Chapter 214 Servants
When Xu Qingmeng and others returned home, Xinting had already prepared dinner and Zhou Yuanjia was serving the dishes.
Xinting's cooking skills have improved even more. She fried four dishes and stewed a large pot of rice. After all, everyone had been busy for the whole afternoon and was already starving.
Stew pork ribs with potatoes. Chop the ribs into small pieces, blanch them to remove the blood, rinse them and set aside.
Peel and wash the potatoes, cut into small pieces and put into clean water for later use.
Slice the ginger and garlic, chop the green onion into small pieces, and prepare some spices.
Heat oil in a pan, add rock sugar, and stir-fry over low heat until it melts and turns brown.
Pour in the spareribs and stir-fry until sugar color is applied. Add onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves and other dried chilies and stir-fry until fragrant.
Pour in appropriate amount of rice wine and soy sauce, stir-fry until colored, add appropriate amount of water to cover the ingredients, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for half an hour.
Add the potato cubes and continue to simmer on low heat for a quarter of an hour, until the pork ribs are cooked and the potatoes are soft. Add a little salt and simmer on high heat until the sauce thickens. The pork ribs and potatoes are ready.
The ribs are tender and tasty, the potatoes are soft, and the rice in the broth is particularly fragrant.
A dish of stir-fried pork with peppers, stir-fried cabbage, and a steamed egg.
Xinting made several dishes with generous portions, which were definitely filling.
After dinner, He said, "Now that the shop has been bought, it's such an old and expensive shop. If we delay for one day, we will lose one day's profit."
"Mom, this matter can't be rushed. I've already ordered the table and other things, but I still need to find someone."
"No need. Besides you, I, Xinting and Gu Tong can all help, right?"
"It's not enough, Mom. I plan to let Xinting follow me and cook the hot pot base. Mom, you can take care of the store. I also plan to hire five people to clean the ingredients. Of course, waiters are also necessary. At least ten people will be needed."
"Why do you need so many people? You're spending money before you make any money yet?"
"Mom, it's not much. You see our shop is not small. There are probably 20 to 30 tables on the two floors. We need at least one waiter to serve these two or three tables, and there are also..."
Xu Qingmeng told He one by one which people would be needed in which places.
She was planning to turn this hotpot restaurant into a modern-day Haidilao, and things like sweet talk and birthday celebrations would have to be arranged in the future. She felt that these ten or so might not be enough.
Except for Gu Tong, who had never eaten hotpot, Gu Yunyi and the others had all eaten it. However, this was the first time they heard of someone coming to the restaurant to eat hotpot on his birthday and preparing gifts for him, or sending small gifts after receiving a secret signal.
They were stunned by what they heard, but they still admired Xu Qingmeng's imagination.
"Does that mean we should post a job recruitment notice at the door of the store?" Gu Yunyi asked.
"Of course, this requires the help of Gu Daxiucai!"
"Don't worry, your husband will take care of this."
Zhou Yuanjia said seriously: "I can do it too!"
Gu Yunyi rolled his eyes at him, as if to say, how can you compare to me?
When Zhou Yuanjia saw him like that, he suddenly felt that he had made a fool of himself.
Xu Qingmeng and others chuckled.
"However, I have some requirements for the waiters. They can't be too timid and need to be good at speaking. This must be written down."
"OK."
"Yun Sheng, Yun Mo are going to the teacher. Yun Yi, Yuan Jia, you two should take care of Meng Niang. Meng Niang is in poor health now, and she also has to take care of the hot pot restaurant. Don't bother her unless necessary." He said while looking at everyone.
Zhou Yuanjia has already started studying, and Gu Yunyi, Yun Sheng and Yun Mo will start studying next.
What Mrs. He said was right. Since they couldn't help with the housework, they couldn't cause more trouble.
The next day, Gu Yunyi and Zhou Yuanjia took the two children to the teacher's house and began their painful enlightenment life.
Gu Yunyi had already written the job recruitment notice last night, and early in the morning, Gu Tong had already posted it on the door of the store.
After Gu Yunyi and the others left, Little Li came with a group of people.
Many people around saw this and couldn't help but complain in their hearts. It seemed that the newly moved Gu family had some wealth. They had a big yard and bought a shop, and they bought two at a time. Now Ziyalang came to the door again. It seemed that they were going to buy someone.
The resources in Little Leo's hands are really good. Xu Qingmeng said that she wanted a few maids who are capable of working and have some cooking skills, so he brought eight who meet the requirements today.
In addition, there were four maids, four gatekeepers, and four guards who knew some martial arts.
He looked at the people in front of her, asked some questions, asked Xu Qingmeng's opinion, and quickly decided on the candidate.
Of course it has nothing to do with the Gu family. The Zhou family also needs servants, but a maid and a doorman are enough.
The Gu family was different. He chose four old women, a doorman, two maids, and left two security guards.
Among the four maids, one is literate and has quite some experience in the etiquette of the city. She used to take care of the young masters and young ladies of wealthy families, so she is just right to take care of Yun Sheng and Yun Mo.
The remaining three do some rough work, mainly routine cleaning, but two of them are very good cooks.
Xu Qing dreamed that if possible, he could teach them about hot pot base.
He told them very clearly that the family was responsible for cooking and they would usually have to help out, and there was a lot of work to do, so if they couldn't do it, they could ask for it now.
The same applies to maids, doormen, and security guards.
Everyone waved their hands and said that they had nothing else but a lot of strength and could do any amount of work.
Little Li said at the side: "Auntie, don't worry, I asked carefully for you when I came here. These are all capable of working. I may not bring those who are not in good health or are cunning and treacherous."
He smiled and thanked Little Li, then settled down happily.
After receiving the money, the indenture contract was handed over to He, and the Zhou family's indenture contract was given to Xinting.
As soon as Little Leo left, Dashan from the noodle shop arrived.
"Madam Gu, the shopkeeper asked me to bring the chili powder and other ingredients over."
He was stunned for a moment, then recognized him. He was the waiter from the noodle shop where Meng Niang had come from when he went to her house last time.
"Come in, come in." He smiled and let the person in.
"Auntie, no, the store is still busy. I'll have someone unload the things and then rush back to the store."
"That's right. We can't delay the store." Then he called on several people in the room to help.
Xu Qingmeng completed the handover very quickly. This time the amount was more than twice as much as last time. Fortunately, this person bought it back, otherwise it would take several days even if several people worked day and night, not to mention that Xu Qingmeng was pregnant.
(End of this chapter)
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