At 4:30 a.m. the next day, when He Wenlin and Grandma He got up, they still didn't call for Dad He.
But this time, Mr. He set the alarm and came along.
When they arrived at the shop, Mr. He helped wash and steam the rice. There were many orders today, so five pots, two large and three small, were filled with glutinous rice.
He Wenlin went to knock on the door again to call her second brother and Lin Fei, but this time her father was more experienced and quickly stopped her before she could call out: "Don't call them, I'll go with you."
“This is not appropriate.” He Wenlin said calmly, and then called her second brother, He Linfei, to his feet.
The two men opened the door, still half asleep, and let out a long yawn.
“One of you can come with me, the other can continue sleeping for a while,” He Wenlin said. “Second brother, you come with me.”
As your own brother, you should do more work.
He Wenjun waved to his father in a cheeky manner, saying, "Uncle, we're leaving now."
Father He angrily cursed, "You little brat!"
Then came He Wenjun's irritating laughter.
He Wenlin laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid my dad will beat you up?"
"Hehe, no way, your dad just says harsh things, he wouldn't actually lay a hand on the child."
He Wenjun was right. He's father was just short-tempered and had a harsh way of speaking, but he had never laid a hand on He Wenlin and her siblings, and he was also generous to He Wenlin's maternal grandparents.
When the brother and sister arrived at the farmers' market, He Wenlin bought 200 salted duck eggs, 25 catties of cauliflower, 5 catties of dried black fungus, 2 catties of dried chili peppers, 15 catties of celery, 10 catties of fried tofu, 30 catties of kelp, 20 catties of shiitake mushrooms, 3 slaughtered chickens, 10 catties each of fresh chili peppers, scallions, ginger and garlic, and 5 catties each of bean sprouts, water spinach and cabbage from a familiar vegetable store.
It cost a total of 386 yuan.
He Wenlin also bought some eggplant, cowpeas, and pickled cowpeas, making up a total of four hundred yuan.
Back at the shop, Mr. He and Mrs. He were peeling potatoes and slicing them into shreds.
"Second brother, you'll be stir-frying the shredded potatoes today."
Yesterday, He Wenjun and Lin Fei practiced repeatedly more than ten times, and finally it looked decent. It was worth all the wasted potato shreds and oil and salt.
At that moment, Liu Xiaomei arrived.
He Wenlin taught her how to knead dough, and today there were still two bowls of dough.
After the dough was ready, He Wenlin asked her second brother to make fried rice with eggs for everyone for breakfast.
Now that he can stir-fry rice noodles without any problem, he'll practice making fried rice with eggs.
After breakfast, He Wenlin and Liu Xiaomei made glutinous rice balls together, as they were rushing to deliver them to the Meihua Garment Factory later.
He Wenlin didn't deliver the goods today. At seven o'clock, Ruan Lingfeng delivered the shirt factory's order, and Lin Fei delivered Hongda's order.
He Wenlin received Zhou Libo at the store.
Zhou Libo took out 1,500 yuan and gave it to He Wenlin: "Linlin, here is 1,500 yuan!"
He Wenlin counted the quantity and the authenticity of the banknotes in front of her. After confirming that there was no problem, she took out the agreement she had written last night: "This is the agreement I wrote. Brother Zhou, please take a look."
"Linlin, your handwriting is really beautiful," Zhou Libo praised, then carefully examined the contents.
After a moment, he said, "That's fine, I agree."
"Then let's make two copies of this agreement. Sign them."
The two signed their names and pressed their fingerprints, and the transaction officially began.
"Brother Zhou, you haven't quit your job yet. What are you thinking about learning this?" He Wenlin asked.
Is this difficult to learn?
“It’s very simple. Kneading the dough is a little difficult, but if you come and knead the dough for a few days in a row, you’ll definitely learn it. Making the buns is even simpler. Aunt Liu mastered it in one morning. Even the slowest person can learn it in six or seven days,” He Wenlin said. “But you have to come to my place to learn by 5:30 at the latest. You get off work so late and get up so early, I’m afraid you can’t handle it.”
"5:30, right? No problem, I'll come tomorrow morning."
"Okay, it's settled then."
He Wenlin handed over the money she received to Old Lady He for safekeeping.
After finishing the morning rush hour, He Wenlin called the rest of the shop (the Ruan siblings hadn't started work yet) over for a meeting and asked Liu Xiaomei to fry the crispy snacks.
Before the meeting, as usual, we settled accounts first.
The orders I received this morning were similar to those yesterday, and the amounts were surprisingly the same.
"Second Brother, Lin Fei, I've prepared a training plan for you two. You must learn these ten dishes within a month."
He Wenlin handed them the menu.
"Within a month?" The two looked at each other, both feeling it was too difficult.
"Practice every day, just one dish each day. You've already cooked over a dozen batches of shredded potatoes, so you don't need to practice anymore. Today, you'll practice minced meat, eggplant, and cowpeas."
Whoever can master these ten dishes within a month will become the head chef of my branch.
The head chef's salary includes meals and accommodation, a base salary increased to 1,000, two days off per month, a 15-month salary annually, bonuses for achieving monthly sales targets, a 15% annual increase in seniority pay, and five days of paid leave per year.
This treatment is actually quite good.
Even with overtime work, the factory only makes 1,100 or 1,200 yuan a month.
"Linlin, are you opening a branch?" The whole family looked at He Wenlin in unison.
"It's not open yet because I'm missing my right-hand man," He Wenlin said.
When Mr. He heard the words "left and right arms," he felt a pang of unease, sensing that He Wenlin was subtly criticizing him.
He Wenlin continued, "It's too difficult to expect the two of you to learn how to cook. I don't know when that will happen."
Therefore, the operation and methods of the branch will be somewhat different from now. Once you two have learned these ten dishes within a month, I will start preparing for the branch.
But you two have to sign a contract with me. You learned this skill for nothing; you have to serve me for six years.
Six years from now, you'll be in your twenties, old enough and experienced enough. If you want to go it alone then, I'm willing to sponsor you.
Of course, if you want to stay and help me after six years, we can renegotiate the salary and benefits.
Lin Fei, you can call your mom and ask her opinion. Once you've made up your mind, call her over to sign the contract, and we'll go to the notary office together to have it notarized.
He Wenlin looked serious and even mentioned notarization, which shows that she was serious about it.
"Linlin, what's the difference between your new shop and the current one? Is it all thanks to these ten dishes?" Mr. He was getting anxious, because he was the original owner of the new shop.
But it seems that he is not included in He Wenlin's new store plan.
Mr. He felt very uncomfortable.
“The goods we sell are different. I originally thought you would be more ambitious and become a boss, but you didn’t cherish the opportunity I gave you.” He Wenlin said bluntly, “You should just go back to work in the factory. I will still support you when I make money in the future.”
"Linlin, I am your biological father!"
"I know, that's why I said I would take care of you in the future."
Mr. He was both anxious and angry. This rebellious daughter clearly knew that wasn't what he meant!
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