The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 137 The Past of Taishan Road
The next day, Yanhua and Yanzi went downstairs to Lao Tan's house, and Lao Tan led his son Jiaheng downstairs together.

"Hello, Aunt Yanhua! Hello, Aunt Yanzi!" Jia Heng greeted politely.

Seeing Jiaheng Yanhua and Yanzi was very happy, both of them liked this child, not because of Lao Tan's son, but mainly because Jiaheng was sensible and likable.

"Jiaheng, why didn't you go to school?" Yanhua asked with a smile.

"College entrance examination, our school is an examination room, it's a holiday." Jiaheng replied.

Yanzi walks up to Jiaheng, intentionally comparing himself with him.After the match, he smiled and said, "I'm almost catching up with you. What are you doing with the basketball? Are you going to play?"

"Yes, I'm going to train." Jiaheng said.

"Where are you going?" Swallow asked.

"It's not far, it's in front of the Yahua training hall." Jiaheng said.

The original plan was to go to Shisanwei Road to order the tableware of the Hushi store, and then go to Taishan Road to see the storefront.Swallow was not very keen on these things, and immediately changed his mind when he saw Jiaheng, and said to Lao Tan and Yanhua: "You two go, I will go to practice with Jiaheng."

"I can't walk when I see a handsome guy." Yanhua joked.

"Well, let's go, handsome boy, are you happy that Auntie is with you today?" Swallow asked.

Jia Heng said, "Happy, Auntie, can you play basketball?"

"Yes, why not." Swallow began to brag.

Jiaheng obviously didn't believe it, and said to Yanhua, "Aunt Yanhua, Aunt Yanzi lied again."

Yanhua smiled, and said to Yanzi: "Don't keep fooling the child, if you keep fooling the child, you won't be with me anymore."

Yanzi didn't care, and pulled Jiaheng forward, saying as he walked, "You two go, I will take a taxi with Jiaheng."

In the car, Lao Tan and Yanhua shared their two thoughts.One of them is about human resources, and the other is what I thought of last night. I plan to put the Aqiao logo on the tableware of each store, making it look like a chain store.

His idea was immediately recognized by Yanhua, and he added that the towel boards, paper boxes, and packing bags used in the store should also be marked, so that it will be more like a chain store.

"I should have thought of this a long time ago. I don't know what I'm busy with. I'm a little out of my mind." Lao Tan said with self-deprecation.

"I didn't expect it either. Besides, you're busy, so it's normal to not expect it." Yanhua comforted Old Tan with empathy.

"These seemingly insignificant things are actually a kind of publicity, and customers can notice them." Lao Tan said.

"The marking of tableware gives people a formal impression --- we can make a fuss on the packaging bag, so that customers can take it back without throwing it away, and they can continue to use it." Yanhua said.

"Then cancel the plastic bag and replace it with a hard paper bag. This will increase the cost, and you can't charge the customer." Old Tan said.

"Now foam lunch boxes are not allowed to be used, and we have to use environmentally friendly lunch boxes, and the cost is not low. Other restaurants charge a dollar for a lunch box, and our family has not yet confiscated it—" Yanhua said.

"Don't accept it. If you don't make a fortune without a dollar, you won't make the customers happy." Old Tan said.

"That's what I thought too—the monthly cost of lunch boxes in our three stores is [-] yuan, and if we add packing bags, it will cost more than [-] yuan," Yanhua said.

"On average, a store spends 7000 extra—" Lao Tan calculated in his mind, it was indeed quite a lot, equivalent to the salary of a head chef.But it's a good deal to buy a satisfied customer for [-] yuan.

So he said: "That's fine, it's equivalent to paying 7000 yuan a month for advertising, but this way of playing is a bit scolded, and other restaurants must be angry."

Yanhua laughed and said, "Come on, if you don't feel tired, just call and scold, as long as the guests don't scold."

Old Tan also laughed.

The two of them went to Shisanwei Road and made an agreement with the tableware boss on the matter of marking the tableware. At the same time, they ordered the number of five stores, which made the tableware boss happy for a long time-it was a deal of 70,000 yuan all of a sudden, who would not be happy? .

Women like to go shopping, it's by nature.It is also natural for cooks to like to visit the cookware market.After ordering the tableware, Lao Tan went shopping for another two hours unknowingly, and bought some things that can be used in the kitchen, as well as some newly released tools.Examples include a kidney bean grater, a cucumber spiralizer, a large peeler for zucchini, and more.

Yanhua accompanied Lao Tan for a while with interest at first, but later she couldn't do it anymore and went to the lounge on the first floor to wait for him.It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and Lao Tan was still in high spirits, so I had to stop him.

"Does your leg not hurt?" Yanhua blamed.

Old Tan laughed and said, "Shopping here is addictive, just like you women go shopping, you don't feel tired."

"The main reason is that your legs are not just right, don't get tired."

"It's okay, and I did walk a lot. I guess it will be swollen tomorrow."

"Then don't be careful, let's go, let's go back."

The two got in the car and walked back to the Taishan Road store.

It was all talked about by Yanzi before. The boss didn't know Yanhua, let alone Lao Tan, so he thought he was a dinner guest and entertained him warmly.

Since the meal time was over, there were not many tables of guests in the store, but the two of them ate cleanly.By the end of the month, this restaurant will be my own. It feels like eating in my own restaurant, which is very beautiful.

When he came out of the restaurant after dinner, Lao Tan was in no hurry to leave.I haven't been to Taishan Road for a long time. This is the place where he used to work and has feelings.

This is the second place where he learned to cook, and it is also where he met Yaru, Lin Yan, and Yanhua.

At that time, I worked in the Rose Hotel for four years until the hotel was relocated.The current location of Boss Cao Restaurant is the former Rose Restaurant.

It is inevitable to feel emotional when you touch the scene.

He and Yanhua are both migrant workers in this street. Who would have thought that they would come back here more than ten years later, and they would open a restaurant as owners?
"Let's go." Old Tan said.

"Let's go." Yanhua agreed.

The afternoon sun was not as hot as at noon. Clouds floated in the northern sky, and the slight wind was blowing, bringing a little bit of coolness.There are not many pedestrians and cars on the street, and it looks quiet and empty.

The two walked to Yangchun Barbecue Restaurant, and Lao Tan looked inside. There were no customers, and the waiter on duty was sleeping on the table.

"His family is an old shop with 30 years of history." Old Tan said.

"Do you remember you cooking at his house?" Yanhua said.

"Well, that was the first time I came out to cook, the first time I was a chef."

Old Tan remembered the scene of cooking here, and some people's faces could not help but emerge.Sister Ma, Sister Jin, the old lady, and the old man——Sister Ma and Sister Jin are no longer working here, and the old lady and old man are still the bosses.

"His family's business has been very good and famous," Yanhua said.

"Well, the old lady is the president of the Provincial Ethnic Catering Association. I learned Korean cuisine from her. The old lady is very good. She started to sell fresh vegetables with a small cart and made it little by little. There are two restaurants in West Tower. The area of ​​each hotel is more than [-] square meters, and the houses are all their own, and this is also their own house, with a total asset of no less than [-] million yuan." Lao Tan said.

"Amazing." Yanhua said enviously.

"The old lady on Taishan Road should be the richest man. She doesn't look like a mountain, she is really rich, and she doesn't have a penny loan. She keeps a low profile all her life, and the clothes she wears do not exceed 300 yuan. She subsidizes five college students and communicates with the traffic police. Like Lao Li, live Lei Feng." Lao Tan said.

"Isn't Lao Li retiring?"

"Well, I'm retired. It's okay, Lao Li is worthy in this life. Taishangang is not called Taishangang now, it is called Li Shuanglianggang, and it is named after him---Lao Li is indeed okay, the top ten model traffic policemen in the country, remember me When I was renting a house, he gave me the sofa." Old Li's simple and honest face appeared before Lao Tan's eyes.

"I just remember that he has good sheep's hooves, and he always gets them from the pancakes." Old Li also appeared in front of Yanhua's eyes.

"Well, yes, good policeman, I have never issued a ticket in my life. On the day of retirement, many taxi drivers drove to the traffic station to see him. The scene was touching, and the news reported it—there are fewer such policemen—— He had dinner at someone's house in the Kanto region, and his family lived nearby, so it shouldn't be far from your house." Old Tan said.

"Really, I haven't seen him before. If I see him one day, I'll treat him to dumplings."

The two of them walked slowly to the traffic post, and after passing the traffic post was Beiling Park.Neither of them had any intention of passing the post, so they turned north at the same time and walked towards the small park on the moat.

Here are their memories of those years.

The river is clear and blue waves are rippling, and the weeping willows on both sides of the river are swaying their graceful hair and fluttering in the wind.There are red, pink, pink, and colorful flowers blooming on the grass on the bank, and old people resting and young men and women in love are sitting on the long chairs under the willow trees on the embankment.

In front, there is a quiet place, surrounded by luxuriant poplar trees, with a stone table and four stone benches in the middle.

The two couldn't help looking at each other and smiling, this is the place they used to come to back then.

It was here that Yanhua bravely expressed her love to Lao Tan.

At that time, Lao Tan was dating Lin Yan and established a relationship, so he could not accept Yanhua's feelings.

Yanhua knew that her love was fruitless, and after careful consideration, she left Taishan Road with a sad heart and a deep nostalgia for that bandit-like man.

After ten years of separation, they thought they would never see each other again in this life. Who knew that fate was so wonderful that the two not only met, but also cooperated together.

In life, if we face it with a sincere smile and always maintain a sincere and kind heart, nothing is impossible, and there is no fate that cannot continue.

"Is this the first time the two of us have come here?" Yanhua asked with a smile. At this time, she seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago, and became that beautiful and affectionate girl again.

Old Tan thought for a while and replied: "The fourth time."

"You have a pretty good memory—" Yanhua still smiled, but sighed inwardly.

In fact, this is the fifth time. She knows why Lao Tan said less, not because he forgot, but because he doesn't want to bring up the past again.

But some things can never be forgotten in a lifetime, not only can't be forgotten, but also become more profound as time goes by.Vividly, as if yesterday.

The two of them didn't speak any more, they sat quietly on the stone bench, looking at the quiet river in front of them.

The hearts of the two people are not peaceful at this time, and those lost youth years are being staged one scene after another on each other's heart screen ---
Youth, youth.

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(End of this chapter)