The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 196 Property Problems
Li Zhiwen, the nephew of Boss Bai of Wuchuan Cordyceps House, is a nice young man who has been working in the kitchen of Haidong store for nearly ten months, and he is considered an old employee.

His mother works here too, washing dishes.

His mother's salary is [-], plus [-] for full attendance bonus, and overtime pay for three days without rest, and the salary is more than [-].He cooks dumplings in the dumpling room, which is a skilled job and earns the same salary as a dumpling worker, two thousand and eight.

The mother and son make more than [-] yuan a month. Although it is not much, it is okay.

The young man is diligent and arrives at the store early every day. After finishing his work, he helps Meng Meng chop cabbage, cut leeks, and twist sauerkraut. Can do all three, not inferior to dumpling workers.

Because of his hard work and sweet mouth, he doesn't smile or talk when he sees people. Brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts have mouths, and everyone likes them very much.

He and Meng Meng are four years apart, and they are called Sister Meng Meng.In the entire dumpling room, the two of them are younger, and the others are aunts, and they can't chat together, so the two of them have a good relationship and become friends who talk about everything.

Li Zhiwen is good at everything, but he has a strong temper, and he belongs to the kind that catches fire.But I listened to Meng Meng's words very much, no matter how angry I was there, as soon as Meng Meng went over and said it, I immediately lost my temper, like a little sheep.

The two of them came back and forth almost every day, and walked together when they got off work.Meng Meng likes to eat snacks, so Zhiwen buys them for her.It may be because of the Mongolian people. Zhiwen can drink and loves to drink. Sometimes Meng Meng will accompany him for a drink or two early in the morning after get off work.

Zhiwen's home is in Jining, and when the Jining store opened, her mother applied for a transfer, so that not only can she go to work normally, but she can also take care of the next house, so that the door will not be locked all the year round.When he left, he told Meng Meng to watch over his son and not to make him cause trouble.

That's what mothers do, they can't stop worrying.

This day, Li Zhiwen rested, and in the morning, as usual, he came to the restaurant to help Meng Mengjie chop vegetables.

"Little brother, don't you rest today?" Meng Meng asked strangely.

"I'll go back after I've finished helping you," Zhiwen said.

"Then what are you doing? There's not much work to do. Aunt Wang will be here in a while, and we'll be done in a while." Meng Meng said.

"I can't sleep, and I have nothing to do." Zhiwen smiled and began to chop leeks.

Meng Meng smiled and asked, "Aren't you going to see your mother for a rest?"

"I want to go, but my mother called and said no. By the way, Sister Meng Meng, do you eat mutton?" Zhiwen asked.

"I don't like food very much, I dislike it." Meng Meng said.

"Oh——" Zhiwen's face was slightly disappointed, and he murmured: "I have twenty sheep in my family, and they are kept in other people's flocks. My mother said that I don't want to raise them anymore, and I'm going to sell——"

"Isn't that blind?" Meng Meng said regretfully.

"Raising sheep is to make money, but there are too many sheep, so someone has to let them go. My family only has [-] sheep, and no one let them let them go. If they let others let them go, they have to pay them. If you don't have money, you can use lambs to top them, so you can't make much money—" Zhiwen said helplessly.

"Oh—" Meng Meng nodded.

"My mother said that I have been raising it for four or five years. I don't want to sell all of them. I will kill one and eat it myself."

"Can you two eat a sheep?" Meng Meng asked curiously.

"We can't eat it. My mother said that if I killed it, I would get half of it for Master Tan, eat some for myself, and bring the rest to the restaurant for everyone to eat." Zhiwen said.

"Your mother is kind enough."

"My mother's salary is paid by Mr. Tan. My mother and I both work here. I don't want money from him, and I don't want to buy cigarettes. Get him some mutton. Sister Meng Meng, the sheep we raise at home are not smelly at all. It tastes delicious."

"Really? Try it when you bring it."

Seeing that Meng Meng agreed to try it, Zhiwen was very happy.He likes this beautiful sister with big eyes, and it is an indescribable sense of honor to let her eat his own mutton.

When Zhiwen was about to finish cutting, Wang Yanli came, and Zhiwen handed over the rest to Wang Yanli, and then said hello and went back.

After Zhiwen left, Wang Yanli laughed. Meng Meng asked her what she was laughing at, and she said straightforwardly, "What are you laughing at, what are you talking about? I'm laughing at you two."

"What's so funny about us?" Meng Meng asked, although he was a little confused, but he could guess something.

Wang Yanli said in the usual tone of housewives: "Zhiwen loves you, sister, and is afraid that you will be tired, and come over to help chop vegetables after you have a rest—"

"Isn't he my little brother?" Meng Meng said evasively.

"It's my little brother, I didn't say anything else, why is the little girl blushing?"

"Who's blushing? I'm hot, you know!"

Meng Meng did blush, but she quickly returned to normal, because she only regarded Zhiwen as a younger brother, and had no other thoughts, and it was impossible to have other thoughts—the shadow left by Xiaolong in her heart was still there.

In an environment like the kitchen, girls are gentle and beautiful, and it is easy for boys to admire them.Because the kitchen is dominated by men, women are limited, and most of these limited women are still old, and many of them are married and become mothers.There are very few people as young as Meng Meng, who belong to the kitchen princess level.

Several young men in the kitchen had developed an admiration for her, and expressed their love to her in various ways, but unfortunately, all of them were rejected without exception.

Now she is no longer a little girl who is just beginning to fall in love. She no longer understands love impulsively and blindly, but treats it with a more mature attitude, or more rationally.

We have all experienced this kind of love journey, which is also a process of emotional maturity.

When Lao Tan came to the Jinqiao store that was being renovated, it happened that Gu Yi and Li Yanjing were also there.

The progress of the renovation of the Jinqiao store is a bit slow, mainly related to the property of the community where it is located.

This is a relatively high-end community. The property management is very good, and everything is in place. There are also requirements for the decoration of the rental store, and everything must be done according to their standards.

For example, the smoke and air exhaust system must achieve zero pollution and zero noise, otherwise emissions are not allowed.This item alone added a lot of equipment, which exceeded the budget by 200,000 yuan.

Another thing is to increase the power capacity. At the beginning, no money was given to do it. In the end, Minister Zhao found the director of the Electricity Bureau who was in charge of this area.

There is also drainage. It is not enough to do indoor purification treatment. It must be purified before the entrance of the sewage well outside, which costs another [-] yuan.

Today, I replaced the windows of the private room on the second floor. The window on the side facing the residential area is a bit big, so I plan to reduce it.In this way, bricks had to be added to the two sides of the original window, and the property management quit, saying that the overall image of the community was damaged, and the owner felt uncomfortable seeing it, so they were not allowed to shrink it.

Old Tan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It's not worth finding someone to solve this matter. Lao Tan is going to sit down with the property owner and have a talk with him. If he can't understand it, it will be difficult to do it after the restaurant opens, and he will have to fight every day.

So Lao Tan, Zhou Xiaomei, and Gu Yi came to the property office.

The person who received them was the property manager, and Lao Tan said directly that he wanted to see the boss.

The owner of the property is a bald, slightly fat man in his fifties. Looking at Lao Tan, he is doing well, but seeing Gu Yi's eyes are bright, and he looks surprised.

"Brother Gu—" the boss shouted excitedly.

"Brother Yin—" Gu Yi was equally excited.

The hands of the two were tightly held together, shaking vigorously.

Brother Yin, Yin Dajun, and Gu Yi are brothers who have carried guns and whored together, and they have a lifelong friendship.

The two were both imprisoned in a life-and-death battle more than ten years ago and received re-education from the people.Gu Yi came out first, developed in Hohhot, and became Sun Yucong's right-hand man.

Yin Dajun was more serious, he came out five years later, and the two lost contact since then.

After Yin Dajun came out, he was catching up with the development of the western region. He first went to Ordos and made a lot of money after working hard for several years.Later, I aimed at the real estate industry, started a company, did a good job, and became well-known in the industry.

I came to Hohhot last year and took over the properties of three high-end residential areas. It is fair to say that their service ranks among the top three in Hohhot.

At any time, it is easy for acquaintances to handle affairs. With Gu Yi's relationship, all problems related to the property are gone.

So Lao Tan acted as the host and found a good restaurant nearby, and five people, Yin Dajun, Gu Yi, Zhou Xiaomei and Li Yanjing, walked in.

Gu Yi reunited with Yin Dajun's old friends, he was naturally happy and drank a few more glasses.

"Brother Yin, when did you work in real estate?" Gu Yi asked.

"It's been ten years since [-]," Yin Dajun said.

"Property earns money, when brother can't get along, I will find you." Gu Yi said.

"Come anytime, we buddies say nothing." Yin Dajun said generously.

"It's fine with your words." Gu Yi said, and had a drink with Yin Dajun.

The five chatted while drinking, and chattered to the restaurant unknowingly.

Yin Dajun said to Lao Tan: "Brother Tan, I have a store in Ordos that is idle, [-] square meters, used to be a restaurant, if you want to open there, use the house as you like, just pay the utility bills."

Old Tan smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Yin, we have the opportunity to cooperate."

"The economy in Ordos is not good now, unlike the past two years. The community looks quite high-end, and most of the people who live there have no money, and they can't even pay the property fees—" Yin Dajun said.

"It's all blind development, a bubble economy, and they all went there when it became popular in the first few years. What was it called at that time, Little Hong Kong in the north." Gu Yi said.

Speaking of Erdos Old Tan remembered something, a few days ago President Lang of the Catering Association called and said that Ordos will hold a national sheep cooking competition in mid-June, and asked him if he had time, and if he had time, he would go to be a judge with him.

Lao Tan didn't agree right away, because Minister Zhao's old comrade-in-arms, the retired deputy governor of the provincial capital, also came at that time, and he was afraid that he might not be able to leave.Now talking about Ordos is a bit interesting. He has always wanted to see with his own eyes what the top [-] counties looked like back then.

There is also the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan in Ordos, and I have always wanted to visit it.

(End of this chapter)