The story of a cook

Chapter 42
After the Spring Festival, the restaurant began to enter the off-season.

The restaurant is not busy, continue my carving career.

Now I am more comfortable carving things, I am no longer clumsy, and I have my own experience when carving birds.This is the case with everything, as long as you get in and stick to it, you will gain something.

People can only be dedicated when they are concentrated, and only when they are dedicated can they be professional.

What is an expert?An expert is to do a simple thing repeatedly, keep doing it, until someone gives you a thumbs up and says "Wow, that's amazing!", then you are an expert.

On the tenth day, the second child, Zhou Lan and Li Haina came back.

"Leaving?" the eldest asked the second.

"Leave." The second child replied calmly.

"Leave as soon as you leave, and keep going. As long as the young man is willing, there are plenty of women, and you can find them everywhere."

"I'm not looking for it anymore, it's nice to be alone."

"What's the matter, do you want to be my company?" The boss was very dissatisfied with what the second child said, and said to him: "I want to find another one that is suitable, so you won't look for it?" Then he patted the second child on the shoulder, He said earnestly, "You know, second child, if fate comes, you can't stop it."

"Let's talk about it, anyway, I think it's good to be alone now." The second child was a little bit broken.

"Fuck, those of you who have wives don't want wives. The third child and I can't find a wife if we don't have one. How can we reason?" The fourth child muttered.

I don't comment on this matter, because life has returned to the original track, nothing has changed except for the divorce of the second child, and there are still six people in the kitchen, so what to do.What I need to do is to seize the time to improve the carving one step further, and then start to learn cooking techniques, so as to get on the stove as soon as possible.

Seeing me tinkering with carvings, the boss said, "Third son, I don't think you are in a hurry. You know how to tinker with your broken radish all day long. That radish can be a daughter-in-law."

I stopped and said to him: "I really want to look for it, but there must be someone, and if there is no one, I will go find someone."

"Come to the waiter again, but you can choose first."

"Then I have to get four. You've already done it before I can pick one," I said.

"Let's make a rule." The boss said decently: "The new waiter, the third will come first, then the fourth, if the fourth can't do it, I will go with the second."

I laughed, and felt that the boss was sometimes like a child, not knowing what to think in his head, as if the waiter came to prepare for a partner, and he even assigned him in advance.

"Boss, how old are you and still looking for a waiter? What are you doing with us?" the fourth child said.

"What's wrong with me, can't I find a waiter?" The boss started to stare again.

The fourth child said: "The waiters are all young girls, they are not as old as you."

"I can't find a little girl?" The boss was very confident in himself, and said to the fourth child, "What's wrong, you can't find a young girl when you are older? Tell you, you young guys are not good at it, and little girls like to look for girls like you." I'm so old, don't you know." After finishing speaking, he touched his face very chicly.

"Boss, you are a hooligan." The fourth child laughed.

"You've been a hooligan for a day or two, you know, when I was a hooligan, hmph! That's a real hooligan."

When the boss said this, no one refuted it. He was also a big brother back then, and Dadong trembled when he stepped on Tiexi.

[-] was destined to be an extraordinary year. Just as people were preparing to celebrate the Lantern Festival, an old man in China passed away, and the whole country mourned on this day.

I love this old man very much. In my heart, like the chairman, he is a great man standing in the east of the world.

All the garden activities in the provincial capital have been cancelled, and all major entertainment venues have also canceled various activities. Even restaurants have very few guests.

The aircraft factory was planning to hold a lantern festival in a small square, and after all the decorations were completed, it was also announced that it would be cancelled, telling the common people that they could play by themselves, and that they would not show their faces in the factory.

Brother Feng, who was a soldier, respected the old man very much, and directly announced that he would be closed at night and had a holiday.

Today, there are not a few restaurants that are closed in the provincial capital.

The boss, the fourth child, the cold dish master and the dishwashing sister have all been home for fifteen years. The second child, Li Haina, and Zhou Lan went to the second uncle’s house. At that time, I didn’t understand that Zhou Lan and the second child had divorced. , why would he go to his uncle's house?

I was left alone in the kitchen, and Zhang Ling was left at the front desk. The two of us had nowhere to go, either going back to the dormitory or going shopping.

"Sister, are you going back to the dormitory or shopping?" I asked Zhang Ling after dinner.

"It's finally a holiday, let's go out for a stroll." She said.

At the beginning of the night, although we all know that an old man has passed away today, we still have to live. National affairs are not the most important thing for ordinary people. Daily necessities are the main theme of life.

Sporadic firecrackers can still be heard, and gorgeous fireworks bloom in mid-air, and the beauty of instantly illuminating the night sky heralds the passing of the year.

There are quite a few people on the street, all walking in the direction of the small square.Although the lantern festival was canceled in the factory, the lights arranged there are still there. The common people have no activities at home after eating, so they go out for a walk and look at the lights in the square, which can be regarded as saying goodbye to this year.I believe this is what the old man wants to see. All his life, he wants the Chinese people to live a good life and let China achieve peace and prosperity.

"Sister, let's go and see it too, it's very lively." I said to Zhang Ling.

"Do you want to go? Then go." She said, looking at my younger brother very softly, as if saying that if you like it, sister will accompany you.

The small square is in front of the Shenfei Cultural Palace, not far away, and it takes only 5 minutes to walk there.

The lights around the square were on, and wires were drawn between the lampposts in a circle, four meters above the ground. Various lanterns were hung on the wires, and the square was illuminated very warmly by the bright red.There are three sets of large ornamental lights with different shapes in the middle, which are very beautiful.

There are a lot of people, including the elderly, a family of three, and couples in pairs.Small merchants and hawkers under the peripheral lampposts have already occupied their positions, selling everything, such as candied haws, mutton skewers, children's toys, shoes, socks --- like a night market, with constant shouting.

I didn't go inside, there were a lot of people inside, a bit crowded, and I was strolling around the outer circle.Zhang Ling bought two bunches of candied haws, and we each had a bunch, and walked aimlessly while eating.

It was surprisingly warm tonight, there was no wind, and there was a peaceful atmosphere all around.

There is a cotton candy seller in front, surrounded by a group of children, and the youngest children are hugged by adults.The boss smiled and handed the finished marshmallow to the child who was reaching for it, and then went to the next one.

"Little brother, have you ever eaten cotton candy?" Zhang Ling asked me.

"No, it's made at my house." I said.

"Do you want to eat? My sister will buy one for you." She looked at me with a doting smile on her face.

"I haven't eaten this yet." She shook the candied haws in front of her eyes and said, "How old are you, and you still eat marshmallows."

She laughed and said, "It's fun to watch."

Walking forward, I stopped in front of a stall selling scarves. The scarf seller was the proprietress of the shopping mall. It seemed that she wanted to take advantage of the crowds at the Lantern Festival and set up a stall to sell more.People who do business are very powerful, and they don't miss any opportunity to make money.

"Take a look, the new XSBN scarf is all that's left, sell it at a loss, sell it at a loss!" the female boss yelled loudly.

Zhang Ling stepped forward to pick up a scarf, looked at it and put it down again. The proprietress thought that Zhang Ling wanted to buy it, and was just about to greet her when she saw the scarf around her neck and gave it up with a smile.

Going forward, I met Sister Zhang and Brother Sun.

Brother Sun is carrying a bag, which should be the clothes he just bought.Sister Zhang looked around a little bit, with a happy look on her face.She was wearing a pair of tight leather pants, and her upper body was a short black jacket with an open neckline and a billowy chest.

They saw me and Zhang Ling.

Walking up to the two of them, he said, "Going to the Lantern Festival."

Sister Zhang said: "It's boring to stay at home, let's go out for a walk." Seeing Zhang Ling standing beside me, I couldn't help asking: "Who is this?"

"My bar." I said, and then introduced Zhang Ling to the couple.

"Tanzi, that's not bad, you have a good eye." Ms. Zhang whispered in my ear.

"Sister Zhang, no." I said.

"No, no, it's not you who led them out." After she finished speaking, she said to Zhang Ling, "Good girl, my Tan Zi is good, so I won't bother you, let's go."

After Sister Zhang and Brother Sun left, Zhang Ling said with a smile: "She regards me as your partner."

I was a little embarrassed, and said reluctantly: "Yes, she looks like everyone to me."

"I have an impression of her. She came to our house with your sister." She said.

"Yes." I nodded.

"She really dares to wear it." Zhang Ling was a little envious when she said it, but she knew that if it was herself, she would not dare to wear it like that.

I smiled and said: "Sister Zhang is amazing, she showed herself to the fullest."

"Do you like that?" She said, looking at me playfully.

dodged her gaze.

For a 23-year-old boy, women are undoubtedly very attractive, and sometimes he desperately wants to understand, possess, and want something to happen.Whenever I think of these things, my whole body feels hot and my heart beats faster.

But after the energy passed, I calmed down and told myself rationally that these things will be over after thinking about it, and it has nothing to do with me. Don't I know what I am?
A poor boy from the countryside can't even afford a wife at home, he is so poor, how can he think about that.Now the first task is to make money, and I have learned the craft, and it will not be too late to think about these things when I have money.

"I can't say I like it. One person has one way of living." I said ambiguously.

"It's so sexy and attractive in that way," she said, still looking at me.

"It's attractive, but it attracts people who think like her."

She smiled, stroking the scarf around her neck, walked forward slowly, and turned around after taking two steps and asked me: "Just now, why didn't you dare say that I am your partner?"

I was stunned and said, "Can you stop joking, you are my sister."

"Yes, I'm your sister." Her eyes dimmed, and she whispered, "It's not suitable to be with you, you are too young." After she finished speaking, she lost interest in continuing shopping, and felt very conflicted in her heart, so she gently pulled me Say: "Come back, I'm a little tired."

Her sudden change made me unpredictable for a moment, but I quickly caught something, and a ripple appeared in my heart, but this ripple was quickly eliminated, thinking that it was impossible.

Out of the small square, go straight to the dormitory. The Songling Machinery Factory on the left side of the road has no lights, and the factory building is a bit dilapidated. When I walked past the gate, I saw a watchman lighting a box of salutes and lit it quickly. Immediately after a "bang", the first salute was fired and bloomed in the night sky.

Zhang Ling looked up at the colorful fireworks with a calm face.

Then came the second, and the third——
After the fifth firework bloomed, Zhang Ling looked back at me, took my arm and walked forward.

She clings to me tightly, the feeling of being close to the opposite sex stimulates every sensitive cell in her body, tense and sweet.The plot of love between couples appeared in my mind, and I thought that at this time, it should be the man who hugged the woman——
But I dare not, I think she won't date me, being able to hold my arm is just a kind of trust, or a habit of women, because Yingzi and Li Yanhua always hold me naturally, and they are not in When holding me, he said to be with me.

Five minutes was a long journey, and I felt relieved when I helped her open the bedroom door.

I was going back to the dormitory, she pulled me into the room, pointed to the scarf around my neck and said, "Do you know? I told my mother that it was a gift from my boyfriend, and she really believed it."

"---"

"Hehe, tell my mother that you are very good, if I am older, I will consider dating you."

"---"

I looked at her a little silly.

"Look at you stupid, I haven't seen my sister, we are two sisters, we can't be a partner."

After she finished speaking, she turned around, and immediately turned around again, hugging me tightly.

Feeling her enthusiasm, he reached out and hugged her tightly.

After a while, she raised her head, her face flushed slightly, she held my face and said softly: "Sister is worried about you and misses you."

(End of this chapter)