As soon as they heard this, several shopkeepers hurriedly stood up straight, only the kitchen master, and a tall shopkeeper still looked lazy.

Xia Fengyi pointed to the kitchen master and the tall shopkeeper: "You two have been fired, leave the restaurant immediately!" ”

The two were stunned, as if they hadn't heard Xia Fengyi's words, and glanced at each other.

The shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Meng Tianchu: "The owner, this cook was invited by the former owner from the capital, and he worked in a famous restaurant in the capital, and his skills are very good." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said: "In the future, this restaurant will be taken care of by my wife, what do you have to say to her." ”

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed, and hurriedly said it to Xia Fengyi again.

Xia Fengyi glanced at the triumphant chef and smiled coldly: "Since the craftsmanship is good, why don't there be any guests in this hotel?" ”

"It's... It's not time to eat yet. ”

"It's not time to eat at noon? Who are you fooling? There is only one stove burning in the kitchen, and there are only a few dirty dishes in the large wooden basin for washing dishes, and the dishwashing guys are all dry! He turned around and glanced at the tourists who strolled by the door from time to time, and then turned back to the shopkeeper and said, "Let me ask you, how many guests have been here this morning?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "This..."

Xia Fengyi snorted heavily, turned around and glanced at the shopkeeper who was sitting on the threshold basking in the sun just now, and said coldly: "Are you just greeting guests like this?" You've also been fired. Leave with both of them! ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly whispered: "Don't..., this young man is a distant relative of the shopkeeper Lin..."

"Now this restaurant is our Meng family's, no matter who it is, if you do a good job, you will have a share in the salary and dividends, if you don't do it well, you will leave with a roll cover!" The three of you are leaving! ”

The three of them also knew that Meng Tianchu was the criminal master of the Yamen Zhixian County, and they couldn't afford to provoke it, so they didn't dare to talk back. Depressed, he returned to the back hall and rolled up the cover and left.

When the rest of the shop guys saw this scene, they were all silent, and when they heard that in addition to wages and dividends, they also had spirits, so they all stood up straight and looked at Xia Fengyi, similar to the national flag guards.

Xia Fengyi turned around and smiled coldly at the shopkeeper: "We have checked the accounts, and in the past year, the hotel has not made a penny, but has lost money, what's going on?" ”

"It's... Business is not good... You can also see, if the guests don't come, the small ones can't do anything..."

"Really? Since you can't do it, then give way. You can go too! ”

The shopkeeper's face was ashamed, and he went back to his room to take the salute and left.

Xia Fengyi fired three shop guys and shop keepers in a row, and calmed down the guys, it is not easy to find a job these years, especially the shopkeepers, who have no skills, but cherish this job, and now they have enough spirit.

Xia Fengyi said to Lao Hetou: "In the future, you will be the shopkeeper and account office, and you will report to me every day on the business situation." The accounts should be clear, I have to check the accounts every day, and send Feiyan or myself to see the property from time to time. If you find any problems with the accounts, you know the consequences of our Meng family's family law. ”

Lao He hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes!" Grandma, the old slave must do his best and dare not make mistakes. ”

Xia Fengyi looked at the dozen or so shop guys in front of her again, and said to the remaining chef: "It's noon, your host hasn't eaten yet, immediately get a table of your hand's food, greet us as guests, and see what you can do." ”

The guys suddenly got busy, and welcomed Meng Tianchu and the others to the window seat on the second floor, and after a while, a table of wine and food was served, and the chef's master stood aside, anxiously waiting for Xia Fengyi to taste it.

Xia Fengyi said to Feiyan: "You are the best at food, you are the judge." ”

Feiyan stretched out her chopsticks and tasted each dish, nodded slightly, and said to the chef: "It's okay, you're a Sichuan chef, right?" ”

"By the way, girl, do you know?" The chef spoke the Sichuan dialect and nodded with a smile.

Feiyan didn't answer, turned to Xia Fengyi and said, "Grandma, although his two Sichuan dishes are still authentic, other Hangzhou dishes also have this spicy taste, and they are also out of flavor." ”

Xia Fengyi nodded and said to the cook, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Guan Wa'er."

"Our restaurant is a restaurant on the edge of the West Lake, of course, there must be the special cuisine of Hangzhou West Lake, will you make it?"

The Sichuan chef Guan Wa'er said in a panic: "Yes, yes, but it may not be so authentic, the chef who was taken away before the start is specialized in Hangzhou cuisine..."

Feiyan said: "It's okay, as long as you are willing to pay in Hangzhou, are you afraid that you won't be able to hire a good chef?" ”

Xia Fengyi said: "Well, let's go back and immediately look for a good chef who can cook West Lake specialties, it won't work if you don't have a good chef in a restaurant." ”

Feiyan said: "Our family... No, grandma's maiden chef in Beijing is from Hangzhou, and his Hangzhou cuisine is very authentic, otherwise, let's write a letter to the lord and send a chef to be a chef for us, how about it? ”

The kitchen master is the most crucial person in the restaurant, and it would be best if he could be played by his own intimate braids. Xia Fengyi nodded happily and said, "Okay!" That's a good idea, and I'll write when I get back. "Chima crazyma finished

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "Such a tavern, how can there be two big chefs, my father-in-law is used to eating that chef's food, if we ask him over, it's not good, I think this Sichuan chef's skills are not bad, or still use him." ”

Xia Fengyi was right to think about it, she couldn't dig into the corner of her father's wall, so she said to the chef: "Okay, you can make a few more good Hangzhou dishes, and I will take a look at your Hangzhou cuisine." ”

Chef Guan agreed, and went to the kitchen to make a few Hangzhou dishes such as fire heel fairy chicken, chestnut fried chicken, and West Lake lettuce soup and sent them up, Feiyan tasted it, nodded and said: "It's a little worse than the chef of my mother's house in Beijing, but it's so-so." ”

Meng Tianchu and Xia Fengyi also tasted it, Meng Tianchu said: "I think it's already very good, we are a tavern, this is a small profit, don't invite those big chefs, just him, I think it's okay." ”

Xia Fengyi nodded and said, "The husband is decided, so be it." "Turn your head to Chef Guan;" In the future, you have to step up your efforts to learn the practice of Hangzhou cuisine, make it more authentic, and I will check it after a while, if it doesn't work, you can only change people. ”

There is pressure to be motivated, and the cook hurriedly nodded in agreement.

During the meal, Xia Fengyi discussed with Meng Tianchu, and they both felt that this hotel was not big, and there were more than a dozen people in the store, and there were too many people, so they had to be reduced.

After eating, Xia Fengyi gathered all the guys again, and after the interview and inspection, and according to the performance of the wine and food just now, she fired a few clumsy guys.

Subsequently, Xia Fengyi announced that the wages of all the shop men, including the chefs, would be linked to the business situation, and the basic wages would be added to the dividends.

Returning to the yamen from the restaurant, Xia Fengyi said that she wanted to redecorate the hotel, Meng Tianchu called Xia Fengyi to the room alone, and took out five taels of silver for Xia Fengyi to decorate, which was almost his last belongings.

Xia Fengyi said: "No, I'll help you cushion first, if the business loses, when you sell the hotel, you can pay me back." ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head: "The bridge returns to the bridge, the road returns to the road, you help me run this hotel without getting paid, it has helped me a lot, although I don't have much money now, but I have more money to do, and less money to do, just decorate and turn over according to this bit of silver." ”

Xia Fengyi is still to be said. Meng Tianchu interrupted her: "I can put the words in front, you can help me manage it, but you can't use your penny to help me subsidize it, I will ask the old man, if I know that you use your own money to help me turn around and decorate, I will immediately sell this tavern and return your silver." ”

Xia Fengyi said: "Why do you have to be so clear? ”

"Hehe, my brother still settles the accounts, can you do it if you don't distinguish it? The two of us are just a superficial couple. ”

"Isn't it okay for me to lend it to you? It's really not enough..."

"If it's not enough, forget it! It's a big deal that I sold it, and I got it out of thin air anyway. ”

Seeing that he was so resolute, Xia Fengyi had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, I promise you, I will only help you operate, and you won't post money." ”

In the next few days, Xia Fengyi and Feiyan were busy in the small restaurant all day long, redecorating and formulating rules and regulations, and rectifying discipline and style. Meng Tianchu's injuries are getting better day by day, he no longer needs to be in a wheelchair, he can walk slowly, and the injuries on his head are healing well. No more bandages.

Xia Fengyi and the others were busy with the affairs of the store, and Meng Tianchu instructed Murong Yuxue to handle official business in the study in the yamen. Fortunately, there were no homicides during this time, and the cases received by Cai Zhixian in court were all trivial cases. It's all civil disputes or petty criminal cases of stealing chickens and dogs, and he doesn't have to work hard to solve them. It was handed over to the fast house to solve the case within a time limit, and if it couldn't be solved when it expired, just tell Cai Zhixian to play the board.

A few days later, in the evening, Xia Fengyi took Feiyan home and said happily: "Husband, the hotel has been renovated and reopened today, and the business is very good. ”

Meng Tianchu didn't know the operating cost of the hotel, so he was not very touched by this achievement, and asked, "Then did we make a profit or lose money?" ”

Feiyan also fluttered with joy, and hurriedly said, "Of course it's earned!" Why else would grandma be so happy! ”

"Hah! That's good. How much did you earn? ”

Xia Fengyi said: "I have calculated the total cost of various expenses, wages, and meals in the store. It is a total of one or two or three dollars per day, which means that our net profit today is seven dollars of silver! ”

Meng Tianchu's eyes lit up suddenly: "If you earn seven yuan a day, it is twenty-one taels of silver (equivalent to 21,000 yuan) a month, which is equivalent to my salary for almost a year, wow!" It's amazing! The lady is amazing! ”

Xia Fengyi said: "Don't be happy yet, this is only the first day of opening, and it has just been renovated, Lin Shopkeeper and Yuan Zhubo told many people about the new opening of the hotel, so there are more guests today, and I don't know if there are so many guests in the future, so we can't calculate according to today's turnover, we have to wait at least half a month before we can roughly know the profitability, no matter what, making money should be certain." ”

Meng Tianchu has no ambitions, he is very satisfied if he can get 1,800 every month, even if he removes half of the discount, he earns ten taels of silver every month, which is enough for him to be happy. Busy said: "The lady has worked hard and made so much money, I am already very happy." It's just that you won't be busy with getting up early in the morning in the future. ”

"These days, renovate and reorganize the hotel, so I have to go every day, it is good after the opening, every night Lao He Tou will take the turnover and account books back to me for verification, report today's business process. Every once in a while, I'll take Feiyan to a surprise check. You don't have to go every day like you do now. ”

Meng Tianchu breathed a sigh of relief: "It's pretty much the same. ”

On the first day of opening today, we made seven dollars of silver, everyone was very happy, Feiyan cooked a table of good dishes, Meng Tianchu also left Murong Zhenxue to eat together, everyone raised their glasses and drank very happily.

Day by day, a month later, Meng Tianchu's body has completely recovered, and at the end of the month, Meng Tianchu's "Xizi Restaurant" net profit is twenty-three taels!

This can make Meng Tianchu happy, it is equivalent to his own salary for a year, Meng Tianchu has to add five to Xia Fengyi, Xia Fengyi insists on not to, saying that he just wants to make up for some more guilt in Meng Tianchu's heart, so Meng Tianchu no longer insisted.

Now it's summer, and it's scorching, and there is no wind in Hangzhou.

This day was very hot, Meng Tianchu, who was already accustomed to the air conditioning fan, was turned around by the heat, and Feiyan followed behind with a big fan to fan him, still unable to relieve the heat.