Bai Xiaohe, a well-off family, dropped out of school because his father owed foreign debts for developing real estate. Bai Xiaohe had no choice but to go to the restaurant as a dishwasher. He fought back successfully with his cleverness and hard work. Finally became the owner of a chain store.
1
A family accident made Bai Xiaohe lose his studies. He left home and wandered alone in the street with neon lights flashing.
The facade room facing the street is brightly lit and the restaurant is full of people. Table after table, the sound of boxing and guessing chess pieces, as well as their wriggling mouths, made the white crane look greedy, and the conditioned reflex immediately made his intestines purr.
The crane couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva. He hasn't eaten for two days.
He really wants to eat a bowl of hot noodle soup, even if it is boiled, just sprinkle a little salt. He's hungry. At the moment, he felt a little dizzy and his legs trembled feebly. He thought of the little match girl, and he thought, will he starve to death in the street like the little match girl?
He is like a stray dog, wandering in front of the hotel, with pleading eyes, waiting for the poor people to give him some poor charity.
At last he curled up feebly in the corner by the hotel door.
He felt a little sad when he remembered his superior family conditions before. He thinks life is like a dream.
At closing time, Guo Cui was about to push her bike home when she went out. She saw a teenager, who was a white crane.
Guo Cui is very kind. She led the crane into the house and asked him where he came from.
Xiaohe said that his hometown is Yongcheng.
Guo Cui asked where yongcheng was?
Xiaohe said, Yongcheng Loulou.
Guo Cui said, I'm from Loulou, too.
Guo Cui brought a bowl of noodles to the crane and added a poached egg.
The crane wolfed down his food. Guo Cui looked at the poor child and asked him how many days he hadn't eaten.
Little crane doesn't talk, just keeps eating.
Guo Cui advised him to slow down, slow down. After eating a big bowl of noodles, Xiaohe broke out in a sweat.
He looked at Guo Cui again with his free eyes. Guo Cui knew that the child had not eaten enough.
Guo Cui went to the kitchen to find some steamed bread and side dishes. Maybe that bowl of noodles gave the crane some strength. He looked at Guo Cui and shouted gratefully, "Sister, thank you."
Guo Cuixiao said, "Why don't you study? Come out to mix so young. "
Xiaohei said, "Sister, I am not young. I am eighteen years old. "
Who would believe it? At first glance, you are a child. Guo Cui said, "Eat well and find a place to live. It's so late, your parents should be anxious if they can't find you. "
The crane showed a secret. He said that he would spend the night under the viaduct these two days.
He hasn't eaten for two days. He said that his father owed huge debts because of this project, which made a family in ruins.
He came out this time just to earn money to support himself. Guo Cui looked at the boy in front of him and wondered if he was telling the truth.
Guo Cui booked a room for Bai Xiaohe on the second floor of the hotel and let him stay for one night.
Xiaohe looked at Guo Cui gratefully and said, "Sister, you are really a good man."
"Go to sleep first and talk about it tomorrow." Guo Cui looked at the childish crane and couldn't help thinking of the time when he went out to work.
Although she is now the proprietress of the restaurant, she is coming step by step.
Guo Cuian greeted the crane, put down the shutter and took a few steps, feeling uneasy. She went back to the second floor and said to the crane, "Call her if you need anything." She gave Bai Xiaohe her mobile phone number again. The fixed telephone of the hotel is on the glass cabinet at the front desk.
The crane went up to the second floor and lay on a bed made of temporary benches.
He looked at the ceiling and thought a lot. He wants to tell this kind sister tomorrow that he will stay here and work for her, even if he doesn't give money, just let him eat. The little crane fell asleep thinking about it.
2
When the crane woke up, it was already dawn. He got up quickly and walked on the stairs on the second floor. Just as I went downstairs, the rolling gate opened.
A man in his forties came over. This man has heavy eyebrows and big eyes, but his skin is slightly black. A pair of strong hands are carrying a big bag of sea blue and potatoes to the store.
Seeing that he didn't know what to call him, Bai Xiaohe was in a panic when he heard the man say, "Little brother, come and help unload the vegetables." The tone is urgent and polite.
Bai Xiaohe remembered at this moment that he had come out to work and look for a job.
Sister hasn't come yet. This may be the boss. Xiaohei thought about striding towards the electric car, with melons, green peppers, onions, ginger and garlic.
While Xiaohe was helping to wash vegetables, Guo Cui rushed over on his bike.
Guo Cui couldn't help laughing when he saw the crane helping the food. "Brother, catering business is hard to do. Can you stand it? " I'm afraid your delicate skin won't hold up. "
Bai Xiaohe quickly said, "Sister, I just want to talk to you about work. I want to work for you. I don't want salary, as long as I have food. " Bai Xiaohe said it very seriously.
Guo Cui said with a smile, "You child, for the sake of fellow villagers, I have to let you eat, but you are too young to last long."
Xiaohei said, "Don't worry, sister, I will work for a long time."
Then the man in black spoke: "Let him try first." Later, he said, "Handsome boy, you can call me Sigh in the future." Don't be strangers, we are all fellow villagers. Ask Guo Cui to help you find a work clothes later. You can work here first. After a long time, do what you think is appropriate, and then find another way if it is not appropriate? The salary is the same as that of the kitchen staff. One month, the basic salary is 2000 yuan, and overtime pay is extra. Take two days off every month and get the attendance award. You are new here and you are not familiar with anything. Let's start with washing dishes. "
While Shu was still here, Guo Cui had found work clothes from the storage room upstairs. The work clothes are half new and not old, and there is a small oil stain on the front. Blackie put on his work clothes and took out his pocket. The children are playing with the remaining glass balls. There is a piece of red jade-like glass flower in the center of the glass ball, which makes Blackie tremble. He used to be a playful child, but family changes made him a dishwasher. When he thought of this, his eyes almost burst into tears. He is very grateful to the proprietress and misses his parents. He didn't know that his parents were in that car in the south.
three
The crane gets dressed, puts on an apron and goes into the kitchen. The employees came one after another. Guo Cui arranged for Xiaohe to go to the bathroom. This is a narrow and small place, and even turning is a little difficult.
There are several pools in the dishwashing room, which are vegetable pool, meat pool and dishwashing pool. There is a big bucket of detergent under the sink.
There are several kitchen knives hanging on the hook on the wall, which are marked as cutting meat, vegetables, cooked food and raw food respectively. Fruit cutter. Next to the knife is a fast cage with a big handful of scalded chopsticks on it.
Bai Xiaohe is not in a hurry to wash the dishes, because it is not time for dinner, the guests have not arrived, and there are no dishes to wash. At this embarrassing moment, he can't do nothing. He has to find himself some work.
He is a clever boy, and he has a job in his eyes. He didn't need Guo Cui to tell him, so he hurried to get vegetables, either washing or peeling potatoes or peeling onions and shredding them. It is said that he is a dishwasher, but in fact he is a handyman. He does everything. His heart trembled at the thought of his father's foreign debt.
He doesn't know when he can pay off his foreign debt. He also has a sister who is in the first grade. He has dropped out of school, and he can't let her drop out of school again.
He remembers that at the moment he left school, all the teachers in the school kept him, and his head teacher even gave him the cost of going to school to keep him. All the classmates kept him in tears, and he knew that it was a true feeling. When his classmates' parents heard about his family, they even wanted to donate money for his education, but Bai Xiaohe refused.
He declined the kindness of many people and rode more than 70 kilometers from the city's key high school and returned to his hometown. He bought a few pounds of pears for his grandfather with bad lungs with the few scholarships left on him. Grandpa burst into tears when he handed him the pear.
He felt that his son had ruined his grandson and his future.
Bai Xiaohe bid farewell to his grandfather and parents and came to the provincial capital alone.
This is the first time that he hasn't traveled far. The outside world once made him look forward to it, but he didn't expect it to be so cruel.
He doesn't have much money on him, so he can only look at the job advertisements in shop after shop with an empty stomach.
He went to someone else's door to ask, and either said he was full or said he didn't confess.
He didn't understand why he posted a red paper pestle to recruit people and lied there since he didn't confess. Sometimes in order not to disappoint him, he wants to tear up the recruitment paper.
The white crane wandering in the street now feels like "Brother Sharp" on TV.
The wandering brother sharp was finally invited to advertise, but he couldn't even find living space. He feels full of knowledge.
That's why he insisted on dropping out of school. Even if he is admitted to the university, what can he do? Bai Xiaohe looked at the dancers in the square and felt very lost.
Fortunately, he met his hometown Guo Cui.
four
Guo Cui Hotel began to pick up people, and the chef has turned on the gas stove. At the same time, the sound of the range hood and the sound of the gas stove make a whirring sound in the generate, which is hot, spectacular and passionate.
The chef is a young man in his early thirties, handsome and tall, with elegant cooking posture and natural movements. Cool the oil in the hot pot, cut the vegetables and weigh them three times in the pot. The small iron pot is tinkled by him with an iron spoon, and a plate of vegetables waiting for a while is instantly out of the pot.
You don't have to turn off the fire by hand, but you can use the switch of the gas stove freely by lifting it on your left thigh, as if that thigh is the commander-in-chief of the switch.
The young man's surname is Li. An emperor was appointed.
The young man is very handsome and doesn't look like a chef, but he is a master cook.
Sigh is also the cook, Guo Cui's husband. Years as a chef strained his waist muscles, so he couldn't afford to hire another chef, Li Longji.
The crane looked at Li Longji who was cooking and admired him secretly. I hope I can learn a good craft at any time like him. The crane washed the bowl carefully and kept thinking about Li Longji. He wants to meet him sometime.
five
It's getting cold, and the oily bowl is slippery in cold water. Although detergent is used, it is still not easy to wash off the oil on it. Guo Cui thought many ways for this, and later installed a water heater. After washing dishes for half a year, the crane's hands were corroded beyond recognition by detergent, and a pair of white and tender students' hands faded their original luster and became rough.
Little crane's two thumb nails seem to have degenerated, too. In his opinion, nails never seem to grow. Guo Cui bought some rubber gloves for Xiaohe, but Xiaohe can't wear them all the time because it's inconvenient. Guo Cui looked at Blackie's hand and said, Blackie is not easy. You should be careful with your hands in the future and wear gloves when washing dishes. Blackie nodded gratefully. Sister Guo Cui always looks like a relative.
Alas, Guo Cui's husband always has a backache, and sometimes it hurts so much that he can't work. When there are many guests, Li Longji is too busy alone, and Bai Xiaohe always helps. After half a year, Bai Xiaohe has learned to stir-fry with a spoon, and the fried dishes have a unique taste. Guests like to eat dishes fried by Bai Xiaohe.
Mapo tofu, shredded green pepper, Senecio scandens, fried kidney flower and white crane are all very good at it. Lao Cai and Guo Cui are also very optimistic about the crane and give it a raise.
Bai Xiaohe used his accumulated salary to buy some books on cooking. He practiced theory and soon became a school of his own in the shop.
Shu's waist is getting worse and worse, and he needs hospitalization. Guo Cui also needs to go to the hospital to take care of Shu. Guo Cui wants to sell the shop. Bai Xiaohe said that such a good old shop lost a lot when it was sold out. Guo Cui, if you trust me, I will support you.
Guo Cui looked at the young man and was very moved. Guo Cui always thought that white cranes were unusual. He is a man who can do great things.
Bai Xiaohe borrowed some money from the bank and put down the restaurant in Guo Cui, because Shu needed money for surgery.
Chef Li Longji didn't leave, but he still worked as a chef in this shop, and his salary was higher than that of 500 yuan when Guo Cui was the boss.
The crane is small, but smart and open-minded. He renamed the hotel "White Crane Hotel"
On the day of school, he called his parents who worked in the south. Dad kept laughing and cursing on the phone: "Silly boy, just like me."
Mom also cried with joy.
Two years later, Bai Xiaohe's hotel has opened five chain stores in provincial capitals and cities, with 50 employees. His parents have come back from the south to help Bai Xiaohe.
In the bright night, people come and go in the hotel on the third floor, and the dignified and beautiful waiter leads the guests into the elevator and into the private room. The private rooms above the third floor are antique in decoration. The chef is neatly dressed and the whole restaurant is clean and tidy. The dishes made are exquisite and elegant, which makes people drool.
The crane always thinks of Guo Cui and his wife, and he will often visit them. The couple changed careers and opened a supermarket in the city. When BaiXiaohe's sixth chain store opened, he asked Guo Cui to cut the ribbon.