The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 81 Return to Ganqi Card

[-], the sixth day of the first month of the Year of the Dragon in Renchen.

Lao Tan brought Wang Hong's apprentices Meng Meng, Sun Haicheng, and Fang Jianjun's younger brother Chen Xiaolong to Ganqika. After five days of adjustment and preparation, the business opened normally on the [-]th day of the first lunar month.

The first table of guests received was Director Wu's family.

They are a family reunion. There are three members of Director Wu's family, father-in-law and mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, sister-in-law and sister-in-law, three members of each family, and a large table.

Lao Tan went over to drink a few glasses of wine with him and said some New Year greetings.In the evening, Director Wu called Lao Tan up alone, and called Zhang Zhigong to sing in the karaoke hall on the street.

The karaoke hall is very famous in Ganqika, and its grade is quite high.

It is obvious that Zhang Zhigong and Director Wu are regular customers here, and it can be seen from the attitude of the manager to the waiter towards them, calling each other big brother.

Director Wu told them to arrange according to the old rules, and after a while, six side dishes and a fruit plate were served.There are regional differences. There are beef jerky and grilled lamb chops in the six side dishes, which are similar to the main meal.

Then three young ladies came in, two of them were familiar with Director Wu and Zhang Zhigong, so they naturally accompanied them.

The remaining one sat next to Old Tan, opened the beer skillfully, filled two glasses, and took it up to drink with Old Tan.

Lao Tan is no stranger to karaoke halls, but he is not used to young ladies.It's not that he is serious, it's just that he has never met a lady in a karaoke bar, so he seems a little restrained and uncomfortable.

When you enter the karaoke hall, you have to sing.

Director Wu is born with a loud voice, his singing can only be described as not unpleasant.Zhang Zhigong was better than him, but he wasn't too nice.Among the three, Lao Tan can sing well, but he is also incomplete and always out of tune.

The three young ladies rely on this to make a living, so their singing is naturally better, but it is also quite satisfactory.

The three old men went to the karaoke hall, and to put it bluntly, it was money that brought trouble.

Sometimes singing is also a way to reduce stress, but this cannot be a reason to always go to karaoke clubs.More often, men go to karaoke bars to spend money to buy laughter, relax and enjoy the tenderness that they can't enjoy at home.But when I got home, I found that my wife is the best, and the children are the most important.And when I was in the karaoke hall, I couldn't think of these at all.

After singing for a while, Director Wu felt that his singing was really bad and he was a little dry, but he didn't want to go home right away, so he called two good singers.

One is Xiao Li, a car driver from the Osteopathic Hospital. He has a natural voice and won No.2 in the Tongliao City Amateur Singer Contest.The other one is Tuyaqiqige's cousin, the manager of a Mongolian restaurant, and the Mongolian singing is very good.

Xiao Li's song "Father's Grassland and Mother's River" is almost a live concert. After the singing, everyone was moved by the singing and applauded enthusiastically.

Immediately afterwards was the "off-horse wine" ordered by cousin Tuya Qiqige.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she brought people into the artistic conception of the vast grassland, and her vigorous voice and euphemistic singing made people involuntarily immerse in it.

We often watch those MTVs on TV. The combination of beautiful pictures and beautiful singing is just right, which quickly brings us into the artistic conception, and we are often moved to tears.

But when I heard the original ecological singing on the spot, it was a different feeling, another kind of moving——
Real, appropriate, empty, long, immersive.

After cousin Tuya Qiqige sang the song "Get Off the Horse Wine", everyone applauded enthusiastically. Lao Tan arranged the lady next to Xiao Li to sit next to him.

"It's so beautiful to sing." Old Tan said sincerely.

"Thank you for the compliment. Although we haven't met each other, I heard from my sister that I wanted to see you all the time, but I didn't have time. I heard that you went back. It's a pity." Cousin Tuyaqiqige took a bite Fluent in Chinese, with the enthusiasm of a Mongolian woman, he poured Lao Tan a glass of wine.

"Thank you." Lao Tan held up his wine glass to touch her, and after draining the wine, he asked, "The introduction was too noisy, I couldn't hear you clearly, what's your name?"

"Mulan Qiqige, just call me Mulan." Mulan said generously.

"Friends with Director Wu?" Old Tan asked.

"Well, he always brings guests to our place for dinner. He is familiar with us and he is very nice." Mulan said.

"Are you familiar with Zhang Zhigong?"

"Hehe, my regular customers are all friends."

"I have time to eat at your house." Old Tan said.

"Welcome." Mulan raised her glass and said, "Have a drink."

The two had another drink.

Lao Tan and Mulan chatted while drinking, and the chat was very speculative.Over there, Director Wu, Zhang Zhigong, Xiao Li and the three young ladies took turns singing and drinking along with them, enjoying themselves.

Unknowingly, two hours passed, during which Xiao Li's wife called and went back first. Zhang Zhigong said that he was hungry and wanted to go out to eat skewers.So Director Wu paid the bill, and the four of them went out of the karaoke hall to eat skewers at a barbecue restaurant.

This is almost a trilogy of entertainment activities for Northeast people at night. First, there is drinking and eating in restaurants, then the karaoke is chic, and after the karaoke is barbecue, there is nothing less.

Director Wu drank a lot of wine at noon. Although he sang a few songs in the karaoke hall, the alcohol dissipated a lot, but his foundation was solid, and he was a little shaky after eating skewers and drinking a few glasses.Zhang Zhigong was relatively better. Seeing that Director Wu couldn't support him, he took a taxi with him and went back first.

Lao Tan and Mulan were left, they chatted very well in the karaoke hall, and they felt like they hadn't seen each other late.In addition, opposites attract, appreciate each other, don't leave, continue to drink and play.

So Lao Tan once again experienced the extraordinary drinking capacity and unrestrained enthusiasm of Mongolian women.After the two of them drank two catties of liquor, Lao Tan was already a little confused, and there was nothing wrong with them, and they talked and laughed happily.

When Mulan opened another bottle of baijiu, Old Tan gave up and quickly said no, he couldn't drink it anymore.

"A man can't say no. Tuya said that you can drink it all the time. You must drink this bottle of wine. You must drink it well. This is the rule of our Mongolian people." Mulan said grandly.

"I'm really dying. I'll drink too much." Old Tan said.

"That's it, you have a drink and give me the rest." Mulan said and filled Lao Tan's glass.

"You can drink too much." Old Tan admired.

"Hehe, I've had a drink with Tuya, we're about the same. In fact, I can't drink it. It's mainly because I'm in a good mood with you. Listening to your talk, I think you're a nice person. Someone who can be friends with Director Wu and Director Zhang It must be close. I have heard of you before and know what you are like. I have never had a chance to meet. Today is just right, fate, and I must drink well." Mulan said.

Seeing people say that, Lao Tan can't say anything more, and it's hypocritical to say anything else.

Mulan is not particularly beautiful, but belongs to the plump and mature kind.He spoke crisply and without affectation, which also made Lao Tan feel good about him.

But he still didn't drink Mulan, and was sent back to the hotel by Mulan while maintaining the last sliver of sobriety.

Just after the new year, the occupancy rate of the guest rooms is not high, about ten people every day.There are not many people eating at the hotel. Many old main roads in the street have changed owners without knowing it. They thought Director Zhang was running the business, so they seldom come here.

This is the case with restaurants. The previous owner didn’t live well, and his reputation was bad. When the next owner takes over, it’s not so easy to do, and he has to slowly stir up popularity.

Lao Tan first invited the people from the osteopathic hospital. This is a big customer, and if they are recruited, there will be a lot of customers.In addition, Director Wu also has face for inviting these people to dinner, and he has the confidence to arrange guests here.

Through Zhang Zhigong, he also invited several functional departments of the government to pay what they said. They are all gods of wealth. There is nothing wrong with having a good relationship with them, there are only advantages and no disadvantages.

Then I made a batch of leaflets for the banquet and asked the waiter to distribute them in the street, mainly for the wedding banquet during May Day.

Sister Yuan strongly supported these tasks, and she was not idle here. She connected with the tourist port in Qili and attracted a lot of summer tour groups.It's just that it's a bit far from Daqinggou, not too much.

At the same time, a policy was issued that all workshops of the copper factory will get a [-]% discount for dinner here. In this way, most of the employees in the factory will eat here, which also increases a lot of benefits.

In the kitchen, Sun Haicheng is the head chef, and with the cooperation of Master Bao, he did a good job.When Meng Meng first came here, she didn't adapt very well, and she didn't want to do it. She wanted to go back to her master in the provincial capital. After Lao Tan promised to take her with her when she left, the little girl was relieved.

The cold dish Chen Xiaolong likes her very much, and always helps her with work, and the two of them go shopping together in the street when they have nothing to do.Lao Tan thinks this is fate, Wang Hong and Fang Jianjun met here, have feelings for each other, and now they are partners.Their little brother is now following in their footsteps.

The front desk is managed by Tuya Qiqige.When I first took over, there were three waiters, and two more were recruited, returning to the previous state.When Director Zhang was in charge, he withdrew the food passer. He came by himself, and now he recruited another one.

The guest room is still Ulan and Tana, they are old employees, they are familiar with everything, so don't worry.

Soon the first month came out, and it was March in the Gregorian calendar.The guest room and hotel business is slowly improving, and everything is on the right track.

Working here is not challenging, and after straightening out, it's easy.Lao Tan checks the sanitation of the kitchen, front hall, and guest room every day. If he has time, he will train everyone, and then he will drink with the guests to build relationships.If you have nothing to do, go to the park and chat with those salesmen.Or just go to various stores and gossip.

It seems that he is alone, he has nothing to do all day, and he can't leave him.

He was born to be a leader. With him, everything is stable and orderly. The employees are willing to work and are happy.Guests are also willing to come.

While he was there, Sister Yuan seldom came to the hotel, either at work or at home, mainly because she was in poor health and needed recuperation.

But Lao Tan can't stay here all the time, it's like taking care of the elderly here, and it hasn't reached that time yet.In addition, this time it is purely for help, and the salary is not high, just like a chef, so naturally he can't work for a long time.

He has to train a successor.

He considered Sun Haicheng, but he didn't think so.Sun Haicheng is a contented person, and this time he came back because he felt that this place was close to home, so he could go home and have a look.In terms of cooking skills, it stops here. It's not that he is stupid and doesn't want to learn, but that the chef has reached a certain level, and cooking has something to do with savvy.When the savvy reaches a higher level, the craftsmanship will be improved, but if the savvy is not enough, it will be the same.

So some chefs can earn tens of thousands of dollars by their skills, while others can only earn a few thousand dollars in their lifetime.This is the same as driving a car. Drivers also have driver's licenses. Some drive racing cars on the field, and some drive private cars with caution.

Tuya Qiqige's personality, work, and attitude are good, but her ability is weak, and there is room for improvement after training.And she is hot and enthusiastic, with that vigor.

(End of this chapter)