The story of a cook

Chapter 230 Zhang Li Raids at Night
New Year's Day is coming soon, and the days of New Year's Day are very busy. Some units have year-end dinners, and there are reserved seats at noon and evening. The minimum is eight tables, and the maximum is [-] tables. Everyone is very tired and busy until January [-]nd. Then it stops.

Be busy, be busy and make money, and everyone will be happy.

After being busy on New Year's Day, the business returned to its previous state, neither dead nor alive.

This day Mr. Guo came over to eat kung fu fish. Chef Wang said that there is no fish now, and he will cook it tomorrow when he buys it back.Mr. Guo said the day after tomorrow. He has a table of guests the day after tomorrow. When the time comes, he will come over for dinner and ask Chef Wang to bring the kung fu fish.At the same time, tell me to make a few new home-cooked dishes, and make them better, so as not to lose the chain when the time comes.

After Mr. Guo left, Chef Wang said to me: "Master Tan, I will go early in the evening and go to Xiaonantun to taste his kung fu fish."

I said, "Okay, you go, I'll do it at home."

It's hard to understand what Chef Wang is thinking. If I don't do anything else these days and just make kung fu fish, I guarantee that I can make kung fu fish, and I won't get my ears pierced when I get on the sedan chair. That thing doesn't matter.

In fact, he just didn't put his heart on cooking. If he put his heart on cooking, he wouldn't be like this.

People should be scheming, but they can't always spend their time on scheming, and they will delay the business if they waste their brains.Seeing that Chef Wang has an indescribable feeling, he feels that such a person has no future, so that's it.

Looking at the trouble, I went to the cold dish room to see what the National Day was talking about.

Guoqing is giving a speech with two audiences, Zhao Gang and Zhang Jun: "I'm telling you, it's not my buddy bragging. When I was young, my buddy was different from what I am now. It's just that there are a group of little girls behind my ass. I can do whatever I want." Yes, there is no one who is disobedient. I am an honest person. I am not that kind of person. If that kind of person doesn’t say that I will be the groom every night, at least it will be easier and more enjoyable to change a little girl for a week. Let me tell you, Zhang Jun, Zhao Gang , like now is a good time for you guys, just in your twenties, it’s a good time to pick up little girls, if you know a word, you’d rather make a mistake and never let it go, you know, I won’t pick up a few more girls now, I’ll wait for you guys When I have a date at this time, I won’t be able to make love anymore, and I don’t dare to go out and make love, and when the time comes, let the date know that it will kill you.”

I said, "What are you instigating here?"

Guo Qing said: "Give them a class, and see that they are too honest. They are both in their 20s and don't know how to pick up girls. It's over."

Looking at National Day's expression of hating iron but not steel, I feel that he is really worried, more worried than other parents.

I said, "They don't need you to teach them, they know how to do it themselves, better than you."

Guo Qing said: "What's so strong? When I was their age, I was with little girls after work every day. How could I be like them? I just lay down in the dormitory after work, and there wasn't even a little girl." Start teaching by example: "Let me tell you two, little girls are easy to flirt with, but you have to take the initiative. If you don't take the initiative and still want other girls to take the initiative, there is no such good thing. You know, the first thing you need to do is show your shame when you pick up a girl. , Don’t be afraid of being ignorant, it’s normal to be ignorant if you have a partner, you have to dare to talk, dare to chat with other girls, and if you have nothing to do after work, take them out to eat and drink, it’s best to give her a drink If there are too many, it will be easy to handle, and I don’t need to teach you what to do with the rest.”

After finishing speaking, he laughed twice.

I laughed and said, "I won, don't talk nonsense, just talk about it, everyone is a child, and you have spoiled it."

Guo Qing said: "I'm talking about it and it's broken? That proves that the two of them have ghosts in their hearts, and they have long wanted to imitate it."

At this time, Ms. Mian came over, saw that we were all there, and said, "Why, there is a meeting."

Zhang Jun said, "No, Brother Zhang is giving us lessons."

Sister Mian looked at National Day and said, "Did you teach them how to pick up little girls again?"

Guo Qing said: "I see that they are still in their 20s and still not dating, so I am worried for them."

Sister Mian said: "Come on, I'm only in my 20s, my parents are not in a hurry, what are you doing now, the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry, just worry about nothing."

National Day said righteously, "Hey, can you not worry, they are all my brothers."

Everyone just laughed.

Sister Mian told me, "Master Tan, I'm looking for you."

I asked: "What's the matter?"

Sister Mian said, "Come with me for an appointment and tell you something."

Guoqing said: "Why do you have to go to the pastry room to talk about it? You don't want us to know. It's just that it's not good to betray someone. It's not good to betray someone. Be careful, the third child. When the time comes, I will tell my third sister-in-law that you are here with me." Make a point of that woman's betrayal."

Ignoring him, I went to the pastry room.

On the noodle case was a drawer of cornmeal and vegetable dumplings, which looked freshly steamed and still warm, but the shape was a bit bad, the dumpling skins were all open, and the noodles were hard at first glance, otherwise they wouldn't be able to open their mouths.

Sister Mian said: "Mr. Guo said that he wants to eat dumplings with big vegetables, but they are still made of cornmeal. Let me think about it and make it like this after steaming. This is not okay."

I took a bite of a dumpling and said, "This side hasn't risen yet."

"Yes, it's a little uninitiated." Sister Mian said.

I asked, "What have you put here?"

Ms. Mian said, "I didn't put anything in there. It's the cornmeal brought over by Mr. Guo just now. He said it's still the best cornmeal."

I asked, "He said he would eat it today?"

Sister Mian said, "No, I said it will be eaten the day after tomorrow."

"That's okay, there's still time." I said, "Tell you, the cornmeal and vegetable dumplings are pretty neat, just like normal dumplings, the main thing is noodles. Do we have bean noodles?"

"No." Miss Mian replied.

I said: "Today you buy a catty of bean noodles, and when the bean noodles come back tomorrow, you use a catty of cornmeal, four liang of white flour, and two liang of bean noodles together, and then make steamed dumpling noodles. Remember it is steamed dumpling noodles. It’s not cooking dumpling noodles, it’s fine to wrap them after the noodles wake up.”

"Oh, I have to put white flour and bean flour with corn flour. I don't know. Thank you, Master Tan, I learned another trick today." Sister Mian said happily.

I said, "You're welcome, it's nothing. I learned it at home. My sister makes big vegetables and dumplings just like this. It's steamed and delicious. The noodles are still steaming and have a sweet smell."

Sister Mian said: "Really, I haven't done it all the time. If you don't tell me, you really don't know. I'll try it when I come back from Mian tomorrow, and then you can help me take a look."

I said, "OK, no problem."

Cornmeal is the most familiar to me. I grew up eating big cornmeal pancakes, so I know nothing about it.At that time, there was nothing to eat at home, except cornmeal buns, which were big cornmeal pancakes.

In spring, when the elm money came down, I counted the elm money and took it home. My mother used the elm money to make us cornmeal dumplings, which were delicious.Later, when the conditions at home got better and there was white flour, my mother mixed a handful of white flour into cornmeal and made us a double-mixed "饸饹", which was considered to be Chinese New Year, and it was delicious.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, Chef Wang went to Xiaonantun to learn kung fu fish. At this time, there were not many guests, so a few dishes came, and it was over after frying.

After tidying up the hygiene, National Day said he had something to leave early, and asked him what was the matter, he smiled and said, "Isn't this a fundraising? Going out to have a meal with my wife is also showing off."

I laughed, the National Day has always been very good to his wife, and his wife never left her for the National Day. The National Day has not made much money for almost a year, and it is his wife who earns money to support the family. This time, it is appropriate to invite her to dinner. of.

Lin Yan and I are not very romantic. Sometimes I tell her that she doesn't go out for dinner, and she thinks it is a waste, so she cooks and eats at home.Sometimes when I'm not at home, she just makes a fool of herself and settles things hastily.

Lin Yan is a good woman and a good daughter-in-law. Being able to live is what I am most content with.

Whether romance is romantic or not depends on how you look at romance. If a romantic night is romantic, then we are not bad, we can be together every other day, and we are warm and harmonious.If it is romantic to go out drinking and singing all day long, then we can’t do it, she doesn’t like it, I like half of it, it’s still not romantic.

This is also a kind of romance between us, it depends on how we understand it, as long as the two of us are content.

Lin Yan is a bit family-oriented, so let's take care of it, take your time, when we get married and have children, we won't be so family-oriented.

Now her job is quite stable, and she and Qiuping are doing well together.She is studying accounting while going to work, and she will start the exam in June of the Chinese New Year.

Qiuping has also adapted to the part-time job life, and can send money to the family every month to help the family share some, which is quite sensible.Seeing Qiuping's intelligence and tenacity, she will do well in the future, and her development can surpass me.

When I got off work, I came to the front hall, greeted Manager Feng and left the store.

Zhang Li stood outside the store.

I looked at her in astonishment, with my mouth open and speechless.

Zhang Li looked at me with a smile, and the white down jacket set her off a bit.

Surprised, she asked, "Why are you here?"

Zhang Li smiled and said, "Why can't I be here."

"You didn't go to work? This time should be when you are busy." I remember that she went to work at Sita Jinhua's.

Zhang Li said: "Hehe, let me tell you, it seems that you really don't understand Sita. Don't you celebrate the Gregorian year? Every year at this time, there will be a big inspection. Anyone's house will be closed at this point, unless the door is hard."

I understood a little bit, and said: "Then you are——"

"I happened to pass by you when I got off work. I guess it's time for you to get off work, so I got out of the car to see if I could run into you, and I did," she said.

I laughed and said, "I still think about you sitting on the sidelines here."

She also laughed, pointed behind me and asked: "Who is that, your waiter, who has been watching us at the door."

I turned around and saw Zhou Xiaomei standing at the door looking here, she smiled when she saw me turning back, and I waved to her, she ran over cheerfully, looked at Zhang Li and asked, "Is this your aunt?"

Zhou Xiaomei's words confused Zhang Li and said, "What?"

I hurriedly said to Zhou Xiaomei: "Don't yell, she is my former colleague, not my wife." Then I introduced Zhou Xiaomei to Zhang Li: "This is my classmate, you call me uncle."

Zhou Xiaomei blushed a little, and said: "Sorry, I thought——you didn't say it earlier, look, it's a joke."

Zhang Li said: "It's okay, I have no objection if you call me aunt, but I'm afraid your uncle won't agree."

I said: "This joke can't be fooled, be careful."

Zhang Li laughed and said, "What's wrong, is it because you are afraid that your niece will complain to you when she comes home, or because you are afraid that I will really be your daughter-in-law and you dare not take it."

"I can't take it anymore." I said, "Since I'm here, I haven't had a drink for a month. Let's go and have some wine."

"Don't dare, in case your wife knows that you are home, she won't kneel on the washboard."

"Not that serious."

(End of this chapter)