The story of a cook

Chapter 429 Ending the Fire Phoenix

I talked a lot with Sister Jiang and Zheng Jiaqi, and finally worked out the opening model and operation model of the tavern.

The first step is to open four directly-operated stores in Fuxin within two years, with each store ranging from 150 square meters to [-] square meters, and those above [-] square meters will not be considered.

The total investment of each store is 8 yuan, and the cost recovery period is eight months.

Kitchen staff: one chef, one cold dish worker, one dumpling worker, one smoker and casserole stall, one dish washer.

Front desk personnel: one supervisor, two waiters, one cashier, and one cleaner.

Add up to ten people before and after, and the salary is less than [-] yuan.At that time, the wages were really low. Now it costs seven or eight thousand to hire a chef, and the better tens of thousands.

The second step is to improve the operation mode of the tavern by the end of [-].In [-], it started to join three companies, and its development direction is in the third-tier cities around Fuxin.

The third step of the plan, at the end of [-], began to inspect provincial capitals and coastal markets, and marched into first-tier cities.

This is only a preliminary plan, and the details need to be further refined.

The substantive work started was to find a person who learned to smoke and make dumplings, and Zheng Jiaqi and Ye Yurong were brought forward. Zheng Jiaqi trained the smokers, and Ye Yurong trained the dumpling workers to prepare for the opening of the branch in advance.

Women are also quite ruthless in doing things. Now the tavern makes a profit of 1 yuan a month. The two of them decided to reduce the profit to [-] yuan and use [-] yuan as the basis.Ye Yurong was equipped with a noodle mixer, a noodle press machine, and a meat grinder, in preparation for the distribution of dumpling stuffing and dumpling noodles to the branch in the future.At the same time, I plan to rent the warehouse behind the tavern, and plan to design a separate kitchen for smoked flavor and dumplings.

Kudos to these two women.

The two of them knew that I was going to be laid off at the end of the year, and they planned to ask me to be the head chef of the tavern.

In fact, at this level in the tavern, my work is over.The tavern was designed and planned by me. Now Zheng Jiaqi has fully mastered the fumigation technique, and Ye Yurong's dumpling technique is fine. If these two core techniques are in the hands of my own people, it will be fine.The future development direction has also been determined, and the rest is to improve the process standards. This has to be improved during the operation process. Sister Jiang and Zheng Jiaqi can handle it completely.In addition, Sister Jiang has been engaged in catering for these years, so she has no less experience than me. I am only better than her in kitchen management.In terms of operation and courage to do things, she is better than me.

Now that the tavern is just getting started, there is no need for a chef at all, so what they say is nothing more than paying me back.

Tell the two of them not to be the head chef. Since we are friends, I am a helper. If there is anything that needs me to do in the future, just ask.You can be a friendship advisor for the two of them, and you can be there on call.We're all friends, so it's better to deal with it this way.

I sincerely hope that the tavern of the two of them will become better and better.

The boss hadn't found a place yet, when his father was seriously ill, and he went back to the countryside to see his father.

The restaurant is still the same as before, every day is very busy.I fry my own dishes and do what I should do.After getting off work every day, I don't go back to the dormitory to sleep, or go to the tavern to feel the atmosphere there.

When I arrived at the tavern, the business of the tavern was coming to an end, Sister Jiang was collecting bills at the bar, and Zheng Jiaqi was cleaning up in the kitchen.Now she has an apprentice, Sister Jiang's cousin, 30 years old, a laid-off worker.

Ye Yurong also brought an apprentice, Sister Jiang's cousin and daughter-in-law.

In addition to Ye Yurong's uncle and sister, another waiter and a cashier came to the front desk.

The tavern is starting to get on the right track.

Every time I go, I just sit and taste the smoked flavor and dumplings. I have developed the habit of being a chef over the years and pay great attention to the products.

After finishing the half-la'er pig's trotters, Zheng Jiaqi came out of the kitchen and asked me with a smile: "Boss, has the taste changed?"

"No, but it seems that the pig's trotters have been replaced, not Yurun's." I said.

"Yes, Yurun is out of stock recently, this is [-]." Zheng Jiaqi said.

"I said, it's more tender than Yurun when you eat it."

But nothing happened, the taste has not changed, so the chef can taste the subtle changes, but the guests can't.Five hundred and five pig's trotters are not inferior to Yurun, and the price is higher than that of Yurun.

Zheng Jiaqi sat down and looked into the kitchen. Xiao Gao was cleaning the stove, and Ye Yurong was standing beside him, talking with Xiao Gao, smiling all over his face.

"Boss, Master Gao and Sister Ye have been very close recently." Zheng Jiaqi whispered.

I was taken aback and asked, "Really? What do you mean?"

"The two get along very well, and I see signs of a relationship," she said.

I looked into the kitchen, Ye Yurong was smiling, very happy, Xiao Gao was also looking very happy as he was cleaning the stove, I don't know what the two of them said, but they looked pretty good.

I found them both. Ye Yurong is a fellow villager and single.Xiao Gao can't do it, husband Li Yanhua, if something happens to the two of them here, it's not easy to explain to Li Yanhua.

I don't think it's possible for them to get along with each other. Ye Yurong is taller than Xiao, and Ye Yurong doesn't live in the dormitory. He lives with Zheng Jiaqi and Jiang Jie every day, so there is no chance.It is even more impossible to work together during the day, and everyone is watching.

After thinking about it, I think it's impossible for the two of them.

"It's impossible for them both," I said.

"Boss, I found that you are slow to deal with men and women. When I was in Linjiangxuan and Mr. Huo, who usually noticed it?" She asked.

"You are different from Boss Huo and them. Besides, they have no chance." I said.

Zheng Jiaqi smiled brilliantly.

"We haven't had a chance yet. Do you believe me when I say I like you?" She said suddenly.

Looking at her, she shook her head and said, "I'll talk to Xiao Gao when I have time. If there's something wrong with this, I can't explain it to his wife."

"Just tap and tap, don't talk too much, save face for others." Zheng Jiaqi said.

"Okay, I'll keep my sense of proportion." I said.

After speaking, he looked towards the kitchen again.

Xiao Gao is good-looking and handsome, the kind of niche that women like.He is one year younger than me, 31, looks young, not like a bandit like me, 32 looks forty, with vicissitudes on his face.Ye Yurong is older, but she is tall. As the saying goes, "Standing in front of the gate, she looks good without clothes." She has inherent advantages and is very attractive to men.

I didn't pay attention to it before, but now I take a closer look at the two of them, they are both very good.

Before I could talk to Xiao Gao, Ye Yurong came to me first.

The two of us were chatting at the dumpling restaurant, and she said it before I could speak.

"I saw you looking into the kitchen today. I can't hide anything in my heart. I have to talk about it. Jiaqi may have seen it too, so let me tell you." She said directly.

Her initiative made me very embarrassed, and I didn't know what to say.

"Xiaogao and I were both found by you. Without you, I would not be able to come to Fuxin and earn so much money." She said: "I told Xiaogao that there is nothing you don't believe. There is indeed something, but it hasn't developed to The degree of sleep. He has a family and a business, I can't talk to him, and I can't do that."

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, probably thinking of what to say next.

After a while, she sighed, "What do you say, the young man is not bad, I think he has been away for a long time, and he is not with his wife. I think about it a little bit. I, divorced, have been for several years. It would be a lie if I said I don't want to Yes, I also want to."

Speaking of which, I understood, and said to her, "I see."

She looked at me and said, "Can we have no feelings for working together all day? When I'm busy, he comes to help me. When he's busy, I go to help him when I'm free. Sometimes I don't like it." Meaty joke—"

"Understood." I said.

"In the first two days, we had a rest at noon. It was close to his dormitory, and it took two to three minutes. Every day, Jiaqi and I went to the dormitory to lie down for a while and rest. That day Jiaqi and Sister Jiang went to the street, and Xiao Gao and I were in the dormitory. ——But I didn’t do that, I really didn’t. Xiao Gao and I said that if we want to go out and find a lady, we can’t, if we do it, we will be ashamed of others, why are we still doing here in the future?”

I looked at her, didn't say a word, I didn't know what to say, this was the first time I encountered this.

"He also regrets it, lest you know, I said it's okay, the boss can understand, as long as there is no such thing. I know that once a man and a woman have such a thing and sleep together, can they have no feelings at that time? Unless it's a beast. Tell him to treat him as a younger brother in the future and cooperate well together. No one should think too much about it, and he's not the right one."

After listening to what she said, I think she and Xiaogao have nothing to do, and nothing will happen in the future.

How can I put it, food and sex.

In fact, I can't say what's going on, I can only give side-by-side reminders and sound the alarm.But he will never be polite to Xiao Gao, and he promises to beat him up violently, not for anything else, because of Li Yanhua.

Sometimes thinking about myself is kind of fucked up.

The matter between Xiao Gao and Ye Yurong ended like this, and nothing happened to them.

Leading people to work and take responsibility outside, I am afraid that something will happen.It sounds awesome when people call you the boss, but you have to be responsible for them, or don't be the boss.

The boss's father was seriously ill for half a month and passed away.The boss returned to the hotel after handling his father's funeral at home, looking very depressed and exhausted.Tell me that the restaurant will not be closed, and it will close after New Year's Day, and I want to have a good rest.

Seeing his depressed and decadent appearance, I can only comfort him, tell him when he will find me when he is in the restaurant, and promise to come to help.

All the employees of the hotel know that the restaurant will be closed on New Year's Day, and those who are happy can go home and have a good New Year.If you are in a hurry, you will lose your job and have to find another job.

Chen Gang asked me where I would go if I was not working here, and I said I would go back to the provincial capital and look for a job after the new year.He said that he was not going to do it for others, and tried to open a small restaurant by himself.I said it was very good. A chef has to do it himself in the end, and no one can cook for a lifetime.

In Fuxin for more than a year, I got along well with Chen Gang, and there was no conflict. They respect each other and are good friends.

Bao Peng told me that he was going to follow me, and he would follow me wherever I went.If you tell him that he is alive, you must call him. I have taken him for more than a year, and I have feelings for him. I really like this child.

In the kitchen, the least worried person is the head chef. He told me once again that he wanted me to stay.

Yaru's sister-in-law told me that when I come to Fuxin, I have to meet Yaru, who has been friends for many years.When she said this, she had the idea of ​​meeting Yaru in her heart, and she really wanted to see Yaru.

Finally decided to meet Yaru before leaving, and let go of a concern.

New Year's Day is the last day of the restaurant's business, and Huofenghuang has completely closed the store after business hours.

Fire Phoenix has become a memory of Fuxin catering people.

On January [-], [-], I left Fire Phoenix.

When I was walking on the streets of Fuxin with a trolley case, I suddenly felt a very sad feeling in my heart. I felt that I could not keep moving forward on the road of part-time work. I don’t know when I will be a head---
The cold wind blows on the body and it is very cold, and the cotton gloves cannot block the coldness of the fingertips.

I don't know where the next job is, and I don't know where the road is.

It seems to be lost.

The sudden desolation made me feel at a loss what to do.

Feeling lonely, tired, frustrated, and a touch of desolation.

He stopped and stood there, staring blankly ahead.

I took out a cigarette, lit one and inhaled it. The familiar tobacco smell circulated in my lungs and dissipated elegantly in the cold air.

Tell yourself, the real dining begins this winter.

(End of this chapter)