The story of a cook

Chapter 499 Zhou Xiaomei Became the Old Aunt's Goddaughter

April NO.30 evening staff dinner.

Now the group has two stores. Although the hotel opened by the old man and his daughter Yan Li is also counted as part of the group, they are independently operated and not counted.Hearing that the old store had dinner parties and performances, Yan Li also brought her family's management staff to participate.In addition to them, logistics also participated.Now the entire logistics department has a good relationship with the old store. The old store can’t leave them behind for anything. The old aunt is really interesting. She will ask the supplier for things every time I have a meal, so there is no problem with the food every time I have a meal. Almost all for nothing.

I heard that the No. 30 dinner party in the old store, Coarse Grain has set the date of the dinner party on May [-]th. They don’t want to have the same day as the old store. They also notified the staff to prepare a program, and they plan to organize it on May [-]th and strive for it. Overshadow the old store.

Now the old store is doing well, but there is pressure on coarse grains.In April, the old store sold 110 million yuan, and the coarse grains bought [-] million yuan. They are about to catch up with them. Can they not be under pressure?In addition to the health inspection last time, they were asked to learn from the old store and use the old store as the standard for everything. This is also a shock to them who have always regarded themselves as the boss.

On the surface, it seems that there is an open and secret struggle between the coarse grains and the old store, and they are competing.These are all their ideas, but I don't care too much. I have managed the two kitchens of Linjiangxuan, and I am open to some things.There is no open and secret fighting within a group. The boss is looking at the benefits, not who can be jealous.The boss is also the most disgusted by these.Instead of spending time on fighting openly and secretly, it is better to study and study dishes, study and study management, recruit employees, and improve the quality of dishes.

Manager Chen and I have a good grasp of this point. I have no desire to be competitive, and she has no desire to be jealous. We just do it, and our main energy is on the dishes and services, which is very enjoyable.

At eight o'clock, the kitchen was out of food. Master Du arranged the meals for the dinner, and I came to the front desk.

"Old Tan, the old man and Mr. Zhang may also come today." Manager Chen said to me.

I said: "Come here, it's just a matter of multiple bowls and multiple pairs of chopsticks. We can't eat enough."

She smiled and squeezed my arm, and said, "I like you like this, like a man."

I joked: "Sister Chen, you are quite ambiguous. When did I not look like a gentleman? Besides, you didn't check it."

"Go, you dare to joke with me." She said: "Looking at you in the kitchen, with a straight face every day, sometimes I'm afraid to look at you."

I said, "Isn't that going to work?"

She looked at me seriously and said, "Old Tan, you look so handsome now, I really want to kiss you."

"You're nothing else. Kissing me is a kind of fire. I haven't eaten meat for three years. I'm hungry." I joked.

We always make such nonsensical jokes when we are free, and we are used to it.She is the manager and I am the head chef. The two of us are in charge of the whole store. How can we be serious every day.

I asked, "Where is Mr. Wang?"

She said, "He and Xiaomei are setting up the venue upstairs."

"How are the guests upstairs?" I asked.

"It's almost done, all the orders have been bought, and there are still two tables left, and it will be over soon." She said.

While speaking, the door of the restaurant opened, and the old aunt led her men in.

Come up quickly.

"Welcome Auntie." I greeted with a smile.

"It doesn't matter if you don't welcome me, I'm here anyway." The old aunt said.

The purchasing driver took two bottles of good wine and said to me: "Chef Tan, let's drink this today, my aunt brought it from home."

I said, "Don't drink."

"What's wrong? Do you think wine is bad?" the old aunt asked.

I said seriously: "Oh, of course it's good wine. I'm afraid I'll get addicted and can't afford it."

The old aunt smiled, stretched out her hand and slapped me.

"The old aunt can afford this wine for you. I forgot what the old aunt used to do. There are more than 20 boxes of wine in the wine storehouse, which is enough for you to drink." The old aunt laughed.

Accountant Cui and his wife came with the old aunt, and chatted with Accountant Cui. He is also busy recently, so he didn't drink together.

My aunt and the others went upstairs. I went back to the kitchen and told the chefs to start cooking. Then I went to the pastry room on the second floor and told Jiang Yajun that it was time to cook dumplings.

After Jiang Yajun finished making arrangements, he called me aside and said to me, "Chef, I think Zhou Jing works very neatly. Why did you arrange her to cook? That's what old men do."

I said: "Now you have no shortage of people for pastry, and the new store is mainly made of dumplings. Next month, many dumpling workers recruited by the new store will come to our house for internship. At that time, there must be many people making dumplings. Tell her to practice steaming and cooking, and train you a universal worker. Just wait and see, when the new store opens, make sure to transfer a few of our steaming and cooking people, we have to train in advance."

"That's what you said, let her be steamed and boiled first. If she really comes to study in two days, then send two more. You really have to prepare in advance." She said.

I said, "Sister Jiang, I'm afraid that the old man who opened the new store will transfer you over."

"I won't go if I'm transferred, and I won't do it if I'm asked," she said.

I smiled and said nothing.

"Chef, you have to pay attention to Li Cheng, he is very interested in Zhang Chunmei now, and you know what Zhang Chunmei is like, it is impossible to be with Li Cheng." She said.

"Sister Jiang, we can't take care of this matter, it's okay if we take care of our work." I said.

"I'm afraid that Li Cheng will be fooled, and I will be nothing in the end." She said worriedly.

"That can't be helped. It's a matter of mutual affection. He likes Zhang Chunmei, and Zhang Chunmei doesn't like him. He has to go all the way to the dark. We can't help it. We can't talk about emotional matters, and we can't manage them." I said.

"I'm afraid that Li Cheng won't be able to bear it and will fall ill." She said.

"Is he really mentally ill?" I asked. Master Du told me before, but he didn't care much.

"Yes, but not serious."

I have a good impression of Li Cheng, and I have learned about it from the side. His family is in the countryside, and there is an old mother in the family. She is in good health, but her eyesight is a bit bad, just like my mother.The family was very difficult. He had an older brother who said he had epilepsy since he was a child and died when he was a teenager.His mother was also thinking about her son, crying every day until her eyes were broken.Li Cheng is now in his 30s and has no wife. He doesn't have much money at home, so he came out to work.When I didn’t come to the old store, I worked as a small worker on the construction site. I was paid 20 yuan a day. After working for more than half a year, the contractor only gave me 1000 yuan. Later, I quit and went to the old store to cook dumplings.

Every month when he was paid, he sent money back to his family, leaving only enough for his own pocket money.I don't smoke or drink, and I don't buy clothes. I'm very frugal.As for others saying that he has a problem with his head, he has never seen it, but I think he is quite optimistic, carefree and happy all day.

According to my understanding, it would be a good thing if he and Zhang Chunmei really got married. A man like him is considered a good man. Although he has no great skills, he is at least filial, thrifty, caring for his family, and able to listen to his wife.

Marriage is predestined in the world, there is no place to talk about it, it is said that lovers will eventually get married, but how many real couples are there?

When I came out of the pasta, I saw that Wang Hong in the stuffing room had already changed. She was standing there holding a glass of water while drinking water and talking to Li Mingjuan. They stopped talking when I came over.

"Chef, I'll leave early for a while, the child is back from vacation." Li Mingjuan said.

I said, "Okay, don't watch the show anymore?"

"Don't watch it, the child came back two months ago, and can't stay at home for a few days, so I thought about going back to accompany and chat with me," she said.

"Mothers are like this, understand." I said.

"I'll leave when Dolma in our group finishes singing, and I'd like to hear her sing," she said.

"Okay." I replied.

"Chef, it's already May Day, and you still wear thick clothes, isn't it hot?" Wang Hong said to me.

"It's okay, not too hot." I said.

"Tomorrow I'll go to the mall to buy you a half-sleeve. It's time to wear half-sleeves," she said.

I froze for a moment, looked at her, and felt embarrassed because Li Mingjuan was beside her.

"No, I have it." I said, "Buy it for your husband."

"I'll buy it for him too. What color does the chef like?" She asked indifferently.

I said, "Thank you, I really don't need it, there is."

After talking and leaving, I felt a little embarrassed - I couldn't enjoy the enthusiasm of women.

At 08:30, the dinner started on time, the old man didn't come, and Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhou passed by.He wanted to arrange the two of them at the table of the old aunt and the others, but the old aunt obviously didn't want to be at the table with the two of them, so there was no way to arrange the two of them at the table of the kitchen masters, Mr. Wang went to accompany them.

Zhou Xiaomei's enthusiastic opening immediately lifted everyone's emotions. The employees ate and played at the same time, and the atmosphere was very lively.

After a waiter at the front desk finished singing, the employees started booing, shouting for Zhou Xiaomei to sing a song.

"I can often, but I have to have a backup dancer." Zhou Xiaomei laughed.

It is said that all the back-up dancers are silent, and none of them really know how to dance.

Zhao Xiaojun, the boss of seafood, stood up and asked: "My fellow, is it okay to twist Yangko?"

"Okay, will you?" Zhou Xiaomei asked.

"I really do." Zhao Xiaojun said.

"Come on then."

Zhou Xiaomei invited generously.

Needless to say, the two cooperated very well, Zhao Xiaojun danced happily with a big Yangko, with a red tablecloth tied around his waist, and danced with his hands shaking, which was both funny and in place.Zhou Xiaomei's voice is sweet and pleasant, and she sang the style of the Northeast people.

Everyone responded with warm applause.

"Lao Tan, your old store has produced a large number of talents." The old aunt said.

"It's okay." I replied.

"You are a good niece, you can be my daughter." The old aunt said with a smile.

"What I said doesn't count, then you have to ask her yourself." I said.

The old aunt looked at Zhou Xiaomei smiling all over the stage, and she probably liked it more and more.

"Old Tan, is your niece in love?" Accountant Cui asked me.

I said, "No."

He said: "The conditions are so good that we need to find a good one."

The old aunt said: "Be my daughter-in-law, and I will find a good one for her."

I said: "Auntie, you really have to worry about it, her mother is always getting angry because of her lover."

"What's wrong with you? Such a good girl can't be picky when looking for a partner? When you're old, you don't have to worry about it." The old aunt said.

After Zhou Xiaomei and Zhao Xiaojun finished their performance, Fang Lin led the team. Li Yan, Ma Hua, and Bao Peng spoke in three and a half sentences. Before the four of them could perform, everyone was amused by the props in their hands.Fang Lin was holding a rough rolling pin, Li Yan was holding a spoon and a horse pocket, Ma Hua was holding a wooden box for dumplings, and Bao Peng was holding a meat hammer.

These four children are good enough.

Their performance made everyone laugh out loud and won rounds of applause.

Zhou Xiaomei came over and asked Manager Chen, saying that Mr. Zhang wanted to say a few words, and asked if An could arrange it.Manager Chen looked at me, and I was also in a dilemma. The employees had a great time having dinner, and there was no part of the leader's speech. Now he wants to speak, I really don't know what he is thinking.Now that people have brought it up, it’s not the same thing if you don’t ask him to talk about it. It’s really disappointing to ask him to talk about it—I don’t know what he can say.

"Don't tell him to talk, he's used to talking while eating and drinking for free." The old aunt said angrily first.

"Let him say a few words after the show is over." I said.

Zhou Xiaomei nodded, and was stopped by the old aunt just as she was about to leave: "Mei, we hit it off very well, and the old aunt likes you, so come over when you're done."

Zhou Xiaomei was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well, I'll come to accompany you in a while, old aunt."

The old aunt was so happy that she smiled from ear to ear.

Under the witness of everyone that day, the old aunt recognized Zhou Xiaomei as her goddaughter.

When Zhou Xiaomei called the old aunt "Mom", the old aunt shed tears of joy.It was only later that I learned that my aunt had a daughter who died in a car accident when she was a child. She always wanted a daughter.

(End of this chapter)