The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 201 Departure from Ordos
Love words are intoxicating, better than strong wine.

People who drink too much will fall asleep, and love words can make people so excited that they can't fall asleep.

Old Tan naturally suffered from insomnia.

Yes, as long as it is a normal man, who can resist such a passionate love from a beautiful woman?This means that through the phone, if the two of them were face to face, Lao Tan would hold Zhang Li in his arms without hesitation, and then——
Of course, Zhang Li would not have said those words face to face. The scene and the atmosphere are not right, and some words cannot be said.

Both of them are adults and can restrain themselves. After expressing the emotions in the specific environment and atmosphere, Zhang Li said that she wanted to change the store manager.

Lao Tan didn't directly deny it, but talked about the head teacher of the elementary school students.

"Remember when we were in elementary school, there was a head teacher in middle school, and there was a head teacher in high school." Old Tan asked.

"Yes, isn't it all the same?" Zhang Li asked suspiciously.

"It's not like that now. There is only one class teacher who has been following from the first grade to the sixth grade graduation. Do you know why?" Old Tan asked.

"You don't need to ask. Of course, a class teacher is good. He knows the situation of each student, knows how to teach, and the students like it too." Zhang Li said.

Lao Tan laughed and said, "Is this different from changing the store manager? When the old store manager is transferred to the new store, not only the old store manager is not used to it, but also the employees are not used to it. On the other hand, the new store manager manages the old store, and the old employees are also uncomfortable. If you adapt, if you don’t accept it, if you don’t make it right, you’ll be a mess.”

Zhang Li woke up as if she had been kicked, and said with a smile, "Ha, what you said makes sense."

Lao Tan said earnestly: "I also had this idea, and after thinking it over and over, I think it's not right. Remember, when the time comes, the old store manager and the old employees will still have a sense of responsibility and take the work seriously. The relationship between the store manager and the employees It’s good to be like a family, that’s what we want, don’t break them up easily, it’s no different from a separation.”

After talking on the phone with Zhang Li, Lao Tan lit a cigarette and didn't fall asleep for a long time.

Being loved is a kind of happiness, but also a burden.It’s not being hypocritical to say that, it is.

There is a debt in the world that is difficult to pay, and sometimes it is not finished.

Beauty and the beast can go together, happiness and guilt can also go together, tormenting and tormenting people.

If love is simply understood as a relationship between the sexes, it may happen at any time without being discovered by the lover, and each takes what he wants.But is love really that simple?

If it were simple, there would be no Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

Ordos means "many palaces" in Mongolian.

It governs two districts and seven banners, with a permanent population of 150,000.Originally called Yikezhao League, it was formally approved by the State Council as Ordos in [-].

Ordos has a long history. From 140,000 to 70,000 years ago, Hetao people lived and multiplied in the Salawusu River Basin in Wushen Banner of Ikezhao League, and created the famous ancient Ordos culture, also known as Hetao culture.

Ordos is a national forest city, a national civilized city, and an excellent tourist city in China.There are Dahuai, Huaidong and Dongwu railways running across the territory, and Baoshen and Baoxi railways running through the north and south; Ordos Airport has 56 navigable cities.

There are Genghis Khan Mausoleum, Ordos Grassland, Great Khan Palace, Xiangshawan and other tourist attractions in the territory.

It borders Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Ningxia in the east, south, and west; Hohhot, Baotou, Bayannaoer, Wuhai, and Alxa League are across the river in the east, north, and west; Yulin, Shaanxi Province is in the south border.It is about [-] kilometers long from east to west, and [-] kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ​​[-] square kilometers.

It is [-] kilometers away from Hohhot, and it takes four hours to drive.

Two Desert Storm off-road vehicles passed through Tuoketuo County, entered the territory of Tumed Left Banner, and arrived in Ordos in more than an hour.

Lao Tan, Chairman Lang and Kang Min were sitting in the car in front, and the film crew of the TV station were in the car behind.

This is the first time for Lao Tan to go to Ordos, and it is also the first time to go out so far after arriving in Hohhot to see the real grassland.

Green, endless green, with a flock of white sheep and a blue sky as it retreats rapidly.Going forward, there is gradually yellow sand in the green, and you can vaguely see the desert.

"Mr. Tan, go west from this road, and there is Kubuqi one hundred miles away. There is a five-star hotel in the desert. It's a fun place." Kang Min explained to the guide.

"I have a chance to play." Old Tan said.

"Let's go when we get back." Kang Min said.

"No, I've always wanted to go to Genghis Khan's Mausoleum when I came back," Old Tan said.

"Alright, I haven't been to the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, let's go together." Kang Min said.

"Okay." Old Tan nodded, and continued to look out of the car window.

Chairman Lang said: "I haven't been to Genghis Khan's Mausoleum since it was enlarged. I heard that there are three mountains."

"Yes, boss, let's go back and have a look." Kang Min said.

Old Tan withdrew his gaze from admiring the scenery, and asked Chairman Lang thoughtfully: "Old Lang, have you invited the national judges this time?"

Chairman Lang said: "No, I won't invite people to come, we are not high enough."

"It seems that oriental food has never been to our Inner Mongolia." Lao Tan said.

"Yes, our place is small, the catering industry is underdeveloped, we don't have much reputation, people don't like to come here." President Lang said helplessly.

"The main reason is that our Mongolian cuisine has not gone out, and there is nothing outstanding. Even if Oriental cuisine decides to come, there are not many people who sign up to participate." Kang Min said.

"That's right." Lao Tan sighed and said, "Xibei is famous, but his family can't do it, and the little fat sheep has disappeared."

"Our restaurant in Hohhot looks okay, and we feel that it is good. There is a gap in the national comparison, and we have to learn well." President Lang said.

"That's the case." Old Tan nodded.

"Mr. Tan, it's up to you. Your Ah Qiao will definitely do it." Kang Min said.

"Thank you for the compliment, I will work hard." Old Tan smiled.

"Although our Mongolian cuisine is a specialty, it is a minority and not the mainstream after all. Mongolian cuisine includes grilled shabu-shabu and stir-fried dishes, which are popular in the region, but they can only be regarded as specialties in other places, and cannot be used as main dishes.

Mongolian meals are mainly made of beef and mutton. The method is simple, either stewed or boiled, and rarely fried, so it is difficult to become popular.This time the sheep cooking competition also wants to break the traditional cooking techniques and make the mutton go to the whole country.

Ordos is a city that mainly raises sheep and coal. In the first few years, blind development created a bubble economy.Now the bubble is broken, leaving a lot of sequelae.For the secondary development, the municipal government has tried every means to attract investment in various aspects and channels.

Hey, do you know the top ten ghost towns?Kangbashi is one, after seven o’clock in the evening, there are not many houses in the whole community that can be lit, it’s dark, it’s a real ghost town—”

What Chairman Lang said was a little sad.

"My hometown is here——"

In one sentence, this is an old man's nostalgia and concern for his hometown, and his strong nostalgia.

An hour and a half later, the off-road vehicle stopped in front of the Dongsheng Hotel in Dongsheng District, Ordos City. The reception staff of the competition organizing committee welcomed the group into the hotel, arranged the room, and asked them to rest first.

The reception dinner was held at five o'clock, and it was just two o'clock now, and Lao Tan planned to sleep to refresh himself.Just when he was about to lie down, President Lang opened the door and came in. He said that the organizing committee called and asked him to come over for a while, and meet old friends by the way, and asked Lao Tan if he would go.

Lao Tan didn't know those people well. He was recruited by President Lang as a judge, so he was somewhat fake and didn't plan to go.President Lang saw what he meant, so it was fine if he said no, and tried to ask him to be an on-site judge, so that he would not be involved in scoring dishes, and there would be fewer unnecessary meetings.

After Chairman Lang left, Kang Min brought a female colleague who came with him and called him to the street, but he politely refused.Seeing that he didn't go to Kangmin, he lost interest, and talked nonsense with his female colleague in the room, so Lao Tan had to accompany him.

"Mr. Tan, I heard from Huang Lijuan that the business of the dumpling restaurant is booming, and it is about to become the boss of Jining." Kang Min said.

Lao Tan was not modest either, and said, "It's okay, the dumpling boss is fine."

"I think your family is also the leader of Hushi dumplings." Kang Min said.

"It's heading in that direction," Old Tan said.

"By the way, Mr. Tan, why doesn't your family raise money? If it is crowdfunding, I will also invest some money." Kang Min said with a smile, but he was very serious.

"If you don't do crowdfunding, it's too much trouble, and it's easy to kill yourself." Lao Tan added: "I don't even do franchising, because I'm afraid it will be out of shape. Our Chinese food can't be completely standardized like KFC and McDonald's."

Kang Min thought about it and said, "Mr. Tan, you are so steady and wise."

"Thank you for the compliment." Old Tan smiled.

A colleague who was with Kang Min interjected, "Mr. Tan, my family also runs a restaurant in Xilinhot."

"Let's go together." Old Tan said.

"My restaurant is not big, more than [-] square meters. The business has not been very good in the past two years, and I have not made much money. I have the opportunity to go to Xilinhot to help my parents and give advice." Kang Min's colleague said.

"What's the point? According to me, it's better to cooperate with Mr. Tan. You know the Aqiao dumpling restaurant. If your family opens in Xilinhot, it will guarantee to make money. See if my classmate is there. Her family used to come to two thousand a day before. Now at least [-]." Kang Min said.

The female colleague knew about the cooperation between Huang Lijuan and Aqiao, but she didn't know the detailed rules and didn't care.Her parents are in charge of the restaurant, and she only works on her own class, and she only cared about the restaurant after she was transferred to the food column group.

Hearing what Kang Min said, she asked, "Mr. Tan, why do your family cooperate?"

Lao Tan explained the cooperation details in detail.

"What if you can't do it and lose money?" asked a female colleague.

Old Tan smiled and said: "Business is inherently profitable, and no one dares to guarantee it. But I believe in one thing, as long as you do it with your heart, the restaurant will almost never lose money."

At this time, Kang Min said: "Li Xue, listen to me, you are right to cooperate with Mr. Tan, and you are guaranteed to make money. I plan to cooperate, but I don't have the money."

Li Xue said, "Then let's partner up."

"Okay, but you have to take the lead, I don't have much money." Kang Min said.

"No problem, go back and call my dad to see what he thinks." Li Xue said.

(End of this chapter)