On the food side, at the end of the month, Gu Yin held a staff summary meeting.
The front office is now in charge of Mr. Wang, and the back kitchen is in charge of Shopkeeper Zhou. Of course, the managers on both sides have to express their views and experiences.
Wang shi didn't have much to say, there were four people in the front hall including her. Although Xu Shi and her are usually noisy and bickering, but when they go to work, they don't do anything. Ding is Ding Mao is Mao. Tian's mother and daughter are more honest people. They are more active in work than Wang's, and they are not lazy at all. They are afraid that they will lose this good job if they are not careful.
Manager Zhou is indeed a management talent Gu Yin has long been interested in. He speaks very sharply, and immediately said: "In addition to me and the owner, there are eight other people in our back kitchen. Xiao Xu and his two The young apprentice must have a long-term job, and some other people... I won't say who they are, anyway, they are short-term helpers, if you really don't want to do it, don't do it, you don't have to do some small things behind your back."
Recently, both Hanxianglou and Wangyuelou are undergoing major changes, which is when they are short of manpower. These two families were also damaged, and they all hit the ground running.
Shopkeeper Zhou and the others didn't have any delusions, so let's poach Chef Xu and his two young apprentices first.
Although the three of them came later, there was no doubt about their loyalty, so they turned around and told the news to Shopkeeper Zhou.
Of course, in terms of intimacy, Chef Xu should definitely tell Gu Yin. But as early as when they came, Gu Yin had told them about the planning and layout of the store, so that the employees could find their own bosses when they had something to do, and don't easily make reports.
Shopkeeper Zhou spent all these years in Hanshan Town not in vain. He went out to inquire immediately, and soon found out who in his store was contacted by the two.
If you observe the daily work status of these people, you will naturally know which ones should not go to other homes, and which ones are already active.
Sure enough, as soon as he said these words, the two active helpers immediately panicked.
The store is hiring people, and the notices for recruiting people have been posted all the time, so far no more people have been recruited, so the shopkeeper Zhou just transferred the dishonest to the front to help, not letting them go to the back kitchen to touch the food, and then give them to the store. They sounded the alarm bell and didn't turn people off all at once.
After the two of them finished speaking, Gu Yin made a summary at the end, which probably meant that everyone had worked hard in the past month. Of course, she would not treat everyone badly, and she would cooperate happily in the future.
After the meeting, Gu Yin and Shopkeeper Zhou went to talk alone.
"If it wasn't for you to find out these, I don't believe that both of those two families have put their minds on our family."
It's not that Gu Yin is arrogant and underestimated, feeling that she doesn't have the capital to compete in the arena.
But the two are old-fashioned restaurants. They have opened their own restaurants for a month. Although the business is really good, they are more business for ordinary people. It is estimated that they earn a fraction of their income.
Shopkeeper Zhou said apologetically, "Actually, this is also my fault."
Needless to say, Wangyuelou, he came from there. When Wang Dafu reopened the Mochizuki Tower, he would definitely have to deal with him as a "traitor".
Hanxianglou also heard that Shiweitian had invited him here, so he paid attention to it. In addition, Gu Yin was really good at craftsmanship, and he won several regular customers of Hanxianglou within a month. Hanshan Town is so big, there are only so many rich customers who can eat morning tea for tens or hundreds of pennies. If I hadn't suppressed Shiweitian at the beginning of Shiweitian, it's hard to say what happened later.
"How can I blame you?" Gu Yin smiled disapprovingly, "Anyway, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover. When I quickly find two more people, I will dismiss those two mindfully. As long as we don't have any problems internally. , how those two companies have nothing to do with us, at least they will earn less each month in the future."
Shopkeeper Zhou has worked for people for so many years, and this is the first time he hears that the owner is so light-hearted, saying that less money means less money.
Gu Yin was embarrassed by the admiration in the eyes of the shopkeeper Zhou, and explained: "It's not that I'm really indifferent to the world, it's that I didn't have a complete competitive relationship with their big restaurant."
Gu Yin decided early in the morning that the core of good food is the ordinary customers of the middle-level consumption level. As long as the two companies do not touch this area, she has nothing to worry about.
When the owner said so, he didn't worry anymore, and said, "Then I will follow along to find out. Don't think about this, but think about how the money earned this month will be spent."
Gu Yin still kept the forty taels she earned in the store, and made working capital together with the hundreds of taels of deposits from several customers. As for her own wages, she must be used to improve her family's life.
First of all, the donkey cart that Gu Yin wanted was already arranged, and it cost five taels of silver to even bring the donkey to the cart.
Donkeys are good donkeys in the prime of life, and they can usually be tied to the backyard of the store to pull the grinder. The car is also spacious and new, it is the first big thing that Gu Yin has added to the family after passing through!
She and Mrs Wang finally don't have to walk to work anymore, and they can also take Mrs Xu and Mrs Tian back to Zhenyi Lane.
Tian's mother and daughter kept complimenting her, saying that they had never seen such a kind owner, not only the kindness of the wages, but also the considerate way of taking them to and from work...
It's embarrassing to praise Gu Yin.
If she really wants to have that strength, of course, she will provide a shuttle bus for all employees, and it is not impossible to even set up a women's dormitory, but for now, she should not press the table first.
The other is to buy new clothes for the family.
In the winter, Gu Yin bought it for the whole family once. Later, in the spring, everyone's spring shirts were still old. Gu Ye was the worst, wearing old clothes from Wu'an.
I was afraid that it would be like the last time. After I bought it, the Wang family was reluctant to give up the money and made an excuse to exchange it. This time, Gu Yin left the store half an hour earlier and took everyone to the ready-to-wear shop.
In the past, the Wang family must have said that he had enough clothes to wear. Although his family is much better than before, he can save as much as he can.
But now she is the owner's mother, and she doesn't dress well enough to make people laugh at Gu Yin, so she still chooses a good dress that she didn't dare to look at before.
Gu Yin also chose a dress that was worthy of her status as a boss. The bright yellow corset skirt and the azure large-sleeved shirt were both light and beautiful.
The two children each chose their favorite small clothes and trousers. Gu Yin didn't interfere with them, but in the end, she couldn't help changing the white clothes and trousers in Gu Ye's hand to a darker color.
Gu Ye looked pitifully at his mother, but Gu Yin didn't look at him at all, she just said, "You really don't know how much scouring you are, your milk and I have been busy all day, where can you get so much time? Wash your clothes."
"The storyteller in the teahouse, the heroes all wear white, all dressed in white." Gu Ye kicked his toes and argued in a low voice.
"Oh, you let him wear it, I wash me."
"Mother." Gu Yin glanced at Wang Shi helplessly, but Wang Shi did not continue.
This person is also strange, when Wang's face Wu An, that is the standard strict mother.
But since Gu Ye was remembered as Gu Yin's child, she was a generation behind her, and she became more and more kind to Gu Ye day by day.
In the end, Gu Ye still couldn't dress in white like the hero that the storyteller said, and when he got home, he felt a little bored.
Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Gu Yin greeted both children and said, "You all helped on the opening day, and I haven't paid you any wages yet. Especially in Wu'an, April is your birthday, and I was busy at home before. I didn't even give you a celebration when I opened the store, and I didn't even ask for the 100 yuan that you wrote the flyer. Well, you can make another wish."
Wu An's eyes lit up, and he asked tentatively, "Then I... can I ask for a piece of paper and a square inkstone? The most ordinary one will do."
Reading is inseparable from pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Master Wen did not hesitate in these mountains, and chose a good one for his only student.
It's just that he chose too well. Wu An, who had just been studying for a few months, felt that his words were not worthy of such a good thing. But he also knew that his family was not wealthy before, and he never mentioned it, but he was cautious every time he practiced calligraphy, because he didn't dare to let go of his hands and feet to practice calligraphy, and his calligraphy progress had not been great. It was not until Gu Yin prepared another pen and paper for him to write the flyer that he let go of his hands and feet and practiced hard.
"Okay." Gu Yin agreed and went to see Gu Ye again.
Gu Ye had been waiting for a long time, and he said, "I, I want a maid."
"What do you want, Xiaoye?" Mr. Wang, who was washing new clothes next to him, almost fell off the bench when he heard this.
Gu Ye rushed over to stabilize Wang, and said blankly, "What's wrong? I want a maid."
Wang Shi said with a smile: "Where did you hear it? People are heroes and heroes without maids!"
"No, the hero doesn't have it, but the young master can have it."
The young master and the maid... This has to be said in the mouth of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and it is estimated that it will create a charming association. Speaking from the mouth of a small bean, although it is not charming, it is also strange enough.
"Then Master Gu, what do you want a servant girl to do?" Gu Yin helped her forehead helplessly, she was already thinking about whether she should let this kid go free. ? !
Gu Ye said as a matter of course: "The maid does the laundry, I wear white."
Both Wang Shi and Gu Yin couldn't help laughing immediately.
"It's really not good to buy it for you." Wang Shi wiped her tears and said, "Otherwise, you can go around and see which one sells it. Buy it yourself first, and bring it back for me and your mother to give the money."
In disaster years and famine years, it is the norm to sell daughters and daughters. It should not be uncommon for those places where there are chaos and chaos outside.
However, under the management of the county magistrate and Guan Jutou, the people of Hanshan Town live and work in peace and contentment. No matter how incompetent men go to the wharf to carry sandbags, they can still earn enough for the family to chew on. If there is no man in the family, then just like Li's mother and daughter, do some sewing and pulping work. If it is a younger child, then a shantang will take over.
Although the county magistrate is not a rare person in the world who is particularly wise and martial, and judges cases like a god, he is also a rare and honest official who does not take half a cent of silver. to the people. Whoever wants to sell their sons and daughters, the county magistrate will definitely ask.
Gu Ye nodded after listening, and said seriously, "Then I'll buy it myself."
Before he finished speaking, he ran out.
After learning with Guan Sutou next door for a month, this little brat has learned the basics of breathing and breathing, and when he runs, he makes a gust of wind under his feet. Before Gu Yin wants to stop him, he has already run out of sight.
That night, Gu Ye came back and brought back an eleven- or twelve-year-old black and strong little girl.
Both Wang Shi and Gu Yin were dumbfounded and asked him, "You don't really buy yourself a maid, do you?"
Gu Ye shook his head and said no, "I didn't buy it, I picked it up."
After Gu Ye took out a piece of paper and stuffed it into Gu Yin, Gu Yin was so shocked that she couldn't say a word - it was actually a contract of sale, and both the buyer and the seller had their fingerprints pressed.
Wang's probe glanced at it and exclaimed, "Where did you get the contract? Xiaoye, can you write?"
Gu Ye said no, and explained: "For ten pennies on the street, you can write one."
"You..." Gu Yin really didn't know what to say about him for a while, she turned to look at Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang felt guilty and hid back—
She was just joking with the child at the time, but he didn't expect him to take it seriously, and she brought people back the same day, and even signed the deed of prostitution.
As soon as they spoke, the silent little girl suddenly fell to the ground.
Wang scooped up the man and carried him back to the house.
After taking care of Gu Ye, Wang has almost become a pediatrician. Seeing that the girl is breathing evenly and has a strong pulse, she can know that she is hungry when she touches her flat stomach.
The family now eats and drinks in the store, and there is nothing good in the kitchen, so Gu Yin boils a little white porridge.
While waiting for the porridge, she called Gu Ye to her side and asked him where he picked it up.
Gu Ye replied, "I picked it up from the Temple of the City God. She's so stupid. She doesn't eat if she has offerings, and she's hungry. I said my family had food and wanted a maid, so she left with me."
"Don't talk about people like that." Gu Yin nodded his nose and asked him again, "Then what's going on with this contract?"
"There is a scholar setting up a stall next to the Chenghuang Temple. He heard us talking and took the initiative to say it." Gu Ye felt his shriveled purse in pain, "Ten pennies are so expensive."
Not long after the bowl of white porridge was cooked, Gu Yin brought it into the room. The girl woke up smelling the fragrance. She devoured the bowl of porridge without being fed, and then began to thank them.
The girl's accent is not local. Wang asked her if she had been separated from her family, and said that there was a very good Guan Zhaotou who lived next door and could help her find her family.
The little girl became anxious when she heard this, struggling to get down to kneel for them, begging them not to report to the officials.
Comforting people is not Wang's forte. She got up from the kang and asked Gu Yin to talk to her.
Gu Yin said warmly: "Don't worry, we just want to help you find family members, not to drag you to see the official. Since you don't want to, we naturally won't alarm the people in the official government. What's your secret?"
The little girl bit her lip and hesitated for a long time before she said: "I'm not from here, I live in Bailiu Village, Yunlai County. I haven't seen my father since I was born, and my mother remarried a few years ago, so she can't control me anymore. , keep me in my hometown. This year, a few aunts and aunts said that there were too many children at home and they couldn't support them. They wanted to marry me to the lame man in the city. I pawned the silver peanuts my mother left me and changed the boat. The money ran out."
"Yunlai County..." Wang Shi recalled carefully, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "My dear, it's thousands of miles away from us. How did you run so far? Did your mother remarried here?"
She said no, digging her fingers and embarrassedly said: "I don't know where my mother went. I have never been out of the village, I only heard that you can go to other places by boat, so I just sit there casually, but I didn't expect to come out like this as soon as I sit. Yuan. Thank you for your family's life-saving grace, I will work hard in the future and repay you well!"
After she finished speaking, she fell to the ground, knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed to the two of them. Wang Shi and Gu Yin stopped a step slowly, and only heard the sound of "bang bang". She had already kowtowed twice.
Hearing this, Mrs. Wang was in pain, so she quickly pulled the person up, pressed it back on the kang, and said, "I really don't need it, it's just a bowl of porridge."
Speaking of that girl's stomach grumbling again, Gu Yin said that there was still in the pot, and she went to bring another bowl over.
When Gu Yin went out, Wang Shi also followed and whispered to her: "Xiao Ye is really right, this girl doesn't seem to have a big brain..."
Gu Yin glanced at her, and Wang shi changed her words: "It looks strange and sincere."
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law arrived at the kitchen, Gu Yin changed the sea bowl and filled a large bowl of porridge. Wang rummaged through the box and found a half-jar of pickled vegetables for the New Year.
With the pickles, the girl drank another large bowl of porridge in three or five gulps.
It was also late. After washing up, Mrs. Wang let the girl rest in her room, while she and Gu Yin were in the same room.
Before going to bed, Wang Shi and Gu Yin confirmed that the money and money had been locked in one place, the front and rear doors were locked, and the room where they slept was also locked, so they rested together.
There was no dream all night, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were woken up by the sound of "bang bang" as soon as they slept in the middle of the night.
The two put on their clothes and got up to look, and they saw that the black and strong little girl was chopping wood in the patio with an ax.
Wang Shi pulled Gu Yin behind her and asked her what she was doing
"Waking you up? I... I just wanted to help you with some work. Originally, I wanted to help you fetch water, but the yard door was locked. I couldn't get out, so I had to chop wood."
Seeing that Wang was protecting Gu Yin behind her, she hurriedly put the axe on the ground and waved her hand: "I really didn't want to do anything bad!"
Looking at the piles of firewood that was chopped and piled into small hills next to her, Gu Yin couldn't help but think in her heart, this girl is really stupid, how could anyone use an axe to chop firewood in the middle of the night on the first day at someone else's house? It's really scary!
Seeing her helplessly twisting the hem of her clothes, Gu Yin still couldn't bear to scold her.
In another half an hour, when Gu Yin went to the store, she didn't sleep at all, and together with Wang Shi, asked the girl what she was going to do in the future.
She scratched her head and said, "I just work hard at your house. I don't need to eat such fine fine grains as I did yesterday. Beans and rice will do."
Saying that, she noticed something was wrong, widened her eyes and said, "Don't you... don't you want me? I signed the contract of selling my life."
The more she spoke, the quieter she became, and then she couldn't help crying. She pressed her mouth down and cried. Although she didn't make a sound, she cried so hard.
When Gu Ye heard that they were quitting, he pointed at Wang Shi and said, "As promised, I will buy a maid myself. It's my maid!"
Wang Shi was also guilty, looked at Gu Yin and said, "Otherwise, let's keep her?"
Gu Yin touched the aching eyebrows, first told the girl to stop crying, then glanced at Gu Ye, who insisted on being a maid, and Wang Shi, who was guilty of not raising her eyes, and finally said, "Since she has nowhere to go. , just stay, Tianliang will go to the government to prepare a case. But it's not a matter of selling a body or something, just sign the same employment contract as Aunt Tian and the others."
"Hey! Our family is just short of people. Although the little girl is young, she is strong and can work." Wang assisted Gu Yin back to the house to change clothes, without waiting Yin opened her mouth, and she said to herself, "I won't talk to my child again next time!"
Before dawn, Gu Yin went to the store first, while Wang took the girl that Gu Ye picked up to go to the government for the record.
There is no saying that child labor cannot be employed in this era, but very few people will hire a half-year-old child. After all, children of this age eat no less than adults, but do not do as much work as adults, but in general, the procedures are not bad. smoothly.
After leaving the yamen, the Wang family also learned that the girl's surname was Song. Because there were many children in the family, she didn't have a proper name, but the family called her Sixteen.
Song Shiliu didn't seem like a serious name, so Gu Yin simply changed her name to Shiliu.
At first, Gu Yin just wanted to arrange her at home to be responsible for household chores such as chopping firewood, boiling water, and washing clothes, but then the two thoughtful guys in the store together proposed to resign. There were two less people in the store, so she took Song Song Pomegranate was arranged in the front hall of the store.
Although this girl is stupid, she is really used to doing chores since she was a child. Although she is only twelve years old, she can still be used by an adult.
Still no one was recruited in the store, and one employee was lost. It stands to reason that the number of staff should be even more insufficient.
But there are fewer customers in the store - Hanxianglou and Wangyuelou are taking the next step. VIPs can enjoy special menus, and there are also discounts for depositing 10 taels and getting 1 taels for free.
Both of them are old-fashioned restaurants, especially Hanxiang Restaurant, which has never had any troubles. It is natural that this kind of promotion is very popular.
Like the old Li and his friends before, their deposits were almost exhausted in Shiweitian, and they were thinking of continuing for the next month. After this event, they went back to Hanxianglou.
There were a few wealthy customers with the characteristics of the morning market all of a sudden, and there were even people who wanted to take back the money that had been saved before, but fortunately, Gu Yin never moved the money. Withdrawal, the working capital on the book was suddenly reduced by fifty taels.
The Bai and Wang families were all waiting to see the excitement of food for the sky, but Gu Yin was not in a hurry at all.
What's the hurry? At that time, the matter of depositing the silver to win over the VIPs was brought about by unintentional intervention, and it was not something she wanted to tinker with. Those silver coins helped her get through the initial difficulties in turnover, which was a surprise.
Although there are fewer rich customers now, the business of their own cheap fast food is good.
She and Shopkeeper Zhou ponder new snacks and dishes every day, and everything they make can be sold out, and the profits are exactly in line with her initial expectations.
She unintentionally shrank, and the situation in the town turned into a sparring between Hanxianglou and Wangyuelou.
In the past, the two families were different, and the competition relationship was not very clear, but after the promotion of deposit and bank discounts, the two became a real competition. As far as silver is concerned, if it is saved in one house, it will not be saved in another house.
Hanxianglou first launched a new discount. Originally, you can get one or two when you charge 10 taels. Now the gift is unchanged. After you become a VIP, you can order food at a 20% discount.
Wangyuelou has followed suit, and his VIP order price is only 70%.
Hanxianglou was changed to save 10 taels and get 2 taels, and Wangyue Building saved 10 taels and got 3 taels.
Confused, the two of them didn't know how they got on each other.
And Gu Yin is preparing to launch new things in the store.
It's May, and the weather is starting to heat up, and it's time to tinker with some drinks for sale!