A sudden heavy rain "washed" the pedestrians on the street clean, and Zhou An, who was cooking in the kitchen, had the most intuitive feeling that the workbench behind him was gradually empty, and the dishes that had not yet been cooked gradually disappeared.

He glanced at the wall clock on the wall, it was early after 9 o'clock, less than half past nine, according to the pattern of recent times, there should be many people coming to his shop to eat at this time.

But tonight's wind and rain outside obviously affected the business of his store.

There were more and more people idle in the kitchen, and after he had finished his last course, he washed his hands, took off his chef's hat, untied his apron from his waist, sighed, and took out his cigarette as he walked to the door of the kitchen facing the street.

"Smack"

A small flame burst out of the lighter, lit a cigarette in his mouth, and he squinted at the empty food court, barely seeing a single pedestrian, except for the stalls and stallholders on the side of the road.

"I guess business won't be good tonight, if this rain doesn't stop sooner!"

There were footsteps behind him, and Chen Fayin's emotion.

Zhou An didn't look back, listening to Chen Fayin's footsteps coming to his side, he smiled helplessly, "Yes, summer is getting closer and closer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the weather is changing faster and faster.

Sighing softly, he handed a cigarette to Chen Fayin beside him.

"Smack"

Chen Fayin lit a cigarette, and when he spit out a puff of smoke, he also sighed, "Who said no! What I am most afraid of is the rainy day, if it rains for more than half a month in the rainy season, you are afraid that you will lose money!"

Zhou An smiled bitterly, "That's no way, if you really encounter that kind of weather, you will kill me that day!"

"What's the matter?"

Chen Fayin turned his face to look at him.

Zhou An didn't look at him, what's so good about an old face?

He looked at the rain outside, "That's the case, business has been good recently, and the profits are okay, if nothing else, I plan to open another branch at the end of this year, or early next year, there is no problem with funds, but now the problem is manpower and dishes!"

Manpower and dishes are two in one, you have been doing it for half your life in this industry, I believe you know this better than me, ordinary manpower, such as general chefs and waiters or something, are easy to recruit, but good chefs, but not so easy to find, even if you know where there are good chefs, you may not be able to dig up, and this is related to the quality of a restaurant's dishes!"

Speaking of this, he paused, glanced at Chen Fayin, who was listening carefully beside him, and continued: "So, I plan to share with you all the dishes I made and some of my own experiences in the next period of time, I believe that with Master Chen's skills, it should not be difficult to master!"

I hope that in the future, when you cook those dishes, the taste can be as close as possible to the taste of my cooking, what do you think?"

When he said the latter words, he kept looking at Chen Fayin.

Although Chen Fayin's old face is not good-looking, he is talking about business now, and it is a serious matter that has a lot to do with it, so he has no distracting thoughts in his heart.

Chen Fayin was a little pleased when he heard this, "Really, Mr. Zhou, are you really going to teach me all your specialty dishes? Are you not afraid that I will leave after I learn it?"

Zhou An smiled, "Why aren't you afraid? You know the rules of this industry, even if you are your own apprentice, your own specialty may not be able to teach it, so ah, what I want to discuss with you is not only the question of whether you are willing to learn, but also whether you are willing to sign a long-term contract with me! If you agree to sign a long-term contract with me, I will teach you those dishes, if you don't agree, then I definitely can't teach, you think about it?"

"Long appointment?"

Chen Fayin smiled, "Do you want to sign with me for a few years? At my age, you can't sign with me for 10 or 20 years!" ”

In the latter sentence, he said it in a joking tone, but Zhou An knew that what he meant was true.

If he said to sign for 10 or 20 years, Chen Fayin may really refuse.

With a faint smile, Zhou An opened five fingers of his left hand, "At least five years!

"Five-year ......"

Chen Fayin pondered for a moment, "Okay, I can accept this deadline, then I'll wait for Mr. Zhou to draw up an agreement!"

"Don't think about it again?"

Zhou An asked with a smile.

Chen Fayin also smiled, "No! I didn't plan to leave you in a short time, maybe five years later, I will do well, and I want to continue to do it with you! After all, I am a local, and at this age, I don't want to go outside to toss around." ”

Zhou An nodded, "Okay, I will draw up the contract as soon as possible, and as soon as our contract is signed, I will start teaching you all my dishes!

His right hand reached out to Chen Fayin.

"Happy working together!"

Chen Fayin smiled and shook hands with him.

While the two of them were talking at the door, the rest of the kitchen subconsciously didn't come closer.

Cause?

One of these two is the boss and the other is the head chef, they are obviously talking about business, who would be so uninteresting to come over and get along?

After talking about a long appointment with Chen Fayin, Zhou An threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, turned around and was about to go to the office on the second floor to take a rest, anyway, it was raining, and the kitchen was not busy.

As a result, as soon as he walked to the table of side dishes, the waiter Xiaoxia walked into the kitchen quickly, "Order for takeout! A salt-and-pepper lamb's trotters, a fish bite sheep, a braised chicken, a cucumber segment and a cold jellyfish shredded, the guests asked to hurry up, and they were waiting to drink!"

Zhou An paused, this takeaway order, there were two dishes for him, and with a chuckle, he folded to his stove.

He had just fastened his apron and put on his chef's hat, Xia Wenjing walked into the kitchen with a list again, "A crayfish, a fish bites a sheep, and a fried rice cake with pike crab, all of which are extra spicy!

"So many takeaways?"

"It seems that on this rainy day, although there is less business in the store, there are more people eating takeout!"

"There won't be more, will it?"

The last sentence was said by Meng Xiaoqiang, who played lotus.

As a result, before he could finish speaking, Qu Yanyang trotted into the kitchen, holding a list in his hand, "Take out! Take out! A crayfish, a sauce pork ribs, a peanut, and a small fried pork from the farmhouse!"

……

When Qu Yanyang put down the list and left, several chefs in the kitchen looked at Meng Xiaoqiang.

"You've had your mouth open, haven't you?

Head hit Liu Chao complained.

Li Ping, who served the dishes, sighed, picked up the kitchen knife speechlessly, and shook his head again and again, "Xiaoqiang, are you a crow? I see that your skin is so dark, you must be a crow! It's useless for you to deny it! I don't believe it!"