The story of a cook

Chapter 282
In the evening, Lin Yan came back from get off work to see me sleeping on the bed, the room was full of alcohol.

Angrily, he pushed me awake and asked, "Who did you drink with at home?"

"With brother Li next door, and Jiang Runping, sister Zhao." I answered truthfully.

"Sister Zhao? Who is Sister Zhao? That Sister Zhao?"

Hearing that there are women, women's vigilance came immediately.

I said, "Didn't the one who sells clothes tell you that?"

"What is she doing here?"

"She didn't catch up with us getting married. She went to buy the goods. She came back yesterday. Come here today to make up for the gifts."

Hearing that she was here to make up for the gift, the woman's vigilance relaxed.

"Then why don't you go to a restaurant to drink, but still drink at home. The whole room smells of alcohol and smells like smoke."

She could tell she was disgusted with drinking at home.

I said, "I want to go to a restaurant. Sister Zhao said eating at home to save money, so I ate at home. It happened that Brother Li and Jiang Runping came back from get out of class to catch up and drink together."

Lin Yan said to me seriously: "Tell you, Lao Tan, don't drink at home from now on, drink out, I'm bothering you to drink at home."

I was also a little angry, I was very angry when she said yesterday that she would not go home with me for the New Year, and today she started not asking me to drink at home, I was a little angry.

"What's bothering you? Let's talk together."

Lin Yan looked at me and said, "If you want a child, don't drink or smoke. I don't want my child to drink and smoke as soon as he is born."

Hearing that Lin Yan said she was going to have a baby, she lost all anger, and immediately sat up from the bed and looked at her, asking in surprise, "Do you really want a baby?"

"You don't want it?" Lin Yan asked back: "Don't push me down, I don't want to have a baby yet."

"Want, want, have to."

I hugged her tightly.

Lin Yan pushed me away, and said seriously: "If you want a child, you can. Quit drinking and smoking for half a year, and then we both want it. If you don't quit, then don't."

"Stop, you must quit!"

"When will you quit?"

"Now, right now, right now."

"That's what you said. I don't think you can quit. If you don't quit, we won't have children. When my old lady asks me why I'm not pregnant, I have something to say. I say it's not that I don't want it, but your son doesn't want it. If you don't quit smoking , and don’t give up drinking, why—”

I smiled and said, "My wife, don't worry, I will quit smoking and drinking from now on."

Lin Yan said: "It's useless to talk, you have to act."

So I started to take action, preparing to quit drinking and smoking.

I also know that drinking and smoking are bad for my health, but after so many years of drinking and smoking, I can't quit for a while.But what Lin Yan said is right, if you want a child, you have to quit smoking and drinking. This is good for the child, and it is also good for yourself.

I didn't smoke that night, and when I got up the next morning, I habitually picked up the cigarette and wanted to smoke. I put the cigarette in my mouth and took it down again.

Seeing that I didn't smoke or say anything, Lin Yan ate breakfast and went to work.

I really wanted to smoke a cigarette, but I held back and didn't smoke.

I made an appointment with Sister Wu to go to Laohan Villa today.

At around ten o'clock, Sister Wu called and said that she had arrived at the intersection of my street. She came out of the house to meet Sister Wu, exchanged a few words and took the car together to Laohan Villa, which was owned by her classmate in Beisantaizi.

Laohan Villa is inside Wanfang Gate. It used to be the Fourth Squadron of the Armed Police, but now the Fourth Squadron of the Armed Police has moved to Daoyi.The original office building of the squadron was converted into a restaurant, the playground in the compound was turned into a parking lot, and the logistics building was turned into a warehouse and staff dormitories.The outside of the compound used to be iron fences, but now a wooden fence is wrapped around the iron fences, which looks like a farmer’s courtyard in the countryside. Big characters, very eye-catching.There are strings of red lanterns hanging on both sides, a bit like the "Laohan Villa" in the TV series "Liu Laohan".

Go inside and meet Ms. Wu's classmate.

Sister Wu is a woman in her 40s, not tall, very capable, and she looks like a woman who does things.

She led me and Sister Wu to visit first.

The overall decoration inside has basically been completed, and the rest is to make some soft bags, make some decorations for the hall, and add some pendants for the private rooms.But from my point of view, the interior decoration is not in place. It looks like an "old man's villa" from the outside, but not from the inside. It just looks like a restaurant.

The private room on the second floor only has a name. Looking at the name of the private room, such as "medicine box", "big pepper", "Liu Laohan", "village committee", etc., the name thinks of "Liu Laohan" TV series, which is a bit interesting.The decoration in the private room is very simple, whose TV series photos are hung in the private room, and there are also a few bunches of large peppers or corn on the cob.On the whole, I feel that there are a lot of things missing. There is no cultural atmosphere of "Laohan Villa", and there is no warm atmosphere. To put it bluntly, it is neither fish nor fowl.

For example, the "medicine box" private room, according to my design, should have a photo of the medicine box, and there must be an earthen kang. It doesn't have to be real, it can be a fake one. There are kangqin, pillows, and a semiconductor on the kang. There is a radio, there is a medicine cabinet containing Chinese herbal medicines in the basement, and the name of the medicinal materials is written on each medicine box like a pharmacy. There is a small wine cabinet next to the medicine cabinet, and there are several jars of brewed health wine on it.On the floor is a family-style round table, a small round stool, a kang table on the kang table, and a smoke grate on the kang table, which contains dry tobacco and rolling papers, and a box of matches inside.There is also a big tea mug on the kang table, and the medicine box in the TV series has a big tea mug all day long, which just matches.The private room door should not be a modern door, but a wooden door with wooden corrugated in the past, so that it will have a rustic flavor.

None of these are available here.

After reading the front, I went to the kitchen to have a look.The kitchen is okay, with all the equipment, and each operating room is separated, which is very formal.It doesn't matter that the kitchen is not visible to the guests, as long as it is well designed.

Sister Wu's classmate led me and Sister Wu to visit a circle and came to a separate office.There was an old man inside, with red face, white hair and childlike face, very energetic.

Sister Wu introduced: "This is Wang Lao, the prototype of the medicine box in the TV series "Liu Laohan"."

Sister Wu and I went up to shake hands with Mr. Wang.

Sister Wu’s classmate pointed to Sister Wu and said, “Mr. Wang, this is my classmate, surnamed Wu, who also runs a restaurant.” Then he pointed to me and said, “This is Master Tan, the chef.”

"Good! Good! Sit down quickly."

Mr. Wang was very enthusiastic and greeted us to sit down.

Sister Wu said: "Wang Lao is now in charge of our villa, and everything is up to Wang Lao."

"Don't say that, you are the boss and you have the right to say, what an old man like me says doesn't matter, the villa sent me here to help with the whole process, and I am mainly responsible for bartending." Wang Lao said: "Tomorrow the villa will send a manager Come here, it's Manager Yu, he is in charge of the business in the villa, if you have anything to do, talk to Yu."

He is still an old man, and he can block the door with a single sentence, and he can't talk to him if he wants to talk about anything.

Sister Wu said: "Look at what Mr. Wang said, you are the most qualified here, not all of us have to listen to you, even I, the boss, have to listen to you."

Mr. Wang chuckled and said, "I was in charge of bartending at the villa, and they were in charge of the operation. They were old and couldn't keep up with the situation, and they didn't know how to run a restaurant. It's you young people who are brains. Motivation."

Sister Wu said: "Old Wang, you are too polite. Your skill in bartending is enough for us to learn. I used to watch it on TV. I didn't expect you to be the prototype of the medicine box on TV. It depends on how healthy you are." , with a rosy face and a lot of energy younger than us, do they always drink health-preserving wine?"

Mr. Wang said: "There is nothing wrong with my body. I am 66 this year. It's okay. I drink the wine I mix every day. I have studied Chinese medicine before and know how to keep in good health. If there is any problem with my body, I can adjust it by myself. Small and small. Everything can be adjusted."

"Mr. Wang, you are in good health and spirit. Many young people are not as healthy as you." I said.

"Well, some young people are not as healthy as me."

"Mr. Wang, you are also a veteran at the headquarters of the villa. In the future, the opening of our first branch in the country will depend on your guidance. We don't know much about the villa. We will only have confidence in our hearts when you are old." I said .

Mr. Wang said: "I can't give you much advice. When the time comes, you will cooperate with Xiao Duo from the headquarters. That young man is good at managing the villa. If I can't do it, I will mix wine."

I said: "Old Wang, you are being polite. You are also a veteran and know more than us."

Mr. Wang said: "I'm not being polite. I'm old, and I don't participate in many management matters. I can't use my brain and can't keep up."

I said: "Old Wang is modest, one day Mr. Wang will give us a taste of the wine you made. I have never drunk health wine when I grow up."

As soon as the wine king was mentioned, he regained his energy and said: "Well, I have already mixed the wine. Whenever you want to drink it, you can find me. I will give you half a catty. The health wine I made is delicious. You must agree to it after drinking it." , I’m afraid you’ll become addicted after drinking and I can’t afford it.” After speaking, he laughed.

"If you have a chance, you must try your old-fashioned health wine." I said, "Our villa has such a good health wine. Does that dish also have health vegetables?"

"There are no health-preserving dishes. The people who go to the villa to eat are tourists. Our chef is a local cook who cooks in big pots. Stir-fry is not good. Home-style stir-fry can't cook hotel dishes." Mr. Wang said.

Wang Lao can imagine that the headquarters of Laohan Villa is in the Kaiyuan village of Tieling, a big city. Some people go there when they travel in summer, but after the tourist season, there are no people there. It is impossible to have all kinds of dishes like a hotel. That is, big pot stews and pickles, and some farmhouse stir-fries.

"Now customers like home-cooked dishes, but hotel guests don't like them very much." I said, "Guests who come to our house drink your old-fashioned health wine, listen to Erren Zhuan, eat home-cooked dishes, and then have a health-preserving dish. What else did you say?"

Wang Lao said: "It would be the best if you can cook a few healthy vegetables. Our villa lacks healthy vegetables."

I said, "I know how to make several dishes of health-preserving vegetables, but I don't know what kind, and I don't know whether the guests like it or not."

Wang Lao said: "It can be done, people nowadays pay attention to health preservation."

After chatting with Wang Lao for a while, he came out with Sister Wu.

Mr. Wang was sent by the villa, and he was the only one, and the management staff of the villa hadn't arrived yet.Sister Wu said that it is simply decorated like this now, and when the management personnel of the villa come to meet them and see what requirements they have, they have to follow their requirements, and they can only open if they meet the requirements.She asked Sister Wu if she had any intention of cooperating, and if she wanted to cooperate, she would do it together.Sister Wu said to go back and discuss with her husband, and then replied.

Sister Wu’s classmate asked me if I could be the head chef here, and I said it was up to Sister Wu. After all, I came here with Sister Wu, and I couldn’t pass Sister Wu.

Sister Wu said that she would come back tomorrow and meet with the management staff of the villa to see what it was like before making a decision.

(End of this chapter)