The story of a cook

Chapter 48
In the blink of an eye, it was August, and I left here at this time last year to go to Tiexi's Xinchuang Restaurant. Time flies, a year has passed.

August is the hottest month of the year. Starting from NO.15, the factory will be on high-temperature holiday. Once the high-temperature holiday is off, there are not many guests eating in the hotel. Brother Feng gave everyone a three-day holiday.

The eldest and Liu Xiaoyan went out to play, and the fourth went to Ge Xiaoxia's house.

If I want to go home to see my mother, I will take three days off if I think about it, and it will take two days to travel back and forth by car, and I will only stay at home for one day.

I called Master Chen and wanted to visit his place, but Master Chen called back and said that he was no longer working at his master's place, and that he was in his hometown for the registration these days.When I asked him where he was planning to go, he said that he was undecided, and he would talk about it after completing the registration.

Putting down the phone feels like I have nowhere to go.

Going back to the dormitory is also boring, it's just me and the second child, and he doesn't like to talk, he always lies on the bed and reads novels.After the divorce he became taciturn and uninterested in anything.

I want to see Sister Zhao, but I only know that she is in Wu'ai Market, but I don't know which district she is in. The Wu'ai Market is so big that it is hard to find.Besides, it is almost noon now, and when the local sister Zhao also goes down, I have to go early tomorrow morning.

Standing in the phone booth for a long time, after thinking about it, I decided to invite my second child to drink, come back feeling dizzy, have a good sleep, and go to see sister Zhao tomorrow.

The second child is not in the dormitory, he was still there when he went out, and he will not see anyone for a while, and he ran so fast, he probably went out.

I couldn't find someone to drink with, and my younger brother wasn't there, so I went to her sister's place. It seemed that I was alone.

Come out of the dormitory again, go to the snack bar to pack a dish, buy a bottle of wine, go back to the dormitory and sit on the bed to arrange the food and drink, pick up a novel, drink while reading the novel, and entertain myself.

One person drank slowly, and with the ups and downs of the plot in the novel, a bottle of wine was drunk unconsciously.When the wine was gone, I stopped reading novels, and lay down on the bed and began to sleep.

It's interesting to find that drinking alone is quiet, no one disturbs you, you can drink as much as you want, and you can sleep in bed after drinking, without disturbing others, and you won't use alcohol to get crazy.So in the days to come, I developed the habit of drinking alone-drinking and reading novels, or turning on the computer to watch movies, which is a lot of fun.

I was woken up at [-] o'clock in the evening, and opened my eyes to see that the second child came back, and Li Haina and Zhou Lan came back together.

The second child drank too much, fell on the bed as soon as he entered the room, put his head on the edge of the bed and began to retch, and quickly took the washbasin, but he retched a few times and didn't spit it out.Straighten his head, tell him not to move, to sleep.

"No sleep, I'm not sleepy, I didn't drink too much." He said in a daze.

Li Haina stood by the bed and shouted to the second son: "Li Laoer, next time I say that I won't drink with you anymore, just look at your virtue after drinking, don't drink if you can't handle it."

"Get out, get out of here." The second child shouted with his eyes closed.

Pushed Li Haina back and let Zhou Lan lead her back.Then he straightened the second child, told him to lie down more comfortably, and after tossing for a while, he slowly fell asleep.

After a while, Zhou Lan came over and saw that the second child was asleep, and asked softly, "Are you asleep?"

I nodded and asked her, "Did you drink together?"

"Well, we went for a walk in Beiling Park and drank it when we came back." She said, "I asked for a bottle at the beginning, but he insisted on drinking it after drinking it, and he couldn't stop it."

"He was unhappy, especially when you were still in front of him."

"Yes, I can see that he is upset, so I didn't try to stop him."

She looked at her sleeping second child, the man who used to be her husband, feeling a little uncomfortable and distressed.She didn't expect that she really divorced him, but what if she didn't divorce?Two people can't live together, they can only separate.

It was a mistake to be with him at the beginning, not two melons on one vine, they couldn't be tied together no matter what.We both worked hard, but in the end we were all tired, and we still went our separate ways.

She sighed and said: "I don't plan to do it here anymore, it will be better if the two of you are not together."

"It's like this for everyone, divorced and still working together, seeing him every day, isn't it uncomfortable? It's good that he survives." I said.

"I don't want to see him suffer, and I suffer too."

"So are you looking for a job?" I asked.

"found."

"where?"

"Yellow River Hotel, the one that Haina used to work in," she said.

"His family takes care of young ladies."

"I know, are you afraid that I will be a lady?"

She smiled faintly, she obviously knew that it was a hotel with girls, and when Li Haina introduced her to her, she decided to go, one is to be able to leave the second child, so that the two of them can work in the same hotel It was embarrassing, and secondly, she felt that it was quite suitable for her.She understood my worries and said, "It's okay, I'll do my job, and I won't have anything to do with the lady, and besides, no one is forcing me to be a lady."

"Try not to go."

I still don’t want her to go, and I can think that Li Haina must have introduced her to go there. Not only do I have doubts about Li Haina’s original intention, but if Zhou Lan is still her second sister-in-law, she can introduce Zhou Lan to work in a hotel with girls ?Obviously it's impossible, not only can't, but we will try our best to prevent it.

"It's all agreed, I'll go there tomorrow. Don't worry, I can't be a lady. If I want to be a lady, I don't come to this place. I can do it with us, and I can earn more than this."

She laughed after she finished talking, and was very grateful for my advice, and then said: "Brother Tan, you are really nice. I will come to have a drink with you after I get there, and I would like to have a drink with you."

I couldn't help but wryly smiled, seeing that she had already made up her mind, I stopped persuading her, maybe my worry was unnecessary, maybe she wanted to change the environment to start over.

She and the second child are destined to have a relationship as husband and wife, and they are also destined not to grow old together, and each will live well after separation.

The next day I got up early and went to Wu'ai Market.

As soon as I entered the market, I was overwhelmed by the huge noise.Just like working in the kitchen every day, the noise is no less than the roar of the stove and the hum of the exhaust machine in the kitchen.

When Sister Wang was working here, her restaurant was outside the market, and she never heard such a loud noise.I can't help being emotional, thinking of Sister Wang and Yingzi, wondering where they are now and how they are doing.

The clothing area is easy to find. Although Ms. Zhao did not specify the location of her classmate’s stall, but looking back at what she said, you can probably know that it is a stall with an independent space, not a retail store like the first floor.And the time Sister Zhao said she sold clothes, there was a very beautiful little girl standing in front of each stall, dressed in fancy dress, soliciting customers in front of the stall.

If you have a specific impression, it’s easier to look for it. It’s just after ten o’clock, so don’t worry. You can look for it while you’re shopping, and feel the lively atmosphere of Wu’ai Market by the way.

The first floor is full of shoes and hats. I inquired about the price of sneakers. Vegetables cost 12 yuan. Looking at the clothes on my feet, I bought them for [-] yuan. I thought it was really cheap here.

When I came to the second floor, they were all selling clothes. One family was next to the other, and each house was separated by a partition, which was divided into many areas.This area sells underwear, so all the shops in the area sell underwear, and that area sells underwear, so all the shops in the area sell underwear.After turning around a lot, I didn't see Sister Zhao.

On the third floor, in the fashion area, I saw Sister Zhao in front of a stall.

There were still ten meters to the stall, and she stopped. Sister Zhao was negotiating the price with a woman who bought clothes.

Holding a black skirt in her hand, she said to the woman: "It's not expensive anymore, this is still expensive? My house is the cheapest in the whole building. I see that you have gone to several places. You must buy it sincerely. How about it, sisters?" , Buy it now, three hundred and two."

After speaking, he waved the skirt in his hand and showed it to the woman.

"Two hundred, I'll give you two hundred. If you sell it, I'll buy it. If you don't sell it, I'll leave." The woman was unmoved, and was about to go out as she spoke.

"Hey, sisters, you are too good at bargaining. If you can't even get the goods for two hundred, you have to pay for it. I won't say three hundred and two. Sisters, you can add more, two hundred and eighty Take it away, and let my sister earn some money." Sister Zhao said immediately.

"At most two hundred and two, if you sell me, I'll take it."

It seems that this woman is also a good bargainer.

"Two hundred and two is the purchase price. In this way, I don't earn too much. Girls, you bought it sincerely. I told you that this is this year's new style, a limited edition, and it is most suitable for your body. I also want to help you out Son, stop haggling, take two hundred and four, and come back to my sister when I buy clothes in the future, and I promise to give you the lowest price." Sister Zhao said it very sincerely.

The woman hesitated for a moment, glanced at the skirt in Sister Zhao's hand, and then began to pay.

Sister Zhao immediately wrapped the skirt and put it in a bag, took the money handed over, and handed the skirt to the woman.

"Sisters, you are too good at bargaining. Whoever marries you will enjoy the old blessing."

The woman smiled proudly and said, "It must."

The woman went out, and Sister Zhao said enthusiastically as she sent it out: "Sisters, come here when you buy clothes."

She suddenly saw me standing not far away, and the surprise on her face made my exhaustion of searching for two hours disappear immediately.

"Oh! You, why are you here?"

I walked up to Sister Zhao with a smile and said, "Come and see you."

She didn't seem to have slowed down yet, she reached out and patted me.

"It's too unexpected—"

I smiled and said, "If there is something unexpected, I can't come to see you? Or I'm leaving."

"you dare!"

She put on a little woman's coquettish posture, held me, and looked up and down.

"We have a high temperature vacation, so we have nothing to come to see you." I said.

"High temperature holiday? Are you still on high temperature holiday?" Sister Zhao didn't believe it.

"The factory is on high temperature holiday, and there is no business in the store, so it is also a holiday." I explained.

"Oh." She nodded, "I don't think it's possible for you to take a high temperature holiday. The kitchen is hot every day, and the holiday restaurant will not be yellow."

At this time, a woman in her thirties, with a slightly fat body and a good face came out of the stall. She glanced at me and asked Sister Zhao: "Xiaohua, your friend?"

Sister Zhao turned around and said, "Oh, my brother." Then she introduced me: "My classmate, the proprietress, Li Na, your name is Sister Li."

He nodded to Li Na, smiled and said, "Sister Li."

Li Na smiled and looked me up and down, feeling that she was looking at the clothes I was wearing.

I wear a white half-sleeved top, a pair of dark blue trousers on my lower body, and a pair of military sneakers on my feet.The whole body costs less than 100 yuan, and at first glance it looks like a bumpkin who just came out of the countryside.

She looked back after reading it, and asked Sister Zhao with doubts: "Is he the younger brother you mentioned?"

"Yes, it's him. He's on vacation today, so come to see me." Sister Zhao replied with some satisfaction.

"Oh—let your brother come in and sit."

After Li Na finished speaking, she glanced at me again, thinking that it's not surprising that Xiao Hua likes him?But it looks like a man, a bit tough, similar to a bandit who robs a house.

I said, "No need, just stand here for a while."

To be honest, the stall is not big, and it is full of clothes. It is a bit crowded for two people standing, and there is no room for one sitting.

"It's okay, my brother and I are standing here for a while, just in time for someone to buy clothes and look at them." Sister Zhao said.

Li Na said: "What time does anyone come? It just so happens that your younger brother is here. Hurry up and close the stall. This is the place for today."

"It's not until two o'clock, wait a little longer, my brother is fine." Sister Zhao said.

"Don't wait, I'm just sitting there. There's no one around, so let's close the stall and go eat." Li Na waved her hand, and then said, "It just so happens that your brother is here. I'll treat you to a meal."

Miss Zhao is a little embarrassed.

Li Na is a straightforward person, and she started to clean up without waiting for Sister Zhao to say anything. Sister Zhao went to help and finished packing quickly. Then she went out of the market and went to a home-cooked restaurant. Li Na ordered four dishes and ordered beer.

Sister Zhao saw that Li Na didn't want baijiu, so she said to her, "Bring a bottle of baijiu, my brother will drink baijiu."

Li Na was very excited when she heard that I drank baijiu, and said happily: "Okay, I met a drinking buddy today, and I also drink baijiu. I don't like beer. I have a bloated stomach and a fat person. Look at how fat I am." .”

After speaking, I laughed first.

"We're eating here, what about your guy?" Sister Zhao was careful, thinking of Li Na's husband.

"Don't worry about him, he's playing mahjong. Now playing mahjong is his job. What else can he do besides playing mahjong? He didn't even go to buy the goods last time." Li Na complained.

Sister Zhao said: "You have to talk about him, you can't always play mahjong, and do something serious."

"Is it useful to say it? Did I stop talking?" Mentioning that her husband Li Na was a little annoyed, and then said: "It's okay after I finish talking, don't worry about it, do whatever you like, as long as you don't ask me for money, now it's If you don't make me anxious, just leave him and go wherever you want."

"Tell me that you're still in good spirits. It's so easy to leave. Why didn't you leave? If you leave, you will regret it." Sister Zhao said to Li Na in the tone of someone who has experienced it.

"Am I still afraid of that? Wait for someone who is impatient, tell him to leave naked." Li Na is very domineering, and she probably has the final say at home, the leader.

"Not to mention, you can do that." Sister Zhao said with a smile.

After the dishes were served, Li Na picked up the wine glass. Sister Zhao was doing it for her. She and Sister Zhao were still old classmates. When the younger brother of the old classmate came, she had to show her face and said loudly: "Xiaohua, today is just your brother coming, so I will call you. Our sisters didn't sit together well, let's have a good drink today, come on, do one."

After finishing speaking, I clinked glasses with Sister Zhao, and we dried up.I was taken aback when I saw it, it was the first time I saw a woman drinking so hard, and she drank it in one gulp, it was only three or two cups.

Sister Zhao drank beer, and she did it too.At this time, I couldn't embarrass Sister Zhao, so I followed suit.

Putting down the glass, sister Zhao said to me: "Your sister Li is a strong drinker, most men can't drink her, brother, be careful."

"It's not as good as your sister Zhao said, but I like to drink. I don't drink much at ordinary times, but I'm happy today." Li Na said.

"Then you should drink less today, and you have to take care of the children when you go back. Don't start the two of you because of drinking." Sister Zhao half-jokingly said.

"That's bragging! If he dares to bark his teeth at me, I'll tell him to bare his ass, and he dares to go against the sky." Li Na didn't care, it seemed that her husband was determined, and the real situation was the same, her husband listened to everything at home Hers, she is indeed capable, it can be said that she has lived this life by herself.

"It's enough for you to talk about it, what do you do with others." Sister Zhao said.

"I didn't care about him. How free he is now. He should eat and play. He used to come to the business to help me, but now he doesn't even come to the business. He just knows how to play mahjong, playing all day long. Started When I said that he could still listen, now I don’t even listen, I don’t care about him, I don’t care what he likes, I don’t think he’s fussing about the little money in his hand.”

"Don't talk about it, bring him up to make trouble, and come to drink."

Li Na talked about her, raised her wine glass and said to me: "I heard from Xiaohua that you are quite good at drinking, come and drink one."

"Sister Li, let's drink slowly, I just finished one." I was still terrified.

She laughed and said to me: "I'm trying to scare people. The first drink is to shock you. You can't do it any more. Take a sip."

After she finished speaking, she picked up the wine glass and clinked it with me, and took a sip. This sip seemed to be a sip, not a lot, and it went down by a third.Seeing that she drank it, I also drank one-third of it. After drinking it, I thought that Sister Li could drink quite well, as if she drank wine and water, but she couldn't drink it.

I haven't seen Sister Zhao for quite a long time, and we chatted a lot. When we talked about the hotel, she asked about the relationship between the boss and Liu Xiaoyan, and told her that they got along very well and everything was normal.

My daughter loves to care about this kind of thing. When she found out that the eldest brother and Liu Xiaoyan were 15 years apart, Li Na said: "It's normal, men like younger ones. In the past, some people paid attention to this matter, but now it's not a problem?" Then she told Zhao My sister said: "It's normal for a man who is rich to find someone who is 80 years old and [-] years old. You have no money. If you have money, it is the same to find someone who is more than ten years younger than you."

Sister Zhao said: "That's not the same. You see, no one says anything about men. If you are a woman, you have to pay attention to death."

"Pay attention to farts! It's okay for a man to set fire around the mountain, but if not, let's light a lamp at our woman's house. I haven't left. If I leave, I will find a young man."

Li Na is a woman who dares to speak and be a woman, belonging to a female man.In addition, the Wuai Market created many wealthy women in the 90s, and they were the first batch of people who became rich.

It is said that men learn to be bad when they have money, and the same is true for women.

The first batch of women who became rich, their experience of becoming rich was very hard, which can be described as hardship. Almost all of them started to practice stalls when the Wuai Market was still in the open air. Make a fortune and become a rich woman.After owning wealth, the first thing to enjoy is your husband. Some husbands start to spend time outside behind the backs of women who are still working hard in the industry, looking for young ladies to raise mistresses.

After the man's betrayal was discovered by the woman, the woman's counterattack was like a storm, so there was a "divorce wave in the five love market", and many women became single rich women.

The rich single woman no longer believes in love, because the man she has spent half her life with is unreliable.Since a man can find a lady to raise a mistress, a woman can also raise a little boy, don't want love, just look seductive, anyway, he has money.

Women can sell their bodies for money, so men call them Miss and think they are cheap.But when a man makes money through his body and sweet words, he is even worse than a lady.

Drinking with Li Na is very enjoyable. One is that she drinks a lot, and the other is that she has a manly personality and can talk together.

Li Na saw that my outfit did not match this city, so she said to Sister Zhao: "Xiaohua, buy some clothes for your brother. The young man looks very energetic. Dress up well. People are clothes and horses are saddles. Change clothes immediately." no the same."

"No, I have clothes to wear." I said quickly.

"No need, my family can't do it, they are all women's clothing, and when I go to those selling men's clothing tomorrow, they are all in the industry, and they are cheap." Li Na said.

"I'm trying to buy it for him. Who would have thought that he would come here today. I'll go and have a look tomorrow." Sister Zhao said.

"Sister, no need, I have it, and besides working in the kitchen every day, I can't wear it."

"You don't have to worry about it, just listen to me."

After Li Na came out of the hotel, she went straight home, and Sister Zhao and I walked for a while.Sister Zhao said that Li Na provided her with a pager, and gave me the pager number, and told me to call her if I needed something.

I said, "I'm not afraid that I won't be able to find you this time. If I don't do it in Santaizi, I'll tell you, so you don't have to worry."

Sister Zhao said: "If you are not there, you must tell my sister, otherwise you will die if you can't find your sister."

"Don't worry, I will tell you."

(End of this chapter)