Chapter 285 Xia Li Restaurant
Although Huo Beixi is quite good in all aspects, he is a little too cold. He never smiles and has no expression on his face. I don't know how he gets along with Hua Xiali in private. If he is so cold, then what's the point?
Hua Xiali locked the gate and went back with the watermelon. When he saw Huo Beixi coming out of the kitchen, he said, "My eldest sister just sent us some watermelons. I grew them myself. Come and try them."
As she spoke, she picked up a piece and handed it to Huo Beixi, then she took a piece for herself and took a bite. It was crispy, sweet, juicy, and had a strong fruity aroma. This spiritual spring water was really good stuff.
I hope Hua's mother doesn't give it to Hua Tiefeng, otherwise if he recovers, he will either run to his mistress or torment them.
After Hua Chunli reports to the university and is successfully admitted, she will have to deal with Hua Tiefeng and the mistress. She cannot let the mistress take advantage of their family all the time. The wages and compensation belong to her mother, not the mistress.
Huo Beixi also started eating the watermelon. It was really delicious. After eating it, he felt as if it had filled his whole body with energy.
As for Hua's mother, she now only allows Hua Tiefeng to eat and drink normally, and nothing else. She even doesn't let Hua Tiefeng eat half a peach from the tree in the yard.
She only promised not to let him die of hunger, thirst, or dirt. She didn't care about anything else. She had done well enough. And there were people who did nothing at all!
Even if someone wants to blame someone, they shouldn't blame her. After all, she didn't get any benefits, but she did so much. People who got benefits, on the contrary, did nothing. It's like taking money to do things. People who take money but don't do anything are the ones who should be blamed the most.
There was only half a month left before the restaurant opened, so Hua Xiali took his mother, Hua Chunli and Hua Qiuli to clean up and decorate the restaurant.
The walls of the restaurant were also painted by a painter according to Hua Xiali's request, and beautiful murals were painted on them.
Hua Xiali doesn’t like things that are too flashy, because they are too gaudy and painful to look at, so the murals are all in a fresh style, giving people a sense of the beauty of first love that is refreshing.
The first floor of the restaurant is furnished with half four-person tables and half six-person tables for individual guests or small gatherings of people to dine. The second floor is furnished with large round tables for family gatherings and wedding banquets.
The current restaurant only has two floors. Hua Xiali decided to add a third floor when he has enough money in the future, so that the "Xiali Restaurant" will become the tallest and best restaurant in the town or even the county.
Everyone toured the restaurant inside and out, and was extremely impressed by Hua Xiali. They never expected that she could build such a beautiful restaurant. It was so beautiful that people didn't want to leave after seeing it.
Hua Xiali wrote a job advertisement and posted it on the wall near the door of the restaurant.
There is one store manager, two chefs, two cashiers, and six ordinary employees, a total of eleven employees, all of whom are women.
Because it is difficult for lesbians to find jobs, she just wants to leave all opportunities to lesbians so that they can have jobs and improve their status in the family, and then their lives will be better.
Hua Xiali didn't know how much the wages were in other places, so he calculated the salary based on the income level of the people in the town. The salary for the chef and store manager during the probation period was 150 yuan a month, and after the probation period, it would be 200 yuan.
The monthly salary for cashiers and ordinary employees is RMB 100 during the probation period, and RMB 120 after the probation period.
It was very difficult to find capable people. It took Hua Xiali a whole week to successfully interview these eleven employees. The employees included both older men and young girls. As long as they were capable, she didn't care about their age.
At this time, there were only a few days left before the restaurant opened, so they were allowed to come over and adapt to the environment first. Hua Xiali found a tailor to measure the height of each of them and make work clothes for them, one set for each person at a time, after all, not all of these people could stay.
Hua Xiali also assigned tasks to them all. As for the person who would be the store manager to manage everyone, Hua Xiali would take charge of him personally. After all, she would not come to the restaurant often, so she naturally needed a capable person to help her run the restaurant.
During this period, Hua Chunli's college entrance examination results came out. This time she scored 630 points, which was much higher than the 591 points in her previous life. This was due to the spiritual spring water and her own efforts.
After the results came out, Hua Chunli stopped worrying and concentrated on helping Hua Xiali in the restaurant, while Hua Qiuli kept an eye on the braised food at home.
Hua Qiuli still has to study and cannot spend as much time in a big restaurant as they do.
Setting off fireworks was too noisy, and inviting a performance group or a lion dance group would also be too noisy. After all, there was an office building just a few meters away, and she certainly couldn't affect other people's work, so Hua Xiali hired a film projection team. She paid for everyone to watch the movie for free in the open space in front of the restaurant.
Chinese people love to join in the fun, so if there is a free movie, they will naturally come. After watching the movie, if they are hungry, they will definitely come in to have a meal. Once you have tasted the food of "Xia Li Restaurant", you will definitely love it and become a repeat customer here.
Early in the morning, Zhang Jun and Zhang Yongfeng delivered the meat and vegetables needed by the restaurant. The employees quickly moved the meat and vegetables to the back kitchen. Fourth uncle and aunt also brought fresh fruits and vegetables picked early in the morning. These were all grown by Hua Xiali on Huo Beixi's six acres of land!
The employees in the store, including Hua Xiali, Hua Chunli and Hua's mother, all wore work clothes with the words "Xiali Restaurant" printed on them, blue short-sleeved tops and cropped pants. The pants were black, which made them look particularly slim. If everyone stood together, it would give people a very imposing feeling.
Hua Xiali had already trained the employees for a few days, so the lobby was left to the employees to handle, while Hua Xiali was directing work in the back kitchen. In a restaurant, the busiest place is the back kitchen, and if the back kitchen is not arranged well, it will easily become a mess.
As soon as the ingredients were delivered, Hua Xiali, Zhang Yongfeng and two other chefs started to prepare the meat dishes. Because meat dishes take a long time to prepare, they have to wait for others to order before making them, and no one has the time to wait here for an hour or two.
Hua Xiali wrote the time on the flyer as ten o'clock, which meant the restaurant opened at ten o'clock in the afternoon. However, the movie started showing in front of the door at around eight o'clock, and then people who were free came one after another to watch the movie. Soon, the seats outside the restaurant were filled with people in rows.
"Xia Li." The store manager came to the kitchen with a nervous look on his face.
Hua Xiali's heart skipped a beat and she asked worriedly, "What happened?"