Chapter 53
Yesterday, Xiang Yunting said confidently: "Boss Kangle, leave the waiter interview to me. Interviewing waiters is not a difficult task, I can do it alone."
He thought the waiter interview was a very simple thing, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. Faced with so many applicants, he didn't know how to choose.
"Boss Kang Le, please help me." Xiang Yunting looked helpless.
Du Yinzhu was standing in the lunch box restaurant feeling a little anxious. The people in front of her had already introduced themselves, and it was not her turn yet, so the interviewer paused the self-introduction.
She didn’t know why the interviewer paused to introduce herself. She was worried that because there were too many people to interview, the interviewer didn’t have the energy to interview so many people, and the people after them might not have an interview.
Du Yinzhu really wanted to get a job at the Kangle Box Restaurant. She was a regular customer of the restaurant. She used to work as a cleaner in a nearby residential area. The property management staff of the residential area liked to deliberately make things difficult for the employees. For example, when they were cleaning the roadside, leaves fell down right after they finished sweeping. The management staff came to check and saw the leaves and said that they did not clean well.
Du Yinzhu couldn't stand it anymore and resigned on his own initiative.
When she was preparing to look for a new job, she happened to see the recruitment notice at the entrance of Kangle Box Hotel and signed up without hesitation.
If she could work in the Kang Le He Restaurant, she would be so happy. She not only likes the food in the Kang Le He Restaurant, but also likes the beautiful boss of the Kang Le He Restaurant.
Once before, Du Yinzhu took her eldest brother's grandson to Kangle Restaurant to buy lunch boxes. The child was very naughty and accidentally dropped one of the lunch boxes. Unexpectedly, Chen Kangle directly made a new one for her and did not charge her for the dropped one.
At that time, Du Yinzhu felt that Chen Kangle was a kind-hearted person, and that working in her lunch box restaurant would definitely create a very good atmosphere.
But she didn't know that there were so many people competing for a waiter position. She was shocked when she saw a long line of people waiting for the interview.
There are thirty people competing for two waiter positions, so the probability of getting one is very small.
But Du Yinzhu was confident. Her father used to specialize in organizing rural banquets. Before she got married, she often went to help her father with work. She knew how to wash vegetables, cut vegetables, and chop meat.
Du Yinzhu was full of confidence and felt that he could definitely stand out among the thirty people.
The first round of the interview was self-introduction. Du Yinzhu originally thought that self-introduction meant saying one's name, age, work experience, etc., but he didn't expect that everyone's self-introduction would tell their own tragic story.
Each one told a more miserable story than the last, and Du Yinzhu had not prepared her own miserable story at all. Fortunately, she was at the back of the queue and had time to prepare. She began to think about her own miserable experiences.
After thinking about it, she could only think of the time when she was bullied by the community leaders, but there were already applicants who had told similar stories. Du Yinzhu racked her brains but couldn't think of a very tragic story. After thinking for a while, she decided that when it was her turn, she would say that she had no money and urgently needed a job to support her family.
As a result, the self-introduction was paused before it was her turn, and she didn't even have a chance to tell her story.
Gan Xiangping, who had introduced herself earlier, was also a little panicked. Many people in front of her had already introduced themselves, and it seemed that the stories they told were more tragic than hers. She didn't know if she still had a chance.
Gan Xiangping is from another place. She and her husband used the money they saved from working for many years to open a breakfast shop in Haishi, but it went bankrupt due to poor management. Her husband had no choice but to return to the restaurant to continue working as a chef, and Gan Xiangping also planned to find a job.
Originally, her husband asked her to help out in the restaurant where he worked, but she didn't like working in the same restaurant with her husband, so she refused.
Because the breakfast shop was suffering heavy losses, Gan Xiangping and her husband had to rent a house in the suburbs to save money. Although her husband's commute to work was a bit far, the rent of a house in the suburbs was hundreds of dollars cheaper than in the city.
Gan Xiangping, who dislikes the hassle, plans to find a job in the suburbs so that it will be more convenient for her to commute to work. In the suburbs, there are very few jobs except for construction sites and community work.
Gan Xiangping, who has experience in catering, prefers to look for a job in the catering industry, but most of the restaurants near the suburbs are small family-run restaurants and rarely hire people.
That day, Gan Xiangping walked around the suburbs but didn't see any restaurants hiring. When she was about to give up, she suddenly saw a job posting at the door of a box lunch restaurant on the side of the road, hiring two waiters.
Gan Xiangping planned to go in and give it a try, but the store employee asked her to register first and then wait for the interview notification.
After registering, Gan Xiangping came out and heard two middle-aged women talking. One of them was supposed to be interviewing for a waiter position at a box-box restaurant, and the two were discussing how to get a good interview.
"I just saw that several people have signed up. If you want to get a good interview, I'll teach you a way. When you're interviewed, you can say that your life is miserable. The more miserable, the better."
"There are two staff members at the Kangle Box Hotel now. I know both of them. One was fired from her job in the community because she can't ride an electric bike and can't go to the city to work. She couldn't find a job so the boss of Kangle gave her a job."
"Another one is a single mother who couldn't find a job because she had to pick up her child from kindergarten every afternoon. It was the kindness of the boss of Kangle that allowed her to work in the Hedian restaurant."
"Boss Kang Le is a kind person. As long as the story you tell is tragic enough, she will definitely let you work at the Box Restaurant, so you should prepare a tragic story before going for the interview."
Gan Xiangping was stunned when she heard this.
You can get a job just by telling a sob story?
Gan Xiangping was a little unconvinced, feeling that the middle-aged woman was just talking nonsense.
That afternoon, Gan Xiangping received an interview call, asking her to go to the Hedian Restaurant for an interview at 2 pm the next day. The next afternoon, Gan Xiangping changed into clean clothes and went to the Kangle Hedian Restaurant. As soon as she entered the Hedian Restaurant, she was stunned.
There were already more than a dozen people in the Heya Restaurant waiting for interviews.
My God! There are so many people competing for the job of a waiter in a small shop.
Gan Xiangping couldn't believe it. She asked the middle-aged woman next to her, "Excuse me, are you all here to interview for the waiter position?"
The middle-aged woman nodded: "Yes, everyone is here for an interview."
"Why are there so many people?" Gan Xiangping asked embarrassedly.
Middle-aged woman: "Because everyone wants to work in the Kangle Box Restaurant and eat the free Kangle Box lunches."
Gan Xiangping frowned. She didn't understand what the middle-aged woman said. She wanted to work in a box lunch restaurant just to eat free box lunches, which were not very expensive.
Seeing Gan Xiangping's puzzled look, the middle-aged woman asked, "Haven't you ever eaten a Kangle lunch?"
"Yeah!" Gan Xiangping nodded.
Gan Xiangping had indeed never eaten Kangle lunch boxes. She had just moved to the suburbs not long ago and was not familiar with the restaurants around the suburbs, nor had she ever eaten in a suburban restaurant.
"I can tell at a glance that you haven't eaten Kangle lunch boxes. People who have eaten Kangle lunch boxes will definitely not ask this question." The middle-aged woman talked freely, "Kangle lunch boxes are super delicious. People who work in the lunch box restaurant can eat delicious lunch boxes every day, and every time the lunch box restaurant launches new dishes, the employees of the lunch box restaurant can taste the new dishes early. The most important thing is that the boss of the lunch box restaurant is very kind and treats the employees very well, so many people want to work in the lunch box restaurant."
Are the lunch boxes in this restaurant really that delicious?
So many people want to work in a box lunch restaurant just to eat box lunches. Gan Xiangping, who has never eaten Kangle box lunches, cannot understand.
While they were talking, many more people came in for interviews. Gan Xiangping roughly counted them and found that there were about thirty people.
Gan Xiangping was speechless. There were too many competitors!
Gan Xiangping, who was originally full of confidence, began to worry that she would not be able to compete for this job. The Heya Restaurant was quite close to where she rented a house, and she really wanted to get this job.
They waited for a while and the person in charge of the interview came out. The interviewer asked them to introduce themselves. Gan Xiangping was the fourth one. She had already prepared herself and would focus on her experience in running a breakfast shop. Having work experience in the catering industry would definitely be an advantage.
Gan Xiangping listened carefully to the first applicant's self-introduction. The first applicant first introduced his name and age, and then began his tragic story, saying that he had three children and two elderly people at home who needed to be taken care of, and that he really needed this job.
Gan Xiangping was stunned. She didn't expect that someone would tell a tragic story during an interview. And it wasn't just one person. The second and third applicants told stories that were more tragic than the last.
Is this a competition to see who tells the sadder story?
Whoever is the most miserable will get the job opportunity in the lunch box restaurant?
When it was Gan Xiangping's turn, she first introduced her name and age, talked about her experience working in a breakfast shop, and then she began to consider whether to tell her tragic story.
If everyone else has spoken up and you are the only one who hasn’t spoken up, you might be eliminated.
After just two seconds of thinking, Gan Xiangping began to tell her own tragic story. She ran a breakfast shop but lost money and went bankrupt. She was so poor that she could only rent a house in the suburbs. Now she had to find a job to support herself.
After telling her story, Gan Xiangping felt that her story was not as tragic as the previous ones. If the interview was about whose story was more tragic, then she would definitely not win.
Gan Xiangping felt a little regretful, regretting that she had not prepared a more tragic story at home in advance.
Halfway through the self-introduction, the interviewer left.
After walking for a while, he still hasn't come back.
Every interviewee standing in the lunch box was worried that they would not be hired.
After waiting for about five minutes, the person who had just interviewed them came back, and with him came a young and beautiful girl.
As soon as Chen Kangle walked in, the job applicants in the store greeted her one after another.
"Boss Kangle, why are you here?"
"Boss Kang Le, are you here to interview us?"
Boss Kangle, is he the boss of the box lunch restaurant they are talking about?
A beautiful and kind lunch box restaurant owner.
Gan Xiangping, who was meeting the owner of the box lunch restaurant for the first time, looked at Chen Kangle carefully. The girl in front of her was quiet and gentle, with delicate features.
Although she didn't know the young girl, she could tell from her face that she was her type.
"I'll ask the owner of our box store to come over for an interview." Xiang Yunting said a little embarrassedly.
Fortunately, Chen Kangle was willing to come out and help, otherwise he really didn’t know how to choose people.
Chen Kangle had already thought about it. He could skip the self-introduction part and get straight to the point. The waiters hired by the box lunch restaurant not only had to help with the box lunches, but also had to clean up and wash the food.
Cleaning ingredients is a very important task. If the ingredients are not cleaned thoroughly, it will affect the final taste of the dish.
Therefore, Chen Kangle plans to examine the applicants' ability to clean food ingredients, and those with strong abilities can get the job.
Pig intestines are the most difficult ingredients to clean in a box lunch restaurant, and cleaning pig intestines requires a lot of patience. Patience is the most basic requirement when working in a box lunch restaurant.
There happened to be some unwashed pig intestines in the lunch box, so Chen Kangle took them out and asked the applicants to wash them.
"Today's interview is about cleaning pig intestines. There is no set time limit. You can call me over to check after you are done."
The most important thing when cleaning pig intestines is not speed, but cleaning thoroughly. Speed is the second criterion.
When Gan Xiangping heard the interview content, she was secretly delighted, because cleaning pig intestines was something she was good at. When she opened a breakfast shop before, the shop had to make pig intestine noodle soup, and she got up early every day to clean the pig intestines.
Cleaning pig intestines is not an easy task. At the beginning, she was not very good at it, and the pig intestines she washed always had a strange smell. Later, after slowly exploring, she found a way to clean pig intestines.
The most taboo thing when cleaning pig intestines is impatience. The more impatient you are, the harder it will be to clean them thoroughly.
Chen Kangle distributed some pig intestines and a small basin to each of them.
"These pig intestines are soaked in white vinegar. You are responsible for the subsequent cleaning steps." Chen Kangle said seriously.
Gan Xiangping took some pig intestines and a basin. The soaking of the pig intestines had removed some of the odor, but if she wanted to completely remove all the odor, she had to continue washing them.
Add alkali and warm water to the soaked pig intestines, rub and wash slowly, then rinse with clean water, then add alkali and warm water again, continue to rub and wash, then rinse with clean water.
This step must be repeated several times until the impurities and mucus in the intestines are removed.
After doing it three times, Gan Xiangping looked carefully at the pig intestines in the basin. There were still some impurities in the intestines, so she chose to continue cleaning them.
Du Yinzhu had learned some techniques for cleaning pig intestines from his father before. There are no complicated techniques for cleaning pig intestines. The most important thing is to clean them many times and never be lazy and wash them less.
Yao Qiutao, who was also washing the pig intestines, couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw Du Yinzhu continue washing after washing them three times. The pig intestines were almost clean after washing them three times, and washing them so many times was just a waste of time.
Although the boss of Kangle said that there is no set time limit, people who can clean the job quickly will definitely be given priority.
Others can clean the pig intestines in just a few minutes, but it takes you more than ten minutes to clean them. Anyone would choose the one that takes the shortest time.
Yao Qiutao rinsed it three times and felt that the intestines were almost clean, so she wanted to be the first one to finish washing.
"Boss Kangle, I'm done washing." Yao Qiutao raised her hand and said very confidently.
Chen Kangle walked over and looked at the pig intestines in front of Yao Qiutao. He turned over the pig intestines and saw that there was still some mucus inside, which meant they were not cleaned at all.
"Boss Kang Le, did I wash it clean enough?" Yao Qiutao asked.
Chen Kangle didn't answer, but just smiled gently.
Yao Qiutao couldn't tell from Chen Kangle's face whether the result was good or bad, and she herself was unsure.
Seeing that Yao Qiutao had finished washing, the other applicants also started to get anxious, worried that being slow would affect the interview results, and they raised their hands to say that they had finished washing.
"Boss Kangle, I'm fine too."
"Boss Kangle, I've also cleaned this side, come and take a look at my side."
One after another, almost everyone raised their hands and said they had finished washing.
Gan Xiangping continued to clean calmly. This was the fourth time she had done it. There were still some impurities and mucus in her intestines. She decided to continue cleaning without rushing or getting impatient, and follow her own steps.
On the other side, Du Yinzhu was also cleaning carefully, over and over again. She was not in a hurry at all. Cleaning it was the most important thing.
Chen Kangle checked the pig intestines cleaned by all the applicants one by one and found that everyone was too anxious and did not clean them thoroughly.
After checking more than twenty people, none of them satisfied her, and Chen Kangle was a little disappointed.
"Boss, I'm done!" Gan Xiangping raised her hand and said this only after making sure that the impurities and mucus in the intestines had been completely cleaned out.
"Boss Kangle, I'm ready too." Du Yinzhu was the last one to finish washing, but she was very confident. She felt that the pig intestines she washed would definitely satisfy Chen Kangle.
Chen Kangle went to check Gan Xiangping first. The impurities and mucus in the intestines had been cleaned, and she nodded with satisfaction. Then he went to Du Yinzhu. The intestines cleaned by Du Yinzhu were also very clean, and she was also very satisfied.
All the applicants had been interviewed, and Chen Kangle chose Gan Xiangping and Du Yinzhu without hesitation, who were the ones who cleaned the pig intestines the cleanest.
Gan Xiangping was ecstatic when she learned the result of the interview. If she had only gotten a simple waiter job, she might not be so happy, but she was chosen from 30 people, which made her particularly happy.
Du Yinzhu was so excited that she couldn't speak. She quickly sent a message to her relatives and friends: [Sisters, I passed the interview. From now on, I will be an employee of the Hezi Restaurant! ]
Because the Heya Restaurant was in urgent need of staff, Chen Kangle directly asked the two if they could come to work tomorrow.
"Sure, I can come to work tomorrow." Gan Xiangping, who is unemployed, can go to work at any time. She is happier to start work early and get paid early.
"I can also come to work tomorrow!" Du Yinzhu couldn't wait to go to work at the Heyan Restaurant.
The next day, Du Yinzhu and Gan Xiangping set out early to work at the Heyan Restaurant.
Du Yinzhu met Gan Xiangping on the road.
"Sister, do you still remember me? We met at the interview yesterday." Du Yinzhu took the initiative to greet Gan Xiangping.
Gan Xiangping has an easy-going personality and started chatting with Du Yinzhu right away.
When Du Yinzhu learned that Gan Xiangping had never eaten Kangle lunch boxes, she kept introducing Kangle lunch boxes to Gan Xiangping.
"Sister, if you haven't tried Kangle lunch, you're missing out. Kangle lunch is the most famous lunch in our area. Many people even come from the city to eat it."
"I'm not exaggerating. The food in Kangle lunch boxes is even better than that in many big hotels. Everyone who eats it will like it."
"The Kangle Box Restaurant has employee meals. You will be able to eat the Kangle boxed meals in a while. I guarantee you will like them very much."
During the interview today, a middle-aged woman also told her that Kangle lunch boxes were super delicious. Now Du Yinzhu also told her that Kangle lunch boxes were super delicious. Gan Xiangping became more and more curious about how delicious the Kangle lunch boxes were!
When the two arrived at the Kangle Box Restaurant, they started working actively and proactively.
As old employees of the Heya Food Box Restaurant, Lin Huiling and Zhao Xiaodai are very caring towards the new employees and will take the initiative to help them when they need help.
When Du Yinzhu was carrying the vegetables, Lin Huiling saw that she couldn't lift them and took the initiative to help, "I'll help you carry them."
Du Yinzhu finally understood why others said that the working atmosphere in Kangle Box Restaurant was good. When she was cleaning the community before, employees often quarreled over who worked more and who worked less.
Gan Xiangping also likes this working atmosphere. Everyone is happy and there are no quarrels. Everyone would like such a working environment.
While they were washing the vegetables, the seafood owner brought them some mango snails.
Lin Huiling was particularly happy to see the mango snails.
"Ouch! Looks like we have a new dish to eat today."
When Du Yinzhu heard about the new dishes, she was very excited. "Oh my God, I encountered new dishes on my first day working at the Hedian Restaurant."
Du Yinzhu had heard from others before that employees of Hezi Restaurant were the first people to taste the new dishes.
"I heard that employees of Hezi Restaurant can eat new dishes in advance. Is this true?" Du Yinzhu asked directly.
Zhao Xiaodai: "Of course it's true. Every time Boss Kang Le prepares a new dish, he will invite us in to taste it."
"Oh my God! Boss Kangle is so nice! I wonder what new dish Kangle lunch box will have today, garlic-flavored mango snails or stir-fried mango snails." Du Yinzhu became more and more excited as she spoke. If you didn't know her, you would think she had won a five million lottery.
“No matter what new dishes Boss Kang Le makes, as long as they are delicious, that’s right.” Even though she has worked at the Box Restaurant for a long time and has eaten countless new dishes, Lin Huiling is still very excited.
Every time Chen Kangle makes a new dish, it always surprises everyone, and no one will dislike the new dishes made by Chen Kangle.
Seeing everyone so excited, Gan Xiangping became more and more curious about Chen Kangle's cooking skills.
How delicious must it be to make everyone so excited!
She was already looking forward to tasting Chen Kangle's cooking for the first time.
The new dish Chen Kangle is going to make today is stir-fried mango snails. Yesterday, the owner of the seafood restaurant contacted her and told her that he had cheap and delicious mango snails.
It just so happened that Chen Kangle was planning to create a new dish, so he decided to make stir-fried mango snails.
The key to stir-frying mango snails is to stir-fry over high heat, and the fire must be strong.
Add oil to a hot pan, turn on high heat, add onion, ginger, garlic and chili and stir-fry until fragrant, then add spicy sauce and stir-fry until red oil turns.
The spicy sauce used is Chen Kangle’s own secret recipe. It has a very strong aroma and spiciness, and the fragrance fills the air as soon as it is put into the pot.
After the aroma comes out, pour in the cleaned mango snails and stir-fry over high heat until each mango snail is coated with spicy sauce. Remove from the pan when the mango snails open.
Gan Xiangping was washing black fungus when she suddenly smelled a strong, fresh and spicy aroma.
"What a nice smell!" Gan Xiangping couldn't help but take two breaths of the aroma.
The aroma is transmitted to the brain, making people instantly intoxicated.
At this moment, Gan Xiangping had only one thought in her mind: "I want to eat it so much!"
"I smell it too. Is this the fragrance of new dishes?" Du Yinzhu was already salivating after smelling the aroma and wanted to rush into the kitchen immediately.
"Don't worry, someone will call us in soon." Lin Huiling and her friends are very experienced. Every time a new dish is ready, Xiang Yunting will call them in to taste it.
As soon as the words fell, Xiang Yunting's voice was heard.
"The new dishes are ready, come in and try them."
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