Yan Xu

Bai Xiaohe, a well-off family, missed school because his father owed foreign debts for developing real estate. Bai Xiaohe had no choice but to go to the restaurant and work as a dishwasher. He successfully countered with his cleverness and hardship. Finally became the owner of a chain store.

1

A family accident made Bai Xiaohe lose school. He left home and wandered alone in the street with neon lights flashing.

The lights in the facade room on the street are shining, and the restaurant is full of people. The table after table, the sound of punching and guessing coins, as well as their squirming mouths, make the white crane greedy, and the conditioned reflex immediately makes his intestines purr.

the white 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 with water, just sprinkle a little salt. He is very 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?

Like a stray dog, he lingers at the door of the hotel, with pleading eyes, waiting for someone who has pity on him to give him some poor charity.

at last, he curled up feebly in the corner near the hotel door.

he felt a little sad when he remembered his superior family conditions. He feels that life is like a dream.

At closing time, Cuiguo was about to push her bike home when she went out. She saw a teenager, and that teenager was a white crane.

Cuiguo was kind. She led the white crane into the house and asked him where he came from.

Xiaohe said that his hometown belongs to Yongcheng.

Cui Guo asked where Yongcheng was from?

Xiaohe said, it's from Yongcheng Loulou.

Cui Guo said, I'm from Loulou, too.

Cuiguo brought a bowl of noodles to the white crane and added a poached egg.

The white crane wolfed down. Cuiguo looked at the poor child and asked him how many days he hadn't eaten.

The little crane didn't talk, but just kept eating.

Cui Guo advised him to slow down, slow down. After eating a big bowl of noodles, the little crane broke out in sweat.

He looked at Cuiguo with his free eyes again. Cuiguo knew that the child was not full.

Cuiguo went to the back kitchen to find some steamed bread and side dishes. Perhaps the bowl of noodles gave the white crane some strength. He looked at Cuiguo and gave a grateful cry, "Sister, thank you."

Cui Guo smiled and said, "Why didn't you study? Come out and mix so young. "

Xiaohe said, "Sister, I'm not young. I'm eighteen."

who will believe it? at first glance, you are a child. Cuiguo said, "Eat well and find a place to live quickly. It's so late, and your parents should be anxious if they can't find you."

Bai Xiaohe showed his secrets. He said that he spent 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 the project, which left a family in ruins.

he came out this time just to earn money to support himself. Cui Guo looked at the boy in front of him, wondering if he was telling the truth.

Cui Guo packed a room on the second floor of the hotel for Bai Xiaohe, and let him accommodate for one night first.

Xiaohe looked at Cuiguo gratefully and said, "Sister, you are really a good person."

"Go to sleep first, and talk about it tomorrow." Cuiguo looked at the childish white crane and couldn't help thinking of the time when he went out to work.

Although she is the proprietress of the restaurant now, she is getting through it step by step.

Cuiguo settled the white crane, put down the shutter, took a few steps, and she was uneasy. She went back to the second floor and said to the white crane, "Call her if you have 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 white crane went up to the second floor and lay on the bed made of temporary benches.

He looked at the ceiling and thought a lot. He thought that he would definitely tell that kind sister tomorrow that he would stay here and work for her, even if he didn't give money, as long as he was allowed to eat. The little crane thought about it and fell asleep.

2

When the white crane woke up, it was already dawn. He hurried up and walked on the stairs on the second floor. Just as I was going downstairs, the rolling gate opened.

A man in his forties came over. The man is heavy-eyed, but his skin is slightly dark. A pair of strong hands are carrying a big bag of Shanghai green and potatoes to the store.

when Bai Xiaohe saw that he didn't know how to address him, he was worried. He only heard the man say, "Little Martial Brother, come here and help unload the vegetables." The tone is urgent and polite.

at this moment, Bai Xiaohe remembered that he had come out to find a job.

The elder sister hasn't come yet. This may be the boss. Xiaohe thought about striding to the electric car, with melon, green pepper, onion, ginger and garlic.

When Xiaohe was helping with the vegetables, Cuiguo rode his bike and rushed over.

Cuiguo couldn't help smiling when he saw the white crane helping with the food. "Little brother, it's hard to do the catering business. Can you stand it?" I'm afraid you can't hold on to your delicate skin. "

Bai Xiaohe said hurriedly, "Sister, I just want to tell you about working. I want to work for you. I don't want salary, as long as I have food." Bai Xiaohe spoke very earnestly.

Cui Guo smiled and said, "You kid, I have to let you eat for the sake of your fellow villagers, but you are too young to last long."

Xiaohe said, "Don't worry, sister, I will work for a long time."

Then the dark man said, "Let him try first." Later, he said, "handsome boy, you can just call me old Cai in the future." Don't be a stranger, we are all fellow villagers. Let Cui Guo help you find a work clothes later, and 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 employees in the kitchen. One month, the basic salary is 2,111, and overtime pay is calculated separately. Take two days off a month and get a full attendance award. You're new here and you're not familiar with anything. Let's start by washing dishes. "

while Sigh was there, Cuiguo had found work clothes from the storage room upstairs. Work clothes are half new and not old, and there is a small piece of oil stain on the front. Xiaohe put on his work clothes and took out his pocket. There were children playing with the remaining glass balls. There was a piece of red jade-like glass flower in the center of the glass ball, which made Xiaohe's heart tremble. He was originally a playful child, and the family changes made him a dishwasher. When he thought of this, his eyes almost burst with tears. He was very grateful to the proprietress family, and he missed his parents very much. He didn't know that his parents were in that car in the south.

3

White crane dressed and tied an apron and went into the kitchen. The employees came one after another, and Cuiguo arranged for the crane to go to the washing room. This is a narrow and small place, and even turning is a little difficult.

There are several pools in the dishwashing room, namely, the vegetable pool, the meat pool and the dishwashing pool. There is a big bucket of detergent under the sink.

There are several kitchen knives hanging on the hooks on the wall, which are marked respectively, for cutting meat, vegetables, cooked food and raw food. Fruit cutter. Next to the knife is a fast cage with a big handful of scalded chopsticks on it.

Bai Xiaohe doesn't worry about washing dishes yet, because it's not time for dinner, the guests haven't arrived, and there are no dishes to wash. He can't be idle in this embarrassing time, he has to find some work for himself.

He is a clever boy, and he has work in his eyes. He didn't need Cuiguo to tell him, so he hurried to pick up vegetables, either washing or peeling potatoes or peeling onions and shredding ginger. He is said to be a dishwasher, but in fact he is a handyman. He does everything. Thinking of the foreign debt owed by his father, his heart trembled.

he doesn't know when he can pay off his foreign debt. He also has a sister who is in Grade One. He has lost school, and he can't let her drop out of school again.

He remembered that at the moment when he left the school gate, all the teachers in the school kept him. His head teacher even gave him the money for going to school to keep him. All the classmates shed tears to keep him. He knew that it was the true feelings. After his classmates' parents heard about his family, they even wanted to donate money for him to study, but in the end Bai Xiaohe refused.

He declined many people's kindness, rode more than 71 kilometers from the city's key high school and returned to his hometown. He used the few scholarships left on him to buy a few pounds of pears for his grandfather with bad lungs. Grandpa burst into tears when he handed the pear to him.

He thinks that his son ruined his grandson and his future.

Bai Xiaohe said goodbye to his grandfather and parents, and went to the provincial capital alone.

he has never been far away, this is the first time. The world outside once made him look forward to it, but I didn't expect it to be so cruel.

He doesn't have much money on him, so he can only starve and look at the job advertisements in one shop after another.

when he went to the door to ask, he either said that he was full, or he said that he would not confess.

he doesn't understand why he posted a red paper pestle for recruitment to cheat people there if he didn't recruit. Sometimes he wants to tear down the recruitment paper so as not to disappoint him.

The white crane wandering in the street now feels like Brother Sharp on TV.

The wandering Brother Sharp was finally asked to advertise, but he couldn't even find a living space. He felt that he was full of knowledge.

This is also the reason why he insisted on dropping out of school. Even if he is admitted to the university, what can he do? Bai Xiaohe felt lost when he looked at the people dancing in the square.

fortunately, he met Cui Guo, a fellow villager.

4

Cuiguo Hotel started to take people, and the chef turned on the gas stove early. At the same time, the sound of the range hood and the sound of the gas stove made a whirring sound in generate, which was hot, spectacular and passionate.

The chef is a young man in his early thirties, handsome and tall, with graceful cooking posture and natural movements. Cool oil in a hot pot, cut vegetables are weighed three times in the pot, the small iron pot is jingled by him with an iron spoon, and a plate of vegetables straight to wait for a while instantly comes out of the pot.

Turn off the fire without hands, lift it on the left thigh, and the switch of the gas stove can be used freely, as if that thigh is the switch commander.

This young man's surname is Li and his name is Li Longji. An emperor was named.

The young man looks very handsome and doesn't look like a chef, but he is a master at cooking.

Sigh is also a chef, and Cuiguo's husband. Many years' career as a chef has strained his waist muscles and made him unable to hire another chef, Li Longji.

Bai Xiaohe looked at Li Longji who was cooking and admired him secretly. I wish I could learn a good craft like him at any time. White crane washed the bowl seriously, thinking about Li Longji all the time. He wants to meet him sometime.

5

The weather is getting colder, and the oily bowl is slippery in cold water. Although using detergent, it is still not easy to wash off the oil on it. Cuiguo thought of many ways for this, and later installed a water heater. After washing the dishes for half a year, the white crane's hands were corroded beyond recognition by the detergent, and a pair of white and tender students' hands faded their original luster and became rough and rough.

It seems that the two thumb nails of Xiaohe have also degenerated. It seems to him that nails never grow. Cuiguo bought some pairs of rubber gloves for Xiaohe, but Xiaohe couldn't keep wearing them because it was inconvenient. Cuiguo looked at Xiaohe's hand and said, Xiaohe is not easy. You should be careful with your hands in the future and wear gloves when washing dishes. Xiaohe nodded gratefully. Sister Cuiguo always looks like a relative.

Cui Guo's husband, Sigh, always has a backache, 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's time, Bai Xiaohe has learned to weigh the spoon, and the dishes he fried have a unique taste. Guests like to eat the dishes fried by Bai Xiaohe.

Mapo tofu, shredded green pepper, thousands of leeks, stir-fried kidney flowers and white crane are all very good at cooking. Lao Cai and Cui Guo are also very optimistic about the white crane and give it a raise.

Bai Xiaohe used his accumulated salary to buy several books to learn cooking. He practiced theory and soon became a school of his own in the shop.

Sigh's waist is getting worse and worse, and he needs hospitalization. Cuiguo also needs to go to the hospital to take care of Sigh. Cuiguo wants to sell the shop. Bai Xiaohe said that such a good old shop lost a lot when it was sold out. Cui Guo, if you trust me, I will support you.

Cui Guo looked at this young man and was very moved. Cui Guo always thinks that the white crane is unusual. He is a man who can do great things.

Bai Xiaohe went to the bank to borrow some money and put down Cuiguo's restaurant, because Sigh needed money for surgery.

Chef Li Longji didn't leave, but he still worked as a chef in this shop, and his salary was 511 yuan higher than that when Cuiguo was the boss.

Bai Xiaohe is not a big man, but he is smart and open-minded. He renamed the hotel "White Crane Hotel."

On the opening day, he made a phone call to his parents who were working in the south. My father kept laughing and cursing on the phone: "Silly boy, like me."

My mother was crying with joy.

Two years later, Bai Xiaohe's hotel has opened five chain stores in the provincial capital and the city, with 51 employees. His parents have already come back from the south to help Bai Xiaohe.

In the brightly lit night, people come and go in the three-story hotel, and the dignified and beautiful waiter leads the guests into the elevator and private room. The private room above the third floor is decorated with antique colors. The chef is dressed neatly, and the whole restaurant is clean and tidy. The dishes made are exquisite and elegant, which makes people drool.

Bai Xiaohe always thinks about Cui Guo and his wife, and he will often visit them. The couple changed careers and opened a supermarket in the city. When Bai Xiaohe's sixth chain store opened, he asked Cui Guo to cut the ribbon.