The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 140 Lao Tan Wants to Accept Apprentices

When Lin Yan came home after returning from a business trip, she first saw Lao Tan's leg and asked about the injury.

"You, the danger is coming forward, you didn't call me to tell me." Lin Yan said with some reproach.

"No, save you from worrying." Old Tan said.

"Does it still hurt now? Is it okay to walk?" Lin Yan asked.

"Okay, it's okay." Old Tan said.

"Be careful with your work in the future."

"Well, I have to go to Hohhot in a few days. The decoration is completed and it will open." Old Tan said.

"Go, everything is fine at home." Lin Yan said.

"Are you always on business trips? My son is at home by himself, and when he's on business trips, find someone to keep him company." Old Tan said.

"No, my son is brave. He's fine at home alone. Is it your son?" Lin Yan asked Jia Heng who was watching TV.

Jiaheng stared at the TV and said, "Well, it's okay, I dare to be at home."

"You don't need to take care of your son's affairs. You haven't taken care of anything in these years. Take care of yourself." Lin Yan said to Lao Tan and walked back to the bedroom.

Lao Tan got a little angry and said, "I don't care who cares about my son."

Lin Yan turned around and said with a stern face: "Why didn't you care when you were young, where were you when you were sick? Now that you've grown up, it's easy and you know how to take care of it. Why are you so cheap. You only want good things!"

"Didn't I earn money outside when my son was young? Are you being unreasonable?" Old Tan said angrily.

"We have something unreasonable. Tell you that I don't want to quarrel with you, son, it's nine o'clock, stop watching, take a shower and sleep!"

Jiaheng turned off the TV, stood up and walked to the bathroom, and whispered when passing Lao Tan, "My mother is sick."

Old Tan was very comforted by his son's words, and he didn't want to quarrel, so he went back to the house.

Isn't that how couples live their lives, noisy and noisy.What they said is also true, the child was not around when it was the worst time to take care of him, but now he is easy to take care of and starts to care, why?

Lao Tan is not too entangled, and there is nothing entangled. As long as the two of them are good to the child, this is a common wish.

There was something he wanted to tell Lin Yan, but Lin Yan didn't say anything like this.Zhang Li told him about Huaqing, Li Shuang, and Xiao Gao wanting to worship him as a teacher, and planned to invite a few people to set up two tables, and hold it in a formal manner.

Lao Tan had indeed promised to accept Li Shuang and Hua Qing as apprentices when he was forty.The promise is the promise, but if you really want to accept apprentices, you can't help feeling a little nervous.

He is a casual person, and he has always felt that he is a brother with shoulders and heads, and it is good to get along with the brothers in the kitchen as buddies.

If someone calls me master one day, it would be uncomfortable to respect me as an elder.

I always felt that I was nothing, and I couldn't be a master.

His idea is related to his personal experience.

The poor boy who came out of the countryside has nothing but strength and love for life.I have been rushing forward without stopping, working hard, and slowly getting to where I am today.

I didn't feel how capable I was, and I didn't feel how good cooking was.It is not enough to accept apprentices and be a master, or in other words, I don't want to be a master at all.

This is not humility either. Anyone who has had the same experience as him will have this kind of thinking, feeling that he is nothing special, and everything is natural.

As the saying goes, you don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, only because you are in this mountain.

I think it's nothing, but in the eyes of others, I'm already a successful catering person.

Let's review his experience.

In [-], he entered the kitchen and started his apprenticeship.

I went to Taishan Road in [-] and worked as a chopping board for three years.

The first time I went out to cook as a cook was at Yangchun Barbecue City, and after that I was at Cheong Wa Dae.Then I went to the largest World Trade Golf Club in the provincial capital to learn Chinese cooking systematically, and I worshiped the respected Mr. Huang as my teacher.

He worked as the head chef at He Yuxuan Dumpling Restaurant on Songhuajiang Street, and he became famous for two years.Then he entered Linjiangxuan Dumpling Restaurant with Master as the executive chef, and turned Linjiangxuan into an international restaurant, opening branches in Japan and South Korea.

Immediately afterwards, he took over the famous Laogen Villa in the country and served as the first head chef.

After that, he went to Fuxin and built the first smoked tavern in Northeast China.

Then I went to Binhai and took over Qinghuage Dumpling Restaurant.It took four years to make Qinghua Pavilion famous all over the country, becoming the benchmark of Northeast dumplings, and boarded the oriental cuisine.

Returning to the provincial capital from Binhai, he took over the Guandong family, entered and exited twice, and finally built it into the largest farmhouse in Northeast China, which is famous all over the country.

Now, the Aqiao dumpling restaurant, which is under construction, has begun to take shape and has attracted the attention of many catering people.

It took a full nineteen years to go from an apprentice to today and become a successful catering person, and has been respected by colleagues.

He is not a master, but many people already regard him as a master, but he does not feel it himself.

As for his conduct, we won’t go into too much detail. After years of working in the catering industry, his virtue has been recognized with a thumbs up.

In terms of money, I know that it is not easy to go out, and when I am in trouble, I can help. In 19 years, at least tens of thousands of money was lent and given out, and many people have disappeared.

He brought out a lot of people.Some of these people are called his master and some are called big brother, and now they are all outstanding, and they are all in charge.

A restaurant is a place where love and extramarital affairs are easy to breed.It's not easy for Lao Tan to be alone all these years and not have anything to do with women, which is why he has such a high prestige.

Conquering a person is not based on superior conditions and a strong body than others, but on integrity, sincerity, and charisma.

"When visiting the teacher, you have to serve tea to the master and wife, and then call your wife." Zhang Li said.

"The ones who came from said that it's not that troublesome, I just admit it. In addition, it's useless to tell them not to talk, just go out and have a simple meal, don't waste it." Old Tan said.

"What do they want to do? Let's take care of it? Take your wife with you when the time comes."

Old Tan hummed and agreed.

The next morning, before Lin Yan went to work, Old Tan told her about accepting apprentices, Lin Yan was stunned for a moment.She felt that the only ones who could be masters were those teachers and fathers who were highly respected. Old Tan was just forty, so he accepted no apprentices, so don't mistake others for his disciples.

Immediately, I thought that Lao Tan had been working for these years, and it was normal to accept apprentices.But she was unwilling to participate in this occasion, so she took out her wallet and asked Lao Tan to give some red envelopes to some apprentices, which made Lao Tan very moved.

"Don't accept other people's things, it's all human favors. People worship you as a teacher because what you say now counts, and when you say nothing, you don't know whether you know it or not." Lin Yan said realistically.

"I know, I don't have the habit of accepting gifts." Old Tan said.

"That's not necessarily true. If someone bought you a cigarette or a bottle of wine, would you still not accept it? You'd be happy to accept it."

"That can't be helped—" Old Tan laughed, seeing his wife was so open-minded, hitting a snake with a stick, and asked with a smile: "Today we two sleep in the same room?"

Lin Yan immediately pulled her face down, and said: "Impossible, I'm not used to it, didn't I tell you, I feel uncomfortable and find a lady, I don't care, do whatever you want, just don't tell me to watch. "

Lao Tan was annoyed for a while, thinking what kind of life he had.

The apprenticeship ceremonies of well-known chefs are very grand, and the scene is no less than a wedding scene.There were guests, there were hosts, and a dozen or so tables were set up in a pompous manner.

On the scene, the disciples knelt on the ground, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and offered tea and wine.Master sat high on the pavilion, smiling all over his face.Accept teacher invitation, drink teacher tea, and receive teacher ceremony.

The apprentice is accepted, it is hard to say whether he can teach skills and be a man.As the old saying goes well, it is up to the individual to lead the master to practice.

Lao Tan doesn't pay much attention to these things, and even dislikes them.

Huaqing is the young man he likes, even if he doesn't ask for a teacher, he will vigorously cultivate him.As for Li Shuang, in his opinion, he was just joining in the fun. After taking her for eight years, he has already become a brother and sister, and treats her the same as Zhou Xiaomei.

But Li Shuang didn't think so. Strictly speaking, Lao Tan was her first teacher, and he cared for her. He extended a helping hand when she was in the most difficult time, and helped her get out of it.

In her heart, she was grateful to Lao Tan, and had always treated Lao Tan as the boss and a master, so she was determined to worship him as a teacher.

When Xiao Gao and Old Tan didn't want to accept it, he was tired of playing with money.Although Xiao Gao has reformed himself and he likes it, he has no intention of accepting him as an apprentice.But with Li Shuang, he accepted it.

He thought that he could take three apprentices in this life, but the master only took four, so he couldn't have more, and besides, he didn't have time to take it, so don't really mislead his disciples.

The matter of recruiting apprentices is up to Zhang Li, and Lao Tan only has one principle, no big troubles are allowed, the simpler the better.

Zhang Li knew his temper, so naturally he knew what to do.

In the evening, there are four banquet tables in the lobby of the old store.

The first table is Yanhua, Yanzi, Lao Deng, Li Wanshan, Liu Ge, Xiaofeng, Lao Tan's old neighbor Li Ge and the others.Lao Tan didn't expect Zhang Li to invite Brother Liu, Brother Li, Xiaofeng, and Li Wanshan, and he was very moved.

"Brother Tan, the recruiter didn't even sue me, I'll pick on you." Li Wanshan shouted loudly.

Old Tan laughed.

Xiaofeng patted Old Tan vigorously, and said, "Will I be Shigu from now on?"

"Must." Old Tan said.

The second table is Zhongqing, Wang Gang, Zhou Xiaomei, Cao Tao, the manager of Chuanbazi Hot Pot, and Huang Yuhang, the small owner of Sanmin Restaurant.There are also several acquainted restaurant chefs and managers.

Let me talk about Huang Yuhang, the young owner of Sanmin Hotel.Since the inspection in Chengdu, he has formed an indissoluble bond with Lao Tan.When Lao Tan was working in the Guandong family, he always went to learn Buddhist scriptures, and he always came after he got to Aqiao, and he became a friend of the year.

Mr. Tan guides his management and makes marketing plans. The business of Sanmin Hotel is very hot now.

Obviously Huang Yuhang and Chuanbazi manager Cao Tao are a pair of close lovers, and they are said to be getting married at the end of the year.

The third table is Wang Hong, Fang Jianjun, Sun Haicheng, Meng Meng, Xiaolong, and Xiaohui, who belong to the kitchen representatives.

The fourth table is Qin Lili, Tuya, Xu Jie and others, who belong to the front desk representatives.

When everyone was present, Zhang Li announced that the ceremony of accepting apprentices had officially begun.

(End of this chapter)