The story of a cook

Chapter 563 Zhou Xiaomei's Concern

On the first day in the new store, I didn't go back to the old store. Accountant Cui knew that I was coming, and we had a small gathering together in the evening.I haven't had a drink with him for a long time, and I kind of miss it.He is now living in the new store with his wife, who is mainly responsible for the purchases of the new store.

I didn't go out to drink. I drank in his office. I ordered two dishes and two plates of dumplings.His office is convenient, and there is a bed, I will live in his office after drinking.

"Old Tan, we don't have time to drink together." He said.

"No, it's been a long time," I said.

"How is it? Now that you are a director, is it more tiring than before?" He asked.

I said, "Okay, you forgot, I like challenging work."

He smiled and said, "You are good, capable, pragmatic, and practical. The old man told me that he plans to make you the director."

Speaking of this, he picked up the wine glass, and we touched each other and took a sip.

He went on to say: "That day in the office, there were the old man, the old lady, Yan Li, the old aunt, and the old man's son. When they talked about asking you to be the director, I saw that they were all family members. Don't be an outsider. I got up and wanted to leave, but the old man stopped me and said that you are not an outsider, and you are also involved. Don’t you two always drink together, Lao Tan? Is it okay to let Lao Tan be the director of kitchen affairs? I said about the appointment It’s not for me to express my opinion, you decide, I’ll just talk about my personal opinion, Lao Tan is capable, thoughtful, pragmatic, and willing to work, he’s a talent.”

I said, "You are praising me in front of the old man."

"This is not to praise you. Besides, it's useless for me to say that you are not good at Lao Tan, and I don't believe in it. To be fair and just, you Lao Tan is indeed capable. How well you manage the old store's kitchen, these chefs It doesn’t work if you grow one, it’s far worse than you.” He said.

Quickly stopped him, "Brother Cui, let's have a drink instead of talking about these things, thank you for speaking well for me in front of the old man, and have a drink."

We both took a sip.

He put down his glass and said, "I don't need to say good words for you. The work you do is there. I've seen it all. Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about smoked pickles. You old Tan didn't make it all by himself? Now it's the best The smoked pickles are selling well, and all four of them sell them. That Li Xingtang is good at this or that, and I didn’t watch him get it together, so I have to say you are good at it.”

It's a good thing to be praised, it sounds comfortable, but you can't always praise.Changed the subject and said, "Brother Cui, I want to ask you something. Has the sales report for March come out?"

"It's out." He said: "Every family's sales are not good this month. The new store is 150 million, the coarse grain is 110 million, and the old store is 110 million. Fisherman's Wharf just took over and sold [-] million."

I said, "A new store averages [-] a day."

He said, "Yes, an average of [-]."

"It's not too much, an average of [-] is not bad." I said.

"The new store was opened in September last year. It has been exactly half a year now. The best seller was in October last year, with 280 million yuan. There was a lot of gift money, not all turnover." He said.

"Does that mean that new stores have been declining?" I asked.

"more or less."

Shaking his head, he felt that the situation in the new store was a little tense.An average of 200 a day does not lose money, and I can earn some, but not much.Among other things, there are more than [-] people in total, and the monthly salary is quite a lot, and they have to buy vegetables?What about water, electricity and gas bills?Even if there is no rent for your own house, is it not money if you rent it out?

I asked: "Brother Cui, is the cost data of each store available now?"

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Employee salaries, water and electricity bills, gas bills, raw materials, seasonings, rent." I said.

"The inventory is finished, and it will come out in two days. What's the matter, do you want to see it?" He asked.

I said: "Well, I want to see, these data are not confidential, right?"

"You can't keep it secret from you, if others can't." He laughed.

I said, "Just to be on the safe side, call Yan Li before you call me and ask her."

"You don't have to ask, the old man has explained it to you, and I can give it to you." He said, "I will give you a copy every month from now on."

"Okay, the data will work for me," I said.

It's been a long time since we drank and chatted together, and we chatted a lot. At eleven o'clock, his sister-in-law came over to call him, and we ended the fight.

I went to the bathroom to wash my face and was about to go to bed when someone knocked on the door.

Zhou Xiaomei came in with a smile.

"Aren't you sleeping tonight?" I asked.

"Can you fall asleep before twelve o'clock every day?" She asked back.

Also, I really can't fall asleep before twelve o'clock every day.

"Come on, let me stay with you for a while." She sat down, looked at the dishes on the table and asked, "Is there any wine?"

"What do you want to drink in the middle of the night?" I said angrily.

There was still half a bottle of wine under the table. She picked it up and poured a glass. There was still a glass left, pour it for me.

"Have a drink with me," she said.

"I drank a lot just now, drink it yourself." I said.

She took a sip.

"It's annoying, my mother is urging me to find someone—" she said.

"How old are you and don't look for it, maybe 37." I said.

"Didn't you find the right one?"

"It's hard to find the right one for you. When I saw you, I said I didn't find the right one. It's been six or seven years, and I haven't touched it yet."

"You've seen it too, how can there be?" She said: "People who are older than me are all married, and those who are younger than me are more than 20 years old. Can you find me? Besides, they can't find me. Missing sister is still missing. Auntie? The ones who are older than me, those in their 40s, are all divorced with children, so I won’t do it.”

"Then you have to look for it." I said.

"Can't you find a suitable one? If there is no suitable one, how can you find one?" She threw her temper at me.

"I think you just don't want to look for it. If you want to look for it, you have already found it. You don't need anything. The conditions are good and you are beautiful. Not to mention being a model, it's almost the same. There are people who want you." I said.

She glanced at me without saying a word, pushed the wine poured for me towards me, and said with a smile: "Drink less, just keep me company, to save face."

Was amused by her.

"Drink less, you can't drink it for me." She smiled at me and continued to persuade me.

I lit a cigarette, drank a lot just now, and didn't want to drink any more.

"Are you still thinking about Xia Cheng?" I asked her.

"I haven't thought about it for a long time. Why do you miss him? He made me like this and still miss him? I have nothing to do." She said.

She spoke very flatly.It is said that a woman can never forget her first man, thinking that she is still thinking about Xia Cheng in her heart, it seems that she is not.

I said, "You don't have to hurry outside, your mother can't, as old people are like that, take care of your own children."

"My mom just puts on that useless mind, but my dad doesn't care about anything, and doesn't ask." She said.

"Your dad didn't say that, he was just as anxious as your mom." I said.

She took a sip of wine and said to me: "I'm 37, why don't I know? Didn't anyone say that once I was bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of well ropes. I was afraid that I would run into someone like Xia Cheng again. ?”

She went on to say: "I'll tell you that the past two years have been good. I've been married. It looks good. The first time I ate, I wanted to get me drunk and sleep with me. I still can't see the point of thinking?" To be honest, if I don’t look like this and don’t take me with me, staying with me is just to sleep, and I’m done. What can I do like this?”

I said, "Such a guarantee is not acceptable."

"Or it's younger than me, one year or two years younger is fine, not too young, but the younger one is ten or eight years old, he thinks it's nothing, I think it's like taking this child, kid Boy, I haven’t grown up yet, what can I do? I’m pretty, and I look about a few years younger, but where is my mental age? It’s awkward and awkward, especially when someone in his early twenties tells me he likes me, Love me, date me, I'm almost his old aunt, and still date me, are you kidding me?"

I said, "You are too young."

"You can't be young, that's for sure, and you can't be too old. You say, just say, what can I do if I'm divorced in my 40s? It's easy to have a child, and I will be a mother when I enter the door." She After speaking, I laughed first.

"If you say so, you still can't find it?" I said.

"Hey, it's hard to find—"

She took the wine glass and touched the one in front of me, "Drink."

Looking at her, this is a beautiful and compelling woman, and she is a classmate of the school.When I saw her, she was a young and beautiful girl. After several years, she has grown into a mature woman.

It's normal for a woman of this age to be single in the city, no one says anything, and she has a nice name called Urban Beauty.But it doesn't work in the countryside. Women who don't get married in their thirties make people pay attention. If they are either faulty or undecent, or they are hard-fought, no one dares to marry.

A woman like her who came out of the countryside to work in the city seems to have a dual personality, half of which is bound by the traditional concepts of the countryside, and half of which is influenced by urban life.I want to break free from the shackles of rural concepts, but I am incompatible with urban life.

For her, I may be wrong.If she wasn't asked to be with Zhang Li and get to know Li Shuang and Zheng Jiaqi, maybe she wouldn't be like this.It is said that she can learn from whoever she is. Zhang Li was a bachelor from the beginning, which must have influenced her. In addition, Li Shuang and Zheng Jiaqi are still divorced, and they all told her about the fuck of marriage, and she also became wary.However, Zhang Li is married now, and Li Shuang even has a child. Isn't she in a hurry?

"Old classmate, I am very envious of your wife." She said suddenly.

"Envy my daughter-in-law?" I wondered, and asked, "What do you envy her for?"

"Find a good husband." She said.

"What's wrong with me?" Then he said: "I'm not at home for a year, and I can't help with anything at home. She has a child at home and has to go to work. This is her. Anyone else would have divorced me. How can you call me so carefree?"

"At least you don't gossip outside and mess around with women," she said.

"Let me tell you, I can't stand the temptation."

"Who tempted you?"

"——No one, drink."

She smiled and took a sip from her glass.

"I know what you are like. In the provincial capital, Zhang Li treats you so well, and even wants to give birth to you, but you are not tempted." She said.

"The main reason is that I can't afford to raise a child. If I can afford it, you think I don't want to." I said.

"Just blow it there." She laughed, and then teased: "I heard that when I was in Fuxin, I slept with Zheng Jiaqi under the quilt."

I said, "That happened, and that is my lifelong regret."

She giggled and said to me: "I think you are lustful but not courageous. You have to say that you have a deep relationship with your wife."

"That's right, she and I came together for the hard times. When we got married, we had nothing. We got married for 500 yuan. I'm sorry for her————————The wife is a mess, but the hair is married. It is understandable that a wife of dross should not be abandoned," I said.

"You have a conscience."

"It's not that I have a conscience, I feel that I can't do that." I said: "Now we are just starting life, work harder, although we can't always be together, we don't have much married life, and our relationship can be weak, but we are both for our family. Son, that's all right. It's not easy for people at home, it's harder than me, I can't gossip outside, I can find a lady if I can't help it, I can't talk nonsense with women, I can't divorce and don't want a wife. "

"Then if a woman wants to have sex with you, and doesn't ask you to divorce, why is she willing to follow you?" she asked.

"Stupid? Do you think there is such a thing in the world?" I glared at her.

"Maybe, there's nothing to talk about," she said.

When she said this, I couldn't help but think of Sister Ma.

"I'll search according to your standard. This time I have a target." She said something stupid.

(End of this chapter)