Chapter 9666 Business is bleak
Tan frowned and looked at Yang Huamei unhappily.
She felt that her daughter was no longer close to her.
Before, it was because the eldest grandson was strong and not close to me.
At this moment, another daughter-in-law, Xu Qiaohong, appeared and stopped kissing me again.
If it's Zhuang Zhuang, then Tan has nothing to do. After all, Zhuang Zhuang is Mei'er's grandson, and the same blood flows through him.
But this Xu Qiaohong is the daughter-in-law and an outsider. How can she not be close to her own mother for the sake of an outsider?
"Mei'er, you've gone too far! It chills me so much!"
Ms. Tan was very angry, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, stood up, sat on the empty bed next to her, and dug her head in silence. Silenced.
Yang Huamei originally wanted to coax a few words from Tan, but after thinking about it, she gave up the idea.
Let her cool off for a while, maybe she'll figure it out.
Maybe the old lady has listened to his plea, but the old lady has a strong temper and is embarrassed to say soft words in person, so she will skip this topic for the time being and continue eating.
So, when Lao Yangtou and the others came back from the restaurant after eating and drinking, they thought that Yang Huamei and Mr. Tan in the ward were both asleep.
Because there is no sound at all!
However, when they entered the house, they found that the two women were immersed in eating and said nothing to each other.
……
Qingshui Town.
Dabai returned to Baimeizhai Restaurant. It was lunch time, but the business in the restaurant was not very good, and it was even a bit cold.
This made Dabai very unhappy. He walked around the hall and saw Hongmei sitting behind the cashier with her cheek in a daze. She didn't even notice that he came in.
How do you attract customers?
Dabai raised his hand and knocked on the cashier table before Hongmei came back to her senses.
Seeing Dabai, Hongmei's eyes showed joy.
She quickly stood up and said, "Master, you are back. If you don't come back, our shop will close down!"
Dabai frowned and looked around, "What? I haven’t seen many guys? Where have everyone gone?”
Hongmei sighed: “They all went to Tianxiang Tower!”
"What? You went to Tianxiang Tower? Why? Did something happen?" Dabai asked in surprise.
Hongmei pulled him to sit behind the cashier, put the hot tea she had just made into his hand, and whispered to him what happened in the past three or five days...
< br>After hearing this, Dabai was really furious.
If he hadn't felt so distressed that the tea bowl and tea leaves in his hand were bought with his own money, he would have smashed them to the ground.
“My lousy cousin is deliberately stabbing me in the back!”
He sat on the small stool and gritted his teeth with hatred.
It turns out that in the past few days, the Tianxiang House in town suddenly released news that they wanted to recruit a group of experienced cooks and waiters.
The benefits given are very generous.
As a result, his Baimeizhai suddenly lost two cooks, three waiters, and the waiter.
The two cooks in the backyard were the cooks he spent a lot of money to recruit from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and they were good at Huaiyang cuisine.
"Those two white-eyed wolves, in order to keep them, I specially allocated two rooms in the backyard for them to live alone, and I didn't let them sleep in the big bunk with the guys!"
"I just gave you a few extra cents and ran away, you white-eyed wolf!"
Listening to Dabai's scolding, Hong Hong Mei also shook her head slightly and sighed: "What can I do? If you are not in the restaurant, the people in our restaurant are uneasy. If other restaurants come to poach people at this time, they must be sure to dig them out!"
Dabai After taking a sip of tea, I almost burned my lips. I put the tea bowl back on the counter in a fit of frustration.
“Lao Hong hasn’t left yet?” Dabai asked Hongmei again.
Hongmei shook her head, "I'm not leaving. The meals in the kitchen these days are all supported by Lao Hong."
Dabai nodded: "Lao Hong is still reliable. He can stay at the critical moment and can Let’s share adversity!”
Hongmei turned her face away and snorted.
"Lao Hong is reliable? You can pull him down!"
"What do you say?" Dabai asked.
Hongmei said: "Ever since Tianxiang Tower released the news that they were recruiting people, Lao Hong was the first one to sneak over."
"In the end, they didn't want him!"
"What?" Dabai heard this. His eyes were as wide as copper bells, and his head was buzzing.
"Why don't you want him?" he asked, holding back his anger.
Hongmei sneered again: "People say that they are afraid that the sashimi and raw pickled shrimp will cause trouble to customers and they will not be able to pay for it!"
Dabai was stunned.
This Old Master Hong is the master chef he invited back to specialize in making seafood. He is also the head chef he brought back to the village to prepare the banquet when his younger brother Xiao Hei got married.
The result...
As everyone knows, the mess in the village has not even had time to clean up!
"This bastard, old guy, still has the nerve to stay here?" Dabai clenched his fists, stood up and was about to go to the backyard kitchen to drive Master Hong away. Colleagues are rivals. To Dabai, the cooks and waiters in his shop who were poached by their peers are all rebellious deserters.
But compared to those who directly rebelled and went to Tianxiang Tower, Dabai hated Master Hong even more for the traitor who was rejected by betrayal and still ran back with a licking his face!
So, Dabai plans to go to the backyard to chase people away. They don’t want Tianxianglou, and he doesn’t want Baimeizhai either!
But Hongmei stopped him.
"Even if you want to chase him away, you shouldn't pick it at this moment!" Hongmei said in a low voice.
Dabai stood there, his eyes rolling and his mind working rapidly.
There are only three chefs in the kitchen. Now two are gone and one is left.
If the only one is kicked out, then the chef will be paralyzed.
“Find someone as soon as possible!” Dabai gritted his teeth.
“It’s not difficult to find a waiter, but it’s very difficult to find a chef!” Hongmei said.
Most people can cook the food, so that's nothing.
But to support a restaurant's business, you must have a few brushes.
Dabai pondered for a moment and said: "I can help with the morning tea with a few waiters, so I can handle it."
"But for lunch and dinner, I'm not so good at it. ”
“But even Lao Hong is good at seafood, and he doesn’t have a good grasp of the flavor of our stir-fry dishes!”
Hongmei shook her head: "Lao Hong likes to put sugar cubes in the cooking. No matter it's spicy chicken nuggets or braised fish, he likes to put a spoon in it to make it sweet and spicy."
" You don’t know that in the past few days, several tables of customers have been clamoring for returns and exchanges because of this. My head is really aching to deal with this. I just sat here and was distracted, and I was thinking that I would send someone to the county to urge you back. Fortunately, you are back."
Dabai was jealous! Mei, I haven’t seen you for a few days. Hongmei is obviously haggard and thin.
People who usually like to wear makeup and dress up are actually wearing no makeup these days.
It can be seen that what happened in the restaurant these days really bothered her so much that she didn't even bother to dress up.
"Hey!" Dabai sat back frustrated, with a frown on his face, as if he was owed a hundred taels of silver, and the other party not only refused to pay him back, but also beat him up.
"It's the end of the year, and many people are staying at home for the winter. It's really difficult to find an experienced chef who can cook good food at the moment!"
Dabai sighed.
Not only must the food be delicious, but you must also understand the tastes of the customers in this area. You must also have experience in the operation of the restaurant's large kitchen room, the deployment of the assistant chefs, the staff, and the preparation of various ingredients.
In this way, we can manage the peak meal times at noon and night. Otherwise, if the chef is inexperienced, the big kitchen will be a mess, even more messy than a ball of twine!
Dabai scratched his scalp and couldn't think of a corresponding solution.
At this moment, a customer came over to check out, so Hongmei urged Dabai: "You just came back and you are tired. Go upstairs and lie down for a while. Maybe you can get some rest." Have you thought of a solution? ”
Dabai nodded, "Well, I'm really tired in the county these days!"
It's not that I'm tired of serving my mother, but that I'm being squeezed and followed by Xiao Hei and Xu Qiaohong every day. , tired of all the fuss.
After much thought, he decided to sneak back to the town to rest for a few days.
Otherwise, even if Grandma Gagong, Grandma Ga, and Fourth Uncle stayed in the county hospital for a few days, he would not have a good life, and they would all come to target him!
Dabai went upstairs, returned to the familiar room, washed his face, fell on the bed, pulled the quilt over his head, and fell asleep.
When I woke up, it was already dark.
A lamp was lit in the room, and Hongmei came over.
He held a bowl in his hand.
"Are you awake? When you wake up, sit up and eat your dinner!" Hongmei said.
Dabai got out of bed and came to the table. Hongmei brought over three small bowls of vegetables, plus two bowls of white rice.
A bowl of beef brisket stewed with potatoes, a bowl of soft and rotten pig's trotters, and a bowl of green cabbage hearts.
“Is this dish cooked by Lao Hong? It looks good. It’s spicy and spicy, making you very appetizing!”
Dabai finished the three bowls of food in front of him. After closing his eyes, his eyes lit up and he saw hope again.
Hongmei pouted, "What? I cooked this!"
"What? You cooked it? Your cooking skills are really improving day by day!" Dabai said.
Hongmei Wan'er: "It's specially cooked for you. I know you like this taste."
Dabai put a little of each dish in to taste it. Thumbs up to Hongmei again.
"Why don't you be the chef? Hey, no, no, you are three months pregnant, you can't be affected!"
Dabai quickly gave up this idea.
Hongmei picked up her chopsticks and ate with him.
Dabai glanced at the hourglass on the table again and said, "Why is the hall down there so quiet at this hour?"
Hongmei shook her head: "It's been like this these past few days, even at night. What business? At night. During the meal, only three or five customers came over and ordered a few bowls of noodles. I didn’t look like they were doing business, so I asked them to close early to avoid having to wait too long to light the lamps and waste wax!”
Dabai sighed secretly.
When business was booming a while ago, how could you care about those wax oils?
This is really a sad story!
"Let's close when it's closed. Let's eat first. After we finish eating, I'll show you something!" Dabai said.
"What is it? Show it to me now, can't you?" Hongmei said.
Dabai smiled mysteriously, "Eat first, and I'll show you later. It can be considered a little surprise!"
(End of this chapter)