The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 47 Xiaomei accepts Wang Gang
Wang Gang is 36 years old. He had a partner before. The two lived together for three years. When they started discussing marriage, the woman suddenly proposed to break up, so they became lonely.

After that, there were two more, and the time was not long.

Now in a relationship with Zhou Xiaomei, he fell in love at first sight and was proactive, but Zhou Xiaomei has always been lukewarm and indifferent, making people unpredictable.

They are all middle-aged, not as impulsive and romantic as young people.Their love may be very calm, imperceptible.

Zhou Xiaomei likes to eat ice cream with chocolate. Wang Gang will buy a few pieces every day for Zhang Li, Li Shuang, Zhou Xiaomei and Hu Jing. Although I don't say it is for Zhou Xiaomei, the meaning is obvious and everyone knows it.

Zhou Xiaomei didn't miss the meal, she didn't say thank you, and sometimes she didn't even smile.Wang Gang wasn't discouraged either, and he bought it anyway.

The two sometimes go out to eat together. This is the time when they are most like a couple, and it is also the happiest time for Wang Gang.The two ate and drank wine, chatting about work matters.They chat about things other than work, but they rarely get together.

Wang Gang loves to talk about the trifles that happened in the kitchen and some friends he made. Zhou Xiaomei can listen to the trifles in the kitchen, but she is disgusted with the friends he talked about—many of them are pretending ones. It can be felt in the description.

According to Zhou Xiaomei's character, being able to have dinner with a man is a preliminary recognition of this man, and the last time is not disgusting.She felt that everything should go with the flow, there is no need to force it, it will happen naturally.

Wang Gang invited Zhou Xiaomei to dinner after returning from Guangzhou inspection, and the two went to the place where they ate barbecue for the first time.I ordered three plates of meat, one plate of ink fountain, one plate of chicken gizzards, one plate of potato chips, and one plate of cauliflower.

After watching so many things, Zhou Xiaomei ordered white wine instead of beer as usual.She is afraid of waste, so she can eat more with liquor, and she really doesn't like beer.

Wang Gang was very surprised. In the past, the two of them ate and drank beer together, so they thought Zhou Xiaomei couldn't drink baijiu.He has a small capacity for alcohol and hardly drinks liquor.Seeing Zhou Xiaomei pour a glass of white wine, how can I be cowardly as a man, I have to pour a glass too.

Zhou Xiaomei said: "If you can't drink it, don't drink it. You don't have to accompany me."

Wang Gang became proud and said, "It's okay, I can have a drink."

Zhou Xiaomei smiled, but didn't stop her, and asked him, "How about going out to investigate? Did you gain anything?"

"It was an eye-opener and gained a lot of insight. Compared with others, we are nothing, and we are far behind." Wang Gang said sincerely.

"I went out to study once when I was working in Binhai, and it was really useful. It not only opened my eyes, but also learned a lot." Zhou Xiaomei said, "You can't work behind closed doors. There are."

"Yes." Wang Gang nodded, and then said: "We can't compare with others. At the end of the exchange meeting, I saw that he was the head chef. I admire him for being able to say it. No one said no like that." come out."

Zhou Xiaomei chuckled, she liked Wang Gang's kindness, she said whatever she wanted, and she was never empty-handed.

She said: "When I was working in Qinghua Pavilion, I served oriental food. The sharing session was told by my uncle. If you have a magazine, you should read it."

"There are magazines, they don't look good, and they don't recognize many characters." Wang Gang smiled awkwardly after speaking, and blushed a little.

Wang Gang talked about some investigations, but he was very excited. Instead of holding a glass of wine to persuade Xiaomei to drink like he did every meal, he was a little scared of the glass of white wine, but kept putting the grilled meat on Zhou Xiaomei's plate. inside.

After more than ten minutes, Xiaomei took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and said, "Come, let's touch one."

Wang Gang picked up the wine glass and touched her, and she said slyly: "If you touch it, you have to do it."

After speaking, he raised his neck and drank a full glass of white wine in one gulp. After drinking, he smiled and shook the empty wine glass in front of Wang Gang's eyes.

Wang Gang was a little dumbfounded, he didn't drink baijiu much, but today he got a glass for himself as a hero, and prepared to drink it slowly, but Xiaomei drank it in one gulp and calmed him down.

I can't help but blush a little, but I can't lose the chain in front of the woman I like, even if it's a cup of poison in front of me, I have to drink it without hesitation.

He picked up the glass and poured it into his mouth.

It should be described as pouring. He was afraid that he would not be able to stand the spicy taste of alcohol, so he wanted to pour it into his mouth in one gulp, and swallow it before the spicy taste came up, otherwise he would really not be able to drink it.

The moment the white wine was poured into the mouth, the violent spicy taste rushed up and filled the whole mouth. When swallowing, one couldn't hold back, turned his head quickly, covered his mouth with his hand, and the wine spurted out. Along with the tears that choked out.

Xiaomei, who was sitting opposite, exclaimed and laughed at the same time.

After a simple clean-up, Wang Gang returned to normal. Xiaomei smiled and told him not to be brave if he couldn't drink baijiu.

Wang Gang smiled awkwardly and had no choice but to drink beer.

After the episode passed, the two chatted about the restaurant.Wang Gang was greatly touched by this investigation. He honestly spoke about his lack of management ability and made a pertinent evaluation of Lao Tan.

He said: "If Master Tan doesn't leave, our kitchen can do the same. They are just like Master Tan. I think some places are not as good as Master Tan. If you don't accept management, Master Tan is indeed better than me. .”

Xiaomei said: "My uncle is capable, and I was brought out by him. I'm not speaking for him. It's a loss for our family not to have him."

"How is Master Tan doing in Inner Mongolia?" Wang Gang asked.

Xiaomei told Wang Gang about Lao Tan's situation in Ganqika, and then said: "He can work there until the Spring Festival, and he can't go after the Spring Festival."

Wang Gang said: "Go back to our place, let me talk to Mr. Xu."

"Are you happy for my uncle to come back?" Zhou Xiaomei looked at Wang Gang, and then said: "Everyone knows why he left, let alone it has nothing to do with you. People have faces and skins, and it's not that they can't find jobs. They can go anywhere. It’s about making money, what’s the matter with our family? To be honest, I’m embarrassed to leave when Sister Zhang is here, but I’d have left earlier if Sister Zhang wasn’t here, and my uncle has been fired, what am I doing here?”

Wang Gang was a little unnatural, took a sip of wine, wanted to talk after putting it down, didn't think about what to say, took another sip of wine.

"Now our family belongs to the category of immortality, neither losing money nor earning much money. The employees are unstable, they leave as soon as they say, and they don't even call for resignation. The Gregorian calendar is coming soon, and after the Gregorian calendar is over, it will be the Spring Festival. At this time, our family There is a shortage of people. The Spring Festival is the busiest, and the restaurants are all relying on the New Year to make money. I don’t think there is anyone who is working?” Zhou Xiaomei said that there are practical problems faced now.

"Our family also has to prepare people." Wang Gang said.

"At this time every year, my uncle starts to prepare people, and at the same time does not approve anyone to leave, and then starts to prepare for the year-end summary meeting and the mobilization meeting for the Spring Festival, making gift bags, formulating the New Year's Eve dinner set, and the front desk cooperates with sales and marketing, and at the same time improves The employee commission quota allows everyone to earn more money. When the employees see that they are earning money, they can play well, and few leave, and few go home during the Chinese New Year.

"Our family also holds an annual meeting to reward outstanding employees." Wang Gang said.

Xiaomei asked a sharp question, how to reward?How much reward do you take out?For example, the total prize money for the annual meeting of Qinghua Pavilion is 200,000, and that of Linjiangxuan is 150,000. People in the Kanto region may not even be able to get [-].

And said bluntly: "Mr. Xu has the courage to spend 50,000 yuan, so he will not let my uncle go. It is difficult for a boss to do big things without a structure. I guess you have seen it when you went out to investigate this time. Let me ask , have you seen the owners of those restaurants? Is it because the managers and head chefs come forward for everything, and even the owners of the exchange meetings don’t show up, right? "

Wang Gang nodded.

"He is the boss. He shows opportunities to his subordinates and fully trusts them. A good investor is not necessarily a good manager. The boss first puts himself in the right position, just take the helm, and the general direction is set. Let the managers do the rest, don’t interfere too much. In addition, you have to learn how to divide the money, only the boss who can divide the money can make money.”

"Wealth gathers and people disperse, and people gather money. Hehe, my uncle said it. Let me tell you, Mr. Xu likes training and gives us lectures. Although he is the boss, his level is not good. According to my uncle, he is far behind. The entire management training of Qinghua Pavilion was done by my uncle. If you think I am good, you will know what my uncle is like. I, Sister Zhang, and Li Shuang were all brought out by him."

Wang Gang believes what Xiaomei said, and to be honest, he approves of Lao Tan.Old Tan did have his reasons for leaving at the beginning, but people are selfish. When it comes to their own interests, they choose to protect themselves first, which is understandable.

Caterers themselves do not have a fixed work unit. When their positions are impacted, they will automatically develop a sense of self-protection, and strive not to be laid off so that they can continue to make money and support their families.

Zhou Xiaomei knew what Wang Gang wanted to eat with her, and she had fully understood each other after six months of dating.As a spouse, Wang Gang is a suitable candidate. The two have the same emotional experience, and they can find a common language in this regard, or they can resonate with each other.

The love of middle-aged people is not as fierce as that of young people, but it is mellow.There may be less passion and more realistic factors in it. Once this kind of love is established, the foundation is solid.There are factors of age and experience.

After the two of them finished their meal, Wang Gang sent Xiaomei back to the dormitory as usual, and then went home.

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, Xiaomei was woken up by a severe abdominal pain, curled up on the bed and groaned in pain, clutching her stomach.At first she thought it was a bad stomach, so she found a tablet of anti-inflammatory medicine and took it, thinking that it would be fine after a while.

But it's not good, it's getting worse and worse, and the pain is so bad that my head is sweating.The cleaning lady who lived in the same dormitory with her was startled awake. Seeing that she was in severe pain, she put on her clothes and prepared to send her to the hospital.

By this time she was in so much pain that she couldn't get up from the bed.

After calling Wang Gang, Wang Gang immediately got up from the bed, drove to the dormitory in a hurry, carried her back into the car, and rushed to the hospital.

After a series of examinations, it was acute appendicitis, and I received anti-inflammatory injections and Antongding. After stabilizing, I went to the operating room at [-] am for appendectomy.

From admission to the completion of the operation, Wang Gang took care of the whole process.

During the hospitalization, Wang Gang ran around and took care of Zhou Xiaomei in every possible way until the stitches were removed on the seventh day. He planned to take her to his home to take care of her, but she declined.

Of course, Zhou Xiaomei's feelings for Wang Gang were also deepening during her hospitalization, but she hadn't reached the level of living in Wang Gang's house, although it was for better recuperation.

She knew that no one would say anything even if she lived in Wang Gang's house, but she didn't want that.She thought a lot. It would be okay if she and Wang Gang really got married in the future, but if she couldn't get married, it would affect both herself and Wang Gang.Although people don't care about it, it's normal for people not to be married to live together, but she doesn't want to, feeling that she hasn't reached that point yet.

But I have accepted this man in my heart.

(End of this chapter)