Border Cook

Because every dish tasted so delicious, he couldn't put his chopsticks down, which resulted in him eating too much and feeling a little uncomfortable.

Moreover, because every dish was so delicious, Manager Ge felt that he might face a huge trouble after he opened the restaurant in the future...

That’s the problem of choosing a signature dish from this plethora of delicious dishes!
Each of these dishes is worthy of being a signature dish. I would feel guilty if I favored some over others!
Shopkeeper Ge sighed a lot, but he felt more and more that the decision to open a restaurant with Xia Mingyue was the best decision he had ever made.

none of them!

What he needs to do now is to build the restaurant as soon as possible, decorate it as soon as possible, find people to work in the restaurant as soon as possible, and open the restaurant as soon as possible!
Shopkeeper Ge was thinking about these things in his mind, and at the same time he was discussing the hiring of people in the kitchen with Xia Mingyue.

"I don't ask for much from my employees. They just need to be down-to-earth, responsible, like cooking, and be diligent." Xia Mingyue said, "I have not been in Jinqiu County for long, and my connections are limited. I still rely on Manager Ge to recruit people to do the work."

"Okay, leave it to me." Shopkeeper Ge readily agreed, "I'll help Madam Xia find people, and then Madam Xia can choose from these people."

After all, Xia Mingyue will be in charge of the kitchen in the future, so it would be best for her to be in charge of the hiring.

Seeing that Shopkeeper Ge was quite willing to delegate power, Xia Mingyue smiled and said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Ge. I also have something to tell you. I want to reserve someone in the kitchen in advance."

"Who does Madam Xia want to choose?"

"Lou Shanzi, the guy who does odd jobs in the kitchen of Yueran Restaurant." Xia Mingyue explained, "Although Brother Lou's cooking skills are limited now, he loves cooking very much and his character is also upright and honest."

"To be honest with Shopkeeper Ge, I have known Brother Lou for a long time. Later, Brother Lou went to work at Yueran Restaurant. When Yueran Restaurant wanted to target Xia Ji, it was Brother Lou who secretly tipped off the restaurant. That gave me time to respond. Now that I am going to open a restaurant with Shopkeeper Ge, I thought of inviting Brother Lou to work in the kitchen together."

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Ge nodded and said, "Let's do as Madam Xia said."

For those who have helped us, we should naturally remember their friendship and return the favor when the time is right.

"Thank you, Shopkeeper Ge." Xia Mingyue paused and said, "In addition, I would like to ask Shopkeeper Ge, when you hire people to do work, can you consider hiring women or women from poor families?"

Jinqiu County is adjacent to the border and there are many military families in the city. After a war, even more people suffered and many families had difficulty making a living.

It would be great if we could give these people a chance to survive.

"Women or women are serious and careful in their work. Apart from serving guests, clearing dishes, washing dishes and vegetables, it is actually most appropriate for them to do the chores."

Shopkeeper Ge nodded, "We need to hire people to do the work anyway, so it doesn't matter who we hire."

It is his blessing to be able to do good deeds and accumulate virtue at the same time.

It’s just a pity for Madam Xia that she is still thinking about this.

He is indeed a kind-hearted person.

Shopkeeper Ge felt even more admiration for Xia Mingyue.

The two men discussed the wage standards and how to distribute the kitchen staff that they had recently found. When the sun set, Manager Ge and Wu Xiong got up to say goodbye.

Before leaving, pack up all the delicious food that you haven't finished eating and take it away.

Firstly, I really didn’t eat enough, and secondly, after having such a delicious meal at noon, I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to eat anything else at night, so I could only rely on these to satisfy my cravings.

As for packing up and taking it back home, the taste will not be as good at night as it was at noon, or may even be greatly reduced... That's not a problem!

It’s like, even if a peacock is bald, it is still a peacock, and its feathers are beautiful no matter how you look at it, much prettier than those of a native chicken!

In short, Manager Ge and Wu Xiong left happily.

After the two left, Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo cleaned up.

At midnight, He Shunzi brought a lot of pig intestines that Xia Mingyue wanted.

"Everything was cleaned according to what Madam Xia said. I was afraid that others would not do it carefully, so I rubbed it many times with plant ash at home and rinsed it many times. Madam Xia, do you think this will work?"

Xia Mingyue took a closer look and smiled, "Brother He is very careful in his work. This pig intestine is cleaner than the one I washed."

He Shunzi laughed out loud after receiving praise and recognition.

Pig intestines are pig offal. The village would slaughter pigs during the New Year, and there would be a lot of these things. Although some poor families would also think of having some pig offal to satisfy their cravings if they couldn't eat meat, this thing has a strong fishy smell and is difficult to handle. It would not taste good if you are not good at cooking. It is really hard to get used to it. It is not as delicious as eating some white flour. Many people gave up this idea. Therefore, He Shunzi's pig intestines were very easy to get, so he didn't plan to ask Xia Mingyue for money.

But in Xia Mingyue's opinion, although pig intestines are easy to obtain, cleaning them is a hassle and takes a lot of effort. He Shunzi also did him a lot of favors, so there is no reason to let him work in vain. Therefore, he gave him some braised meat and asked him to take it and eat.

As Chinese New Year approaches, people who are familiar with each other and close to each other will inevitably get together to have a drink or two. These braised meats are most suitable as a side dish.

"Thank you, Madam Xia." He Shunzi did not refuse and thanked her repeatedly.

"Brother He, please take these to Dexin Garden." Xia Mingyue wrapped some spiced donkey meat and handed it over.

When the restaurant she and Manager Ge open in the future, Dexinyuan will become a big customer, so it would be better to maintain it at this time.

"Okay." He Shunzi agreed and drove away in the ox cart.

In the next few days, we stuffed the spiced sausages, dried them in the sun, and cooked them...

Originally, the air above Xia Mingyue's house was always filled with various aromas. At this time, the aromas were even stronger, and even drifted far away with the wind, causing people passing by the alley to stop from time to time, sniffing to see where the aroma came from.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu still went to the streets to sell candied haws.

Candied haws with glutinous rice and red bean paste were more popular. Seeing the booming business, the brothers were greatly inspired and started to make something more novel.

For example, rock sugar apples, rock sugar pears, rock sugar red dates, rock sugar braised meat, rock sugar fish balls...

Seeing the two brothers seriously discussing whether or not to make a candied pig's trotter, Lu couldn't help it and stopped them, asking them not to make any more weird things.

"I think my mother is wrong. This thing is not strange." Zhao Dahu argued.

Zhao Erhu agreed, "Yes, they are all food, it's not like they can't be eaten, how can you say it's strange? Since hawthorn can be candied, why can't apples, pears, braised meat and fish balls? They're so delicious!"

In short, everything can be sugared! (End of this chapter)