Xu Tongdao came to work at Zhiweixuan as usual. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is a day of rest for most industry practitioners, but most of these industries obviously do not include service industries such as catering.
The more holidays come, the busier they are as caterers.
This is determined by the nature of the industry and there is nothing we can do about it.
Walking all the way into the store, passing the door of the women's locker room, and preparing to go to the men's locker room, Xu Tongdao suddenly stopped.
Because he suddenly saw Bu Yinghui in a bright red cheongsam standing in the door of the women's locker room, looking at him, hesitating to speak, as if she wanted to call him.
Tongdao Xu's eyes fell on her hands in front of her lower abdomen. In her hands, she held a small gift box tied with a red ribbon.
So Comrade Xu laughed.
He was still in a hurry just now, wanting to go to the locker room to change clothes as soon as possible, but now he was no longer in a hurry.
"Are you waiting for me?" he asked.
Bu Yinghui was a little afraid to look at him. As soon as her bright big eyes touched his gaze, she immediately lowered her eyes. Her hands holding the gift box unconsciously squeezed slightly, and Xiafei's cheeks tightened.
She is a little nervous.
Tongdao Xu saw all these reactions in his eyes, and the smile on his face became even thicker.
Maybe it's a bad taste or a perversion, but anyway, he likes beautiful women to blush because of him.
There is a perverted sense of accomplishment.
"Uh-huh."
Bu Yinghui lowered her head and responded in a low voice.
At this moment, a sentence he had learned in the past flashed through Xu Tongdao's mind: The most tenderness of lowering his head was just like a water lotus... shy of being overwhelmed by the cool breeze.
Her shy look at this moment touched his heart.
He wanted to step forward, open his arms, and embrace her.
But reason told him that he would scare her.
You can't scare the snake away.
So, at this moment, he smiled like a gentleman and stretched out his right hand in front of her, "Is this a gift for me?"
"Yes, yes!"
Bu Yinghui quickly put the small gift box in his hand and whispered quickly: "It's not worth much. It's definitely not as expensive as the boots you gave me. Don't dislike it. When I have money in the future, I, I
I’ll make up a more expensive one for you!”
As she said this, she tried to run away from Tongdao Xu, as if she was overwhelmed with embarrassment and eager to escape from here.
With the speed with which Tongdao Xu used to catch chickens and fish at home when he was a child, he was absolutely sure that he could catch her and prevent her from escaping.
But he didn't move, and let her run away from him with a smile, like a rabbit running away in panic.
After she ran away, he turned back silently, looked at her hurried back, and smiled at the corners of his eyes.
What did she give me?
His eyes returned and fell on the small gift box in his hand. He casually tore off the ribbon that bound the gift box and opened the cardboard box.
It's a black wallet, made of leather.
It was larger than the one he was using now and had a simpler style. He looked at it with a smile for a few seconds before accepting it and striding into the men's locker room.
When changing clothes, he replaced the old wallet he was wearing with the one Bu Yinghui gave him.
For him, this is a good start.
He gave her a pair of leather boots yesterday, and she gave him a wallet today.
Although these two things are definitely not equivalent in price.
But does it matter?
The important thing is that they gave each other gifts. Seeing how shy she looked just now, it was obvious that she had made up her mind and mustered up the courage to give them.
He is very happy.
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In a blink of an eye, the time comes to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
The annual Lantern Festival.
In Mizutori City, the Lantern Festival is generally called the "Little New Year".
In 1998, it was not like more than ten years later. If it were more than ten years later, there would be no need to wait for the Lantern Festival. Many office workers would go out to work, and those who worked part-time would also go out to work.
In 1998, the common custom here in Mizutori City was still the old saying: do nothing until the first half of the first month is over.
In this era, for many people, the New Year can only be considered complete after celebrating the 15th day of the first lunar month.
And today is the first half of the first lunar month.
That morning, when Comrade Xu came to work at Zhiweixuan, he heard many chefs in the kitchen talking about who was taking annual leave on which day.
Although there are still several orders for wedding banquets that have been booked at noon and evening today, the chefs in the kitchen have generally relaxed mentally.
During this Spring Festival, everyone has been busy for half a month, and everyone is already tired.
Comrade Xu heard their discussion and the head chef had arranged for several people to take annual leave starting tomorrow.
The length of annual leave for these people varies.
The spoon chef can take half a month off, and the garnishing chef can take a week off.
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The apprentices who work in Dutch are the most pitiful. They don't have a complete annual leave at all. They have to wait for the chef to wait for a day when the business is not busy, and then temporarily arrange for them to take a day off, or half a day.
Chef Luo Zongping did not arrange a holiday for Xu.
Tongdao Xu himself estimated that he would need to discuss his annual leave with General Manager Zhang Chang.
He was originally recruited by Zhang Fafa himself, and Luo Zongping usually didn't ask him to do this or that.
Of course he also wanted to rest for a few days.
During the half month of the Spring Festival, he was more tired than the chefs in the Zhiweixuan kitchen.
During the day, he would come to Zhiweixuan to work, and when he returned in the afternoon, he would need to take care of the business in his own store personally every day.
By the way, in the past half month, the number of people ordering the whole sheep feast at Zhiweixuan has increased two to three times compared to the previous year.
Not only at Zhiweixuan, but also in his own store, the scene is similar.
In the past half month, the business in his store has been very good every night, much better than on New Year's Eve.
In addition to the takeout orders from Legend of the Hungry Wolf, in the past half month, it is normal for his small shop to sell more than a thousand a night, especially from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. During that week, because his store has
The prices of all the dishes in his store have doubled, so in those days, his store's turnover was more than 2,000 yuan every night. The best thing was the night of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, when he sold 3,600 yuan that night.
many.
It's almost like stealing money.
But in recent days, the business in his store has obviously slowed down a lot.
Tongdao Xu estimates that after waiting for today's small New Year, starting from tomorrow night, the business in his store will probably be bleak for at least a week or two.
Diners cannot always have such strong spending power and time.
So, this morning, when he listened to the discussions about annual leave by his colleagues in the kitchen of Zhiweixuan, his mind was moved.
He felt that the new year was almost over and he should go back to his hometown to see his mother, brother and sister.
However, when he thought about the annual vacation, he remembered the agreement he made with Bu Yinghui years ago.
They had agreed that when they were not busy after the New Year, he would take her to his own shop to try the barbecue in his shop.
I just don’t know when her annual leave is scheduled?
Is it the past few days?
This thought had been lingering in his mind all morning.
Then, after getting off work in the afternoon and changing clothes, he did not leave in a hurry, but waited patiently at the door of the locker room.