"Boss, the ingredients in the kitchen have been depleted too much in the past two days." Lin Dai held the account book and said with twisted eyebrows.

Nowadays, the weather is too hot, if the dishes can not be sold in time, you can only eat by yourself, and you can never stay overnight, the big guys are holding their strength in their hearts, and they have no appetite, and many dishes in the restaurant are taken back to the little beggars to eat at night.

"I know this, now our takeaway has just begun, just like a trial dish, you can't because you are afraid of wasting ingredients, you won't push the old and bring forth the new, there is no overnight thing in this world, I have already thought about it, for the takeaway to lose a month or two, besides, even if we don't do takeout, the summer will continue to lose three months in a row, so calculated, it is better to try, it is always an opportunity, if it is successful, we will have money behind, and the most difficult summer and winter will have business to do in the future, there is no time to be busy." Du Mei looked at the somewhat deflated cook and his men, and couldn't help but enlighten.

"This takeaway is a new thing, I followed the owner to deliver two days of meals, I don't know how much it took to speak, said too many words of explanation, fortunately there are a few small transactions to do, the quality of the dishes in our restaurant is there, don't be discouraged, it will be fine in the future." Lin Zheng stood up and said a word, supporting Du Mei.

Du Mei showed the courage and courage to be a shopkeeper, in addition to absolute trust, they are the chefs who will never give up and follow, Lin Zheng has never doubted Du Mei's ability, and now he will not follow her.

Lin Zheng is right, these three or five single businesses, when counted, are not even a table of banquets on weekdays, and they have to ride in the carriage and labor, and they really don't make money, but these are like charcoal fires in the stove that are not extinguished, and when you add a handful of firewood and blow a breath, you can burst into flames with a "bang".

Now, I'm waiting for Wu Gongzi's classmates and Miss Cao's garden party, one of them is the firewood that ignites the fire, and the other is the gas that fuels the combustion. Du Mei smiled and nodded, and encouraged again.

"Don't worry, we will do a good job!"

"That's it, that's it, we believe that takeaway will be popular!"

……

Everyone was enthusiastic about Du Mei's words, and they became excited for a while.

In fact, as Du Mei expected, three days later, the takeaway orders rose sharply, including Mei Ji's previous regular customers, Qian Yi, the household servant, Zhang Min, the envoy of the Dushui Supervisor, and Wang Guan, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and others, and more other eunuchs and wealthy families.

Du Mei receives orders every day, is so busy, and then has no time to go out to deliver takeaways, two new carriages have been added to the restaurant, Lin Zheng and the three brothers are responsible for catching up with the car, because there are many people along the way, and each has another guy to take care of the delivery, and the three carriages have to send two or three times back and forth every time they arrive at the meal, which makes other restaurants and restaurants on the street with dismal business blush.

The takeaway team running on the street was originally only ten people, but now it is really not enough, Du Mei asked Xiaoli to find ten more, so that he can barely get over.

The takeaway business was booming, and the manpower in the kitchen became more and more strained, so Du Mei asked Lin Yong to send a letter to Dong Chang and asked him to take the Qinghe County restaurant

People come to help.

The business in Qinghe County is much worse than that in Jiangling City, they have long stopped working, but they dare not close the door, most of the cooks and men have gone home, leaving only one or two to deal with the occasional guests, Dong Chang sees that he puts money in every day, and he is often anxious, and when he gets the news, he immediately happily asks people to go door to door to inform him, although he doesn't know much what takeout is, but he has something to do, it is always good.

When everyone got the news, they all wanted to go to Jiangling City, after all, cooking in a restaurant is more than being idle at home, but restaurants in Qinghe County can't be closed, Dong Chang thought about it carefully, and left a cook who needed to be taken care of at home to watch the door, and promised him that his salary was as much as others.

Dong Chang took the cook and more than a dozen people, and arrived in Jiangling City on the second day, Du Mei told him about takeout, when he looked at the hot scene in the kitchen and the three horse-drawn carriages delivering food, he admired Du Mei very much.

"On the first day of today, everyone will rest first, and then enter the kitchen tomorrow, our takeaway, not dine-in, are directly delivered to the diner's house, therefore, if the new guy will catch the car, he will be responsible for delivering the meal, and the others will go to the kitchen to help, side dishes, cut vegetables, and wash vegetables at the least, do whatever you can, as long as you don't deliberately be lazy, the salary will not be less." At the dinner table, Du Mei said with tea instead of wine.

In order to greet Dong Chang and them, Du Mei asked the kitchen to make a few more dishes, and by the way, he also rewarded everyone who had been too busy to eat properly recently.

"Boss, I'll catch the car, I'm here today!" A guy couldn't wait to raise his hand.

"Okay, you will do the work of driving the car tomorrow, but you don't know the road in Jiangling City, let Tianyi accompany you a few times, and you will know later." Du Mei pointed at Sun Tianyi, which was considered to let them know.

Early the next morning, Dong Chang rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen, but was stopped by Du Mei, and half-jokingly: "There is no place for you in the kitchen, you should be the shopkeeper." ”

"How's that going to work! We're here to do things. Dong Chang waved his hand again and again.

"Being a shopkeeper is what you should do, can you be more nimble in the kitchen than those guys?" Du Mei said with a smile.

"Yes...... But as soon as I came, I rushed to be the shopkeeper, and others were afraid that they would not be convinced. Dong Chang lowered his head and said.

"You manage the restaurants in Qinghe County very well, no one here dares to question your ability, besides, you are only temporarily replacing me for some time, rest assured, with your apprentice Lin Dai to help you, it will be fine, I will go out in a while and meet my peers for the long-term development of the takeaway team." Du Mei handed the account book on the counter to Dong Chang.

"See peers? As the saying goes, peers are enemies, although I only came for one day, I also know that on this royal street, Mei Ji's business is booming, and other families are unable to make ends meet. Hearing this, Dong Chang frowned.

"It's because their business is sluggish that I talked to them about cooperation, isn't it better for everyone to make money together?" Du Mei blinked, a little puzzled.

"Jealousy is always everywhere, and if you insist on going, you will be disappointed." Dong Chang has been a shopkeeper for many years, and has seen all kinds of masters, ordinary people are afraid that others will make more money, so they have robbed their own business, and they have never seen an owner like Du Mei, and they are in a hurry to send money to others.

"Every restaurant has its own signature dish, such as drunk

Xianlou's crab roe soup dumplings are not a rare thing, we can also do it, but the reason why people recognize him and respect him is not only the authentic taste, but also the feeling of eating the old year after year, and the old taste inherited in memory. Du Mei said patiently.

"Our Mei Ji's style can't be imitated by others, so why bother thinking about those irrelevant things?" Dong Chang didn't understand why Du Mei wanted to ask for his own hardship.

"I originally thought that other people's business had nothing to do with me, but after I started a takeaway, I found out that other people are closely related to me!" Du Mei took out two neatly folded pieces of paper from his sleeve and spread them out to Dong Chang.

"This person is really funny, he ordered two kinds of vegetarian stir-fry from our Mei Ji, and asked us to bring two drawers of crab roe soup dumplings from Zuixian Building!" Dong Chang looked at one of the à la carte menus, and said with some annoyance, you must know that the price of two kinds of vegetarian fried food is not worth a drawer of crab roe soup dumplings.

"It's really a bit excessive, although he is suspected of being a prank, but it gave me a little inspiration, there are so many restaurants in Gangneung City, we have our own characteristics, why can't we join forces, use the takeaway team to bring together the food of each family, so that it not only satisfies the diners' desire for food, but also makes everyone money, and most importantly, there are other merchants to share the cost of the takeaway team." Du Mei has already seen the order now, and only said with a light smile.

"Is the cost of the delivery team huge?" Dong Chang flipped through the account book, pointed to a line on a page, and said, "Sending a letter to Wuwen, although it is a little expensive, Mei Ji is not unbearable." ”

"Takeaway is not just as simple as delivering letters, having an order is just the beginning, only when the meal is delivered to the diner's home completely, can it be considered to complete a single transaction, in addition to the food and kitchen workers, this car and horse labor is a lot of expenses, if someone can share one or two, wouldn't it be better!" Du Mei said that Dong Chang did not have an in-depth understanding of what takeaway is, so he said it very carefully.

"I understand, but the union I told you is not very optimistic, if you must go, it is more appropriate to bring Lin Zheng." Dong Chang couldn't persuade Du Mei, so he had to retreat and never let her go out alone.

"You're always so loud that people will think I'm too pompous." Du Mei frowned and said helplessly.

"What is this, the female shopkeeper of Xiangmanlou followed three or four maidservants every day, showing off her might on the street, and being domineering, that posture is a great pomp." Lin Dai said disdainfully.

"How can it be like, she is pregnant, and the Shu Wangfu sent a few more people to serve, which should have been." Du Mei said disapprehantly.

"You are still the big shopkeeper of Mei Ji, there is no guy to follow you when you go out, and you seem to be stingy for no reason." Lin Dai couldn't help but say, and went straight to find Lin Zheng who was feeding the horses in the backyard.

"Where I am still the shopkeeper, you are all in charge, and I can't help it at all." Du Mei naturally knew that they were worried about themselves, and couldn't help but mumble to herself.

"Boss, you just have to rest assured to talk to others, I'll stand next to me and won't interject for half a sentence." Lin Zheng, who followed Lin Dai, listened to Du Mei's complaints, couldn't help laughing, and said seriously.

"Really? Even if I have an argument with someone else, can you promise not to speak? Du Mei raised an eyebrow and asked in disbelief.