Chapter 305: Fan Ximei, whose engagement was broken off

It was not Shen Jiale who proposed to expand the business area of ​​the pickled fish restaurant.

It was Master Zhu who strongly requested it.

Master Zhu's lifelong wish was to be a chef in a big hotel.

In the past, he didn't even dare to think about it.

However, after arriving at Lu's Pickled Fish Restaurant, he felt that it was not impossible.

Master Zhu first mentioned to Shen Jiale that he wanted to add two more tables and hire more waiters, and Shen Jiale arranged it.

Despite this, the restaurant was still full of customers before dinner time.

Seeing that the customers went to other restaurants to eat fish because they couldn't get in line, Master Zhu felt very sorry.

If the restaurant's area was expanded, those customers could eat at Lu's restaurant.

Therefore, this suggestion must be mentioned to the boss's wife.

When Shen Jiale opened the pickled fish restaurant, he didn't think that one day he would be urged by his employees to expand and become stronger.

After discussing with Lu Mingfeng, he handed the matter over to him.

Lu Mingfeng bought the two shops next door, and on the recommendation of Master Zhu, he asked Fan Ximei, a waitress in the shop, to be the chef.

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It turned out that when making a meal for employees, Fan Ximei was helping Master Zhu. Master Zhu had to pee urgently, so he asked her to help stir-fry some vegetables. When he came back, he saw that the dishes made by Fan Ximei tasted almost the same as his own.

Even the employees in the shop couldn't taste the difference.

Master Zhu cherished her talent and asked her if she had learned it before. Fan Ximei said no, she just watched Master Zhu cook every day and remembered it.

This time the restaurant was expanding and they wanted to hire another chef, so Master Zhu recommended Fan Ximei.

At first, Fan Ximei was reluctant.

Because she was looking for someone, and after finding someone, she would resign.

Under Master Zhu's questioning, Fan Ximei said that she was abandoned by her fiancé.

Her fiancé got promoted and became rich, and in order to get rid of her, he gave her a large sum of money as compensation.

She came out just to find him and ask him for clarification.

Master Zhu said: "You are so capable, it is his loss if he doesn't want you. If you find a man who has changed his mind, it will not have a good result, but will embarrass you."

Fan Ximei said: "When he was 14 years old, his only relative, his grandmother, passed away. My parents felt sorry for him and took him to our house. He

lived in my house for four years. At

the age of 85, he joined the army.

During his military service, he often wrote back to me. Later, when he came back to visit his family, he told my parents that he had fallen in love with me.

My parents thought that we grew up together and understood each other, so they arranged a marriage for us.

At the beginning of this year, he wrote to me and told me that he had applied for marriage to the military leaders and that he would marry me when he returned at the end of this year.

But just two months ago, he sent me another letter. He said that we had no common language and wanted to cancel the engagement, and he also sent me 2,000 yuan as compensation.

My mother said that he must have been promoted and made a fortune, and he no longer liked a country girl like me. "

Speaking of this, Fan Ximei was very angry: "When he lived in our house before, he had endless topics to talk about with me, but now he suddenly said that he had no common language.

If he met a woman he liked outside, he could have told me directly, why did he have to make such an excuse.

He even used money to humiliate me.

I don't want his money. I, Fan Ximei, am not the kind of person who will not give up on him. When I see him, I will throw the money in his face."

Master Zhu said, "You are stupid. Don't give him the money back. Your family has raised him for four years. This is what he should give you. Take this money and find a good family to marry and live a good life in the future. This is the biggest revenge for him."

Master Zhu didn't want Fan Ximei to leave, so he advised her to "You don't want to spend his money, but would rather work and earn money yourself. After you pay him back, will you go back to your hometown penniless?

Our boss is also from the countryside. Look at how successful he is now.

The more he looks down on you as a country boy, the more you should achieve something, stand in front of him, and make him regret it."

Fan Ximei was always strong-willed, and Master Zhu's words moved her a little, so she agreed to stay in the restaurant as a chef.

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Shen Jiale had never paid attention to Fan Ximei before.

He only knew that she was a hardworking waitress.

It was not until Master Zhu recommended her to be a chef that he noticed her.

Shen Jiale listened to Master Zhu's story about Fan Ximei.

The girl did not look like she was bitter and resentful after being abandoned.

Seeing that Shen Jiale was neither humble nor arrogant, and spoke and acted generously and appropriately.

Even as a chef, he got along very well with the waiters.

Shen Jiale asked everyone to work hard and give everyone a big red envelope at the end of the year.

The restaurant expanded its area, and at the same time, the store also added menus, no longer just making pickled fish.

The greenhouse vegetables that Shen Jiale partnered with Song Zhigang are planted every winter, and Shen Jiale arranged for the vegetables to be delivered to the restaurant.

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Other dishes were added to the restaurant, and customers who like pickled fish can also change their taste, and at the same time attracted other customers to come and taste it.

As long as the guests come to eat, most of them will become repeat customers.

After Sun Jingsen came to eat once, he felt that the food in the restaurant was similar to that of the Lu family.

He guessed in his heart that it must be the skills taught by Liang Qiaoli and Shen Jiale, so he often brought his family to the restaurant to eat.

Sometimes he would bring customers with him.

Master Zhu saw that a person of such status as Sun Jingsen came to the restaurant to eat, so he suggested that the restaurant should have one or two private rooms so that the guests could talk about work while eating without being disturbed.

Shen Jiale saw that Master Zhu was so concerned about the restaurant, so he told him that Master Zhu could have full authority over these small matters in the future.

Master Zhu was entrusted with an important task and worked even harder for the restaurant.

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At the end of the year, Zhou Jianghai finally came to Beijing.

Liang Qiaoli prepared a sumptuous meal to entertain her son-in-law, but Zhou Jianghai said he would not stay for dinner.

Lu Yongfu asked, "You just got transferred here, and you are busy now?"

Zhou Jianghai said, "It's not about work, it's about my comrade at home, and I want to arrange for him to be hospitalized and treated as soon as possible."

Liang Qiaoli looked at her daughter.

Lu Bailing said: "Jiang Hai's comrade was injured during the mission, and this time he followed Jiang Hai to Beijing for treatment."

Liang Qiaoli packed some food and gave it to Lu Bailing: "Then you can go back and eat."

Lu Bailing said: "Jiang Hai can go back alone to accompany his comrades, and I and the children will stay."

Liang Qiaoli asked Lu Bailing to go back as well: "The children can stay. You are the hostess of the family. If you don't go home, the guests will think you don't like him. Wait until you arrange for the people, and then you can come back to eat."

Lu Bailing felt that what his mother said made sense, so he went back with Zhou Jianghai.