It’s not easy to be an interstellar chef

Chapter 266

After the new employees joined the farm, Qiao Zhiyan took the six selected employees back to Yanhuang Star and went directly to the community canteen.

Minister Jiang was waiting for them in the community cafeteria.

Wang Zhengxin felt a little emotional as he saw the neighborhood was familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar.

Due to the nature of his work, he is lucky to be able to stay at home for half a year a year. Therefore, although he has lived in this community for decades, he will find some new changes every time he comes back.

But I may be able to stay at home for a long time in the future, which is a good thing to think about.

Just as he was lost in thought, the person next to him nudged him with his elbow. When he came to his senses and looked over, he saw Minister Jiang talking to Qiao Zhiyan in a kindly tone.

Minister Jiang said to Qiao Zhiyan, "Let's take a look at the layout first. Are you satisfied? If you feel it is not going well, make adjustments as soon as possible in the next few days."

Qiao Zhiyan did not refuse and agreed immediately: "Okay, no problem."

Then he motioned the six people he brought with him to go check out the kitchen, while he looked around the dining area.

This store is a shop on the outskirts of the community. Two shops were connected and merged into one, so the area is very large. The kitchen occupies one third of the area, and the dining area can accommodate 20 to 30 people at the same time. This capacity is not small. After all, they provide simple meals and you can leave after eating, unlike a B&B where you can eat slowly for several hours.

The store can be entered and exited from the front and back doors. The back door leads to the residential area, and the front door faces the sidewalk, which is also very convenient.

The people he brought also had no objections to the kitchen, and the functional areas of the kitchen were arranged reasonably.

However, Qiao Zhiyan still proposed some changes he wanted to make: "I want to install a projector to play some cooking tutorials in a loop, and put some shelves on the wall to sell some fresh ingredients."

These requests were not difficult to meet, but the purpose behind the request made Minister Jiang raise his eyebrows: "You want to teach the residents here how to cook?"

Qiao Zhiyan nodded: "Yes, that is the plan, if the cafeteria goes well."

Minister Jiang didn't know whether he could succeed, so he said, "Okay, then you give it a try."

If you fail, just try again. There is no such thing as success just because you want to do it. Doesn’t it require many attempts?
After looking at it again, Qiao Zhiyan felt that there was nothing more to add.

Minister Jiang asked: "So how do you plan to arrange your work?"

Qiao Zhiyan told him, "Because we plan to cook all three meals, we have to work in two shifts, morning and evening."

If they make breakfast, they have to start preparing at four or five o'clock, otherwise everyone will go to work or school, who will they sell to? And dinner will not be closed until after nine o'clock at the latest, so they have to work more than ten hours a day. People are not made of iron, how can they bear it? What's more, it violates the Labor Law, so it is most reasonable to divide it into two shifts.

Minister Jiang nodded: "When can we open the store?"

Qiao Zhiyan felt that the sooner the better: "Since everything is ready, let's do it the day after tomorrow."

Minister Jiang had no objection: "I allocated you 100,000 yuan. Is it enough for a month?"

Qiao Zhiyan didn't even need to calculate, he knew it was definitely enough. After all, the store was ready and they didn't even have to pay rent. They only needed to buy ingredients.

Qiao Zhiyan said to the others, "You guys go back and have a rest, and come back to work the day after tomorrow."

That means there is only one and a half days of vacation time, and their home is only thirty or forty minutes away from here, so commuting is very convenient, so they happily agreed to go back.

Wang Zhengxin was not in a hurry to leave. His home was in this community, so there was no need to rush.

Qiao Zhiyan had no intention of letting him go. He smiled at Wang Zhengxin and said, "Uncle Wang, I want to rent a house in the community as a dormitory."

He has no place to live on Yanhuang Star, but it’s not that he doesn’t have one, it’s just that it’s very far from here, and other people can also rest in the dormitory if they need to.

Wang Zhengxin thought for a moment and said, "I'll have to ask my wife. She knows better."

After all, he doesn't spend much time at home, so he doesn't really know which houses are for rent.

Wang Zhengxin took Qiao Zhiyan back to his home.

He had informed his family in advance, so Grandma Wang didn't react much to his return. She just looked at the young man he brought back with curiosity, not knowing who he was.

Wang Zhengxin introduced her: "This is our boss, Xiao Qiao, who is in charge of us."

Grandma Wang was amazed: "So young?"

"Yeah, I haven't graduated from college yet."

Qiao Zhiyan smiled shyly: "It was a coincidence, and the leader was willing to give me this opportunity."

Grandma Wang just thought that Qiao Zhiyan had a backer, so he became a member of the management team at such a young age.

This kind of young man with a backing cannot be neglected, otherwise who knows if he will make things difficult for the old man, so Grandma Qiao praised with a smile on her face: "Mr. Qiao is really young and promising."

Qiao Zhiyan was a little embarrassed: "Not really..."

He was just thanks to Su Chaoqi, not his own ability, so he immediately brought the topic to business: "Do you know which houses in the community are for rent?"

"For rent," Grandma Wang thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of house do you need? Two or three bedrooms? What's the purpose?" "For a temporary dormitory," Wang Zhixin explained to his wife, "You know we have a community canteen, and some people need a temporary resting place where they can take a shower and sleep for a while."

Now that the needs are known, it will be easy. Grandma Wang thought about it in her mind and actually thought of a house.

However, renting a house is not something you can do whenever you want. You have to go to the property management to get the key and register first.

This is a two-bedroom apartment. Since the housing prices in StarCraft are not expensive, people are more looking for comfortable living, so each room is a suite with its own bathroom. However, this house has eliminated the living room and the guest bathroom next to it, which are separated into a separate room by a wall.

Qiao Zhiyan walked around several rooms. In fact, except for him who was going to live here, everyone else just came to take a short rest. For example, breakfast could be closed at about nine o'clock, and lunch needed to be prepared after eleven o'clock. The two hours in between could allow them to catch up on some sleep in this room.

So you can arrange two people in one room, with two single beds and a storage cabinet. The double bed, desk and wardrobe in the room are no longer necessary.

Qiao Zhiyan stated his request and asked whether the furnishings in the room could be replaced. It didn't matter if they couldn't, they could just remove them and they could buy new furniture themselves.

The property management contacted the owner and received a positive response. They said they would come to replace the furniture in the afternoon.

Qiao Zhiyan signed the lease contract at the property management company and waited for the landlord to come and replace the furniture in the afternoon.

As for the afternoon, Wang Zhixin invited him to go home and rest for a while.

"Do you have any food at home?" Wang Zhixin asked his wife in a low voice, "What do you have?"

"What can I have?" Grandma Wang also lowered her voice. "Just rice, and a few eggs."

Fortunately, Wang Zhixin also guessed it, so he put some fresh ingredients in his space button, which could be taken out and used at this time.

They are no longer used to drinking nutritional supplements and have formed the habit of eating three meals a day.

Grandma Wang checked the time and said, "I'm going to pick up Maomao from school."

At noon, their two children, the eldest granddaughter Wang Lei who is in high school, and the younger grandson Wang Mao will go home to rest. There is no need to worry about the granddaughter, as she can go home by herself, but the younger grandson is only in the second grade, so it is better for parents to pick him up.

Grandma Wang went out, and Qiao Zhiyan rolled up his sleeves: "Uncle Wang, let me help you."

Otherwise it would be too embarrassing for him to sit alone in the living room.

Wang Zhixin did not refuse.

When Grandma Wang came back with her two children, three dishes and a soup were already on the table.

As soon as Wang Mao entered the door, he shouted, "It smells so good, Grandpa, what did you cook that smells so good?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the dishes and chopsticks placed on the coffee table. Wang Mao rushed over and reached out to grab the food on the table.

Wang Zhixin saw it from the corner of his eye and immediately stopped him: "Wash your hands! You are not allowed to eat with your hands!"

Grandma Wang rushed over and slapped the back of Wang Mao's hand in punishment: "How can others eat if you use your hands?"

Most of the kids in the interstellar world are not used to using chopsticks, after all, they don’t use them very often.

Wang Mao pursed his lips and obediently went to wash his hands with his sister.

Although Wang Zhixin and Qiao Zhiyan also considered people other than themselves, Grandma Wang, Wang Lei, and Wang Mao had all taken nutritional supplements and could not eat too much.

So Wang Zhixin only gave them half a bowl of rice.

The three dishes and one soup are scrambled eggs with tomatoes, steamed eggplant, fried tofu with mushrooms and winter melon soup.

The two children loved the sweet and sour fried eggs with tomatoes the most, and Wang Mao even wanted to lick the plate clean.

Wang Zhixin felt distressed when he saw this: "Grandpa will make delicious food for Maomao every day, okay?"

Wang Mao wiped his mouth and answered loudly: "Okay!"

It's not difficult to hear the expectation in the child's voice.

Wang Lei was not to be outdone: "Grandpa, I want to eat too!"

Wang Zhixin certainly wouldn't play favorites: "Okay, make something delicious for Leilei too."

The children were carefree, but Grandma Wang naturally had more concerns. When the two children went to take a nap, she looked at her husband and said, "What do you mean? You're going to be at home every day from now on?"

"Of course," Wang Zhixin nodded, "Oh, by the way, starting from the day after tomorrow, you can take your child to eat three meals in the cafeteria."

Grandma Wang glared: "What do you mean, what are you eating?"

"It means that you and your children should eat in the cafeteria every morning, noon and evening."

Grandma Wang immediately thought of a lot of things. For example, some salesmen would encourage their family or friends to buy his products for the sake of their own performance. As a result, relatives and friends bought a lot of things that they could not use at all.

Grandma Wang said angrily: "Don't even think about it. You are really promising to let your children help you achieve your performance."