The story of a cook

Chapter 29 Hot Pot
After Master Xing came, the kitchen was stable for a while.

In mid-December, Master Guo planned to open a small restaurant by himself and proposed to resign.

Call Master Chen, he said that a chef just came down, so he came directly to Shengmei.

The new chef, surnamed Liang, is tall and thin, about 1.8 meters tall, very young, one year younger than me.But people learned to cook early, came out at Shiliu, and has been cooking for two years, and his level is higher than that of Master Guo. According to Master Xing, he was almost as the sous chef.Seeing that he is one year younger than me cooking on the stove, I feel a little anxious.

The kitchen has experienced the resignation of Zhang Tao, Li Jianhan, and Master Guo, and is now completely stable.On the stove are Master Xing and Xiao Liang, the water table is me and Li Haina's second brother, and the cold dishes are from the master introduced by Zhang Tao. His home is in Santaizi, so I didn't leave.

From the opening on October [-] to the present, business has been very good for more than two months.

Good for two reasons.

The first is that the food is delicious.Chef Xing's cooking skills are not inferior to Zhang Tao's, and he is better than Zhang Tao in making old dishes, such as braised crucian carp in sauce, pork tenderloin, sweet and sour pork ribs, etc. These old dishes are very authentic and very popular with guests. In the mid-90s, the meals in restaurants in provincial capitals were still mainly old dishes, and ordinary people mainly ordered old dishes when they went to restaurants.In Santaizi, Shengmei Hotel is more famous because the old dishes are well prepared.

The second reason is that Sun Mei has strong social skills in the factory and has a good relationship with the leaders in the factory.She is good-looking and has a temperament, can speak well, and the leaders give her face. Many workshop directors and section chiefs come here after her.

Opening a restaurant with a good-looking proprietress who can speak well is very attractive.

Master Xing is forthright, he doesn't talk too much, he is more easy-going, and everyone is willing to be with him.

He likes to drink, and I like to drink too. We both drink a little when we have nothing to do.As the saying goes, "drinking is heavy, playing money is thin", because of the relationship between drinking and our relationship is getting stronger and stronger.

While drinking, he told me a lot about his glorious history.

He came down from the front line of Laoshan. When he was a soldier, he was young and could not go to the main battlefield. He worked as an orderly in the field hospital in the rear, so he could be regarded as someone who had been to the front line.When asked why he was on the front line at such a young age, he said that he was disobedient in the army and was sent by the company commander.

When he talked about going to the front line, he just mentioned it briefly, and didn't go into details.In his words, "some of them went up with glory flowers, but very few came back with glory flowers."

"Master Xing, why are you divorced?" I asked.

"Do it, do it, don't do it well, but live, what's your wife doing if she doesn't divorce you?" he said.

"What does your wife do?"

"My daughter-in-law is amazing, the foreign language host of the provincial TV station."

"Your daughter-in-law is guaranteed to be pretty."

"Of course, I can't have it if I'm not pretty." He said with some pride: "You don't know what I was like when I was young. At that time, I was crazy, famous, and fucking majestic for several years. Now I am old. , I don’t want to talk about it outside—”

There is a kind of heroic spirit of a hero who does not mention the courage of the past.

He said that when he came back from the army, he started to hang out in the society, and then something happened, and his old man lost all his officials in order to make money for him.Now that he is no longer in society, he is starting to live with peace of mind.His father was bedridden due to hemiplegia, and his mother took care of him at home.The family conditions are very good, there is a nanny, otherwise his mother has to take care of his father and take care of his granddaughter, which is too busy.

It's just that he has such good conditions, why is he still a chef?I don't understand.

He didn't tell me and I didn't ask, and he didn't have the habit of inquiring.

On the weekend, after one o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Ling came to the kitchen and called me, saying that my sister had come, thinking it must be Sister Zhao.

When I came to the hall, Sister Zhao sat at the table near the door, looking at me with a smile.

I was very happy to see her, just like seeing my sister.Since we separated last time, I have more expectations in my heart. Up to now, she is the only friend of the opposite sex who can still be in touch without working together, and she cherishes it very much.

"I'm off today, come to see you." Sister Zhao said, and then asked with a smile, "Do you miss me?"

"I think, can I not? I think about it every day." I told the truth.

"I think you don't want to." She smiled and said, "Go and see me if I don't want to."

I smiled embarrassingly.

Zhang Ling poured a glass of boiling water and brought it to Sister Zhao.

"Thank you!" Sister Zhao said.

"You're welcome, it should be." Zhang Ling said with a smile, and then went back to the bar.

"The little girl is quite good at it." Ms. Zhao said to me in a low voice.

"It's okay. She used to be a waiter and did a good job. She left the bar two days ago. Now she is a bar counter and a kindergarten teacher." I introduced.

"I understand it in detail. Is it interesting to him?" Sister Zhao glanced at the bar.

"No, it's impossible for the two of us."

"How do you know it's impossible if you don't have a place? If you have time, treat someone to a meal and chat well. If you come and go, you will fall in love. I think the little girl is very good."

"Sister, why are you like my sister and the others? If you look good, let me have a date. If you are in a relationship, you have to talk about your status. It's useless if you don't have a relationship. I have no relationship with her."

"It doesn't matter what you want, you can go wherever you want, and you can drag it wherever you don't want to." She glared at me, then smiled, took her bag up, and took out a jacket from it.

"It's winter, I'll buy you a jacket, try it on, and check the size."

Looking at the jacket, my heart is warm.

"Sister, why buy me clothes again." I said.

"Aren't you my younger brother? Don't be too jerk, put it on and try it on."

"It's nice to have a sister."

Wearing the jacket on the body, it is not too big or too small, and the color is also my favorite brown.

Sister Zhao saw that I was well dressed, and said, "I was afraid that the purchase would be too small. I didn't think it was just right. Turn around and let me take a look at the back."

I turned around, and Sister Zhao looked at it and said it was okay, it was quite suitable.I was about to take off my jacket, but she said don't take it off, you are going to get off work soon, we are going out to eat, my sister hasn't eaten yet.I asked her what she wanted to eat, and she said it was cold, let's eat hot pot.

When I came out of the store, two people paid attention to me, one was Zhang Ling, with envious eyes; the other was Li Haina, with scrutiny and guessing eyes.Zhang Ling envied me for having a good sister. The scrutiny and guessing in Li Haina's eyes was puzzling. I guess she regarded Sister Zhao as my partner.Thinking of this, I laughed in my heart, and said to myself that this little girl is really serious, and she cares about everything.

I came to a hot pot restaurant, there were quite a few customers, and there was an empty seat in the back. I sat down with Sister Zhao, ordered a spicy pot, and ordered fat beef and green vegetables.

I said: "Sister, eat hot pot, and you can also drink some white wine."

"Okay, drink some white wine, but I don't drink much, mainly to accompany you, and you drink less, because you have to work at night." She said.

"Well, drink less." I agreed.

It was a bit hot to eat hot pot. She took off her down jacket and put it on the chair next to her. She was wearing a pink sweater inside. She was already white, and her face was lined by the pink sweater, which made her look charming and delicate. Not only did she attract me, but the man next to her also Being attracted to her, he aimed at her every now and then.

"Sister, you are so beautiful today." I said.

"Go, don't make fun of your sister." She gave me a blank look.

I said seriously: "I'm not kidding, I didn't notice that several men were secretly looking at you."

"Don't talk nonsense, where did it come from?" She glanced around, and then said: "Look at it if you want, anyway, you won't lose meat."

"Look at the beautiful women-"

"Hurry up and eat meat, or you will grow old if you don't eat for a while."

She got angry and put the sliced ​​meat into my bowl.

It is very lucky to meet a sister like Sister Zhao when I am working outside. I am moved by her care and care, and I feel warm in my heart.To be honest, I didn't help her anything, even the fight last time was not all for her, if that man didn't scold me, he wouldn't do it.But she kept it in mind, she has always been so kind to me, no different from my sister.

I don’t have any other thoughts when I’m with her. Although sometimes I’m fascinated by her beauty, it’s just a momentary thing. Thinking about the age gap between us, I know that she just treats me as a younger brother, and she doesn’t think about anything else like me. of.

The two of us chatted while cooking hot pot, and told her that the fifth sister at home had written, saying that everything was fine, and that my mother was fine.She was very happy to hear that, and told me that everything is fine at home, so don't worry, and work with peace of mind.I told her about Zhang Tao, and she said that such people would be less frequent in the future, and those with bad conduct should not be handed over.

"Little brother, you can't do that, do you know what that is?"

"What is it?" I asked.

"That's playing with people. You don't want to be friends with them at all, you just want to play with them, and you can finish the job after a night's sleep. Don't learn from it," she said.

"Well, don't study."

"If you like someone, get along well with them. If they agree, take them home and ask your mother to have a look. Your mother can't wait for you to bring back a daughter-in-law."

"Yes, my mother expects me to bring her a daughter-in-law back."

"I think the little girl at the bar is pretty good, and she's pretty good at it." She said with a smile, and looked at me playfully after speaking.

"Impossible, besides she is not a little girl, 27." I said.

Tell her about Zhang Ling.

"It's also bad luck—" she sighed.

I said: "She came out to work mainly to relax, and she has to go back when the time comes."

"Well, it's okay to think about it,"

"She still has to be a kindergarten teacher when she goes back, which is better than working outside."

"That's true. She is the only child in her family, and her parents will miss her if she doesn't go back."

"Sister, isn't your family also your own?" I asked.

"Yes, I am the only one in my family, and my mother worries about my affairs all day long." She said.

"It's time for you to find someone."

"You want it. It's hard to find a divorced one."

"The main reason is that you don't want to look for it. If you want to look for it, there are none."

"What's more, Chinese cabbage?" She glared at me, and then said, "I'm not high enough to be low enough, and I'm afraid of finding a partner. What if I meet someone who's not good enough?"

"Where are those who are not human, there are still many good people."

She sighed and said, "Look, I just told you, it depends on fate, let nature take its course, you can't force it."

When I came out after eating the hot pot, she asked me if I had washed the sheets and quilt cover, and told her no, she was embarrassed, and she complained that I didn't know how to take care of myself.Then I went to the mall to buy a set of sheets and quilt covers and went back to the bedroom with me, and changed the original ones and she was going to take them back to wash.I feel really sorry and don't want to ask her to wash it, it's too troublesome.

"Okay, don't bother. I have a washing machine at home, and I don't wash it by hand." She said, and then said: "I can do it if you want. If you are in a relationship and ask her to do it, I don't have to worry about it."

"Isn't there no one with me?"

"You, how do you say hello, you are 22, and you can't even get along with someone, worrying about others." She complained to me.

I laughed.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, I see what you are doing, you are still smiling."

"Go home and be criticized."

I'm a bit of a dead pig and I'm not afraid of boiling water.

Then asked her: "Sister, why are you so nice to me?"

She looked at me and said, "You are my younger brother. If you are not good to you, who would you be good to?" Then she said, "My sister likes to treat you well. I don't treat you like an outsider. I don't have any brothers or sisters. It's good to be your younger brother." , my sister likes it."

"I like you too, just like my sister, I don't care about anything."

"It's not good if someone cares about you. When no one cares about you, you can't find Bei by crying."

She finished talking and laughed, very happy.

(End of this chapter)