As soon as Aunt Phil walked in, she immediately shouted Merry Christmas to everyone in the restaurant.
Every Christmas, Aunt Phil's family is the first to come over for dinner, and Aunt Phil's family is different from other families. Others eat American-style Chinese food, but Aunt Phil's family has a Chinese-style Christmas dinner. I especially want to
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"Merry Christmas Auntie".
Both Zhang Wen and Zhang Chi greeted Aunt Fei.
Zheng Huai also followed Zhang Wen and called Aunt Feil.
"Yo, yo! Look how good-looking this girl is. Not only is she good-looking, but she also has a good temperament!" Aunt Phil pulled Zheng Huai up and looked her up and down and started to praise her.
"Thank you, Auntie." Zheng Huai felt a little embarrassed.
"Dawen, you are really discerning. When will you hold a happy event?" Aunt Phil asked.
Aunt Fei had watched Zhang Wen grow up, so it wasn't too rude to ask. The two families were well connected, so as Zhang Wen's elder, Aunt Fei spoke a little casually.
If you were a foreigner, no one would ask this, because it is a relatively personal matter.
"Next year, find a time next year," Zhang Wen said.
"Okay, okay, such a good girl has to strike first." Aunt Phil likes girls like Zheng Huai who have obvious Chinese temperament.
Aunt Phil likes Chinese girls, but doesn't like those foreigners. She feels that foreign girls are not as good at taking care of the family as us Chinese girls.
Gu Ying and Zhang Youliang, who were in the kitchen, heard the commotion outside and came out.
The two families wished each other a Merry Christmas.
"You really came in time. The roast suckling pig over there is just right. Do you want to eat now?" Zhang Youliang asked Aunt Phil and his family.
"Eat, eat, any later will delay your business."
With that said, Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen began to set the dishes on the table.
Zhang Youliang directly brought the suckling pig that had been roasted for several hours in the kitchen.
The suckling pig was roasted very well. The whole piglet was lying on the plate, and the whole body was covered with that fragrant sauce color. The oil was swaying, which made it look appetizing.
Zhang Youliang took the plate and began to cut the suckling pig. As soon as the edge of the plate came into contact with the suckling pig skin, a soft clicking sound could be heard in everyone's ears.
The pork skin is crispy, the pork is tender and fragrant, and when dipped in several dry ingredients, each one has a different flavor.
Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen acted as waiters, and Aunt Fei not only ate it herself, but also got some for the Zhang Wen brothers from time to time.
I've been used to it since I was little.
As for why the two families don't eat together? You have to know what time it is now? It's the busiest time of the year. We won't even deliver takeout today. How can we have time to eat with Aunt Phil's family?
Besides, when can the two families have dinner? It has to be on Christmas day?
The food for Aunt Phil's family was served quickly. According to our Chinese custom, there are four cold dishes and six hot dishes. The cold dishes include preserved egg tofu, dry-cut beef, peanuts and salted duck. The hot dishes are also home-cooked.
, some loofah scrambled eggs, stir-fried beef and so on.
Of course, when we celebrate the festival, how can we miss fish? The good luck of having fish every year is indispensable, so in the center of the table, besides the roasted suckling pig, there is a steamed mandarin fish.
Aunt Phil's family was halfway through eating, and the restaurant started to fill up. Everyone has a holiday today, and everyone knows what the state of the Chinese restaurant is today, so those who can come early will naturally come early. If they don't care about others, they just don't want to be formal.
Queue during meal time.
Foreigners' dishes are actually easy to prepare for Chinese cooks. They all like the sweet and sour ones, and the shredded vegetables are even more popular with them.
Zhang Youliang and Gu Ying worked in the kitchen, while Zheng Huai helped out by delivering things, while brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Chi worked as waiters.
The dishes came out quickly, and brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Chi were almost constantly shuttling between the kitchen and the guests' tables.
At eleven o'clock, a line began to line up in the restaurant, and soon the line stretched outside.
I have to say that these foreigners are really anti-freeze. In such a cold weather, if you throw a bench outside, these guys can sit on it for half an hour.
As a restaurant owner, we couldn't let our guests sit there like this. As usual, Zhang Youliang and his wife prepared ice water and sour plum soup for these people.
These things are all cold! But most people in this group of Americans don’t have the habit of drinking hot water, so sitting outside in the temperature of more than ten degrees below zero, drinking iced sour plum soup, may give people who are new here...
Shocked.
Zheng Huai now has a new job, which is to serve the customers queuing outside.
Zhang Chi was so busy working that he could hardly touch the ground. He looked out the window. He originally wanted to see how long the queue was outside, but who knew that he actually saw Li Qiao's family.
So Zhang Chi took advantage of his free time and walked out.
"Why are you here to join in the fun?"
Zhang Chi asked Li Qiao with a wry smile.
Li Qin said: "We have nothing to do today and don't want to cook, so we just wanted to come over and have something to eat. Who knew when we got here, we would see such a long queue."
"You guys really know how to pick the time, come here at this time." Zhang Chi really didn't know what to say to these two people. Ordinary Chinese people would choose this time to come over for dinner. They can just grab a bite at home to deal with it, and they are waiting in such a queue in the ice and snow.
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Li Qiao said: "Okay, go ahead and do your thing. I see you are so busy in there that you are almost like the Flash. Your uncle and the others are really good at serving food at such a speed."
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "I can't help it, I've learned it through practice. I won't talk to you anymore. If we continue talking, my brother won't be able to bear it."
After a few words with Li Qiao's family, Zhang Chi went back into the house and got busy.
Taking advantage of a little free time, Zhang Chi took some snacks and gave them to Li Qiao's children, such as fried broad bean curds, spiced beans and so on. Of course, he couldn't just give them to Li Qiao's children. The American children also shared some.
Without hurrying to ask the children if they were delicious, Zhang Chi turned around and went into the house to continue working.
We continued to work like this until half past two in the afternoon, when all the guests in the restaurant were served and left. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and found a place to sit. No one thought about getting up for the time being.
Zheng Huai's work is lighter, but she still has strength, at least the strength to speak.
"Are you so busy every year?" Zheng Huai asked.
Zhang Wen nodded: "Well, we are so busy at this time of year."
"Uncle, aunt, you still have to pay attention to your health. How can you do it if you are so busy? Young people can't stand it," Zheng Huai said.
Gu Ying heard this and smiled and said: "It's okay. I'm just busy during the festival. Now that you let us two do nothing, we feel so panicked that we can't think of anything after this work."
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"Mom and Dad, I think it's better to hire someone so that you can feel more relaxed," Zhang Wen said.
Zhang Youliang said: "Who are you looking for? How many people want to do this job now? And even if they want to do it, it will take a while, otherwise the taste will change and the regular customers will no longer recognize it."
What Zhang Youliang said is also true. Few people want to work in restaurants now. Even if they do, many people come here with the intention of learning. After they have learned the skills, they will open their own restaurants, which may still be nearby, and they will not be able to grab business by then.
That said, it's still annoying.
In this case, it would be better to keep the restaurant open as it is now if you are in good health, and close it out if you are not in good health.
Everyone chatted for a while, and when they regained some strength, they were ready to eat.
After eating, it’s time to prepare dinner for the evening.
Naturally, there will be another busy schedule next.
It was around nine o'clock after this busy time. After dinner, the restaurant was closed and Zhang Chi was ready to go home.
As soon as I went out, snowflakes started to fall outside again.
Zhang Wen said to Zhang Chi at this moment: "Xiao Chi, don't go back tonight. It just so happens that your brother Xiao Wu hasn't come back, so you can stay at home."
Zhang Chi said: "No, I'd better go back. I still need to take a look at the cows at home. Besides, I'm going back to China soon, and I still need to sort out some things."
Zhang Chi doesn't like living in other people's homes. Although he has a close relationship with his aunt's family, why would he need to live in his aunt's house when he can go home in one step.
"Don't forget to visit my house when you leave. I have something to bring to my uncle and aunt."
"I know, you said it last time."
Zhang Chi replied with a smile, turned around and walked towards the car, got in the car and waved with his mother-in-law's family, then drove home.
The snow fell, covering the previously frozen ice surface. The road was actually easier to walk than in the morning. Zhang Chi's car naturally picked up a little speed.
The journey went quite smoothly. We only encountered a group of bison and a group of deer. We stopped for a moment and waited until these road bullies passed before Zhang Chi continued walking.
When he was almost at the entrance of the town, about two or three miles away from the town, Zhang Chi suddenly saw a group of lights in front of him.
I slowed down and walked slowly, for fear that if there was a big car in front of me, I would hit it if I went too fast.
When I got to the side and took a look, I found that two cars were stuck in the ditch. I don't know whether they slid in or the driver drove in. Anyway, it seems that the two cars can't move now.
Looking at the license plates, Zhang Chi knew that the two cars were from outside the country. They were obviously not familiar with the roads here. This was a mountainous area. Although there were no cliffs, there were quite a few sharp turns and snake turns.
Normally it's okay, as long as the speed doesn't change too fast, you can turn around. But at this time, if your speed is a little faster and the tires lose grip, you will be in trouble.
Zhang Chi carefully parked the car on the side of the road and walked out to see what was going on.
"HI! Dude".
As soon as Zhang Chi got out of the car, he heard a sound.
"Hello, what happened?"
Zhang Chi said hello to several people standing next to the car in English.
Before these people could answer, Zhang Chi was happy.
Because he heard an all too familiar exclamation.
"Oh, this is so unlucky," a figure complained.
"Chinese?"
Zhang Chi asked happily.
The person on the other side was obviously stunned, and immediately became enthusiastic: "Brother, are you Chinese too?"
Both sides were chatting in Chinese, and even the air was a little warm.