The story of a cook

Chapter 475 Zhang Chunmei

There is a hope in everyone's heart, and I hope that my hope can be realized.

The realization of any hope is accomplished step by step, and the key is persistence.

Hope is an ideal, and persistence is a process. Only after going through this process can we reap the results.

The mother is an ordinary rural woman who cannot read a word, and her hope is to bring her six children into adulthood.In order to pull our six siblings into adults, my mother has been working hard to persevere. I can't imagine the hardships, the eyes and the cynicism I have suffered, but she persisted and used her thin body to lift us up. The six people were brought up one by one, got married and started a business.The experience in this is unimaginable. My mother has suffered, tired, persisted, and never gave up even if she was begging for food. I am in awe of the greatness and strength of this. While loving my mother deeply, I also learn to be like my mother , live strong.

I am not a natural leader, but I want to live like a mother.

On the third day when I took over the kitchen, I had a private conversation with Master Du, and told him that now we are working as a team to manage the kitchen, we need to think about everything together, and there should be no barriers between us.

"Actually, you should be the head chef. You can do it in terms of qualifications and abilities. You are more careful than I am, and you are more thoughtful than me. I tend to be emotional, and you are calm. We are complementary." I said .

He said: "I can't, let me tell you about Lao Tan, I really wanted to be the chief chef at the beginning. At that time, I was still not convinced. In the past two days, let alone these two days, since you gave us a lecture that day, I knew that I was not good enough, and my management was still far behind. Now that you are the chef, I have no opinion at all. study."

I said: "I can't do it either, I just can speak the vernacular. What do you say, Lao Du, now we are in charge of the kitchen, and I just do things like this. If I don't do it, I will do it well and make it decent. You are an old man, and you are here to open your career. You know a lot of things, and you understand better than me. Your mass base is better than mine, especially on the second floor. Most people listen to you, so we must cooperate well. The kitchen is ready."

"Don't worry about Lao Tan, I promise to cooperate with my best. You don't have to worry about this. I don't mean to treat our store as a home. I really hope that our store is good." He said, and he could feel that he said this from his heart visceral.

"I have so many plans, let's discuss them first." I said, "There are no major changes in the administrative management. The main thing is that the two of us have the final say. The bosses of each stall will not change, step by step, but give The bosses let go of their power, let them dare to manage, take up the work of their own departments, and we two belong to support and cooperate with them in their work, and give them backing, so that we can relax when they are powerful, and at the same time, the overall management can go up. "

"I agree with this. When Lao Zhao was here, I told him to delegate power to the lower levels and let the department heads have some power. You know what Lao Zhao is like. He has the final say on everything. What others say It’s useless, sometimes what I say doesn’t work, I just told the staff to do this, and he immediately asked the staff to do it, saying that I can’t do it, and I don’t care about it later.” Lao Du said.

I smiled and said, "Then the two of us are thinking of going together, we'll just decide on the administrative part, and we'll call some bosses together tomorrow afternoon to chat, don't you think it's okay?"

"Okay, why not," he said.

"Okay, tomorrow you will be responsible for telling everyone, and I will make supplements." I said.

"Old Tan, you are talking nonsense. You are the chef, so how can I say that." He said.

"Old Du, do you know what your shortcoming is? You don't like to go to the front. If you don't go to the front, you can't do it. You have to learn to give orders. Only in this way can you establish your image and let people know that you are the head chef." I said.

"I'm not born to call the shots," he laughs.

"You're talking nonsense. What's born is all about training and training." I said.

Then I didn't get entangled in this matter, and I went on to say: "I plan to carry out Wuchang management in our kitchen and make the kitchen a standard Wuchang kitchen."

"Is the Wuchang management you mentioned introduced in "Oriental Cuisine"?" He asked.

I said: "Yes, that is, it was introduced in "Oriental Cuisine". I read it. The management of the kitchen through Wuchang is not only clean and hygienic, but also tidy and upright, which is convenient for work. It has a great effect on increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. time, improve efficiency, and reduce labor consumption.”

"Then let's fix it. Our kitchen is large enough and just right. I read that the kitchen introduced in "Oriental Cuisine" is very good. Everything has a name, a surname and a home, and it is well-behaved. The fresh-keeping boxes of raw materials are all labeled, and the freezer is neatly arranged, so you can see what you want at a glance, which is convenient and trouble-free, and it is fast and clean.” He said.

"Yes, their southern kitchen can be managed like that, and we can manage it like that, it depends on whether we can do it." I said, "But don't worry about managing Wuchang, we might run away all the employees in a hurry, the two of us Subtly, we will strengthen it little by little, so that employees feel different every day, and there are changes every day. When they get used to it, we will finish it. The rest is to stick to it and check it every day.”

"You're talking about Lao Tan." He nodded and said, "In this way, you command, and you can do whatever you want, and I promise to actively cooperate."

After talking with Master Du, it was time to leave work. Meng Hongwei came downstairs and said that he was going out for dinner at night. He asked him who celebrated his birthday. He said that no one had a birthday. I became the head chef and they wanted to celebrate.

I said: "Bullshit, what's so good about being the head chef, and still celebrating? It's okay to be idle."

"Look, that's what you guys mean, send me to tell you," he said, laughing.

"No, if you want to eat, go and eat, I won't go." I said, "Save some money, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I won't send some money to my family during the Chinese New Year."

"It's not bad for a meal," he said.

"I don't want to go there either. If you are short-tempered, you will have everything after you finish your work." I said.

After get off work, I didn't go out to eat with them, and went back to the dormitory directly.

Not long after arriving in the dormitory, Zhang Chunmei, the deputy director of the bakery, came to see me.

"Sit down quickly, Miss Zhang, can you help me?" I asked.

"There's something—" she said, a little embarrassed.

"What are you talking about." I said.

"Actually, I shouldn't have come to you for this matter. Didn't I come here last year? It's been almost two years since the end of this year. Zhao also made a lot of noise, I guess you can know about it too." She said.

I nodded and said, "I know a little bit, but I don't know the details."

"It stands to reason that you just became the chef, so you shouldn't be looking for you, and you were not in charge of this at the beginning, but I always feel suffocated and want to talk to you." She said.

I remember that I told Master Du about her salary increase. Master Du said that she would raise her salary in the second month. Didn't it increase?Impossible, if it didn't rise, she wouldn't be able to stop like this, it would have exploded long ago.

I said, "It's okay, if you have anything to say, just say it, don't hold back."

She said: "It stands to reason that I should have raised my wages in April. I didn't get a raise in April, but I got a raise in May, which is one month's salary short."

I laughed and said to her: "It's not a month's salary difference, it should be a month's salary difference, right?"

She smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Yes, it's 100 yuan short." Then she said: "Actually, I don't really have to ask for the 100 yuan, but I just feel too suffocated. I clearly agreed on a salary increase in April. , just because he (Old Zhao) and I started arguing, the price didn’t go up in April, but it went up in May, don’t you think it’s irritating.”

"It's a bit irritating." I said, "Then you didn't ask the accountant when you paid the salary?"

"I asked, and the accountant said that he hadn't received the notice from Lao Zhao. If Lao Zhao notified, he would raise the price." She said.

"Oh--"

I thought about it for a while, she was a bit difficult to deal with, it’s been a long time, and there was an old Chen who was the chef, and it didn’t work out when Lao Chen was here, and it’s not good now that I’m here solve.

"Did you tell Lao Chen when he was here?" I asked.

"That's right, he said he didn't handle this matter, so he doesn't care." She replied.

I said: "Well, Miss Zhang, don't hold your breath, don't make yourself angry because of 100 yuan. I know about this, give me three days, I will understand the situation, if I can do it for you Just do it, and don’t be angry if you can’t do it, okay?”

"Then why are you angry? It's fine to have your words, at least I feel happy." She said, "You know, it's not easy for me to lead the child by myself. I save everything, and the child is so old. It stands to reason that he is going to school at this age, is it because I am incapable and can't afford it, so I work part-time with me, earn some money, save some money, and then I won't be able to call him a wife."

"That's right, it's really not easy for you, and I admire you." I said, "Sister Zhang, if you need my help in the future, just ask, and I promise to help if I can."

"Oh, Master Tan is too polite, so I won't delay your rest, I'll go back first."

After Zhang Chunmei left, she went to the water room to wash up. After washing, she ran into Bao Peng and Cao Ligui who had just returned in the corridor. They seemed to have gone out for a drink.

Bao Peng was holding a take-out box in his hand, saw me and said, "Master, I packed a dumpling and a plate of kidney for you, and you can drink some wine yourself."

"It's very thoughtful," I said.

"That's necessary. Aren't you our boss?" Bao Peng laughed.

"Fang Lin didn't go with you?" I asked.

"Then how can she be missing? She has to go whoever doesn't want to go, she's just a fool." Cao Ligui said.

"Is she back yet?" I asked.

"I'm back, don't worry, master, I won't bring you trouble." Cao Ligui said.

"Boss, is it interesting for you to drink by yourself? May I drink with you?" Meng Hongwei laughed.

"No, I drink Su Jing by myself, you can't drink it with me." I said.

"Look, the boss is bothering you, so I don't need you to accompany me." Cao Ligui said.

I said to them: "Go back quickly, wash up and sleep."

These boys went back to their dormitory happily.

When I got back to the house and was about to drink, Master Du came over.He asked me if Zhang Chunmei was looking for me, and I said yes.He said that Zhang Chunmei was looking for him, and he told him to look for me.He told Zhang Chunmei not to look for me, and forget the 100 yuan.

"That's the way the woman is, she's fussy, because she's asked me for the 100 yuan a few times." He said helplessly.

"Is there such a thing?" I asked.

"Yes, yes, it was Lao Zhao who agreed to it at the beginning, but now that Lao Zhao is gone, we can't talk about it," he said.

"Does the financial side know about this?" I asked.

"Finance doesn't care about this matter, as long as the head chef signs it, it will be paid. Our head chef has the right to adjust the wages of employees once a year, but the maximum is 100 yuan." He said.

"Oh——" I nodded and asked him, "Zhang Chunmei is the deputy director. How does she work?"

"The work is okay, clean and at attention, fast, and quite smart, but he is fussy, he doesn't forgive others, and he cares about everything." He said.

"The characteristics of a woman, plus the fact that she has a child by herself, be more powerful, and I'm afraid of being bullied by others." I said.

"She can't say it. It's okay to work. It's one of the best when talking about work in pastry. There are ways to work, and you can prioritize. It's just too powerful, and no one wants to work with her." She is not forgiving." He said, "We are both from the same village, but we are still somewhat related, she and my old aunt are cousins, so I have to call her old aunt."

I said, "Really? Your old aunt is a nice person, she doesn't talk too much all day."

Master Du's old aunt is also making dumplings upstairs.

"My old aunt was good at it. She was educated. She missed the university entrance exam by a few points. The family had difficulties, so she didn't continue her studies. Aren't they all patriarchal in our rural areas? Later, she married my uncle." He said.

"Then your uncle can do it too." I said.

"My old uncle can't do it. If you're honest, you know how to farm." He said, and then said: "I have no other purpose in coming here, but you can do Zhang Chunmei's affairs. If it's troublesome, I won't do it for her. She's fine. "

"Okay, let me see, it's best to do it for her." I said.

(End of this chapter)