Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 250 Recruiting Wang Qing
Yan Jiekuang has been extremely busy since the restaurant opened. Every day he is either purchasing or preparing dishes. Fortunately, his three apprentices learn very quickly, and apart from cooking, he no longer has to do any other work.

But Yan Jiekuang felt that this was not going to work, and he had to find Wang Qing to come over. Originally, the position of manager of the restaurant was reserved for Wang Qing.

As winter approached, Yan Jiekuang found Wang Qing and had another in-depth talk. This time, Wang Qing did not even hesitate and went to the street office to resign. Wang Qing's sudden resignation gave Director Yan a headache. He felt that Yan Jiekuang was not on the staffing list. If Wang Qing left, who would support the purchasing station? Director Yan did not agree to Wang Qing's resignation in person and said he would consider it for a few days.

That evening, Director Yan found Yuer Hutong. Yan Jiekuang had just returned from closing the store. He was not surprised to see Director Yan's visit. The two of them sat down in the main hall. Aunt Wang made some tea and brought it over. Since Yan Jiekuang's restaurant opened, Aunt Wang moved to the front yard to live because Yan Jiekuang really had no time to take care of the children.

Director Yan got straight to the point and said, "Jie Kuang, did you know that Wang Qing came to me to resign?"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "I know. He resigned to work in my new restaurant. He can learn management from me and play a greater role."

Director Yan was very surprised and asked, "When did you open the restaurant? How come I didn't know about it?"

"It's been open for less than a month, right at Qianmen Street. They really need people there, and I'm too busy to handle it right now. Wang Qing wanted to come to my place to work, and he talked to me about this before he came to your place." Yan Jiekuang said.

After listening to this, Director Yan said somewhat unhappily: "Isn't the purchasing station good enough? I didn't ask too many questions and gave him a lot of power. Do I have to go to your place?"

Yan Jiekuang looked at Director Yan and said, "Don't worry. You know there are policies now to encourage individual business. I am also crossing the river by feeling the stones. However, Wang Qing came to me after careful consideration. You know that the subordinate units of the street office still have certain limitations. There are some things that cannot be decided by themselves. It's different for me. I have absolute decision-making power. Another point, and the most important point, is that the treatment there is still very advantageous compared to the purchasing station."

Director Yan listened carefully to Yan Jiekuang's words and retorted, "That's different. We are both serving the people. How can it be different? Why do we have to go to your restaurant?"

Yan Jiekuang looked at the stubborn Director Yan and said, "Please wait for me. I'll get something."

Yan Jiekuang went to the study in the backyard, took out the plan for the acquisition station, returned to the main hall and handed it to Director Yan, then said, "Director Yan, Wang Qing must come with me. There is no point in forcing him to stay. This is the development plan for the acquisition station. In addition, Wang Qing has also trained two successors. Even without Wang Qing, the acquisition station can continue smoothly. If not, I have a suggestion for you. You can consider my father and let him be a consultant."

After listening to Yan Jiekuang's words, Director Yan began to look through the development plan of the purchasing station. Yan Jiekuang sat there quietly drinking tea, waiting for Director Yan to finish reading it.

After reading Yan Jiekuang's plan, Director Yan said, "Isn't it well written? This will not only make us self-sufficient, but also solve the problem of funding for the subdistrict office. But who are the teams you mentioned?"

Yan Jiekuang said: "The purchasing station is not short of talents. Lin Song, Wang Yicheng and Erxiao can all handle things on their own. If Wang Qing is trapped in the purchasing station, I think it will delay him a bit. Let him come to my place. He can play a greater role here."

Director Yan sighed and said, "Okay, but let Wang Qing do the handover work, and I'll send a professional accountant to observe for a few days. If there is no problem, I'll agree."

Yan Jiekuang quickly said, "Thank you for your understanding. I also thank you on behalf of Wang Qing."

The two chatted about the courtyard for a while, and Yan Jiekuang asked, "Director Yan, why is Yi Zhonghai missing? Why hasn't he returned to the courtyard?"

Director Yan looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "Why, you're still thinking about him? Does your father still hold a grudge against you?"

"No, my father has forgotten about this a long time ago. I'm just asking out of curiosity," said Yan Jiekuang.

Director Yan said, "He has returned to his hometown with his wife. I wrote him a letter of introduction, but he will be back soon. His letter of introduction is only valid until the end of this month."

Yan Jiekuang then realized that Yi Zhonghai must have wanted to hide away. He probably thought that as time went by, the matter would slowly fade away, and it would not be so embarrassing for him to come back then. Otherwise, how could he be called an old fox?

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Director Yan said goodbye. Yan Jiekuang respectfully saw Director Yan out the door.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Aunt Wang came over and asked Yan Jiekuang, "I heard that your restaurant is short of waiters? Is that true?"

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said helplessly, "Yes, but when they heard that I was a private restaurant, no one went there." Aunt Wang said, "There is a pair of sisters in our courtyard who also returned to the city. Their family conditions are not good, and they did not take the college entrance examination. Should I ask for you?"

Yan Jiekuang blurted out, "Okay, isn't she pretty?"

Aunt Wang went up to him and patted him, saying, "You're not pretty, are you looking for a waiter or a wife? Be careful or I'll tell Lian'er."

Yan Jiekuang waved his hands quickly and said, "That's not what I meant. This is a restaurant, and waiters have to pay attention to their image."

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "I see. He's very handsome and definitely meets your requirements. But when someone asks me about his salary, what do you think?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "I plan to hire four people. They will start work at nine in the morning and get off work at about eight in the evening. They will have one day off a week. Of course, they will have to work in shifts. The salary will be thirty yuan a month plus bonuses. The probation period is three months, and the salary will be forty yuan after becoming a regular employee. Please ask them."

Aunt Wang said, "There's also a bonus. I want to go with all these conditions. Okay, I'll go ask for you tomorrow."

Yan Jiekuang nodded and said, "Aunt Wang, you are the pillar of our family, you can't go."

Aunt Wang laughed and said, "Okay, go and have a rest. I'll clean up."

Yan Jiekuang walked to the backyard and saw that the light was on in the main room. Yan Jiekuang walked in and saw his two little babies playing with building blocks with Shi Li. Yan Jiekuang squatted down and said, "Where are the brothers and sisters?"

Da Pang looked at his father and said, "My brothers and sisters are doing their homework. We didn't disturb them. Are we good?"

Yan Jiekuang smiled knowingly, patted Big Fatty's head and said, "You are so good!" Little Fatty came over and stared at him with his big eyes. Yan Jiekuang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "You are also good."

Shi Li stood up at once, threw herself into Yan Jiekuang's arms, and said, "Third Uncle, I'm still here."

Yan Jiekuang hugged Shi Li and said, "You are the best. You are all good children."

Yan Jiekuang was playing with the three children, and when it was almost nine o'clock, he took the children to wash up. The children were a little sleepy, and when they fell asleep, Yan Jiekuang walked into the yard. Seeing that the lights in Yongchang and Yongxin's room were still on, Yan Jiekuang walked in. Yongchang was now in the same room with Shi Lei, and both of them were reading books seriously.

Yan Jiekuang walked over and said, "Let's stop here for today. You need to be regular every day. Do your homework when you should do it, and rest when you should rest. Otherwise, how can you have the energy to attend class tomorrow?"

Yongchang and Shi Lei then closed their books, and Shi Lei said, "Got it, Uncle San. We are reviewing tomorrow's lessons, so we'll get ready and go to bed."

Yan Jiekuang went to Yongxin's room again. Yongxin didn't look at him, but asked, "Uncle, where is Shi Li?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "He's already asleep at my place, so I didn't send him back because I didn't want to disturb you. You should go to bed early."

Yan Yongxin nodded and packed up the books. Although Yan Jiekuang was very pleased that his children were very obedient, it was not a good thing for them to study like this all the time. After Wang Qing took over the restaurant, Yan Jiekuang planned to cultivate the children's interests and hobbies so that they could grow up more healthily.

After the children had fallen asleep, Yan Jiekuang went to the front yard again. He had asked Yan Jiekuang to move the big cat and the five little ones to the front yard so as not to disturb the children. Now the front yard was very quiet. Apart from the big cat, there was no trace of the five little ones. They were really night owls.

Aunt Wang had already closed the door and gone to sleep, so Yan Jiekuang went back to his room to rest.

(End of this chapter)