The story of a cook

Chapter 296

There are a lot of people eating hot pot on snowy days, and it is hard to find a private room to sit down and start ordering.

Zhang Li said: "Old Tan, I found you so bright for the first time."

I said, "Really? Who told me it's difficult, let's live a tight life."

Zhang Li curled her lips: "Just say it's difficult before I say it, don't worry, no one will borrow money from you."

"I can borrow money, but I have tight money for food." I said.

"What's the matter, do you know how to live after getting married?" Zhang Li asked.

"Almost, I know how to live."

Zheng Jiaqi said: "Master Tan, your daughter-in-law should be off work now, call your daughter-in-law over to eat together, just to see what your daughter-in-law looks like."

"She seldom participates in such occasions. She doesn't want to come, so she likes to eat at home." I said.

The second child said: "Well, the third daughter-in-law is like that, sometimes she doesn't participate when we drink together."

Speaking of Lin Yan, I really should give her a call. It's snowing outside and the road is slippery. If it doesn't work, don't ask her to ride a bicycle home and take the bus back.

I called Lin Yan.

Lin Yan answered and asked, "What are you calling?"

I asked, "Are you home yet?"

"No, there are a few documents that need to be copied out today, and I will go back later, are you off work?"

"Well, I'm off work, let's have a hot pot with the second child, and you will come over after get off work later."

I extended an invitation to Lin Yan.

"I don't know when it will be, don't go, I don't eat mutton, you don't know."

Lin Yan said that she seemed to be busy, and then asked me: "Is there anything else? Hang up, I'm busy."

"It's okay, you are busy."

The guy over there simply hung up the phone without saying goodbye.

The second child asked, "Why don't you come?"

I said, "Come on, she has a lot of work today, and she hasn't gotten off work yet."

Zheng Jiaqi said, "Then come over after get off work."

I smiled and said, "She doesn't come here, she doesn't eat mutton, let's eat ours."

The meat rolls and green vegetables are served, the wine is full, and the hot pot starts to drink.

Thinking about it now, drinking together was regarded as entertainment at that time, and there was nothing left, no karaoke, bathing, massage parlor, and girls, just drinking some wine.It seems like this is the case for catering. Every day after get off work, I find a few good people to get together to drink, chat, talk about the mountains, and nothing else.

Everyone drank liquor, and Zheng Jiaqi drank beer.

One thing I have to admit is that it is very easy for women to communicate.Zhang Li, Zheng Jiaqi, and Li Shuang just met today, and they have only been together for half a day. Now they look like old friends who have known each other for a long time. They are very affectionate, like sisters.Waiting for a man to meet him on the first day would not be able to reach this level.

I said: "From now on, the three of you will work together. It looks like the three of you are sisters. Let's have a drink with you."

"Of course, the three of us are sisters." Zhang Li said.

I said, "It's fine if it's the sisters, I'll drink first."

After speaking, they took a big sip, Zhang Li and Li Shuang took a big sip, and Zheng Jiaqi drank the beer.

Putting down her wine glass, Zhang Li asked, "Old Tan, do you think Mr. Yu and the others will be able to come back when our villa opens?"

I said: "It's hard to say, but the headquarters is guaranteed to have people coming when it opens."

"I think the cooperation between them is a bit ambiguous. If it's like this now, what will happen in the future?" Zhang Li said.

"This is not something we worry about. It's always the same. The restaurant should be opened or opened, and the villa should be franchised or not. They are all doing their own business. If they can cooperate, they will cooperate. If they can't cooperate, they will not cooperate. It's just that Let's see if the business is good or bad." I said.

Zheng Jiaqi said: "I think the opening of our villa is guaranteed to be popular. Liu Laohan's TV series are so popular. Even for the TV series, people have to come to eat."

"Most people in Santaizi now know about our family, and they are all waiting for our family to open and come to listen to Erren Zhuan."

Li Shuang, who had been silent all this time, said.

"Yes, you don't know the third one, there are quite a few chefs who are determined to come to work at our house, and they all know that Laohan Villa is a chain store, so they all want to come." The second child said.

"The main reason is that Laohan Villa is a good name and down-to-earth." Zhang Li said: "Our family's fight for opening was an instant success."

I said: "Of course we hope that the villa will become popular, but TV dramas are TV dramas, and villas are villas. They are two different things. Watching TV dramas is free, but eating at the villa costs money. You can eat anywhere, and you don't necessarily have to get your villa. Come, unless you do very well and are special than others."

Li Shuang said: "I think our villa is quite big. In Santaizi, apart from the Heshan Hotel, our family is big. The grade is also good. If you want private rooms, you can have private rooms, if you want the hall, you can have a hall, and you can also arrange wedding banquets." , the business shouldn’t go wrong.”

"Our house is incomparable with Heshan Restaurant. It is an old restaurant, and its grade is much higher than ours. Heshan Restaurant is famous not only in Santaizi, but also in the entire provincial capital. Our restaurant is bigger. , plus the name is very attractive, and there is no other competitiveness." I said: "And the size of the store is not necessarily a good thing. If the store is big, I will screen the customers for myself. When ordinary people see such a big store, they will feel that it is not a good thing. How much does it cost to have a meal here? You don’t dare to come in when you see it. Ordinary people can’t come in. Only a small number of people can come in. It’s impossible to come to eat every day. In Santaizi like ours There are at least three stores, not counting Heshan, those three are old stores with their own fixed source of customers, and our opening is just to steal food from others, and it is not easy to manage."

I'm not that optimistic. I feel a lot of pressure as the opening approaches, and I haven't slept well these days.

The second child said: "Yes, the colorful hotel closest to our house has been open for many years, and its area is not smaller than ours. His business has always been very good. There are wedding banquets on Saturdays and Sundays, sometimes two a day. Wedding banquets, plus his house is his own house, and the food is big, the general competition can't compete with his house."

"Yes, Qicai's business is good. My friend held it at his house when he got married. The dishes are too big to eat at all," Li Shuang said.

"It's said that Qicai's family has a lot of food, let's have a meal one day and see what it's like." Zhang Li said.

"You really should visit his house. In Wanfangmen, his house and the two are the largest stores. They are both on the same level. They are absolute competitors." I said, "Let me talk to Mr. Wang, go to him." Let's take a look at home."

Li Shuang said: "Tomorrow I will tell her that we will go tomorrow."

I said, "Okay, I'll go and have a look tomorrow, and I'll adjust the menu after seeing his house."

Zhang Li said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with it. With you, Lao Tan, we have confidence."

"Don't dare to say that. We are opening up a wasteland shop, and we are still building a villa. We had no experience at all before. Now the relationship between Mr. Wang and the headquarters is still very tense. The headquarters didn't give us any model. We have to fix everything by ourselves. It’s so easy.” I said, “Don’t worry about the opening, the newly opened store will be popular for a month even if everyone comes to try something new, the most difficult thing is how to adjust it after one month, the time for us to adjust is the time of opening. In a month's time, we must do a good job and adjust it well, otherwise it will be a fee."

After I finished speaking, I looked at everyone, but no one spoke.

After a while, the second child said: "Don't worry about talking, come, have a drink."

"That's right, we're here for a drink. We'll talk about work matters when we get to work. Come, drink." Zhang Li said.

"Drinking doesn't talk about work, come, drink." I said.

Everyone started drinking.

There are five of us, my second child and I are sitting next to each other, Zhang Li is on my left, Li Shuang is on Zhang Li’s left, Zheng Jiaqi is on Li Shuang’s left, and my second child is on Zheng Jiaqi’s left.

Zhang Li said: "Old Tan, we have been drinking for a long time, and this is the first time we are sitting next to you."

I said, "Really? I don't remember."

"If you can still remember me, you will remember your wife."

I smile.

Zheng Jiaqi said, "Then you two should drink one."

The second child said: "They always drink, and no one at this table can drink them."

"Who said that, I think Sister Zheng has a lot of alcohol."

"I can't. I can't drink liquor. Beer is okay. Li Shuang can drink it. She drinks a lot." Zheng Jiaqi said.

Li Shuang said: "I can't even count the amount of alcohol I have, but I love to drink, and I am daring to drink."

"Well, I'm very happy today." I said, "If you want to drink, you need to have some atmosphere. I'll play a round first. It's agreed, a half glass of liquor and a bottle of beer, okay?"

"I agree." Zhang Li raised her hand first.

"Then I have to drink too much." Zheng Jiaqi was a little worried about herself.

Li Shuang said to Zheng Jiaqi: "It's okay, if you drink too much, go live at my house, I also have a companion."

"Third brother, you are talking nonsense. You must drink too much at that time." The second child said, "One-third of the white wine and half a bottle of beer."

"That's okay, let's start with me." I said.

Picking up the wine glass, first Zhang Li drank a third of the glass with her.

Then came Li Shuang, Li Shuang said: "Master Tan, we will work together in the future, you should take care of us."

I said, "You're welcome, let's take care of each other."

After drinking with Li Shuang, Zheng Jiaqi followed. Zheng Jiaqi said, "Master Tan, we are really destined to meet each other here."

"That's not it, fate, I'll do it for fate." After finishing speaking, I drank the wine in the glass.

"It's very proud to say, it's one-third of what you've done, cut!" Zhang Li said.

I said, "What's wrong? Don't agree? Why don't you agree? Why are you here alone, as if I'm afraid of you?"

Zhang Li curled her lips and said, "You are still missing someone. Tell me after drinking, I'm afraid of you!"

I laughed and took a sip with my second child.

After I finished the round, it was Zhang Li's next.

Zhang Li, Li Shuang, Zheng Jiaqi, and the second child finished drinking, and finally came to me.

She filled up the wine and looked at me with a smile.

"Come on, Old Tan, it's your turn, what do you want to drink?"

"Why drink it, drink it normally."

"Who will drink with you when you drink normally? Aren't you yelling at me?"

"Stop clamoring, I will serve you." I said.

"That won't work. You have to pay a price for yelling at me. Now I'm taking my turn. If you don't want to have a drink with me, if you don't, you can drink normally, and then let me kiss you."

This woman, you can't ask her to drink. She dares to say anything when she is drinking. I am convinced.

In the future, if there is her in the drinking, I promise to hide far away.

As soon as Zhang Li finished speaking, Li Shuang started booing: "Oh! Oh! Hurry up, this is interesting!"

"Then I accept the punishment, can I have a drink?" I whispered to Zhang Li.

"no!"

Zhang Li and Li Shuang said at the same time.

Zheng Jiaqi sat there looking at us and smiling, a little gloating.

"Hurry up, it's so hard for a big man to drink a glass of wine."

With backing, Zhang Li began to regain her spirits.

I said, "You are too difficult to be human."

"Is it embarrassing?" Zhang Li asked, "I'm a big beauty, and others want me to drink it, but why don't you still take it?"

"That's right, our family Zhang Li is so beautiful." Li Shuang said, "Look at your Master Tan, you're still embarrassed, so why not be embarrassed, if I drink it right away, then hug the beauty and kiss."

"Master Tan, if you don't drink, you will look down on our front desk, and the rest of the wine can't be carried out. Li Shuang and I are still waiting."

Zheng Jiaqi also started to fan the flames.

"If you don't drink Li Shuang, I won't let you go."

There was no other way, so he said to Zhang Li: "Then let's have a cup of wine."

Zhang Li looked as if her scheme had succeeded.

"Okay, come on."

He and Zhang Li crossed their arms and took a sip before putting down the glass.

She said: "Hehe, Old Tan, finish the first step and drink the cup of wine. After drinking the cup of wine, the rest is not far from the bridal chamber. I will take you down sooner or later."

To be honest, looking at her gave me a shock.

(End of this chapter)