The story of a cook

Chapter 214 That Small Station, That Small Shop
Many things in the world are beyond our control, we don't need to succumb to our fate.

If fate is predestined, then the road must be walked out by oneself.

All the things that happen need to be borne, which is the same as people have to move forward when they are alive, because this is life.

The bus drove into Beipiao City Bus Station, got off the bus, and wondered whether to go back by train or by bus.I haven't taken the train for a long time, so I decided to go back by train, so I took a small passenger to the train station.

Xiaoke arrives at the train station and gets off from Xiaoke. The moment he sees the train station, the train station of Yaru's house appears in his mind.

The railway stations in Beipiao City and Dongfuxin were both built together in the past. They look almost the same in appearance, but the station names are different.Looking at the station, I thought of Yaru, completely involuntarily, and Yaru's face appeared in front of my eyes.

It's been three years, three full years have passed, I don't know how Yaru is doing now, she should be married and maybe have children.

Girl of my first love, how are you now?

When I think of Yaru, I think of the dog meat restaurant in front of the station. Is that dog meat restaurant run by Yaru's wife?If fate is really so tricky, the dog meat restaurant may really be run by Granny Yaru's family.It would be ironic if it was really owned by Granny Yaru’s. I also ate dog meat, drank wine, and consumed it at that dog meat restaurant.

Oh, what a joke.

At that time, I made a decision to go to the dog meat restaurant in front of the station to see if the dog meat restaurant was opened by Mrs. Yaru's family. If so, could I meet Yaru and see if she is doing well now.

In fact, Yaru has always had a lingering shadow in my heart. After all, it was my first love, which is unforgettable.

Go to the ticket office and buy a train ticket to Dongfuxin.

When I got on the train, I was still thinking, should I go or not?

If that dog meat restaurant was really opened by Yaru's family, what would you say when you went to see Yaru?Will my appearance disrupt Yaru's life?

I'm fine now, do I need to go?
shall we go?

After a psychological struggle, I thought I was going to meet old friends, maybe that dog meat restaurant was not opened by Mrs. Yaru’s family, so I should go there to eat dog meat and travel.

Two and a half hours later, the train arrived in Dongfuxin. I got off the platform and exited the station. I saw a sign at the entrance of a small shop in front of the station with the word "storage" written on it. A pack of cigarettes came out, and I walked to the street in front of the station to find out the direction.

The first thing I saw was the small hotel I stayed in when I first came here, also called "Zhanqian Hotel". A middle-aged woman was standing at the door, she saw me and asked, "Do you want to stay in the hotel?" I smiled and shook my head, keep going.

I saw the "Zhanqian Dog Meat Restaurant", which is still the same as before, but the signboard has been changed. It used to be a simple signboard made of non-woven fabric, but now it is a light box-shaped signboard with internal lights, which should be very bright at night.The dumpling restaurant that used to be next to his house is gone now, and it has been changed into a small supermarket selling tobacco and alcohol.

He stood at the door, took a breath to refresh himself, and then walked in.

It was the fat middle-aged woman who saw me coming in, greeted me with a smile, and asked, "Are you alone?"

I said, "Alone."

She said, "Sit close to the stove and keep warm."

There was no heating in the room, but a stove was burning in the middle of the room.

Sitting down and looking around, I thought that if Yaru’s mother-in-law opened it, I should be able to see Yaru, but unfortunately I didn’t.The room has not changed much since I came back last time. The table seems to have changed. I remember that it was a simple folding table when I came last time, but now it is a wooden table.

The middle-aged woman asked: "What do you want to eat? My dog ​​meat is delicious."

She started to recommend her dog meat to me again.

I asked, "How do you sell it? Is it still sold by order?"

The middle-aged woman said with a smile: "Seeing that you have come to eat, yes, it is sold by the plate, and a plate is 28."

I said, "The price has increased, and I will eat twenty when I come back."

She said: "The price of nothing is increasing now, and the price of dogs is also increasing. I didn't see that there are not many dog ​​meat sellers on this street. Selling dog meat is losing money now. My family is selling it for the old main road that always comes to eat. I can't earn much. money."

I laughed and said, "Really? Here's a plate of dog meat, and another plate of dumplings stuffed with celery and half a catty of loose liquor."

The middle-aged woman remembered it and said to me: "Wait a minute, hurry up, it will be ready soon."

At this time, it was two o'clock in the afternoon, it was already past the end of dinner, and I was the only guest in the room.

Not far from me was a woman in her thirties who was chopping garlic. When she saw the middle-aged woman ordering food, she stood up and asked, "What are you doing?"

The middle-aged woman said: "Dumplings stuffed with dog meat and celery."

A woman in her 30s went into the kitchen, and a middle-aged woman walked to the bar, picked up a barrel and poured wine into a glass, poured two glasses, put them on the table, and said to me: "This wine is good, Chunliang Xiaoshao, everyone who comes to my house drinks this wine, picked up from the Sangou Winery."

I said, "Well, I drank this wine when I came back last time. It's delicious. I'll drink some when I come back."

She said: "Look at your face, when did you come last time? It's not from us, is it?"

I said, "I'm from Beipiao. The last time was three years ago. You can't remember."

She said: "Come here three years ago? Where can I remember it? If I am eight years old, I can remember it."

"Yes, it's been too long, I can't remember." I said, "I just ate your dog meat when I came back last time. What should I do? Your dog meat is really delicious. This time I got off the car and came to your house. I'm so determined to eat dog meat, I'm afraid I won't be able to find your home."

"I can't miss it, my house is easy to find, it's right in front of this station." She said, "You came to my house rightly, other houses don't sell dogs because they don't make money, but my house still sells them now. "

I said, "Then I'm in the right place, I love to eat dog meat, and I really do eat it."

At this time, a woman in her 30s brought the dog meat with a small dish of dog sauce.

Pick up the chopsticks and start eating.

I don't like dog meat very much, but I'm not bothered either. The main reason is that I eat dog meat all day long in Yangchun, and I eat two bites when I have nothing to do. It's okay.His family's dog meat is not as delicious as Yang Chun's dog meat, probably because the blood was not soaked before cooking the dog meat, it was a bit fishy.

The middle-aged woman brought a small plate of peanuts from the kitchen and put them on the table, saying: "Eating dry dog ​​meat is boring, eat some peanuts, it will go well with wine."

I smiled and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome, just a plate of peanuts, nothing worth much."

The dumplings were ready, and after they were served, the middle-aged woman and the woman in her 30s sat over there chopping garlic together, chatting while chopping garlic.

I don't see anyone else in the room. I guess it's owned by Mrs. Yaru's family?Is that middle-aged woman Granny Yaru?I didn't see Yaru either. If the Yaru opened by Yaru's mother-in-law should be here, why isn't it there?I am also embarrassed to ask people, how to ask.

While drinking, he listened to the chatter of the two people over there.

A woman in her 30s said: "I heard that the railway bureau has changed this time, and our house will be taken back?"

The middle-aged woman said: "I heard from my old Zhang that he wants to take it back. If it is taken back, it should be outsourced. Otherwise, what do you do when you are idle?"

A woman in her 30s asked, "Are you going to be contracted together?"

The middle-aged woman said: "Maybe, not necessarily, maybe it's still like this."

A woman in her 30s asked, "Your old Zhang didn't say anything?"

The middle-aged woman said: "He didn't say anything, he has to listen to the higher-ups, and now he doesn't know if the higher-ups haven't said anything."

A woman in her 30s said: "It's hard to say now, it's different every day. I don't care what happens. With your old Zhang there, if it's really time to contract your house, I will contract it all and stay on the sidelines." Open a hotel, open a hotel to make money, you see that the Zhanqian hotel in front of you earns more than our hotel a year, we can’t do it.”

The middle-aged woman said: "Still contracting it? Why do you contract it? I don't want to do it anymore. It's boring."

A woman in her 30s asked, "What's wrong, my daughter-in-law hasn't come back yet?"

The middle-aged woman sighed, and said: "If you don't come back, my mother's father said, Xiao Cheng will let the girl stop living with him if he doesn't quit playing money."

Hearing this, start listening carefully to see if the daughter-in-law they are talking about is Yaru.

A woman in her 30s said: "That Liu Wajiang is stubborn, a famous old stubborn man, and the Guojiadian is famous."

Yes, Yaru's father is Liu Wajiang, and her home is Guojiadian.I was overjoyed. It seemed that Yaru was the daughter-in-law of a middle-aged woman. Hearing that, Yaru was married, and his girlfriend was Xiaocheng.

The middle-aged woman said: "No matter how stubborn Yaru's father is, what they say is right. Playing with money is not the same thing. Whoever takes advantage of the money? I don't listen to it, and I don't want to let it go. Listen to me, I don't think about anything now, I just think about my grandson."

Yaru already has a child, and she is still a kid!Hey, it seems that she got married in the second year of my visit.

When I heard this, I didn't want to listen any more. I drank wine and ate dog meat. The dog meat tasted like nothing in my mouth. It was not as delicious as dumplings.

Five or six minutes later, a motorcycle stopped outside, and a young man walked into the store.After coming in, I took off the helmet, and I saw a pretty face, looking 6 or 24 years old.

The middle-aged woman immediately became angry when she saw the young man, and said, "Why did you come here? Didn't I tell you to pick up Yaru?"

The young man said: "If you don't get up today, you will go tomorrow."

The middle-aged woman asked, "Why didn't you get up? What time did you come back last night?"

The young man said disapprovingly, "It's past three o'clock, what's the matter?"

"Are you playing again?" the middle-aged woman asked.

"Just playing two games, why not play at all?"

The middle-aged woman got angry and said loudly: "Haven't you played yet? Just play two! I see if your daughter-in-law still wants it. Your father-in-law said that if you still play with money, I will ask Yaru to divorce you! No need." You are beautiful, let me see how beautiful you can be?!"

"Don't worry about it. If you want to say that, I won't pick it up. I will leave if I want. I just don't want to spend time with her."

The middle-aged woman was so angry that she couldn't use her hands. The garlic fell from her hand to the ground and she didn't pick it up. She yelled at her son: "I didn't do anything good in my previous life. I gave birth to you. It's not a human thing. Tell you Xiaocheng, you Quit that money-making as soon as possible, and go to your old man’s house to bring back your wife and children, or you don’t come back, and I won’t worry about dying in the money-making field.”

The two of them quarreled again, and the young one put on his helmet and rode his motorcycle away, leaving the middle-aged woman to be lucky.

I stood up, paid the bill and walked out of the small shop. After coming out, I sighed and walked slowly to the station, buying a ticket back to the provincial capital.

When I was sitting on the train, I was still thinking about Yaru. It seems that she is not going well now. Although she is married, her husband is playing with money all day long, and the two of them quarreled and went back to their mother's house.I thought to myself that they are all young, maybe it will be good after two years when the children grow up, and they will know how to live.

It's useless to think about it, time has changed, everything has passed, time can't be turned back, and I can't go back to the past, and I can't go to her house to propose marriage and ask her father to marry her to me.

Although I didn't see Yaru when I came to Xiaozhan, but knowing her situation, it was a wish of my own.

Going home once, it seems that I let myself see many things away and let go of many things.

(End of this chapter)