The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 44 Friends - The House
Li Wanshan and Yanhua traveled to Ganqika. Sister Yuan also invited Xiaofeng to come and play for two days. Xiaofeng readily agreed and brought Brother Liu along.

Under the leadership of Sister Yuan and Lao Tan, the group went down to Daqinggou, Xiaozhuang Mausoleum, Agula Park, and the racetrack. They visited these scenic spots, ate roasted whole lamb, held the meat, and watched the bonfire party.

After two days, everyone had a great time playing, and they all had something to say.

Yanzi and Yanhua told Lao Tan about their plan to open a small restaurant. Lao Tan analyzed that there is a lack of a better dumpling restaurant in Santaizi. It can be opened on Songshan Road or Beisantaizi. The best area is 400,000 to 3. Baiping, with a total investment of no more than 600,000, strives to recover the cost within one year, maintains its business at [-] million in the second year, and can have a net profit of [-].

Yanzi and Yanhua didn't want to make such a big project, they meant that the area should be within [-] square meters, and the investment should not exceed [-].

Lao Tan said: "Small restaurants with an area of ​​30,000 to 8000 square meters are not bad, but they are also possible. Selling 10,000 yuan a month is a big deal. Small restaurants are low in cost and low in cost, and they make less money. If it is a mom-and-pop store, it is okay. The couple earn [-] to [-] yuan a month, and [-] yuan is enough to live on."

"If two people work together, they won't earn much if they worry about getting hurt. Don't listen to what I say. As the saying goes, it's hard to make a good business partner. You two don't cooperate now. When you cooperate, you can guarantee that there will be disagreements. , I can’t even be friends if it’s not done well, because a small restaurant isn’t worth it.”

Yanzi didn't agree with what Lao Tan said, and asked instead: "Opening a big restaurant is also a cooperation between two people, so a big hotel is enough?"

Old Tan smiled, he didn't want to discuss this matter with her, as it would discourage the two of them.

He said: "Let me tell you, the restaurant with more than 20 square meters is just right in Santaizi. Ordinary people go in for [-] yuan to eat enough, and the leaders don’t feel that the price has dropped when they go in, and they feel that they still eat well, which is the best.”

He said to Old Deng who was sitting next to Yanhua: "Brother Deng is the chief of the section. The workers in the factory have no problem. They all give the section chief face and can come to eat. I came to take care of me and add a dish to make up for it. Make a discount, one is to pull the Lord's way, and the other is to save face for Brother Deng."

Then he looked at Li Wanshan and Feng Shimin and said, "Brother Li and Brother Feng promise to support you strongly, but you two are officials—the common people are the most annoying to the secretary of the village chief, and they know that the restaurant opened by the secretary's wife promises not to go."

"It's a little good, you two have a place to eat." Old Tan smiled after speaking.

Although the mouth is cold, the words are not pleasant, but the truth.

Then he went on to say: "Brother Li and Brother Feng, you both have feelings for yourself. Can you go to a small restaurant when you two treat guests to dinner, or someone invites you two? The people who eat with you are either township cadres or businessmen. Those who have money are those who have power, so you have to find a restaurant with a similar level, right?"

"Sister Yan, Yanhua, you both open a small restaurant, and Brother Li and Brother Feng are too embarrassed to take customers to the store, and they can't help even if they want to help. They still have a lot of resources, so they need to use them. I suggest you The two opened a dumpling restaurant of more than [-] square meters. The dumplings are highly profitable and down-to-earth. Customers are willing to enter the dumpling restaurant after seeing them. The dumplings are affordable for the common people, and the leaders will not lose a piece. The other three restaurants have three major characteristics : Cheap and affordable, the dumplings warm your stomach, and the drinks are not expensive, right?"

Yanzi and Yanhua nodded, and the others agreed.

Of course, Lao Tan is just a suggestion, and in the end I have to make up my own mind.As a friend, he gave a conclusion through the analysis of the Santaizi catering market from the perspective of a catering professional.

If it was him, he would open a dumpling restaurant like this, and earning 8000-[-] yuan a month by opening a small restaurant would be better than working for others.

Xiaofeng and Brother Liu also suggested that Yanzi and Yanhua do what Lao Tan wanted, but this matter involves money, and it is not a small amount. Lao Deng is now in the stage of active performance and agrees to take money from Yanhua. Total Total.

"Master Tan, if they open a restaurant, they still have to ask for your help." Feng Shimin thought for a while and said to Old Tan.

Old Tan smiled and said: "It's not a problem, I promise to help. I have provided the dumpling maker and chef, and I will teach you how to make it. As long as it is human, I will be responsible for it and guide it myself."

Li Wanshan laughed and said: "Just waiting for your words, if they really do something, you must help, and then you will be the general manager."

Old Tan smiled and said, "I don't dare to be the general manager, but the consultant is mine."

The matter of the hotel is not settled immediately, it is not something urgent, even if it is settled, you have to go back to find a facade, pay the rent, and then decorate and make preparations. It takes three or two months to complete the operation, which has to be happy Under normal circumstances, if the house is not suitable, it will take a long time.

The next day, the group was preparing to return to the provincial capital. In the evening, Lao Tan called for two new friends, Bart and Director Wu, who had made friends here, and they had a lively time together.

Everyone had a great time during this trip. They enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the grassland, the customs and customs of the Mongolian people, ate the long-awaited roasted whole lamb, and drank the horse wine.Have fun at the bonfire party and enjoy comfortably in the yurt.All this left a good impression on them, so that they would visit the grassland every summer in the future.

After seeing off friends from the provincial capital, the Naadam Conference in Qili was held immediately.Because it is ten miles away from the venue, it is very close, and it has become a place for many Sumu and Gacha teams to eat and stay. In addition, the osteopathic hospital has been booked early, and the rooms and restaurants are full for five consecutive days. The business is booming, and the daily turnover More than forty thousand.

Sister Yuan smiled and said to Lao Tan: "It would be great if I did this every day. I'll take care of it and do it myself."

Lao Tan said: "It depends on the future development. If it develops well, it will be fine. If it does not develop, it will be useless."

Sister Yuan said: "That's not true. No one can say for sure. This policy can change as it is said to change. Once a courtier is a gentleman, there will be a courtier."

"After the Naadam is done, it will stop. There won't be too many people coming, so stay away from the street."

Sister Yuan also expressed the same opinion.

The facts are indeed the same as what Lao Tan said. As soon as the Naadam Conference ended, the bustling hotel suddenly became deserted. For two days in a row, four people stayed in the hotel every day, and there were three small tables a day in the hotel. There were no more than twelve people in total. more than guests.

This is expected. On the last day in Naadam, Lao Tan told the kitchen to purchase less and prepare less materials to prevent unnecessary waste caused by the backlog of raw materials.

Sister Yuan went home on the weekend and said she would come back next Wednesday and go to the group meeting on Monday and Tuesday.

After Lao Tan went to Ganqika, Lin Yan and her son resumed their old life.Get up every morning to make breakfast for my son, send him to kindergarten after eating, and then go to work.

It's just that I got home too late after get off work, at seven o'clock, so I couldn't pick up my son.It's still the same as before, brother Li next door will pick him up, and if he gets off work late, his sister-in-law will pick him up.

Brother Li and his sister-in-law watched and grew up his son. They liked it very much and treated him as their own child.His daughter Jiaqi also likes this younger brother, and she misses it even if she doesn't see her for a day.When Brother Li picked up his son, he took Jiaqi with him. When he arrived at the gate of the kindergarten, when the son came out and saw his sister, he would happily run over. The two girls followed Brother Li's buttocks and walked home hand in hand.

Kindergarten teachers thought they were two sisters.

In addition to Li Ge and his wife who went to pick up their son, sometimes they were not free, and Li Ge's comrades-in-arms Erping and Li Jian also went to pick them up.

Li Ge, Er Ping, and Li Jian are full-time employees of the aircraft factory.Through Li Ge Laotan became friends with Erping and Li Jian, the relationship between the four families is quite good, like brothers and sisters.

Both Erping and Li Jian are married and have no children.

Li Jian is the youngest among the four brothers, like a child, her partner Lili was introduced by Lin Yan.Li Jian likes Lao Tan's son very much, and he is the child's godfather.

Erping is older than Li Jian. He has been married for four years and his daughter-in-law is waiting for work at home.He loves to drink, and is a pure alcoholic like Lao Tan.

As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and close neighbors are not as good as the opposite door.Old Tan has been working in other places these years, thanks to Brother Li and his family for taking care of them.

For the last two days, Lin Yan had a rest on Sunday and took her son to art class. When she came back, her son said, "Mom, other children have big houses. When will our family buy a big house?"

What her son said made Lin Yan feel very uncomfortable.

My son is five years old, very sensible, never picky about what he eats and what he wears. At a young age, he knows that his parents are hardworking and rarely mischievous.Sometimes Lin Yan came back late from get off work and arrived home at ninety o'clock, and her son undressed and went to sleep after eating at Brother Li's house.

Every time she saw her son sleeping on the bed with a blushing face, tears of sadness and relief would fall from Lin Yan's eyes.

Lin Yan decided to buy a house.

I called Lao Tan and said, "As long as you keep going to work, we will buy the house this year."

Lao Tan said: "Buy what you want. I can work here until the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival, I will look for a job again."

Lin Yan was a little annoyed and worried, and said: "After buying the house, we don't have any money left. Your son also said that he wants a big house, not a small one. After buying the house, you will be laid off and don't earn money. You can rely on me alone. After the salary is paid off and the mortgage is paid off, there is nothing left, and your son won’t even be able to drink milk, so it’s up to you to fix it.”

Old Tan said with a smile: "Don't worry, buy it boldly. I will pay you to let you two drink the Northwest Wind. Money is not a problem. I can find a job easily, so you can buy it."

Although he doesn't care about money, he has a general understanding of the family's financial situation.

Buying a house is a major event, and the couple have the same views.

Isn't it just to have a house in the provincial capital and settle down?

How can you settle down without a house, and how can you work happily without a house?

Buying a house is officially on the agenda. Although Lao Tan is not at home, he must give full support.

Lin Yan looked at three second-hand houses and one new house, but she was not satisfied. The main reason was that these four houses were not on Songshan Road.I have lived on Songshan Road for nearly ten years, I have feelings for this place, I don’t want to leave, and I plan to buy a house on this road.

Now the housing prices on the entire Songshan Road are frighteningly high, with a minimum of [-] for a mouthful.

Lin Yan is going to buy an old two-bedroom house, which is [-] to [-] square meters, enough for a family of three.But after seeing the new two-bedroom, my heart became alive, and my son also said in a childlike voice that he likes big houses, so he decided to buy a new two-bedroom.

The new two rooms are large in size, the kitchen, bathroom, and living room are spacious, and they are comfortable to live in, but they also cost a lot.

After buying the house, there is no money to decorate it.

Lin Yan decided not to renovate first, but to buy a second-hand house with similar decoration, live in it for a few years, and renovate when her hands are more spacious.In total, the son is five years old, there is no rush, the house can live until the son goes to college.When my son graduates from college, he doesn't necessarily have to do anything or work anywhere, as long as the house is big enough for the old couple to live in.

After buying the house, continue to save money for the education of the son, and then buy a house for the son when he gets married. This will be considered as the completion of the task in this life.

Hey, I still have to work, I can't be idle.

My son spends money every day, milk, bread, and garden fees. My son grows fast, and the clothes I bought in the first half of the year will become smaller in the second half of the year, so I still have to buy them.Children's clothes are so expensive, more expensive than adults' clothes, and you can't watch other people's children wear them and make your own children look at them.

I have to enroll in cram schools, interest classes, art, dance, music, and English, all of which cost money, which is nearly [-] a month.

A family of three still has to eat and wear, water, electricity, gas, rice, noodles and vegetables, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, human relations, everything has to be spent everywhere, and three or four thousand a month is not enough.

Old Tan is doing well at work, earns a lot, enough to spend, and still has some left over to pay off the mortgage.If he doesn't go to work, it's useless, and he can't support himself at all.

Now the benefits of cold chain logistics are not bad, and I am familiar with it, but the salary is low, three thousand and five, but fortunately, I pay three insurances and one housing fund.

There is an old logistics company with more than [-] a month, when can I earn something?

Brother Li gave a lot of advice on buying a house. He said that it is best to buy it on Songshan Road. This is a prosperous area in Santaizi.

So I decided to buy it on Songshan Road.

(End of this chapter)