Mrs. Tan frowned and looked at Yang Huamei unhappily.
She felt that her daughter was no longer close to her.
Before, it was because the eldest grandson was strong and not close to him.
At this moment, another daughter-in-law, Xu Qiaohong, appeared and stopped kissing him again.
If it's Zhuang Zhuang, then Tan has nothing to do. After all, Zhuang Zhuang is Mei'er's grandson, and the same blood flows through him.
But this Xu Qiaohong is the daughter-in-law and an outsider. How can she not be close to her own mother for the sake of an outsider?
"Meier, you've gone too far! It chills me so much!"
Mrs. Tan was very angry. She picked up the bowl and quickly stood up, sat on the empty bed next to her, and fell silent.
Yang Huamei originally wanted to coax a few words from Tan, but after thinking about it, she gave up the idea.
Let her cool off for a while, maybe she'll figure it out.
Or maybe the old lady has listened to his plea, but the old lady has a strong temper and is embarrassed to say soft words in person, so she will skip this topic for the time being and continue eating.
Therefore, when Lao Yangtou and the others came back from the restaurant after eating and drinking, they thought that Yang Huamei and Mrs. Tan in the ward were both asleep.
Because there is no sound at all!
However, when they entered the house, they found that the two women were engrossed in eating and said nothing to each other.
…
Clearwater Town.
Dabai returned to Baimeizhai Restaurant. It was lunch time, but the business in the restaurant was not very good, and it was even a bit cold.
This made Dabai very unhappy. He walked around the hall and saw Hongmei sitting behind the cashier with her cheek in a daze. She didn't even notice that he came in.
How do you attract customers?
Dabai raised his hand and knocked on the cashier table before Hongmei came back to her senses.
Seeing Dabai, Hongmei's eyes showed joy.
She quickly stood up and said, "Master, you are back. If you don't come back, our shop will be closed!"
Dabai frowned and looked around, "Why don't I see a few guys? Where have everyone gone?"
Hongmei sighed: "They all ran to Tianxiang Tower!"
"What? You went to Tianxiang Tower? Why? Did something happen?" Dabai asked in surprise.
Hongmei pulled him to sit behind the cashier, put the hot tea she had just made into his hand, and whispered to him what had happened in the past three or five days...
After hearing this, Dabai was really furious.
If he hadn't felt so sorry that the tea bowl and tea leaves in his hand were bought with his own money, he would have smashed them to the ground.
"My naughty cousin is deliberately stabbing me in the back!"
He sat on the small stool and gritted his teeth with hatred.
It turns out that in the past few days, the Tianxiang Building in town suddenly released news that they were recruiting a group of experienced cooks and waiters.
The benefits given are very generous.
As a result, his Baimeizhai suddenly lost two cooks, three waiters, and the waiter.
The two cooks in the backyard were chefs he hired from Suzhou and Hangzhou with a lot of money, and they were good at Huaiyang cuisine.
"Those two white-eyed wolves, in order to keep them, I specially allocated two rooms in the backyard for them to live alone, and I didn't let them sleep in the big bunk with the guys!"
"If you give me a few extra cents, you'll run away, you're a white-eyed wolf!"
Listening to Dabai's scolding, Hongmei also shook her head slightly and sighed: "What can we do? If you are not in the restaurant, the people in our restaurant are uneasy. If other restaurants come to poach people at this time, they must be sure to dig them out!"
Dabai took a sip of tea and almost burned his lips. He put the tea bowl back on the counter in a fit of frustration.
"Lao Hong didn't leave, right?" Dabai asked Hongmei again.
Hongmei shook her head, "I'm not leaving. Lao Hong has been supporting the kitchen these days."
Dabai nodded: "Lao Hong is still reliable. He can stay at the critical moment and share the difficulties together!"
Hongmei turned her face to the side and snorted.
"Is Lao Hong reliable? You can pull him down!"
"What do you say?" Dabai asked.
Hongmei said: "Since Tianxiang Tower released the news that they were recruiting people, Lao Hong was the first one to sneak over."
"As a result, they don't want him!"
"What?" Dabai's eyes widened when he heard this, and his head was buzzing.
"Why don't you want him?" he asked, holding back his anger.
Hongmei sneered again: "People say that they are afraid that the sashimi and raw pickled shrimp will cause trouble to customers and they will not be able to pay for it!"
Dabai was stunned.
This old Master Hong is the master chef he invited back to specialize in seafood. He is also the head chef he brought back to the village to prepare the banquet when his younger brother Xiao Hei got married.
result……
As everyone knows, the mess in the village has not even had time to clean up!
"This bastard, old man, does he still have the nerve to stay here?" Dabai clenched his fists and stood up to go to the backyard kitchen to drive Master Hong away.
Colleagues are rivals. To Dabai, the cooks and waiters in his shop who were poached by their peers are all rebellious deserters.
But compared to those who directly rebelled and went to Tianxiang Tower, Dabai hated Master Hong even more for traitors like Master Hong who were rejected and could still run back with shame on their faces!
Therefore, Dabai plans to go to the backyard to chase people away. Tianxianglou doesn’t want it, and Baimeizhai doesn’t want it either!
But Hongmei stopped him.
"Even if you want to chase him away, you shouldn't pick it at this moment!" Hongmei said in a low voice.
Dabai stood there, his eyes rolling, and his mind working rapidly.
There are only three chefs in the back kitchen, and now two are gone and one is left.
If the only one is kicked out, the chef will be paralyzed.
"Find someone as soon as possible!" Dabai gritted his teeth.
"It's not difficult to find a waiter, but it's very difficult to find a chef!" Hongmei said.
Most people can cook the food, so that's nothing.
But to support a restaurant's business, you must have a few brushes.
Dabai pondered for a moment and said: "I will help a few guys to prepare the pastry for morning tea. I can definitely support it."
"But for lunch and dinner, I'm not very good at it."
"But even Lao Hong is good at seafood, but he can't grasp the flavor of our stir-fries!"
Hongmei shook her head: "Lao Hong likes to put sugar cubes in the cooking. No matter it's spicy chicken or braised fish, he likes to put a spoon in it to make it sweet and spicy."
"You don't know, because of this in the past few days, several tables of customers have been clamoring for returns and exchanges. In order to deal with these, my brain really hurts. I was just sitting here distracted, and I was thinking that if it didn't work, I would send someone to the county to arrest you. I urged you to come back, luckily you are back!"
Dabai glanced at Hongmei. After not seeing her for a few days, Hongmei was obviously haggard and thin.
People who usually like to wear makeup and dress up are actually wearing no makeup these days.
It can be seen that what happened in the restaurant these days really bothered her so much that she didn't even bother to dress up.
"Hey!" Dabai sat back frustrated, with a frown on his face, as if he was owed a hundred taels of silver, and the other party not only refused to pay him back, but also beat him up.
"It's the end of the year, and many people are staying at home for the winter. It's really difficult to find experienced chefs who can cook good dishes at the last minute!"
Dabai sighed.
Not only must the food be delicious, but you must also understand the tastes of the customers in this area. You must also have experience in the operation of the restaurant's large kitchen, the deployment of the assistant chefs, the staff, and the preparation of various ingredients.
Only in this way can we control the peak meal times at noon and night. Otherwise, if the chef is inexperienced, the big kitchen will be a mess, even more messy than a ball of twine!
Dabai scratched his scalp and couldn't think of a corresponding solution.
At this time, a customer came over to check out, so Hongmei urged Dabai: "You have just come back and are tired. Go upstairs and lie down for a while. Maybe after you have rested, you will be able to think of a solution?"
Dabai nodded, "Well, I am indeed tired from being in the county during this time!"
It's not that I'm tired of serving my mother, but that I'm tired of being squeezed and followed by Xiao Hei and Xu Qiaohong every day.
After much thought, he decided to sneak back to the town to rest for a few days.
Otherwise, even if Grandma Gagong, Grandma Ga, and Fourth Uncle stayed in the county hospital for a few days, he would not have a good life, and they would all come to target him!
Dabai went upstairs, returned to the familiar room, washed his face, fell on the bed, pulled the quilt over his head, and fell asleep.
When I woke up, it was already dark.
A lamp was lit in the room, and Hongmei came over.
He held a bowl in his hand.
"Are you awake? When you wake up, sit up and eat your dinner!" Hongmei said.
Dabai got out of bed and came to the table. Hongmei brought over three small bowls of vegetables and two bowls of white rice.
A bowl of beef brisket stewed with potatoes, a bowl of soft and rotten pig's trotters, and a bowl of green cabbage hearts.
"Is this dish cooked by Lao Hong? It looks good. It's fragrant and spicy, making you very appetizing!"
After Dabai took in all the three bowls of food in front of him, his eyes lit up and he saw hope again.
Hongmei pouted, "What, I burned this!"
"What? Did you cook it? Your cooking skills are really improving day by day!" Dabai said.
Hongmei smiled: "It's specially cooked for you. I know you like this taste."
Dabai put a little bit in each dish to taste, and gave Hongmei a thumbs up again.
"Why don't you be the chef? Hey, no, no, you are three months pregnant, you can't be burdened!"
Dabai quickly gave up this idea.
Hongmei picked up Kuaizi and ate it with him.
Dabai glanced at the hourglass on the table again and said, "Why is the hall down there so quiet at this hour?"
Hongmei shook her head: "It's been like this these past few days. There's not much business at night. At night, only three or five customers came over and ordered a few bowls of noodles. Later, I didn't look like there was business, so I asked them to come early. You’re foreign, don’t wait too long and waste time lighting the lamp!”
Dabai sighed secretly.
When business was booming a while ago, how could you care about those wax oils?
This is really a sad story!
"If you want to play foreign, just play foreign. Eat, eat first, and after you finish eating, I'll show you something!" Dabai said.
"What is it? Show it to me now, can't you?" Hongmei said.
Dabai smiled mysteriously, "Eat first, I'll show you later, it can be considered a little surprise!"
