The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 423 Things Before Leaving

Before Lao Tan went to Suzhou, he called Zhou Xiaomei, Qin Haixiao, the four store managers and the head chef together for a meeting.

He said at the meeting that Changsha is now only operating the four existing stores and is suspending expansion.The current focus of work is to cultivate internal strength, focus on the quality of dishes and services, and build a good reputation.

"We have opened four stores in less than two years. We are nothing compared to other large chain stores. We are a pediatrician. But we don't compare with them, we just want to be ourselves.

The dumpling market in Changsha is not saturated so far, so we will not continue to open stores.What we have to do now is to strengthen ourselves and lay a solid foundation.

I give everyone a task to make a standard sample in one year, and the requirements are not high. In the future, whoever opens a dumpling restaurant will first come to our house to see if they can surpass our house. "

After the meeting, Lao Tan left Zhou Xiaomei alone, and told her that Changsha District would not arrange a regional manager for the time being, and asked her to take Liu Yang with her.Zhou Xiao understood what he meant, and to be honest, she was also optimistic about Liu Yang.

"I'll arrange another store manager." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"Okay. Also, don't stay here for too long, the cooking competition will be held next month." Old Tan reminded.

"Don't worry, uncle, everything has been arranged."

"That's good."

Lao Tan went to the hospital after Zhou Xiaomei left.

How can I put it this way, Xiaofeng was the one who attracted Aqiao to come here with his words back then, if not for his words, Xiaofeng might still be at ease now, and it is not certain whether he will suffer from hidden diseases or not.

So after beating Xiaofeng to the hospital, he always felt guilty, and sometimes asked himself if he did something wrong?

After asking, I also thought, how can there be such right and wrong in the world, the common people said it well: do you know if it is good to sleep on the bed with a sieve.

Another thing is that during this period of time he saw what Hao Nansheng meant for Xiaofeng, and to be honest, he wished them well.Hope they get better is not because of Hao Nansheng's family background, he hasn't considered this yet, mainly because he has been friends with Xiaofeng for many years, who doesn't want old friends.

But having said that, Hao Nansheng's family background has to be calculated --- this is the same as the relationship between the daughter of an ordinary villager and the son of the county party secretary, with more question marks.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Hao Nansheng's life and work.This is what Lao Tan appreciates. If Hao Nansheng was just a second-generation official who was nothing, he would have quit.

Lao Tan and Zhou Xiaomei have finished explaining other things about Xiaofeng's hospitalization. He came here mainly to bid farewell, and then to see if there is any arrangement, because this time he will be back in two months at the fastest, and if there is something to do, he will have to wait until the next year.

When Lao Tan entered the ward, Xiaofeng had just finished changing the flowers on the window sill. The flowers were delivered by a girl from the flower shop yesterday, and she said that a Mr. Hao ordered them.

Lao Tan's eyes shifted from Xiaofeng's wet hands to the flowers on the windowsill.

"The flowers are pretty." Old Tan said.

Xiaofeng turned her head for a look, then turned around and asked, "Are you leaving tomorrow?"

"Well, let's go tomorrow."

"Isn't it going to take a long time this time?"

"Almost—" Lao Tan nodded, and then said, "You were discharged from the hospital and went to Suzhou to be raised. The weather was fine and not too cold, and I happened to be there too."

"Well——" Xiaofeng thought about it for a while, and said, "I'm going back to the provincial capital, and I'm a little homesick——"

"Go back and eat chicken racks and drink beer——"

After Lao Tan finished speaking, he laughed, and Xiaofeng also laughed.

"I won't be able to go to work for a while, so arrange someone else." Xiaofeng said after a while.

"Well, I'm going to ask Liu Yang to support you." Lao Tan said, "Your task now is to take good care of your illness. After you recover your body, you can talk about work."

"Hey, I really like going to work—" Xiaofeng said with regret.

"You are an office worker, and you are addicted to work. We are the same." Lao Tan said with a smile: "It's okay to be addicted now, you have to take care of your body first."

Xiaofeng pursed her lips helplessly and smiled.

Lao Tan also laughed. He wanted to ask about Xiaofeng and Hao Nansheng, but felt that it was not easy to ask, so he smacked his lips subconsciously.

Xiaofeng knew him well, and when he saw him smacking his lips, he knew what he wanted to say, but she was too embarrassed to say so, so she asked, "What's the matter?"

"Well, that, I think Hao Nansheng is very interested in you, these days." Old Tan said.

Xiaofeng also guessed that he would talk about this, so she said in a negative tone: "This is our sister talking, there is no outsider, he is a second-generation official, brother, do you think it is possible?"

Old Tan said: "Is there anything impossible? You think too much."

"It's not that I think too much, it's that the facts are there - I still think he's trying to save face -"

Old Tan said: "Why are you trying to save face, Sister Feng, are you tempted?"

"Are you kidding me!" Xiaofeng was a little annoyed.

"Okay, I didn't say anything." Old Tan waved his hands quickly, and then said: "Hao Nansheng is okay, I treat him as a buddy. As for your situation—sister, I suggest letting nature take its course, don't make too many calculations, No one can stop fate when it comes.”

"go--"

"You should also sum up your own affairs."

"What's the total? It's good to be alive."

"It's not good to be alive, it's very good." Old Tan said, walked to the window, looked at the bouquet of flowers in the vase, and said to himself: These flowers are only beautiful when you appreciate them, and romantic only when you like them . "

"It's not sour, I even have a toothache."

"Hehe, eating candy doesn't hurt your teeth."

When Lao Tan came out of the hospital, he happened to meet Han Jun and Bai Jiaqi who came to see Xiaofeng. After Hao Nansheng went to Guangzhou, they came every day.

Bai Jiaqi said to Lao Tan: "Uncle Tan, I'm going to pack up an apartment for Sister Xiaofeng to leave the hospital. The conditions are better than where she lives now."

Old Tan said: "You can discuss it with her. I think it's enough. She said that she will go back to the provincial capital after being discharged from the hospital."

"Oh, so she's not here anymore?" Bai Jiaqi asked worriedly.

"You can do it, but you have to wait for your body to fully recover, not now."

"Oh, I was taken aback. I thought I was quitting."

Han Jun and Bai Jiaqi went in, and Lao Tan didn't turn to leave until their backs disappeared.

The weather in October is neither hot nor cold, with a strong sense of autumn.

There are yellow leaves on the trees on both sides of the road, and some are falling with the wind.

Pedestrians on the street wore long sleeves and long trousers, and some put on windbreakers, walking with the seasons.

Old Tan looked up at the sky, the sky was very high, very blue, with a few white clouds floating leisurely——
The world reincarnates the four seasons, let the spring wind turn into rain, let the summer rain moisten things, let autumn harvest, let winter snow warehouse.

There are also four seasons in life, but you can't reincarnate, you can only keep moving forward.

Old Tan retracted his upturned head, looked at the pedestrians in the distance and the distance behind them, and muttered to himself: People, as long as they are alive, their hearts are not old, and they have to drive the carriage of life from spring to spring. In autumn, drive forward, no matter whether you go uphill or downhill, or in ditches, you can't stop.

There is a rush only if you don't stop.

Why do people live?Isn't it just for a rush?

My old Tan can't rest yet, I have to continue to sit on the seat of the shaft, like Sun Shao'an in Lu Yao's writing, tense up all my nerves, muster all my strength, shout, and shout to move forward.

Only in this way can we live with gusto and no regrets.

(End of this chapter)