The story of a cook

Chapter 431 Farewell to Fuxin
I got out of Sister Jiang’s house and got on the minibus going to Yaruna, and arrived at Yaruna Hotel an hour later.

Yaru knew I was coming, so she waited for me at the hotel ahead of time.

It has been three years, three full years since we last met, and it feels very cordial to see her again.She is still the same, nothing has changed. If you say that she has changed, she is more mature than she was three years ago, with a sense of stability in her maturity.

She is no longer the little girl of those days, and I am no longer the young man of those days.

The former lovers now have their own homes, their own children, and their own lives.

It's just that the concern in my heart can't let go, or I can say that they regard each other as relatives deep in their hearts.

When I saw Yaru three years ago, I had the urge to step forward and hold her in my arms, but now I don't have that urge when I see her, I just smile and look at her like a relative.

It warmed my heart to see her eyes full of warmth.

She beckoned me to sit down, and I handed her my schoolbag.

"What about your child? Buy a schoolbag for your child and let him study hard." I said.

"What schoolbag to buy for him? I bought him a new schoolbag." Yaru said, holding the schoolbag in his hand and looking at it, and then said: "Isn't it a holiday? I didn't go to his grandma's house all winter. He Grandma misses him too, so she went to my mother's house during the holidays, and she will come back tomorrow, and school starts the day after tomorrow."

I said, "My child doesn't have time to go to school. Now my child is very tired in primary school."

She said: "Yes, I have a lot of homework when I am just in the first grade, and I have to make up lessons on Sunday." Then she touched her schoolbag and asked, "What's in here? It still contains things."

"I'll buy you a padded jacket, take it out and have a look." I said.

"Buy me some padded jacket, I have it."

As she spoke, she opened her schoolbag and took out the padded jacket from inside.

"Orange, I like it." She said happily.

"As long as you like it, I'm afraid you won't like it." I said.

"I like it, can you not like the one you bought?" After talking, he smiled, "Hehe, I like it as long as it doesn't cost money."

I asked her to try it on, but she said no, I'll try it later when I go to the hotel for dinner.I asked her why she didn't eat at the restaurant, and she said that she couldn't stop eating at the restaurant, and it was time for guests to come and make a lot of noise.I joked that the two of us had to open a room, and she said yes, open a room, open a big room.

After chatting in the hotel for a while, it was noon, and Yaru and I came to the hotel.She always lives in a hotel, and the whole house is no different from home, and there is also a table for eating.She made two dishes from the restaurant and brought them over, as well as cooked dumplings.

After finishing everything, she put on the padded jacket. Not to mention, it fits well and looks good, looking stable and dignified.

She looked in the mirror and said, "You're pretty good at buying, it's just right."

"When I bought it, there was a woman who was also buying it. She looked similar to you. I bought it because she looked good in clothes." I said.

"You use someone as a model."

"more or less."

She took off the padded jacket and hung it on the clothes hook, then sat down and began to eat.

"My sister-in-law came back from Fuxin yesterday and told me that you would come here today," she said.

"Your sister-in-law went home directly?" I asked.

"Well, I miss the child too."

I ate a dumpling, very fragrant, stuffed with donkey meat.

"Dumplings are delicious, donkey meat?" I said.

"Well, I know you like dumplings, so I made them specially, so it's a reward for you."

"Thank you."

"You couldn't work this year, right?" she asked.

I said, "Give it up and go back to my hometown for the New Year."

She said: "Okay, go back to my hometown and have a good New Year, wait until the New Year is over before working, and spend this time with your mother."

I said, "Yes, that's what I thought too. I haven't been home for the New Year in several years."

"Is your mother over 70?" she asked.

"72." I said.

"At that age, why are you still at home by yourself?"

"Well, I'm at home."

"Don't worry, you can't leave people around you in your 70s. Your mother is in good health, right?"

"My mother is in good health. There is nothing wrong with her. She can cook and eat by herself. She wants to bring her to me. If she doesn't come, she won't follow me. If she can move, she will spend a few years on her own. When she can't move, go to me. Fifth sister's house." I said.

"Yes, at that age, I am not used to living in the city. My mother is only in her 50s and I am not used to living here. She stayed for one night and left. She said that the bed was not comfortable, that she did not sleep well on the kang, and that she was not used to going to the toilet. You have to stay indoors, I can't get used to it," she said.

I laughed, that's true. The old man has lived in the countryside all his life, and he is used to it. He is not used to life in the city.

The two of us were drinking and chatting.

I asked: "I came back to see your mother-in-law last time, have you seen your mother-in-law this time?"

"At home, I have high blood pressure and feel confused. I haven't come to the restaurant for a year, just to pick up the children." She continued: "My old lady is angry, otherwise she doesn't have high blood pressure, and she is angry with her son. It's okay, but I can't control it, and people don't listen to her, so I just sulk."

"Your daughter-in-law here is qualified, and someone else would leave early." I said.

"I'm looking at the child's face, I don't want to bear the child. I don't want to bear it, and neither do my old mother and father-in-law. If I take the child away, the two elders can't bear it, and they will be seriously ill. I can't leave the child here. I'm going crazy," she said.

I said, "Then you can't live alone, sooner or later you have to find someone."

She said: "What are you looking for? Don't look for it anymore. Find a stepfather for the child? Let's live like this for now and wait until the child is older."

"If the child is young, if you don't look for it, you won't be allowed to look for it when the child grows up and becomes sensible."

"Hehe, let's talk. Don't talk about me. I'm fine now. Come and drink."

We clinked glasses and took a sip.

I told her about the embarrassing thing that happened in the morning, and she laughed and said to me: "I slept half the night with my arms around her, isn't it beautiful."

I said, "What's beautiful, I don't know anything, it's okay if I know."

"You know, do you want to do something bad?" She looked at me and asked with a smile, which was full of teasing.

I said, "I don't know, this can't happen, she just fell asleep and went to the wrong house."

"Those two people didn't find out in the end?" she asked.

"I shouldn't have noticed, it's normal for them to send me off when I leave," I said.

"Hey, even if people know it, they can't say it face to face. They think you two have been ironclads for a long time."

I smacked my mouth, "This is not a good deal, it's like being a thief."

"Otherwise, it's a guilty conscience."

"The main thing is that I haven't become a thief yet, it would be nice if I really became a thief."

"What? Regret it?"

"No, I just think it's funny, it's really nothing, I won't tell you anything."

She smiled, a meaningful smile.

We chatted for a while, drank some tea after drinking and eating, and saw that it was almost three o'clock, said goodbye to her, and got on the train back to the provincial capital.

This is the end of Fuxin's work.

I have worked in Fuxin for [-] months, and the [-] months are not long or short.The son came out when he was six months old, and now the son is twenty months old, time flies so fast, it seems to have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period of working in Fuxin, I have gained a lot.Now it’s no problem to ask myself to go to the entire food stall. The food stalls in Fuxin Huofenghuang are not to say that they are leading, and many of them have learned from Huofenghuang.

During the period of working in Huofenghuang, the level of cooking has also increased, which is mainly reflected in the understanding of dishes.I have gained a new understanding of many dishes. This kind of understanding is not a deepening of raw materials and seasonings, but knowing the essence of dishes and starting to understand the original.That is to say, my current understanding of the dishes is that each dish is imported, and each dish has its own original taste. It is best to cook the original taste of the dish.In the past, I liked to add various seasonings to enrich the taste of the dishes. Now I think about how to use simple seasonings to stimulate the original taste of the dishes. The best dishes are only when they taste the original taste.

One thing I found out through the management of the food stalls is that there are two major areas where a restaurant sells money, one is dishes and the other is drinks.The most expensive items are the dishes.Dishes support 80.00% of the entire restaurant's turnover.Since the dishes are the most profitable, it is also necessary to display the most profitable dishes in front of the guests in the best form.In the past, when guests went to restaurants to eat, they would order dishes with recipes. There were names of dishes and photos, and the guests looked directly at them, but after all, they were just pictures and had no three-dimensional effect.Ordering food at a vegetable stall is different. Each dish is placed there directly, and the guests can directly see what raw materials are used for the dishes.If you see that the ingredients in the dishes are what you like, just order one dish, if you don’t like what you don’t like, don’t order, and go to the next dish.This is not displayed on the menu, and it is also the advantage of ordering dishes at the food stalls.

Through the management of the food stalls in Huofenghuang, the design concept of the semi-open kitchen of the bistro came into being.

Facts have proved that this design concept is successful.The food stand and the semi-open kitchen are organically combined, and guests can directly watch the dishes displayed at the food stand to order, and at the same time, they can also see how the kitchen operates, giving them a feeling of peace of mind when eating.

Since it is an open kitchen, guests can directly see how the chef operates the kitchen, so the personal hygiene and environmental hygiene requirements of the kitchen staff are very high, that is, the kitchen must be clean and the hygiene can meet the standard.Those who work in the kitchen must be clean and stand at attention. The work clothes on everyone's body must not be greasy and twisted. They have to wash the work clothes every day to keep the work clothes clean and free from oil spots.At the same time, personal grooming must be qualified. Men can’t have long hair, women can’t dye their hair, apply nail polish, etc., they must wear work caps, smoking is not allowed in the kitchen, trash cans must be covered, and everyone’s operating table is kept clean at all times. health.

Customers feel relieved to see such a clean kitchen when ordering food at the food stall, which is why the bistro is so attractive as soon as it opens.

In the future, this kind of semi-open kitchen will be a trend and an inevitable development.

Another pattern is seen through the success of the bistro.Smoked flavor and dumplings are the characteristics of the tavern, mainly smoked flavor, called the smoked flavor tavern.If the main flavor is dumplings, it can also be called Dumpling Bistro, but the name is different.

The dumpling tavern is also operated in this model, with a larger vitality and audience, and more profitable.

In the future, if I open my own shop, I will open a dumpling tavern. The name of the shop will be called Lunar New Year's Day, and it will definitely work.

Even if you don't open a store now, you should first register the three words "New Year's Day" to lay the foundation for opening a store in the future.

I met Sister Jiang in Huofenghuang. This sister is a good friend and a friend worth making.Although Sister Jiang is a woman, she is more courageous than a man in doing things.There is one more admirable thing about her, that is, she is a good person.Among the people I know in Fuxin, including the boss, Chen Gang, the head chef, and Xie Xiufen, Sister Jiang is the number one person when it comes to being a person.

What I didn't expect was that I met Yaru's sister-in-law in Huofenghuang. It was a coincidence and fate. Through her, I got in touch with Yaru, knew about Yaru's situation, and had a meeting before leaving.

I have been thinking about Yaru all this year since I worked in Fuxin, but I told myself that I can't have any emotional interaction with her. She is already a wife and I am a husband.The love in the past has become a beautiful memory, and what lies ahead is real life.

Life is beautiful, but it does not allow for mistakes, especially moral ones.

(End of this chapter)