The story of a cook

Chapter 554 Another Year

How to say about the relationship with Sister Ma now, it looks the same as before, it's nothing, but I know in my heart that it is different from before.Ever since she finished saying "my sister is going to have a room with you", both of them have changed in their hearts.

This feeling is not in love, nor is it love. I can't explain what it is, and I have never experienced it.

If it is an extramarital affair, nothing has happened between us, she has always been the image of my sister in my heart, and it is very comfortable and natural to be with her.

But now I know that there is another thing in this feeling - affection.

How should I put it, now I want to avoid her, but I am still willing to be with her, which is a bit contradictory.

My heart is quiet by her side, she is just an older sister who takes care of me like a younger brother.I am grateful for walking with me on New Year's Eve last year, waking me up when I fell on the street, worrying about me when I vomited blood, and caring for me every day when I was recuperating in bed.

What if you don't regard her as a sister, but as a woman?

There is only one explanation for a woman who takes such care and concern for a man, and that is love.

It was because I felt this love that I had the idea of ​​avoiding it.

On this day, Xiao Nian went to work from seven o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock in the evening, and sold a total of [-] yuan, setting a historic record again.

Because of the good sales, Manager Chen, Mr. Wang and I each got a bonus of 1000 yuan.

The new store sold 12, which did not meet the expectation of 20.There are two reasons why it didn't sell. The first is that the preparations were not sufficient, and the dumplings were not taken seriously, which led to the lack of supply of dumplings in the later period. The second is that the store is relatively large and the grade is still high. No guests at 09:30.

The old man was very dissatisfied with the new store selling 12 yuan, especially the lack of kitchen preparation.When the qi comes back, the Chinese New Year is about to come, so it can only be provoked and not released, and you can’t do anything about the kitchen. Once there is an action that causes dissatisfaction among the employees, it is very likely that the Chinese New Year will be overwhelmed.

During the Chinese New Year, every restaurant seeks stability and does not make any personnel changes. At this time, every family is short of people, and they still can't find people, so how dare they open people.

The reserve of kitchen staff in the old store has always been sufficient, and this year there is an extra cutting board and three dumpling workers, all of which were introduced by the staff in the store.

The business of the old store is good, the capital is opened on time, and the atmosphere in the kitchen is good. All the employees are like a family. It is easy to find people, and the employees are willing to introduce them.The restaurant can't recruit people because it doesn't pay wages and the atmosphere is not good. Its own employees are still going out, so it is naturally difficult to find people.

Too many big gift packages were ordered, and Lao Wang and Lao Qiao were relatively busy in the past few days at the end of the year. I took Bao Peng to help out for a few days.In fact, there is no need for me to bring someone to help, Li Shuangliang can completely solve this matter.In Xiaonian, he didn't operate well, and the old man didn't give him a good face. He didn't want to continue working, so he didn't cooperate with the work.The smoked pickles were made by me, and the old man asked me to be responsible to the end.

A total of more than 400 gift packages, five of us worked for four days to finish all of them, and delivered them on time.After returning from the new store, it is already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and I checked the stocking situation of the old store during the Spring Festival, and the Chinese New Year began.

Let me talk about something during this period. Xianglong came out to work for the first year, and the restaurant was not closed for Chinese New Year. He couldn't go back, and his sister was also working in Binhai, so he couldn't go back. His father and mother wanted children, so his father never My hometown came to Binhai to see their sisters.

My employee's father came to see the child, but he didn't know how to push him down, but he knew that he had to treat him to a meal.

Xianglong's father came to Binhai on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. He came back from Xindian that night and invited his father, his sister, and his cousin to dinner at Hongfu Restaurant.His father is in his 50s, with a black face and red blood that is unique to Mongolians.He doesn't speak Chinese fluently, but he looks like a simple Mongolian.His sister has been working in Binhai for three years. She has become urbanized, and her clothes are close to those of Binhai people, without the atmosphere of a grassland girl.But as soon as he spoke, he could tell that he was still a Mongolian, and the taste would not change for a while.

Mongolians can drink. Seeing that Xianglong's father is very thin, he can drink a lot.Afraid that I would not be able to accompany them well, I asked Li Haicai, Zhang Zhicheng, and Sister Ma to accompany me for a drink.At the wine table, Xianglong's father said some words of gratitude, and brought me two lamb legs, and asked the restaurant owner to stew one for me.

The Mongolian people like to sing while drinking. When the wine was half drunk, Xianglong sang a song first. When he sang, his father and sister also sang in a low voice, which was very nice.Our table sang, and the other tables clapped together when they heard the song.After Xianglong finished singing, his sister sang a song better than him. Listening to the singing, it seemed as if he had gone to the grassland and saw the green grass and herds of cattle and sheep.

After Sister Xianglong sang, everyone applauded. Guests at other tables called for another song, and Sister Xianglong sang another song generously.

After singing, Sister Ma said: "You sang really well, I'm overtaking Dolma."

I said, "I have the potential to be a singer."

Sister Ma said, "She should become a singer."

Sister Xianglong said: "I want to be a singer, but I have no money."

Xianglong's father said: "Both my children are good at singing. The family had no money in the first two years, and the herdsmen were poor, so they couldn't afford to go to the music school." When I grow up, I will follow his cousin to work as a waiter in a restaurant. When my boy is in junior high school for a year, it is too far away from school, so he doesn’t want to study. He stays at home for two years and follows the sheep herding. Why don’t we stop herding sheep this year? , and his sister went out to work."

"Su Yaqiqige sings well. If you know someone, you can go to the bar to sing, which is better than earning money in a restaurant." Cousin Xianglong said.

My knowledge of the bar is still on TV. I think the bar is a place to drink red wine. I don’t know there are people singing there, so I asked: "There are people singing in the bar?"

"Yes, as long as there are bars, there are singers. The male singer who sings well now is from our Binhai. He sang in the bar from the beginning." Xianglong's cousin said.

I do know that male singer, who sings well, but I don't know that he is from Binhai, and I don't know that he sang in a bar, so I don't care much about these entertainment news.

Sister Ma said, "Then go to the bar and sing."

"We don't know people in the bar, and we work in restaurants every day, so we don't have time to go out." Sister Xianglong said.

I said: "You don't need to sing any popular songs when you go to the bar, just sing the Mongolian song you sang just now, and there will be many people listening."

Sister Xianglong smiled shyly, and regretted that she could not be a singer.Looking at her, she couldn't help thinking of Yingzi. When Yingzi was her age, she also had a dream of being a singer, and wanted to conquer the world with singing.I don't know where Yingzi is now?She came to Binhai at the beginning, but it was too difficult to find someone in such a big Binhai, and it was impossible for her to meet Zhou Lan again by chance.

In this world, two people meet and know each other and become friends because of fate, and separation is also due to fate. If two people who are destined to meet each other, if the fate is not over, there will be a chance to meet again.

There is no time to work part-time, and it is years in a blink of an eye.

This is how the Spring Festival of [-] came.

The Spring Festival is a day for thousands of families to reunite, but it is the hardest time for catering workers, suffering from both physical and psychological torture.I can't go home to reunite with my family, but I have to make delicious dishes for the guests who have the New Year's Eve dinner. Seeing other people's families reunite with each other, I feel uncomfortable.

Standing on the stove at thirty every year feels very uncomfortable. I miss my mother, my son, Lin Yan, and my family.

It is very difficult to hold regular meetings at [-] every year. I don’t know what to say when I stand in front of my brothers and sisters.I miss home, and they miss home too, and they also want to go home to spend a reunion year with their parents, brothers and sisters, husband, wife, and children.But if you choose the catering industry, you have to abide by the professional ethics of this industry. When thousands of families are reunited, we have to fight in our positions and make the best New Year’s Eve dinner for every family that enters the store. Watching It is their greatest affirmation that they eat happily.

I can only say one thing, food and beverage people are suffering.

Just like last year, Thirty was extremely busy. I ate standing on the stove for lunch, and I didn't leave the scene after eating, so I went straight to work at night.In the evening, I started to be busy at 04:30, and continued to be busy until 08:30. After cleaning up, I started to prepare everyone’s New Year’s Eve dinner. The production started at [-]:[-], and it was already nine o’clock when I sat on the table.

Mr. Wang first gave New Year greetings to all employees, and then began to eat and drink.

I was toasting at the table, talking about the New Year, with a smile like a spring breeze on my face, in order to tell the brothers not to miss home, and spend the New Year together at a loss.

When I came to the table of the chefs, Li Haicai said: "This is the first time for me to celebrate the New Year outside. I just called home after cooking, and my dad answered the call. I couldn't stand it just after saying a few words, and my tears fell, too. It's hard."

I said: "Drink some wine, it will be fine after tonight, and tomorrow will be over."

"Boss, how many years have you lived outside?" He asked.

"Eight, I'm used to it." I said.

"Master, I offer you a toast." Zhang Zhicheng said while holding the wine glass.

"Come on, let's drink together."

Had a drink with the masters and came to the table of the younger brothers.

They are all children in their twenties and twenties. They feel homesick for a while, and they no longer feel homesick after eating and drinking.

Li Fushun asked: "Master, have I been home for fifteen years?"

I said, "Okay, why not, but it needs to be discussed with you little brothers. If they tell you to go back, you can go back."

"We've all discussed it, and they won't go back," he said.

"Then you go back."

"Thank you master."

I joked: "Just go back by yourself, the waiter in front won't go back with you?"

He said embarrassingly: "If you don't go back with me, you don't know what's going on."

"It's really finished. It's been half a year and I haven't won it. I don't have the style of my master at all."

"Tell me, master, what were you like back then?"

"If you have time, today's Chinese New Year is just drinking."

The kids laughed and started drinking with each other.

When they came to the pastry, Wang Hong was fighting wine with Lao Yang, but Lao Yang refused to drink, Wang Hong yelled: "If you dare not drink this glass of wine, Lao Yang, believe it or not, I will pour it into your trouser pocket."

Lao Yang said: "You are blowing."

Jiang Yajun next to him smiled and said: "Lao Yang, hurry up, this tiger bitch has done everything, and we won't drag you into your trouser pocket."

"I don't believe she dared to pour it into my trouser pocket." Old Yang would rather die than surrender.

Wang Hong smiled slightly, and when Lao Yang was not paying attention, he reached out to take out his trouser pocket. Lao Yang was startled, and quickly dodged, but he was still a step too slow. Wang Hong grabbed the waistband of his trousers, pulled Lao Yang back to the chair.

"Want to run? What are you thinking, let my old lady see you awesome."

The fire burst into laughter.

Lao Yang blushed and said to Wang Hong, "Quickly let go, the chef is here."

"It's not easy for the chief chef to come, so don't scare me with the chief chef." Wang Hong refused to let go.

"It's really coming."

"drink wine."

"The chef—"

Wang Hong looked back.

"what--"

Let out an exclamation, and then quickly let go of Lao Yang, his face flushed.

"This tiger bitch, only the chef can handle it." Jiang Yajun laughed.

I said, "I can't cure her, either. I avoided her even if I didn't look at her."

Lao Yang said: "Chef, transfer her downstairs as soon as the Chinese New Year is over. She is a scourge in pastry."

Wang Hong got excited all of a sudden, and said to Lao Yang, "Who do you say is the scourge?"

"Say you haven't finished yet." Lao Yang said.

"I think you're out of sorts—"

Wang Hong wanted to attack again, but Lao Yang kept dodging.

I smiled and said, "Both of you, your enemies in the past life are your enemies in this life, and so are you, Lao Yang. You know you can't do it, but you still make do with it. You can't get beaten enough."

"That's right, come here, Xiao Yangyang, you're the only old man in the dumpling room, who do you bully if you don't bully me? That's your fate, you're unlucky to meet me."

Everyone just laughed.

Had a glass of wine with the whole bakery.

(End of this chapter)