The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 41
When it came to September, the decoration of the hotel was in full swing, and it could be completed in the middle of the month, and it would not be a problem to open at the end of the month.

It's early autumn, and the corn in the corn fields in front of the poplar forests on the east and west sides of the park has turned yellow, and the green husks outside the ears of corn are curled, revealing a small section of golden corn cobs.

The leaves of poplar trees fluttered with the wind. It was cold in the morning and evening, so I had to put on a long sleeve, and the older ones put on their jackets.

An old man herding sheep drove the sheep through the open parking lot in front of the park, stopped at the entrance of the hotel, smoked a cigarette, chatted with the shop owner who was familiar with the store, and then yelled and drove the sheep to the place behind the poplar forest. Go to the pasture.

There are people on the street riding motorcycles or driving to the store to buy things. They all go to the store on the street to buy goods. I heard that there is also a store here, so it is convenient to come and have a look.

Most of the villagers in the nearby villages know that there is a market here, and those who pass by or those who have nothing to do come over to have a look.Seeing that there is a supermarket here, the items in it are quite complete, no different from those on the street, and I find it convenient, so I gradually come here to buy instead of running into the street.

The supermarket started to sell some money every day. Although it was not much, it was better than nothing, at least it was not so deserted.

There are people staying in the hotel every day, not many, three or four rooms, all of them are young people who are in love.

Generally speaking, some people in Ganqika now know that there is an industrial park here. There is a long three-story building in front of the park. On the first floor, there are dozens of stores, supermarkets, and a very nice hotel. A hotel is being renovated and will open soon.

This is a good phenomenon, as long as people know about it, it will spread slowly by spreading the word ten or ten times.The morning market and night market will be moved here during the Chinese New Year, and the farmer's market and vegetable planting base will be rebuilt. It is a good place with development potential.

Of course, all this depends on the decision-making and strength of the government, as well as the leaders.If there is a change or transfer of leaders, and the newly appointed leadership team has new ideas and transfers the development space to the old train station in the south, this place will become a forgotten corner.

It is estimated that such a situation will not happen. After all, there is a giant like Jinxing Copper here, which more or less affects the decision-making in the town and the banner, and even affects the city.

Soon, the renovation was coming to an end, and Lao Tan stopped training and began to do hygiene.

During the training period, Tuya Qiqige performed well, not only has a good image, but also has a high level of comprehension. She has a junior high school education and speaks fluent Chinese.She has leadership skills at work, and Lao Tan temporarily asked her to be the foreman to lead everyone to work.

At the same time, the commuting time is adjusted to the normal working state, from [-]:[-] am to [-] pm, with a two-hour break at noon.

The kitchen prepares three staff meals per day.

Sister Yuan invited the factory leaders, workshop group leaders, and town leaders to have dinner instead of going to restaurants in the street, and started to eat in restaurants, and practiced exercises by the way.

Everyone is very satisfied with the dishes, especially the newly developed "Garlic Red Soup Mutton", which is very popular with Director Gao and Director Zhang. This is because Lao Tan said that this dish has the effect of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang. Hope your kidneys are healthy?
Wang Hong's dumplings have also been well received.Under the guidance of Lao Tan, her filling technique has been greatly improved, and she feels that the stuffing is more delicious than before.

Let me talk about Wang Hong here.

After returning from Binhai, her son went to his uncle's place. This year, she was enlisted in the army, which relieved her a lot of burden.

Now I am a serious single, 43 years old, with a house but no car, a unit but no job, self-reliance and hard work.

Since I learned the above points, I have now become a master, and my salary has risen from [-] at the beginning to [-] now, so it is no problem to support myself.

Pasta has another advantage. In the kitchen, chefs in their forties are hard to find a job. Restaurant owners like to use noodles between 25 and 35. They are young, strong and in good health, and they cook quickly.When you are 45, especially when you are [-], you can't work as fast as young people, and you can't serve food when you are busy.Therefore, it is difficult for chefs at this age to find a job, and most of them open a small restaurant by themselves as the boss.

The pasta is different, and the older ones are more popular, and restaurants love to use them.Nowadays, there are few people who learn how to make pasta. Many young girls think that the kitchen is dirty and tired. They would rather work as waiters than enter the kitchen.Therefore, pasta is in short supply in the catering industry and has become a hot commodity.

With Wang Hong's current status, it will be no problem to work for another ten years. After three to five years, the salary can reach [-] to [-].This is still because she only knows the skill of dumplings. If she knows more about dumplings, such as pancakes, baked goods, pastries, etc., the salary will be higher.

Her concern for Lao Tan is still the same as when she was in Binhai-everything.

Older than Lao Tan, like a sister.Of course, there are emotional elements in it. If you don't like and appreciate it, you won't go to the Kanto people or come to Ganqika just to make money.

Through more than two years of communication and cooperation, I have deepened my understanding. I know that Lao Tan loves his family, is responsible, is enthusiastic and dedicated to his work, is loyal to his friends, is meaningful, and is generous and open-minded in his behavior, which is admirable.

I am willing to listen to Lao Tan's words. Many truths are easy to understand when he speaks them out.At the same time, there is never a lack of passion in this man, no matter for life or work.

The only thing is to dodge and pretend to be deaf and dumb when it comes to feelings, and stop running away like a thief, faster than a rabbit.

She could feel that Lao Tan only regarded her as an ordinary friend and sister, and she was also willing to be this sister.Just like now, I enjoy Lao Tan looking for her with the changed clothes every day after get off work, and casually saying sister, help me wash.

When he called his sister, he felt very kind. This title made people feel a sense of happiness and pride in his heart.

Yes, it's his sister, and it should be her sister. This title is quite good.

In her heart, Lao Tan is a very outstanding man, and she is very grateful to him for helping a lot in Binhai unconditionally.To be honest, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have embarked on the road of restaurants, and I wouldn't be able to learn pastry. Now maybe I'm doing odd jobs in my hometown.

It was he who allowed himself to learn a craft, and with the technology, he was able to earn money to support himself.

He is kind to himself, people don't care, we can't pretend we don't know, can't do anything else, take care of us in life, and be a good sister.

The Mongolian food bun master, a Mongolian, has been cooking in restaurants on the street before. The home-cooked dishes are average, but the Mongolian food is very good.The salary given by Lao Tan here is not low, [-], [-] higher than that in the street.

Through this period of getting along, I feel that Lao Tan is a nice person, has no airs, good craftsmanship, straightforward and decent, is a friend, and has the intention of making friends.In addition, I work here, under the management of Lao Tan, and it is necessary to build a good relationship with the leader, so I want to invite Lao Tan to dinner.

After he told Lao Tan what he meant, Lao Tan said that it was okay to have a meal, but he had to invite him. When we meet, we are friends, and when we meet, we are brothers.

In the evening, Lao Tan arranged a few dishes, and called Master Bao, Sun Haicheng, Hua Qing, Wang Hong, Cold Dishes Master, and Tuya Qiqige. The opening was about to begin, and several main characters sat together for a meal and a drink. , have a chat.

Master Bao has a cousin-in-law, surnamed Wu, who is the director of the office at Ganqika Osteopathic Hospital. It happened that he called Master Bao on this day, brother-in-law and brother-in-law.

Let me talk about Ganqika Orthopedic Hospital, which is well-known throughout the country, and some leaders in Beijing come here for bone correction.

Osteopathic is also called bone setting.If a person's leg is broken, the conventional hospital will take an X-ray to see where the fracture is, then stretch it and fix it with a steel plate, and finally put on a plaster bandage to keep it in place. When the bone grows well, it's over.

This is not the case in osteopathic hospitals. After watching the film, the doctor directly massages the injured leg with his hands, judges the location of the broken bone by the feeling of the hand, and then resets it with external force, instead of pulling the skin apart for the bone to do traction and steel plate , the patient suffers less pain and does not leave scars.

This is relatively common, but the amazing thing is that it can correct the spine in vitro, and has cured many patients with spondylosis, even those who cannot walk. It has to be said that it is a miracle.

It is said that this osteopathy technique is passed down from the dean's family, not from male to female, but can be passed on to his daughter-in-law.Now the most powerful doctor in the Osteopathic Hospital is his daughter-in-law besides Dean Hu.

Gan Qika is also famous for this osteopathic hospital. The orthopedic teaching and practice bases in the provincial capital, including several large hospitals in Beijing, are located here, and interns study here all the year round.

To be an office director in such a hospital is not an ordinary person. First of all, he must have a flexible mind, be able to observe words and emotions, and be quick in handling affairs. He must consider everything before the leader and serve the leader week in and week out.

Private rooms on the second floor of the hotel.It looks like a private room for ten people, but it can actually accommodate 30 people.

The dining table is placed near the window, and there is a sofa and coffee table in front of the dining table for people to drink tea and chat.On the north side of the private room is the audio equipment, and the large LCD screen occupies one-third of the entire wall, which is larger than the screen in karaoke.

In the private room, you can eat, drink and sing, which can be said to be fully functional.

At the moment, Lao Tan and the others are drinking.

Sitting at the wine table and chatting, I found out that Director Wu is from Liaoning, and he and Lao Tan are fellow villagers.When he was a soldier, he was in Tongliao. After he changed his job, he was directly assigned to the orthopedic hospital as a car driver. Because of his ability to deal with people and his shrewd mind, he was quickly appreciated by the leaders and became the director of the office.

I got married here, and my daughter-in-law is a Mongolian, a distant cousin of Master Bao.

He has been a soldier and is a cheerful person. He has lived in Inner Mongolia for a long time, and he has the pride of the Mongolian people.In addition, he and Lao Tan are fellow villagers, not to mention that fellow villagers see fellow villagers, their tears may be tearful, but they also feel very cordial.The more they chatted, the closer they got, and the more they drank, the more affectionate they became, and soon they became brothers.

"Brother Tan, it's settled this time. From now on, you will be the reception area of ​​our hospital. I didn't know there was such a good place before, so I thought it was a copper seller." Director Wu said, patting Old Tan on the shoulder.

Old Tan said: "Okay, I will come to join you often in the future."

"That's necessary. My brother has no other abilities, but he is in charge of eating and drinking for the leaders. From now on, you will be a little bit." Director Wu continued: "Your family can be said to be the first one in Gan Qika, and no one else's family is like this. The big private room is not as luxurious. You can eat and sing at the same time. Let me tell you, my brother, the Mongolians love to sing. Unless they don’t drink alcohol, they have to sing two songs. The more they sing, the more excited they become. The more you can drink, it’s common to drink from noon to night.”

"Really? I have a chance to have a drink with them." Lao Tan laughed.

This is a word of promise. After he finished speaking, he smiled and didn't care much, but he forgot that there were two authentic Mongolians on the table.

Tuya and Master Bao immediately stood up after hearing this.

Master Bao said first, "Master Tan, first of all, thank you for giving me the opportunity to work here. Although I don't have a formal job, I respect you very much and give you a toast."

After finishing speaking, he clinked glasses with Lao Tan, raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass.

The cup was not big, just one or two white wine glasses, and Lao Tan drank it right away.

Director Wu who was sitting next to him whispered to Lao Tan after finishing, "Brother, you may not know the Mongolian drinking rules. If you clink glasses, you have to drink three in a row, and then you have to reciprocate three."

Old Tan was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Really?"

Director Wu opened his eyes wide and said, "Why are you still lying to me?"

It was really like this, Master Bao immediately filled the second cup, picked it up and did it again.

Old Tan relied on his heavy drinking capacity, and he and Master Bao had three fights in a row.

Master Bao had just finished his work. Tuya stood up, holding the wine bottle in one hand and the glass in the other, and came to Lao Tan with a smile, and said, "Master Tan, it's my turn to drink with Master Bao. I respect you. Thank you for teaching me so much, you are my master."

After finishing speaking, he clinked glasses with Lao Tan, raised his neck and dried up.

And Tuya drank three more cups.

While drinking with Master Bao and Tuya, Director Wu, Hua Qing, Sun Haicheng, Wang Hong, and the cold dish master were not idle, chatting and drinking with each other.Huaqing has no capacity for alcohol, so he drank beer.Wang Hong belonged to the crazy group, and when she was excited, she would not refuse anyone. She drank two drinks with Director Wu, her little face was all pink.

According to the rules of the Mongolian people, Lao Tan returned three cups each to Master Bao and Tuya.

After an hour, after drinking a catty and a half of liquor, Lao Tan's face also began to turn red.

He really understood the rules and enthusiasm of the Mongolian people for drinking.Tuyaqiqige opened her voice generously, and sang two Mongolian songs in a row. The singing voice was really nice. It passed through the window in the early autumn night and spread far in the cool and watery night.

After she finished singing, Master Bao also became interested, and sang the Mongolian long tune, which is truly original. When you close your eyes, you can feel the vastness and distance of the grassland, the wilderness and vicissitudes——

The wine adds to the fun, and the singing is beautiful.

Doubtful autumn drunk.

(End of this chapter)