Chapter 132

Two and a half months before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Minjun was still stuck in the step of adjusting the flavors of the mooncakes

She said that it was easy, but after she actually started to do it, she realized how difficult it was She had to try every flavor, the softness of the puff pastry, the saltiness of the inside, all of them had to be tasted

Lin Minjun thought, to do to be the best, to make a name for themselves

Lin Minjun was not yet in a hurry, but Yu Ciping was anxious first, “Ah Jun, why don’t we do it now, if we don’t decide, I’m afraid we won’t be able to make it to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and we still need to save time to sell them, no one will buy the mooncakes after the Mid-Autumn Festival”

“It’s not too late, our work here will be finalized in two or three days, after that, I’ll go to customize the packaging, and then recruit people to make the mooncakes” Lin Minjun comforted her in turn, “I’ve already made plans, mooncakes can’t be left out for too long, they’ll get damp if they’re left out for a long time, I’ll recruit temporary workers to come and help out a week before the Mid-Autumn Festival, it’ll be right behind the restaurant, and we’ll set up three ovens to start working together”

Two or three days later, the taste of the mooncake was finally adjusted, a slightly crispy shell, bite down to hear a click, followed by crispy skin will melt in the mouth, and then bite down to the sweet taste of the cloud legs, this is mainly suitable for young people’s tastes, seasoning a little heavier

The other kind of mooncake has a slightly softer shell, which tastes soft and fluffy, and the flavor inside is lighter, which is more suitable for the elderly with bad teeth

Mooncake recipe set down, Lin Minjun immediately go to customize packaging, first to find manufacturers to do kraft paper, and then went to do carton factory, carton is the outer packaging, must be done to look good, Lin Minjun and the director of the carton factory agreed that in two days have time to come over to discuss the design of the packaging

From the carton factory out of the sky has been dark, almost to the restaurant busy time, Lin Minjun riding a bicycle to rush back

Carton factory in the suburbs, from the restaurant is a little far, back when Lin Minjun speed up the speed, rushed slowly, or a little late

When she went into the restaurant, she saw that many tables in the restaurant were seated, and someone was shouting, “Check out!”

“We want to order food!”

“Where’s our food?”

You sentence and I sentence, plus there are people chatting, a time the restaurant than the food market is more lively, there are people drunk, take chopsticks hard knock table

Auntie Xu was so busy, she couldn’t wait to break herself into eight, one moment she had to clean up the table, another moment she had to entertain the guests, and she also had to serve the food, her head got big

Lin Minjun came in startled, immediately came out of the heart of an idea, the restaurant has to recruit again, continue to recruit!

She put down her bag and said to Auntie Xu, “I’ll be in charge of checking out and entertaining the guests to order food, you go serve the food and clean up the table, let’s divide the work”

“You’re finally back Xiao Lin, business is especially good in the store today, I won’t talk to you, I’ll go and get busy first” Auntie Xu hurriedly said two words and rushed to the back kitchen to serve the dishes again

Lin Minjun walked to the counter, first started looking through the ordering menu, counted the bills, walked over to the table of guests who said they wanted to pay the bill, and with a smile, quoted the price, and wiped out a zero along the way

“How’s the flavor of the meal, no need to give the change, the drinks count as a gift from me, delicious next time come again ah” Lin Minjun said skillfully

The guest happily smiled, “Tasty, the portion is also quite a lot, my son’s favorite food, every Sunday on vacation are clamoring to come”

The guest said and laughed, took out his wallet and paid, the family left happily

Immediately after that, a few more tables said they wanted to pay the bill, Lin Minjun walked over to settle the bill and returned to the counter after sending them away

Just at this time a small peak passed, the restaurant can rest for a while, breathe, Lin Minjun took this time to start calculating, the store now need to recruit a few more people to be able to busy, in addition to how old to recruit, how much salary is appropriate

Halfway through writing, a group of people walked into the store and approached the counter, “Hello, we want to eat”

“Okay, lobby or booth? How many people?” Lin Minjun stopped her hand movements, raised her head, and just froze at the first glance

In front of them was a group of middle-aged men, some were holding briefcases, some had young boys who looked like secretaries with them, they should be here to talk about things

This is not unusual, the restaurant tastes good, the decoration is also elegant, a lot of talk about cooperation of the big bosses like to book meals here, talk about things will not be disturbed

What made Lin Minjun freeze was a man in the middle of the line, with half white hair, with gold glasses, dressed in a civilized manner, this was Lu Deping’s father, her father-in-law in her previous life

“Box, six people” One of the lads who looked like a secretary came over and said

Lin Minjun returned to her senses and walked out of the counter, “The box is upstairs, you guys follow me”

She brought a group of people to the upstairs box, after she came out, the secretary also followed her out, “You arrange a table for us to eat, it should be upscale and look good”

At this time Lin Minjun also reacted, it should be Lu’s father who was invited over for dinner by someone else, he was an old engineer, many units wanted to invite him over to be a technical advisor

Lin Minjun didn’t hate Lu’s father, in his last life he was always traveling outside for work, staying at home for less than a month in a year

But every time he came back, he would remember to bring gifts to her and Lu Deping Knowing that she couldn’t get along with Lu’s mother, he even offered to pay for her to go out and live with Lu Deping

Lu’s father and Lu’s mother didn’t seem to have a good relationship, he tried to discipline Lu’s mother, but because she was often away from home for work, Lu’s mother promised to be nice and good, but in reality, she didn’t listen to anything

“Comrade, do you hear me? Arrange a table for us” The secretary saw Lin Minjun fidgeting and raised her voice

Lin Minjun instantly came back to her senses and smiled, “I heard you, sorry for being a bit distracted”

Lin Minjun was only surprised for a few minutes when she saw Lu’s father appear at the restaurant, and quickly calmed down again

Anyway, it was all from a previous life, long past, the current her had nothing to do with the Lu family, as long as she entertained this table

Lin Minjun went to the back kitchen to explain, to fix a table of dishes for the upstairs box, to be decent, upscale, after finishing, returned to the counter to continue working

In the upstairs box, a group of people were talking, and someone said, “Should we ask them to send a bottle of wine up?”

“What do you think, Mr Lu?”

Lu’s father smiled and pointed to the cup, “We need to be sober for our work, drinking alcohol will make our hands shake, even a little error will cause mistakes, isn’t there tea here, let’s use tea instead of wine, and taste how the flavor of the restaurant is”

Today’s meal was mainly to entertain him, of course his words prevailed

When Lu’s father said this, the others didn’t say anything, everyone raised their cups and said tea instead of wine, then raised their cups and drank it all

Put down the glass, the food has not yet been served, everyone began to talk about business

Halfway through the conversation, the door to the box was knocked on, and someone said at the door, “The food is served, please open the door”

Lu’s father was in the middle of a conversation with someone, and when he heard the voice outside the door, he suddenly felt a bit familiar, and he was flabbergasted for a moment

The secretary went over to open the door with a good eye, and Auntie Xu walked in from outside with a plate of food, and Father Lu followed the sound and looked over towards her

The moment Lu father saw Auntie Xu, his entire body froze, and only after a long time did he react, removing his eyes, “Xiao Xu, why are you?”

Aunt Xu also recognized Lu’s father, her footsteps were also a beat, faint smile, “I work here”

“Are you you okay now ?” Lu father immediately walked up to want to shake hands, thought up water on his hands, immediately took something to wipe, and then go to shake hands

Auntie Xu reluctantly shook his hand and said perfunctorily, “It’s okay, just like that, I have to go down to deliver the food, not much more to say”

Lu’s father’s gaze followed her all the way down the stairs

In fact, the two of them said a few words, very common pleasantries, and everyone could see that Auntie Xu and Lu’s father should know each other

But after Auntie Xu left, Lu’s father’s reaction was very wrong, so someone asked, “What’s the matter Chief Engineer Lu, is that an acquaintance of yours? Should we call the person up for a chat?”

“No need, it’s fine, just a former friend” Lu’s father’s face still didn’t look too natural

On the other hand, Auntie Xu’s face was particularly calm when she came downstairs and walked in front of the counter, but Lin Minjun saw it, “What’s wrong with you? Are the guests upstairs not well received?”

Doing business is like this, what the devil can meet, some people like to support the face, the waiter as their own family mom to call

Lin Minjun then said, “Why don’t I go and deliver the dishes upstairs?”

“OK, you go” Auntie Xu said

Now Lin Minjun felt that she really wasn’t quite right, “What’s going on? Is someone upstairs causing trouble?”

Auntie Xu: “No, why do you ask?”

“Your face looks ugly ah”

Big Aunt Xu patted her head and quickly returned to normal, “It’s nothing, it’s just that there’s someone upstairs that I really hate”

Lin Minjun looked at Auntie Xu’s face and didn’t ask any more questions, the guests in the upstairs box were all entertained by herself tonight

Today, the restaurant’s business was good, and it was busy until the end of the day, when all the guests downstairs were gone, the restaurant’s staff couldn’t leave yet, they had to wait for the box guests to leave, and then clean the restaurant before they could get off work

So while they were waiting, they cleaned up downstairs together

Usually, Auntie Xu was the one who did the hardest work, but today, there were still twenty minutes left until the end of her shift, and she told Lin Minjun, “I have a bit of a headache, so I want to go home and rest, and go to bed early”

Actually, it wasn’t a headache, it was just that she saw someone she didn’t want to see and wanted to leave early to avoid him

Lin Minjun nodded, “Okay, you go home quickly, tomorrow if you are still not feeling well, go to the hospital, don’t use the side of the restaurant for now”

Auntie Xu was the first one to get off work, slowly walking out of the restaurant, heading in the direction of the Courtyard, when she walked to another street, she saw someone standing on the side of the road, or the last person she wanted to see right now

Lu’s father was standing on the street, briefcase in hand, looking at his watch as he waited

Auntie Xu glanced at him and slowly walked over, not even thinking of saying hello

While brushing past, Lu’s father called out to her, “Xiao Xu”

Big Mother Xu pretended not to hear and continued walking forward

“How are you doing now?” Lu’s father said again

Auntie Xu didn’t care, still walking forward, Lu’s father followed behind, after a few steps, he couldn’t help but say, “I don’t mean anything else, I just want to say hello to you, there’s no need to be like this”

“It’s not an acquaintance, what greeting is there to greet, do you still have something to do? Nothing don’t stop me” Auntie Xu had a look of contempt on her face

A bewildered expression then appeared on Lu’s father’s face, “It’s just catching up, what’s wrong with you, it’s not like I’ve wronged you anywhere, really, you’re the one who’s wronged me”

These words instantly ignited Auntie Xu’s anger, she stopped and stared at Father Lu, “You make it clear, what have I wronged you for”