The story of a cook

Chapter 449 Old Du Lao Zhao
It will be May Day soon, and Zhang Li called to say that she will get married on May [-]th.

I can only feel sorry for her getting married. It's the busiest time here on May [-]st. I can't ask for leave and can't go back to her wedding.She said it's okay if she can't attend her wedding, and I will make up for it when I go back.After she finished speaking, she laughed, very happy.

Marriage is a major event in a woman's life. It is the happiest thing to find a good husband and stay together for a lifetime.Sincerely bless her, this woman who has always been iron.

She said that after getting married, she would go to Binhai to play with her lover, which can be regarded as a honeymoon, and she would come to see me then.I said that's great, and I will treat you warmly when I go to Binhai.

"Old Tan, you have to treat me to seafood when we get here," she said.

"It has to be," I said.

"You have to drink with me."

"Does it even need to be said?"

"I don't need you in the bridal chamber, and you don't even think about it in this life." She said.

"In the next life, I will wait for you in the next life." I said.

"I think it's almost the same. You owe me in this life."

"How can we meet if we don't owe each other? Remember when you drink that bowl of Mengpo soup, don't forget everything."

"If you forget, no one can forget you, hehe, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go."

You said it too harshly, even a ghost would not let me go, is there such a big grudge?It seems that there is no enmity, just a love that shouldn't have, or a meeting.

We met when we shouldn't have met. With this fate, in the entanglement of reason and emotion, we cherish and bless each other.Everything is missed in this life, only goodbye in the next life.

It's not that I don't like it, but I can't like it.In the daze after hanging up the phone, it can be known that this woman has left a deep imprint in his heart.

In other words, she left a tear in my heart.

Blessings, my friend, may you be happy!

During the May Day Golden Week, the hotel is very busy, from the [-]st to the [-]th, there are constant guests every day.The busiest day was on the [-]rd, when the lunch break lasted until three o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone ate on the stove.

Put the food into the rice jar, and stand on the stove while cooking while eating.Sometimes I have just eaten two bites of food, put down the rice bowl and start cooking, and continue to eat after cooking.

The weather in May is already hot, and the cooking in the kitchen is even hotter, and the sweat is dripping down. After cooking a meal, I go to the back courtyard. Cool on the paper shell, light a cigarette, and take a deep puff, not to mention the comfort.When I finished smoking and put on my shoes and went back to the kitchen, I saw a pair of sweat-soaked footprints on the cardboard under my feet. I can imagine how much sweat I was covered in.

Being a chef is not easy, and the back of my clothes is soaked in sweat.

The sweat on my body has not been dried since the moment I stepped on the stove every day, and it always happens. If I don’t wash the work clothes that have been worn for a day, they will be hard when I wear them the next day—a layer of sweat remains salted.

I am relatively fat, 1.7 meters tall, and weigh 180 catties. In summer, I suffer the most in the kitchen. I sweat more than being beaten every day.

The water glasses behind others are medium-sized, and I am large-sized, one for two people.Every time Master Li went to fetch water, he would take my water glass with him, and when he came back, he would tell me, "Brother, your glass is too big, and one-third of the water in a water heater will dry up." This is a bit exaggerated, but it fully shows that I The ability to drink water.

During the golden week, I got a bonus for two consecutive days this week.

The bonus standard is like this, if the turnover of the day reaches 5000 yuan, five yuan per person, and then add five yuan for every [-] yuan increase.

When I got off work on the 20rd, I walked to the door. Accountant Cui and the cashier stood at the door to give out bonuses to everyone. I was still puzzled when I saw the bonuses. Accountant Cui said that this was a rule set when opening the business. As long as the turnover exceeds [-] There will be a bonus of five yuan for five, and five yuan will be added for every increase of five thousand.It feels good to get the bonus. Although it is not much, only [-] yuan, it is also an affirmation and reward for my hard work.

Each employee of No. 20 Old Store received a bonus of 15 yuan, and each employee of Coarse Grain received [-] yuan.For this, the staff of the old store despised the coarse grain staff very well.

Under normal circumstances, an old store can sell 3 yuan a day.It has an area of ​​80.00 square meters and 3 seats. According to the consumption level of Binhai, the unit price is between [-] and [-]. The attendance rate is calculated as [-]%. The minimum daily turnover is [-] yuan.

What is lacking now is management. If the management is in place, the monthly turnover of more than 90 will not be a problem.

After entering May, the restaurant started to be busy, and everyone was tired when they got busy, and many children felt tired and started to quit their jobs.Master Du told me that from January to May every year, there is a shortage of employment. In addition, the business of the old shop is good and the wages are low. Many people do not want to work in the old shop, and most of them leave.

Master Du said: "This place in Binhai is like this. The tourist season starts from January to May every year, and every restaurant starts to be busy. But May is not the busiest time. The weather is not up to date, and the temperature is not enough. I can’t take a sea bath, so I’m busy during the Golden Week. After the Golden Week, it’s not busy again. The peak season starts in mid-June, and the busiest months are July and August. It’s not so good until September. Come on, October is a small long holiday and you can be busy for seven days, after the August Festival, you will not be busy, and it will start to enter the off-season."

I said, "It's almost the same as the provincial capital."

"These little guys just started to quit their jobs. Wait until the middle of June, and you will see that there are people who quit every day. Some of them quit before you can find someone. They leave after paying their salary. The remaining half a month's money is gone. No more." Master Du said.

"Then let's memorize people in advance, and find someone to memorize a few in advance while it's easy." I said.

"Master Tan, you don't know that our family is well-known in Binhai. Everyone knows that our family is busy and tired, and our salary is not higher than other families. When we hear that our family shakes our heads and doesn't come." Master Du said helplessly.

I asked: "Is it the same for bakeries and whole grains?"

"It's all the same, and the salary is the same." He said: "It's even harder to recruit people for coarse grains. The management is stricter than that of the old shop. The chef is always changing. The younger brother's job is hard to do. It's not as easy to find people as ours."

"We are short of people in the kitchen, and the front desk is also short?" I asked.

"It's the same at the front desk. There is a lack of waiters and food passers, but the front desk is easier to find than our kitchen. I didn't look at it now. Little girls and kids don't like to go into the kitchen. They feel tired and dirty. How good it is to work in the front, especially In summer, there is an air conditioner in the front, so you can work hard, and it is more comfortable than our kitchen."

"That's true."

"Now there are three chopping boards who have resigned. If you find someone, you have to let them go. There are also three resigned in Hetai, and three dumpling workers upstairs quit." He said.

"The dumpling workers also left their jobs? I saw that most of our dumpling workers are old. If they can't do well here, why should they leave?" I said.

"You don't know Lao Tan. The salary of our dumpling workers is not high. They are all found from their hometown. If you want to say that they can do any work, they are very hardworking. Aren't there women in the pastry shop? You also know , it’s okay for one or two women to work together. There’s nothing wrong with it. When there are more women working together, there will be more things. There are all kinds of things. If I do more, you don’t do less. Yesterday you said something about me , what will you say about her tomorrow? It’s just a day-to-day business. These three resignations came later, and it’s been half a year. The wages and the working hours are different. According to others, there is a difference of 100 yuan. When they came, they were old. Zhao promised to give him an increase in half a year, but it has only been half a year, and if he didn't raise his capital last month, he would quit." Master Du said.

I said, "Then this month's salary has been raised for them, and if we add last month's allowance, it will be over. No matter what, we can't ask them to leave their jobs. They will start to be busy immediately. Where can I find someone?"

"That's what I mean too. You don't know Lao Tan, Lao Zhao has a stubborn temper, and those three women are looking for Lao Zhao. Maybe they spoke in a bad tone when they were looking for Lao Zhao, and they pissed Lao Zhao. Lao Zhao said yes If you don’t want to do it, you can leave. The salary will not be increased. What can they do? It was agreed that they will be raised in half a year.

Look at Master Du, and tell him: "You have to come forward now, Lao Zhao, you two form a team, if he is a black face, you have to be a red face, tell the three women that they will give you a salary increase this month, and put them first." stay."

"You don't know Lao Tan, I'm done with this. Lao Zhao doesn't care what happened after offending someone, and then I will come forward to settle it." Master Du said.It seems that he has done a lot of things, and he is a little unhappy in his heart.

"Then what's the matter? The kitchen is up to you two, and you two have to cooperate with each other." I said.

"The main thing is that he is the head chef, and we didn't earn that kind of money."

He said this with a complaint.

Lao Zhao belongs to the practical type, and he has no rules for management work, as long as you do it, don't come out to make trouble, hello, hello, hello, everyone.If you make trouble and don't listen to him, then he will directly retaliate immediately.In the kitchen, everyone said they were afraid of him, and it was also a little bit, because he scolded everyone in a hurry, no matter who finished scolding and fell down.It has been two months since I came to the old store. Lao Zhao and manager Zhang at the front desk had three fights in the food delivery department because of the food, and the most ruthless one directly scolded manager Zhang to tears.Later, Manager Zhang went to find the old man, and the old man said don't talk to him, he is a donkey.

In addition to fighting with Manager Zhang, I also fought with Master Liu, the seafood chef.But Master Liu ignored him directly, which meant that he could fire me and replace him if he didn't like me. He was about to quit.Old Zhao was so angry that he wanted to beat him with a spoon, but was pulled away by everyone.Later, the old man was going to transfer a seafood chef from the coarse grains to change with Master Liu, but the seafood chef from the coarse grains couldn't come.We all know that Lao Zhao has a bad temper and is unwilling to cooperate with him.

Master Ma had disagreements with Master Li and Lao Zhao, but after all, they had only been here for less than two months, and they had to give the head chef face, so they didn't say anything.

Lao Zhao and I did not have any conflicts.The two of us cook next to each other, so we have more chances to communicate with each other. From unfamiliarity at the beginning to familiarity later, we are very respectful to each other.What should I do, Lao Zhao cooks well, and there is a lot to learn.My dishes are also good, and we have a little sympathy for each other when it comes to cooking.

Since I came here, the entire food stall has been improved, and the quality of the dishes has also improved on the whole. He knows all this in his heart. It is impossible for a stubborn person like him to say thank you. It can be seen that he has been approved.

The overall feeling that Lao Zhao gave me is that he is hardworking, has good dishes, has a bad temper, does not allow others to refute himself, and is a bit self-centered. This has something to do with the long time he has worked in the old shop.He was here when the old store was built, and he has made great contributions to the old man's ups and downs these years, and he is a veteran.After changing two chefs, they didn't understand the whole kitchen. Now the kitchen is built like this by Lao Zhao, which is a result of hard work.

It's normal to have a little temper.But don't take the credit and be arrogant. If you want a high credit, you will not be far from being laid off.

Master Du was also here when the old store opened, but he has been working as an assistant and has not been able to become the head chef.Master Du is a nice person, he works hard, and his dishes are quite satisfactory. Everyone in the kitchen has a good impression of him, and he is a good guy in the kitchen.But he is a bit weak, how should I put it, he is not like that old man, if you say he is a modest scholar, he is almost the same.

I guess the old man also saw this when he was not appointed as the chef. He doesn't have the courage to lead the army and fight, and he is not a general.

In my opinion, Lao Zhao and him form a good team. One has a bad temper, the other has a gentle personality, the other dares to fight and rush, and the other does all kinds of logistics work.The two of them complement each other not only in character, but also in work style, which is very good.

But it can be seen that Master Du is still very concerned about his failure to become the chief chef. Before Lao Zhao came up, he was the sous chef. After leaving, he was the sous chef, and the next one was still the sous chef. Now he is Lao Zhao. I am still the sous chef, and I feel a little unbalanced.

I don't know how much the salary difference between him and Lao Zhao is, but it's probably a lot, otherwise he wouldn't have said "we didn't earn that money".

It doesn't matter to me whether I'm a chef or not, how much money I earn, I'm just cooking and adjusting my salary.When I first came here, I still had the idea of ​​being a chef, but now that I have started to study dishes, that idea has long since disappeared. I don’t mean to put all my thoughts into the dishes. I have nothing to think about except cooking and researching dishes every day. .

When I miss my son, call Lin Yan and chat with her son on the phone. Once the son calls his father, he will be so happy that he can't be cured. No matter how tired he is, he won't feel tired anymore.

Now Master Li and Master Ma have become close drinking buddies, going out for two or three small drinks every week.The three of us drink purely to harm the wine. Two dishes are 30 yuan, a plate of dumplings is sixteen, two bottles of liquor are brought with us, and beer is ordered at the restaurant.It’s been a long time since we’ve been there, and the owner of the Hongfu Restaurant is familiar with the three of us, and sometimes even adds a dish.

Master Ma and Master Li have already entered the working state. They are getting better and better at preparing the chopping boards and lotus tables, and the food stalls are also very well arranged. Through the adjustment and improvement of several dishes, the click-through rate is also increasing, and the taste is also improving. Got the approval of the guests.

Master Ma and Master Li stopped going out to smoke and chat, and no one went out in the whole Northeast Cuisine side. No one went out in Northeast Cuisine side, and the Seafood side started to go out less.

(End of this chapter)