The story of a cook

Chapter 488

Came to the store in new clothes.

Enter the kitchen, greet each other with the master's younger brother, and then start to eat breakfast.During breakfast, Master Ma found me and told me that he was going to resign.He was still surprised to mention resignation on the first day of the new year. He said that he didn't want to do it anymore.

"The Chinese New Year was fine yesterday, why did you leave today?" I asked.

"I won't talk about family matters, I have to go home." He said, with a very ugly face.

"When are you going to leave?" I asked.

"After the busy period, you can't just leave. Don't worry, Master Tan, I can't do that."

"Then you wait, I find the chef and you go, as soon as possible."

"I'm sorry, it's a good job here. If it's not for the family, I won't leave my job. There's nothing I can do." He said with regret.

"Understood, it's okay, don't think too much, we buddies don't need to talk about that, I know what you are like." I said.

He looked at me gratefully and said nothing.

Master Ma is a very affordable person, and he has always done a good job. When he first came, he and I, Master Li, and the three of us always drank together, and we had a good relationship.Later, he said that he had a bad stomach and stopped drinking together, but the relationship has not broken up and has been very good.He was going to work here for a long time, but he suddenly quit. It is estimated that something happened at home, otherwise it would not be like this.As for what happened, he didn't tell me and I didn't ask, I just hope that he can settle it when he goes back.

Master Ma resigned and had to find a chef.I called Yang Zhijun and asked him if he wanted to come to Binhai, and he said yes.I said then you can come, anytime.He said that he would come over in the third grade of junior high school, and it should be seven o'clock in the evening when he arrived.

The first day of junior high school was okay, not too busy, but it was better than usual, and it could sell for 4 yuan.By the second day of junior high school, I was busy, even busier than thirty, with my feet hitting the back of my head.The amount of money sold can explain everything, more than 6.

The third year of junior high school is almost worse than the second year of junior high school, which is more than 5.

At 07:30 in the evening of the third day, Yang Zhijun arrived at the hotel.

He wasn't too busy when he arrived, so I asked him to look behind him first to get familiar with the environment. At 08:30, after tidying up and calling Meng Hongwei, the three of us left the hotel and came to Hongfu to welcome Yang Zhijun.

Yang Zhijun and Meng Hongwei have worked together for a long time and have a good relationship. They are very cordial when they meet.

"Third Brother, you didn't go home for the New Year this year?" Yang Zhijun asked.

"No, I'll go back when I'm done with work." I said.

"The boss is now the chef, do you know?" Meng Hongwei said to Yang Zhijun.

"I know. I'll find out by calling on the [-]th day. I don't need your introduction." Yang Zhijun said.

"I thought you didn't know." Meng Hongwei was not angry, and smiled.

"Then you know I'm here?" Yang Zhijun asked.

"I really don't know. The boss called me downstairs for dinner. I don't know what's going on? When I saw you standing in the kitchen, I was dumbfounded." Meng Hongwei said.

Yang Zhijun smiled triumphantly.

Calling Yang Zhijun over without telling Meng Hongwei was not to surprise him, but to forget about it.

Briefly introduce the situation of the kitchen to Yang Zhijun, and tell him to take over the position of Master Ma.He said that he didn't want to directly take over the position of Master Ma when he first came, and he planned to start from the end.I said that's fine, but in Weiguo it's also Master Ma's dishes. I asked him to watch behind Master Ma tomorrow to get acquainted with Master Ma's dishes, and then cook on the stove after he is familiar with it.

The next day Yang Zhijun went straight to work, introduced him to the kitchen staff, and then began to familiarize himself with the dishes below.

The [-]th and [-]th day are very busy, especially the [-]th day, according to the Chinese custom, it is "broken fifth". There are a lot of people eating dumplings. Not only is it full at noon, but the table keeps turning over, and guests are still served at [-] o'clock. , no reduction, it is estimated that it can be connected with the dinner at night.Up to now, everyone hasn't eaten work meals yet, and there is no time to eat at all.

At this time, I received a call from the old man, who wanted to go to Coarse Grain for a meeting at 02:30.Putting down the phone, thinking about a meeting, how busy are you now?It's insane to have a meeting even if you can't fry the dishes.But I had to listen to what the leader said, and when it was almost 02:30, I asked Yang Zhijun to take over my cooking, and went to coarse grains with Manager Chen.

"Is the old man crazy, meeting at this time?" I said.

"You don't know Lao Tan, have you seen the old man these days?" She asked me.

Not to mention, I really haven't seen the old man in the past few days, even the red envelopes on the [-]th night were sent by the old lady and Yan Li, and I haven't seen the old man.

"I didn't see him, he wasn't home during the Chinese New Year?" I asked.

"The old man is not at home every Chinese New Year. He goes to Hainan and comes back on the fourth day of the lunar new year. On the fifth day of the new year, he gathers the chefs and managers of each store to have a meal together, and then gives out red envelopes." Manager Chen said.

I said, I didn't have any red envelopes when I was giving them out at night, so that's why.

"The red envelopes are distributed differently some day, our family is so busy today, really—" I said, complaining a little.

"Grandpa, you don't know yet. He said what time it is. You must arrive. You should be upset if you are late." Manager Chen said.

He shook his head, expressing his incomprehension.

"Our family is not so busy on the fifth day of every year, but this year is very busy." She said.

"You weren't here last year, how do you know?" I asked angrily.

She wasn't angry at all, and said, "I wasn't here last year, but last year was also a meeting on the fifth day of the lunar new year. Lao Zhao and Manager Zhang attended, and they said they were not too busy."

"Oh." I nodded and said nothing.

"Let's stay there for a while and leave. Our family is so busy that we don't have time to eat with them," she said.

I said, "Yes, it's not time to eat, so I'll leave after a while."

When I arrived at Coarse Grain, I saw that the place was not very busy. There were no customers in the hall. I went to the corridor of the private room to look.

After entering the private room, my good guy, the managers and chefs of other stores have arrived, and there are also Li Xingtang and the three bosses present.The old man was sitting in the center, talking and laughing with them.

"Sorry, Lao Tan and I are late." Manager Chen said as soon as he entered the room.

The old man looked at his watch with a smile, and said, "It's not bad, the time card of you two is really accurate, it's exactly 02:30, not bad."

Manager Chen said with a smile: "My family is too busy today, so I can't leave. This is still forced."

The old man said: "Where is the busyness? I don't know what the fifth day of the new year is like."

The old man couldn't believe how busy he was. Just as Manager Chen was about to explain, the old man said, "I'll just wait for you two, sit down quickly, the food is cold."

Seeing that there are two seats next to the chef of the bakery, he and Manager Chen quickly sat down.

After sitting down, I looked at the dishes on the table. There were sixteen dishes on the table, four of which were mine, "Mao Xue Wang", "Shui Boiled Beef", "Nongjia Fried Dried Vegetables", "Yu's Crispy Meatballs" ", and the rest are four cold dishes, one steamed fish, one seawater prawn, four stir-fried dishes, one soup dish and one dessert.Overall, it's okay, mid-range level.

When everyone was assembled, the old man stood up and said, "I got off the plane yesterday. I was a little tired, so I didn't come here. I came here today to call everyone over. It's been a very hard work for the Chinese New Year. I wish you all a happy New Year here. happy New Year!"

Everyone applauded, and some said that the old man had a good New Year.

"Before drinking, I will give everyone a little reward, a red envelope for each person, not too much, don't think too little, just a little heart."

After the old man finished speaking, he began to hand out red envelopes one by one, and everyone stood up and said thank you.When he came to me, the old man said: "Old Tan was ordered in the face of danger a few years ago. He worked hard. Xiaonian set a historic record, more than 8, and I will give you a big one."

"Thank you sir!" I said.

I took the red envelope happily, and squeezed it subconsciously. It felt very thick, and it contained 2000 yuan.

After sending it to me, send it to Manager Chen. It is visually observed that Manager Chen's red envelope is the same as mine.

After distributing the red envelopes, the old man returned to his seat and sat down, and said, "I got all the red envelopes, you don't want to hear anything else, just order, eat, and chat while eating."

Everyone laughed and started to move their chopsticks.

Looking at a table of delicious food, how can you eat without wine?Fortunately, the old man noticed this and called the waiter to get the wine.All the waiters brought was beer, and the old man asked for a bottle of white wine, saying that no one could drink, but Lao Tan couldn't eat without drinking, which made everyone laugh.

Anyway, I am famous for drinking, so I am not polite. I poured a glass and started to drink, thinking to finish the work quickly, and go back to cook after the work, the restaurant is busy.

I was worried that others were not in a hurry, and started chatting while eating and drinking, as if we hadn't seen each other for a long time, that kindness.

Li Xingtang drank baijiu, he raised his glass and said to me: "Chef Tan, let's have a drink together. I have wanted to have a drink with you for a long time. I have never had a chance. I just caught up with you today. Let's have a drink."

I said, "OK, drink one."

He was sitting next to the old man, and we were a little far away. Seeing what he meant, he wanted to have a touch, but we couldn't because of the distance. I said, "Toast is considered a touch, I'll drink first."

After talking, he drank half a glass. He watched me drink half a glass in one gulp, and then followed suit.

After drinking with him, Mr. Wang, Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhang followed, and then Chef Wei. The head chef of the bakery didn't drink with him, so he didn't drink with him.The remaining three managers are all women, so I didn't drink with them.

While I was drinking, other people also toasted each other, enjoying themselves.I feel a little fake in this joyous harmony, they all said insincere words, and the smiles on their faces were all mechanical.

I looked at my watch, it had been half an hour, I looked at Manager Chen beside me, and Manager Chen was also looking at me, I signaled to her, she understood what was going on, picked up the wine glass and stood up and said: "Old leader, everyone here , I'll offer a glass."

At this time, everyone focused their attention on Manager Chen.

"First of all, on behalf of all the employees of the old store, I would like to wish all the leaders a happy new year! Lao Tan and I would like to ask all the leaders for leave. Our old store is really busy today, and our feet hit the back of our heads. After drinking this cup, my boss and I Tan will go back first, you can drink slowly, I am really sorry for today, when it is not busy, everyone come to our old shop, Lao Tan and I will accompany everyone to have a good drink."

After Manager Chen finished speaking, no one said anything, they were all looking at the old man.The old man is a little unhappy, that means why your old shop is so busy, are you showing off here, making everyone think that you and Lao Tan are the only ones doing the work, and no one else is doing the work.

"Old Tan, is your old shop really that busy today?" The old man asked me, his face not very good-looking.

"I'm busy, really." I said.

"The old leader doesn't believe me. When did I lie?" Manager Chen said with a smile, still holding a wine glass.

"Then, if you are in a hurry to go back to work, others are also in a hurry, no matter how anxious you are, it won't take a while." The old man's face softened a little, and he continued: "Everyone here say a word, drink up the wine after speaking, and today is over. I'm all busy, I'll call everyone over later when I have time."

Since the old man said so, then follow the old man's meaning.

Starting from Li Xingtang, one person said something passionate, and then drank the wine.

After getting out of coarse grains, he hurried to the old store. Manager Chen said as he walked, "It's over for Old Tan, the old man is angry, and today I offended him."

I said, "I didn't offend the old man, what we both offended was someone other than the old man."

"That's what you said, but our family has a busy day," she said.

"Wish whatever you want, don't worry about those things, go back quickly, the house may not be so busy." I said.

Really busy at home.

It was almost four o'clock when we arrived at the store. The noon customers hadn't left yet, and the evening customers had already come in.The chefs are all cooking on the stove, the chopping boards, the side dishes of the lotus table side dishes, and the side dishes of the dishes are all busy trotting all the way.

Replacing Yang Zhijun from the stove, looking at the case behind him, there are five or six uncooked dishes on it, without further ado, hurry up and fry, and while frying, ask Master Du if everyone has lunch at noon?He said that he ate it, and he ate it while cooking, and the customers never stopped, cooking all the time.

While talking, Cao Ligui brought over three more dishes, and the meal for the evening arrived.

Don't say anything, just fry it quickly, lazy eyes are lazy and hands are good, don't think about it at this time, frying the vegetables is the real business.As a result, the stir-fry pot was flying and the spoons were dancing wildly, sweating profusely in an instant.

When the whole kitchen was in full swing, the old man brought Li Xingtang and the three bosses here. I didn't see them when I came, and I was busy cooking.After frying a dish, he turned around and shouted: "Take the plate, I don't know if the plate is gone, what should I think about?"

Li Fushun trotted all the way from the dishwashing room carrying a stack of dishes, put the dishes down and said, "Come on, the dishwashing aunt just came out, and the dishes are almost out of supply."

Only then did I see the old man, because Li Fushun bumped him into a stagger.

(End of this chapter)