The story of a cook

Chapter 109 Yanhua leaves
People have to give themselves a hope at any time, so that they can live a prosperous life.

Only when you have a bright future can you live a happy life.

People who have come out of poverty all have an unyielding spirit, because poverty is already the worst situation. Is there any worse situation than poverty?If not, then there will be good days in the future. As long as you work hard, everything will be fine.

Go back to the hotel and start working in peace.

Lin Yan didn't go home, she was going to find a temporary job first, preferably one that matched her major.Fortunately, after searching for a few days, I found a job as a typist in a typing agency, but the salary was lower, 400 yuan per month.

I said: "As long as it feels right for you, you can do it. It's better than being a waiter in a restaurant."

She said: "I think the same way. No matter how you say, you can't work as a waiter in a restaurant for a lifetime. It is better to start with the most basic typist, and gradually get better, and then go up."

Lin Yan majored in computer science, but has not been able to find a suitable job after graduation.In addition, she only had a technical secondary school degree, and it was not easy to find a job. At that time, college students did not pay assignments, and they came out to find jobs by themselves. It was even more difficult for them technical secondary school students to find a job.

I don't want her to be a waiter in a restaurant, the waiter is very hard, I know that when I work in a restaurant.Since she has found a job as a typist, she will do it first. Although the salary is low, it is better than working as a waiter in a restaurant. At least the commuting time is normal, eight in the morning and five in the morning.Those were my dream working hours.

After the Chinese New Year, the business of the restaurant is still good, and there are many customers every day.

In the past, when gas tanks were changed in restaurants, cars would come from the factory, and I would take the big tanks to the liquefied gas station to change them. Later, when the factory was busy, I found a specialist for liquefied gas.They are a couple, and they are very nice, especially the man, who is very kind.

I am in charge of most things in the kitchen, including changing the gas tank, and I have a good relationship with this couple.For this couple, the man is in charge of driving, loading and unloading large cans, and the woman is in charge of settling accounts. It seems that the woman has the final say.And the girl is very good at business, she is very good at talking with her mouth, and she always smiles every time she comes to change the cans. Brother Tan chats with me for a while, if Huang Ping is here, she will be affectionate with Huang Ping Chatting, the one who didn't know the intimacy thought she and Huang Ping were sisters.

When I see her, I think of Sun Mei, the proprietress of Shengmei Hotel, they are very similar.

One day a woman asked me how the restaurant business was doing, and I said it was fine.

She said, "It looks pretty good, does the restaurant make money?"

I said: "There is no restaurant that doesn't make money. If you run it well, you can make money. Why, you two want to open a restaurant."

"I have that idea, but I haven't decided yet," she said.

I said: "Okay, if there is a good place, I can build one myself, the two of you can do it, and you will make money."

In fact, I had no money at that time, and I wanted to open a restaurant if I had money. After all, working for others is not a lifetime job, and I have to do something by myself in the end.

At that time, Boss Zou’s factory was very profitable, and the place was very busy. The elder sister-in-law was no longer hanging the oven cakes, and went to work with her elder brother in the factory.Huang Ping's third sister took over the position of sister-in-law, and was hanging cookies in the oven.After Huang Ping's third sister passed away, I seldom went to Hang Lubing, because Huang Ping's third sister was a bit mean.

One night after get off work, Yanhua came to me and told me that she didn't want to hang cookies in the oven anymore. I knew she couldn't stand Third Sister Huang Ping, so I told her: "It's okay if you don't do it. If you don't, you can come back to be a waiter."

She said, "No, I'm going to go home and have a look, and then come out to look for work."

I said, "That's fine. You didn't go home during the Chinese New Year. Go home and have a look this time. Your dad misses you a lot."

She asked, "What are you still doing here when I get back?"

I said, "Go on, why don't you do it, unless the restaurant is ruined."

She said, "I'll come to you when I get back."

I said, "Okay, when the time comes, you can look for me. If you can't find me, you can call the hotel. I'll be there."

She said worriedly, "Don't miss you then."

I said, "No, I can't run." Then I asked her, "When are you going to leave?"

She said, "I haven't made up my mind yet. I'll tell you when I leave."

At that time, communication was not as developed as it is now, and I didn’t have paging. Many people either called the bar of the Rose Hotel or came to the hotel directly to find me. Other than these two things, they couldn’t find me.It’s the same way when I look for other people. If I have a phone, I call. If I don’t have a phone, I call. If I don’t have a phone, I go directly to the restaurant where the person works.

It is a pity that many people have been lost because there is no accurate contact information.

There is a lot of work in the factory, and sometimes the workers in the factory are too busy, so people from the restaurant have to be transferred to the factory to help.Huang Ping sometimes has to work on things in the factory after finishing her work in the restaurant, and the restaurant can barely take care of her.

I am even more tired.

In fact, work is not afraid of being tired, as long as you like it.

Lin Yan told me after work one day: "Old Tan, one of the three of our classmates who shared the house has stopped renting, and the other has also fallen in love. He plans to continue sharing the house with me. We want to rent a bigger house, a two-bedroom apartment. , why don't we rent it together with them."

I said: "Okay, let's rent it, or we will have to rent a house when the time comes."

Lin Yan said: "If you agree, then I will tell them."

I said: "I agree, you can ask them to rent it, just tell me when you pay, and I will give you the money when the time comes."

Lin Yan said, "Okay, that's it."

When I came back during the Chinese New Year, I talked to Lin Yan about renting a house. Lin Yan said that the rent of the three of her classmates was pretty good, and her two classmates didn’t have a high salary. If she came out to rent a house alone, the two classmates would have I was under pressure and couldn't afford to rent, so I never rented a house.It's just right this time, so don't be embarrassed.

A few days later, Lin Yan said that her classmate had already rented the house. It was on the fourth floor of the Grain Bureau compound. The north and south houses had two bedrooms and one living room.I said yes, I can live anywhere, I go to work every day, and I don’t have to live in the sunny south.So I gave the money to Lin Yan to rent the house, and moved in the next day.

After four years of dormitory life, I finally have my own nest. Although it is rented, I still have a home after all.

Lin Yan's classmates are the same as Lin Yan and me. They belong to a confirmed relationship, approved by the parents of both parties, but they are not married yet. The male is Wang Hao, and the female is Wang Jing.Wang Hao was selling pagers in Xiaobei at that time, and Wang Jing was not at work at that time and stayed at home.I rarely meet them, most of them are asleep when I come back from get off work, and when I get up in the morning, they leave for work in the morning.That's what being a chef is all about. It's not like a normal life.

After a few days of moving in, Yanhua quit her job.

After getting off work that night, Sister Zhang told me, "Yanhua is quitting. She is leaving tomorrow, and she said she would treat us to dinner tonight."

I said, "Okay, let's go."

Sister Zhang said, "Then Lin Yan won't talk about you if you go back late."

I said, "It's okay. I've been going back late these days, and she was asleep when I got back. We drank with Wang Xiaodong yesterday, and we got home almost a little later."

Sister Zhang said: "In the future, you should drink less alcohol and go back early after get off work, so that Lin Yan will not worry about it."

I said: "Well, I will go back sooner." Then I said: "It's just our family, I think it's okay to go back earlier?"After working in the restaurant, I have to work in the factory, and sometimes I have to go out to buy vegetables for Brother Gao. At night, I have to leave before everyone else. "

Sister Zhang said: "That's right, then you should go back as soon as possible." Then asked: "Does Lin Yan cook and eat at home every day?"

I said, "Yes, she gets off work at five o'clock, and goes home to cook and eat by herself. Sometimes she eats with her classmates, and she hardly eats in the morning, so she goes straight to work when she wakes up."

Sister Zhang said, "You can't get up early and cook something for her."

I said: "The main thing is that I can get up in the morning and count, sometimes I can't get up."

When I first moved there, I told Lin Yan to make her breakfast in the morning. She said no, and she didn’t have the habit of eating breakfast, just go downstairs and eat a bowl of tofu nao every morning.

After get off work in the evening, I went to the restaurant I frequented with Sister Zhang. Yanhua was waiting there and had already ordered food.

After sitting down, I said, "Yanhua, I won't do it tomorrow."

Yanhua said, "Give it up and go home tomorrow."

I asked: "Your home is close, can you get home in one morning?"

She said, "Yes, I will be home in three hours."

Sister Zhang asked: "How long do you stay at home?"

Yanhua said: "Not necessarily, my father's health is not very good, he has heart disease, this time I want to take him to take a good look at it, and take care of him at home for a while."

I asked: "Seriously, if you have pulmonary heart disease, you can't drink alcohol, especially cigarettes, let alone smoke."

Yanhua said, "Yes, my dad is okay, he doesn't smoke, and he doesn't drink much."

I said, "That's pretty good. You have to rely on support for this disease, and you can't do hard work. You can go home and stay with your dad for a few more days."

Yanhua said, "Well, I plan to stay for a few more days."

After drinking some wine with Yanhua and chatting for a while, the three of us came out after dinner.

Yanhua said to Sister Zhang: "Sister, you go back first, I won't go back."

Sister Zhang looked at us and said, "Then I'll go back first."

Sister Zhang left, Yanhua said, "Let's go."

I said, "Let's go."

It was natural to walk towards the small park, as if everyone knew where to go.

Yanhua asked: "You went back late, didn't Lin Yan talk about you?"

I said: "It's okay, she's already asleep when I go back, why don't you leave tomorrow, and walk with you."

"It's kind of embarrassing," she said.

I said, "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. It's normal to send off colleagues and friends."

Come to the small park, find a stool and sit down.At that time, it was just out of the first month, and it was still a little cold outside.

"You can't get any closer to me," she said.

I said, "Is this still far?"

She leaned against me and said leisurely, "If it were Lin Yan, you wouldn't be so far away."

I said, "Maybe."

She said: "I am very envious of Lin Yan, I want to find someone like you."

I said, "When the time comes, you can find someone like me."

She didn't speak, but moved closer to me.I'm a little unnatural, my body is a little tight.

She said: "You know that I like you, but you still dare to come here with me."

I pretended to be calm and said: "This is not the first time I have come here, don't be afraid."

"You're torture," she said.

I said, "Really, we won't see each other from now on, and we won't be able to find each other, so we won't torture people."

"I bought you something," she said.

I asked: "What?"

She took out a pen case from her pocket and handed it to me. I took it and opened the lid of the case. By the light of the street lamp, I saw a very delicate pen inside the case.

She said: "I hope you will use this pen to remember me in your heart in the future, and never forget me."

I said, "Don't worry, I won't forget."

She said, "You must not forget me, okay?"

I looked at her and said, "Okay."

At that moment, I was moved, really moved.

Although this woman has never entered my heart, she left a deep imprint on my heart at that moment.

(End of this chapter)