The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 315
Divorce or not is not as simple as talking about it. We don't discuss how many reasons there are for divorce. Personally, it is just a behavior.

Love is a beautiful human emotion, noble, pure and inviolable.Poets sing about love as life.Under the leadership of the poet, we pursue love and fill our lives with sunshine and hope.

The way to sublimate love is marriage. Two people come together because of love, form a family, have children, and start a trivial life day after day.During this period, love is often not felt, and it is full of joys, sorrows, joys and daily necessities in ordinary life. I often feel dull and even want to escape.When I woke up, I realized that this is actually the continuation of love. It changed from strong wine to clear and transparent water. You saw me, and I saw you.

People who know how to live know the existence of love in marriage, and live happily; those who don't know how to live can't see love, and live a restless life.

Lao Tan is between knowing and not knowing. He has enriched himself and neglected his family. From the perspective of marriage, he is a loser.

What about Lin Yan?
She is both a loser and a victim. The damage comes from Lao Tan's irresponsibility to her family and children over the years. As Yaru said, she lost the enthusiasm of her love for Lao Tan. Her husband is just a name and the father of the child. That's right.

It's a tragedy.

To say a thousand words and ten thousand, freezing three feet is not a one-day cold, if you want to ease the relationship between husband and wife, you can't do it right away, just leave everything to time.

Time can recall the past, let people forget the pain while moving forward, and use the days to come to make up for previous mistakes.

During the first week of Lao Tan's recovery, Yanhua and Lao Deng came back from Hainan to visit once, and the couple sincerely said some words of comfort.

In the second week, Zhou Xiaomei finished her work in Hohhot and came to Suzhou.

"Uncle, Sister Wang's second store has been renovated, it's in the CCTV studio hall." Zhou Xiaomei reported to Lao Tan.

"How big is the area?" Old Tan asked.

"It's [-] square meters, on the first and second floors, and there's a garage at the back. It's [-] square meters, and it's just a central kitchen." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"Very good, isn't the rent low in this big place?" Old Tan asked.

"A total of 1 million."

"That's okay, not expensive, where every inch of land is expensive, 1 million is not much."

After talking about the affairs in Beijing, Zhou Xiaomei reported on the work in Hohhot. Old Tan was very satisfied and gave her affirmation and praise.

"Meng Meng is still angry with you. It's not time to get married." Zhou Xiaomei laughed.

"I'm injured, so I can't go back." Old Tan said apologetically.

"Uncle, is this the end?" Zhou Xiaomei asked unwillingly.

"That's it. The one who bumped into me didn't catch it. Let's put it down first, and wait until it catches it." Old Tan said.

"Sister Wang was furious when she found out. She knows someone from the Beijing Military Region, so she might be able to talk to her," Zhou Xiaomei said.

"Hehe, it's not a crime, it's unnecessary. Put my words here, the one who bumped into me will be caught sooner or later, and sooner or later something will happen to the Mu family." Old Tan said with certainty.

The two then chatted about their work in Suzhou, Zhou Xiaomei put forward an idea of ​​her own, and Old Tan thought it was very good and feasible.

Suzhou is in the south, and the shopping malls are more developed than in the north. Every big shopping mall has a food court, and there are many restaurants and a large number of customers.She wants to be a supermarket store, open up the market quickly and increase her popularity.

"Uncle, I think so. Aren't supermarkets all popular stores? They mainly cater to young people, and our dumpling restaurants don't have an advantage. But nothing is absolute. If we make dumplings into Chinese fast food , adding modern elements on the basis of tradition can also occupy the market." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"Well, be more specific." Old Tan said, looking at her with encouraging eyes.

"First of all, the name of the store must be attractive, so that customers want to enter after seeing it."

"What's it called?"

"Aqiao ordered COM. Aqiao stands for dumplings, and COM means punching in, which means you're home. The five dishes on the dumplings are all dumplings. The speed is fast, and guests don't have to wait for a table.

The dishes have to be changed, and some young people like to eat. It must be fast and delicious, and the more ancient the better.For example, a small portion of pickled fish, fried small twists, fruity french fries and tenderloin, and premium Malatang—not many, just ten dishes are enough.

The main ones are dumplings, which are not only delicious, but also deductive and attractive.This is what our family is doing very well now, and it will be even better with further processing.The storefront should be decorated in a modern, simple style to catch people's attention.

Health wine needs to be packaged and presented in another form.It is not called health-preserving wine, but Tanhua wine. It has low alcohol content and is packaged in small bottles. The bottle is made like a craft bottle. It looks good and feels good. Young people will definitely like it. "

"Creative." Lao Tan praised, and then said: "Supermarket stores are a way, but the profit is not high, you need to pay the venue fee and management fee to the mall, and the tax is also withheld by others, so you have to do a good job of accounting.

In this way, you come up with a plan, make a storefront rendering, design a menu, calculate the gross profit rate, and at the same time make a customer unit price and market evaluation, which must be practical and feasible.

The most important thing is operation. Gu Yi is the agent in Suzhou, so ask for his opinion, don't steal your business by yourself. "

After talking with Lao Tan, Zhou Xiaomei went directly to Gu Yi, who was at the renovation site of the new store.The scene was noisy, not a place for chatter, so Gu Yi led Zhou Xiaomei to a nearby teahouse.

Zhou Xiaomei shared her thoughts with Gu Yi. Gu Yi was very interested, but he didn't express his opinion right away. Instead, he asked, "What does your uncle mean?"

"He agrees. You are the general agent, so I can't ask for your opinion." Zhou Xiaomei laughed.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhou flattered me. Old Tan agrees. I have no objection. Let's do it." Gu Yi said straightforwardly.

The matter was settled like this, Zhou Xiaomei went back to make a plan, Gu Yi had something to discuss with Lao Tan, and went to the hospital.

It was already afternoon, and the west-slanting sun cast warm light into the ward, making it feel warm inside.

Lao Tan was leaning on the bed, Gu Yi was sitting in a chair, and they were drinking tea.

"Brother, my son is twenty this year and has been with his mother. Last two days his mother called me and asked me to arrange a job for my son. I'll think about it and let you rest assured. Why did you take him away?" Like?" Gu Yi asked tentatively.

Gu Yi has a son, but he rarely mentions it.He hasn't cared about the divorce these years, and now his ex-wife asks him to arrange a job for him, so he thinks of Lao Tan.In his heart, Lao Tan is righteous, and he is someone who can take care of his orphans, and he can rest assured that his son can walk the right path.

"Take him?" Old Tan didn't understand what he meant for a while.

"I will be your apprentice and follow you." Gu Yi said.

Old Tan understood, and said, "The main reason is that I don't cook now, so I can't take him with me."

"You can arrange a master for him." Gu Yi said.

Old Tan smiled and asked, "Didn't you ask him if he would like to learn to be a chef?"

"Yes, the brat graduated from junior high school but didn't go to high school. He took a chef training class and worked in a restaurant at home after he finished his studies. At that time, his wife ignored me, and I didn't care. Now the restaurant he worked in is dirty, his mother knows I'm running a restaurant, give me a call."

"Oh, that's it." Old Tan nodded, "Brother Gu, you know I won't accept apprentices anymore."

"Brother, your eldest nephew must be accepted. If you don't accept him, you won't be called here. Don't worry if you follow you. If you can't learn crafts, you can learn to be a man. You are better than my brother." Gu Yi gave Lao Tan a thumbs up. Say.

Old Tan smiled embarrassedly, and said, "The main reason is that I don't accept apprentices anymore."

"If you don't accept it, you have to accept it. My brother is relying on you." Gu Yi said seriously.

After Lao Tan recruited Li Shuang, Xiao Gao, and Hua Qing, he decided not to accept apprentices anymore, and it was enough to train these three well.Now it is really difficult for Gu Yi to send his son here, he thought for a while and said: "Well, call the child first, arrange a job, I will take a look, if there is a relationship between a mentor and a student, then accept it, don't blame the brother if you don't."

"You are guaranteed to be a match. I am a fool. My son is excellent and handsome. He is big and will come to trouble. He has no bad habits. He can do whatever he wants." Gu Yi said.

People, no matter if you are a big brother in society or a high-ranking official, as long as you are a father, you will always be proud when talking about your children.

This was the first time Lao Tan saw Gu Yi's kind and loving side like a father. He was a little moved and moved, and his son's face appeared in front of his eyes.

(End of this chapter)