My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

Chapter 115: Recruiting people quickly

The issue of whether the restaurant was clean or not caused a stir throughout Fenghuang County. Fu Man Lou had originally tried to keep a low profile by getting out of the situation, and had managed to salvage a lot of its business by giving gifts and discounts.

In addition, Manager Hu kept a close eye on the kitchen and ensured that the daily supply of ingredients was the freshest possible. He even required that the freshly harvested vegetables and meat be purchased directly from the farmers and butchers.

In fact, food will not go bad if kept for a few days in winter, but at the critical moment, Shopkeeper Hu cannot be careless.

In this way, the crisis at Fu Man Lou was barely resolved. Manager Hu said angrily, "The Si family's young ladies are in charge. I really underestimated them. They came up with the idea of ​​closing the business for a day. I wonder what tricks they can come up with when they close and reopen!"

At this time, the waiter rushed in and said breathlessly: "Boss, something bad has happened..."

Shopkeeper Hu was so angry that he jumped up and slapped the clerk on the back of the head: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your skin off."

The guy covered the back of his head with his hands in grievance, and his triangular eyes narrowed, appearing even smaller.

Shopkeeper Hu said unhappily, "Speak nicely!"

"Yes...it's like this, people outside are saying that our kitchen is not clean..."

Shopkeeper Hu frowned. "Not clean? Why is this a fuss again? Can I let the guests go to the kitchen to check whether it's clean or not?"

In fact, Fu Man Lou had made corresponding arrangements for this. At least the kitchen had been cleaned up and looked less messy than before. However, the old dirt could not be washed away no matter how hard they tried.

"Besides, if you say it's unclean, it's definitely not just our family that's unclean, every household is unclean, right?"

Manager Hu thought so, but the little sister was targeting Fumanlou. When she received guests on weekdays, she always implied that Sijia Restaurant was bullied by such a big restaurant as Fumanlou, and said that Fumanlou’s kitchen was not clean and it thought that other people’s kitchens were the same as theirs.

So although other restaurants were also slightly affected, the one that was most affected was Fu Man Lou.

The waiter hesitantly said, "Other restaurants have had this problem too... but the main complaint is that our kitchen is filthy and full of rats and bugs. Some even said they found live bugs in their food."

"Who said that? Asking that man to stand up happened on that day!" Shopkeeper Hu asked, and immediately understood that there was no such thing. It was the girls of the Si family who were taking revenge on him.

The waiter was very cautious and waited for a long time before asking, "Manager Hu, what should we do?"

Shopkeeper Hu thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask some customers to come take a look. I wouldn't say my kitchen is spotless, but it's definitely not dirty. It's not easy for a restaurant this size to maintain this appearance."

Now we can only use the old method of Sijia Food Shop.

He secretly resented it and said, "Go and find out what the Si family's restaurant did when it closed for a day."

Not long after, the waiter reported back with the news he had gathered: "The Si Family Restaurant didn't do anything, they just knocked down the wall between the lobby and the kitchen, allowing customers to directly see what's going on in the kitchen."

"How could they be so?" Shopkeeper Hu was stunned. "How could the Si family's kitchen be so clean?"

These guys heard about it from others and hadn't seen it themselves. They just nodded vaguely, "I heard it's extremely clean, much cleaner than the kitchens of ordinary people."

There were some small food shops that followed Si's style and had open kitchens. Of course, they didn't have the same high standards for kitchen hygiene as Si Muyan. But cooking under the eyes of customers was always more reassuring.

However, the big restaurants could not afford to make such changes, so they just took important guests on a tour and did not make any major changes.

The Zhu brothers from the Si Family Porridge Shop decided that their shop was too small and that they didn't need to go to great lengths. However, they insisted that the kitchen's hygiene must be strictly in accordance with Si Muyan's standards. Even if there wasn't an open kitchen, they were willing to spend an extra quarter of an hour every day cleaning it up.

As for the shopkeeper Yang of Jixiang Restaurant, he came over to learn from him. After returning, he separated the chopping boards, knives, buckets and basins in the kitchen and never mixed them up again.

The younger sister said to Si Muyan, "These are the methods you came up with. Forget about it for Brother Zhu, Brother Zhu, and Shopkeeper Yang, but don't tell other families about it, lest they learn from it."

Si Muyan smiled and said, "It's just that keeping meat and vegetables separate is more hygienic. It's not a big deal, so it doesn't matter whether you learn it or not. If everyone in the restaurant industry were this careful, it would also be good for the health of the diners, so why not do it?"

The second sister heard this and nodded, saying, "Big sister, what you're doing is right. Although we're not yet wealthy, we can still be considered wealthy. If you're wealthy, you should help the world."

The Si family's statement that cleanliness and hygiene take precedence over taste when preparing food has almost completely changed the food in Fenghuang County.

More and more people came to Sijia Food Store, and more and more people complained about the daily limit on the number of people in the food store.

My younger sister had to step in and say, "Please rest assured, we will definitely open the dinner as soon as possible."

After Si Muyan returned, he found the wife of the village head and wanted to find two capable and reliable women in the village to help with the work.

The Si family was willing to pay wages, and the wages were quite a bit. In a short period of time, the second and third branches of the Zhu family were moved to the county town. As for the aunt from the Wang family, she came back every day in high spirits and often brought food from outside for the children at home.

It's so enviable just by looking at it.

There is a constant stream of people coming to our door willing to work.

Aunt Zhu looked around furtively, her index finger poking at Boss Zhu's forehead. "You're so incompetent! You let your two younger brothers get ahead of you. Now they need help with their work, and you didn't even bother to ask?"

"My mother is still living in the Si family, how dare I ask for work?"

Aunt Zhu was furious: "You're just good at talking, but you don't know how to act. Your mother lives at the Si family, and you don't know how to get close to her? She's your mother, and besides, she was wrong in the past. You're her eldest son, how can she ignore you?"

But Boss Zhu just sat under the eaves with his head buried, not saying a word.

Aunt Zhu was furious and anxious. She pointed in the direction of Zhu Laosi's house in front and said, "I've seen Zhu Laosi go to the Si family several times. He must have seen that the Si family is doing well, so he went there to curry favor with them. He's really two-faced. He says that an elder brother is like a father and listens to you, but behind your back..."

Zhu Laosi didn't know what his sister-in-law had planned, so he came back secretly, fearing that his wife would see him.

Aunt Zhu Si was cooking. When she saw the man like this, she put down the knife, sighed and said, "If you can't bear to leave your mother, just go openly. Don't always act like this, as if I'm forcing you and your son to not recognize each other!"

After saying that, she stopped cooking, went to her room, closed the door and wiped her tears.