Tong Yao's mysterious behavior made me a little curious, but I immediately understood roughly what it was about.
Tong Yao's demeanor just now, and what else could an old woman like her mother do to me? So I think it's probably about introducing me to my girlfriend. Besides that, there are other possibilities.
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To be honest, I really don’t want to go there in my heart. If I really want to get married now, Min Siwei is definitely the most suitable first choice. I refused even her without hesitation, let alone other people.
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But I felt that I had to go. The old lady was nice to me, not to mention that she was completely out of concern for me. Sometimes refusal is also a kind of reply and gratitude. But if I don't go, it would be a kind of indifference and rudeness.
So, I went there directly that afternoon, shortly after Tong Yao left my house. Because I had a social event in the evening, and I had to go back to Shangjiang City to work the next day, so I didn't have much time.
Recently, I have been entertaining guests in the provincial capital, and many things in the city have been temporarily put on hold.
I have mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I always feel uneasy when something is on my mind. The files and reports on my desk that need to be processed by me have become a factor in my uneasiness recently.
.Although I am not a workaholic, I pursue perfection.
When I arrived at the restaurant, I found that the old lady was not there. A waiter told me that she had gone to the street. The waiter said to me: "She will be back soon. She will come back before five o'clock in the afternoon every day. Some customers come more frequently."
morning."
I looked at the time, then sat down and waited. The waiter made me a cup of tea.
Now I suddenly thought of something. This restaurant is like this every day, doing the same job day after year, year after year. This is indeed a boring and lonely thing.
Sure enough, the old lady came back after a while. She kept apologizing to me, "I thought you would come at night, so I went to the park to play for a while. I am old and stay in this restaurant every day.
, you have to go out and do activities, activities are the key.”
I smiled and said, "That's what it should be. But you should add some calcium in your daily life. This can also prevent osteoporosis."
She asked me: "Are you taking calcium tablets? Then I will buy them tomorrow."
I smiled and said, "Auntie, you don't need to take any calcium tablets. The best calcium is bone soup. Don't you have to make soup every day in restaurants? That's the best calcium."
Stock is a soup made from pig bones. This is a must-have item in every restaurant. Many dishes need to be cooked with stock, and when making the stock, a small amount of vinegar is added to it, so that it can
It makes the broth look white and sticky. In fact, from a nutritional point of view, adding vinegar during the process of boiling the broth can make it easier to boil out the calcium in the bones.
Many empirical things around us actually contain scientific truths, but many of us don’t pay much attention to it. For example, the saying “if you are not clean, you will not get sick if you eat it” – bacteria in daily life can help
The human body establishes intestinal flora and enhances the body's resistance. If a person lives in an environment that is too clean, it will not only cause poor resistance, but also prone to allergies.
The old lady smiled and said: "Great, then I will drink a bowl every day."
I smiled and said, "Auntie, at your age, you still have to exercise every day. The restaurant doesn't sell breakfast in the morning, so you can take time to exercise every morning."
The old lady smiled and said: "The morning is the time when I have the least free time of the day. Every morning I go shopping with the purchaser, and I don't trust what others buy. Why is the business of our restaurant so bad?
Getting better and better? Mainly because our raw materials are genuine, so I must strictly control the quality of the raw materials."
This old lady takes things too seriously, I thought to myself. But I think her seriousness is a necessity, and it also shows her love for this job.
In fact, for people of her age, money is no longer the most important thing, but "like" has become a rare thing.
I smiled and said, "Auntie, this is also a kind of physical exercise. By the way, Auntie, I heard from Tong Yao that you have something to do with me. Please tell me now. I have to go back to Shangjiang City in a while."
She looked at me and said, "Are you so busy? Well, let me tell you. Originally, I wanted to call you and discuss it with you on the phone, but then I thought it would be better to discuss it with you in person.
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Hearing this, I suddenly realized that my analysis before coming here must be wrong, because such things do not need to be discussed. I hurriedly asked: "What is it? Just tell me directly."
She said: "Xiao Feng, I have an idea. This is actually a suggestion made by many customers who come to eat here. They think our decoration is too old, and the decoration style does not match our dishes.
Because our restaurant mainly serves home-cooked dishes, the decoration style should be simpler, preferably in a pastoral style.
I just thought that we could suspend business during this period around the Spring Festival this year, and then renovate the restaurant. Since there are not particularly many guests during this period, it won’t cause much loss. This will also allow the restaurant’s employees to
Go home early to celebrate the New Year.”
It turned out to be this. Now I completely understood it in my heart, and at the same time I felt funny in my heart: Where have you been thinking of?
I smiled and said: "Auntie, you can just call me and talk about this kind of thing. I think your idea is good, so I'll do what you say. But Auntie, I have a few ideas.
Let's think about it.
First, it’s okay for restaurant employees to take leave early and let them go home, but their purpose of working is to make money, so I think we should still pay them wages. This can be regarded as an increase in their year-end bonuses.
.The restaurant’s business is so good, the treatment of employees should be improved accordingly.”
The old lady smiled and said: "Okay. You are the boss, you have the final say."
I then said: "As for the decoration issue, I think it is best to find a professional company to design. The design style should be combined with the dishes of our restaurant, and it is best to be able to decorate the entire floor above."
Rent it and decorate it into a private room, and turn the entire downstairs floor into a lobby, so that more ordinary people can come to eat home-cooked food here, and at the same time, it also allows slightly higher-end consumers to have a better environment and privacy for dining.
Sex. Finally, there is the issue of decoration costs. Auntie, if you need money, please let me know at any time, and I will transfer the money to the restaurant's account immediately."
She hurriedly said: "There is no problem with money. The profit in the second half of this year should be completely sufficient. I still think that our restaurant should not be too luxurious. It is best to be fresh and simple, so it does not cost much. I will follow you on the decoration."
Whatever you say, I think that's best."
I shook my head and said: "Auntie, the profits in the second half of the year are your hard-earned profits, and you still have to keep your share. Let me pay you 500,000 first. If it's not enough, we'll talk later."
She immediately said: "How can that work? I think this way, we should pay for the decoration costs according to our shares. This is a matter for the two of us."
I suddenly realized something: if I paid all the money for the decoration, it would probably cause her to misunderstand, and she would think that I didn’t want to continue to cooperate with her. So I nodded and said: "That’s okay, Auntie.
, let me tell you, although this restaurant is mine in name, you are actually in charge of it. Starting from next year, the distribution of profits will be based on you, otherwise I will feel very guilty."
She said: "How can that be done? This restaurant is yours. You let me help you manage it because you take care of me and feel at ease with me. Xiao Feng, please don't say that, otherwise I will
I thought you were chasing me away."
I smiled bitterly and said: "That's fine. But Auntie, there is one thing you must listen to me. Starting from next year, your shares will be increased by 10%. Don't say any more about this matter, it's just decided. Otherwise
I would really feel guilty."
She was still refusing. I said: "Auntie, I said it, it's settled. Just consider it a gift from me to Tong Yao for her future marriage, so as not to have a bad impact on her if I give her money directly.
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She kept shaking her head and sighed: "Xiao Feng, you are such a kind-hearted kid. Why doesn't Yaoyao like you? Hey!"
I was suddenly startled: Listening to what she just said, she might have asked her daughter about us. My heart suddenly felt sad, and I said to her with a wry smile: "Auntie, I'm not worthy.
She. She's right."
She was still sighing and said: "She is not good enough for you, okay? You are so good, you are the mayor, and you have money, aren't you just married? Hey! This child, I really don't know what she thinks.
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I didn't want to talk to her about this matter anymore. Although she was Tong Yao's mother, she didn't understand her daughter. I stood up immediately, "Auntie, I have to go back to Shangjiang right away. The restaurant matter is
Just do what we just said, you can call me anytime if you need anything. By the way, I may go abroad for a few days recently, but I will be back soon."
She also stood up hurriedly, "Okay. That's it." (To be continued)