The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 104 Dividends
Some people say not to be afraid of ghosts. Ghosts are not a matter of being afraid or not, but of believing or not.

If you believe in ghosts, you will naturally be afraid; if you don't believe in ghosts, you will naturally not be afraid.

But people are always curious and afraid of the unknown, and the reason is the unknown.

Especially in the countryside, there are many ghosts, ghosts and ghosts, so you can't believe it.

This is the first time Lao Tan encountered "ghosts hitting the wall", and it was still on a snowy night, so I have a deep memory.Walking in the snow, touching the scenery, I thought of it unnaturally.

So, are there ghosts in our world?

Lao Tan didn't believe it.

Although he was terrified of being blocked by a ghost, he still went to school the next day, and walked at night after self-study the next night, walking forward bravely to the top of the beam.

Light a cigarette under the moonlight, stand there smoking, and look around to see if any ghosts appear.Although he kept it in his heart, he knew that if he was really scared, he would never dare to walk at night in the future.Only by putting yourself in an environment that makes you afraid and fearful, and telling yourself that there is nothing but scaring yourself, will you not be afraid in the future.

People have to overcome their fears.

Then why walk for an hour?

Later, he found a more scientific explanation-sometimes there is an obstacle in the human mind, and hallucinations appear in a specific environment, thinking that it is moving forward, but in fact it is turning in circles in place.

Of course, this explanation is far-fetched, but he believes that there are no ghosts in this world, if there is one, he should see it.

Due to the snow, there were not many customers in the dumpling restaurant.

Yanzi left early because of something, Yanhua was there, and Lao Deng was also there.

Lao Tan first told them about the renovation of the new store, and then got down to business.

The dumpling restaurant was built by Lao Tan alone. It can be said that without Lao Tan, there would be no dumpling restaurant. Yanhua and Yanzi are as clear as a mirror in their hearts.Now that the new store is being renovated, Lao Tan will have to manage it in the future.Yanhua and Yanzi wanted to bring Lao Tan in without asking him to contribute money. They belonged to the technology management stock and paid [-]% dividends every year.

At present, the annual profit of the dumpling restaurant is at least 600,000, and 120,000% is [-].This is just one store, two stores are [-], what about three?What about the four?

It's definitely an alluring lure.

Yanhua pays Lao Tan management fees every month, and now she has to pay dividends. Lao Tan feels that it is unreasonable to receive compensation for nothing.

"No, just pay the management fee." Old Tan said.

"To be honest, I wanted to give you a dividend for a long time. Before Lao Feng was here, he had an opinion on you, so he didn't mention it. In the past two days, Yanzi and I made a deal. There is no dumpling restaurant without you. It should be given to you. In addition, we have to cooperate for a long time." Yanhua said sincerely.

Lao Deng also said: "From the very beginning, the two of them wanted to open a small restaurant, and the entire salary would be enough. This is a dumpling restaurant opened only because of you, and everything was arranged by you. Otherwise, it would not be where it is today. Yanhua and I As soon as I said it, I agreed, it was a must."

Lao Tan said: "Let's do this. Now our family is very good, but we don't know what the second store will look like. We will wait until the second store opens to see what it looks like. If it is as popular as the old store, we can earn money." , I will take it after recovering the cost. I can’t see what it looks like now, first here, I’m embarrassed to take it if you give it to me, and the pressure is quite high.”

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, you deserve it," Yanhua said.

"Hehe." Lao Tan laughed and said, "It's okay if I work here every day. If I don't work here, it's just a help, and I get a bonus. I deserve it."

"I won't make you feel ashamed. After the opening of the second store, if the business is the same as the old store, I plan to open a chain and open a few more. At that time, you will be responsible for the management and operation, and you will resign from the salary of the Kanto family. .” Yanhua said with a smile.

"It is necessary. At the beginning, I planned to expand the small dumpling restaurant to the whole country. Our model is guaranteed to work. I dare not say it on the Yangtze River, but it will definitely work on the Yellow River. People like it." Old Tan said confidently.

"The main reason is that our family is down-to-earth and the threshold is low. People come in for 20 yuan to eat enough, and the leaders can eat well when they come in. It's not ashamed. The dumpling restaurant is always recruiting people." Yanhua said happily.

When it came to the future development of the dumpling restaurant, Lao Tan and Yanhua became interested and started talking.The two talked more and more vigorously, and Lao Tan didn't think about eating hot pot until Zhang Li called Lao Tan, so they stopped talking and prepared to go to Zhang Li's house.

It happened that Yanhua and Lao Deng were going home too, so they drove Lao Tan downstairs to Zhang Li's house.

Zhang Li and Hu Jing had already prepared the hot pot, cooked the dumplings and placed them on the table, waiting for Lao Tan to eat them.

Lao Tan entered the door and hurriedly said sorry, Zhang Li complained while looking for slippers for him: "It's a snowy day, what are you talking about, can't we talk about it on a good day? I thought you didn't eat."

Lao Tan laughed and said, "Can I not eat it? When it snows, I have to cook hot pot, not to mention it was prepared by Tiezi."

"Cut! Huan Tiezi, don't leave today if you have the ability, stay here with me." Zhang Li gave him a white look.

"Why are you leaving in this snowy day, you have to stay here." Old Tan said proudly, and sat down at the table.

Hu Jing handed the prepared seasoning to Lao Tan.

Today, for the first time ever, there was a glass of white wine in front of her, and she seemed to want to have a good drink.

Old Tan said, "I've never seen you drinking baijiu."

Hu Jing smiled and said, "I can drink some too, but not much. Let's drink with you and Sister Zhang today."

Zhang Li sat down next to Lao Tan and said, "Two beauties are drinking with you, aren't they beautiful?"

"Beautiful, treated like an emperor." Old Tan said.

"What's wrong? You still want to be one king and two two?" Zhang Li asked provocatively.

"Don't dare, resolutely dare not." Old Tan smiled sheepishly.

It's snowing outside, but it's warm inside.

At this time, many people have fallen asleep, but for caterers, it is the prime time after get off work, and entertainment activities have just begun.

It is not an exaggeration to say that catering people have turned the time upside down.Normal people get up at six o'clock in the morning and go to work at eight o'clock. At this time, the catering staff is sleeping.

Twelve noon is the normal meal time, and the catering staff cooks for others, and the meal time is two or three o'clock.

At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, normal people start to get off work, and the catering workers start to go to work. When people sit on the sofa watching TV at seven or eight o'clock after eating, the catering workers are still fighting hard at their posts, sweating profusely.

At ten o'clock, normal people go to bed, and the catering personnel start to get off work. If they are on duty, they have to wait until midnight.

People fell asleep, and the catering workers after work were full of energy and started their own nightlife.

To be honest, the biological clock of catering people is three hours behind that of normal people, which leads to the work of the internal organs an hour later. What should be done is not timely, the vagus nerve is always short-circuited, and the body is in a sub-healthy state for a long time.

None of the catering workers sleep well, nor do they have a good digestive system, which has almost become an occupational disease.

The three of them drank while shabu-shabu, and chatted without themes, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

It was the first time for the three of them to be so close together, with wine as a matchmaker, they all looked very relaxed.

"Sister Zhang, I will be alone like you in the future." Hu Jing said with emotion, her face turned red after drinking.

"Can you be like me? Why do you have children?" Zhang Li said.

Hu Jing sighed for a long time, and said: "Hey——the child's grandparents are reluctant, if they want a child, I want to——now the difference is with the child, and the child doesn't follow me. Since childhood, her grandparents took— —”

Speaking of children, Hu Jing couldn't help but see something wet in her eyes.

"Are you in primary school?" Zhang Li asked.

"Well, second grade, in my hometown elementary school." Hu Jing replied.

"If you don't want to be with you, why not ask her to follow her grandparents, even if you are her own mother, it's no different," Zhang Li said.

"—That's true, it's just that after thinking about it, I feel uncomfortable when I'm not here." Hu Jing said, wiping the tears from her face.

"Look at you, you're still in tears, never leave again." Zhang Li said.

"Leaving is necessary, that is - I want children, but I won't give them."

Seeing Hu Jing's distress, Lao Tan said: "The child has no real father with you, and her father has no real mother. For the two of you, you want a child, but for the child, you want a real father and a mother. Alas, divorce is not an exaggeration. If I don't go down, I don't want to pass it.

If the child is with you, you have to let her father see if she wants to; with her father, you can see if you want.It's a bit awkward for the two of you, and it's even more awkward for the children. They are a family, but they are not together.It depends on how you two get along, it's clear, you can be with anyone, don't make the child feel wronged. "

"What do you mean?" Zhang Li asked.

"I've never been divorced, why don't you ask me?" Old Tan said.

Zhang Li was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I see that what you said is quite clear, I thought you knew."

"I don't know, but I can think of it. Everything has to wait for time to heal. It's uncomfortable at first, but it will get better later on - but it's best not to divorce." Old Tan said.

"I can't get over it anymore—I just think about it, as long as the child doesn't hate me when he grows up." Hu Jing said.

"I won't hate it. When the child will be me, the older she grows, the more she will understand. Even if she follows her father, she will still kiss you." Old Tan comforted.

"That's guaranteed." Zhang Li said.

Hu Jing nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)