The story of a cook

Chapter 466 Fang Lin's Birthday
After the old man left, Lao Chen asked me when the old man came, and I said that he had not been here for a while.He said he turned off the faucet when he got off the stove, I said maybe you forgot, you have the habit of not turning off the faucet.

"The idea is really memorized, just go out and stand for a while today and catch up with the old man." He said regretfully.

I said: "You still said that the old man came to check the sanitation today, why did you go out?"

"I didn't expect him to come so early?" He said.

"You still want him to come during dinner time? Even the epidemic prevention station doesn't allow dinner time to check the hygiene of the restaurant now." I said.

"Don't say anything, just memorize ideas." He said.

Seeing what he said, I didn't bother to talk to him. I came out of the kitchen and went to the food stand to check and see how it was arranged.

Niu Xiuli was cleaning the glass of the stall freezer, saw me and said, "Master Tan, I haven't seen any new dishes from you recently."

I said, "I've been out of shape and uninspired."

She said: "These dishes in our family are selling very well now, and the customer response is good. It's okay to not have new dishes first. Even if the old customers say that your house always has these dishes, there are no new dishes."

I said, "Don't worry, I'm researching these two days, and I'll go to work as soon as I finish the research."

"What kind of food are you studying again?" The old man's voice came from behind.

He was a little elusive today.

Turning around, the old man and Manager Chen stood behind him.It seems that the old man came out of the kitchen and went directly to the front desk.

"I don't have any ideas. I went to the market in the morning and bought some dried vegetables." I said.

"It's okay to study the dried vegetables. The dried cabbage in your whole 'Northeast New Year's Vegetables' is very good and creative." The old man said.

I said: "Now it's cold, 'Northeast New Year's cuisine' can't be served like that, it has to be served in a hot pot."

"Then serve it in a hot pot." The old man said.

"Um, fine." I replied.

The old man said to Manager Chen: "The sanitation in front of you needs to be strengthened. Look at the food delivery department, it's too useless."

Manager Chen said: "Oh, leader, it hasn't been cleaned up yet, it will be fine when it is finished."

"What time is it? You haven't cleaned it up yet. You are the same as Lao Chen. It's all just because you say it." The old man said unhappily.

Manager Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry about the leader, I can't be like him, clean up right away."

The old man said to Manager Chen seriously: "Talk to Old Chen, if you can't do this again, then he will have to come down."

Manager Chen said, "Don't worry about the old leader, I'll tell him."

The old man looked at Manager Chen and left without saying anything.

After the old man left, Manager Chen said to me: "Old Tan, what do you think old Chen can do?"

I said, "I'll help everything I can, and it's up to him what happens in the future."

"Which one of us didn't help him? He just has a stubborn temper and is disobedient. If it wasn't for the two of us helping him, he would have been laid off." Manager Chen said.

I smiled and said: "Sister Chen, that's how people are. Helping one hunger can't help a hundred people. Some things can't be brought up on the tongue. I just obey the fate of human affairs. I won't sit and drink with him anymore."

Manager Chen looked at me and said, "I know Lao Tan."

It is good to know.

Sometimes I wonder what old Chen is thinking. I am not good at cooking, and I can’t improve my management. Now I am the head chef. I have Manager Chen to help him in the front, and I support him in the back. Take advantage of this time to improve my cooking skills. Bring it up, and then establish a good relationship with a few big guys, communicate frequently, and nothing will happen.He was fine, he felt that he was okay, very good, and nothing happened.Then go if there is nothing to do, it will be too late when something happens.

Bao Peng came to me while cleaning up at night and told me to go out for dinner at night. I asked him who was there, and he said that only a few I found.I asked him why he was having dinner, and he said that today is Fang Lin's birthday, everyone wants to get together, and the restaurant has been booked.

I really don’t know that Fang Lin’s birthday is today. It seems that I don’t care enough about them. Every day after cooking, I go back to the dormitory and go to sleep. He seldom asks about his affairs, and this boss is a bit unqualified.

After get off work, I went to Hongfu Hotel first. The boss saw me and asked with a smile if I was going to the birthday party, and I said yes.The boss said that the largest private room has been booked, just go in directly.I asked them if they left a deposit, and the boss said they left a deposit of 100 yuan.I took out 400 yuan to the boss, and told the boss that I will pay for the meal, and I will put the money here first, and refund more and make up less.

After a while, all of them came, and Bao Peng bought a cake.

Ten people sat down to exactly one table, and it was bustling.

Ma Hua's mother, Ma Shuli, and I, our older son, sat inside, and the younger one sat outside.Meng Hongwei was sitting next to me. He could drink some white wine so that he could drink with me.

I asked Fang Lin: "Fang Lin, is your twentieth birthday over?"

"That's not true, twenty." Said old-fashioned.

"It's time to find my husband's family." I teased.

"Are you looking for it for me?" she asked.

I said, "There are no other people looking for them now, so I look for them myself."

"I can't find it myself?" she said with a smile.

"I think Bao Peng is good." Li Yan said.

"I think it's okay!" Ma Hua continued.

Fang Lin blushed a little, and said, "I'm not looking for anyone."

"Hey, just keep your mouth shut. I think you two have decided to live forever." Li Yan said.

After speaking, everyone laughed.

Time flies, Li Yan, Ma Hua, Meng Hongwei, Guan Ping, Yu Wenxue, and Ma Shuli have all been here for more than two months, and it feels like they have only been here for a few days.

I drank with Meng Hongwei, and they drank together when they were young.Ma Shuli can also drink some, but not much. She drinks with Meng Hongwei and me.

"How are you doing in cold dishes?" I asked Meng Hongwei.

"It's okay, it's pretty good. Our cold dishes are simple, so there's nothing to worry about." He said.

"Li Mingjuan is good at tattooing, you should learn from her," I said.

"She is really good at sashimi, the knife is overbearing, and the horseradish is good. These days, I learn from her. Sometimes I do the sashimi." He said.

I said, "Come to Binhai once, learn how to do sashimi and seafood cold dishes, and then you can use them when you return to the provincial capital."

He nodded and said, "Yeah." Then he asked me, "Boss, isn't this place closed for Chinese New Year?"

I said, "No holiday. Why, do you want to go back during the Chinese New Year?"

"Of course it's good to be able to go back. It's okay if you don't go back. Go back when you're not busy after the Chinese New Year." He said with a smile.

I said, "It's still a few months before Chinese New Year, and I can't make a decision now. Let's see when the time comes. If it works, I will arrange for you to go back."

"There is no need to make special arrangements. It's okay not to go back, just ask." He said.

We chatted here, and started playing there, and it was very lively.Seeing them playing lively, I was also very happy.

Ma Shuli asked me in a low voice: "Brother Tan, are you looking for a big brother who makes water tofu?"

I nodded and said, "Well, I found it once."

She said: "Thank you, I will only cause you trouble."

I said, "What are you talking about, that way people won't be able to give a good face."

She said: "That's why you're here, I don't know what to do if you're not here."

I said, "Aren't we fellow villagers? We're all from Beipiao, so there's no need to talk about that."

Meng Hongwei said: "The tofu maker is annoying. I wanted to beat him several times."

I said: "Don't hit him, he'll be able to rely on you if you hit him at his age." Then I said: "See if I can deal with him, you don't want to touch him, you know, the nature is different."

Meng Hongwei smiled and said, "I'm just saying, can I beat him at his age? No."

"He's just annoying, just ignore him," I said.

"You said that his son is still working downstairs, and you don't show any face to his son. I don't know what this person is thinking." Meng Hongwei said.

"Everyone lives his whole life, he's just like that." I said, "If you look at him like that, it's hard for his son to call his daughter-in-law."

"I think his son is fine." Meng Hongwei said.

"It's pretty good, handsome guy, and sensible." I said, "But he has a stubborn temper, and sometimes he doesn't obey, so only Master Liu can take care of him."

Cao Ligui heard us chatting and said: "What father and son, master, you see that child is very handsome, how old is he, and before he is seventeen, he knows how to think about women every day, so he will live with me Shop, you look under his mattress, they are all bad manuals."

I said, "That's the end of it."

After drinking for a while, seeing that they were almost playing, they started to withdraw.

This time it was better, Fang Lin was very obedient and didn't bother to go out to sing.

When I was walking to the dormitory, Ma Shuli told me that if there were any clothes that I didn't like to wash, I could bring them to her. She washed them for me, but I said no, because there were not many clothes in total, so I could just wash them myself.He said that you men can't wash cleanly, and besides, men don't like to wash clothes.

She said that when she was washing my clothes, she couldn't help but think of Sister Jin in Yangchun. At that time, Sister Jin always washed my work clothes.

I couldn't help looking at Ma Shuli, and found that she looked a bit like Sister Jin, and she was about the same age as Sister Jin, both in their 40s.It's just that Sister Jin left me with the impression that she was still in her 30s.I am 33, and Miss Jin is 42 this year.

Time is not forgiving.

The ruthless years urge people to grow old, and mistake the autumn wind for Chunhui.

Think about how many people and things a person has to experience in this life, how many things are blown away in the wind, and how many people disappear in the crowd.

Life is to keep moving forward, through spring, summer, autumn and winter, youth, ups and downs, joys and sorrows, ups and downs, success and failure, ups and downs, ups and downs, success and failure, ups and downs, and sorrow, rain and autumn wind. Life is full of flavor.

I never thought about being a cook, but the trajectory of fate made me embark on the path of a cook. I have been working for 13 years. This is not the end, and I need to continue.

People have not predicted a good life in this life, let alone a life designed in advance.When we embark on this road, we have no way out, and we can only move forward unsteadily.

What is the future?don't know.

Go forward with a grateful heart, even the wind and rain are beautiful scenery.

In 33 years, from babbling to toddler, from school literacy to slow learning to be a man, from ignorant boy to youth, from vigorous youth to over [-], sometimes I feel sad when I think about it.

But fate is fair. If I didn't have these experiences and these sorrows, how could I be where I am today.

I am content.

Contentment is always happy.

Now I am doing well, I have a good family, a good daughter-in-law, and a lovely and sensible son.

My mother is in good health, free from illness and disaster. Although I can't be filial to her elderly, my mother's life is very good, and my sisters are taking care of me, so I can rest assured.I have to thank my sisters for this. If they didn’t take care of my mother at home, I wouldn’t be able to work outside to earn money and support my family with such peace of mind.

What is not enough?
If you don’t have a house, you can earn money to buy a house. I’m in my 30s and I’m in the prime of life. It’s a good time. I’ve been struggling for 20 years. Buying a house is a small thing, and I’m sure I can buy it.

Lin Yan is also working now. Although she earns less, it can still supplement the family. She takes good care of her son at home, so I can work outside to earn money. In less than ten years, life will definitely change a lot.

All that remains is to raise the son, marry a wife, have children, settle down and establish a career, and the mission of this life is completed.

It's that simple.

(End of this chapter)