The story of a cook

Chapter 362
Du Dapeng has a bad habit, like gambling.

Every afternoon when the game is over, others will find a place to sleep. He doesn't sleep, so he goes to the mahjong club to play mahjong.When the regular kitchen meeting was held at four o'clock, he would be late eight out of ten days.

The former head chef didn't care about him at all, as if he didn't exist.After I became the head chef, I didn't care much about him. It was useless to care about him. First, I couldn't fire him, and second, I made myself angry.

Being late is a small problem. You will be fined five yuan for being late once, and you will be canceled the full attendance bonus of 100 yuan for the month if you are late three times.However, Du Dapeng was not late to deduct the payment when the salary was reviewed every month, and the full attendance bonus was still given.I asked the accountant, and the accountant said that it was decided by the chairman and gave special consideration to Du Dapeng.Since the chairman is taking care of everything, we can't say anything.

The employees also know what's going on, and they don't care about it after a long time, so they just pretend it's nothing - who knows that they have a background.

When the regular meeting was held at four o'clock, Du Dapeng was late as usual, and no one cared about him.After the regular meeting, all employees started to prepare. Two cutting boards were on vacation, and I was helping on the cutting boards.

The boss of the cutting board said to me: "Chef Tan, let's start preparing the elbows for the Chinese New Year now, or we won't be able to prepare them in two days."

I said, "Let's start preparing, has the cold storage been cleared?"

"The cold storage has been cleaned up, and the electricity was turned on for refrigeration yesterday."

"Well, then start preparing from tomorrow, three hundred first." I said.

"Okay." The boss of the chopping board said, "Chef Tan, I think you have a really good temper."

"What's the matter?" I asked, knowing that he was referring to Du Dapeng being late.

"Du Dapeng always doesn't hold regular meetings and you don't have to be impatient. If I were already impatient." He said.

I laughed and said nothing.

He said: "There are quite a few black sheep like this in Linjiangxuan, and they are all relatives of the boss. If this goes on, it will get dirty sooner or later."

"Aren't you and Dapeng also together?" I asked.

"Together, they are all from the same village, but I don't have a good impression of him, don't think he led me out." He said: "You don't know Tan Chu, when I first came here, I paid for it every month. I have to give him 100 yuan, or I will send him back and I will not be used. When I first came out, I was young and didn’t understand anything. People say what is what, and I will give 100 yuan if I ask for 100 yuan. Odd jobs cost only 240 yuan a month."

"Then he's a bit dark," I said, getting angry at the news.

"Not only me, but anyone from our village who works in Linjiangxuan will give him money." He said.

I asked, "Can I pay it back now?"

"Give it back?" He sneered, and then said, "It's been a long time since I gave it back, I'm used to him!"

I shook my head, it seems that Du Dapeng was really a master in Linjiangxuan before.

It was five o'clock, and Du Dapeng hadn't come back yet. When he came back at almost 05:30, it seemed that he had lost money and was a little downcast.

He saw me serving the dishes there, and said to me, "I'm sorry Chef Tan, I'm late for something."

I said, "It's okay, let's cook."

Not busy at night, I called Du Dapeng to the office after cleaning up at 08:30.

"Do you know what I want from you?" I asked him.

"It's late in the afternoon." He said indifferently.

"Did you lose today?" I asked.

"It's a bad idea, and I've always lost these two days." He said, speaking very naturally and annoyed.

I smiled and said to him: "You may not be as old as me. Both of us are children from the countryside. We were poor when we were young. You were worse than me when you were young. Fortunately, your third uncle opened this restaurant. Otherwise, you Maybe it’s still in the countryside now.”

He looked at me without saying anything, and nodded.

"I heard that your third uncle also bought your house for you?" I asked.

"Well, my third uncle bought it." He replied.

"The marriage was also arranged by your third uncle, right?"

"Well, I don't have the money to get married. My third uncle did it for me." He said.

"You have a good uncle. I guess your third uncle doesn't know about playing mahjong at all." I said.

He glanced at me and said, "He doesn't know, if he knows, he can scold me to death."

"In Linjiangxuan, one is counted as one. I dare say that none of them are as good as you. In fact, my position should be yours." I said.

"You can pull it down, I can't do it," he said.

"It's not that you can't do it, it's that you don't want to do it." I said, "Let's put it this way, Dapeng, don't worry if I talk too much. If I were you, I would not only be the chef now, but maybe The general manager has to be mine."

He glanced at me.

I went on to say: "Brother, we are all 30 years old, and we can understand some things without talking about it. I said you can be a chef. I am not joking, and I am not looking down on you. It is like this in everything you do. What is your focus on?" If you don’t focus on it, then you can’t do it well. Let’s put it this way, brother, if you focus on mahjong now, then you should work hard on mahjong. My attention is on kitchen management, and I will Work hard on kitchen management. No matter how good your concentration is, you will be a gambler at the end, because those who come out of the mahjong club are gamblers, nothing else. At the same time, those who come out of the mahjong club will lie, lie to friends, lie to buddies, the most important thing I lied to my wife, am I right?"

"I'm not lying," he retorted, but without conviction.

"I don't play mahjong, but I know that you can't get a millionaire from the mahjong table. I read it. No one wins or makes a fortune playing mahjong. They all lose. The one who makes money is the owner of the mahjong club. None of the bosses made money. I didn’t see anyone who made a fortune playing mahjong, but I saw a lot of people who lost all their money playing mahjong, and some who started lying to relatives and friends to borrow money after losing money, or lying to their daughter-in-law to ask for money Yes, there are quite a few people who divorced their wives because they played mahjong, and in the end they were neither human nor ghost."

"It's not as serious as you said. I'm not addicted to playing mahjong." He defended himself.

"You said that you are not addicted to playing mahjong. A few days ago you finished your salary and said that you had a rest and did not go to work. Did you play in the mahjong club for a day and a night, and lost a lot, and you were afraid that you would not be able to pay for it when you went home? Borrow from Xiaopang. I paid 1000 yuan, is there such a thing?" I asked him with a smile.

"Did Fatty tell you?" He asked.

"Hehe" I smiled and said to him: "Dapeng, you are very smart, smarter than the average person, and you know that you can't make a fortune playing mahjong. I guess you bit the hook. You lost a lot of money and always wanted to make money Take, get back the money you lost, and stop playing when you get it back. But you are getting older and deeper, and you have put all your pocket money in, and you still owe a lot of money. You lie to your wife about working overtime and going to mahjong. Playing in the club is just a day and a night, and I don’t talk about myself being listless, and I don’t even go home, and my daughter-in-law is angry with you, so I can’t do it.”

He looked at me, scratched his head and said, "I'm just biting the bait, and I've lost almost 1 yuan."

"If you continue to play, you will still lose. It's not easy to bring the whole family into it." I said, "I heard that your wife is very good. The job arranged by your third uncle is a receptionist in a government department, which is a formal job. stronger than you."

"Better than me," he said.

"You two don't have children yet, don't you want a child?" I asked.

"Think about it, I want to have a child during the Chinese New Year." He said.

"Dapeng, let me tell you to quit mahjong as soon as you lose less, and pay back the money owed to others slowly. Get deeper and deeper. Our little money didn’t come from the wind, it’s very hard to earn, it’s better to go to the mahjong club to spend more money for the daughter-in-law, and you can keep the family in good shape.”

"It is said to persuade gambling not to persuade prostitutes, and persuading prostitutes not to pay. You are betting and I am talking about it. If you go out to prostitute, I will not say it. It is not worth it. We are buddies when we work together. To put it bluntly, it is also fate. We have fate. It’s good to be together. In fact, my head chef is just a decoration, that is, to lead everyone to do some work, nothing else. One day I will leave, and the position of head chef will either be yours or Spring will come. .Chunlai is developing very well now, and your development is no worse than him, but you just can't control yourself."

"I don't want to be the head chef, just cook honestly." He said insincerely.

I smiled and said to him: "It is impossible to tell you to quit playing mahjong immediately, but I advise you to stop playing mahjong. No. 360 scholar, although we can’t be rich and powerful as chefs, but with this cooking skill, we can’t fall to the ground.”

"Tell you Dapeng, Linjiangxuan continues to open, you will not be laid off if you move forward, and you will not be laid off if anyone is laid off. If Linjiangxuan does not open one day, you will be laid off just like our ordinary employees , when the time comes, playing mahjong all the time will make life difficult, and if it doesn’t work out, your wife and children will be separated. I advise you to stop playing. If you still play, I can’t control it, but there is a rule that you are not allowed to be late again. If you are late once, I will Invite you home. At that time, it is impossible for you not to let your third uncle know about your playing mahjong. Even if I don’t tell you, your third uncle will ask you what’s going on, it’s impossible Go to my house at the annual meeting for no reason."

After speaking, I looked at him, and he looked at me.

I continued: "Don't even think about fighting with me, it's not like we haven't done it before, you can't beat me."

"What you say is for my own good, how can I fight with you? Then what kind of person am I, Dapeng?" He said.

"Hehe, just kidding." I said, "I have nothing to do today, I just want to chat with you, brother, listen to my brother and stop playing. I'm tall, so this kind of treatment is fine."

"I can't play any more." He said: "Tell you Tan Chu, no one has ever told me about this, you only told me because of me as a friend. Who is good and who is bad is still separated.”

"Then stop playing, and the daughter-in-law of the province will get angry. It's easy for us gentlemen to start a family, but it's not easy to make a good wife. Don't lose your daughter-in-law, and you won't be able to find it when the time comes." I said half-jokingly.

"If you stop playing, the 1 yuan will be considered as tuition fees." He said, still unwilling.

"No tuition is paid in vain, whether it is experience or lessons."

What should be said is what he said, whether he listens or not is his own business, we are not perfect, maybe one day we will enter the mahjong club.But gambling is definitely not a thing, people should never touch gambling in this life, gambling is the foundation of mourning.

Don't believe in the words "small bets and joy", all big bets start from small bets, and big ones can't come from small ones.

Don't do good because it is small, and don't do evil because it is small.

Forbidden!

(End of this chapter)