Chapter 262 Preparing New Year Gifts for Employees
At least she left some for her family. However, the sea cucumbers and abalone that were sent were too few, only about ten or so. She couldn't even afford to give a few to her parents.
Chen Juan told Zhao Qinglin about this.
Zhao Qinglin, "They need to be soaked and eaten when they are big. Who wants to eat something that is not soaked well? Of course it will be small if it is not soaked well. The sea cucumber is like the fungus, the more it is soaked, the bigger it will be."
"Chunqing's sea cucumber is ready. They cut it into strips and stewed it in a big pot. It's fragrant and rich."
"Your sister-in-law is so good that she just soaked it for a long time and ate it."
"She was so anxious. People save all the good things for the New Year to treat their relatives. You ate it all by yourselves, afraid that your relatives would eat it."
Chen Juan was also muttering in her heart. When she sent the sea cucumber and abalone to her sister-in-law, she said that she would treat them to a meal during the New Year, but who knew that she would stew them instead.
And stewed it all.
In fact, sister-in-law Chen Juan didn’t make all of them. She kept back a few of the things that cost 200 yuan per pound. She also wanted to give them to her parents to try, but she learned her lesson and decided to soak them for three days.
"I didn't do it well, but I blame the ingredients."
Zhao Qinglin recalled what his father-in-law and his family had just said about sea cucumbers and abalone, saying that they tasted terrible and gave him stomachaches.
Haha, they still eat it even if it doesn’t taste good, because they know it’s expensive. Even if it doesn’t taste good, they still have to finish the expensive things. Of course, sea cucumbers and abalone that are not soaked well are hard, and of course eating too much will cause stomachache.
Serves you right, Zhao Qinglin thought.
Chen Juan, "Stop nagging me. It's been three days since this happened, and you're still talking about it."
No matter how bad her sister-in-law is, she is still her family, and she felt uncomfortable hearing that.
Zhao Qinglin, "You mentioned my daughter-in-law first. I'm telling you sincerely that you should change your temper, your personality, and your style."
"Really, my aunt sent things to our family all the way from Beijing. Even if there were not enough or they were not to our liking, we didn't have to say anything.
These things were given to us for free without asking us for money, and we didn't give anything to my aunt and the others.
People treat us like their own family members, so they send us things.”
"And didn't you hear from Third Aunt and the others that these things were bought by Auntie from Liaoning Province? They weren't available in Beijing yet, so they bought them there and mailed them to Beijing. They then mailed them to us. How much did the round-trip mailing cost?"
"The key is that these seafood are not cheap."
Chen Juan, "I know, I know. I won't tell you anymore."
Zhao Qinglin, "Also, I won't stop you from honoring your parents. It's our duty to honor them because they gave birth to us. But there has to be a limit. I have always believed that any kind of relationship is a two-way street."
"If your parents were like your aunt's parents, I wouldn't say a word even if you tore down our house and sent it to your mother's."
If his father-in-law and mother-in-law were like his aunt and uncle, he would respect them as much as his own parents, not to mention his wife.
"Don't mention that you can send money, food, abalone and sea cucumber. You don't even need to do anything. I'll deliver it to you!"
Not only are his father-in-law and mother-in-law not as good as his aunt and uncle, they are even not as good as his parents. His parents treat his sister very well.
Chen Juan felt very uncomfortable after listening to this. Not only her husband, but her parents-in-law had also talked about this matter. It wasn't that they said it specifically to her, but her mother-in-law just mentioned it in passing when they were chatting.
She talked about how good her sister-in-law's parents were, and how the couple had lunch at her father-in-law's house. She also talked about how awesome her sister-in-law's three brothers were.
Chen Juan, "Everyone is different. No two parents are the same. If every daughter's parents were like your aunt's parents, there would be nothing wrong."
Zhao Qinglin, "So I'm just giving an example. We can just treat people like your parents as ordinary relatives."
"You should take back less of our family money. Look, they wanted a hundred yuan today. It doesn't matter how much they want. Just give the money to your parents. After all, they gave birth to you. But your parents turned around and gave it to your brother."
"The same thing happened with our wedding gift money. I took your gift money and gave it to your brother to get married. The money ended up in the hands of a stranger."
"You care about your parents, so you give them money and delicious food, and they give it to your brother and sister-in-law. What's the big deal? It's possible that your sister-in-law will take some of the seafood you bring back and give it to her family."
"Your parents couldn't eat, so they gave it to strangers. The same goes for money. Your parents couldn't spend it, so they gave it to strangers."
Chen Juan: "I know, I know, please don't say anything."
Zhao Qinglin, "Listen to me first. You can keep our family money for our son, or use it to buy clothes or face cream. I won't say a word. Just don't spend it on outsiders."
"Yeah, got it."
Su He had no idea that so many things would happen just because he sent some seafood.
Sea cucumbers and abalone are expensive, but not as much as Sister Gu said, 200 yuan per pound.
She is not that generous. She herself cannot bear to eat such expensive food, so how could she give such expensive food to others?
The end of the year is approaching, and the sales of her shops have increased significantly in January. As a boss, she is happy to make more money.
Su He had never thought of this before, but this year more stores were opened and more employees were employed. She thought that on major holidays such as Women's Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve, the boss should treat the employees to a meal, that is, a dinner party.
Give gifts and red envelopes to employees. As a boss, you should act like a boss and not be stingy.
I’ve never been a boss before, so I don’t know these things.
But Su He is learning slowly.
During the New Year's Eve this year, Su He notified everyone to have a dinner together. Since everyone would go home to eat with their parents on New Year's Eve, we planned to have the dinner together on the afternoon of the 29th.
The shop was closed on the 29th. I went to the shop in the morning to do a thorough cleaning and then closed in the afternoon.
Go to work on the seventh day.
As New Year gifts, Su He prepared three kinds of fruits: apples, oranges, and pears.
Every employee has one box. Of course, it’s not a big box, but a shallow box that can hold three layers: one layer for apples, one layer for pears, and one layer for oranges.
In addition to the fruit, there was also a box of cakes.
Then there are the red envelopes.
These things have been prepared since mid-January. Looking at the boxes of things, Gu's mother asked, "Xiao He, don't you think it's too much? Just one box will do, right?"
There are both fruits and pastries.
Su He shook her head, "Not much, I'm learning from big factories and big companies."
This is how the NPC factory distributes gifts during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, and she can’t search for them.
You have made so much money, you should be nicer to your subordinates. Besides, it’s not like we celebrate festivals every day, only a few times a year.
It doesn't cost much.
If you treat your employees well, they will work hard for you.
Gu's mother had never worked in a factory in the city, so she didn't know, but Su's mother understood, "We were rich at that time, too."
Changan, "Grandma, my mom is trying to win people's hearts."
"Okay, you guys watch over."
Gu's mother wondered if times had changed.
In the past, I would not give such good things as a box of fruits and a box of pastries to my employees, let alone to my relatives.
The billiard club has six employees, including Wei Lan, the store manager, one from the tobacco, alcohol and tea shop, one from the jewelry store, four from the clothing store, one from the shoe store, and one from the bakery shop.
There are fourteen people in total, which is not a small number.
Su He prepared two more boxes as backup.
On the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, the bakery was closed. The shop was busy cleaning before the New Year in the morning. The four kids followed Su He to the market to buy vegetables.
Suho never skimps on food; fish, prawns, beef, mutton, chicken, pork, everything is available.
There is strength in numbers. By the time Su He and her four kids came back from buying groceries, the bakery had already been cleaned.
This is also due to the regular cleaning. The bakery does a major cleaning every week.
So this time we cleaned up quickly.
Since there are many people, more dishes need to be prepared. Gu Jianhua prepared the menu last night and Liangre prepared a total of sixteen dishes.
In the past, mutton was always stewed, but this time Gu Jianhua wanted to try a different approach and planned to roast the lamb leg. Chunqing happened to send over a lamb.
Employees from each store basically finished cleaning up by 11 o'clock and came to the bakery one after another.
Jiang Yueying and Jiang Siqi are good at handling things. As soon as they entered the store, they saw Su He and the others were busy and immediately came over to help.