Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 292 Where did you come from and where do you go back?
Chen Nian didn't know the news that Yihong Yard had changed its head until the next day, because Chen Nian was going to help Mr. Qiao. This time, Chen Nian was responsible for most of the work, and Mr. Qiao was in charge of cooking.

After all, it has been a long time since he turned the pots and spoons in this kitchen. In this place where he has stayed for more than ten years, Mr. Qiao naturally has feelings, so he definitely wants to give it a try when he has the opportunity.

When Chen Nian and Qiao Tianhua saw that Mr. Qiao was so happy, they also relaxed a lot. After all, they had been staying at home during this time, and Mr. Qiao's state was visible to the naked eye.

Although it is said that Chen Nian is with him every day, it is only when he is with Chen Nian. When he is lying on the bed, when he is washing or even going to the toilet alone, he will still inevitably feel sorry for him. Feel bad about your body.

Before the checkup, he felt that his body was always in good condition, so he never thought about it. Even if he worked too long sometimes and his back hurt, he just felt emotional. Get older.

But since he was diagnosed with illness, he will inevitably feel depressed and sad.

This is the fear of the end of life, and also the fear and worry about the development of the disease.

He once thought about this problem when he was young. At that time, he thought that if he was old, he would treat him optimistically even if he was sick. After all, his life has always been smooth, and there have been no major setbacks in his life.

If he really suffers from some incurable disease, then he will let himself spend every day happily, go to the hospital for treatment if he can, and enjoy life to the fullest if he can't.

But when this kind of thing really came to him, he realized that sometimes people's thinking will change with age.

"I'm Qiao Heyong... I'm 73 years old this year. My favorite thing is cooking, and the thing I hate the most is unpalatable food. From young to now, my life has not been particularly regular, but I also know that people need to maintain their health when they live. Because you can live longer by keeping healthy.

But now I have been diagnosed with a stomach disease, and it is still incurable. Although there are treatments, I don't want that, I don't want to live in such pain.

I was in my 30s when I married my wife. I thought it was too late, but my son is in his 40s and has not married a wife. I want to see my grandson born, and I want to see it too Chen Nian was able to become a teacher earlier, although I saw the demise of the Qing Dynasty, but I haven't seen the coming of the new era, I don't want to die, I want to continue to live..."

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The above texts were found by Chen Nian in the rooms of Qiao and Yong in the Guangrong Hotel.

Chen Nian and the others had finished their meal at the restaurant that day, but they didn't go back that day, they still lived in the backyard of the Guangrong Hotel.

Thanks to the fact that Chen Nian had just cleaned up the room, it was very convenient for them to live in.

But it was only one night here, and they went back the next day.

Although Chen Nian knew that the boss of Yihong Courtyard had changed the next day, he was just surprised and didn't pay much attention to it.

Because he had seen Wang Chaoyun when he first came here, he knew that Wang Chaoyun was not the kind of person resigned to fate, and he had also seen Wang Chaoyun's outstanding ability. escaped.

Until later, he talked to Wang Chaoyun, including A Cai's family history and their current environment.

But Wang Chaoyun didn't show any disappointment or despair after hearing this. Instead, he finished the meal very calmly, stood up and returned to Yihong Courtyard.

From that time on, Chen Nian knew that Wang Chaoyun was not an ordinary woman.

The speed at the Yihong Courtyard was very fast. When Chen Nian and the others had breakfast and were about to return to Qiao Tianhua's villa the next day, there was already a coffin at the gate of the Yihong Courtyard, and there were still many blowers waiting for orders. .

Mr. Qiao is a little curious about this...

"What happened over there?"

After Mr. Qiao asked the question, the driver got out of the car and went over there to inquire. After a while, he came back and said, "Mr. Qiao, the owner of Yihong Courtyard died yesterday, and they are preparing for the funeral now."

After hearing this, Mr. Qiao glanced at Wang Chaoyun who was tearing up at the door with a meaningful expression, and then shook his head with a smile.

"Young people are scary, but Ah Cai's years are enough."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand: "Drive."

The car started slowly and gradually drove away from here.

After going back, Chen Nian still spends time with Mr. Qiao every day besides cooking. Although he also discovered the crux of Mr. Qiao's heart early, he doesn't know how to comfort him, let alone how to do it. Let old man Joe get well.

After all, he is just a cook, and that's all he can do.

And even the doctor can't do anything about this kind of thing. It's not that Chen Nian didn't ask about it at the beginning, but the doctor named Thompson just said: "We should start with the patient's interests, and let him do whatever he likes. In short, the elderly are unwilling to be hospitalized, so apart from intervening with drugs, the only thing they can do is to make them feel better."

When Chen Nian heard this, he knew what the other party wanted to express. It probably means that he can live a day, at least let the patient spend this time happily, but for the doctor, it is definitely not out of humanitarianism. Say that.

Chen Nian can only cook for Mr. Qiao in different ways every day, and then take him out to play.

Sometimes I would take Mr. Joe to eat in some Cantonese restaurants in Chinatown. Although this may not be very healthy, it would make Mr. Joe happy.

For this kind of behavior, Qiao Tianhua also acquiesced, because his thinking was not much different from Chen Nian's.

In this way, until a year later, Chen Nian had almost prepared all the dishes that Jin Dachuan had prepared at the birthday banquet, and what is lacking now are basically those modern ingredients and various utensils.

Mr. Qiao also passed away a month ago at the age of 74.

So far, Mr. Qiao has not actually passed on all the dishes he knows to Chen Nian, and even in the next six months, he can only spend time in the hospital bed, and even if he goes out, he has to be supported by someone, or You have to push a wheelchair.

Therefore, during this period of time, Chen Nian didn't learn anything from Mr. Qiao at all, but even so, Chen Nian was willing to take care of Mr. Qiao here.

In this way, after Mr. Qiao passed away, Chen Nian was sad for a month before recovering.

This is the same as when Master Xue left in Chen Mapo Tofu, they are all his closest relatives.

In this way, Chen Nian walked out of it after a full month.

However, during this month, he followed Qiao Tianhua up and down to deal with Mr. Qiao's various funeral affairs.

Just after everything was dealt with, one day Qiao Tianhua called Chen Nian to his study, just like before: "A Nian, I want to ask if you would like to work with me? Although you have been They are all in the kitchen, but I can see that your abilities are more than that, follow me, you have more room to play."

After Chen Nian heard this, he shook his head without thinking.

But to be honest, he was very confident that if he allowed himself to help Qiao Tianhua, he would definitely be able to make Qiao Tianhua one of the greatest people in the 20th century with the things in his mind.

Chen Nian is very aware of every change after that, so this era is actually an era in which Chen Nian can do whatever he wants as long as he thinks about it.

But he didn't want to do that, and he didn't want to change history, he just wanted to cook quietly.

"Mr. Qiao Sorry, I don't think I'm suitable for the jobs around you."

"Why? Obviously, you can get more by staying with me."

But when Chen Nian heard this, he shook his head, apparently he still felt that it was not suitable for him.

"But follow me to do things, you can get more things obviously."

Chen Nian smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Qiao, I'm sorry, I've made up my mind. I don't want to do things by your side because I think I can do what I like and be what I want to be like Mr. Joe. people."

Qiao Tianhua didn't say anything after hearing this. From a certain point of view, he could even understand Chen Nian's thoughts.

So he directly handed over the Guangrong Hotel to Chen Nian.

And it's better to say it's a gift than a handover.

Chen Nian did not refuse at this time.

In the past period of time, Chen Nian would come back every month to clean up, but every time he came back, he just cleaned up, and did not do other unnecessary things.

And this afternoon, Chen Nian came over to clean the house again, and finally found the letter in Mr. Qiao's room.

After reading the letter from Mr. Qiao, Chen Nian finally couldn't hold back any longer.

In the past few days, Qiao Tianhua sent people to deliver many dishes every day, and now the person who runs to deliver the dishes every day is A Biao.

There are all kinds of ingredients.

On the third night when Chen Nian returned to the Guangrong Hotel, he finally opened the door of the Guangrong Hotel, but it was already night, and even if he opened the door, no customers would come to the door.

But Chen Nian didn't want people to come to eat, he just wanted to open the door and make the restaurant what it used to be.

Chen Nian himself was preparing to cook in the kitchen, he didn't want to stay here any longer, so he used all his skills to make a dish of braised pork with preserved vegetables.

The moment Chen Nian was ready, a reminder sound came from the recipe in his mind.

"The progress of Meicaikourou has reached 100%. After 12 hours, you will leave this world and enter the reconstruction space."

The appearance of this voice was completely in his expectation.

No one knows his own true level better than him.

It’s just that Chen Nian thought that it would take a while to leave here like in other dreams, but I didn’t expect that it only took 12 hours this time. It seems that the recipes are still very humane.

That's right, during this period of time, every time Chen Nian felt that he was about to be fine, he would go to look at the recipes and remind himself that this was just a dream of his own, although sometimes he was reluctant to admit it, but this was already the last Good idea.

The appearance of this voice didn't stop Chen Nian from moving. Chen Nian went to cover the plate with pickled vegetables and meat, and then brought it outside.

Just as he was going to serve himself rice, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Originally, no guests should come to the door at this time, so after hearing the voice, Chen Nian subconsciously turned his head to take a look.

He found out that the person who came was actually Wang Chaoyun.

In the past year, he didn't even see Wang Chaoyun once, and the other party never came to him again.

Chen Nian only occasionally heard news that Wang Chaoyun took over A Cai's position and took charge of the Yihong Courtyard, and she became the boss just like A Cai back then, and never received customers again.

But when Chen Nian saw the other party again at this time, he found that the other party didn't seem to have changed much.

Even the clothes are exactly the same as when they first came here.

"May I come in please?"

Wang Chaoyun stood at the door and asked.

Seeing the old man again, Chen Nian naturally smiled and nodded: "Of course, but if it's for dinner, there may be no choice."

"It doesn't matter, I will eat whatever you eat." Wang Chaoyun also said with a smile.

At this time, Chen Nian filled another bowl of rice, a total of two bowls were brought to the table together, and Wang Chaoyun just sat down at this time.

I inadvertently sniffed my nose, and I still smelled a faint scent of perfume.

It's just that this smell doesn't seem to be sprayed by the other party when they go out, but more like the smell that stays on the body for years.

In a common saying, it is marinated into the taste.

Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, when they chatted now, it was almost the same as when they first met, or the tone of their chats since the first meeting seemed to be like this, neither too close nor too much The alienation, that's it, neither far nor near.

"This dish...is delicious, much better than when I first came here." Wang Chaoyun commented after eating a piece of pickled pork with preserved vegetables.

She had never eaten such a delicious braised pork with preserved vegetables before, and she didn't really like this dish before, but today she didn't know why she moved her chopsticks, and she still thought it was very delicious.

The pork belly is cooked to the right amount of fat and lean, while the plum vegetables have a fresh taste, which complements each other perfectly when eaten together with the pork belly.

Moreover, the pork belly and preserved vegetables are full of each other's taste in the body, and the fusion of each other has contributed to this delicious dish. Even if you don't like fatty meat, you can't get tired of the fried pork with preserved vegetables.

"Indeed, those dishes before were just practice, but now this dish is my real level."

"It turns out that you have been hiding yourself, Ah Nian."

Chen Nian shook his head: "It's not considered hiding, it's just that I want to stay here for a while."

Wang Chaoyun didn't understand what this sentence meant, but she didn't ask further.

It was like this until they finished eating, Wang Chaoyun got up and planned to leave.

At that moment, Chen Nian was suddenly in a trance: "Where are you going?"

she asked subconsciously.

After Wang Chaoyun heard this, he turned his head to look at Chen Nian as he did a few years ago.

"Where did you come from and where do you go back?"

(End of this chapter)