There is nothing suspicious about the letter of appointment, it is a handwritten letter from Mrs. Jin and her seal, and there is a secret note made when she contacted me on the letterhead. I pondered, pondering the intention of Mrs. Jin to send this Wang Jichang to the Cangdu branch. Although this shop was co-opened by me and Mrs. Jin, and the money I earned was also credited to Mrs. Kim's account every month, she was such a shrewd businessman, and she was obviously not very comfortable letting me control the entire branch alone. This is also the most common mentality of businessmen, remembering that in the past, even if we were from the general staff to the general manager, they were all mainlanders, but the Hong Kong boss would still send a so-called financial director or something like that from the head office to the company to guard it, just for fear of abuse of power. Now that Aunt Jin has sent this person, it is reasonable to assist openly and supervise secretly, and I have no ghost in my heart, if I am not happy, it seems that I am a little childish, as long as he doesn't make trouble for me, I can't tolerate him.

I glanced at this Wang Jichang and said with a smile: "How long has the shopkeeper Wang been in the store?" Is it still easy? I'm not here for two months, what's so special in the store? ”

"It's been more than a month, and Boss Ye has laid a solid foundation for the Cangdu branch, and he has done it very well." Wang Jichang said respectfully, "During this time, the sporadic business has decreased, because Boss Ye is not in the store, so there are no new embroidery products, and now that Boss Ye is back, I believe that business will soon become popular again." ”

"Yes." I smiled faintly and said, "Where are you staying now?" Are you still used to life? ”

He was stunned and said, "I rented a house in the city, and my life is okay." ”

I nodded and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper Wang has come to Cangdu for the first time, if you encounter any inconvenient things in life, you can talk to me, I will arrange it for you, the cost of room and board, you can open a list every month, and the shop will reimburse you." As for the things in the store, I will have to worry about the shopkeeper in the future. "Since you are a minister, let's use the policy of Huairou.

"Boss Ye is serious." He didn't expect my attitude to be like this, his face turned worried, I smiled, "Then the shopkeeper Wang went out to get busy, please invite Mo Gongzi in, I want to see the account books of the past two months." ”

I saw him push the door out, and turned to look at Xiaohong: "Xiaohong, how is this person?" ”

"Taking on business is inferior to Yu Gongzi, do things, do things according to the rules, and there is nothing wrong with it." Xiaohong glanced at me, "Isn't the girl annoyed with Aunt Jin?" ”

"What's there to be annoyed about, she's also half a boss." I said, "Xiaohong is getting more and more clever and can take care of things on her own." "Xiaohong, this ghost spirit, must be staring at this guy all day long without me saying it.

"Girl......" Xiaohong glanced at me, "It's not because the girl is not there, I have to help the girl keep an eye on him, do you think I am willing to come to the shop every day to guard, I wish I only waited for the girl alone, what are these gods doing?" ”

"Yes, yes, our little red is the most well-behaved." I laughed and said, "What do you want?" Say it to yourself. ”

"It's good that the girl came back alive, why did she toss for two months this time? Didn't you say that you would come back for the Spring Festival in a month? I'm still waiting to eat the hairy belly hot pot that the girl said, and now it's been half a month since the New Year. Xiaohong pouted and complained, "Is Yaoyue Kingdom so fun?" The girl didn't want to come back. ”

Yaoyue Country? I don't want to come back, I want to come back in my dreams. I sighed, not wanting to scare her by telling her about the savage horror of the prairie. I smiled: "Yes, when I left, I said that I would make a hot pot for you to eat, why don't you make up for it tonight?" ”

"That's good, when I heard the girl talk about the hot pot in your hometown, I drooled greedily." Xiaohong smiled and narrowed her eyes, "What ingredients does the girl want to prepare?" I'll go back and get ready. ”

There was a few knocks on the door, and Mo Xiuqi came in with the account book: "Miss Ye." ”

"Let's sit down first." I asked him to sit down, thought about it, and wrote some ingredients for Xiaohong, she turned around to leave, I suddenly remembered something, and stopped her: "Xiaohong, you ask Mr. An, see what he likes to eat, write it down and buy it together." ”

"Huh?" Xiaohong looked at me stunned, "Manager An?" ”

"Ah, please also invite Aunt An's family to come over and eat, this trip is very hard, Manager An is also very hard." I knew that Xiaohong must be puzzled by the change in my attitude towards An Yuanxi, but I didn't want to say more: "You go out first." ”

She was a little surprised to go out, I turned up the account book brought by Mo Xiuqi, and saw that the accounts were neat, and the pen was neatly listed, it seems that the Cangdu branch is really on the track, the boss, the manager, the shopkeeper, the three of them were not in the store for two months, and there was no big basket, but the business was really a lot worse, it turned out that there were really many customers who came to the handsome face of Yu Die'er and the sweet words that deceived the dead and did not pay for their lives, it seems that the products of Jinxiuzhuang have to make some efforts to grab the signboard of "Cangdu No. 1", at least, to occupy the present" Tribute embroidery village" this signboard "Yunshang Fang" than down. I rolled my eyes, and suddenly remembered the batch of things that I asked Aunt Jin to make in the capital, and I had an idea, and my mood suddenly improved.

I closed the account book and glanced at Mo Xiuqi: "I am not in the shop for these words, there is Lao Mo Gongzi." Mr. Mo sorted out the accounts in the shop so clearly, which saved me a lot of heart. ”

"Miss Ye is serious." Mo Xiuqi smiled, "This is my business. ”

"Hmm......" I nodded, "...... Mo, I'm fine, Master Mo will go back to work first." ”

I wanted to ask Moissan, but I thought about it, or that's it. Watching Mo Xiuqi go out, I stood up and walked outside the shop to take a casual stroll, there was Wang Jichang in the storefront, and there was an embroidery lady in the embroidery field upstairs watching, I stepped into the backyard to see the warehouse, just saw Mo Sang coming out of the yard, and when he saw me, he was stunned, and bowed his head and said, "Miss Ye." ”

I looked at him steadily, his eyebrows, his eyes, my flame, where are you, is he or not you? Mo Sang saw that I was looking at him in a daze, and lowered his head: "Miss Ye, I'll go out first......"

He brushed past me, and I whispered, "Wraith......"

He paused slightly, and walked straight out. I closed my eyes and leaned against the wall, feeling a pang of sourness in my heart.

"Miss Ye ......"

I opened my eyes, An Yuanxi walked in front of me at some point, and looked at me fixedly, with a faint smile on the corner of his lips, and his deep black pupils were warm and gentle: "You just came back, don't be too tired, go back and rest, I'll just look at the shop." ”

"Aren't you tired?" I looked at him quietly and said softly.

"It's fine." His calm smile made me feel very calm, and I said, "That's it, let's all go back, it's been so hard for so long, and I'll have a vacation today." I asked Xiaohong to buy the ingredients for the hot pot, and in the evening, you, Aunt An and An Sheng will all come to Grandpa Fu's side to eat. ”

"No wonder Xiaohong came to ask me what I like to eat, it turned out to be for this." He was stunned and said curiously, "What is hot pot?" I've never heard of it. ”

"It's the food of my hometown." My eyes are hazy, the origin of hot pot seems to have originated very early, using fire to boil the pot, using soup to conduct heat, boiling food, this cooking method has appeared as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but the hairy belly hot pot in my hometown originated in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Yucheng Wharf and the cheap and affordable street public food stalls on the street to eat. The eight pieces of water are all the miscellaneous of the cow, raw cut into thin slices and placed on the plate, the casserole on the clay stove of the food stall is boiling the marinade of spicy butter, the eater brings his own wine, chooses a grid, stands in front of the stall, picks up the raw slices in the plate, and eats it hot. After eating, the price is calculated as an empty plate. The price is low, affordable, and easy to eat, so it is popular with dock lifu, peddlers' pawns, and the urban poor. Today's Yucheng hot pot, the hot dishes are even more varied, but everything that can be eaten can be scalded, and regardless of the season, dog days in the hot pot restaurant, you can see shirtless and blowing fans around the steaming hot pot with sweaty and oily diners everywhere. When my mother was alive, the hot pot base was fried by herself, and I followed it up, and the craft was not as good as the hot pot restaurant, but it was okay. When I arrived at this time and space, I never ate it again, and the people in Beijing had a light taste and liked sweets. When I first arrived in Cangdu, I found that the climate here is the same as my hometown, the winter is cold and humid, and the people love to drink wine and eat chili peppers to resist the cold, which should be able to stand the spicy hot pot.

Seeing my fascinated expression, he chuckled, "Where is your hometown?" Why have I never heard you mention it? ”

"Huh?" I came back to my senses and smiled awkwardly, "My hometown is far away...... shall we go back?" ”

"Hmm." Seeing that I didn't want to answer, he smiled faintly and didn't ask.

Xiaohong bought back the ingredients according to the list I opened, the dishes are not important, what I care about is that the ingredients she bought are not all in order, especially butter, Yucheng hot pot mainly relies on butter to enhance the fragrance, fortunately, she almost bought the things I wrote to Xiaohong, Xiaohong followed me to help in the kitchen. After frying the base and preparing the ingredients, I brought the steaming iron pot to the charcoal stove on the floor of the flower hall. An Yuanxi and they have already come, Mo Xiuqi and Mo Sang invited over, it happened to be a table of ten people, I looked at a room of people, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's sit around the pot, squeeze it to taste." ”

"That's fine?" Lao Futou looked at the pot, "Why don't you bring the pot to the table?" ”

"The table is too tall to." I smiled, my eyes rolling, "Yes, Grandpa Fu, you have to make a special hot pot table when you are free, and I will draw a picture for you then." ”

I beckoned everyone to sit down, in a good mood, first sandwiched a piece of hairy belly and scalded it in the pot, then put it in the oil dish, demonstrated to eat a piece, and said with a smile: "That's how to eat, everyone try." ”

As soon as the words fell, Fuxiang and An Sheng couldn't wait to do what I did, and in a blink of an eye, the two little ghosts had already put the belly pieces in their mouths, and their eyes lit up: "It's delicious." ”

Aunt An looked at the churning red soup in a daze, and her face was a little embarrassed: "Miss Ye, we don't care, but we don't eat spicy ......."

"Huh?" I was stunned and blushed, "Ah, I don't know, I knew it would be made into a mandarin duck pot...... "Why is it so oolong, I didn't even ask about the taste of the guests when I invited a meal, I thought that everyone in Cangdu could eat spicy."

"It's okay, it smells good, I'll give it a try." An Yuanxi smiled instead, and took a piece of hairy belly and burned it in the pot. I suddenly remembered Feng Ge's uncomfortable appearance of eating tofu before, my heart tightened, and I quickly stopped him: "Don't, you can't eat spicy, I'll go and see what else is in the kitchen, let's do it alone......"

"It's okay." An Yuanxi had already put the hairy belly in his mouth, I quickly stood up and poured a glass of water on the table and wanted to hand it to him, only to see him chew a few times and swallow the hairy belly, and there was nothing wrong with his face. Aunt An looked at him in a daze: "Yuanxi, don't you think it's spicy?" ”

"It's okay, it tastes really good." He raised his eyes and praised me, his expression was as usual, and he couldn't see that he was deliberately pretending, and Aunt An breathed a sigh of relief: "When did you learn to eat spicy?" You don't eat when you're young. ”

An Yuanxi was stunned, and didn't answer his mother's words, so he took another piece of hot and sent it to Aunt An's bowl: "Mother, you try, it's really good." ”

I put down my teacup, and it seemed that I didn't have to prepare a separate dinner for him alone. Everyone happily eats, Jinsha is not used to chopsticks, I am scalded and fed to her, after dinner, everyone gave a very high evaluation of my hot pot meal, An Sheng wiped his grease mouth and smiled: "Sister Ye, if you don't open Xiuzhuang, how good it would be to open a hot pot restaurant, so that we can eat hot pot every day." ”

"You kid, you know how to eat." Aunt An smiled and smacked him, I was mentioned by An Sheng, but I woke up, yes, why don't I open a hot pot restaurant? Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all necessities of the people's life, and there will always be a market. I immediately smiled, happily pinched An Sheng's round little face, and praised: "An Sheng, you are so smart, I will open a hot pot restaurant, and in the future, you will be the first VIP of my hot pot restaurant, and you don't have to pay when you come to eat!" ”

――2006、11、18

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