The story of a cook

Chapter 242 To Lin Yan's House
One thing I learned from my mother is that no matter how difficult the life is, don't give up hope in life. As long as you do it, do it, and work hard, you will definitely gain something.

The strength shown in the mother's thin body is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

My mother's strong character has also been passed on to our six siblings. We are mother's children, and we don't admit defeat.

On the fourth day of the lunar new year, I came out of home with Lin Yan, went to Beipiao and took a long-distance bus to the provincial capital, got off at the national highway in Lin Yan’s town, and after getting off, I went straight to Lin Yan’s house. the door.

Lin Yan's two younger brothers came out to greet us, much more enthusiastically than the first time.

Entering the house, Lin Yan's mother just walked out of the house and greeted her.

I said: "Auntie, Happy New Year!"

Lin Yan's mother said: "Okay, you are also fine."

After entering the room and sitting down, Lin Yan's mother asked, "What car did you two come back by?"

I said, "Take the bus to the provincial capital, and get off at the national highway Dauban."

Lin Yan's mother said: "There is still this bus? That's very convenient."

"It's very convenient." I said.

"I know that train, take the outside line, go directly to the provincial capital West Railway Station, and then go to Anshan." Brother Lin Yan always follows the boss in a sports car, and he knows that there is this train.

I said, "Yes, that's the trip."

Lin Yan asked: "I'm not at home, how are you doing?"

Brother Lin Yan said: "We have a good time when you are not at home, we have food and drink."

"It's alright, you and your younger brother are alright, eat the rice when it's cooked, and then sit on the kang and wait for the next meal, you are not as good as your younger brother, people still know how to read for a while Well, you just know how to sleep, and don’t say anything to help.” Lin Yan’s mother began to criticize Lin Yan’s elder brother.

Lin Yan said to his elder brother: "Why are you like that? You don't know how to help my mother with some work at home."

Brother Lin Yan said: "Sister, don't listen to my mother, I didn't do any work, and I helped our mother push pig manure."

Lin Yan's mother said: "I did it that time, I thought it was stinky, and then I didn't do it. I did it myself. I can't point to anything, just point to me as an old lady, wait a minute. I'm so tired, I'm going to lie down on the kang to see what you guys do, and then you won't even be able to eat."

Lin Yan was a little annoyed, and said to her elder brother: "Zhihao, you don't go to work at home, and if you have nothing to do, help my mother with some work, and you won't be tired."

Brother Lin Yan stretched her waist vigorously, and said: "Sister, what are you talking about when you come back, and you start talking about me when you come back. If you don't come back, my mother will be fine, and don't talk about me at all."

Lin Yan's mother said: "I don't want to talk about you? I really need to talk to you." After she finished speaking, she looked at the wall clock on the wall and said, "It's almost two o'clock, and I'm still thinking about twelve o'clock. Hurry up." I'll go get you a whole meal, you'll be starving after a morning of driving."

I said, "It's okay, I'm not hungry, and I haven't done much work."

Lin Yan's eldest brother Zhihao said: "Mom, hurry up and cook, I'm hungry, and my sister and the others are sure to be hungry too, let's cook, and we'll chat after dinner."

Lin Yan's mother said: "Go ahead, let's do this, the rice is ready, I have finished stewing the fish, and the chicken is also done, so I will just cook the rice and fry the garlic sprouts."

Lin Yan's mother went to the outhouse to cook, and Lin Yan's younger brother Zhi Ye asked Lin Yan: "Sister, are you having a lively Chinese New Year there?"

Lin Yan said: "It's lively, there are so many people."

Zhihao said to Lin Yan: "Sister, you don't even know that our mother just waited for you to come back. The chicks stewed on the [-]th day were all small ones, and the big ones were reserved for you to stew. Our mother has a bias and a direction." .”

Lin Yan smiled and said, "There are only three of you, can you eat the big stew?"

Zhiye said: "Brother, you don't understand, what's that called? Uncle and old man came to the door, the little chicken has no soul."

Zhihao said: "When I have a daughter-in-law, I will go to my old husband's house and call my old mother-in-law to stew chicken."

Lin Yan said: "Don't be smug, do you have a daughter-in-law? You haven't even returned a daughter-in-law to your father-in-law."

Seeing their siblings chatting, I went to the outhouse, and Lin Yan's mother was washing rice and stewing rice, and I said, "Auntie, I will help you."

Lin Yan's mother said: "Go into the house and stay, I don't need you, I can do it by myself, hurry up, it will be over in a while."

"It's fine and I'm not tired. You just said to fry the garlic sprouts. I'll fry the garlic sprouts." I said.

"I'll do the frying. I'll fry the rice after it's cooked. I don't need you. You can just stay here. There's no way to let a customer cook."

I said: "What kind of guest is my family."

I saw the garlic sprouts on the cutting board, they had already been picked, and I went to cut them with a knife. There was meat next to the cutting board, so I sliced ​​some meat, turned on the gas tank and started frying the garlic sprouts.

Lin Yan came to the outhouse to see me frying garlic moss, and said, "Okay, Old Tan, let's cook."

I smile.

Lin Yan came to me and said, "I love garlic sprouts the most. My mother knows I love garlic sprouts."

Lin Yan's mother said: "I know you like to eat garlic sprouts, and I bought them specially for you to cook and eat when you come back. I don't know what Guohua likes to eat."

"I like to eat whatever I want."

Lin Yan walked to the cauldron and opened it, looked at the contents and said, "Mom, have you finished stewing the chicken and fish?"

Lin Yan's mother said: "I have already cooked the stew. I am afraid that you will not be in a hurry when you come back. I also make stews. I will cut one and eat it later."

"Great, I want to eat braised dumplings the most. How much do you make, Mom? I'll take two when I leave." Lin Yan said happily.

Lin Yan's mother said: "There are quite a few of them. Eat them. I'll make them when you two leave. The ones made now are delicious."

Lin Yan said: "My old lady, you are so kind!"

It is human nature for mothers to love their children.

After a year of unremitting efforts, it seems that Lin Yan's mother has accepted me, unlike when she first came here to treat me coldly.

Hey, as far as the sincerity is concerned, the gold and the stone are blooming, so that the flowers bloom to see the sun and the moon, only for the deep love and the truth.

This can be regarded as ripe and fruitful, and successfully deceived the girl who has been raised for more than 20 years.

Secretly delighted!

During the meal, Lin Yan asked: "Old Tan, don't you drink?"

I said, "Don't drink."

Lin Yan said, "Just pretend." Then she asked her mother, "Mom, does our house have wine?"

Lin Yan's mother said: "Yes, Guohua came to get it the year before last, and no one in our house drinks it, so it is stored under the cupboard." Then she said: "No one drinks at home, and I can't think of wine when I eat. Hao, go and get the wine for your brother."

Zhihao stood up and said, "I can't remember without mentioning the wine, I also drink a bottle of beer."

Lin Yan's mother said: "You can drink beer, drink some with your brother."

Lin Yan said, "Okay, Zhihao, he's going to drink."

Zhihao brought over the wine, and I saw that it was the wine I had when I was proposing marriage. At that time, the candidate was a good wine, since no one drank it, let me drink it.

While drinking, Zhihao asked me: "Brother, is it possible that the people from Beipiao have been drinking?"

I said: "It's okay."

Lin Yan said: "Everyone in Beipiao can drink alcohol. His eldest brother-in-law and second brother-in-law are always able to drink, and each person can drink more than half a catty per meal. There is nothing wrong with it."

Zhihao said: "So can I drink it? In fact, if I drink it, I can drink it, but my mother won't let me drink it."

Lin Yan's mother said: "It's better to eat a la carte than to drink wine. This little chicken is so delicious, it's no better than drinking."

The chicken stewed by Lin Yan's mother is very delicious. It belongs to the kind of dry stew. It tastes better than chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Shino asked me: "Brother, how much can you drink?"

I said, "Not much to drink, half a catty."

Zhiye said: "That's a lot. I get confused when I smell baijiu, and it's hot when I smell it. How can you drink it?"

I said, "It was the same when I first started drinking, but after drinking for a long time, it becomes less spicy."

Lin Yan's mother said: "I will drink less from now on. I don't have children yet. I will drink when I have children."

I laughed and said nothing.

After eating, it would soon be dark, Lin Yan's mother fed the pigs and entered the house, seeing that we were all there, she asked, "Are you still eating at night?"

Lin Yan said: "Don't eat, Mom, you don't have to do it. Whoever is hungry will just reheat the leftovers. There will be a lot left at noon."

Lin Yan's mother said: "That's not the case, I'm so tired, I'll go to the kang to rest for a while."

Lin Yan's mother is very tired, and she is not idle all day. She feeds the pigs, puts on the feed, and has to push the pig manure.

Lin Yan's mother was big, very thin, her waist was bent from exhaustion, and her hands were cracked.Lin Yan always bought her hand oil and didn't care about it, and the big hole was wrapped with medical tape.

When I saw Lin Yan’s mother, I remembered that my mother’s hands were always cracked when I was a child. At that time, there was no hand oil or adhesive tape at home, so my mother took off the rubber cap on the small bottle of erythromycin picked up from the hospital and used it After a fire, the rubber started to become sticky, and then my mother quickly took the burnt rubber bottle cap and glued it to the opening. Seeing my mother's painful expression due to the high temperature of the rubber bottle cap after burning, I felt pain.My mother said that there is also medicine on the cap of the medicine bottle, which can also reduce inflammation, but it hurts too much when it is glued on, and it will be fine in a few days.

All mothers in the world are equally strong.

No matter how weak a woman is for her children, she will burst out with unimaginable strength for her children, just for her children to have a bite to eat and a home that can shelter from wind and rain.

(End of this chapter)