Chapter 24 all day long

In the past five days, a customer from Ade's at the stewed vegetable shop has come to the door every day. He was about thirty years old, small in stature, with small and regular features, and always had a smile on his face.But because of the small eyes and drooping corners of the mouth, it looks like a mournful face.Coupled with sparse eyebrows and thin lips, people with this appearance usually appear a bit harsh, but this guest's eyebrows and lips seem to reflect his gentleness and modesty. He is a passerby.On the first day, he took a bamboo stick at the shop and stuck Ade's specialty stewed taro, ate it with relish and left.The next day a big bowl came.The next day, I brought a long-handled pot and said that yesterday's stewed vegetables were really delicious.Afterwards, he came to the store empty-handed and had a meal standing up.

Ade's personality is the most caring person in the world. People often think that she is nosy, but this is only in the courtyard.She seldom pretends to be familiar with the customers who patronize her lo mei shop, and asks how they make a living.At most, it is only when the guests take the initiative to talk to her and express their intimacy that they respond.Ade sells stewed vegetables, not entertainment and gossip.What's more, she hates lazy people who stay in front of the stewed vegetable shop in broad daylight and chat endlessly.The only exception is Heishiro Izutsu. Therefore, Ade did not take the initiative to talk to the guest.He was a stranger, and Ad guessed he had either just moved here a while ago, or just started working around here, but she didn't ask.

This man looks quite decent, but according to his figure, what he is doing should not be based on physical strength.Ade guessed that the man should be a craftsman of a certain line, but when she passed the bowl to collect the money, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the man's fingers and palms, and found several old wounds on them, and she couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart.The nail on his right index finger was reddish black and deformed.What kind of craftsman would make his hands like this when he was learning art? And he was always neatly dressed and his hands were clean.Is it because I suffered a lot when I was young, can I finally live comfortably now?Speaking of which, the time when he comes to Ade's shop is not certain.Sometimes I come in the evening, sometimes I seem to be waiting for Ade to start a fire and start selling, showing up seven or eight in the morning.If you are in business or employed by others, you should not be so casual.

Of course, Ade did not say these questions and conjectures, and they were all bored in his stomach. Then on the sixth day, the man came after noon.This time he was holding a long-handled pot in his hand again, happily pointing to pick out the taro and oily tofu that tasted so good one by one.At the man's request, Ade turned up the stewed vegetables from the bottom of the big stewed pot, thick water vapor rose immediately, and floated from the front of the shop to the road.Today is another cool day, late autumn has come. When it comes to autumn, not long ago, Uncle Izutsu was enthusiastically thinking about Yosaki and his wife visiting the prince to enjoy the maple leaves.He also boasted that "then I will invite you to make a luxurious lunch box, of course I will treat you", but in the end it ended without a problem.That old man seemed to have a lot of free time, and he really wandered around every day, but he was a real official post after all, so he couldn't just think about traveling in the mountains and rivers, he would be watched by his superiors.

Speaking of luxury lunch boxes—Ade, using the spoon, was distracted by other things and didn't hear what the man was saying to her. "Ah, sorry, what else do you want?" The man narrowed his eyes and smiled, and replied: "No, I have to pay the bill." Ade scooped up a lot of marinade for his pot, and said, "Thank you for your patronage every day, and I will give you some extra today." "Thank you so much." The man took out the change from the small purse, moving surprisingly slowly. "That, lady boss." While handing out the change, the man looked at Ade through the moisture.

"How many years has the proprietress been doing business here?" Ed blinked, thinking about it. "This shop is less than a year old, because I moved here from another place, but I have been running the stewed vegetable shop for a long time." "Ten years, fifteen years?" "Oh, yes." The man looked around Ade's store for a week.Passing Ade, looked into the store behind her, and asked: "Is it hard to do this job?" "Is it a braised vegetable shop?" "Well, it's going to be hard to catch the guests and so on." "I don't know either, it's not such a great business!" Ade laughed. "As long as there is a big stew pot, anyone can do it."

"Is the lady boss single?" Adeding was surprised, because the man was smiling and shaking his hand frequently in front of her. "No, no, I was just wondering if the income from the stewed vegetable shop alone is enough for the proprietress to live on." "Toefl, although it doesn't make much money, it's passable." Ade replied, picking up the scum in the pot to end the conversation. "Thank you for your patronage." However, the man had no intention of leaving.Holding a long-handled pot with stewed vegetables in one hand, he rubbed his toes awkwardly.

"Boss, I'm so sorry." The man's entire face was wrinkled, and he touched the back of his neck with his free hand. "I really don't know how to speak. I didn't intend to offend you just now. In fact, Ma'am, I'm a cook." Ade put the soup spoon directly in the marinated pot, and opened his eyes wide. "Oh, I didn't expect that." The man nodded in response. "I don't know if the proprietress knows? There is a restaurant called Ishiwaya in the 6-chome of Muban Town. It is quite famous in that area. I work there." Ad had never heard of that restaurant.People like Ade, who live in miscellaneous courtyards, have nothing to do with places like restaurants.The restaurant provides guests with a dining place and the chef's cooking skills. The ingredients are prepared according to the requirements of the guests, and the utensils used are also very particular.If you're not rich and powerful, you can't enjoy yourself in that kind of place.Although restaurants and braised vegetable shops sell food, there is a world of difference.

Ade stared at the man's lifeless face again.I saw him bending his waist slightly in regret, and smiling sarcastically. "Such an amazing cook, you are willing to buy my stewed vegetables, thank you so much." "Please don't say that, the lady boss's stewed vegetables are really delicious." "I only sell home-cooked food, and I use big bowls with missing corners to serve things that don't matter. It's completely different from restaurants." Ade smiled. "But you are willing to patronize, I am still very happy." "Hmm..." The man nodded, took the pot in another hand, and looked at his feet.Hearing what he said, the clothes on him are indeed quite high-end, and the soles of the straw sandals are also new.Since he is a chef, it is not uncommon for him to be in a good situation. No wonder he is always neatly dressed.

"Our shop has been on fire for about ten days." It was affected, not a fire in the kitchen - he added hastily. "So during the period of renovation and reconstruction, we eight cooks had nothing to do. The boss originally arranged for us to temporarily help in various restaurants and takeaway shops, but the business was similar everywhere, so we couldn't hire them all day long." Since eight cooks have to be hired, the scale of Shihewu must be quite large.If you want to invite a cook from this kind of shop to be a temporary worker, it is difficult for the recruiter to know how to measure. The salary should not be too low, but if you are too courteous, your own cook will feel aggrieved.

"It's really hard for you." Adrian said gently.Perhaps because he was happy to hear this sentence, the man showed a wrinkled smile again. "Hey, really, it's really nerve-wracking! So I can't stay with the work arranged by my boss, and I wander around for half a day. Then I wandered around here and smelled the smell, so I came here smelling the fragrance and found this place. It's a shop." "It turns out that's the case, so it's a fate." Ade put a wooden lid on the mouth of the marinated pot, she wanted to chat with the man a little more. "The storefront is burned down, and your life will be hard." "Yeah. But the fire isn't really serious, it's just that everything is burnt out and flooded. I live in the shop, so I don't even have a place to sleep. It's right up front now—" He looked back behind him At the intersection, "Please take my friends in. Everyone has gone to work, and there is no one to talk to during the day. People still have to do things. If they do not do things, even the food will not taste good." Judging from his expressive tone, he seems to be a diligent person.Ade likes hardworking people, and gradually feels that this man is not so suspicious. "Just stay until the restaurant is fixed." Ade encouraged him. "The guests must be impatient." Hmm... the man replied with a guttural voice again. "It's true. Well, it's true, but..." He raised his head and glanced around Ade's shop again.It is much more spacious than the shop rented in Tie Ping Za Yuan, but it should not be comparable to Shihe House!It was just a poor stewed vegetable shop, but the man's eyes were almost longing. "I began to think that maybe I should think about my future. I thought, this might be a good opportunity to leave Shihewu, and it would be nice to open a braised vegetable shop like this, or start a small business." This must not be taken seriously, Ade deliberately smiled boldly. "Hey, what kind of complaint is this!" "No, I mean it." "Guest, I don't know anything about restaurants, but to become an independent cook, you must have to learn the art for a long time, right? And it's not something you can do if you want to. It's not easy to even be a customer over there." The man looked at Ade's round face and smiled sadly. "It's been a long time indeed. I entered Shihewu when I was ten years old." "Isn't that the age that loves to play? Thank you for making it through." "It was my mother who persuaded me that if I entered the restaurant, I wouldn't have to worry about running out of food. Poor people have many children, and my family is no exception. Besides, my father is a drunkard. In the final analysis, it is because I want to have one less mouth to eat." was sent out." As an apprentice in a restaurant, although you are working in the kitchen, there is no reason why you should be able to cook from the beginning.We have to start with "washing recipes", and the content of the job is to wash everything, so fetching water is also one of the jobs - the man explained. "My mother chose the restaurant because she was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do the rough work because of my stature. God knows, the work with water takes a lot of energy. On the first day, my hands were torn from carrying too many buckets of water. I can't even remember how many times my nails fell off." The man put the long-handled pot next to the big stew pot and started gesticulating.Although it is a hard experience, it seems very happy.This suits Ade's taste again, and she likes to listen to this kind of hard-working talk without resentment and cheerfulness.This is how the scar on the guest's hand came about, Ade nodded and thought to himself. "Washing Fang is also called 'chasing and running', because the people above are telling you to 'hey, do that, do this' all day long, and let the work chase you. From running errands to taking care of children, I have done everything .Then, after finally being promoted from the laundry room, it is called 'Lihui', helping to set the dishes and so on. This is not easy at all! I am ordered around the same way, and I will be beaten immediately if I make a mistake. Like me, all day long They're all getting punched." It takes eight to ten years for Lihui to be promoted to the next "burning square", and many people can't stick to it.And the "cooking recipe" that has to go up again is a chef who is alone.but-- "The order of seniority in the kitchen is very strict. The top chef is called 'Pao Ding', who is greater than anyone else. Chefs below Pao Ding are mostly based on their seniority. No matter how good their skills are and how popular they are with customers, they cannot resist. Brother." Having said this, the man suddenly shut up.Maybe it was because I suddenly thought that my words were too rash, but it felt more like waking up suddenly. "Ah, that's about it." He bowed and smiled as if trying to smooth things over. "Say a load of boring things." "Where is it, it turns out that you have suffered so much, it is amazing. Not everyone can do this, um, really." The man lost his temper for some reason, and Ade just encouraged him with all his might. "Don't think about quitting Shihewu, it's a pity. You're thinking too much! When the restaurant is built, you'll be in a better mood." The man finally picked up the saucepan and rubbed the back of his neck again. "Really? But I still envy the boss's business." "Don't make trouble, I do this every day." The man had a serious face, his sparse and messy eyebrows formed a straight horizontal line. "But, lady boss, after working all day, many customers hope to have a meal of your stewed vegetables. Isn't it very happy to see these customers and talk to them every day? Like me, there will be no customers coming to talk to me. Said 'I look forward to eating your dishes'. Not only can't expect extravagantly, those guests are used to eating delicious food, and their tongues are very picky. The only criticism is that one person can tell ten people, only care about the appearance. I don’t know how customers can afford that kind of restaurant, but it’s true that it’s not earned by blood and sweat. That price is not something that can be paid by sweat and blood.” His free hand clenched into a fist. "Of course, thanks to learning in restaurants, I can cook a lot of luxurious dishes now, but I can't let my parents and brothers eat them. With my salary, I can't afford Shihewu cuisine. Why don't you teach me Doubt what I have been doing for twenty years!" Ade didn't know how to respond to these angry words.The two of them were separated by the big stew pot, surrounded by steam, silently. "Oops." The man sniffed, then shyly said: "I'm sorry for wasting the proprietress's time by rambling on and on." The little man shrank even smaller and hurried away along the road. Ade sat down on the empty wine barrel next to him, and heaved a long sigh.The same kind of rice feeds a variety of people, and the troubles of these kinds of people are innumerable. The wind swept dry fallen leaves from the direction the man left, and swept past Ade's stewed vegetable shop.Ade stared blankly at the fallen leaves, with his thick arms crossed in front of his chest. business...