Chinese chef

Chapter 82 New Year's Day

New Year's Day 82

Around eleven o'clock, Shi Nancheng came to Suji to pick Mufeng back to Zhonghua Building.

On the road.

"Pan Deming came to see you? And said he wanted to open a restaurant with you?!"

Mu Feng told Shi Nancheng a few words about Pan Deming's visit to him this morning, but before he finished speaking, Shi Nancheng immediately shouted, subconsciously stepped on the brakes when he got excited.

Mu Feng was looking down at his phone at first, but due to the sudden brake of the car, he was driven forward by inertia, not to mention the phone dropped, and his forehead was hit.

"Hey!" Mu Feng touched the part of his forehead that was bumped, and looked at Shi Nancheng speechlessly, "Why did you suddenly brake?"

Shi Nancheng quickly reached out and touched Mu Feng's forehead, and said with an apologetic and embarrassing smile, "I'm sorry, I'm so excited! Hehehe."

Mu Feng patted his outstretched hand vigorously, gave him a blank look, then lowered his head to get the phone.

After picking up the phone, he turned it over and over carefully to see if there was any scratches on the surface of the phone, and at the same time muttered: "I just bought this phone!"

"It's okay, it's broken, I'll buy you a new one!" Shi Nancheng said immediately.

"Get lost!" Mu Feng gave him a blank look.

Shi Nancheng started the car again.

After a moment of silence, he coughed lightly: "Cough...how do you say?"

"What do you say?" Mu Feng glanced at him.

"Pan Deming wants to cooperate with you to open a restaurant, how do you answer him?" Shi Nancheng asked.

"What do you think?" Mu Feng looked at him speechlessly.

Is this guy a fool?

Mu Feng was helpless.

He remembered that a similar situation had happened before, and Shi Nancheng asked him similarly that time.

Mu Feng didn't understand, Shi Nancheng knew in his heart that he would never leave Zhonghua Building, but why he kept confirming again and again, it seemed that Shi Nancheng would feel at ease only if he said that he would not leave.

After hearing Mu Feng's rhetorical question, Shi Nancheng sneered twice, and said, "Of course you rejected him!"

"Then you still ask?" Mu Feng had the urge to beat him to death.

Touching the phone, um, it's okay, otherwise he would definitely be beaten to death!

Just drive well and be surprised. Is it easy for me to buy a new mobile phone?How many thousands!

"Then why did you reject him?" Shi Nancheng looked at him expectantly.

"Look carefully at the road! You're driving!" Mu Feng pointed to the front, this idiot really sucks!

"Don't worry, my driving skills are good!" Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"Hehe." Mu Feng sneered twice, and glanced at him with the expression of looking at a fool.

"So, how did you reject him? Tell me!" Shi Nancheng still didn't give up.

"I said, you gave me half of the shares in Zhonghua Building. He didn't say anything after hearing it." Mu Feng looked at him, shook his head, let out a sigh of relief, and said.

"Of course he has nothing to say. How could he be willing to give out half of the shares. Hahaha." Shi Nancheng laughed, very proud.

Mu Feng looked at his smug look, and shook his head secretly, he was so stupid that there was no way out!

"Mu Feng, why don't we change the contract? Just write it in half." Shi Nancheng said suddenly.

"No, [-]% is enough. You'd better drive hard!" Mu Feng said.

......

Time passed quickly, and it was New Year's Day in a blink of an eye.

The banquet for New Year's Day has been booked out more than half a month in advance.

There was not a single box left on the top floor, all of them had been reserved.Nearly half of them were booked by Shen Yaoguang and Zheng Jingshen and their friends.

On this day, because the Zhonghua Building was too busy, Su Ji could only put it aside and temporarily close down.

Early in the morning, Mu Feng came to Zhonghua Building and directed all the chefs under him to prepare the ingredients needed for the banquet that day.

In the lobby, Shi Nancheng and Lu Yun were also supervising the orderly cleaning and arrangement of the waiters.

Because there will be a lot of guests coming to Zhonghua Building today, Shi Nancheng specially recruited more temporary workers to serve as waiters a week ago.

Although he has been used to it for a week, Shi Nancheng still asks Lu Yun to give him some refreshments, and then give some pointers to these temporary workers, so as not to make mistakes.

Although today is New Year's Day, the takeaway department of Zhonghua Building is still open, but it has posted a notice on the Internet three days ago that no temporary reservations will be accepted on New Year's Day, and all takeaways must be booked at least one day in advance.

Even so, there are still a lot of customers ordering takeout on New Year's Day at Zhonghua Building, even more than usual.

Because the workload on New Year's Day was quite heavy, Shi Nancheng originally planned to discuss with Mu Feng, and let the employees of the delivery department merge into the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building to help.

Later, the two considered that many people still wanted takeaway food on New Year's Day, so they deliberately kept the delivery department open.

There are too many people ordering food now, there is no way, Mu Feng had no choice but to cut off the scheduled time in advance.

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Time soon came to noon, and there were no empty seats in the Zhonghua Building, a lively scene full of people's voices.

Mu Feng instructed Gao Kai and the others to be extremely busy in the back kitchen.

One after another delicious dishes were brought out from the back kitchen by the waiter.

Sweet, sour, spicy, salty, all kinds of aromas are perfectly blended together, and waves of vegetable aromas continue to stir in Zhonghua Building, playing the movement of food.

As for the takeaway department, it was also very busy, one after another was delivered by the takeaway brother to countless customers who were looking forward to delicious food.

After more than three hours of hard work, the noon banquet was finally a complete success.

Except for the occasional waiter serving the wrong dishes, and the back kitchen being too busy, sometimes the dishes are unavoidably slow to come out, everything else is going smoothly.

in the kitchen.

Mu Feng squeezed his sore neck, and slumped on a chair against the wall to rest.

"Are you tired?" Shi Nancheng came to the back kitchen to look at Mu Feng and asked.

"It's okay." Mu Feng twisted his neck and said.

"The task at noon has been successfully completed, but tonight is the highlight." Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"Mr. Shi, after New Year's Day, don't we have to relax?" A chef joked as he passed by the two of them.

"Then where do you want to go to relax?" Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"I think Sanya is pretty good." The chef replied with a smile.

"I think it's better to go to Yunnan, Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, it's very emotional when you hear it." Someone next to him took the conversation.

"How do you feel, I think it's best to stay at home!" Another chef said.

"I think it's better to go to Harbin, to see the snow and ice sculptures!"

"Aren't you afraid of being frozen into a dog?"

"What is he afraid of? He is a single dog! Hahaha."

......

Everyone teased each other, the atmosphere was warm and the scene was very interesting.

After listening for a while, Shi Nancheng yelled, telling everyone to be quiet for a while.

"Everyone, everyone, after I've been busy for a while, I'll arrange for everyone to take turns to have a holiday, and then you can go wherever you want!" Shi Nancheng said.

"Boss Shi, can't you go without money? Is there a bonus?" Someone booed.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Shi, you can't go out without a bonus!"

"You stay at home, what bonus do you want?"

"It's up to you, if I want money, I'll go out and play!"

......

Seeing them all looking forward to it, Shi Nancheng smiled and said, "As for the bonus, you can have this!"

"Yeah!" The crowd cheered.

"However..." Shi Nancheng lengthened the ending, and only after everyone quieted down, he said slowly, "However, the bonus will not be paid until the New Year is over. During the Chinese New Year, our Zhonghua Building must be very busy, I hope Thank you for your understanding.

During the Chinese New Year, the salary is doubled, and from the fourth day of the new year, the salary is tripled.When the new year is over, I will arrange for everyone to take turns to rest, and then the bonus will be given to you, and you can go wherever you want to play.Are you guys satisfied with my arrangement? "

"Ah... I have to work overtime..." After hearing this, everyone wailed for a while, and all of them were filled with sadness and grievance.

"I want to tell everyone a good news. This year, thanks to Chef Mu's joining, the performance of our Zhonghua Building is getting better day by day, so the bonus at the end of the year will be more than last year!" Shi Nancheng shook his eyebrows Said.

Those who come to work in restaurants naturally know the situation of this industry for a long time. During the New Year's Eve, restaurants are the busiest.

Therefore, other people can have a vacation, but the restaurant needs to work overtime.

This is normal. Since they choose this line of work, they naturally have to accept this work and rest time.

What's more, Shi Nancheng also said that he has three times the salary, and this year's bonus is more than last year.

Although this job is hard work, but you can learn the craft and the salary is not bad.Although everyone wailed for a while, they just laughed and vented.

"Okay, everyone, clean up quickly, and then take the time to rest, there are still tasks tonight!" Shi Nancheng said.

After listening to Shi Nancheng's words, everyone dispersed and went to work.

Shi Nancheng pulled a chair over, placed it next to Mu Feng and sat down.

"Mu Feng, where are you going to go on vacation?" Shi Nancheng asked.

"I want to sleep at home." Mu Feng leaned on the back of the chair, turned his head slightly to look at Shi Nancheng and said.

"...How boring that is!" Shi Nancheng blinked.

He is also a little tired. Although he is not a chef, he is also very busy in order to greet the guests who come and go.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and it was evening in a short while, and all the staff of the Zhonghua Building were nervously preparing for the battle again.

There are much more guests at night than at noon. When there are more guests, there will be more various things. Mu Feng is in charge of the kitchen, and Shi Nancheng runs upstairs and downstairs.

The top floor is full of distinguished guests, so they cannot be neglected. Fortunately, there are not many people, so it is easy to deal with.

The most difficult thing to deal with is downstairs. Although Lu Yun has rich experience, she can't handle too many customers, and there are so many temporary waiters who need to look after her. After all, she only has one pair of eyes, so she can't handle everything.

Therefore, Shi Nancheng still had to run down from time to time to help take care of it.

Shi Nancheng had just come down from the top floor. As soon as he got out of the elevator, he saw Dong Ning and a few of her friends.

"Mr. Shi, Happy New Year! Haha." Dong Ning greeted.

"Dong Ning, are you here with your friends? I thought you were with your family!" Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

"The older generation does not celebrate the Chinese New Year, but my parents celebrate the Lunar New Year. Today, our house is not in the slightest atmosphere of celebrating the New Year. My mother probably has finished eating by now and is going to go out to dance in the square. "Dong Ning said with a smile.

Shi Nancheng nodded. Indeed, more than half of the guests who came to Zhonghua Building today were young people.

The elderly still pay more attention to the Spring Festival, and have no special feeling for this New Year in the national calendar.

"Mr. Shi, these are some of my good friends." Dong Ning smiled and introduced the people around him to Shi Nancheng.

Shi Nancheng greeted them with a smile, and then said, "I still have something to do, so..."

He made a gesture to get busy first.

"Okay, then you can go to work first! I wish Mr. Shi a new year and a prosperous business!" Dong Ning said with a smile.

"Then I wish your official account more and more fans!" Shi Nancheng said with a smile.

......

Chengxi District, Fengze City.

Baishiwei District.

Zou Chengming's home is here, and this Baishiwei community is considered an old community in the west of the city.

The buildings in the community are all old, and most of the people living in them are people of a certain age.

Young people generally move to live in new neighborhoods nearby.

Zou Chengming's home is on the fifth floor, and he is watching TV at home at the moment, waiting for the delivery from Zhonghualou.

"The takeaway from Zhonghua Building hasn't arrived yet?" Zou Chengming's wife Liu Sufang said, "Why don't you come over to eat first?"

"No, I'll wait. It should be almost time! Today is New Year's Day, and Zhonghua Building must be very busy. It's normal for the takeaway to take longer." Zou Chengming looked at his phone and said.

"You have been eating the fish balls from Zhonghualou for almost half a month, have you researched anything?" Liu Sufang said.

"It's a bit of a clue." Zou Chengming said.

Since Zou Chengming lost to Mu Feng, he left Fuxing Restaurant to visit several fish ball masters in other places.

He started out making fish balls, and he can tell the quality of fish balls once he tastes them.

After wandering around for a few months, he found that none of these expert fish balls could beat Mu Feng's fish balls.

He can make the texture of the fish balls, but he can't make the corresponding seasoning formula.

Therefore, he had no choice but to return to Fengze City, order the fish balls from Zhonghualou every day, taste them, and then try to make them himself.

"Your son came home last week and said that you don't get tired of eating fish balls every day." Liu Sufang said with a smile.

"Is this kid not on school holiday today?" Zou Chengming asked.

"Let it go, saying that he went out to dinner with his classmates to celebrate New Year's Day." Liu Sufang said.

"What's there to celebrate? It's not the Spring Festival." Zou Chengming shook his head and said.

"Hey, young man! Let him celebrate if he wants to!" Liu Sufang said.

After a pause, she said, "When do you plan to go back to Fuxing to work?"

"Let's pass some days! I haven't been able to make Mufeng's fish balls yet, and returning to Fuxing now will only make people laugh." Zou Chengming said.

Liu Sufang pursed her lips and nodded, looking a little depressed.

"Don't worry! Old Yan called me two days ago. I already told him that I asked him to give me another half a year. At that time, no matter whether I can make fish balls or not, I will go back to Fuxing to work. " Zou Chengming comforted.

Liu Sufang finally smiled after hearing this.

Although Zou Chengming worked in Fuxing Restaurant before, his annual salary and dividends combined are quite considerable.

Therefore, their family was fairly well off. If Zou Chengming hadn't been reluctant to part with the old neighbors in the Baishiwei community, if their family wanted to move to another newly built community, there would be no problem at all with a down payment of hundreds of thousands.

It's just that even if the family is okay, you can't stay at home and study fish balls all the time!

Now hearing that her husband had given a deadline, Liu Sufang felt relieved.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"The takeaway is here." Liu Sufang said.

"I'll open the door." Zou Chengming got up from the sofa.

Go to the door and open it.

"Hello, this is the takeaway you ordered." A delivery boy wearing a motorcycle helmet said with a smile as he handed the takeaway to Zou Chengming.

Zou Chengming nodded and took the takeaway.

The takeaway boy nodded, and then he couldn't wait to go downstairs.

Zou Chengming looked at his back strangely, and frowned slightly. It seems that there are a lot of takeaways in Zhonghualou today!

Zou Chengming closed the door with the takeaway and walked to the dining table.

When he got to the dining table, he pulled out the chair and sat down, and opened the takeaway bag.

Um?This smell?

Why doesn't it taste like fish balls, was it sent by mistake?

As soon as Zou Chengming opened the bag, he felt that the smell was a bit strange.

He opened the takeaway box and found that it was not fish balls, but a box of spicy fried cabbage.

"Hey, it's really..." Zou Chengming was stunned.

"Wrong delivery?" Liu Sufang said.

"Well, you can eat first! I'll take it and trade it with him, it shouldn't be far away yet." Zou Chengming said.

Then, he repacked the takeaway and went downstairs with it.

When he got downstairs, he looked around, but he didn't find the delivery man.

So, he walked towards the exit of the community, and at the same time took out his mobile phone to contact the delivery man just now.

As a result, before taking two steps, the delivery man was found in a small crack next to the building.

Although this small gap can be regarded as a road, which can lead to the back door, no one usually passes by it on weekdays.

If it weren't for the street lights installed here, Zou Chengming might not be able to spot the delivery man.

The delivery man was facing Zou Chengming, standing in front of the delivery box at the rear of the car, not knowing what he was doing.

"Brother, your takeaway was delivered by mistake." Zou Chengming shouted as he walked in.

The delivery man visibly trembled when he heard Zou Chengming's voice.

Then, he quickly closed the takeaway box and waited for a while before turning around.

"What's wrong?" Zou Chengming looked at him suspiciously.

At this moment, Zou Chengming has already walked in front of the delivery man.

The delivery man's expression was obviously a little unnatural, he tried hard to squeeze out a smile, and said, "What did you just say?"

"I said, your takeaway was delivered wrong. I ordered fish balls." Zou Chengming said.

Then, he handed the takeaway to the deliveryman and said, "Please change it!"

"Oh!" The delivery man took the bag, but didn't exchange it for Zou Chengming immediately.

After waiting for a while, Zou Chengming saw that he hadn't moved for a long time, so he said suspiciously: "You change the fish balls for me! What are you doing in a daze?"

"Oh!" The delivery man nodded with a stiff neck.

Then, slowly turned around, with his back to Zou Chengming.

He slowly opened the box, and at the same time tried his best to block Zou Chengming's sight, as if there was some treasure in the box that Zou Chengming would not see.

Zou Chengming waited impatiently, and immediately pulled the delivery man away, and went to the delivery box to get the fish balls.

"What are you doing?!" the delivery man said angrily, and at the same time wanted to pounce on Zou Chengming.

There weren't many takeaways in the takeout box. Zou Chengming just moved over, and before he started searching, he saw a strange thing in the corner of the box.

With a stern look in his eyes, he quickly took out the thing.

At this time, the delivery man just came to him, trying to stop him from digging through the delivery boxes.

He immediately raised the strange thing in front of the delivery man, and shouted at the same time: "What is this?!"

When the delivery man saw the thing, his face was filled with horror.