The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 244 New Year Arrangements
In the hearts of every Chinese, the New Year is reunion, celebration, peace, and going home.

The New Year is warm and welcoming, but catering people are afraid of the New Year.

Every Chinese New Year is the most difficult time for catering people.

can't go home--

In the video, we saw a little girl calling her father, who is a chef, with tears on her face: "Dad, are you going home for Chinese New Year this year? I miss you."

Dad held back his tears and said: "Come back, definitely, Dad will come back when he finishes cooking—"

When the phone was dropped, the little girl was overjoyed. The father wiped the tears off his face with the apron, stood there for a while, and then went to the stove to continue cooking.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 10 million people across the country are struggling on the catering front, and nearly 8% of them cannot return home every year during Chinese New Year.In other words, there are 8 million families whose children are waiting for their fathers and mothers to come home for the New Year, and [-] million parents who are looking forward to their sons and daughters coming home——
Diners are suffering.

In response to this situation, Yanhua and Lao Tan decided that from this year onwards, the family members of the employees will be brought to the hotel for the New Year, and the hotel will bear all the expenses.Of course, this is not a small expense, and it is all pure profit.But you have to take what you deserve, and you can't feel bad.As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world. If there are no loyal employees who treat the restaurant like their own, the restaurant will not be far from Huangpu.

In fact, apart from local employees, only one-third of the family members of non-local employees can come to the hotel to celebrate the New Year.Those family members who could not come were very grateful for the care and consideration of the boss, and they all called to express their gratitude.

Old Tan decided to go home for the New Year, but Lin Yan couldn't go back, and she couldn't rest until [-] o'clock.

His son, Jiaheng, went back when his grandma celebrated her birthday, and came back after the Chinese New Year.With her son not at home, Lin Yan decided to go back to her natal home for the New Year, which made Lao Tan very unhappy.

If the two of them set off at [-]:[-] p.m., they will arrive at Beipiao's hometown at [-]:[-] p.m., which is not too late.Of course, it takes more than an hour to go to Lin Yan's mother's house.

In addition, Lin Yan has to go to work in the third year of junior high school. It is really unrealistic for Lao Tan to go back to Beipiao in total, and it is not the case to go back by himself, so he decided to spend his [-]s in the provincial capital. On the fifth day of the lunar new year, I went back to my hometown to visit my mother, and then came back with my son.

The reason for this decision is that there is a son at home to accompany the mother, and the old lady is also interesting during the Chinese New Year, so I can understand if I don’t go back.Secondly, there are family members of employees who are celebrating the New Year in the hotel. That’s what it means to accompany them at thirty nights. Otherwise, the employees will not go home during the New Year and work hard on the front line.

Also, he also wanted to take this opportunity to spend a new year alone with Lin Yan, so as to relax.

As the saying goes, one day a couple is a hundred days of kindness, the two are not together all the year round, some have children, there is no conflict of principle, mistakes, and no one is looking for someone outside, the family and children are the same, there is no need to cause tension , like a stranger.

Until now, he doesn't think that Lin Yan has ulterior motives and wants to divorce him, but it's just that he doesn't like living a married life, and it's annoying to even think about it.

Old Tan can't think about it, anyway, he's used to it over the years.Of course, I don't want to be fake, normal physiological needs, don't say anyone, they are all the same.You can't divorce your daughter-in-law because of this, and it's embarrassing to say it.

Lin Yan agrees to his New Year's plan, and promises to go to the restaurant with him to have fun with the people on the [-]th night.In other words, it will be a very happy Spring Festival.

It’s the Chinese New Year, so I should be busy, but everything has been arranged, there are people to do everything, and I’m free.

People tend to miss home, parents, relatives, and old friends during Chinese New Year.

Although Lao Tan has been busy in the past few years, every time he returns to the provincial capital, he has a meal with his old neighbors Li Ge, Wang Ming, Xiaofeng, Wang Nianjiao Liu Ge, and catch up on the old days.When he was away, these old friends often went to the dumpling restaurant to cheer.

The friendship has been going on for so many years, and it will never be broken.Although we are not colleagues or partners, we can talk and get along for a long time, and we have surpassed the boundaries of friends and become brothers and confidants.

We remember that Lao Tan and Brother Liu met at the mahjong club. They were drinking friends at first, and then became friends after drinking too much.It was through Brother Liu that Lao Tan got to know Yanzi, and after knowing Yanzi, he reunited with Yanhua who had lost contact for many years, and had today's Aqiao.

It seems to be the arrangement of God in the dark. According to fatalism, this is a cause and effect.

The neighbors, Li Ge and Wang Ming, both work in the aircraft factory. The opening of Ah Qiao's first store and the large number of people eating are inseparable from their constant solicitation of customers from the factory.

Although Aqiao no longer needs to solicit customers, it was indeed these friends who supported her back then.Don't forget the well digger when you drink water, and you should be grateful whenever you come.

Among these friends, Xiaofeng is the only woman, even though she is a woman, she is definitely a friend, and the old men who do many things admire her.To be honest, she has a number one in Santaizi, and many big brothers in the society give face, and they call her "Sister Feng" when they meet each other.

She was very supportive, and brought her friends here every now and then, so much so that her friends thought she had shares in it.All her friends are Aqiao, and she has a lot of friends, in several major districts. With Aqiao's membership card in her hand, she eats in any restaurant.

Today, the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Lao Tan called them one by one, and made an appointment to get together at noon, and the place was chosen at the Chishan Road shop near Brother Liu's house.

Lao Tan first went to the store to arrange the meals. It was still early, so he sat down at the front desk and watched the employees work leisurely.Such time is rare for him, and it feels fresh to have it suddenly.

The store manager, Tuyaqiqige, was embarrassed to face Lao Tan because of his affair with Huaqing, and stood in front of the bar, a little reserved.

Lao Tan didn't think about that, and waved when he saw her standing.

She tensed up, thinking that Old Tan wanted to talk to her about Hua Qing, so she walked over nervously and stood there.

The employees of the entire group are afraid of Old Tan, not because he looks fierce and always has a sullen face.The so-called fear is actually respect. The employees all know that Lao Tan is the one who is good for them. With him, they have confidence in their hearts and are willing to do it.

Every employee has attended Lao Tan's training class, and heard his lectures on filial piety, gratitude, and conduct.His words can speak to people's hearts, and people will accept them, love to listen to them, be educated, and follow them naturally.

If you speak well and do well, you will be respected.

The shadow of a person's famous tree, as long as one's heart is upright and one's actions are worthy of one's conscience, people will naturally respect them.

Old Tan sat down elegantly, and asked, "Have all the arrangements for the family members of the employees who come to celebrate the New Year?"

Turns out it wasn't about that, Tuya let out a long breath, and replied, "Well, it's all arranged, and two more will arrive tomorrow."

"Be sure to entertain well, ask people to eat at dinner time, cook two more dishes, and prepare the wine." Old Tan instructed.

"Yeah." Tuya nodded.

"By the way, your family didn't come?" Old Tan asked.

Tuya blushed, and hurriedly said: "No, he took the children back to the pastoral area to celebrate the New Year with the elderly, and I will go back on the ninth day of the lunar new year."

"Alright—" Lao Tan was about to say something, but was interrupted by the noise from the food delivery room, and couldn't help looking up.

A woman stood at the door of the food delivery room, with a boy about four years old beside her.Opposite the woman is the chef of the restaurant. Old Tan is a bit unfamiliar, he must have just arrived.Chef Xiao Gao is also there.

The woman pointed at the chef and said loudly: "Are you still a human? If you don't go home at the mahjong club all night, you know how to play for money. The child's wife doesn't care. How can you live this year? The child hasn't even bought a piece of clothing yet!" "

"Scream, shame on you! Go back!" the chef shouted loudly, as if reaching out his hand.

Xiao Gao immediately went up to stop him.

"Go back? Give me the money and I'll go back. You're only a Chinese New Year and your child is still Chinese New Year!" the woman shouted.

"No money!" The cook simply went rogue.

"I don't feel ashamed. You all listened to him saying that he had no money. Is this what the old men said? If you have money to play mahjong, you don't have money to buy clothes for your children. Others buy this and that during the New Year. My family is fine." , I can’t buy anything, I don’t have a penny. I just know how to play mahjong, and I play it all day long, and I don’t go home, and I don’t care about the children.

How do you say this year?Woooo—”

Seeing his mother crying, the child didn't know what happened, so he started crying too.

The chef played mahjong all night, lost all his money, and was losing his spirits. Unexpectedly, his daughter-in-law brought the children to the restaurant, and the shopkeepers were watching. Feeling that he had lost face, he couldn't help being annoyed. He slapped his daughter-in-law on the face——

Old Tan got up after he understood what was going on, but he abruptly stopped the slap, and when the chef was in a daze, he slapped Old Tan on the face.

The chef was naturally unwilling to be beaten, but he was still awake when he was about to fight back. Seeing that it was Old Tan, he immediately fell silent.

The woman's parents-in-law knew that the daughter-in-law brought the child to the restaurant to find the son who was not up to date, and they were worried about making trouble, so they also arrived at this time.

The matter was handled simply, Lao Tan fired the chef on the spot, and gave his wife an extra month's salary, so that they could celebrate the New Year.The chef was still a little dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to play donkey, so he was scolded by his father and left.

Old Tan was very angry. After the family left, he asked Xiao Gao with a sullen face, "How did you recruit such a person?"

"It was introduced by a friend. I just came here for more than a month—Master—"

Seeing Master's unkind expression, Xiao Gao shut up.

"You don't know he plays mahjong?" Old Tan asked.

Xiao Gao has a previous record of gambling, feeling guilty, and immediately said: "I don't know, I really don't know."

Old Tan glanced at him with cold eyes, and Xiao Gao felt his back go cold.

"I don't know, you better not know!" Old Tan said with a cold face, and then warned: "Your friend introduced me, then they must know each other, and they are not gambling friends, but they are playing money together, don't say your friend doesn't play money !

If you feel that the good life is enough, I will fulfill you! "

(End of this chapter)