The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 175
Lao Tan returned to the provincial capital to attend the company's annual meeting.

The annual meeting was a great success. Many excellent employees and managers were rewarded, and those who did not get rewards also received bonuses. It can be said that everyone is happy.

Immediately after the annual meeting was the Spring Festival, Lao Tan presided over a meeting of managers above the middle level, and made arrangements for the work during the Spring Festival, mainly solving the problems of employees' vacation and overtime during the Spring Festival business period.

According to past experience, in order not to delay the normal business during the Spring Festival, employees can take vacations before and after the Spring Festival, except for special circumstances.The three days of New Year's Eve, the first day, and the second day of the first day of the new year will be held according to national statutory holidays, and workers will be paid three days' wages for one day's work.

This is already a very good treatment in the private catering enterprises in the provincial capital.Although the labor law stipulates that this must be done, to be honest, most restaurants cannot do it, which is understandable.

At the end of the meeting, the overall work for the new year was planned.

This year, three directly-operated stores will be opened in the provincial capital, and two in Hohhot.

Appoint Zhang Li as the regional manager of the provincial capital, Zhongqing as the director of kitchen affairs, and the store managers and chefs below are directly appointed by them.

Only with the power of life and death can there be deterrence and better management.

Appoint Qin Lili as the human resources director of the head office, Zhang Xiangdong as the marketing director and operation planner, and accounting sister Xu as the financial director.

Li Shuang was transferred from the Huangshan Road store to serve as the service supervisor.

Wang Hong was also transferred from the central kitchen of the old store to serve as the supervisor of dumpling production.

There is still a lack of a marketing director, but there is no suitable candidate, and there is no rush to recruit now, so Zhang Li will be the co-author first.After all, there are only five stores, and these people have taken care of them.

After the meeting, everyone left, and only Lao Tan, Yanhua, Zhang Li, and Zhongqing were left in the conference room.

"Old Tan, there is nothing to do before the Spring Festival. You go out for a trip, take a break and relax." Yanhua said.

Zhang Li and Zhong Qingxiang nodded accordingly.

"What's wrong? Give me a vacation?" Lao Tan asked jokingly.

"You didn't take much rest this year, so take advantage of the fact that you don't have anything to do right now," Yanhua said.

"Sister Hua loves you. Did you vomit blood again in Hohhot?" Zhang Li asked.

"Didn't I miss you?" Old Tan joked.

"Che, that sounds nice, Liang Shanbo?" Zhang Libai gave Old Tan a look, and then said: "You are overdrawn, you know that you are not old Tan."

Yanhua nodded.

Zhongqing said: "Master Tan, you are too tired, take a rest, we have no other intention, just want to tell you to rest and take care of your health. The company depends on you, if you fall down, what will we do? You and we have no idea."

Yanhua said: "Go out for a walk, relax, don't you always want to go to Chengdu, just have time, Chengdu is still warm at this time, so it's a good time to go."

Lao Tan felt very warm in his heart, and said emotionally, "Thank you for your concern."

"You're welcome to be stupid, we're also asking you to live a few more years out of selfishness." Zhang Li's words were not rude, but there was a feeling of concern from the bottom of her heart.

"This is how I arranged it." Lao Tan seriously stated his work plan years ago: "Take a week to train the managers above the middle level, then upgrade a few dishes with Zhongqing, and then check the storefronts door by door. .

My mother celebrates her birthday on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. I have to go back. The old lady is eighty. During the Chinese New Year, celebrate the old lady's birthday and come back before the new year.

This year you are spending the New Year with your employees in the provincial capital, and I will go to Hohhot, which is so beautiful.Swallow is almost seven months old, and Zhang Yu has to take care of her and has no time. "

"You don't need to come back, I'm going to Hohhot." Zhang Li said.

"Listen to what I have to say." Old Tan said, "You all asked me to take a break, and to be honest, I want to take a break too. In this way, I will take a break after I finish the training for the management. I won't go to Chengdu, and I won't go home for a year and miss my mother." , go back to see my mother and stay with her for two more days. I will come back after my birthday and go to Hohhot."

"Stay home with my mother after the New Year's Eve," Yanhua said.

"I also think, you know, my mother is at my fifth sister's house, and my fifth sister and my parents-in-law are a big family. It's inconvenient to celebrate the New Year there. I always feel that it's not my home—" Lao Tan said .

So Lao Tan did a week of training, and after his son Jiaheng finished the final exam, he went back to his hometown in Beipiao together.

Near nostalgia timid.

The older a person is, the more he loves his family.

Human nature.

It is said that returning home in good clothes, how many people can really return home in good clothes?The wanderer wandering outside was full of pride when he was young, and even made an oath that he would never return home unless he turned out to be a human being.

But as time goes by and the years get older, how many people just take care of their small family and how much they take care of their parents in their hometown?I just come back during the holidays to have a look, give money to my parents, and then go back to my so-called career.

I went out when I was young, and gradually reached middle age. I got married and started a business. I had a wife and children. I was busy all day long, and I didn’t know what to do. Even when I went home to see my parents, I said I didn’t have time. I just said hello on the phone.

Where did the time go?
Is it really that busy?

Sometimes when a friend makes a phone call, he can put down his work and go out to drink. He drinks until midnight, or even stays out all night, but he doesn't have time to go home and say a word or two with his parents——
I always say that I have time to go home to see my parents, but I don’t always have time. It wasn’t until my parents got old that they couldn’t go, or even passed away, that I realized that even if I had time, it was useless.

what is time

Where the heart is, there is the time.

Parents brought us into the world and accompany us to grow up slowly. Lambs kneel down to suckle and crows feed back. We should accompany our parents to grow old slowly.

No matter how big the business is and how much money we earn, when we know that we care about our children, our parents also care about their children, instead of looking at how much money the children earn and how big an official they are.

People, if you don't raise children, you don't know your parents' kindness.

The bus from the provincial capital to Beipiao slowly stopped in front of the passenger station. On the bus, Lao Tan and his son saw that the old brother-in-law was already waiting in front of the bus door.

Jiaheng got out of the car, jumped to the old brother-in-law and called out kindly: "Old uncle!"

The old brother-in-law happily patted Jiaheng on the shoulder and said, "This big guy is even taller than the old uncle."

"I'm 1.7 meters five, almost catching up with my dad." Jiaheng said.

Old Tan got out of the car and greeted his old brother-in-law.

"You big boss, you don't talk about driving a car when you go home." The old brother-in-law joked.

"I have no money, I don't have money without you." Old Tan laughed.

"Get out, don't cry poor with me, I won't borrow from you."

The three got into the old brother-in-law's car and started to drive home.

"Old Tan, our mother knew that you and Jiaheng came back. She didn't sleep well last night. She got up early today and called me to pick you up after dinner. I said you have to arrive at noon. I know what she said No? What if the car is ahead of schedule." The old brother-in-law laughed.

Old Tan also laughed, his eyes began to get wet, tears rolled in his eye sockets, and his mother's face appeared in front of his eyes.

"Just don't tell her." Old Tan said.

"Can you not tell me? I've been talking about it every day since winter, saying that I miss his grandson." The old brother-in-law said.

"I miss my grandma too." Jiaheng said.

"I just miss your grandma, no one else?" The old brother-in-law teased Jia Heng.

"I've thought about it all, you, my old aunt, and my second grandpa and second grandma, what I miss most is my grandma—" Jiaheng replied.

"It's okay, your grandma didn't love you for nothing, I know what to think about it." The old brother-in-law continued to tease Jiaheng, saying: "You can't just think about it, you have to be more practical. What did you bring to your grandma when you came back?"

"I brought a lot of things." Jiaheng said braggingly: "My dad and I went to China Resources yesterday. We have milk powder, imported ones, cotton jackets, and cotton shoes. My second grandpa and grandma also have them. My dad even bought them for you. The tea leaves are ready, I bought the shoes for my aunt, I chose them."

"Just buy me some tea?" the old brother-in-law asked.

"That's good tea, more expensive than my aunt's shoes. I even bought wine. My dad said it was for my second grandfather, but not you."

"I'm not allowed to drink?"

"You can drink it secretly."

Old Tan and the old brother-in-law laughed at the same time.

Lao Tan asked about his mother's physical condition, and the elder brother-in-law said yes, there was nothing wrong with her, she could eat and drink at least four meals a day, and she was full of energy and not confused at all.

"The old lady of our family got the blessing. There is nothing wrong with it. She is more energetic than me. She is happy all day, pure optimist. She has a good relationship with me. Our mother and I are in the same group. Your fifth sister can't do it. I’ve been scolded all day long.” The old brother-in-law laughed and continued: “Your sister and I left for work, leaving our mother alone at home, do you think the old lady will be able to wait until we come back and cook all the meals. "

"It means that our mother has a good physique." Old Tan said.

"Don't talk, I don't think our mother has anything to do. My family has continued to talk about it. See if my grandma is a centenarian."

(End of this chapter)