The story of a cook

Chapter 405 You two are not strong
Walking out of the private room to the kitchen, I saw Zheng Jiaqi cleaning up in a private room, and went in to say hello to her.

"How are you tired?" I asked.

"I'm not tired, this kind of work is nothing to me." She said with a smile.

I asked, "What do you think of this place?"

"It's very good. The guests hardly talk about it, and they don't find fault with it. It's easier to do than our provincial capital." She said.

"Are you getting used to it?" I asked.

"Adaptation, I feel pretty good in this small city, there are no such things, interpersonal relationships are simple, and work is smooth." She said.

"Really, as long as you can get used to it." I said, watching her suddenly remember what I said about the cold dish boy in the meeting just now, and asked her: "I see that you often say that you want to open a restaurant by yourself, do you want to work in the kitchen?"

"Working in the kitchen? What can I do in the kitchen?" she asked.

"Being a little brother in cold dishes." I said.

She thought for a while and asked, "Can I do it? At such an old age, I'm still a woman?"

I said: "It can be done."

"I'd rather go to the kitchen," she said.

I said: "If you want to go, I will tell you. Anyway, we can't work here for a long time, and you don't plan to work for a long time. It's good to work as a younger brother in the kitchen. You can learn some crafts. When you get married, you will do well." cooking."

She smiled and said, "Then boss, you can arrange it, I really like the kitchen."

First, I told Sister Jiang about Zheng Jiaqi’s plan to become a younger brother in the kitchen. Sister Jiang readily agreed, telling me that you have to put her in the kitchen if you know it. , she thinks Zheng Jiaqi is a good person.I didn't explain it to her in detail. The more I explain it, the less clear it is. It's better not to explain it.

Going back to the kitchen, I told the head chef that Zheng Jiaqi could be a cold dish chef, and the chef happily agreed. After dinner that night, Zheng Jiaqi went to the cold dish stall to be a baby boy.It's quite eye-catching to see her wearing a chef's uniform standing in the bright stall, a beautiful chef.

The boss had a talk with Dawei, and the child was very nice, saying that he liked to learn, so he agreed.

I said that the kitchen boy doesn’t have to be a boy, but laid-off female workers are also fine. This reminded the head chef, and he recruited two laid-off female workers in their 30s to work as loaders in the kitchen the next day, and replaced Dawei in this way. Start to learn smoked flavor from me.

Jiao Xunwei is already familiar with the road. He took care of sister Jin in Yangchun and elder brother in Qingwatai. Now he has experience in taking care of Dawei.From hanging soup to raising soup, from how to pack the raw materials to how to make sauce, how to smoke, how to place the stalls, and how to keep them, it took him a week to teach him.Dawei is very smart and eager to learn, and after working in the kitchen for a long time, he knows some things at a glance, so it didn't take him any trouble.

The first batch of smoked products was tasted by the boss, the head chef, Chen Gang, and Sister Jiang. They all agreed after tasting it, especially Sister Jiang said that the smoked flavor is the best in Fuxin.I dare not be the first, it is certain that it can eat and live in people, and it is the signature dish of the store.

After the smoke was finished and put on the shelves, I found that it was the wisest choice to transfer Zheng Jiaqi to the cold dishes.The freshly smoked products are placed there, hot and steaming, golden yellow with light, which is tempting to look at, and Zheng Jiaqi, a beauty, sells smoked flavors there, customers can order even if they don’t want to, and they can get close Get in touch with beautiful women.

So the smell of smoke became hot, which was unexpected.

Asking Zheng Jiaqi to be a cold dish as a younger brother is purely a sham, but the smoked taste is popular, and it is good to sell it with cold dishes. Zheng Jiaqi won the title of "Xianwei Noble Concubine".The reason why she is called Concubine and not Xi Shi may be that she is too plump.

Now the cold dishes have been stabilized, and the head chef has also developed the habit of checking in the cold dishes every day.I said it was a habit, but Chen Gang said it was not a habit, but went to communicate with the beautiful woman.Laugh at his statement, don't go into it.

Everyone has a love of beauty, which is understandable, as long as nothing happens.The head chef is not Zheng Jiaqi's favorite type either.

The winter in Fuxin is colder than that of the provincial capital. When I came here, I wore single clothes, and I also brought winter clothes. I didn’t bring many. I only brought a pair of cotton shoes and two clothes, which can be changed.

Snowflakes floated in the sky this day, and it was snowing.

I don't know what's going on, but as long as it's snowing, I will be very homesick and miss my mother.I haven't been home to visit my mother for more than a year, and I feel a little unfilial when I think about it.Now the phone is convenient, I can always make a phone call with my family, know the situation at home in time, and worry less about it.If it is inconvenient to make phone calls like the first two years, I will be very worried about it, and even can't sleep.

I talked with Fifth Sister on the phone, and Fifth Sister and the others knew that I was working in Fuxin, and they told me that there was nothing to worry about at home, and that my mother was in good health, especially when I saw my grandson this year. .

My mother is 71 this year, and will be 72 after the Chinese New Year. The 72-year-old man is really worrying about being alone at home. If he is not afraid of [-] yuan, he is afraid of what happens. If something happens to him, he will regret it to death.

I still live in a rented house and have no money to buy a house. If I can buy a house in the provincial capital, I will bring my mother to the city.It seems that my idea is good, but it is difficult to realize.The fifth sister said that her mother would not come to the city, and now she can still cook and eat by herself, she is in good health, and she is used to being alone without being disturbed.When my mother didn't want to live alone at home, the fifth sister would take her to her own home, and the mother also said that if she didn't go to anyone's house, she would go to the fifth sister's house.

Looking at the snowflakes flying in the sky, I feel that I am a failure. I haven’t been able to buy a house after more than ten years, and I can’t be filial to my mother. This son is very incompetent.

When I'm in a bad mood, I don't like to talk, and I don't have a smile on my face, so I work hard.

Zhao Gang saw that I was not happy, and asked me: "What's the matter, Master, are you not happy?"

I said, "It's okay, I'm homesick."

"Missing the baby?" he asked.

"A little bit, mainly because I miss my mother." I said.

"We don't have a holiday this Chinese New Year. If you have a holiday, you can go home and have a look." He said.

I said: "Wait until the New Year is over, go home and have a look after the New Year."

"Master, have you worked as a cook for all these years?" He asked.

"Enough work is not enough. If you don't do this, what are you going to do? You have to earn money to support your family, and it's too late to change careers to do other things now." I said.

He said: "Master, I've had enough work, and I don't want to do it anymore. After the Chinese New Year, I will reflect on what I can do with some money from home."

I asked: "What do you want to do?"

"I don't know what to do. I can't do anything else like what you said. If I can't, I can open a small restaurant. It's up to me and I won't work for others," he said.

I laughed and said, "I still haven't left the catering industry."

"Yes, I think it's not easy to leave the catering industry in this life." He continued: "I have to get married during the Chinese New Year, and after I get married, I have to have children. When I have children, the pressure is even greater, and I have to buy a house, so I have to be a chef The little money I earn is not enough to do anything, so I can do whatever I say, so I can earn more."

I said: "If you have the capital to start a small restaurant business by yourself, those in our business will not be able to cook for others for many years. When you are young, you can do it. People use you. After forty, no one likes to use it. At that time, we have to find a way to do it ourselves. We don’t know anything else, we can cook, and we have to work in small restaurants.”

"Master, don't you want to start a small restaurant by yourself?" He asked.

"Think about it, why don't you think about it." I said, "I don't have the capital in hand, if I had the capital, I would have done it long ago."

"Master, you have been working for more than ten years, so you can't be without money." He didn't believe that I had no money.

I said, "I have no money, my family has no foundation, I have to earn everything by myself, I still have to live, and I can't save much money." After speaking, I sighed, feeling a little helpless.

On the road of part-time work, I have to continue to struggle, for my family and my son.

Let's move forward with a heavy burden. As a man, it is necessary to support a family. There is no reason. This is a responsibility.

Due to the snow, there were not many customers, and I got off work early at night, at eight o'clock.After changing clothes and coming to the hall, Zheng Jiaqi also changed clothes and stood in the hall waiting for me and Zhao Gang.Sister Jiang just came down from the second floor, saw the three of us standing there and wanted to leave, and called me to stop.

"Brother Tan, it's okay to go back on a snowy day, let's go for a drink?"

I said, "Go and drink."

Zhao Gang doesn't drink, and he doesn't want to participate in such occasions, so he went back to the dormitory first, and Sister Jiang, Zheng Jiaqi, and I went to the dumpling restaurant for a drink.

I always go to the dumpling restaurant for dinner, the boss already knows us, and when he sees us coming, he smiles and says, "Come here, is it still the third one?"

I said, "The third one."

The third dish is a pound of dumplings, a plate of braised dry tofu, and a plate of sauerkraut and fried shredded lung.

After sitting down, Zheng Jiaqi saw the shoes on my feet and asked me, "Boss, is this the only pair of shoes you have?"

I said, "Well, just bring this pair of cotton shoes."

"Buy another pair to wear, call me to see you wear this pair, and change it too." Zheng Jiaqi said.

I said: "Listen to you, change."

I also want to buy another pair of cotton shoes to wear. To be honest, I am not willing to spend money. Now I can live a good life.

Sister Jiang joked: "You are so obedient, you can change if they tell you."

I said, "Now I listen to women for everything, women are easy to talk to."

"Sister Jiang, don't be joking, the boss has a wife." Zheng Jiaqi said.

"What's wrong with having a daughter-in-law, isn't his daughter-in-law not here now, and no one cares about you two." Sister Jiang said.

"That's not okay, you have to take care of yourself." I said.

Sister Jiang looked at the two of us and asked seriously: "Aren't you two iron sons?"

I said, "No."

Zheng Jiaqi also said, "No."

"I don't believe it, it's not Tiezi, you can come here from the provincial capital to find him?" Sister Jiang said to Zheng Jiaqi.

"No, we are friends. We used to work together. It's good. He is my boss." Zheng Jiaqi said.

"Boss? What kind of boss?" Sister Jiang asked.

When the dishes came, Zheng Jiaqi said while eating: "Master Tan is good at cooking and good at management. We three girls follow him. He is the head chef in the kitchen, and we are the manager and foreman at the front desk. Let's do it, we call him the boss. He doesn't accept apprentices, if he accepts apprentices, I will worship him as a teacher."

"Such a boss." Sister Jiang said, then looked at me and said, "I thought you two were ironclads."

Zheng Jiaqi said with a smile: "The boss has iron, he looks really pretty."

"Really, prettier than you?" Sister Jiang asked.

"Prettier than me, she is a hotel manager."

"So powerful, isn't it Brother Tan?" Sister Jiang asked me.

I said, "Do you think I look like someone with a strong personality? It's just that I have a good relationship and get along well, not a strong personality."

"That's right, I'm embarrassed to admit it, I'm not kidding you, besides, it's not a shame for people to have irons nowadays, you see, anyone who doesn't have irons has them, but I just don't talk about it." Sister Jiang said .

I smiled, picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with the two of them, and took a big sip of wine.

"Everyone has iron skills, and if you don't miss it, you are a master." Sister Jiang said: "How tiring life is now, the couple has nothing to say when they are together, and they still look like they just got married all day long? They are all looking for men. Women look for women, if you don’t tell me, who will know.”

I said, "Then I'm a bit behind the times, and I can't catch up with the implementation."

"Let me tell you, brother, no one will believe you if you say you have no iron, probably not even your daughter-in-law. You work in a restaurant all day and meet women every day, and they are all beautiful. How can you have no iron? Who will believe it?" Yeah." Sister Jiang said.

I smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be with you tomorrow."

"Sister Jiang, when will you bring your Tie Zi over and let us get to know each other." Zheng Jiaqi said.

"Hehe, I told you two that you may not believe it. My sister is really not iron. But friends of the opposite sex do. Sometimes they drink and chat together, and they sleep when they need it. But they are not iron, no Emotional." Sister Jiang said.

"It's really interesting to see." Zheng Jiaqi said.

"What's the matter? People are like this. Don't be emotional. If you are emotional, you're finished. Men are fine, but our women are hurt. It won't heal for a while. It can tear your heart apart."

Sister Jiang was hurt too deeply.

(End of this chapter)