The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 21 Research
At the end of March and the beginning of April, the weather in the provincial capital is relatively cold.

The sun was hanging in the sky, and it was about to set.

It's past four o'clock, and it's not the rush hour. There are not many cars on the road, and there are few people on the sidewalk.From time to time, a rider on an electric bike passed by, the speed was so fast that he was about to catch up with the motorcycle.

Because of drinking, Lao Tan felt his body was very hot, and the cool breeze blew on his face, which felt a bit cool.

Thinking of Lin Yan telling him that her son was coming back today before going to work in the morning, she couldn't help but feel happy and a smile appeared on her face.

I thought that the brat would fall asleep when I got home at night, and I would get up early tomorrow to send him to kindergarten.Hey, the father has neglected his duties. He has been out of town for these years, and he has not accompanied his son too much. He didn't even do the inside job of sending him to kindergarten. I feel guilty.

No wonder Lin Yan looked at her coldly, she was indeed unqualified.

Back in the store, Zhou Xiaomei smiled and asked, "Uncle, have you drunk too much?"

"No, where did this wine just arrive." Old Tan said.

"Are you accompanying our landlord?" Zhou Xiaomei asked.

Old Tan nodded and asked, "How do you know?"

"Mr. Xu said it. When you sent them out, Mr. Xu happened to go downstairs. He looked at them and said that they were our landlord. He wondered how you knew each other."

"I also just met today."

After Lao Tan finished speaking, he went to the kitchen, and when he entered the kitchen, he was stopped by Yuan Hua, the boss of the chopping board. He saw him holding a potato and said, "Look, Master Tan, is this called peeling potatoes?"

The potatoes are peeled, but not thoroughly, and the potholes are not peeled, and they have to be peeled again when they are used, which is very time-consuming.

Seeing the potato, Old Tan remembered what Li Xu said about the second aunt in the morning, so he took the potato and went directly to the vegetable room behind.

The eldest sister picking vegetables is cleaning up, but the second aunt is not there.

Old Tan asked, "Where is Second Aunt?"

"Go upstairs? I don't know." The elder sister's tone was very bad, her face was gloomy.

"Upstairs? What time is it?" Old Tan asked.

"People go upstairs at this time every day, the boss is a relative." The eldest sister put the broom next to the trash can and sat down on the stool.Seeing the potato in his hand, Lao Tan said, "I didn't hit that, I can't do that job."

Of course Lao Tan knew that she wasn't the one who hit him, so he didn't say anything.

The eldest sister got up and brought the leeks, and said as she picked them: "Chef, I can't do this job, you should find someone."

Old Tan said, "You've done a good job, keep going."

"No, I can't do it. It was originally a two-person job. I almost did it alone. I can't do it. Besides, I can't do it. I don't want to do it. Find someone quickly." The elder sister's attitude was very firm.

Obviously, he didn't want to be oppressed by the second old lady at all.

"Sister like this, your work is very affordable, clean and tidy, I will find someone to work with you and transfer the second aunt away, do you think this will work?" Old Tan said, this is the way he thought of.

The eldest sister hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's okay if this is the case." Then she immediately said: "Don't fool me, I am a good person."

Old Tan smiled and said, "I'm not fooling you. I'll start looking for someone tomorrow. If I find someone, I'll transfer her away. If you know someone, you can introduce them."

"Then I have to call my hometown and ask if anyone has come out." The eldest sister said.

"Where is your hometown?" Old Tan asked.

"Tieling Changtu."

"Oh, live in the dormitory here?"

"No, it's a rented house. My husband works as a plumber in the market, and my children go to school here, mainly to take care of them."

"Kids going to college?"

"No, I go to a technical school, an aircraft factory."

Lao Tan chatted with his eldest sister for a while and then left the vegetable room.

He originally planned to talk to the second old lady, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.After finding someone, just replace her and let her sit idle for a while, and ask her to reflect on herself.It is estimated that the old lady promises to be unhappy and has to make trouble with the boss.Just make a fuss, let's talk about it when the time comes, there is a way to deal with her.

Dinner was very busy at night, more than [-] were sold, and nearly [-] were sold at noon. These were sold on Mondays. They were not sold at all before.

At [-]:[-], after inspecting the kitchen, Lao Tan came to the fourth floor. The clerk Zhang Juan hadn’t left yet. She saw him and said, “Chef, the process and standards of the pimple soup have been printed, but we don’t have that kind of booklet with inserts. , have to buy online."

"Then buy it, buy more." Old Tan said.

"Is thirty enough?"

Old Tan thought for a while and said: "Fifty, the front desk has to be used, and the front desk should also be brought out." Then he asked: "Did anyone apply for the job these two days? Big sister or something like that?"

Zhang Juan said: "Yes, but it's not the eldest sister, they are all waiters. Why, you are short of people in the back kitchen?"

"Well, we need someone to pick vegetables." Old Tan said.

"Is Second Aunt bullying again?" Zhang Juan asked with a smile.

"You know that." Old Tan smiled.

"Hey, I don't know anything. There are already three vegetable pickers. It's hard for this old lady." Zhang Juan shook her head helplessly, and then said, "I'll recruit you in these two days."

Lao Tan went back to his office, and Zhang Li came not long after he sat down.

Zhang Li saw that the effect of dividing the kitchen into three teams was very good, so she wanted to divide the front desk into three teams as well.When I was thinking about it, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration, why didn't I combine the front desk and the back kitchen together?This is not better.

This idea made her very excited, so she told Li Shuang and Zhou Xiaomei first.Both Li Shuang and Zhou Xiaomei agreed.

Zhou Xiaomei said: "The front desk and the kitchen are originally a family, and they should be shared together. Now these young people love to play, so let's enrich their spare time activities, let everyone participate, and then have a team PK. They play It’s easy to manage when you’re happy.”

"Every morning regular meeting is held together with the front desk and the back kitchen. It was originally a family, but it must be like two families. It looks awkward. I suggest dancing before the regular meeting, to warm up, to stir up everyone's energy, and after dancing How do you two feel about holding regular meetings?"

Zhang Li had long planned to dance and do shop exercises, but she didn't know how to do it, so she didn't mention it.Now that Zhou Xiaomei mentioned it, she asked her if she could dance. Li Shuang said that Zhou Xiaomei not only knew how to dance, but also led the dance.

After the three of them finished their calculations, Zhang Li came to look for Lao Tan.

When Lao Tan divided the kitchen into a team, he thought of the front desk. He felt that he had too many things to do. He wanted to fix the kitchen first and then ask Zhang Li to study this matter. Now that Zhang Li proposed it, of course he agreed. He raised his hands agree.

Old Tan asked: "It's a good thing to have a regular meeting together, have you chosen the venue?"

Zhang Li said, "Isn't there a banquet hall on the fourth floor?"

"Well, it's very good, it even has stereos and screens." Old Tan nodded.

"Old Tan, I've seen you have a regular meeting these days. Your voice is loud and powerful, and it's very contagious!" Zhang Li praised.

Of course he was happy to be praised. Lao Tan smiled and praised without losing the opportunity: "This cooperation has found that you have improved a lot compared to before."

Zhang Libai glanced at Old Tan, and said in a long voice, "It's okay if you don't make progress, if you can't keep up with your footsteps, you should let me go."

"Yes, why not? Where can I find such a good woman."

"Sounds good, don't go home tonight, go live with me." Zhang Li shouted.

Old Tan smiled embarrassingly, and quickly got down to business: "Then let's make a decision like this. From tomorrow, we will hold a regular meeting on the fourth floor together, divide the front desk into three teams, and merge them with the back kitchen. Don't change the team name and captain. Now They work pretty well, don't they?"

Zhang Li said, "Okay, I agree."

"From [-] o'clock tomorrow afternoon, all the staff will go to the fourth floor to learn dancing, taught by Li Shuang and Zhou Xiaomei. It is estimated that they will learn about it in three days." Old Tan said.

"You can learn it in one day when you are young, but you can learn it slowly when you are older."

After Zhang Li finished speaking, she looked at Lao Tan, remembered that there was one more thing she hadn't said, and said, "Old Tan, I see that you called stand at attention, rest, turn left, and turn right during the regular meeting, and the staff followed suit and shouted one or two, very good!" With momentum, can we have some military training?"

Old Tan said: "Military training is impossible, we can't train, there is no such condition, it's okay to simply stand at attention and take a break, and ask everyone to shout twice to concentrate."

"Should we shout a few slogans?" Zhang Li began to wonder again.

"It's okay to shout, what do you want to shout?" Lao Tan laughed.

"It's imposing."

Old Tan thought for a while, and said seriously: "Slogans can't be empty, and you can't shout slogans for the sake of shouting slogans. If it's fake, it will annoy the employees. What you're talking about is team style, and many restaurants are doing it now. It looks good. .”

"I mean tell the team to have momentum, not to be dead."

Old Tan said: "I am more and more impressed with you."

"Cut! Don't bury me there. Let's talk about business, can you say it's okay?" Zhang Li asked.

"Okay, why not." Lao Tan became serious, thought for a while and said, "Just a few sentences."

"What is the main shout?" Zhang Li asked.

Old Tan said: "Call it useful, and call it useless. Start with three aspects: goals, work attitude and work style, and be realistic."

"Okay." Zhang Li agreed.

The two struck while the iron was hot, and began to think of slogans.

After all, it wasn't for publicity, and he didn't think about it until after get off work. Lao Tan was anxious to go home to see his son, and told Zhang Li not to think about it.

Zhang Li thought about it too, so the two wanted to follow out of the office.

(End of this chapter)