The story of a cook

Chapter 507 Zhou Jing Please Dinner

Recruited three dumpling workers, all housewives in their 30s, and asked Jiang Yajun to take them for a three-day trial.The old man recruited a man in his 30s from his hometown, and sent him to the stuffing room to learn stuffing from Master Gao, which was also prepared for the new store.At the same time, the two Jilin masters he mentioned came over at the end of the month. After trying the dishes, they were still okay, so they kept them and worked in the old shop.Two chefs also came to the coarse grains side to work there.

Now that there are two more chefs in the kitchen, I asked Master Li if he wanted to go home and have a look, and if he wanted to, he could go back.He couldn't say, he was planning to go back and have a look during the Chinese New Year.He didn't go back, but Master Xiao Wang, who was cooking next to me, went home.

One of the two new chefs, surnamed Li, is Li Haicai. He is 35 years old and is good at cooking stewed dishes.Another surnamed Zhang, named Zhang Zhicheng, 30 years old, Xiaoliu Xiaochao is doing well.Li Haicai followed Master Du, and Zhang Zhicheng followed me.

Now that we have enough manpower, we have time to manage the dishes in a unified way, and we are going to take a good look at the quality of the dishes.

The last time I discussed point management with the old man, I didn't discuss it again. The main reason is that he was too busy and didn't have time. I guess the next discussion will be after the opening of the new store.Don't worry about this, the whole kitchen is trying to run it now, and it's a good time to perfect it.

At the end of May, the old store sold a total of 120 million, with brilliant results.The employees received a total of 23 days of bonuses, at least five yuan at a time, and at most 130 yuan at a time. If they really took the bonus, they would be soft.Seeing the employees of the old store getting bonuses every day, Coarse Grain was envious.Coarse grains are also selling well, with a total of [-] million sold.

The old man was very particular, so he asked the old lady to make two red envelopes on the day of the end of the month, one for me and Manager Chen—1000 yuan each.

When I got the bonus, I felt beautiful, and I felt pretty awesome.

The old lady smiled and asked, "How much are you two going to sell in June?"

I said: "June can't be as busy as May, just keep 120 million."

Manager Chen said: "110 million is enough, every June is not very good."

The old lady said: "If the sale reaches 120 million in June, I will give you both a bonus of [-] each."

Manager Chen looked at me and asked, "Old Tan, are you confident?"

"I have confidence, let's sell it." I said.

It’s not easy to sell in June, unlike the Golden Week in May, when there is nothing in June, and just after traveling on May Day, it’s impossible to return to travel within a month, so it’s not easy to sell to 120 million.

You can have confidence, you can have self-confidence, but you can't be blind.

When I got off work at night, I ran into Zhou Jing, who seemed to be waiting for me.

"Chef, are you busy today?" she asked.

"It's okay, what's the matter?" I asked.

"Something." She said, "I want to treat you to a meal."

"Bring me to dinner?" I was stunned for a moment, and then said: "No, save the money and spend it yourself, it's not easy to earn some money."

"I really want to treat you to dinner." Seeing that I said no, she was a little anxious.

"No need." I said.

"I've made appointments with everyone, and I've booked the hotel," she said.

"Everyone has an appointment?" A little curious, he asked, "Who did you date?"

"The eldest sister who sells pancakes at the coarse grains stand," she said.

"A pancake stall with coarse grains?" I shook my head and said, "I don't know, I have no impression."

"We live in the opposite bed, it's good." She said: "I know that if I look for you by myself, you will definitely not go. If you look for people in our store, you are afraid that there will be too many people talking, which will affect you badly. That eldest sister is very good. Yes, don't talk nonsense, she still has an hour to get off work, so she will go there after get off work."

I looked at her and smiled, she was quite thoughtful, and she took great pains to find me for dinner.Seeing that she would cry if she didn't go like this, she said to her: "Which restaurant? Tell me I'll be there in a while, isn't that eldest sister off work in an hour? I'll be there in an hour."

She told me the name of the restaurant, but she knew the restaurant, which was on a street in front of Coarse Grains.She was afraid that I would not go, so she told me several times, and I said that I would promise to go there, it was necessary.

Going back to the dormitory and sitting on the bed, Zhou Jing's expression was still in front of her eyes—the kind of expression that she was afraid that I would not worry.

I know why she invited me. When she first came here, she had no money. I gave her the money I had on me. When she paid me back the money last month, I didn’t want it. I told her that I don’t need to pay it back. spend it.She saw that I really didn't want it, so she said she had time to treat me to dinner.I didn't care, I didn't expect her to remember.

I thought to myself that I can't ask her to treat me when I go to dinner later. She just got 1000 yuan a month, which is not much money. I just got a bonus of [-] yuan, so I can't ask her to spend money.

When it was almost an hour, I went downstairs to the restaurant. When I was about to arrive, I saw Zhou Jing looking towards me at the door of the hotel. After seeing me, she waved to me happily.

I go forward.

"I thought you weren't coming." She said, with a little shyness on her face.

Today she is very delicate, with freshly washed hair, draped softly on her shoulders, and light makeup, she is very beautiful.

I said, "I promise you, can I not come?"

"You're the head chef, I'm afraid you'll ignore me, the dumpling maker."

"The chef is also a human being." I said, "I've never seen you put on makeup. You look pretty."

She smiled.

When she entered the store, she pointed to a small private room and said it was there. I said you go in first, and I will go to the bathroom.After she entered the private room, she came to the bar, pressed 200 yuan in advance, told the bar that I would buy the order for that private room, and then came to the private room.

Zhou Jing sat next to the eldest sister who was selling pancakes, and the dishes had already been served.Sister Coarse Grain is very fat, tall, 1.7 meters tall, and she looks like a very straightforward person, a bit like an old man.She said she had seen me in Coarse Grain, but I had no impression that she was not the one who spread the pancakes when she was working in Coarse Grain.She said that she worked as a nanny at the old man's house when she was not at the coarse grain pancake, and was later transferred to the coarse grain pancake.

"Chef Tan, you are now well-known in our coarse grains, and many employees want to be transferred to your old store." The eldest sister said.

"Sister is complimenting me." I said.

"Really, I didn't lie to you, our little Wei Zi is not good, and no one convinces him." The elder sister said.

I smiled and said nothing, I don't want to talk more about it.

The eldest sister said: "Chef Tan, Zhou Jing has wanted to invite you to dinner for a long time. Seeing that you are very busy every day, sometimes I can't find you. You get off work early, and you will go back to the dormitory after she gets off work. She told me several times , I must treat you to a meal."

I said, "Isn't this coming?"

"Zhou Jing said that you are old. When she first arrived, she had no relatives. You arranged work for her and gave her money. She is always grateful to you." The eldest sister said.

"What's there to be grateful for? It's fate to meet together. If she doesn't go to the old store, she might go to coarse grains." I said.

Zhou Jing said: "Actually, that day I went to Coarse Grain first. The people in Coarse Grain said they didn't recruit people, and told me to go to the old store, saying that the old store wanted people."

"Oh." I nodded and said, "It's really fate. It's not easy to go out. If you can take care of each other, I can take care of each other. That's all I can do."

The eldest sister said: "I have to say that you are particular, come, let's have a drink together."

The three of us raised our glasses and clinked. The eldest sister threw up her neck and drank a glass of white wine, which surprised me.A cup is worth three taels. It's been a long time since I drank like this. I don't know if I can continue.

When I was in a daze, the eldest sister had already finished drinking, and said to me: "Chef Tan, I have done it, don't say you can't do it."

Smiled wryly, looked at Zhou Jing, and said in my heart that you are looking for someone who can drink to accompany me, and I am afraid that I can't drink well.Zhou Jing looked at me with a smile, which meant that she couldn't drink liquor, so the one she was looking for was okay.

"Eldest sister has done it, I have to do it."

Losing wine without losing momentum, he raised his neck and continued.

The last time I drank like this was a few years ago, and now I can't bear it.I still like to drink it sip by sip, so that I can taste the taste of wine.

"Sister, it's okay to drink like this for the first cup, but not for the second cup." I said.

The eldest sister laughed and said, "Okay, whatever you want. I'm used to drinking like this, and I can't get enough of it in small sips. Besides, it's too spicy."

"Eldest sister is good at drinking." I said.

"Chu Tan can drink well. Everyone in the group knows that you are the God of Dionysus, and they have long wanted to drink with you." The eldest sister said.

"No, it's far worse than the eldest sister." I said.

To be honest, I really can't drink big sister, I drink half a catty of wine, and others have already drunk a catty.The eldest sister said that she was almost immune to alcohol, and the most she drank four catties of liquor at one time was not drunk, but she didn't dare to drink any more.

It was the first time I saw a woman who could drink. I used to think that Zhou Xiaomei could drink enough. She was also a primary school student in front of the elder sister.

Zhou Jing said that she always went out to drink with her eldest sister. She drank two bottles of beer, and her eldest sister drank two bottles of white wine.You can imagine the scene where two women sit and drink together, one drinking white wine and the other drinking beer, they touch each other with their glasses up, and then they do it together. It seems that, one cup after another, the scene is quite shocking.

"Chef Tan's family is from the provincial capital?" the elder sister asked me.

"Well, from the provincial capital." I replied.

"Have you come to our house for more than a year?"

"More than a year."

"Is the daughter-in-law not here?"

"She takes care of the children at home and goes to work." I said.

"What kind of work do your younger brothers and sisters do?" the elder sister asked.

"Custodial at a company," I said.

"Very good." She said, and then said: "You are very righteous. Zhou Jing told me that she had no money when she came, and you took the money."

I said, "I borrowed it, and she has to pay me back when she gets rich."

The eldest sister said: "I know everything. Zhou Jing paid you back when she was paid. You don't want it. She told me that you are a good person."

I looked at Zhou Jing, and she smiled embarrassedly.

It is a good thing to be praised by others, and it is beautiful in my heart, but I still feel a little uncomfortable being praised in front of women.It's not how great he is, but because he didn't take this matter to heart.There is no need to remember things that don’t cost much.

I said, "Everyone has times when they are in trouble, it's common."

Zhou Jing said: "Thank you so much, chef. I cried when you gave me the money. At that time, I only had more than 100 yuan left."

"So poor?" I asked jokingly.

"When I came out, I didn't have much money on me. I only had more than 500 in total. I went to Binhai for two days. I spent a lot of food and accommodation, and I saved money. When I arrived at our house, I thought about it. If it doesn't work, I will go out and beg for food. gone," she said.

"It's not enough to beg for food. Those who have hands and feet can earn a living." I said.

She smiled and said, "I was careful during the three days of the trial. I rushed to do all the work, just because I was afraid that you wouldn't use me. When I was picking vegetables, the two aunts said that there were only two people choosing vegetables. Not more than three, and told me that the restaurant is not short of people now. I was dumbfounded when I heard it, thinking that you just used me for three days and drove me away after three days. There is a place to eat and sleep, work hard, what if you think I am good at work and affordable, and you keep me? Tell you the chef, I thought so at the time, and I told a lie to go out and get hit by a car."

What she said was very serious, not a lie.But she didn't know that I really forgot about her trial at that time.

"Auntie Sichuan told me when I was about to get off work on the third day, you have been here for three days, go ask the chef if you want it. In fact, I was worried about what I did in those three days. I just took a look, turned around and left, I thought it must be over, I can’t be used. When I looked for you, I was timid, didn’t have much hope, and planned to leave the next day.”

Speaking of this, she smiled happily, and said: "I didn't expect you to say yes, but also asked me if I could do it, and said that I would be arranged to work the next day, you know? At that time, I thought I heard it wrong , I don't believe it."

I said, "You're doing pretty well."

"I was so happy at the time, I thought this is meeting a good person, our family has no shortage of people, and you still have to arrange for me to work—how can I say it, then I told myself that you are my nobleman , helped me."

When she said this, her voice was a little choked up. Looking at her, she didn't expect that her unintentional action at that time would be a great help to her.

I said, "I'm the head chef. If it wasn't for the head chef, I wouldn't be able to help you."

(End of this chapter)