The story of a cook

Chapter 321 Chatting with Yaru

Yaju has changed and matured.

Yaju hasn't changed, it's still the same Yaru.

Looking at Yaru in front of her very kindly, there is a kind of joy of wish fulfillment in her heart.

Yaru was the first girl I fell in love with when I came out to work. I really loved her, but it's just that the world was messing with people and we couldn't be together.Now she is a wife and mother of a child, and I am a husband, not a father yet, but soon to be.

Yaru asked me: "How old is your child?"

I said, "The daughter-in-law is only pregnant when there is no child."

"You got married late enough."

"Yes, late enough."

"Why did you get married that night?"

"Our family is poor, no one wants to follow me." I said with a smile, and then I glanced at her.

"Look at what you said, who would believe it, it must be because you have high vision, and ordinary people don't like it."

Her voice is still the same, it hasn't changed at all, but the words she speaks are already the mature accent of a married woman, which is a little strange.

Time can change many things, including people.

"My vision is still high, as long as you can live with me."

I laughed at myself.

"What does your wife do?" Yaru asked.

"Working as a typist in a photocopying agency."

"Very good, it looks like a literate person."

"It's all the same, it's also a part-time job."

"Whoever is not a part-time job now doesn't have an iron rice bowl. Seeing me open a small shop is also a part-time job." She said with a smile.

"You are the boss, a senior worker."

"What kind of boss am I, a small shop." She said, and then asked me: "By the way, does Aunt Huang (Huang Ping) still open a restaurant?"

I said, "If it doesn't open, it will not open a long time ago. Now it is opening a factory."

She said, "Oh, I miss them sometimes."

"Yes, we worked together after all." I said.

"Are you still a chef?"

"Yes, be a chef and cook for others."

"It's also very good."

Yaru's son came out after dinner, walked up to Yaru and asked Yaru, "Mom, can I go out and play for a while?"

Yaru said: "Yes, but you have to go out with grandma, go home with grandma after playing, do your homework first when you get home, sleep with grandma after finishing your homework, and let grandma take a bath before going to bed."

"Well, I see." The little guy nodded obediently.

Granny Yaru came out, carrying the child's schoolbag in her hand, glanced at me, and then said to Yaru: "I will take the dragon out to play for a while, and then go home directly."

"Okay, Mom, don't let him play too late, go back and give him a bath." Yaru said.

"Well, then I'll go first, you drink less."

"Don't drink too much. This is my former friend. I haven't seen him for a long time."

Yaru introduced me to her mother-in-law: "Old Tan, this is my mother-in-law."

"Hello, auntie." I stood up and greeted Granny Yaru.

"Okay, you look familiar." Granny Yaru said.

I smiled and said, "I look a bit ordinary, I look like everyone."

Granny Yaru said: "You and Yaru drink slowly, I'm going back first, and I have to play with the dragon for a while, it's almost dark."

After finishing speaking, Granny Yaru led her grandson away.

"Your old lady is fine." I said to Yaru.

"Well, my old lady can do it. She's a good person. We are just like our own mothers."

"You're just fine, anyone can get along with you."

"I'm good, I have a temper, and my temper is not good." Yaru laughed.

Clinked glasses with Yaru and drank wine.

The woman who called me in came over and said to Yaru, "Yaju, I'm going back first, you drink slowly."

Yaru said, "Go back, Miss Zhang."

The girl is gone.

I asked, "Is the restaurant closed at night?"

Yaru said: "It's also open. Isn't it SARS now? There are few people eating and lodging. There are almost no people at this point." Then he asked me: "How is your provincial capital?"

I said, "It's the same in the provincial capital. There are not many people eating in the restaurants, and many restaurants have closed down."

Yaru said: "Now that SARS is happening, there are fewer people eating and driving. Our business is directly affected, and we can't sell a few dollars a day."

I said, "It will be fine soon, it's under control."

Yaru said: "Hurry up and control it, if you can't control it, you will have to suspend business, hehe."

Seeing Yaru smile, I think of her in the past, she was like this in the past.

I asked Yaru: "Is there someone taking care of the hotel?"

"Yes, Sister Wang is over there. There are only five rooms in total, and there are only ten beds in total. There are not many people staying here. Most of them are waiting for the bus here. They come here to rest and stay for an hour or two before leaving. , collect some rest money." Yaru said.

"That's good too."

"good."

"It's not easy to do any business now, just earn some hard money."

"Yes."

Yaru poured another glass of wine and said to me: "I used to see you drinking and thought this wine was not so good, it was spicy, but now I drink it too, and it feels pretty good. Hehe——" Then he touched me After taking a sip, "I finally have a chance to drink with you."

I smiled and took a sip of the wine, which was very palatable.

"By the way, the first time you went to my house, I actually blame you." She said.

I was taken aback for a moment and asked, "Why do you blame me?"

"You didn't say you wanted to come to my house when you called. I thought you were in the provincial capital." She complained to me.

"I was already here at that time, and I called you from the hotel." I said.

She said: "I went up the mountain that day. When I came back, my mother said that my second aunt's house had my phone number. I thought it was you who called me. I went to my second aunt's house to wait for your call. You never called, so I called home."

I said: "I called twice, and your second aunt said you were not at home. I thought about it, you will be at home the next day, and I am going to give you a surprise. I will go directly to your house the next day."

She said: "I'm still surprised, can't you tell my second aunt to come to my house the next day? Then I'll wait for you at home, hum!"

"I didn't think about that at the time. I didn't know that you and your dad went to the last episode." I said with some regret.

"Actually, I didn't want to go to the episode that day. My dad insisted on telling me to go with him, so I went. When I came back from the episode, my mother said you were here. I asked someone. My mother said you left, so you give me back." Mom and Dad bought a lot of things, I want to cry when I see what you bought——”

I smiled wryly and didn't speak.

She went on to say: "I asked my mother what you said when you came to my house. My mother said nothing, she just said that she was my friend and came to see me. I asked my mother what she told you, and my mother said I would just Said that you are engaged and looking for your in-laws. I said, why are you telling him this? My mother said that you were already looking for your in-laws, so you can’t say anything. Why, my mother got angry and scolded me."

I drank the wine, which was very bitter.

She went on to say: "Look at me crying. My dad asked my mom what you look like. My mom said that you are not a good person at first glance. My dad said that you can come to our house and you can't go wrong. Listen to what my dad said. , I cried even more vigorously, my mother said why cry, I am not dead yet. I said I would like to cry, then I wanted to find you in the provincial capital, my mother said you dare, you are shameless our old Liu The family still has to save face."

When Yaru said this, she looked at me and said, "Actually, I didn't know until then that I liked you, and I liked you very much——but why did I get engaged?"

"It's all fate." I said.

"Fate, this is fate." Yaru whispered.

Is it fate?
It is fate, and it is not fate.

If I didn't leave at that time, I just waited for her to come back at her house, and proposed marriage in front of her father, what would be the result?

If she had really gone to the provincial capital to find me, what would have happened?

However, I didn't wait at her house, and she didn't go to the provincial capital to find me.

I said, "Don't talk about it, it's all in the past."

She raised her glass to touch me, took a sip, then put it down.

"The thing I hate the most in this life is myself. I listened to my mother, had a blind date, found a husband's family, and got married." She said.

"Why are you still confused? Isn't your husband very good? I've seen him before."

She asked in disbelief: "Have you seen it? When did you see it? Why don't I know?"

"It's impossible for you to know." I said, "It should be when you were just married and had no children. I came to see you at your restaurant."

She asked: "You keep saying that you have come to my restaurant three times, and you don't know who my husband's family is? How do you know this is my restaurant?"

I said: "The first time I came here, I was hungry at night. I went out to eat. When I arrived at your restaurant, your mother-in-law was in charge of the restaurant at that time. It was the dog meat that your mother-in-law introduced to me. I ordered a plate. It was delicious. .”

"Yes, my dog ​​meat is delicious, and you didn't know she was my mother-in-law back then."

"Listen to me." I smiled at Yaru, and continued, "I'm sitting here drinking by myself, and your mother-in-law is chatting with a waitress about her son's engagement. It was you. At that time, your mother-in-law said hello and liked you as a daughter-in-law. I felt very uncomfortable when I heard it, and I didn't ask them. I thought that I would know everything when I went to your house the next day. In case they said something It’s not you—I went to your house the next day, and heard from your mother that the in-law’s family you’re looking for is from the city, and they open a dog meat restaurant in front of the station, and that your partner works in the railway bureau. The dog meat restaurant where you eat is owned by your in-laws, and your mother-in-law is talking about you—is it funny?"

"What a coincidence," she said.

I light a cigarette,

"A year later, I went back to my hometown to see my mother. When I came back, I got off the car here. I was about to come to see you, so I came to your restaurant directly. At that time, your mother-in-law was there, and I ordered a plate of dog meat. Sitting there drinking, thinking about seeing you, but I heard your mother-in-law said that you and your husband had a quarrel and went back to your mother's house, and then your husband also came, probably because he lost playing mahjong outside, and was beaten by your mother-in-law Cursed immediately, told him to go to your house to bring you back." I said, "That was the first time I met your husband, he is quite handsome."

"Handsome? Hmph!" Yaru said coldly, "It's just good-looking. There are five people and six people. They are nothing. They just know how to play mahjong to make money. It's not good at all. If we say we quarrel, it's a quarrel. That's enough, I don't even bother to quarrel now, as long as I don't see him, it's a good day."

"Why is it still like this?" I asked.

She said: "You don't know, his family conditions are good, and his father is an official in the railway bureau, which is not bad. He was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, and he is nothing when he grows up, but he looks okay."

"When I was dating him, my mother agreed, but my dad didn't agree very much. At that time, I couldn't see what he was like, so I went with him. When I got married, my true colors would be revealed, and I would stay away from home all day long. He doesn't go to work seriously, he just plays mahjong to make money every day, so I wanted to divorce him at that time."

I asked, "Does his father and mother ignore him?"

"Care? Why? I've been used to it since I was a child, and I can't control it when I grow up. He doesn't listen to his father and his mother." Yaru said helplessly: "When I talk about divorce, my mother-in-law will cry. My mother Crying too, once my father made me anxious and told me to divorce, later many relatives came to persuade me, he also came to my house to admit his mistake, knelt down to my father and said that he would never play money with money again and live a good life, my heart I didn't leave as soon as I softened, and I was pregnant at that time."

"That is to say, when I was pregnant, he pretended to be pretty good. He didn't go out for money, and he started to act like a human being. It was only three months after the child was born, and he still had that virtue—now I don't bother to get angry with him. "

After she finished speaking, she picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine.

I asked, "Is he working now?"

"Come on, I've been transferred to the Jinzhou railway section, and I'll come back every half a month." Yaru said, "It's better if you don't see it. If you don't see it, you don't worry about it. I hope what's going on, I'm still calm, and I look at my son every day." Better than anything."

"You think about it."

"If you don't want to do it, the children are so old now. If divorce is not good for the children, the children will definitely belong to me. He doesn't care, but my old woman can't bear it. She misses the children. After all, she is also a grandson. Don't you want to?"

"That's true."

She said: "Now I have one thing, he wants to do whatever he wants outside, and he will pay the child's living expenses every month. I will take care of the child. I don't need him. I told him that I don't care about looking for a mistress outside. Don't worry about it." Just ask me to watch."

I said, "You are quite generous."

She said: "What can you do if you are not generous, the child is young, you can't get a divorce, he doesn't have much time to live, he doesn't have a common language, it's better not to be together, his father and his mother also know what's going on with us, what's going on with his son So, now I am worthy of him if I don’t divorce him.”

I looked at her, and it turned out that she hadn't had a good life these years.

(End of this chapter)