The story of a cook

Chapter 269 Coming down from Crane Yuxuan
At the beginning of November, the business dropped to 5000 yuan. I am not in a hurry. 5000 yuan is already very good for a small shop of more than 200 square meters, and November is still the off-season. It will rise by the end of the month and will return to previous state.

I'm not in a hurry but someone is.

Boss Cao's wife came to me and said that the business has declined and needs to be improved.

"Sister-in-law, how do you change it?" I asked her.

"Our family has too few dishes. There are only [-] hot dishes, which are not as many as those in the snack department. Also, our house is a dumpling restaurant. You can see that our dumplings only have six kinds of fillings, which is too few. It’s better not to call it a dumpling restaurant, I think there must be at least ten kinds of dumplings, and when we opened, our family had ten kinds of stuffed dumplings, which was very good at that time.”

She said what was in her heart. She probably wanted to say it a long time ago, but she never had the chance to say it.

"I wasn't here when it opened, but I know that when our house opened, it only sold 5000 yuan a day. It's a good time. Sometimes it can't even sell 5000 yuan. It's not as good as it is now." I said Said, and at the same time put forward my opinion: "I do not recommend increasing the variety of dumplings, nor do I suggest increasing the number of dishes."

She said: "But our family's business is declining now. We can't change it. If this continues, our family will be finished."

I said: "Sister-in-law, let me ask, do you mean to increase the dishes and increase the variety of dumplings, or Brother Cao?"

Hearing me say that she was a little angry.

"What the hell, Tan Zi, it doesn't matter whose meaning it is, it means that I can't speak well!" Her voice was a little high.

"It's easy for you to talk." I also raised my voice: "But it's not easy to increase the variety of dishes and dumplings. I don't agree. Unless I don't work here, I don't care if you find someone else. If I'm here Absolutely not."

The conversation with Boss Cao's wife ended unhappy.

She didn't look for me for a week after that, and Boss Cao didn't come to the restaurant directly, and hid out.During this period, Zheng Jiaqi told me that Boss Cao’s wife might be looking for a chef to replace me. I said whatever, if I replaced me, I would go home to drink and have a good rest.

A week later, Boss Cao came, and when he came, he was about to leave work at night.

Seeing Boss Cao coming, I knew what was going on, and knew that I should be laid off.

Boss Cao and I came to the private room, and he said to me in a difficult way: "Tanzi, I don't even know how to tell you."

I laughed and understood his difficulties very well, he had to listen to his wife.

"Brother Cao, it's nothing. It's fate that we can cooperate, and it's friends if we can't. It's nothing."

"Actually, I too—" He cracked his mouth and said, "You know what I don't say, and I won't say anything else. I'll settle everyone's salary in a while, and it's yours."

Pass me a red envelope.

"I took 500 yuan for everyone and put it in it. After a while, you take everyone out to have a good meal, and I won't go. Take me to say thank you to everyone." He said.

"Okay, I promise to do it." I said.

I stood up and shook hands with Boss Cao.

I said, "That's it. If I have a chance, I'll come over and have a drink with my brother."

Boss Cao was a little lonely, he forced a smile on his face, and said, "Okay, come here when you have nothing to do, we are still buddies."

After coming out of the private room, I went downstairs and returned to the kitchen, told everyone to clean up, and then went to the front to collect my salary.

"Are we quitting?" Zhang Jun asked.

"Yes, quit." I said.

"Great, I'm just about to go home." He said a little excitedly.

"Just take a rest, I'm exhausted." Zhou Ming said.

"---"

Seeing that everyone has no complaints about being laid off, I feel better.

Everyone went out to collect their wages.

I stood in the empty kitchen feeling a little sick.

Looking at the familiar stove, the familiar freezer, and every familiar corner, my eye sockets gradually become a little moist——
This is the first kitchen I have taken over in a real sense. I dare not say it is a success, but I am worthy of my hard work.It took seven months to reach 2000 yuan from less than 500 yuan a day at the beginning. Many people didn’t believe it. Possibly, but I did.

Not only has it been done, but it has also achieved leadership in a certain field. Many chefs from big restaurants have come here to study, which makes me feel proud.

One last look at the kitchen, and then walked out, He Yuxuan no longer has any relationship with me.

When I came to the front hall, everyone had finished their salaries, changed their clothes and waited for me there.Only Xiao Zhao was not there. Zhou Ming said that Xiao Zhao went to find Boss Cao.Xiao Zhao saw that we had withdrawn and she wanted to withdraw no matter what she said, and she would not do it here anymore. Boss Cao didn't let her go. The little girl got impatient and said that she was fighting with Boss Cao upstairs.I wanted to go upstairs to see and persuade Xiao Zhao, but after thinking for a long time, I still didn't move, so I waved at my brothers coolly.

"Withdraw! Go drink!"

"Go drink!"

Everyone said to have a good meal and go to sing after eating, I said yes, let's be lively and lively today, relax and relax.

I found a restaurant, went in, ordered a table of dishes, and started drinking.

"Brother Tan, I'm not alive now. I plan to go home and come back later." Zhou Ming told me.

"Okay, it's okay to go back and have a look. Go back and see your parents, stay at home for two more days, and I will call you when I have something to live." I said.

Zhang Jun and Yang Zhijun also said that they were too tired after a long time, and they didn't want to find a job right away, so they went home and had a look.By the time Zhou Ming's brother-in-law Wang Dong was homesick, he went home with Zhou Ming.Meng Hongwei is also preparing to go home. After returning, he will not come out for the year before, and will come out after the year.Da Xuzi just quit and said he would continue to work as a security guard.

Don't worry about the second child, his parents have come to the provincial capital, rented a large yard in the suburbs to raise pigs, he plans to stay for a while, and go back to Xiao Wan's hometown with Xiao Wan, meet Xiao Wan's parents, Make the marriage directly, and then choose a date to get married.

This time working in He Yuxuan as the second child has gained the most, picking up a daughter-in-law.

Speaking of getting married, this time I have time to get married, so I have to discuss it with Lin Yan. If it doesn't work, I won't find a job and get married. This is a serious matter.

It took less than 10 minutes for everyone to drink, Xiao Zhao came here angrily, and it seemed that there was no agreement, and Boss Cao refused to let her go.

"Well, what did I say, I can't let you go." Zhang Jun said to Xiao Zhao, with a sense of superiority for being laid off.

"That's what you said, your mouth is like a crow's mouth, good or bad, if you say anything from your mouth, you can't be sure." Xiao Zhao complained to Zhang Jun angrily.

Zhang Jun giggled and said, "Can you blame me? Who calls you an old man, even older than Master Tan."

"Hmph! Then I'll go too. When the new chefs come, I'll let them find pastries by themselves." Xiao Zhao said, "I told Brother Cao, and I'll support him for a week. I'll leave if anyone is killed, and I won't do it even if I die."

Zhang Jun said, "That's right, stop doing it, we're all gone and you're left by yourself, and you don't know the new chef, so you don't have the energy to do it."

This kid is a bit suspected of fanning the flames.

Xiao Zhao said: "What am I doing when you're all gone? It's so interesting to work with you. You don't look busy all day, but you feel happy and not tired. What kind of chef will come again? It would be nice to have Master Tan ah."

Yang Zhijun said: "Look, if my third brother is not here, no matter who comes, it will be difficult to do it. This kitchen is designed by the third brother, and everything is made by the third brother. The new chef can't do it. If it’s not good, it will collapse.”

"If we don't work here, don't be angry. Why don't we work here for seven months, and the boss has no job, which is interesting." I said, "It's not bad to meet such a boss when you are working outside. Don't say goodbye. Yes, today we just drink, relax, and have fun."

I'm afraid that everyone will say something bad, so stop quickly.

Everyone is okay, there is no frustration of being laid off, on the contrary, they are very happy, as if celebrating.To be honest, everyone has been really exhausted in the past seven months, and it has been very hard work.

If the business is good, train people. Both Wang Dong and Meng Hongwei can go out to make cutting boards. Even Xu Zi is a slow learner. He is really not suitable for kitchen work, and he is good as a security guard.

People can’t just do what they say, sometimes they need understanding, and whether they like it, if they like what they do, they can do it with heart, if they don’t like it, they can’t do it even if they are forced to do it, it’s a waste of time and money. energy.

As the saying goes, men are afraid of entering the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. This saying is absolutely true.

Everyone was drinking and chatting, and the atmosphere was lively.

Zheng Jiaqi also came over after get off work. After she came, everyone was even happier and drank a lot of wine.

It was almost eleven o'clock when Zhang Jun yelled to sing, and everyone went out of the hotel to a nearby KTV.

This is the second time for me to enter the karaoke hall, and it seems a bit OUT.

They sang, and I sat there drinking, watching them sing and make noise was also enjoyable.Zhang Jun likes to be lively, but he is not flattered when he sings, his voice is like a broken gong, but fortunately he can entertain himself and enjoy it.Zhou Ming didn't sing, drank a bottle of beer and sat there drowsy. His brother-in-law Wang Dong sang beautifully, with a taste of grassland.Waiting for Yang Zhijun and the second child to drink there, sometimes they would sing a song, and they sang so-so.Xiao Zhao's singing is not bad, but the best rap singer is Zheng Jiaqi, who is worthy of being the front desk manager. She sings well and tastes well. She sang three songs in a row, and everyone applauded continuously.

After Zheng Jiaqi finished singing, she sat down in front of me and asked, "Brother Tan, why don't you sing?"

"I can't, singing is not good." I said.

"Practice is enough. You don't sing all the time. No one sings well. It's all about practice." She said.

"I can't. I'm born with tone deafness, and I can't do it even if I practice. I might as well drink some wine when I have that time."

"You know how to drink." She said with a smile: "You look so pitiful, I will drink with you."

Had a beer with her.

The beer in the karaoke hall is all in small bottles, and the alcohol content is still low, so it is not a problem to dry one or two bottles.

"Brother Tan, you are a very nice person, and I have nothing to do with you." She said sincerely.

"There is no place to go on later, and there is no time. You have my phone number, and I have your phone number. I will contact you later."

She said: "I also asked them to quit. It's better not to do it if it's boring, especially if you leave, I don't want to do it anymore."

I said, "You can't just leave, I'm leaving, no matter what you say, you have to insist on it for a while, so that you can get over it."

"They don't need me." She said, "You're no better than me. You can change as you please. I don't care. The proprietress is amazing, so I'm going to manage it myself."

I smiled and said, "That's fine too, saving wages."

She said, "I'll go to work for two more days and then I'll come down, and then I'll find you for a drink."

I said, "Okay, I'll have a drink with you then."

She said: "I'm serious, don't call you when the time comes, and if you say you have something to ignore me, then I won't know you."

"No, I can't do this or that, and I guarantee a warm welcome." I looked at her and said, "Besides, who can resist the temptation of a beautiful woman, right?"

"That's all right, I'll call you when the time comes to seduce you and see if you can hold it back." She said.

"Welcome to the challenge."

It was past one o'clock in the middle of the night when we came out of the karaoke hall, everyone went back to the dormitory, and started to go home the next day to have a look.

I sent Zheng Jiaqi home, and it was already two o'clock when I got home.

Lin Yan was awakened by me, and asked me why I came back this night with sleepy eyes. I said I was laid off and had a drink with everyone.

She turned over and fell asleep again.

(End of this chapter)