When Lin Yan came home after returning from a business trip, she first saw Lao Tan's leg and asked about the injury.
"You, the danger is getting worse and you didn't call me to tell me." Lin Yan said reproachfully.
"No, I don't want you to worry." Lao Tan said.
"Does it still hurt now? Can I walk on the walkway?" Lin Yan asked.
"Okay, nothing's wrong." Lao Tan said.
"Be careful when working in the future."
"Well, I have to go to Hohhot in a few days. The decoration over there is complete and the business is open." Lao Tan said.
"Go, there's nothing wrong at home." Lin Yan said.
"You------are you always on business trips? My son is at home by himself, and when he goes on business trips, he will find someone to keep him company." Lao Tan said.
"No, my son is brave. He is fine at home alone. Is he my son?" Lin Yan asked Jia Heng who was watching TV.
Jiaheng stared at the TV and said, "Well, it's okay, I dare to be at home."
"You don't have to worry about my son's affairs. You haven't done anything in these years. You can take care of yourself." Lin Yan said to Lao Tan and walked back to the bedroom.
Lao Tan was a little angry and said, "I don't care who takes care of my son."
Lin Yan turned around and said with a straight face: "Why didn't you take care of me when you were a kid? Where were you when you were sick? Now that you've grown up and it's easy to take care of it, why do you do it so cheaply? You just want good things!"
"Didn't I make money outside when my son was a child? Are you being unreasonable?" Lao Tanlai said angrily.
"We are both being unreasonable. I want to tell you that I don't want to quarrel with you. Son, it's nine o'clock. Stop watching and take a shower and go to bed!"
Jiaheng turned off the TV, stood up and walked to the bathroom. When passing by Lao Tan, he whispered: "My mother is ill."
Lao Tan was comforted by his son's words. He no longer wanted to argue and went back to the house.
Isn't this how couples live, noisy and noisy. What they say is right. When the child was most difficult to take care of, he was not around. Now that it is easy to take care of the child, he starts to care. Why?
Lao Tan is not too entangled, and there is nothing entangled. As long as the two of them are good to their children, this is their common wish.
He did have something to tell Lin Yan, but Lin Yan didn't say anything. Zhang Li told him about Hua Qing, Li Shuang, and Xiao Gao who wanted to become his disciple, and planned to invite a few people to set up two tables.
Let's hold it together.
Lao Tan did indeed promise to accept Li Shuang and Hua Qing as his apprentices when he reached forty. He agreed, but he was a little nervous when he really wanted to accept them as apprentices.
He is a casual person. He always feels that he is a brother with shoulders and heads, and he gets along well with the kitchen brothers as if they are buddies. There is no need to call him master and apprentice, as if it is something wrong.
One day, someone calls me master, and I feel a little uncomfortable when he respects me as an elder.
I have always felt that I am nothing and cannot be a master.
His thinking is related to his personal experience.
A poor boy from the countryside didn't have much ability. All he had was strength and love for life. He kept rushing forward, worked hard, and slowly made it to where he is today.
I didn’t realize how capable I was, and I didn’t realize how good I was at cooking. I wasn’t qualified to accept a disciple and be a master, or in other words, I didn’t want to be a master at all.
This is not humility. Anyone who has had the same experience as him will have this kind of thinking, thinking that they are nothing special and everything is natural.
As the saying goes, one does not know the true face of Mount Lu just because one is in this mountain.
It doesn't matter to me, but in the eyes of others, I am already a successful caterer.
Let's review his experience.
In 1995, I entered the kitchen and started my apprenticeship.
In 1996, I went to Taishan Road and worked as a chopping block for three years.
The first time I went out to cook as a chef was at Yangchun BBQ City, and then the Blue House. Then I went to the World Trade Golf Club, the largest in the provincial capital, to systematically learn Chinese cooking, and became a teacher of the highly respected Mr. Huang.
When I became the head chef, I worked at the Heyuxuan Dumpling Restaurant on Songhuajiang Street. I became famous in two years. Then I joined Linjiangxuan Dumpling Restaurant as the executive chef with my master, and turned Linjiangxuan into an international restaurant. It was popular in Japan and South Korea.
All have opened branches.
Then he took over the nationally famous Laogen Villa and served as the first head chef.
Then he went to Fuxin and built the first smoked tavern in Northeast China.
Then he went to Binhai and took over the Qinghua Pavilion Dumpling Restaurant. In four years, Qinghua Pavilion became nationally famous, became the benchmark for dumplings in Northeast China, and became one of the top names in Oriental cuisine.
Returning to the provincial capital from Binhai, he took over a Guandong family home, two in and two out, and eventually built it into the largest farmhouse in Northeast China, famous throughout the country.
Now, the Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant started to be built has begun to take shape and has attracted the attention of many caterers.
It took me nineteen years to go from being an apprentice to today, becoming a successful caterer and already being respected by my peers.
He is not a master, but many people already regard him as a master, but he does not feel it himself.
As for his personality, we won’t go into details. Over the years of working in the catering industry, his virtues have been recognized with thumbs up.
In terms of money, I know that it is not easy to be away from home. When someone is in trouble, it is helpful to be able to help. In the past 19 years, the money lent and given was at least tens of thousands, and many people have disappeared.
He brought out many people. Some of these people were called his masters and some were called eldest brothers. Now they all stand out and are in charge of their own business.
Hotels are a place where love and extramarital affairs can easily breed. It is not easy for Lao Tan to be alone in these years without having anything to do with women. This is why he has such high prestige.
Conquering a person does not rely on superior conditions and a strong body, but on integrity, sincerity, and charisma.
"When you are apprenticed, you have to serve tea to the master and his wife. Then call your wife over." Zhang Li said.
"Where did those people come from? It's not that troublesome. I just admit it. Also, tell them to stop talking nonsense and just go out for a simple meal. Don't waste it." Lao Tan said.
"Whatever they want to do, do they care? I will take your wife with you when the time comes."
Lao Tan hummed and agreed.
The next morning, before Lin Yan went to work, Lao Tan told her about accepting apprentices. Lin Yan was stunned for a moment. She felt that those who could be masters were all respected senior teachers. Lao Tan was just forty, so why would he accept apprentices?
, don’t mislead others.
She immediately thought that after all these years, it was normal for Lao Tan to accept apprentices. But she did not want to participate in this occasion, so she took out her wallet and gave a few red envelopes and asked Lao Tan to give them to several apprentices when the time came. Lao Tan was very touched.
"Don't accept other people's things. It's all a favor. People worship you as their teacher because you have the final say now. When you don't have the final say, you won't know whether they recognize you or not." Lin Yan said very realistically.
"You know, I don't have the habit of not receiving gifts." Lao Tan said.
"That's not necessarily true. If someone were to buy you a cigarette or a bottle of wine, would you still refuse to accept it? You would happily accept it."
"That can't be helped -" Old Tan said with a smile. Seeing his wife being so open-minded and following the stick when hitting snakes, he asked with a smile: "Are we sleeping in the same room today?"
Lin Yan immediately pulled her face down and said, "It's impossible. I'm not used to it. Didn't I tell you? If I feel uncomfortable, go to the lady. I'm a virgin. I don't care. Do whatever you want, just don't ask me to watch."
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Lao Tan was angry for a moment, wondering what kind of life he was having.
The apprenticeship ceremonies of famous chefs are very grand, and the scene is no less than a wedding scene. There are guests, a host, and about ten tables set up in a pompous manner.
At the scene, the disciples knelt on their knees, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and offered tea and wine. The master sat high in the pavilion with a smile on his face. He received the master's invitation, drank the master's tea, and received the master's ceremony.
Once a disciple has been accepted, it is difficult to say whether he can teach him crafts and conduct himself. As the old saying goes, it is up to the individual to be led by the master to practice.
Lao Tan doesn't pay attention to these things, and even resents them.
Hua Qing is a young man he likes, and he trains her vigorously even if he is not a disciple. As for Li Shuang, he thinks she is just joining in the fun. He has taken her with her for eight years and has already become a brother and sister. He treats her like Zhou Xiaomei.
But Li Shuang didn't think so. Strictly speaking, Lao Tan was her first teacher, and he cared about her, lending a helping hand when she was in the most difficult times, and helping her out of difficulties.
In her heart, she was grateful to Lao Tan. She always treated Lao Tan as her boss and master, so she was determined to worship him as her teacher.
When Xiao Gao and Lao Tan didn't want to accept him, he was tired of those who played for money. Although Xiao Gao had changed his ways and he liked him, he had no intention of accepting him as a disciple. But there was Li Shuang, so he just accepted him.
He thought he could accept three apprentices in this life, but the master only accepted four. He couldn't have more, and he didn't have time to take them, so he shouldn't really mislead others.
The matter of accepting disciples was handled by Zhang Li, and Lao Tan only had one principle: don't make it a big deal, the simpler the better.
Zhang Li knew what his temper was like, so she naturally knew what to do.
In the evening, there were four tables of banquets in the lobby of the old store.
At the first table were Yanhua, Yanzi, Lao Deng, Li Wanshan, Liu Ge, Xiaofeng, and Lao Tan’s old neighbor Li Ge. Lao Tan didn’t expect Zhang Li to invite Liu Ge, Li Ge, Xiaofeng, and Li Wanshan.
Very touched.
"Brother Tan, you won't sue me when you accept a disciple, so I'll take care of you." Li Wanshan shouted in a loud voice.
Old Tan laughed.
Xiaofeng patted Lao Tan hard and said, "Am I going to be the aunt in the future?"
"It's necessary." Lao Tan said.
At the second table were Zhongqing, Wang Gang, Zhou Xiaomei, Cao Tao, the manager of Sichuan Bazi Hotpot, Huang Yuhang, the young owner of Sanmin Restaurant, and several familiar hotel chefs and managers.
Let’s talk about Huang Yuhang, the young owner of Sanmin Hotel. Ever since he visited Chengdu, he and Lao Tan have formed an indissoluble bond. When Lao Tan was working in Guandong, he always went to learn from others, and after arriving at Aqiao, he always
Come and become a year-end friend.
Mr. Lao Tan guided his management and made marketing plans. Now the business of Sanmin Hotel is very prosperous.
Obviously Huang Yuhang and Sichuan Bazi manager Cao Tao are close lovers, and they are said to be getting married at the end of the year.
At the third table are Wang Hong, Fang Jianjun, Sun Haicheng, Meng Meng, Xiaolong and Xiaohui, who are the representatives of the kitchen.
The fourth table is occupied by Qin Lili, Tu Ya, Sister Xu and others, who are front desk representatives.
When everyone arrived, Zhang Li announced that the apprenticeship ceremony had officially begun.