Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 251 The restaurant is booming
By 1981, Wang Qing had already started working in the restaurant. There were now eight people in the restaurant, four in the front hall. Aunt Wang directly found four young girls, all in their early twenties with good looks. Wang Qing specially went to Chen Xueru to order work clothes.

When Chen Xueru got the work clothes design drawing drawn by Yan Jiekuang, she completely ignored Yan Jiekuang and studied it for a long time. Yan Jiekuang took a look and saw that he liked his design drawing. He quickly told Chen Xueru that these were work clothes for the employees of his restaurant, as well as the chefs' clothes.

Finally, there was the blueprint for the suit, which was prepared for Wang Qing. Chen Xueru said, "This blueprint belongs to me. I don't want any money for the suit I make for you."

Yan Jiekuang didn't take the blueprint seriously and agreed. Only then did Chen Xueru react and asked in surprise, "When did you open a restaurant?"

Yan Jiekuang said, "It has been opened for more than two months. It is not far ahead."

Chen Xueru was surprised again and asked, "You opened the Yan's Restaurant. I was wondering if there was anyone with the surname Yan around here. It turned out to be you."

Yan Jiekuang smiled, nodded and said, "I'm a self-employed person with a license. Have you been there?"

Chen Xueru pursed her lips and said, "The crispy chicken is really unique. I have eaten it several times. I didn't expect it was made by you. I should have thought of it earlier."

Chen Xueru's face changed at this time and she said, "No, I have to change my business license too. This Xueru Silk Shop originally belongs to me. I have to go find the Commerce Bureau."

Yan Jiekuang sighed and said, "Didn't you go to Sister Huizhen's place?"

"Yes, I go there every few days. What's wrong?" Chen Xueru asked.

Yan Jiekuang looked at Chen Xueru and said, "Sister Huizhen's store has returned to her hands, and she has also changed her business license. She is now a self-employed person."

Chen Xueru's face flushed with anger, and she said viciously, "This damn Xu Huizhen only knows how to change secretly, and she didn't even remind me. She wants to laugh at me. I'll go find her."

After saying that, she picked up her small bag and walked out of the store. Fan Jinyou looked at Chen Xueru's back thoughtfully. Yan Jiekuang didn't pay any attention to him. He nodded to Fan Jinyou and went back to the restaurant.

When they arrived at the restaurant, they went straight to the kitchen. Now Yan Jiekuang no longer had to worry about the front kitchen. He focused on teaching the three apprentices, encouraging them, and promised that as long as they passed his test on these ten dishes, he would accept them as formal apprentices.

The three apprentices were full of enthusiasm. Although there were said to be ten dishes, there were actually only six, and the other four were cold dishes. Now the three of them were making them, and they had received Yan Jiekuang's approval.

Just after ten o'clock, customers came. Yan Jiekuang was directing three apprentices to prepare the side dishes. At this time, Wang Qing walked in and called out, "Third Brother".

Yan Jiekuang looked at Wang Qing and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wang Qing said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "You'd better go to the front and take a look. Someone is looking for you. I said you are busy, but they won't let you go."

Yan Jiekuang looked at Wang Qing in confusion, but still followed him to the front. There were not many people in his restaurant at the moment. When he raised his eyes, he saw Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru looking at him. Cai Quanwu also looked at Yan Jiekuang with a bit of gloating.

Yan Jiekuang had no choice, as he owned a shop and couldn't let them mess around here, so he quickly said hello to Wang Qing and took the three of them to the second floor. There were several private rooms on the second floor beforehand, but they had never been used. This time they were finally used.

He took the three of them into the box, which was designed by Yan Jiekuang himself, including a turntable on the round table. There were rattan chairs and coffee tables in the room, and ancient paintings hung on the walls. The whole box had an antique feel.

The three of them looked around as soon as they came in. Cai Quanwu even said, "Not bad, not bad. It's quite interesting."

After a while, a waitress named Xiaofen knocked on the door and came in. She placed four dried fruits and a plate of fruit on the table, poured tea for a few people, said, "I hope you enjoy your meal," and then left politely.

Xu Huizhen looked unhappy, while Cai Quanwu said beside her: "It has to be Yan Laosan. Look at the decorations and the waiters. It feels like home."

Chen Xueru also said: "Well, this restaurant is quite interesting."

Yan Jiekuang quickly changed the subject and said, "Brothers and sisters, this is your first time here. Today I'm treating you. Please take a seat while I go to the kitchen to cook." After saying that, he fled out of the room, not caring what the three of them said. Yan Jiekuang returned to the kitchen with a worried look on his face. Although he was worried, he still had to cook. After a while, he got busy and arranged four dishes and a soup for Xu Huizhen and the others, and then started to cook the dishes in the restaurant.

They were busy until after twelve o'clock, and then they gradually became free. Yan Jiekuang quickly took a bottle of wine and went upstairs.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw three people chatting animatedly. Seeing the empty plates on the table, Yan Jiekuang knew that they were very satisfied with their meal. Yan Jiekuang put the wine on the table and said, "I'm sorry, I was too busy before. I apologize to my sister and brother."

Xu Huizhen no longer had a bad expression on her face, but asked jokingly, "You didn't plan to tell us that you were opening a restaurant."

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiekuang quickly said, "No, no, we haven't hired anyone for the restaurant's opening yet. The past two months have been a period of adjustment. Once it's on track, I'll definitely invite you to come and support us."

Xu Huizhen had no intention of letting Yan Jiekuang go. Just as she was about to speak, Chen Xueru said, "Really? I know this. He came to me today to make work clothes for the store."

"What work clothes?" Xu Huizhen looked at Chen Xueru puzzledly. Chen Xueru took out Yan Jiekuang's work clothes drawings from her bag and handed them to Xu Huizhen.

Xu Huizhen looked at it carefully, handed it to Cai Quanwu, and said, "We can also run a tavern. This is more like opening a shop."

Xu Huizhen looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "Okay, tell me how you planned this store. Please be more detailed so that we can learn from you."

Yan Jiekuang smiled bitterly, and then told the three people about the service concepts and hotel management of later generations. The three people were fascinated by what they heard until Wang Qing came to find Yan Jiekuang, and Yan Jiekuang stopped talking. The three people did not speak, and they were all thinking carefully.

Wang Qing looked for Yan Jiekuang because some special guests had come before him, three foreigners. Wang Qing and the clerk could not understand what the three foreigners were saying, so they found him. Yan Jiekuang walked to the first floor and greeted the three foreigners in English.

The three people were very happy as they finally met someone who could speak Chinese. Yan Jiekuang enthusiastically asked them to sit down and then asked them if they needed anything. The three people were Americans who came here on business and were wandering around in their free time. When they came here and saw so many people eating here, they wanted to eat something too, but unfortunately they couldn't speak the language.

Yan Jiekuang introduced the dishes carefully and recommended a few to them. The three were very happy. After ordering, Yan Jiekuang went to the kitchen to cook.

Yan Jiekuang had just finished cooking for the three foreigners and walked out of the kitchen when he saw Xu Huizhen and the other two coming down from upstairs. Yan Jiekuang hurried over to them and asked, "Sister, are you going back home?"

Xu Huizhen rolled her eyes at him and said, "Since you are so busy, I won't bother you anymore. Let's go back and digest what you said."

Chen Xueru glanced towards the hall and immediately saw the three foreigners eating with gusto. Yan Jiekuang specially served them knives and forks. Chen Xueru said, "Your restaurant is really good. Even foreigners come here."

Yan Jiekuang smiled innocently after hearing this and said, "Americans, I am the only one who can speak a few words of English, otherwise I really can't receive them."

Xu Huizhen and the others exchanged a few words of greeting and then left. What Yan Jiekuang didn't know was that his management theory had a profound impact on Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru, so much so that they continued to use this theory when they opened a store afterwards. It was also because of this theory that the two of them rose rapidly.

After a busy day, Yan Jiekuang was very tired. Wang Qing advised him to go back and rest early. Yan Jiekuang nodded and went back to Yuer Hutong. As he walked, he thought: "When will this end? No, I have to teach these three apprentices, otherwise I will be so tired all the time."

As time went by, Yan's Restaurant gradually became famous. Within three months, there was a long queue to eat at the restaurant. Yan Jiekuang began to put some chairs in the front hall for people in line to rest, and also started a free tea service. Suddenly, the restaurant became more and more popular.

Now Yan Jiekuang and Wang Qing no longer publicly talk about the hotel's turnover. The amount is quite large, so only the two of them know about it, along with a cashier, Xiaofen.

Now each employee's salary plus bonus has reached an astonishing 150 yuan, because they often work overtime, and the bonus is also calculated according to the profit ratio. This makes the waiters and the kitchen staff very enthusiastic, and they are like chicken blood every day. Yan Jiekuang forces them to take breaks, otherwise they have to come every day.

Yan's Restaurant was on the right track. Yan Jiekuang put a lot of effort into teaching three apprentices, and gradually he was freed from the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)