The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 125 Goodbye Dade
After the Spring Festival, Lao Tan went back to his hometown to visit his mother as usual, and began to enter into intense work after returning.

Now we should call the dumpling restaurant a company. Although there are only three stores, Sparrow is small and well-equipped with various functional departments. Of course, it is impossible for each department to have a person in charge, and most of them are part-time.

There are two people in the purchasing department, one is Huaqing's daughter-in-law, and the other is the driver.

Huaqing's daughter-in-law is responsible for sending the purchase orders reported by the three stores to the suppliers every day, and the suppliers will deliver the raw materials to each store the next morning.In addition to this, she is also in charge of the warehouse, which contains various seasonings, rice noodles, grains and oils, as well as various items used at the front desk.

The driver is responsible for delivering handmade products such as dumpling stuffing and cold dishes to the store, as well as buying low-value consumables commonly used in restaurants with Huaqing’s wife, including detergent, mop, dishcloth, tooling, tableware, etc.

There is only one accountant in the finance department, and sometimes Yanhua can come over to help.The accountant is mainly responsible for daily business reports, review of purchase orders, settlement of suppliers, payment of employees' wages, etc.

Now there are three stores, and one accountant can be busy. If there are more stores, it will be a bit overwhelming, and more people need to be added.

The office recruited a clerk to be responsible for some administrative matters, as well as recruiting, printing documents, and taking meeting minutes.

Zhang Li is temporarily in charge of human resources, and she is also responsible for the training of front desk staff.

Zhongqing is the head chef of the old store and also the production director. He is the only one in the production department for the time being, leading the two head chefs.

Swallow is in charge of the marketing department, and there is no plan to open a store in the provincial capital in the first half of the year.Her main job now is to inspect the market, choose locations for the two stores in the second half of the year, and communicate with Zhang Yu at the same time, preparing to open the first Aqiao dumpling restaurant in Hohhot.

In this way, it is also a company, but it has not yet developed.

Lao Tan's work arrangement is that before the renovation of Zhang Yu Hotel, Mr. Xiang from the decoration company will go to Zhang Yu Hotel, make a plan for the decoration, and then start the decoration.At the same time, Mulan and Yang Zhijun were arranged to go to the provincial capital for training and study.

After concentrating on reorganizing the three stores in the provincial capital for a month, it will be April.After arranging the affairs of the company, Lao Tan, Yan Zi, and Mr. Xiang started to set off for Hohhot.

Lao Tan originally planned to find a decoration company in Hohhot.Xiang Zong's company is in the provincial capital, and it's a bit far from Hohhot, which is inconvenient.But I have been cooperating with Mr. Xiang, and I am very happy, so I asked Mr. Xiang.

Mr. Xiang said directly that there is no problem. His construction site is not only in the provincial capital, but also in other places.He also said that once the situation is opened up in Hohhot, it will be a good thing, and there will be another place.

After arriving in Hohhot, Lao Tan and Zhang Yu met. Swallow had already booked everything with him in advance, so there was no fuss, and the handover went smoothly.

Zhang Yu was also willing to be the hands-off shopkeeper, so he left everything to Lao Tan to take care of.Of course, he is an old man in Hohhot, and he is familiar with all aspects, and he is responsible for some peripheral matters.

It is wise for Zhang Yu to do this, to reap love without delaying business.

He is looking at the future, and believes that Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant will definitely open up the market in Hohhot and detonate it.

This is also the shrewdness and vision of a businessman.

Of course, he is sincere to Yanzi, and he doesn't want to use Yanzi to achieve the purpose of being a Qiao dumpling restaurant. There may be no such thing, and it is not so dirty.

On the fifth day after Lao Tan arrived, the restaurant was closed, and Yang Zhijun, Mulan, and the staff they selected were arranged to study in the old restaurant in the provincial capital, and then began to decorate it.

During this period, Lao Tan inspected the raw material market, tableware market and cooking utensils market in Hohhot.The raw materials in the raw material market are relatively simple, some of the raw materials needed by the dumpling restaurant are not available, and they need to be shipped in the provincial capital.

Tableware and cooking utensils are not cheap, and they are much more expensive than shipping in the provincial capital. Lao Tan decided to ship in the provincial capital.

After inspecting the market, Zhang Yu arranged two dinners.One belonged to his friend in Hohhot, and the other was the Minister of Armed Forces of Hohhot.Speaking of which, the Minister of the Armed Forces and Lao Tan are from the same province, fellow villagers.

The minister, surnamed He, is sixty and will retire soon.It looks like he has white hair and a childlike face, full of energy, not at all like a 60 years old person.The drinking capacity is surprisingly large, two catties of baijiu is not a problem, and Lao Tan is a match for chess, and he is still a fellow, so he feels like old friends at first sight, the two drank very happily.

The minister promised that as long as Lao Tan opened a restaurant in Hohhot, he would come to him for any problems and try his best to solve them.

Old Tan knew that what was said on the wine table was nothing, and a restaurant owner could not easily bother someone at the minister's level. Even so, it was a very good thing to be able to drink happily with the minister and become friends.

Old Tan took time to go to Guanyin Temple, this time Dade didn't go out for a walk, and was lucky to meet him, and the two chatted in his meditation room.

"Everyone is cultivating, but they just came out of the world and entered the world. People in the world have a predestined relationship with the Buddha, so why is the Buddha not a person in the world?" Dharma said.

"Do the things of the world with the wisdom of the world, what the enlightened ones do. The Buddha said that we can get happiness from suffering, but the practitioners just have different paths. I may not be able to be quiet in this life. I have no chance to be born, so I can only slumber in the world. Already." Old Tan laughed.

"Master Tan is very wise, and he really practiced. Opening more restaurants and recruiting more employees is also a blessing."

"I can't do it. I'm making small troubles. If you want to talk about practice, you have to be entrepreneurs who support tens of thousands of employees. Not only pay taxes to the country, but also solve the employment problem for the country. Great merit. Personal opinion, anyone with a conscience Entrepreneurs are patriots, have a sense of national responsibility, and are true philanthropists in the end.

Let’s just talk about the Wenchuan Earthquake. Those celebrities who donated the most donated money were not the ones reported.They are all selfless contributions of entrepreneurs, and tens of millions of money are taken, and they are the ones who have great practice and great merit. "

"Master Tan sees the world clearly." Dade said approvingly.

"It's a compliment. Practice is free from the heart, and the heart is square. It's practice. I don't think so much, just be a human being." Old Tan said.

"That's right. I was born to practice Buddhism, so why not be a human being and do things? Different routes lead to the same goal. I look forward to the opening of Master Tan's restaurant as soon as possible, and I will definitely go to taste it when the time comes."

"You will be the first to be notified of the opening. You have to make a full phone call, otherwise you will never be able to get in touch." Old Tan half-jokingly said.

"Hehe, I have a phone, but I don't bring it with me, Qingxiu is in the way." Dade laughed.

"Master, let's see if the dumpling restaurant I run can become popular?" Old Tan Zhun asked in a slightly sarcastic way, just to relax.

Dade smiled and said, "You know what fortune-telling is all about, so do it yourself." After speaking, he looked at Lao Tan and said slowly, "But I don't think you are doing well, and the family affairs are not going well."

"Yes, the family affairs are not going well." Old Tan sighed sincerely.

"Everything is not about letting go of things, but how and where to put them. Irresponsible letting go is evasion and a sin. Just like Yu's control of water, it can be diverted and guided. Don't be impatient, and don't give up. The normal life between husband and wife You can't see anything, it's all daily necessities, but the person who will accompany you in the end must be the married wife.

You are often accompanied by beautiful women, which is also troublesome. Sometimes you may go out of line, and you need to guide yourself. "Dade said.

Old Tan was silent for a long time, then smiled and said: "Master is worthy of seeing through the world of mortals. He can see through the world at a glance, hit the nail on the head, and he has been taught."

"Didn't you also say that the world is blind?"

The two smiled at each other.

"When I was young, I thought about giving it up. After much deliberation, coupled with the increase in age, I didn't see through the world and ponder in my heart. No matter how beautiful a woman is, she will be pushed away in thirty or fifty years. People live for a lifetime, love No one else can compare with you, what you think about at any age, and you will still be your wife when you grow old." Lao Tan said.

"It's the same as how I walk. The world is prosperous, and only when I am accompanied by the Buddha lamp can my heart be at peace. There is one thing on my body, and one person is thinking about another person in my heart. In turn, it is the beginning, and it is also a small reincarnation in practice." The great virtue said with emotion. .

"The six realms of reincarnation are all human relations in the world, and husband and wife are among them. You just advised me to guide myself, which is a violation of the six realms, but you also see through human relations, and selfish desires retaliate. People don't have to be tired in life, but how many people are happy? To put it nicely It’s called looking forward and backward, and it’s called self-defeating and self-defeating if you say it badly. If you are difficult, the world can’t see through it;

"It doesn't matter. The words are out of line with what human nature does, and the conscience is there, and the words are still words; if the person is out of line, his heart is messed up, his conscience is lost, and he is not a human being. Who said that monks don't drink and eat meat? You see, I see, the world Seeing is all appearance. The inner appearance is in the heart, and what the heart sees is seeing." The great virtue said.

"Been taught a lesson."

Sometimes people are tired and irritable, so they might as well go to a Buddhist monastery to rest.The Zen monastery is a place of pure cultivation, which can calm people's minds, return to the infinite, and reflect on inner reflection.

This is not superstition, it depends on how you look at it.Just like if you understand that flowers will bloom, you will feel at ease.

After leaving Dade’s Buddhist monastery and outside the monastery, a ray of sunlight shines from the branches and leaves of pagoda trees in early spring, sprinkling mottled spots all over the ground.

Old Tan lit a cigarette and came to the real world.

The conversation with Dade is still in my ears, but my thoughts have returned to reality.

It is impossible to live with the mentality of being born out of the world like the great virtue, and it has not yet reached that level, or the state.

Dade is almost 70 years old. According to the world, everyone eats more salt than he eats, walks more bridges than himself, and naturally has more living experience than himself.

He came out of the world to practice, and taught all beings with great wisdom, not for merit and blessing, but for practice.A disciple of Sakyamuni, he preached the Dharma all his life, so that people in the world can get happiness from suffering and accumulate virtue for good.

Maybe, I will become a Buddha in the future.

Lao Tan himself is not a Buddha.

Living in this world, you may not be able to become a big man who can benefit one party, nor can you save all beings like a big man. You may be unknown all your life, but you must try your best to live a wonderful life without leaving regrets.

Practice is to cultivate the mind.

Fortunately, my heart is not broken.

Hold on, stick to Lingtai Qingming.Don't act rashly or act indiscriminately, make the dumpling restaurant well, bigger and stronger.

Hey, I don't have time to sigh, there are a lot of things waiting.

In the future, when I get upset, I will come over to chat with Dade, to be clean and clean, and to sweep the dust in my mind, which is really good.

Chatting with people of great wisdom, enlightenment.

(End of this chapter)