyment.

Back in Santaizi, I went to Laoba in the big market to eat skewers, drank a bottle of white wine with Zhang Li, and then sent her home, and I went straight home and went to bed.

It is not a good thing to have as little contact with women other than Lin Yan, especially alone.

After tidying up in the evening, I started to open the menu. It’s time to buy vegetables the next day. I always opened the menu. I thought that if I didn’t work here one day, someone would be able to open the menu, so I called Sister Li: “Sister Li, today is a little Tired, you open the menu."

Sister Li said, "I can't read well, and I can't write well either."

I said: "It's okay, there is nothing wrong with writing, as long as you can read it clearly, you can open it, and give it to me after opening."

Sister Li hesitated, and I turned around and went out to smoke.

I have to train her to open the menu by herself and complete the work independently, and she can't always rely on me, otherwise, when I leave, the kitchen will be in a situation like Yangchun.

After 10 minutes, I went into the kitchen. Sister Li gave me the menu, and I saw that 60.00% of it was qualified.She opened all the raw materials she needed tomorrow, and nothing was left behind. The coriander and cucumber for Sister Zhang's cold noodles were not opened, and the piece of smoked flavor by Old Meng was uneven.

I checked the menu, and Sister Li was standing beside me. I asked Sister Zhang, "Sister Zhang, do you have enough cucumber and parsley for tomorrow?"

Sister Zhang said: "It's not enough, you can open some."

I asked: "How much? Report the number."

Sister Zhang said, "Two catties will do for the same."

I asked Sister Li: "Sister Li, are you short of cucumber and coriander? Is it enough?"

Sister Li said: "I don't have enough. I have opened them all, and the same is two catties."

I handed the menu to Sister Li and said, "I still have to trouble you. You don't have to do anything to do anything. If you start writing, add two catties to the same."

Sister Li laughed, and added another two catties.

After Sister Li finished adding, I asked Brother Meng: "Brother, is there anything you need tomorrow?"

Old Brother Meng was taken aback, and said, "Aren't you driving it? I really don't know what's missing."

I smiled and said: "Brother, you will work harder on the smoked flavor in the future, and take full responsibility. I know you will be able to fix it. Let's see, what is missing tomorrow?"

Old Brother Meng smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I'll take a look." Then he said to Sister Li: "Little Lizi, help me think about it too."

After a while, Brother Meng and Sister Li finished opening the things they needed for tomorrow. I stood in front of the vegetable shelf and checked the vegetables and said to Sister Li, "Sister Li, I told you to remember."

Sister Li said, "Okay, Master Tan, tell me."

I said, "Ten catties of green onions, five catties of ginger, and ten catties of peeled garlic."

Sister Li said: "Master Tan, please slow down, I write slowly."

After waiting for Sister Li for a while, I saw that she had finished memorizing, and then said: "A carton of eggs, a bag of cornstarch, and a bucket of soybean oil——"

Then I added a few missing seasonings, and then checked it again, this time it was fully opened.

Said to Sister Li: "Whoever said that your handwriting is not good-looking, isn't that very good, but you just don't write."

Sister Li smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "It's been a long time since I took a pen."

I said: "It's enough to practice hard. I will continue to practice tomorrow. I am optimistic about you."

Sister Li smiled.

I said, "It's all over, you can just give it to the proprietress."

Sister Li was also very happy, and brought the menu to the proprietress.

At this time, old brother Meng asked me: "Master Tan, how many trotters are there today?"

Every day I say how many pig's trotters, chicken heads, and chicken feet, the elder brother will say as much.

I asked, "Brother, what day is tomorrow?"

Old Brother Meng said, "Wednesday."

I said, "So soon, it's already Wednesday."

Old Brother Meng said: "That's not too fast, it's going fast."

I smiled at Brother Meng and said, "Brother, tell me how many pig's trotters our family can sell tomorrow, and estimate it."

Old Brother Meng thought for a while and said, "If you want to sell so fast in the past two days, you will have to sell fifteen tomorrow."

I said, "Okay, then let's make fifteen."

Brother Meng then asked, "What about the chicken head and feet?"

I asked, "How much are you selling today?"

Brother Meng said: "The thirty chicken heads and forty chicken feet we smoked are all sold."

I said: "It's all sold, brother, what do you think tomorrow, can you sell today's?"

Brother Meng said: "It can be sold, but there is not enough to sell today."

I said, "Brother, you can decide, just don't sell enough for tomorrow."

Old Brother Meng said: "That's the same, add ten more, I think it's about the same."

I said, "Okay, it's okay, just add ten more."

Brother Meng went to add pig's trotters to the old soup bucket.

These tasks in the kitchen, such as opening the menu, how many pig’s feet, how many chicken heads, and chicken feet, can be done independently by Sister Li and Brother Meng. It’s just that I have been doing these tasks, and they haven’t done them. .Now let them take over the work slowly, and they won't mess up when I leave.

(End of this chapter)