Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 169: The King of Food Street

The park is certainly not a place to discuss serious matters. Du Shaojie asked Yu Shanjiang to go to the unit to talk tomorrow, and then he took Qi Yan out of the park.

Xiaomei and Xiaoya had already left on their bikes, so Du Shaojie hurried back with Qi Yan to avoid worrying his two younger sisters.

Qi Yan sat in the back seat of the car, gently hugged Du Shaojie's waist, lowered her head and laughed non-stop.

Ever since she went to school as a substitute teacher, she has tried hard to dress herself up as a "good girl", but in fact her personality has not changed at all.

"Very proud, huh?"

"No, no, I was forced to fight back."

"Don't I know you? Yan Zi, we are already college students. We can't fight anymore in the future."

"Got it, housekeeper!"

Qi Yan lay on Du Shaojie's back. Now she finally understood why she couldn't forget Du Shaojie.

The reason is simple, that is, their personalities are compatible, they have tacit understanding in everything they do, even when fighting with others.

When the two of them were together, she felt very relaxed, happy and joyful.

When they were almost at Chunfeng Lane, Du Shaojie, Qi Yan and Su Dapeng who had come to "rescue" them happened to meet.

Du Shaojie briefly explained the outcome of the matter and thanked everyone.

“It’s a bargain for them.”

Su Dapeng spat fiercely on the ground, then blew a circle of cigarettes and asked everyone to disperse.

A dozen people dispersed with laughter, and Xiaomei and Xiaoya caught up from behind.

"Brother, Sister Yan Zi, are you okay?"

"What's the matter? Nothing. Let's go home first and talk later."

Du Shaojie, Su Dapeng, Qi Yan and his two younger sisters went straight back to the old house.

Su Dapeng saw that the two of them really had nothing to do, so he sat for a while and then left. He still had to go back to make [Dezhou Braised Chicken], and if he didn't hurry up now, he would have to stay up late again.

"Yanzi, Xiaomei, Xiaoya, don't go to the park to skate recently. Be careful of the revenge of those guys. If you really want to go, tell me and we can invite more people to play."

Du Shaojie actually said this for Qi Yan to hear. Xiaomei and Xiaoya were both sour and obedient, but she was the boldest.

These days, public security is not that good.

"Got it, got it. Shaojie, I should go back now. You guys should take a rest too."

Qi Yan responded with a smile and ran away.

Du Shaojie shook his head and rode his bike to the snack bar.

He spent the whole afternoon in the office writing a reply to Wang Liwen, filling up three pages of letter paper. He deleted and revised it, and finally rewrote it before going to the hotel front desk to mail the letter.

Before leaving get off work, he and Dong Jun and others took stock of today's income.

Today's revenue reached a record high of 1820 yuan, and the snack bar's daily turnover bottomed out and hit a new high.

"Manager Du, it seems that all the restaurants on this street are not a threat to us. I have been worried for so long. But to be honest, at mealtime every day, the flow of people on this street is much greater than before."

Dong Jun was deeply moved. When he was anxious before, he couldn't sleep at night.

After he gets used to the pressure of competition, looking back, many things are just like that.

Du Shaojie smiled and nodded, asked Dong Jun and the others to lock the door when they left, and then he strolled to the Chinese restaurant.

"Manager Du, you came at the right time. A customer ordered [Dry-fried Fish]. Would you like to show us your skills?"

When Zhong Fuxiang saw Du Shaojie, he waved to him immediately.

Nowadays, no one in the hotel calls him "Xiao Du" anymore. They either call him "Master Du" or "Manager Du", and even Zhong Fuxiang is no exception.

"Okay, I'll do it then."

Du Shaojie is the right person for the job. This [Dry-fried Fish] is his specialty, so there is no need for him to be modest.

He quickly prepared the dish and the waiter brought it to the table. After the guests ate it, they praised it highly.

Du Shaojie then cooked two more dishes and left the Chinese restaurant to go back to the old house. He usually eats dinner in the old house now, sometimes sleeps there at night, but most of the time he still goes back to the new house.

When he got home, his family was waiting for him to have dinner.

He washed his hands and quickly sat down at the table. Then he looked around and saw two dishes on the table, one was stir-fried Chinese cabbage and the other was spicy and sour shredded potatoes. From the looks of it, neither was very good.

He then picked up a piece of shredded potatoes with chopsticks, tasted it, and found it tasted okay.

"Tonight's dish wasn't made by mom, Xiaomei, was it your cooking?"

Du Shaojie has been eating dishes cooked by Wang Yuxiu since he was a child, and these two dishes are obviously not his mother's cooking.

"I made it, bro, how do you like it?"

Xiaomei was actually a little nervous. After asking the question, she looked at her brother expectantly.

When she first came back, she took Xiaoya to have lunch with her brother every day. Later, she rarely went there. Either Du Shaojie came back to cook at noon, or she tried to cook by herself.

It’s no wonder that Xiaomei is quite good at cooking and she gets the hang of it quickly.

"Not bad! You had a heavy study load before, but now that you are in college, you should acquire more life skills." Du Shaojie gave a thumbs up, and a smile instantly broke out on Xiaomei's face. She was really happy to be recognized by her brother.

The next day.

Yushan Jiang arrived at the snack bar early in the morning and waited for almost an hour before Du Shaojie finally arrived.

Du Shaojie participated in the simulated chef (B2 group) skills competition last night, and after losing, he went to do simulated training. It took 60 hours to go back and forth, and he was exhausted. He got up a little late in the morning.

"Yushanjiang, I agree with you setting up a stall. However, I also have a few requirements. First, you have to ensure the quality of the ingredients. Second, you have to clean up the stall every day."

Du Shaojie did not make things difficult for the other party and readily agreed to set up a barbecue stall at the door.

He gave the other party a few instructions and told him to go to Dong Jun. He would not take care of the specific matters. Setting up a stall at the door must cost some fees, but it is very little, just a symbolic payment of 5 yuan (per month).

Yu Shanjiang was also a capable person. He immediately went to the park to quit his temporary job and came to set up a stall the next morning.

Since then, the snack bar’s business has no shortcomings anymore and it has established itself as the “king” on the “Food Street”, unafraid of any challenges.

"Manager Du, our average daily turnover has already reached 2000 yuan. According to preliminary estimates, this month's profit should be around 2.3 yuan."

This month has just ended and the finance department is still doing the final accounting, but the rough data has come out.

Du Shaojie, Dong Jun and others were very happy. The profit exceeded 20 yuan, which meant that the bonus this month would increase by %. The Chinese New Year was less than half a month away, so they could buy more New Year goods, right?

"Very good! The New Year is coming soon. Everyone, work hard. I will give you a year-end bonus before the New Year. I will tell you the specific details in a few days."

Du Shaojie estimated that the bureau would definitely regret it, but the contract had been signed for three years, and even if the contract fee was to increase, it would be in the next contract period.

Monthly bonuses are paid out along with wages, and will be given every month as long as performance meets the standards.

As the name suggests, the year-end bonus is only given once a year. Du Shaojie considered it again and again and worked out a plan for the year-end bonus distribution.

The plan is still to divide the competition into four categories, with Du Shaojie in the first category, with a bonus of 200 yuan.

The second place goes to Dong Jun, with a prize of 160 yuan.

The third tier is Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun, each receiving a prize of 130 yuan.

The fourth tier is the remaining employees, each receiving a bonus of 100 yuan.

There are now 47 people in the snack bar, and the total year-end bonus is: 4920 yuan.

This bonus is very generous, equivalent to several months' salary of an ordinary employee. So once this plan was announced, the whole snack bar was jubilant.

Everyone became more motivated. Du Shaojie said that if they went east, they would never go west.

Du Shaojie then told the finance department to distribute the year-end bonus within three days. Then he looked at the time, which was close to noon, and rode his bike straight to Chunfeng Lane.

As of now, 10 out of the 8 [Pepper and Spicy Chicken] franchise stores have paid the franchise fees in full, and the remaining two still owe some.

He and Su Dapeng agreed to go to the two stores today to see if they had any business problems. If not, they would be asked to pay the money before the New Year, otherwise they would stop supplying spice bags and take down the sign of "Du's Pepper Chicken".

Du Shaojie was riding his bike slowly on the road when he suddenly felt something was wrong and subconsciously looked back.

Not far away, there was a man riding a bicycle following behind him. The other person was wrapped tightly and his appearance could not be seen clearly, but he always felt that the other person looked a little familiar, but he could not figure out who he was.

"I'm not being overly suspicious, am I?"

In order to confirm his idea, Du Shaojie suddenly increased his riding speed.

The man behind him also glared and kicked a few times, apparently taking measures out of fear of being left behind.

This time he couldn't run away, the person behind him must be following him! Although Du Shaojie still couldn't figure out the other party's purpose, it was obviously not a good thing.

So he suddenly turned at the intersection ahead and rode his bike directly into the family quarters of the People's Hospital.

He was very familiar with this place. When Wang Liwen was still here, he often came here. After entering the compound, he turned a few corners and disappeared.

The man behind him also realized that he had been discovered by Du Shaojie, but he still followed him into the family compound.

After looking around and not seeing the target, the man was about to leave, but then he saw Du Shaojie walking out from behind a row of houses.

Du Shaojie led the man to the boiler room in the northeast corner of the family compound like playing hide-and-seek.

There was a mountain of coal piled up on the open space outside the boiler room. Du Shaojie stood next to the pile of coal and finally met the other party.

Both of their bicycles were thrown aside, and it felt a bit like a duel.

"Du Shaojie!"

"Dai Jianguo!"

Du Shaojie finally recognized the other person, it turned out to be his old enemy Dai Jianguo.

When he was still an apprentice, he was often bullied by Dai Tong and Dai Jianguo, uncle and nephew. Later, both uncle and nephew were arrested, and he contributed to this.

Dai Tong’s problem is quite serious and it will take another 10 to 20 years to recover.

Dai Jianguo's crime was relatively minor and he was sentenced to five years. Since Du Shaojie was able to see him outside, Dai Jianguo should have been released after serving his sentence.

"Why are you following me? You want revenge?"

Du Shaojie tightly grasped the crowbar in his left hand. This thing was made of iron and he could cut Dai Jianguo's head open with it.

In his right hand, he held a canvas bag that he never left behind.

(End of this chapter)