Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 744 The Chen Clan Expands Frontiers and Lands
After they finished the soup, touched their stomachs one by one, and satiated with wine and food, their interest had already fully opened up.

It was around nine o'clock now, and although there were still a lot of customers in the store, there was no queue outside.

After Chen Nian went to the box and chatted with them for a while, Ke Jie planned to take out his mobile phone to pay.

"Boss Chen, how much is the total?"

Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands and said, "What kind of money will you give me? Didn't you agree that I'll entertain you? What would it look like if you gave me money?"

"I think it should be given. After all, Boss Chen, you have put so much thought into entertaining us. It would be a bit bad if we just ate and wiped it off and left."

Chen Nian smiled: "What's wrong, I won't eat you in the future, besides, most of what you eat today are dishes that are not on my menu, and I don't know what to eat. How much money do you have?"

At this time, Zhan Ying also said from the side: "It's okay, Boss Chen, Boss Ke is rich. The Guangdong Jiangnan restaurant he opened in Hangzhou cost 1 million. He is a rich man."

"That's okay, you've finished eating now, sit for a while if you want to, anyway, no one can disturb you in the box, if you don't want to sit and play, just go and play, don't always tell me to give me money here Those who don’t pay, you are slapping me in the face.”

"Okay, then we will have Bawang's meal for this meal, but if you come to BJ or Hangzhou to play in the future, remember to contact us, under normal circumstances we will be there."

"no problem."

Chen Nian watched a few people prepare to leave, and suddenly thought of the entrustment made by his apprentices earlier.

"Yes, everyone, I have something to ask you, that is, my apprentices want to take a photo with you, I don't know if it is convenient, if it is not convenient..."

"Convenience, what's the inconvenience, where are we going to take pictures, right here? Or..."

"Just here, I'll call them now." Seeing that Ke Jie and the others agreed, Chen Nian hurried to the kitchen to call his apprentices, his mother, and Aunt Wen over.

Several apprentices took a group photo with them very happily, and kept saying thank you thank you after the group photo.

While taking a group photo, Chen Nian introduced his apprentices to them, telling them their names and what they did in the kitchen.

After the apprentices took a group photo, it was Feng Honghong's turn.

"This is my mother. My mother and my father opened this store at the beginning." Chen Nian introduced.

And the few of them also knew what happened at Chen Nian's house, so they didn't ask where Chen Nian's father was.

"Auntie, you stand in the middle." Zhanying enthusiastically pulled Feng Honghong into the middle of them, and then let Feng Honghong's position slightly forward, and then they took a picture together.

Although Feng Honghong is not very familiar with them, she still knows the gold content of the champion, and Go itself is a game that relies on the brain. She has not been to school, so she still admires Ke Jie and the others.

After taking a photo, they took their hands and kept saying: "Thank you, you are welcome to come again next time, and you are welcome to bring your friends over. My son cooks delicious food, and he knows a lot. Then let him treat you well."

"You're welcome, Auntie, we should be the ones thanking you, thank you for your hospitality today."

Finally it was Wen Hongxia's turn. At first, Wen Hongxia was embarrassed to disturb them, but surrounded by Chen Nian and others, she still took a photo with these people. In the photo, Aunt Wen looked a little shy, Excuse me.

"The filming is all over, then I would like to thank Boss Chen for his hospitality today."

"Okay, okay, why are you still talking? Hurry up and leave after eating, I won't see you off."

After Chen Nian sent them to the door like this, Ke Jie suddenly thought of something: "By the way, Boss Chen, we plan to sing later, will you come?"

"I won't go, there are still things in the store."

"Okay, then I'll go back and ask Wu Miao Miao."

After finishing speaking, Ke Jie suddenly thought of something: "By the way, I saw them on the Internet saying that Aunt Wen's daughter just now seems to be mentally disabled, right?"

Chen Nian nodded: "Yes, in fact, it is also fate. Aunt Wen's daughter is also surnamed Chen, and her name is Chen Yue. My name is Chen Nian. She often comes to our store during the month's rest. In fact, she is still Very nice."

"That was really not easy."

Ke Jie didn't say anything after that.

Chen Nian watched them get into the taxi and then returned to the kitchen.

It was just that after the three of Ke Jie got into the taxi and told the master their destination, they chatted again.

"We will stay in Chengdu for the next two days. Is there any place you want to go? We can go around together."

But after Lian Xiao heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Ke Jie: "Don't ask us, you probably already figured out where to go when you asked, so tell me, Boss Ke, what are your plans? "

Ke Jie smiled.

"I didn't expect to be noticed by you. In fact, after I came out of the Red Hotel, I mentioned Aunt Wen's daughter. I thought that I would go to their school to take a look. I plan to donate something to them. After all, it is like this now. There are many children here, so it’s fine if you don’t meet them, but since I met Aunt Wen, I still don’t want to do nothing.”

"Okay, then let's take a look tomorrow, and I will donate some at that time."

In this way, they also arranged tomorrow's itinerary.

……

After a while, it was time for Honghong Hotel to get off work in the evening, although generally speaking in Chengdu, the nightlife just started at ten o'clock.

There are also many customers who come out to look for food at night, but Chen Nian usually does not open until that time. After all, everyone is tired after a long day of work, and apprentices also need their own rest time.

Therefore, Aged Nian basically stops taking customers outside at 09:30, and even if customers come, they will tell them that the ingredients are used up.

After the last wave of guests was over, Chen Nian let everyone go back from get off work.

Chen Nian remained in the store by himself as usual.

But tonight, he didn't try to make new dishes, but made a list, because he planned to launch lo mei in the store next.

As for the ingredients needed in the lo-mei, it is natural to list them in advance.

Such as chicken feet, duck feet, chicken wings, and duck wings must be bought. In addition, fatty intestines, duck heads, and chicken legs are also prepared.

In this way, there are a total of about ten kinds of aging listed.

After the ingredients are listed, it is time to prepare the various seasonings used to marinate these lo mei.

After all, it is going to be sold in the store, so aging is not too troublesome. Prepare all the ingredients that should be prepared, and list more than 30 kinds in total.

After making the list, Chen Nian took a photo of the meat materials to be used and sent it to Brother Liu, and those seasonings and spices need to go out and buy by themselves.

After finishing these, Chen Nian went back to the kitchen to have a look.

There are quite a few things in the kitchen now.

There is an area dedicated to white cases, where He Hai is usually active.

There is also an area usually used for cooking.

The other places near the wall are freezers and fresh-keeping cabinets, which are used for daily storage of ingredients.

There is also a table in the middle where Li Ting and Qiao Zhaomei stay most often. After all, they have to prepare and arrange dishes here.

To the right of the table is the roast duck oven.

The reason for looking at these is because Chen Nian suddenly realized that the kitchen is very full now after making the list.

It seems that there is no place to make lo mei.

After all, his store was merged after the opening of the two stores. The kitchen is only that big, and the existing things are already full.

"It's okay if there is no place to make lo-mei."

Chen Nian thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and looked outside.

"Why don't you put the lo mei in there?"

Chen Nian looked at a corner of the store near the door.

Now this area outside is only used for guests to eat.

"But if you put the table around, you can make a space."

Just put it outside.

In the end, Chen Nian decided on this plan.

Selling lo mei does not require much space, anyway, the door is so big, and the walls on both sides are also placed, so it is better to come out in a separate area.

At that time, the lo mei will be made there, and another window will be opened, which can be supplied to the store and sold outside.

"Ok, deal."

Thinking of this, Chen Nian hastily sent a WeChat message to Brother Liu, telling Brother Liu that he was not in a hurry to buy the materials he sent later, and wait until a few days later.

Then he contacted Han Dongqing on WeChat.

That is, the designer who helped Honghong Restaurant and the cake shop next door to do the decoration design.

Although to make a small partition, Chen Nian can find someone from the outside to do it, but Chen Nian is too lazy to bother, it costs money anyway, it is better to find a professional directly than to find a master from outside person.

At least I can save myself some worry, and make it more beautiful and reasonable.

"Designer Han, are you there?"

"Yes, what's the matter, Boss Chen?" Han Dongqing replied very quickly.

"Sorry to bother you so late. Recently, I have an idea. I want to make lo mei in a separate area of ​​the store, so I want to ask you to help with the design. It is best to do it on the basis of what we have now." Chen Nian said .

"It's okay, don't bother me." After Han Dongqing sent the message, he called directly.

After Chen Nian shared his thoughts with the other party on the phone, Han Dongqing said that it was very simple.

"Why don't you do this, Boss Chen, I will work overtime tonight to make a copy of the drawing, and I will come to your place tomorrow afternoon to have a look at it, and let Boss Chen see if there is anything that needs to be modified in this design drawing. place, if there are no problems, I will give you a quotation here, and if I do it, I will find someone to do it immediately."

"Okay, that's hard work for Mr. Han."

"No, no, this is what should be done, and we are old acquaintances again. Boss Chen, you even introduced me to work, so I will definitely put your side first in the front of what I want to do."

In this way, on the second day, Chen Nian told everyone about his plan, but Feng Honghong said that if the store wanted to sell lo-mei again, it would not be impossible, and it would be appropriate to put it at the door, but there are The first problem is that the number of people in the store is already very tight. If we add another area to make braised meat, we will need to recruit more talents in addition to selling in the store.

"Mom, I've thought about this issue too, and I plan to recruit another person to sell lo-mei."

"Alright." Feng Honghong nodded.

Although she still doesn't know how old-fashioned lo mei is, judging by her son's personality, if she can't do it particularly well, she definitely won't sell it.

Anyway, all she is doing now is saving money for her son to marry a wife. Now that her son has made up his mind, let him go.

Others don't have any objections. Compared with setting aside a small space in the store to sell lo-mei, they want to know what the old-aged lo-mei looks like.

In the afternoon, Han Dongqing came to the store with a computer.

Chen Nian nodded after seeing the rendered picture: "No problem, just follow this, how long will it take?"

"If all the people are recruited, it can be completed in about two days." Han Dongqing said, "The main thing is to break the wall and build a window, otherwise it can be done in one day."

"Okay, then when you do this, you can't do business?"

"Of course, it's not impossible to insist on business, but it may be a bit noisy, and there will inevitably be some smoke and smell."

"Okay, then tell me if you find a good person here, I will rest for two days then."

"no problem."

After negotiating, Han Dongqing immediately turned on the computer and got a contract, Chen Nian checked it and printed it out on the printer in the store, after Chen Nian signed it and paid the deposit, Han Dongqing went back to prepare.

There is no problem with the drawings, so he needs to buy materials. As for workers, it is easy to find. Naturally, there are many workers in this line of cooperation.

Even if the cooperating workers are all out busy, they can go outside the building materials market to recruit some workers who do casual work to respond to emergencies. Of course, Chen Nian is a regular customer, so Han Dongqing will naturally not do this.

So he plans to coordinate two or three master workers to come and work for two days.

At the same time, Chen Nian also posted a recruitment notice.

The monthly salary is 4000 plus commission, and three meals a day are included. The requirement is 20-35 years old. Those who can work here for a long time are preferred.

Of course, these are just the conditions that Chen Nian wrote in the recruitment notice. He didn't write the other five social insurances, one housing fund, and regular physical examination. These will be interviewed at that time.

Although Chen Nian knows that many young people are not willing to do this type of work, and the monthly salary of 4000 is not high, and young people actually like to change jobs, but Chen Nian thinks that young people should at least work Be more agile, and after all, it is going to stand outside and face the public. A better image will also make everyone look at it more.

Anyway, it's not too important a job, and you don't need to make lo mei when recruiting people, as long as you can weigh it, collect money and pack it.

Essentially speaking, the intensity of this job is actually lower than that of selling electric kebabs. After all, selling kebabs has to be grilled.

(End of this chapter)