It's early summer in the provincial capital in May, and the leaves of the poplar trees on both sides of the road are unfolding, and the grass on the ground is completely green.
Green represents life and hope. When people see green in their vision, they feel happy. Coupled with colorful flowers, it is full of vitality.
Feng Shimin wanted to find a companion, and Yanzi wanted to find someone to rely on. They both liked each other, and after being together for a while, they felt good. They were both adults, and without any explanation, Yanzi moved to Feng Shimin's house to live together.
It is very common and normal for people like them to get together late in life. We cannot say that this is not love. Two people cannot get together if they don't appreciate each other. Of course, there is definitely no deep relationship. This must be cultivated slowly.
If people get along well and live harmoniously together, they will last a long time. On the contrary, separation is just a thought.
Yanhua also got a job through Feng Shimin, working as a cleaner in the Tianyitun Village office, half-day shift. The office is located together with the elderly activity center, and she is responsible for the sanitation of the two places. Together, she works for two hours, and at 1 p.m.
get off work.
After work that day, I was walking home along Wanfang Road. When I passed by a Guandong house, I looked inside. The courtyard was full of cars. From time to time, customers who had finished their meals would come out of the store. The waiters following behind were friendly.
He shouted: "Walk slowly, come and visit when you have time -"
Haha, interesting, who came up with this idea when we have time to visit? Yanhua said in her heart, and continued walking, first went to the big market to buy vegetables, and then went home.
After I got home, I lay down on the bed and took a nap. I got up around five o'clock and wanted to cook.
Lao Deng would come back to eat sometimes. If he didn't come back, he would leave the food on the table and heat it for him when he came back.
When Lao Deng doesn't come back, there will be a drinking party. Every time he drinks, he has to take a bite to make up for his drinking. It has become a habit. He is forty-eight years old, and he doesn't drink. Unlike the younger ones, who drink too much and take a nap.
That's fine, he was as active and energetic as ever the next day. If Lao Deng drank too much, he would have to wait for a few days.
Lao Deng didn't drink much in the past, but he started to drink as he got older. Yanhua tried to persuade him several times, but he said he didn't want to drink either, and there were so many people asking him to drink that he couldn't stand it. Those who could push him were pushed, and those who couldn't were forced to do so.
Accompany you. Besides, you can't always ask others to invite you. Sometimes you have to treat me in return. It's a favor.
Yanhua wanted to have a child, but Lao Deng said she was almost 50 years old and it was good to have more children. She really didn’t want a child when she got married. She was young at the time and thought it would be nice and relaxing to not have children.
Now that I am 40 years old, I feel a little lonely. I think about how nice it is to have a child beside me, so that I will not be so lonely.
Having a child is a matter for two people. One person can't give birth to a child. If Lao Deng doesn't want it, he can't just grab a man on the street and have it.
Hey, if there are no children, there will be no children.
When it was time to cook, Lao Deng called and said he wouldn't be back for dinner, so he had to have dinner alone again.
It's boring to eat alone and I don't want to do anything, so I thought about eating a bowl of instant noodles to cope with one bite, and wait for Lao Deng to come back and give him a bowl of noodles.
When I was preparing to order instant noodles, Yanzi called and asked me to go out for barbecue. After thinking about it, I agreed. I found the job through Yanzi, and I had long wanted to treat her and Feng Shimin to a meal. I happened to buy the barbecue and paid for it.
Favor.
So I tidied myself up, dressed up, and left the house shortly after six o'clock.
There are two kinds of steamed dumplings in Guandong people, one is stuffed with cornmeal and sauerkraut, and the other is stuffed with pork and celery. Wang Hongbao dumplings are fine, but she is not familiar with the fillings. Lao Tan compiled the recipes for the two dumpling fillings and gave her them, and she became familiar with them in two days.
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You can always hear his loud voice in the kitchen, sometimes anxious, sometimes angry, sometimes yelling like a bandit. As long as the whole kitchen is quiet when he curses, it means that Lao Tan is anxious, and the consequences will be serious.
He yelled and scolded, and as soon as he finished his work, nothing happened. He walked out of the kitchen like a normal person and walked around in front. He looked at the big stew pot, the tofu shop, and went to the chicken rack and fish pond to chat with Lao Zhu
After chatting for a while, we asked how many chickens, fish, and how many kilograms of loach were sold. Then we went to the rough processing room to express condolences to the two elder brothers, and to the dishwashing room to see the dishwashing lady.
The younger brother had already figured out what kind of temper he had. When he was busy, he would scold him a few times. He would not be impatient and would smile. When he finished his work and saw him slowly walking out of the kitchen, the other boys sneaked outside and seized the time.
Have a nice smoke, make some small talk, and then make a quick trip back before he comes back.
It seems that Lao Tan and these boys have reached a tacit understanding that can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. Often when he returns to the kitchen, it is also when these boys come back from smoking.
Every night at nine o'clock, Lao Tan calls together the bosses of each stall for a meeting, sums up the work of the day, solves existing problems that day, and then arranges the work for the next day.
Under his leadership, the work of several bosses began to be standardized.
The person who has made the most progress is Wang Gang. Although he is not always in the kitchen, he will attend whenever there is a meeting, speak actively, and help Lao Tan do his job well. He has learned a lot in the process and his work is much more rigorous than before.
"Today, three customers reported that there was too much oil. What's going on, Li Xu?" Lao Tan asked.
"That's what happened. Hua Qing was in a hurry when he was making it, so he added fat to the intestines and tripe slices." Li Xu explained.
"Are you still watching?" Lao Tan asked.
Li Xu blushed a little, smacked his lips and said, "I'm busy at that time, so I'll just do it if I don't want to. I guess the guests won't be able to eat it."
Lao Tan laughed and said: "A typical fluke mentality. Let me tell you that our Liu San Yang is famous in Santaizi. Even Chishan Restaurant can't make it like us. Most of the people who order Liu San Yang are
Repeat customers come back to order after having a good meal in the past. Ten dishes can accommodate one guest, and one plate of dishes can accommodate a table of guests. This is a number."
"It was my dereliction of duty, I wish I hadn't let him do it at the time." Li Xu said sincerely.
Lao Tan did not blame Li Xu, but said with some sincerity: "Let me tell you, why are some restaurants very popular when they open, but not so popular after they open? The reason is very simple, just like this plate of slippers.
If you do it well, the guests will be entertained. If you do it poorly, the guests will eat it in one bite, and there will be immediate feedback. To be honest, it’s good for the guests to have feedback, and we can know where we went wrong. If we don’t give feedback, it’s over, and we won’t know anything.
I thought I was doing a good job, but the customers stopped coming. Is that true?"
Everyone nodded.
"Don't take chances. I haven't heard people say that the masses have sharp eyes." Old Tan said with a smile.
Everyone also smiled.
Then Lao Tan changed the topic to a lighter topic and asked about the preparations for the dance competition. Everyone became active and said that the fourth floor is very lively during the break time from 2 to 4 in the past few days, and everyone is practicing there.
Dance, and each team also changed their formation, shouted slogans, and prepared to catch people's attention on the day of the competition and win the championship in one fell swoop.
It's good that this kind of situation can happen, it shows that the employees' hearts have been won.
After the small meeting, Lao Tan left Wang Gang and Wang Shulan behind and told them about his idea of changing the pickled cabbage stuffing into pickled cabbage oil shuttlecocks. They both agreed, and the matter was settled.
Then the three of them left the office together. Wang Gang said he had to leave first.
Lao Tan and Wang Shulan returned to the kitchen.
Wang Hong came out of the pastry room after cleaning up and saw Lao Tan standing at the door of the kitchen. She walked over and asked, "Just now our boss said that we should change the sauerkraut stuffing into sauerkraut oil spinach. Can we make the oil spinach ourselves?"
"No, hot dishes are made every day and the oil will be delivered to you after practice." Lao Tan said.
"When I was a kid, I always ate dumplings stuffed with oily spinach. I think they taste better than those stuffed with meat," Wang Hong said.
"Yeah, but you have to bring out the flavor. You can't just follow the restaurant's recipe. Use less seasoning. The more homely the better."
"I made it at home. My mother and brother both said it was delicious. I'll make a plate for you to try tomorrow."
"Okay." Lao Tan nodded and continued, "I haven't treated you to a meal since I came here, so I'm going to treat you today."
Wang Hong looked at Lao Tan and said, "This is what you said. I'll wait for you after get off work."