The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 222 Eating Hot Pot

Although the wedding of the two children Xiaolong and Xiaohui was not grand, it was very touching.

When the couple kowtowed to the woman's parents under the command of the host, Xiaohui knelt down on her knees with tears in her eyes, and sincerely kowtowed deeply to Lao Tan and Yanhua sitting above——
In her heart, these two people are her parents, and she is their child.

Kind readers, let us bless this poor girl, wish her a happy wedding, a lifetime with the one she loves, and grow old together.

Marriage is a major event in a person's life. It means saying goodbye to being single and starting a family life of two people.

Before getting married, it is love. Even if two people live together, what they talk about is more about feelings, Qingqing, me, you and me.

Marriage comes after marriage, and what you face is daily necessities, household chores, and the issue of having children and raising the next generation.

This also includes caring for the elderly.

Although nowadays after young people get married, the elderly on both sides seldom take care of them, or even take care of them in reverse, but they should be filial to their children and not be led astray by bad phenomena, because everyone has their time when they grow old.

Divorced people are afraid to watch other people's wedding scenes and think of their own misfortune.

At the wedding, although Zhang Li had a smile on her face, anyone could see the sentimentality and unnaturalness behind her smile, and even a little lonely.

As an old friend for many years, Lao Tan understood Zhang Li's mood, so he took the initiative to meet for a few drinks after the wedding.

After leaving the hotel, Zhang Li said to go to her house to cook hot pot.This proposal was first opposed by Lao Tan, because he unnaturally thought of the kiss he couldn't help last time, and felt that it was inappropriate to go to Zhang Li's house.

Zhang Li knew what he was thinking, curled her lips angrily, and said, "I feel a little tired, eating at home is comfortable, casual, not as complicated as you think." Then she added: "Just stay with me, I'm troubled today. Besides, I don't dare to drink while driving."

Old Tan agreed.

He felt a little hypocritical, even prudish.Friends who have been friends for many years, if you have something to do, can you wait until today?

It seems that I think too much, my heart is not clean, and I have dirty thoughts.

Zhang Li's house is as clean and tidy as hers. A fish tank was installed in the living room at some time, and two beautiful goldfish swim freely in it, adding some vitality to the quiet home.

Lao Tan sat on the sofa drinking tea, and Zhang Li went back to the bedroom to change. When she came out, she was dressed in pink home clothes, her towering breasts were ready to be seen, and it made people dizzy to look at them.

Old Tan blushed a little, jokingly said, "It's more tempting than a little girl."

"Aren't you hungry?" Zhang Li asked provocatively.

"Hurry up and wash the dishes."

Zhang Li rolled her eyes charmingly, then entered the kitchen.

At three o'clock, Zhang Li quickly prepared the hot pot. The table was covered with vegetables, mushrooms, meat rolls, sesame sauce, fermented bean curd, chive flowers, chili oil, and a bottle of good white wine.

The two sat opposite each other and filled up the wine.

"Old Tan, why don't you like to come to my house? You can still eat you." Zhang Li said.

"It's not that I don't like coming here, I'm afraid I can't control myself. I've never been resistant to beautiful women." Old Tan said while seasoning himself.

"It's nice to talk about it." Zhang Li took the leek flower and dug out a small spoonful and put it in a bowl, then said, "Didn't you have a warm relationship with your first love in Hohhot?"

"No, I'm afraid of getting caught up in the fire, and then talk about pure things every day, so I don't have any thoughts."

"Hmph, you can still be honest."

"I have a heart but no guts—"

The hot pot is boiling, the tempting red oil waves are tumbling, and the house is full of fragrance.

"It's been a long time since I ate hot pot," Zhang Li said, adding spinach to the pot.

"It's hot, everyone loves to eat skewers." Old Tan said.

"I remember that when it snowed heavily that winter, the two of us cooked pots in the little Sichuan on your street, and now that place is gone—" Zhang Li said with nostalgia.

"No, now it's a high-rise, next to the subway station, I heard it's more than [-] yuan per square meter." Old Tan said.

"Shabu hot pot and drink white wine, you drink fast, I didn't wait to drink it, you've gone down half a glass—"

"I heard that Xiang Dong bought a house there. By the way, when will he and Qin Lili get married?"

"Gregorian year—"

Zhang Li put a piece of meat into Lao Tan's bowl, and then put Flammulina velutipes into the pot.

"Xiaolong, Xiaohui, good boys, it would be fine if our employees were like them—" Lao Tan said.

"I want to think about good things. Nowadays, children have personalities. Parents can't control it, and neither can we. It's enough to work hard and not cause trouble."

"Is the cultural training still going on every month?"

"Proceed. Lili has done a good job, but I don't think the effect is very good. The teachers at school didn't educate them well. It's useless for us."

Old Tan took a sip of his wine, put down his glass and said, "After finishing school education, you have already passed the university entrance exam. Why do you still come to us? Let me tell you, sometimes you don't necessarily like to study or even dislike it when you pay tuition with money, but when it comes time to earn When it’s time for money, I’ll give you some training, and you might like to listen to lectures on social university courses, because it’s practical and practical.”

"That also scores points." Zhang Li retorted.

"There is no discrimination in teaching. Since people come to our house, we have the obligation to teach them well."

"Then there is still a way of not conspiring with each other."

"That's the way it is said, you can't talk to your employees. When you come, you are your own family, and you are all treated as equals. You know, a restaurant's popularity depends on word of mouth, and its failure also depends on word of mouth.

Many people say that the hotel died because of a broken capital chain, or because it couldn't keep up with the form, or because of chaotic management.On the surface, this is what I thought before.

In the past few years, especially this year, I have repeatedly studied that the death of the restaurant starts from the inside.When the employees start to scold the hotel and the boss and are unwilling to do it, the restaurant is not far from death.

The restaurant has been recognized by guests through warm service and delicious meals, and has gained word of mouth, and then spread it from one to another, gradually becoming popular.Good word of mouth is given by customers, and it can make a store popular.

Bad word-of-mouth is born from within, and you don't care about it at the beginning, and it's too late when you care about it.To put it bluntly, when your employees say that your family is not good, it is normal to waste, waste, cut corners, arrive late and leave early to delay work, and hurt customers with sarcasm.

They all want to make the hotel bigger and stronger, and even make it a century-old enterprise with a long-term foundation. However, if we do not pay attention to the education, skill training, salary, living benefits, and growth of basic employees, not only good employees will not be retained, but excellent ones will not be retained. He will change jobs, and when he leaves, he will say: This restaurant won't last long, and it will turn yellow sooner or later. "

Old Tan took a big sip of wine after speaking.

"It's dirty while talking." Zhang Li added with a smile.

"Almost." Old Tan nodded, "Employees are the biggest cost and wealth of an enterprise, and they create wealth. Good products are made, and the product is not only good if the raw materials are good. This is obvious.

No matter how good the process, no matter how good the standard is, someone has to do it.As the saying goes, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken and marry the dog, the same is true for employees. If you train him, give him good treatment and room for development, he will grow up and become his own family. die.

If you think about it, it has nothing to do with the capital chain. If you can afford to open a restaurant, you are not short of money.The main thing is structure, mind and willingness to invest more in employees and save less money for yourself.Don't think of yourself as the boss, the relationship with employees is no longer an employment relationship, but a partner.Everyone earns money, that's the way to think about it. "

"Old Tan, I admire you more and more. Do you always think about these things?" Zhang Li asked.

"Why don't you think about it? Do the math, now there are 500 directly-operated stores and cooperative stores, and nearly [-] people. Five hundred mouths are waiting to eat and support their families. They are all looking at you. Do you dare to relax? One step is wrong It’s all about losing, it’s a lot of pressure.”

This is indeed the case. As the executive president, Lao Tan dare not relax at all.The whole company situation is in his heart, he has to be responsible for the livelihood of [-] employees.

Now that it has become a group, the future development will definitely be faster and farther. The number of employees will continue to increase, and the burden on the shoulders will be heavier.

As a partner for many years, Zhang Li knew the pressure Lao Tan was under, so she took on as much work as possible to lighten the load for him.

Having said that, as an old friend for many years, she understands Lao Tan, knows the pain in his heart, and wants to stay with him more, and care, care and comfort him with the tenderness of a woman, because she loves this man deeply.

The topic of the two of them didn't leave work for a long time, and they talked and discussed a lot. It wasn't until Zhang Li mentioned going to the hospital for an examination that they moved to life.

"You should understand me. What hospital do you go to at this time? Besides, I don't have any illnesses, just high blood pressure." Old Tan said.

"Then check and check, treat the disease if you are sick, don't worry if you are not sick." Zhang Li said.

Old Tan smiled, picked up his wine glass and touched Zhang Li's glass, saying: "Sickness is also a heart disease. If you have a good mentality, there is nothing wrong with it. Don't talk, come and drink."

Zhang Li picked up the wine glass, glanced at Old Tan, and asked, "Are you really planning to sneak away? Won't you tell Yanhua?"

"Say it, why don't you say it. Zhang Yu has mailed all the sheep, so he has to go. I can't die yet, and I can see you anytime I'm sick."

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Libai glanced at her, raised her glass as a signal, and then did it.

Then Lao Tan did the same.

(End of this chapter)