Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 160: The First Step of Expansion

"You guys go first, I have to pick someone up."

Du Shaojie shook his head, let Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun go first, then went out, rode his bicycle and headed straight for Chunfeng Lane.

Dapeng's birthday was definitely not complete without Liang Meiqin. He first went back to the old house to park the car, and then went to Meiqin's house.

"Shaojie, I don't know what gift to buy for Dapeng's birthday, so I just took a bottle of wine from my dad. Do you think it's okay?"

Liang Meiqin looked in good spirits. Du Shaojie pushed her towards Su Dapeng's house and they chatted along the way.

"It's enough as long as the intention is there. There's no need to be so particular."

The two chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at Su Dapeng's house.

Today is his birthday, so 40 pieces of [Dezhou Braised Chicken] were cooked at Du Shaojie's house. They were stewed just now, and Wang Yuxiu was watching the fire at home.

Huang Tingting, Xiao Jianjun and five other people have already arrived, and together with Du Shaojie, Liang Meiqin and Su Dapeng himself, they can just make up one table.

Most of the dishes for the evening were prepared by Su Dapeng's mother. Huang Tingting and Gao Guoqiang helped prepare a few cold dishes, and everyone sat down to drink.

Later, Du Xiaoya also ran over. Su Dapeng served her food and asked her to take it back and eat with Wang Yuxiu.

The fire in the old house was all occupied today, and Wang Yuxiu was also very busy, so we had no choice but to have dinner this way.

"Dapeng, happy birthday to you!"

Du Shaojie suggested that everyone have a drink, and then he spent most of the time taking care of Liang Meiqin.

It was quite lively when a group of young people were together. Su Dapeng's family members did not sit at the table. The meals were taken into the inner room to make room for the little ones.

The atmosphere at the table was always good. Su Dapeng, Huang Tingting and others were toasting each other and seemed to be in harmony.

Liang Meiqin didn't say much the whole night, but she always had a warm smile on her face. With Du Shaojie's care, she was able to eat and drink well, and she was very happy to sit with everyone.

Gao Guoqiang, Deng Gang and Yang Li said goodbye and left when it was almost nine o'clock. Later, Du Shaojie also sent Liang Meiqin back home.

When he returned to Su Dapeng's home, Huang Tingting was helping Su Dapeng's mother clean up the mess, while Xiao Jianjun was helping Su Dapeng deal with the white-striped chickens, which seemed to be about 30 in number.

"Dapeng, you're not taking a rest today on your birthday?"

Su Dapeng originally planned to work overtime overnight after the guests left.

Du Shaojie felt that this guy was ruthless in doing things, unlike some people who were content with a small fortune and lost the motivation to move forward after making a little money.

"It's just a little work, and it will be done quickly. Shaojie, don't leave yet, I have something to talk to you about later."

Su Dapeng drank a lot of wine, but he didn't get drunk, at least it didn't affect his work.

Huang Tingting finished her work quickly and came over to help. She and Xiao Jianjun made spicy chicken every day, and they could learn the processes such as handling ingredients and marinating after just one look.

Su Dapeng thanked the two of them, gave them some instructions, and then pulled Du Shaojie into his room.

"Shaojie, I want to open another store, do you think it's okay?"

"Of course, but if you open another store you'll need help. You'll need to solve this problem yourself."

Du Shaojie immediately nodded in agreement. After such a long period of operation, the store has become famous. It is not a good idea to always use hunger marketing. It is time to expand the scale.

The main reason why he was not active before was that he did not want his mother to be too tired. Therefore, if the other party wanted to expand, he must have help.

"I was just about to tell you about this. My brother-in-law was having an affair outside and was discovered by my sister. They recently went through the divorce procedures. My sister is planning to come back with the child, so she can help us run the store."

Su Dapeng's sister also had a bad fate. When she was sent to the countryside to work, she fell in love with a local young man and got married.

As a result, when the educated youth returned to the city, she was unable to go back. Who would have known that she would have chosen the wrong person and ended up like this.

"That's fine with me. You can handle the rest. Also, the salary you give to Sister Yun can't be too low. After all, she has a child to support."

Du Shaojie had no objection. As for how the two siblings divided the money, it was their family affair, but the store would definitely pay Su Xiaoyun a salary.

Wang Yuxiu and Su Dapeng do not receive salary, only dividends, so their situations are different.

"Just your words are enough! I've already spotted a small store near the Hongqi Road Market, and I'll rent it later. You'll have to prepare more spice bags in the future, or there won't be enough."

Su Dapeng was very happy. In fact, as long as Du Shaojie agreed to open another store, it didn't matter whether Su Xiaoyun was paid or not. He would give part of his dividends to his sister anyway.

After the two of them finished talking about business, Du Shaojie said goodbye and left.

When he left, Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun were still helping Su Dapeng. They were two honest people.

When he got home, Du Shaojie saw his mother still busy in the kitchen, so he asked her to go and rest. You don't have to watch the fire too closely, as Du Shaojie only looked at it after such a long time.

This is mainly a matter of experience, Wang Yuxiu is still a little short.

While waiting for the chicken to be stewed, Du Shaojie entered the simulation scene and participated in a round of [Simulated Chef Skills (Group B2) Competition].

This time he performed well and barely made it to the semi-finals. Although he was eliminated in the end, he had made some progress. After a while, the chicken was cooked, and he sealed the furnace, washed up, and went to bed.

The next day.

Du Shaojie arrived at the snack bar at 5:30.

At this time, the snack bar was bustling with activity.

Steaming buns, cooking porridge, frying dough sticks, making tofu pudding. Everyone in the kitchen was busy, and Xiao Jianjun was even busier. The snack bar would open at eight o'clock to welcome customers. If you don't hurry now, it will be too late.

Du Shaojie inspected each aspect including the ingredients, production process, taste and texture of the finished product, and then pointed out some problems and asked everyone to correct them immediately.

"The flavor of the marinade is what makes tofu pudding taste so good. Jianjun, look at this. The marinade you made is so bad! I'll show you a demonstration now. Then follow my standards."

Du Shaojie tasted the tofu pudding sauce made by Xiao Jianjun and was very dissatisfied.

He then personally made a small pot of marinade and gave detailed explanations to Xiao Jianjun and others while doing so.

After it was done, he asked Xiao Jianjun and others to taste it. The comparison showed which was better, and Xiao Jianjun and others were convinced.

In addition, there are certain skills involved in frying dough sticks and making fried cakes. Du Shaojie also demonstrated it to everyone, which was equivalent to re-setting the standards and raising the requirements by a large margin.

Employees in the early morning shift dared not even breathe, for fear of being scolded.

In the kitchen, whoever has the highest level of skills is the boss. Moreover, Du Shaojie is the manager of the snack bar. In this small area, no one dares to challenge his authority.

Not to mention Xiao Jianjun who had not yet been promoted, even Dong Jun, who was a second-level chef, did not dare to do so.

Later, Du Shaojie ate a bowl of tofu pudding and two fried dough sticks, and then went to the office. During the entire breakfast time, he was walking around the kitchen and lobby, checking the work of the employees and observing the business situation.

Finally, we can conclude that the snack bar business is currently booming and there is still a lot of room for development in the future.

After breakfast, Du Shaojie went back to sleep. He had woken up too early today and felt a little sleepy. He was still relatively free now. Unless his boss asked him to work, he could arrange his own time.

After waking up, I came to the snack bar. Under the leadership of Dong Jun, each team was busy in an orderly manner.

Du Shaojie is now extremely satisfied with Dong Jun. The other party has shared most of the work with him and is hardworking and never complains.

"Manager Du, your letter."

Near noon, the girl at the hotel front desk ran over and handed Du Shaojie two letters.

The snack bar does not have a separate mail room. Like the Chinese restaurant, mail is sent and received by the hotel.

"Thank you! Wait a minute, I'll get you two fried cakes to take back."

Du Shaojie expressed his gratitude to the other party, then packed a few fried cakes and handed them to the other party.

The fried cakes were fried in the morning, and only a few were left. He gave them all to the girl at the front desk.

"Thank you, Manager Du. My name is Du Juan, and we are from the same family."

The little girl ran away smiling. She had just started working and her lively and active personality was still very obvious.

Du Shaojie also laughed, and then went to sign the sales ledger. This was a normal write-off, and he definitely didn't need to pay for it himself.

Then he walked into the office, opened the two letters and started reading.

One letter was from Qi Yan and the other was from her younger sister Xiaomei.

After reading it, he did not reply immediately, especially to Xiaomei's letter, which contained a paragraph addressed to Wang Yuxiu and Xiaoya, and another paragraph addressed to Liang Meiqin.

When it was time for lunch, Du Shaojie said hello to Dong Jun and rode his bike to the People's Hospital.

Wang Liwen was on vacation today, so he came over to cook two dishes for her. Although he didn't know when she would be able to go abroad, it should be soon, maybe early next year.

They cherish the few moments they have together and never bring up the topic of studying abroad when they meet.

night.

Du Shaojie returned to the old house and read a passage from Xiaomei's letter to Wang Yuxiu.

A smile broke out on Wang Yuxiu's face, while Xiaoya lowered her head and turned back to her room.

"What's wrong, Xiaoya?"

Du Shaojie felt something was wrong, so he knocked on the door and went in, and indeed, he saw the little girl crying.

"Wow, wow, I miss my sister."

Xiaoya and her sister have a very good relationship and miss each other very much.

Du Shaojie quickly comforted her, saying that a semester actually went by very quickly. Xiaomei would be back after the winter vacation, and if she knew that someone was crying, she would laugh to death.
"That's annoying! Bro, I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Xiaoya is like this in her personality, her emotions come and go quickly.

at night.

Du Shaojie wanted to write a reply to Qi Yan, but suddenly he didn't know what to write.

He could feel the other person's strong longing for him, as well as some of his confusion and hesitation.

As a university where talents gather, such an outstanding swallow will not be unloved. On the two ends of the scale, one end is a proud college student, and the other end is a talented chef with a little fame. It shouldn't be too difficult to choose, right?
After four years apart, living in different places, will only the memories of our childhood sweethearts remain?

Du Shaojie sighed, pondered for a long time, and decided to just let things take their course. In the end, he wrote a reply as he usually did.

But he himself did not realize that his writing was becoming more and more fluent and his words were becoming more and more beautiful.

Having lived two lives, he is not only able to conquer people's stomachs with his cooking skills, but he can also touch people's hearts with his pen.

(End of this chapter)