The story of a cook

Chapter 484 It's New Year's Eve
The new year is over, the party is over, and the preparations for the Spring Festival begin.

It may be that the staff gathering played a role. The three younger brothers who originally planned to go home for the New Year said they would not go home for the New Year, and they would go back after the New Year.This is undoubtedly good news, which means that all the kitchen staff will be on duty during the Spring Festival, not a few of them.

Dolma, the dishwashing sister, became famous at the party, so I paid special attention to it.Their aunt and sister-in-law, Dolma, are more outward looking, while Igma is more withdrawn and doesn't like to talk.Their hometown is in a remote village in Qinghai, where they don't have much arable land, so they focus on grazing.Raising sheep and cattle for a year does not make much money, so the man in the family went out to work and moved to Binhai. He has worked here for three years and is relatively stable, so the two of them followed. The man worked on the construction site, and the two of them Do part-time jobs in restaurants to supplement family expenses.There are children in the family, and the children are taken care of by grandparents at home. They don't go home every year, but just send money back home.

I asked Dolma, do all the people there like to sing?She said that she loves to sing, and she sings very well.She said that Igma sang better than her, but she was too shy to sing.

Their aunt and sister-in-law work very affordable, hardworking and willing to work, but they are relatively stubborn, with the blood of Tibetans in their bones.

The old store held a staff dinner and an awards ceremony. Soon the bakery and coarse grains knew about it. The employees of the two stores were a little envious, and the management staff were jealous.Turn a deaf ear to these things, unless people don’t do things, as long as they do things, people will talk about them, both good and bad, and they can’t care about it. Instead of having that time, it’s better to do something well.

If you care too much about the discussion, you will not dare to do things, and if you listen to people's words too much, you will hinder your life.

People, it's best to be yourself.

Master Du told me: "Old Tan, now we are so popular, everyone says that the old man is against us, and our party is paid by the old man."

I said: "Would you like to say whatever you want, saying that it's not good for us to have a big tree? You know, a small tree is easy to break."

"I just admire your mentality, you don't take anything to heart." He said.

I smiled and said, "I have a small stomach, and I can't pretend to be serious. There is no place to put these messy things. It is better to have a place to put wine than these."

"You're right," he said.

"By the way, Lao Du, pull out the work meal menu from the [-]th to the eighth day of the new year. During the Chinese New Year, don't give the employees Chinese cabbage and potatoes, and several dishes for one meal." I said.

"Don't need to make a few dishes? It's good to have time to sit down and eat some in the [-]th night, and the rest can be eaten." He said.

"It's not that busy? Just do the preparations. No matter how busy you are, you have to feed the employees well. Listen to me. Breakfast won't work. You must have two dishes for lunch and dinner. It should be good." I said.

"Okay, I'll pull out the menu, you can take a look at it then." He said.

During the Chinese New Year, we are busy, but no matter how busy we are, we must feed our employees well. This is a matter of principle.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Yan called early in the morning and asked me if I had spring pancakes.I said no.She and her son have already arrived at their hometown. She and her son are eating the spring pancakes that my mother made in the morning, showing off to me.

"My mother said, you don't have to come back during the Chinese New Year. You can earn money outside to support me and my son," she said.

"That's a must." I said, "I'm thinking about asking my son to kowtow to our mother when we eat dumplings on the [-]th night. Don't forget."

"I can't forget, our son can't kowtow."

"Teach me, I will be three years old during Chinese New Year, and I should be able to kowtow."

"Hee hee, just kidding. Our son is smart. He can kowtow without being taught. I don't know where he learned it."

"It's on TV, what's there on TV? Now that the child is smart, he can learn it soon."

"I think our son is smart," she said.

"Well, our son is smart, he doesn't care who his mother is." I said.

"I like to hear that." She said, and then asked me: "Old Tan, did you say how much money should I give our mother during the New Year?"

"What you say is right, give more if you have it, give less if you don't have it, and my mother doesn't choose." I said.

"Is it less than two thousand?" she asked.

I said, "It's quite a lot, two thousand lines, and it doesn't cost her any money, all of it is saved for her grandson."

"Did you buy clothes for yourself? You also buy clothes for yourself during the Chinese New Year." She said.

"Whatever clothes to buy, you can wear the clothes you have, and you don't have a bare bottom." I said.

"Isn't it just a new year?" She said, "You can buy whatever you want, and if you don't, you'll have to. Anyway, I said it."

"Okay, I'll go out and buy one when I have time," I said.

I'm over 30, and I have a child, so I don't care much about dressing.It seems that he didn't care about it at all. The most handsome time was on the wedding day, and he didn't design himself after that.

Look at what you're wearing, it feels okay, not too embarrassing.A chef doesn’t need to wear anything nice as long as he goes to work. He just wears his own clothes for a few minutes on the way to and from get off work, and wears work clothes for the rest of the time.

Master Du said that the bakery can be busy today, and at the beginning of spring, they all eat spring cakes.I said yes, eat dumplings in Xiaonian, eat spring cakes in Lichun, our family is busy in Xiaonian, and the bakery should be busy in Lichun.He said that coarse grains are good, and there are no festivals throughout the year, so there is no need to be busy.I said that people don't have any festivals, but they are busy every day.

"Old Tan, shall we go to the bakery to eat spring pancakes after get off work tonight?" He suggested.

"It's better not to go, his family is guaranteed to be busy today, and he can't take care of us, so he went to make trouble." I said.

"That's right, let's bake some cakes today," he said.

"If you add 130 people together, if you can't bake it, don't cook pasta." I laughed.

"Yes, more people make it easier to work, and fewer people make it easier to eat. With 130 people, it takes half a day to bake pancakes."

In fact, I was negligent yesterday. I don’t know that it’s the beginning of spring today. If I knew that spring pancakes were served when the menu opened yesterday, there are ready-made ones in the market, and you can eat them as soon as you buy them.

After finishing the preparations, Cao Ligui came over to me and said, "Boss, let's eat spring pancakes tonight."

I said: "I won't go, I'm a little tired these two days, I want to go back early to rest."

"If you don't go we will," he said.

"You guys go, drink less wine and go back to the dormitory early."

"Well, boss, don't you buy clothes for Chinese New Year?" He asked.

I said, "If you don't buy it, you're already married and start a business, and you don't need to keep company, unlike you young people."

He smiled and said, "Actually, boss, you are only in your 30s, so you are old."

"My heart is old too." I said.

"If you don't go and we go, can I bring you something when you come back?" He asked.

I said, "No, I'll be asleep when you come back."

Now Cao Ligui, Bao Peng, Meng Hongwei, and Guan Ping are getting along very well. They all came through me. They are closer to others in terms of relationship, and they always hang out together.

I feel at ease when they go out to eat and drink. Cao Ligui and Yu Xuexue are both in their thirties, older and more stable.Even if someone bullies them, it's okay. Meng Hongwei and Bao Peng are good people who can protect them and escape.

The most worrying thing is Fang Lin, who is purely a troublemaker. Fortunately, after Ma Hua and Li Yan came, she had a companion, so she didn't cause trouble so much.

Bao Peng and Fang Lin are showing signs of having an affair now. It would be great if the two of them can get along well, not to mention the beauty of a man and woman, but they are a good match, which is okay.Although the two of them didn't tell me, they knew more or less about it.Seeing the two of them think of themselves when they were young, at that time, they also longed for love, and hoped that a girl would become their lover, start a family with her, and start a family.

The power of love is great and it is everywhere.

Lichun is the day to eat cakes, and it has nothing to do with the dumpling restaurant. Naturally, there are fewer customers, and there will be no customers at eight o'clock in the evening.After tidying up, I came out of the kitchen and went to the second floor to check around to see if there was nothing to change and go back. Ma Shuli came to me and told me that she and Zhang Chunmei went to the mall at noon and bought me a pair of pants. It's in the house, and told me to try it when I go back to see if it fits. If it doesn't fit, she will change it tomorrow.

Looking at her was very touching, and my heart was warm. It is a happy thing to have someone who cares about me.

"Ms. Ma, thank you so much." I said.

"Thank you, I see that you don't take care of yourself very well. I just went to the mall today, so I bought it for you when it looked right," she said.

"How much? Give you the money." I said, sincerely.

"What are you talking about?" She became angry when I said that I would give you money. "If you give me money, don't wear it. Give me the pants and I'll return them tomorrow."

"Hehe, I said the wrong thing, don't mind." I said hastily.

"Go back and try it. If it's not suitable, give it to me tomorrow. I'll change it."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and left, looking at her back in a daze, thinking, if it were Lin Yan, it would be good for the daughter-in-law to buy clothes for her husband, and it would be bad for other women to buy clothes for her husband when the daughter-in-law is away.

Ma Shuli is just out of concern for me, and has no other intentions, because her daughter also works here, she will not be so stupid as to face me in front of her daughter.

I am from Beipiao, and I understand the gratitude of Beipiao people - the grace of dripping water is reciprocated by the spring.

In fact, I really didn’t take care of them much, it was just arranging a job for them. Now they can work here with peace of mind and be accepted by colleagues around them. It’s all done by themselves, and it has nothing to do with me.

Fang Lin, Li Yan, Ma Hua, and Ma Shuli are very popular in the pastry shop. They are serious and hardworking, enthusiastic, willing to help others, and don’t care about anything. Everyone likes them very much, not only the people in the pastry shop. Like it, everyone in the kitchen likes it, this can be seen.Sometimes I am proud of them, proud of them.

Standing at the door of the dressing room in a daze, Lao Yang who was making noodles, Master Gao who was mixing stuffing, and Big Brother who was chopping stuffing came over to change clothes and prepare to leave work. They saw me coming up to say hello.

Lao Yang asked: "Have you left yet, the chef?"

I said, "Let's go now."

Master Gao said: "It's the beginning of spring today, my wife is at home making pancakes, the chef and I are going to my house to eat pancakes, just in time for us to have a drink."

I smiled and said: "No, another day, I'm a little tired today, go back to sleep."

"You are tired enough, you can't go back early every day, and there is nothing to do in the kitchen." Master Gao said.

"No, just be a little tired these two days, and it will be fine in two days." I said.

The three of them went into the locker room to change, and I came to the first floor.There are no customers on the first floor, the waiter is cleaning up, and the cutting boards in the kitchen are starting to come out to remove the shelves. Cao Ligui is talking to the orderer Niu Xiuli. Grass is expensive.

"Old Tan, are you watching? Your Cao Ligui is going to abduct my Niu Xiuli."

Manager Chen came over and told me jokingly.

"That shows that Cao Ligui is powerful, and the young man is attractive." I said.

"My Niu Xiuli is not bad," she said.

"It's not bad, it's just that they are married, otherwise they are really good." I said.

"What's wrong with getting married, you can't have people outside, and now not everyone who has a family and a career has people outside." She said.

"Yes." I said, acquiescing to this reality.

"Lichun, don't you want to go out for a drink?" she asked.

"No, go back and rest early, I'm a little tired these days." I said.

"I'll pack two dishes and another set of dumplings, and we'll come to my house for a drink." She sent out an invitation.

I said: "Another day, I don't want to drink today,"

"What other day? Another day will be Chinese New Year, just today, drink a commemorative wine." She said.

I looked at her, and she also looked at me. She wanted to refuse, but seeing that her expression was serious, she said, "It's okay, have a drink."

(End of this chapter)