Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Is it delicious?" Cao Wei asked Xiao Xiaohua happily.

Little Huaihua had two big braids and a pair of black eyes. The braids swayed as their owner moved, and she looked exactly the same as when she was a child.

"Yeah." Little Huaihua held the bowl that was almost as big as her face and nodded vigorously. Even though her body was swaying, the soup in the bowl was perfectly stable and didn't seem to be spilling at all.

Huaihua also ran in at this time.

"Dad, I want one too."

"Grandpa, I want some more."

"No, you can't eat it."

"Why, Mom?"

"Because there will be something more delicious later."

Little Sophora japonica readily put down her bowl and chopsticks.

"That's right. You can't go wrong if you listen to me about food!"

"Huaihua, go and take this basin to the third uncle's house. Then come back and we can have dinner."

"Yes."

At this moment, all the dishes and other things are prepared at the third uncle's house, and they are just waiting for the soup base to be cooked.

"Dad, why is it so? I, your son, run a hot pot restaurant. You still have to trouble Cao Wei for the soup base." Yan Jiecheng looked at the table full of dishes and felt a little greedy.

"Why rush? Good things are worth waiting for."

"Hey, Yan Jiecheng, don't be ignorant. The food my father cooks is nothing like what your shop makes." Huaihua happened to walk in with a pot. When she heard it, she immediately became indignant.

"Hey, Huaihua, don't you know what kind of temper he has? Let's just ignore him." Yu Li took it with a smile and stuffed a few more candies into his mouth: "Hey, I bought them at the newly built mall a while ago. I'll take them back to sweeten the child's mouth."

"Then I'm leaving. Enjoy your meal."

"Let's get started." Yan Jiecheng stopped joking. To be honest, the quality of the hotpot in his restaurant was far inferior to that of Cao Wei's.

"Eating hotpot has its own rules." Before they even started eating, the third uncle started to serve: "Here's the first dish. Let's have a bowl of soup first..."

"Dad, what are you going to do when you go to Sichuan Province? That bowl of red..."

"Go." The third uncle said "go" unhappily, "I'm talking about this mutton soup pot. This well-cooked soup... Hey, hey, hey, leave some, leave some! People who brought it over always have some leftovers. Don't scoop too much. A small bowl will be enough. It won't be enough later."

The third uncle's scalp was tingling.

My goodness, I haven’t even said a few words and it feels like the whole pot is about to be ruined.

"It's so bright." Yu Li couldn't help but sigh, and nudged Yan Jiecheng with her shoulder: "Hey, let's talk to Master Cao, is there any chance?"

"I don't think it's possible." Yan Jiecheng shook his head. He should have improved over the years. "Master Cao is not short of money. If he really wants to do it, he has all kinds of experts in his Samadhi Tower."

"Hey, you're wrong about that." The third uncle interrupted.

"Dad, what do you know? Do you know where his Samadhi Building is recruiting this year? The waiters must be at least high school graduates. I heard that they are recruiting from many universities. The industries under the Samadhi Building are countless."

"Hey, you're wrong again."

"Hey, can you please tell me where I went wrong?"

"Let's not talk about anything else. Just look at your hotpot restaurant. You've opened many branches, right?" The third uncle shook his head and took a sip of the soup. He continued, "How is it now? It can't continue, right? What's the problem? It's not that you don't know how to open a new store. What you don't know is how to use knowledge to expand your own store. You have management experience, but you don't have the reserve knowledge to expand."

"As for Cao Wei, they have expanded their knowledge, but they do have people. It's just that if we have to start this project from scratch, it will be too troublesome to train people again."

"There are thousands of businesses in this world. Samadhi Tower is engaged in breeding and restaurants. You can't expect them to do everything by themselves, right? They don't want to do it, not because they can't, but because there is no need to do everything. At this time, if you are willing..."

Having said this, the third uncle stopped talking.

Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li looked at each other.

No words were spoken.

It was the three aunts who spoke first.

"If we really want to cooperate with them, then our hot pot restaurant..."

"Hey, this is the essence." The third uncle tapped the edge of the pot with his chopsticks. "In fact, the money you two earn now is enough to spend. If you think it's good this way, then don't bother. If you really want to bother, you can learn from Cao Wei. As for who will own the hot pot restaurant after you join, to be honest, they don't necessarily want it yet."

"Oh, Dad, can't I expand it on my own?" Yan Jiecheng was unconvinced.

"Hey." The third uncle laughed, "It's no fun to argue. Why don't you go out and try it yourself?"

Yan Jiecheng stopped talking.

It’s not like he hasn’t tried.

Once this branch opened, it was addictive.

At the beginning, they only had one store and did everything themselves. Later, when they reached the limit of one store, they began to expand. They were lucky. They did not encounter any troubles in the second store. With their experience, they were able to run the business. It was not until the third and fourth stores that they found that things were not that simple.

We met quite a few ruffians along the way.

It took a lot of effort to finally settle the matter.

This time I can say that I have learned a lesson from my failure.

If you want to open a store, you have to choose a good location.

If they open a business without asking first, they will most likely have to pay it back. This year, they bankrupted one of their own businesses. There was really nothing they could do; they were forced to do it.

After he left, he opened a hot pot restaurant in the same place. Don’t you think that’s infuriating?

But there is no way to be angry...

You can only bear it honestly.

It was a bumpy road, but I've made it through it.

But as the scale grew, the couple became increasingly unable to cope.

"A husband-and-wife shop can't grow big." The third uncle summed it up: "Professional people do professional things. You know the hardships after going through this circle. If you go up, can you clearly feel the bottleneck? This is telling you that it's time to take a break. If you don't have the ability, don't keep rushing up."

"Dad, you..."

"Hey, don't say I'm being harsh." The third uncle waved his hand. "Do you know whether what I said makes sense or not? I don't deny your idea of ​​continuing to fight. I'm just telling you how to go on this path. As for what you think and what you do, I can't stop you. My suggestion is that you should ask Cao Wei. However, the tuition this time is much more expensive than those guys in the courtyard. He may not accept it."