Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 659 Why don't you go and be someone else's son?

Seeing the bet between these two, Chen Nian's heart tightened.

It's not that they're worried that they won't be able to afford the money. Li Ting is still living alone now, but the food and drink are all covered, and he doesn't need to pay too much attention to living, and it doesn't cost much.

Even if young people like to buy clothes, but they work here all day and wear chef uniforms, they can’t buy expensive clothes and shoes. Even if they buy a pair of expensive AJs a month, the cheap ones are only a few hundred yuan, and the slightly more expensive ones are just a few hundred yuan. More than 1000.

Perhaps the only place where you spend the most money is to buy skins in the game, and to charge 648 when there are events.

Chen Nian estimated that his apprentice should still have tens of thousands of dollars in his hands.

Not to mention Qiao Zhaomei, every month his salary is basically spent on his girlfriend, and it is delivered to the store by courier every few days. There is a corner here, where they usually store The delivery place, but five out of ten deliveries belong to Qiao Zhaomei.

According to him, these are gifts he bought for his girlfriend, because his girlfriend is a novelist and stays at home all day and doesn't like to go out, so whether it's cosmetics, clothes, bags, etc. He is in charge of buying.

Occasionally, he would buy some small gifts or snack packs for his girlfriend. The salary he earned in a month was not enough to spend, but Qiao Zhaomei still had a very good life.

Qiao Zhaomei also said before that their family would call Qiao Zhaomei the rent of one of the buildings every month, just because they were afraid that their son would be wronged outside.

Every time he thinks of this kind of thing, Chen Nian is so envious that he wants to grind his teeth to pieces.

Among other things, even if a building has six floors, there are no more than three households on each floor, and the rent for each household is no more than one thousand and five. There are twenty-seven thousand.

Not to mention that Qiao Zhaomei's girlfriend, Jiu Jiuzi, is also good at writing novels. Although he doesn't know much about it, I heard from my mother that Jiu Jiuzi has many readers and has sold a lot of copyrights.

In a month, at least [-] to [-] yuan can be earned.

More often than not.

So the skin he promised for all heroes and all accounts is nothing more than sprinkling water.

"Don't chop up my chopping board. When the chopping board breaks, I will deduct it from your salary." Chen Nian said.

After hearing this, Li Ting angrily pulled the kitchen knife from the chopping board, and continued to cut vegetables.

In this way, at noon, the business of Chen Nian gradually improved, and the business of the cake shop of the cousin next door was also not bad.

However, after one o'clock, the number of people in the Red Restaurant remained unchanged, and there were even people queuing outside, but the number of people at the cake shop was much less. After all, the main crowd of cake buyers had basically rested. .

And they can breathe a sigh of relief.

In this way, they waited for a while, and after receiving the current customers one after another, it was around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Everyone in the Honghong Hotel had already eaten the staff meal, but the cousin and An Hongdou hadn't, and they were busy at that time.

After Chen Nian took a break here, he ran to the side with his mother to take a look, and saw that the two of them were already sweating profusely, and An Hongdou was a little soft when walking.

"How about it?"

"I'm so tired. I feel like I've never been so tired in my whole life. After a whole morning, it feels like a century has passed!" An Hongdou said.

"Red beans are really good. It's the first time I've made this, but no one can tell that I'm a novice. I'm very quick, and I haven't made a single mistake in the whole morning. When I opened a shop in my hometown, I always It was a miscalculation." Lu Xiao also walked over at this time and said.

But Feng Honghong felt sorry for Hongdou. It's not that she didn't feel sorry for her niece. The main reason was that Lu Xiao used to do this kind of work. He must be used to this kind of work, but An Hongdou was not. An Hongdou was a singer and made cakes as a shop assistant. Not at all.

"Hongdou, otherwise forget it in the afternoon, I'm here to help, you can rest." Feng Honghong said so, Lu Xiao also nodded, she saw An Hongdou's hard work all morning.

An Hongdou is like a hardworking bee, Feifei here and there doesn't even stop spinning, and doesn't even bother to drink saliva.

"Yeah, Hongdou, it's almost done here. Generally, the busiest time for a new store opening is in the morning. In the afternoon, I can be busy here. Go back and rest, and I saw you in the morning. Several people came in with cameras, probably visiting the store, and they must have captured you too.

I'm already very happy that you can come to help me with the publicity, and it also helped me a lot in the morning, otherwise I should take a rest in the afternoon. "Lu Xiao also said aside.

But even if An Hongdou was tired, she didn't want Chen Nian's family to feel weak. Although none of the people present thought so, even if she said what she said just now, she wanted Hongdou to take a rest from the bottom of her heart.

But An Hongdou didn't want to give up halfway. Even if she worked all morning, if she really wanted to collect materials, it would have been enough.

"It's okay, I'm tired, but you have so much work every day, I only worked for a whole morning, and I'm okay." An Hongdou said.

But others are still persuading Hongdou to take a break.

"No need, sister, let's go get something to eat. We are still busy at night. After everyone gets off work in the afternoon, there will definitely be many people." An Hongdou insisted on finishing the day.

Chen Nian is more understanding of his girlfriend. Although Hongdou is usually a bit procrastinated, and often has to put the daytime work in the evening, he is still very strong in this kind of thing.

In addition, I was helping my sister, so I didn't want to leave like this. Even though I was very tired, I still wanted to stick to what I said before and finish the whole day.

"Then let me get you something to eat. I still have all the ingredients there. I'll make you whatever you want."

Hearing this, An Hongdou couldn't help looking at Chen Nian with a smile on her face, but she still turned to look at Lu Xiao: "Sister, what do you want to eat?"

Lu Xiao was full of embarrassment at the moment, but in this situation, if she followed her previous personality, she would definitely say that she could eat anything, and then let An Hongdou make the decision, but she thought about it again, if she In that case, Hongdou would probably be even more embarrassed.

After all, it seems that he is not very picky when he says this, but An Hongdou is still picking.

It's like this between people. Although everyone understands many simple and easy-to-understand truths, they still take into account many things. Even if other people don't think about it at all, they still have to go this way on their side. to think about.

But she couldn't think of anything to eat for a while.

"Then Chen Nian, look at it and prepare it for us. We can eat whatever you do." In the end, Lu Xiao gave Chen Nian the right to make the decision.

"I'll do it." Chen Nian thought for a while and quickly agreed.

In this way, they left the cake shop, and then hung a sign at the door saying that they were closed at noon.

In Honghong Restaurant, Chen Nian didn't cook too much, they had already had lunch before, and now only An Hongdou and Lu Xiao were eating, so Chen Nian cooked a total of three dishes.

Hot and sour potato shreds, sweet and sour pork tenderloin and boiled pork slices.

Two meat dishes and one vegetarian dish are paired with two bowls of rice and Honghong Restaurant's signature drink, sour plum soup.

Then let other people go back to rest. Only Aunt Wen, Feng Honghong, Chen Nian, Lu Xiao and An Hongdou were left here.

But when they were eating, Chen Nian and Feng Honghong couldn't stand beside them, so they also sat at the table and ate something.

Even if you are full, you can hold it with chopsticks and eat another two bites.

In this way, they chatted while eating.

The main thing is to listen to An Hongdou and Lu Xiao talking about how busy they are in the morning.

"However, the mincemeat cake is the best seller, mainly because it looks beautiful, and it also makes people want to eat. After tasting it, many customers immediately decided to buy it, and some people bought it for five catties. After all the calculations, more than 200 catties of mincemeat cakes alone were sold in the morning, but fortunately, they were well prepared," An Hongdou said.

Lu Xiao nodded after hearing this: "Fortunately, I prepared well before, otherwise the mincemeat cakes would have been sold out in the morning alone, and basically everyone who came here would buy some mincemeat cakes when buying dim sum. There will probably be another wave in the evening, but by tomorrow there should not be so many people."

"Yeah, because the activity on the first day was big, many people who should buy it have already bought it by tomorrow. Although the word of mouth can gradually spread, it will take a certain amount of time to ferment. More than 200 pieces were sold this morning. If it’s less than a catty, it should be enough to prepare so much tomorrow, and then you can increase or decrease appropriately depending on the traffic situation.” Chen Nian also analyzed.

"That's it. I'll be more conservative in the future. If the situation is good, I will spend more time."

"Sister, I may be busy with other work tomorrow, so I can't come here to help you, and you may work harder then." An Hongdoupa took a big mouthful of rice and ate it with shredded potatoes. He raised his head and said again.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it. I did it by myself at first, but I really didn't expect that there would be so many people on the first day after opening a store here. You must know that when I was in the county, it was Chinese New Year. to see this happen.”

"Hahaha." Chen Nian laughed after hearing this, "The situation here is very similar to mine for a while now. At that time, I didn't have any preparations, so that I sold out all the things I had prepared for a day in the morning. I also ran out and bought a lot of ingredients to prepare for the evening, but it will be fine when the passenger flow stabilizes."

"But I think sister, you should recruit another person to help as soon as possible, at least you can spare some time to do other things, otherwise you have to be busy at the front and at the back, and you can't take care of it at all.

It’s okay to sell dim sum, cakes and bread, because it’s only the first day. When the store opens, there will be many regular customers, and there will definitely be a lot of orders for customized birthday cakes. "

"Well, I'll take a look at the situation in the next few days and post a recruitment notice in a few days. Otherwise, if there are so many people this morning every day, I really can't be busy."

In this way, after lunch, Lu Xiao had to replenish some ingredients. In the afternoon, she had to make another batch of cakes, and some cakes had to be freshly made, so she couldn't make them all at noon, and had to do them in batches. .

An Hongdou originally wanted to follow, but this time Lu Xiao didn't let her follow in the end: "You rest for a while, we will still be busy at night."

"Okay, then you should pay attention to safety on the road, and call me if there is anything."

"no problem."

Lu Xiao said that he was going to buy ingredients, that is, to check the quality of the items in the past. Although he said that the suppliers he negotiated with can deliver the goods directly, but after all, he still needs to pay attention to quality control at the beginning. Moreover, we have to investigate the suppliers again. It is one thing to talk about it before, but it is another thing to actually start supplying it now.

After that, Feng Honghong also rested on the table, while Chen Nian and An Hongdou sat on the other side and chatted.

"Are you full for lunch?"

"I'm full, but don't tell me, after a busy morning, no matter what I eat at noon today, I feel delicious. I feel like I can eat three bowls of white rice!" An Hongdou said, rubbing his stomach.

"But you only ate one bowl today."

"Didn't I still eat vegetables? The fried shredded potatoes are really delicious!"

"As long as it's delicious, I'll make it for you every day if you want to eat it."

"Don't, delicious food will feel very delicious once in a while, but if you eat it every day, it's not necessarily so. When I was young, I said that I like crispy noodles and canned yellow peaches. When my dad came back at night, I said I bought a whole box of crispy noodles and a whole box of canned yellow peaches, I ate them every day for a few days, and I almost threw up at the end!"

Listening to An Hongdou's words, Chen Nian felt very familiar: "I was like this when I was a child, but I preferred to eat meatloaf at that time. My dad made it for me all day long. I ate one in the morning, one at noon and one at night. After a week of eating it like that, I don't want to eat it anymore, and the sight of the meatloaf makes me sick."

"Same world, same parents." An Hongdou said with a smile.

"Okay, let's lie down on the table and sleep for a while, I don't have a bed here either."

"It's okay, I don't need a bed, I can sleep soundly on the table." An Hongdou said.

In this way, An Hongdou didn't wake up until after four o'clock in the afternoon. When she opened her eyes, Chen Nian had already gone to work in the kitchen, and the back kitchen was full of the sound of cutting vegetables and frying.

"Are you awake?" Feng Honghong asked with a smile after seeing An Hongdou wake up.

"Well, I slept too long, I have to go over there now, and I can't leave my sister alone."

"No hurry, no hurry, drink a glass of water first." Feng Honghong heard this and quickly poured a glass of hot water over.

But An Hongdou was thinking about the cake shop, so she went to the next door with the water.

"Chen Nian, Hongdou is really capable. Where can I find such a good girl? If you dare to let others down in the future, I will definitely not forgive you. In fact, my mother wanted a daughter at that time, but I didn't expect to give birth to you. If a son comes out, Hongdou would be my daughter."

Chen Nian's expression changed upon hearing this: "If Hongdou is your daughter, can the two of us still get married?"

"Yes, why don't you go and be someone else's son?"

(End of this chapter)