Chapter 1340 The short-lived cousin of the heroine of Wan Yuan Household (22)
I met Wang Zhao when I was crossing the Shiban Bridge.
When the other party saw her, he was overjoyed: "Master Xu, are you going to the restaurant to work? I'll go back and get the lunch box right away!"
He ran for two steps and then stopped: "Master Xu, what are your thoughts?"
Before Xu Yin could speak, she added: "I'm not urging you, I'm just asking. Just think about it carefully and I won't disturb you anymore!"
This time he didn't pause again after he finished speaking, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Xu Yin couldn't laugh or cry.
She was running away so fast, even if she wanted to inquire about Master Zhao, she wouldn't have a chance.
These days, she often sees Master Zhao squatting in the back alley smoking a cigarette.
He used to smoke, but it was to relieve fatigue when he was tired. While smoking, he would chat with the neighbors for a while, which was completely different from the current state of smoking dull cigarettes with his head down.
Master Zhao is indeed worried. According to the manager's recent attitude, he is likely to follow the advice given by Jin Xiuzhu: change the dining tables in the hotel to four-person tables, six-person tables or large round tables that can stew hot pot, instead of
Traditional Eight Immortals table.
As a result, the restaurant will feature the new dishes dreamed up by Jin Xiuzhu, which makes Master Zhao a little uneasy.
What he is best at is frying and stewing traditional dishes. These innovative dishes that Jin Xiuzhu came up with are very sophisticated. In fact, they are better because of the novelty of the dishes. Once he masters the methods, anyone can use them. I have never followed Lao Hong to make them.
Xiao Guo, the pastry chef, knows how to make hot pot bullfrog, and when it is ready, he serves it to the customers, and no one can tell the difference.
If things continue like this, can he still hold on to his position as master?
A month ago, Xu Yin's appearance had already made him uneasy, but at that time, the two of them agreed on the division of labor. He was responsible for frying and stewing, and Xu Yin was responsible for stir-frying and steaming vegetables, so everything was fine.
Now there is Jin Xiuzhu. Let’s say she is good at cooking. She can’t even cook a stove. Let’s say she is not good at it. She has come up with new dishes one after another, which has really made the Red Star Hotel famous. Otherwise, the manager would not know how to cook.
Listening to her words, I plan to change the dining table.
In the future, will it be traditional masters like them who need to be replaced?
He is not like Lao Hong.
Lao Hong's family is a dual-income family. Like him, his wife receives a stable salary every month, and his son has grown up. Although he is unwilling to follow Lao Hong to learn pastry, he also entered the factory and worked as an apprentice in the lathe workshop. The two families
My parents were both retired from the factory and had some pension.
He is different. He has a son at an old age. The son is only twelve years old this year. He is in the developmental stage of a half-grown man who has a poor father and has a good appetite. His wife is also an advanced maternal age and has not been in good health since giving birth to her little daughter.
, he could only slowly do some manual work at home, and his family of four relied on his small salary.
His hometown is in the countryside, and his parents make a living by earning work points from the land. Recently I heard that household quotas are being implemented. It is said that in the future, work points will no longer be available. The farm assigned to the family will be handed over part of the output to the state, and the rest will be given to the state.
It’s all your own. Of course it’s a good thing for a family with a lot of labor, but if there are only old people in the family, it’s good to be able to be self-sufficient without adding burden to the children if they work all year round. How can you expect them to help in turn?
As for the mother-in-law's family, although she is a county worker, she has many children. Her daughter-in-law has seven brothers and sisters. Even if the mother-in-law wants to help, there are still seven pairs of eyes watching.
Master Zhao has something hidden in his heart, so it is inevitable that he will feel a little absent-minded when he goes to the stove.
Something went wrong at noon that day. A patient's family member from a nearby hospital complained, saying that a toad was mixed into the pork liver soup he bought for his father-in-law who was hospitalized.
Why is there a toad?
Oh, it was a bullfrog that hadn't been skinned yet. It jumped out of the basket and into the soup pot. The store was busy during the lunch rush, so I didn't look carefully when the soup was being served, which was a bit scary.
Before this matter is put aside, at most the dish money will be refunded, and the manager will not blame him too much.
The master chefs in state-owned restaurants all have very bad tempers. What are they afraid of if they just complain? They are the ones who serve the iron rice bowl, can they be laid off?
But now, the manager called Master Zhao and severely reprimanded him for more than two hours. In the end, not only was his bonus for this month lost, but his salary was also deducted.
"...Old Zhao, you have been working in this position for more than ten years, how could you still make such a stupid mistake? Fortunately, I fell into an unskinned bullfrog today. You can use the reason that it jumped in on its own.
, what if it’s just a dead rat? The pest control department is not allowed to target our hotel? You know now... In short, if you, a master chef, are so negligent, what do the people below think? Your salary and bonus are deducted to improve your
Be vigilant to avoid similar situations from happening again..."
Master Zhao wiped his face deeply: "Boss, I admit that I was a little distracted at the time, but Xiao Jin is responsible for the bullfrog. Logically speaking, the living bullfrog should be in the backyard and should not enter the kitchen. Besides, it has been a few days.
The bullfrog made a fuss even when it jumped into the soup pot. I am responsible, so doesn’t she have any responsibility?"
"Hey! You are a senior chef, why are you arguing with a new comrade?" The manager picked up the tea cup and took a slow sip of tea. "Although Xiao Jin is messy in her work, she has provided the restaurant with many new dish ideas.
This month's turnover has increased a lot, which is all attributed to Xiao Jin. Two days ago, Secretary Liu accompanied the leaders from the capital to our restaurant for dinner. He praised several new dishes and asked the city government when he would be free.
The master chef from the cafeteria comes to our store to study, what a face-earning thing it is! Even if Xiao Jin has had a fault, the merits and demerits are equal to each other, right?"
Master Zhao came back from the manager's office and remained silent.
Others didn't dare to come forward and ask, but Jin Xiuzhu didn't know she was in trouble, so she walked over and asked:
"Master Zhao, what did the manager call you for? Is it because of the soup at noon? According to me, the patient's family members are also serious. Since they didn't drink a sip and it has no effect on the body, why should they be so aggressive? It's inevitable for people.
I made a mistake, I apologized and refunded my money, what do I think? Master Zhao, don’t worry, if the manager fires you because of this, I will go and tell the manager..."
"Dismissal?" Master Zhao turned his head and stared at her for a moment, "I am a formal employee of a state-owned hotel. I have worked hard in this position for more than ten years. Who can dismiss me?"
He almost laughed in anger.
The former temporary workers didn't dare to express their anger when they saw their master. This temporary worker relied on the manager's protection and usually ignored them if he was neither big nor small in front of them. At this time, he actually said that he should be fired.
"Well……"
Only then did Jin Xiuzhu realize that regular workers in this era were holding an iron rice bowl and eating the country's food. Unless they had done something extremely heinous, there was no such thing as dismissal.
She smiled mischievously: "I made a mistake. What I meant was, if the manager..."
"The manager deducted my bonus salary for this month." Master Zhao sneered and threw away the sweat towel in his hand, "What? Are you going to compensate me for this? Yes, that bullfrog came into the kitchen because of you. You should indeed bear the responsibility.