The story of a cook

Chapter 54

After dinner with Sister Zhao, when I returned to the restaurant, Huang Ping brought a boy over, saying that he was going to be an apprentice in the kitchen, and asked me to take him with me.

The boy's surname is Li, 20 years old, and his home is in the same place as Yaru, in Fuxin.The young man works hard, is clean and agile, and likes it very much.Before he came here, he worked in other restaurants, and he can cut general things, which is at the same level as when I was doing odd jobs.

Boss Zou and Huang Ping are very kind to me and trust me. The main reason is that I am capable and affordable.Gradually, like in Shengmei, he became the butler of the kitchen.

Boss Zou disappeared after driving Huang Ping to the restaurant every day, saying that he was talking with friends.

I have been here for more than a month, and I know a few of his friends. Two of them are directors of the Teachers College, one is in charge of procurement, and the other is in charge of logistics.Two of them are hotel owners. I heard that they used to work on poker machines and made millions of dollars. After the crackdown, they started to run hotels.The four of them always come to the restaurant to play mahjong. After playing mahjong, they have dinner, and they also specially find art girls from the college to accompany them. Every time they spend a lot of money.

Through the relationship between the eldest brother and the second brother, Boss Zou also got to know the branch directors of three aircraft factories.Boss Zou is a businessman, he does whatever he can to make money.Now that metal spraying is making money, he plans to open a factory specializing in metal spraying.Every year, the aircraft factory outsources a lot of work that needs to be sprayed. Boss Zou will make a lot of money if he does this work for the next year.So I got very close with the three branch managers, and always invited them to eat, sing, take a bath, and find girls. After some bombing, the three factory managers promised to give him the spraying work for next year.

We have a job, but we don’t have a factory and equipment. Boss Zou is busy looking for a factory and getting equipment. The eldest and second brothers help with the approval process, so there is always no one to see.

Huang Ping doesn't have to get up early to buy groceries now. She visits the store first every day, and then goes to Hanglubing. She has a meal at the store at noon, picks up her children from school at four in the afternoon, and then goes straight home.

The boss doesn't care about anything else in the kitchen except cooking, I'll take care of things.After cooking, he went back to his room to rest, and when the food came, Xiao Li went to call him.Master Li and Xiao Zhang have been good at their craft since the boss came. The boss is good at cooking.

I was mixing vegetables after get off work in the evening, and Xiao Lizi came over to work with me. The two of them worked quickly and finished mixing quickly.I came out of the kitchen to see that the customers were gone. The waiter on duty was cleaning up. I sat on the chair for a while, waited for the waiter to finish cleaning up and locked the store door, and then walked to the small private room.

Opening the door for a moment, Yaru was sitting on the sofa reading a book.

"Have you finished mixing the vegetables?" She put down the book and asked.

"The mixing is over, when did you come?" I asked.

She smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I've been here. I went to the kitchen to look for you. I saw you mixing vegetables with the new little plum, so I came to your room."

"What do you want me to do?" I asked, glad that she came.

"It's okay, it's boring to stay here, and I can't sleep. I want to learn how to mix vegetables with you. When I went to the kitchen and saw Xiao Lizi was there, I didn't go in. I didn't want to go back, so I went to your house to have a look." He asked, "What's wrong? Your house won't let you in?"

"Come in, you have to let in." I said with a smile.

"I've been here several times, but you don't know, and I didn't tell you." She said with a proud face.

"Really? I really don't know." I was a little surprised, I really don't know when she came here, but it's nice to hear her say that, and I think she cares about me.

She glanced at me and asked indifferently, "Who is that woman who came at noon? Sister Zhang said it was your sister, but I don't think so."

"It's my sister. I met her when I was working in another restaurant. Her surname is Zhao, sister Zhao." I said.

"Why is she here?" Yaru asked casually, but she wanted to know urgently.

"It's good with her, come and see me." I said.

"She also bought that dress?"

"Well, she bought it," I replied.

"It's good enough for you, and I'll buy you clothes." There was a strong sour taste in his tone, and then he said, "You look very smart and handsome in your clothes."

"If you want to talk about spirit, I believe in it, but you can't be handsome, and you have nothing to do with being handsome at all."

"Sister Zhang said that woman is not like your sister, but like your partner."

I smiled and asked, "Do you look like it?"

"I have no idea---"

Yaru's heart was flustered all afternoon, and it started to be chaotic after Sister Zhao and I left.She thinks that Sister Zhao is my partner. If not, why would she come to see me and buy me clothes?But why did Brother Tan lie to her, saying that he had no girlfriend?She felt that she was bullied and wronged.Especially when Sister Zhang at the bar said that the woman she looked at didn't look like Tan Zi's sister, but should be the target, her heart became more confused and even angry.

She felt that she was very irritable, and there was an unknown fire in her heart that wanted to vent, but she couldn't vent it.I want someone to yell at, or fight with.Of course, all of this is impossible. I can neither shout nor fight with others, but I feel wronged in my heart.But why feel wronged?Is it because of that woman?Why does she feel bad when she comes?She is his object?

Yaru thought in her heart, unable to give her own answer.Brother Tan never said that he likes himself, nor does he say that he is in a relationship with him. Is it normal for someone to have a relationship?Why are you angry?Could it be that he likes him?Thinking of this, Yaru's heart jumped vigorously, and immediately thought of what her parents told her when she came out of the house, telling her not to have sex outside, and if she knew that she was, he would ask his brother to send her back, and never Don't let her out.

My heart couldn't help becoming confused again, asking myself repeatedly between likes and dislikes, and at the same time resentment.I blame that woman, if she doesn't come, it's fine, it's still as good as before, after work, I chat with Brother Tan, watch him carve flowers, and learn how to mix vegetables with him.It's good now, I'm not in the mood to learn how to mix vegetables.

No, I have to ask Tan Ge for clarification if I say anything tonight, whether that woman is his girlfriend or not.She thought this way and made a decision in her heart.So after get off work, she went to the kitchen to look for me, seeing me and Xiao Lizi working there, she was too embarrassed to go in, so she went directly to the small private room and waited for me to come back.

"No, she is older than me, over 30, she is my sister." I explained to her, and then told her about Sister Zhao.

She smiled reassuringly after listening to me, and said: "She is so beautiful, she doesn't look like someone in her 30s."

"Well, she's pretty." I said, and then asked her tentatively, "Yaru, have you ever had a date at home?"

"No, someone came to my house to propose marriage to me. My father said that I was young, and after another two years, the person who proposed marriage would leave." She continued: "Actually, I know the kid who proposed. I was in the previous class. It’s not far from my house, there might be a fight, I don’t want to live like that.”

"Then what kind of life do you want to have with?" I asked, wondering if it's okay for me to be like this?
She thought for a while and said, "I don't know—my parents are going to find me a husband at home, and I don't know what kind of—" Her heart was in a mess again.

"Can I do this?" I asked pretending to be nonchalant, and my heart beat violently after I finished asking.

"You—" She looked at me blankly.

"Yes, I." His heart beat faster, but his face was relaxed, his eyes were full of hope, and he looked at her intently, hoping to get an affirmative answer.

The first time I confessed to the girl I was in love with.

Bang!Bang!
I could hear my own heartbeat, and the pretended ease began to turn into tension, because my hands trembled slightly because of the tension.

At this time, I am like a gambler, betting on my love.And like a prisoner, waiting for the sentence in the tension of death.

He looked at the girl in front of him with fiery eyes, hoping that she would say "you can do it."

The air seems to freeze in tension——
Yaru was a little flustered under my gaze, she hurriedly avoided my scorching gaze, shyness spread over her cheeks silently in a state of bewilderment, slowly turning red, reaching the base of her ears.

During the long and tormented wait, Yaru heard four words weakly.

"I have no idea---"

I was a little confused, and asked hurriedly, "You don't know about this?"

She suddenly felt aggrieved and said, "How do I know if I haven't dated someone? I don't go out very much at home. In the last episode, I went with my dad. I haven't dated a man. I don't even talk to a man." Very little, I don’t know.” After speaking, he looked at me and asked, “Am I blushing?”

"famous."

"It must be red. My face is hot. It looks like it's burning out. I won't talk to you anymore. I'll ask someone like that. Go back and wash your face. It's too hot."

After speaking, he stood up and pushed open the door, and ran away at a trot.

What's the matter?Is it OK or not?Give me an accurate word?

I sat there in a daze, as if I knew I was in love in a dazed trance.

Yaru returned to the dormitory, took the washbasin into the water room, and quickly turned on the faucet. She couldn't wait for the water to fill the washbasin, so she took a handful and poured it on her face that was about to catch fire. Feeling better, and let out a long breath.

It turned out that he liked me.

This is the answer that Yaru has been trying to get for a whole afternoon.It was this answer that made her face so hot that she could breathe fire, her body was hot, and her heart was about to jump out.She felt that the room was too hot, and she had to come out to cool off right away, and that damn Brother Tan, did she have to ask such a question?Still looking at himself like that, his eyes seemed to be on fire, if he came out a little later, he might be roasted by him.

After washing my face twice, the fiery temperature gradually dropped, and the enthusiasm that filled my whole body and mind just now also slowly receded.Yaru stroked her face, standing there lost in thought.

Her parents didn't ask her to date her outside, and they fixed her marriage close to home early. To find her husband's house, she had to search within a radius of [-] miles, and there was no need to think about distant places.And I have to listen to my parents. I have never objected since I was a child, and everything is arranged. Although I haven't found a husband's family or a partner, the range of choices has been set by default, and it seems that I can't change it.

If you date this bald-headed and gangster-looking Brother Tan, your parents will definitely not agree. If they find out, they will have to send you home the next day.

Do you really want to date him?It is certain that he likes him. What he asked just now proves that he also likes himself.However, I don't even know what his family is like, I only know that he has a mother and five older sisters, the family is very difficult, and I don't know the rest, so should I be punished?When I was at home, my dear mother said, marrying a man, marrying a man, dressing and eating, and marrying a girl must marry a good family, with better conditions. I don’t want to be rich, but at least there is no famine, and some family background will do. Otherwise, you will have to live a poor life all your life.

Even if my parents agree to have a date outside, if they know Brother Tan's family is poor, they won't agree to it if they are beaten to death. What will they do then?Do you want to listen to your parents and not get along with Brother Tan, or go with Brother Tan?

Thinking of these Yaju is a bit difficult. At the age of 20, she has never thought about these things. The only thing she can decide at home is to buy clothes. The style is up to her. Cosmetics are just simple and simple. Lipstick is not allowed to buy, mom not to let.Now that such a big event was suddenly in front of her eyes, she was a little at a loss.

Maybe Brother Tan just likes himself, and doesn't want to date, and he didn't think about dating, so don't think about it, it's a bit of a headache.It's good to be with him like this first, I like it, and it's still a long way to get married.

Don't tell the family, don't let your parents know, let alone your brothers and sisters-in-law, first of all, stay outside for two more years, maybe after two years, your parents will agree.

Thinking of this, Yaru smiled happily, picked up the washbasin and went back to the dormitory.

(End of this chapter)