Chentan's Memories

Chapter 41

No.40 Once in a difficult situation, retreat and enjoy yourself, but still linger on your teenage dream

When Lin Lang woke up, he still carried the resentment from the previous night.

Yesterday was obviously only the second day of the Lunar New Year, and Lin Lang couldn't figure out why there were so many customers in the restaurant.It's just a small restaurant the size of a palm, and with two shopkeepers and two servants, there are more than two hundred mouths in one day... Lin Lang accepted the silver taels handed over with a smile on his face, and his heart ached. Suinian: "I'll forget about being too busy! Everyone knows how to eat!"

Of course, "busy" is not what makes Lin Lang angry the most.

Tang Yushu was the one who made Lin Lang angry the most - he was so busy last night that he didn't go to sleep until halfway through the hour, but this guy was busy in the back kitchen for more than half an hour.Lin Lang was left alone on the couch, gnashing his teeth to get rid of all the sweet words he wanted to say, and ran out of the yard angrily to look for him, Tang Yushu was willing to go to bed and "lie up"... It was easy for the two of them to lie down together, and Lin Lang concocted some sweet words there, and when he shyly called "Brother Yushu", in exchange for the other party's sudden thunderous snoring.

Lin Lang immediately sat up and wished he could go back to Jinling immediately.

But when I think about it again, I feel like forget it... Seeing that he has been busy all day, although he deserves to die for being incomprehensible, he is still living a down-to-earth life... The main reason is that the line of his back that is exposed outside the quilt is still there. It's pretty good... After careful calculation, it's more profitable to keep it.Thinking of this, Lin Lang lay back angrily, tucked in the quilt for Tang Yushu, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After opening his eyes for a quarter of an hour, Lin Lang still didn't get up.

Tang Yushu slept facing him, breathing evenly and calmly.

Lin Langxin enjoys the youthful handsomeness in front of him, indulges in it, and feels that the years have treated him well - if a man with Tang Yushu's appearance and personality, born among Jinling official Jia's family, must be advertised by the public What a good man... Fortunately, God is unfair, he was not allowed to be born into a family of sensual dogs and horses, and he was not allowed to experience all kinds of graceful and elegant high-class fairies, so he was able to be picked up by himself.

But in a flash Lin Lang frowned again - what is "picking up leaks" and not "picking up leaks", Tang Yushu was able to win a young man with my style and knowledge, which is his blessing from several lifetimes of cultivation.

With such blessings, I still don't understand the style, and I live like a piece of dead elm!Thinking about it, he became angry again, secretly kicked Tang Yushu under the indignation, and quickly closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Hearing that Tang Yushu was in pain from the sudden force on the shin of his calf, he murmured "Uh!" and then woke up. He moved a few times in a daze and slowly, and gently pinched Lin Lang's "sleeping dream". He jumped up, sat up and yawned, and pulled the quilt to help Lin Lang cover his exposed shoulders.

Lin Lang closed his eyes, but felt extremely guilty by Tang Yushu's series of actions.

——Let him just fall asleep...why wake him up.

Then the shoulders that were warmed by the quilt felt a bit cool again, as if they had been lifted, followed by a light touch.The touch made Lin Lang numb for a while, and he was quickly awakened from his clumsy pretending to sleep. When he opened his eyes, his eyes met Tang Yushu's kiss on his shoulder.

Lin Lang: "..."

Tang Yushu: "..."

Lin Lang: "Pfft!"

Tang Yushu: "I didn't catch a glimpse of it... just bumped into..."

Lin Lang: "No..."

Tang Yushu: "..."

Lin Lang: "You did it on purpose!"

Tang Yushu's face was flushed red, he almost jumped up, put on his clothes and staggered out of the wing as if fleeing.

Lin Lang buried his face in the quilt, and put down the quilt after feeling uncomfortable for a long time.It's like, afraid that the corners of the mouth can't stop rising and someone will see it as a joke.

——The ignorant young man who doesn't understand the customs also has a different kind of humor.

Although it was announced yesterday that no guests will be received today, no one in the restaurant obeyed Lin Lang's orders.

Chen Ni had already gotten up early to buy the ingredients, Shun'er wiped the tables and chairs in the main hall and the yard indiscriminately, and now he is sweeping the yard domineeringly.

So there was nothing to do for the time being, Lin Lang came out of the west wing room, the warmer sky at the end of winter fell on his cheeks, and when he closed his eyes slightly, there was still golden light passing through the eyelashes, reflecting a large soft and comfortable blush.

Leisurely leaning against the pillars under the front porch of the west wing, looking at the tables and chairs made by Tang Yushu's hands, Lin Lang thought of Tang Yushu's thick palms again.As he thought about it, he gradually felt that his heart was lightly covered by his palm, solid and safe.

When I first planned my own hot pot restaurant, I didn’t think of it like this at all—the entrance of the restaurant is exquisite and stylish, with rosewood and nanmu tables and chairs inside; but now I have seen all of them—it is the scorched black door that was burned on the opening day head, matched with the clumsy black-lacquered tables and chairs that are being beaten by hand.

——Although the life did not completely match my own vision, every clumsy and real detail caused by that person's participation is also reassuring.

Shun'er, who sang a little song, danced the broom with the libretto, and the dust that was raised was reflected into golden particles by the sun. At first glance, it really seemed a little romantic of "walking on the waves, and the dust in the socks" - just a little Choking.

Lin Lang smacked his nose and told Shun'er to "stop for a while", Shun'er threw the broom aside after listening, but twisted the meaning of Lin Lang's words, understanding it as "It's good to rest and stop doing rough work." , ran into Lin Lang's arms, and rubbed his face with dirt all over Lin Lang's body: "The young master still loves me!"

Lin Lang spent a lot of effort to get rid of the octopus, and Shun'er suddenly remembered something: "Master—someone told us to reserve a table early in the morning and come over at three quarters to eat."

"...Reserved?" Lin Lang frowned: "Why?"

Shun'er nodded like a pest: "That's what I told them too!"

Lin Lang was sweating on his forehead, thinking... there is no need to speak so directly.Ke Shun'er wore a smile of "heroes see the same thing", and looked forward to being rewarded for matching the young master's mind.Lin Lang could only laugh dryly: "How did that man reply to you?"

Shun'er stretched out his hand, revealing the money he was clutching: "The man gave the money and said: Pay your meals in advance, do you want to earn it?"

"...Pay in advance?" Lin Lang raised his eyebrows: "If you don't make money, you don't make money!"

Shun'er nodded like a pest: "That's what I told them too!"

Lin Lang's forehead was sweating again: "..."

After taking the silver, he counted it, and told Shun'er to go to the cash register to write it down.Behind Tang Yushu said with a smile: "Who said that the door will be closed today--the result is that I am happy when I see Yinzi!"

Lin Lang turned his head in search of the sound, and Tang Yushu was sitting on a dangling ladder stool under the eaves of the west wing, carefully repairing a lantern with a broken bamboo frame.Lin Lang stepped forward to help Tang Yushu tuck his socks: "You don't have to worry about freezing if your ankles are exposed! ——I'll write a recruitment notice in a while, and you can post it—wasn't that an angry word yesterday? As for closing the door every other day, I still need to recruit some more people to keep the business going..."

Tang Yushu turned the repaired lantern around to check it again, then got off the ladder, and smiled at Lin Lang: "If you are too busy, call me."

Lin Lang felt warm in his heart, but he choked on Tang Yushu with a stubborn mouth: "Can you settle accounts?"

"Brother Yushu is mainly in charge of the back kitchen, no one can replace him; Young Master Lin is in charge of the account house, brother Yushu really can't help much..." Chen Ni interjected, "The reason why I was in a hurry yesterday was because there were too many guests. Brother Yushu also needs to deliver food, and Young Master Lin also needs to help wash the dishes, so everyone is in a mess."

Lin Lang frowned: "Yes, there are too many customers, so Shun'er alone can't take care of the front hall. But I'm worried that our restaurant's business is good because of the New Year's Day - if I recruit people rashly, it will be out of the first month business If it cools down, the recruited person can't say goodbye and just resign..."

Chen Ni nodded and concluded: "So the key problem to be solved is the lack of manpower in the front office. But I dare not recruit people rashly..."

Like an unsolvable problem.

But that Xiang Shun'er came out of the back kitchen thinking about something, and he didn't participate in the discussion of "whether or not to recruit people?" He added new troubles to Lin Lang: "Master, I think you should redistribute each plate. The amount of food!"

Lin Lang was at a loss: "Huh?"

Shun'er explained: "For example, some green vegetables, customers order to eat to relieve their boredom, but we put too much on each plate, and almost all tables will have a lot left... Another example is Yushu's marinated beef, which is delicious, but We put less on each plate, customers will not be able to enjoy it if they order one, and they will feel too much to eat if they order two..."

Hearing the second half, Lin Lang was already a little suffocated, his mind seemed to be stuck and he couldn't move.

——Do you think that opening a store and surviving the initial difficult period will turn into a smooth daily rotation?No, this restaurant will always inadvertently throw out many trivial questions to give you a headache.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Lang waved his hand to stop Shun'er who was still narrating: "Stop, stop, stop is enough—the door still has to be closed today..."

But I heard Chen Ni's abrupt sentence: "Don't turn it off!"

"We don't have time to think about solutions to these problems if we don't close the door!"

"It can be solved... everything can be solved!" Chen Ni slapped his forehead and stood up: "Master Lin, if you trust me, I can solve all these problems today! You, Brother Yushu, Shun'er, Everyone is busy with their own work, as before—if I can't do it, it's not too late for you to recruit people!"

Lin Lang was skeptical after hearing this, but Tang Yushu replied decisively: "Just do what you said, do it!"