The story of a cook

Chapter 551
Every time I go home, I cleanse my soul, so that the wandering heart has a deeper attachment to home and a deeper understanding.

Home is a harbor, a place full of affection.

Only when you get home do you know what warmth is.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when I returned to the provincial capital. My son was a little tired from playing in the past two days, and fell asleep not long after arriving home.

When I was not at home, Li Ge, Li Jian, and Jiang Runping took care of me. When I came back, I had to cook a good meal for them.

Stew the chicken brought by the eldest sister, make half a leaf of lamb chops from the third sister, put on the elbows brought by the fourth sister, stir-fry leeks with the stupid eggs from the second sister's house, and the fifth sister brought boiled pig intestines, sliced In one plate, I also brought a lot of lamb haggis to stew.After finishing everything, I called Jiang Runping and Li Jian and asked them to come over for dinner after get off work.

Brother Li takes care of my son the most when I'm not at home. My son has to eat five meals at Brother Li's house a week.Li Jian is his son's godfather. He always picks up his son and treats him very well. He buys most of his son's toys.Sometimes he would bring his son with him to friends' gatherings, and when he told his friends that it was his son, some people really believed him.If you go on a trip with your daughter-in-law, you also have to take your son with you, which is not too much of a hindrance.Jiang Runping seldom picks up his son. He is mainly responsible for housework, such as changing the gas tank, installing a lamp, and repairing this and that. These are his business. He replaced the windows of my house.

We have to appreciate people helping to take care of the family, we can't pretend we don't know.Don't say that you should repay the kindness of dripping water, but when you come back, you have to treat him to a meal.Sometimes friends are better than brothers when they get along well. Brothers can still fight because of a little family property, but friends can't.Our four brothers have been around for five or six years, and they are similar to real brothers, except that they have multiple heads and different names.

At five o'clock, Li Ge, Li Jian, Jiang Runping, and sister-in-law all came back from get off work. Lin Yan and them entered the house, followed by Li Jian's daughter-in-law Xiao Min and Jiang Runping's daughter-in-law Xiaohong. .

"Oh, old Tan, you miss me so much." Li Jian entered the room and hugged me, feeling cold all over.

"Master Tan, I've made so many delicious foods, I'm so drunk today." Jiang Runping said, staring at the delicious foods on the table.

I smiled and said, "If you don't get drunk, you won't return."

Li Jian asked his son: "Son, is it fun to go home for grandma's birthday?"

The son said: "It's lively, there are so many people."

"Who is there?" Li Jian asked.

"There is an elder aunt, there is a second aunt, a third aunt, a fourth aunt, an old aunt, an elder uncle, and a second uncle---" the son is like a treasure.

The sister-in-law asked: "Jiaheng, celebrate grandma's birthday, how about grandma?"

"Grandma is good." The son said.

"Who did you find to cuddle with at night?" asked the sister-in-law.

"My dad hugged me."

"Did you miss your mother?"

"I started to think a little bit, then I fell asleep and didn't know anything."

The son's words made everyone laugh.

Li Jian picked up his son and asked, "Son, what delicious food did you eat at grandma's house?"

"Chicken, pig intestines, lean meat, haggis, and dumplings, made by my aunt, are delicious." said the son.

"Did you bring some back?" Li Jian asked.

"Bring them back." The son pointed to the dishes on the table and said, "Look, my dad brought them back."

Everyone sat down to eat.

Jiang Runping put a piece of chicken in his mouth, and said while eating, "It has to be a small stupid chicken raised in the countryside, it's delicious."

His daughter-in-law Xiaohong said: "Looking at how promising you are, you have to be careful. You can't eat enough, and you can't do anything."

"What can I do? Do you think I can?" Jiang Runping asked his wife.

The whole Xiaohong was embarrassed, and said: "Don't be stupid there."

Li Jian was willing to eat haggis, brought the haggis to him, and said, "This haggis is delicious, don't grab it from me, it's mine."

Brother Li said: "No one will snatch it from you, if you can't, you can pack it and take it away."

"I won't take it away." Li Jian said, and then asked me, "Did Lao Tan stew the rice?"

"It's stewed, it's in one pot." I said.

"I'll have a bowl of rice first, and the haggis won't taste good after drinking too much." After speaking, he said to the sister-in-law sitting outside, "Sister-in-law, serve me a bowl of rice."

After drinking for a while, Brother Li asked me, "Are you going back to Binhai tomorrow?"

I said, "Well, I'll be back tomorrow."

"Can't you come back for the Chinese New Year?" Brother Li asked.

"I can't come back." I said.

"You can't come back, where are Lin Yan and his wife celebrating the new year? Go back to Beipiao?" Brother Li asked.

Before I could speak, Lin Yan said, "My son and I will go back to my mother's house for the New Year."

The sister-in-law said: "If a wife goes back to her mother's house for a few years, if Lao Tan doesn't come back, you and Jiaheng will go back."

"No, Jiaheng and I went back to my mother's house, and we made an agreement with my mother. Zhihao and his family of three came back from BJ, and Zhiye said to bring his girlfriend back." Lin Yan said.

Knowing that Lin Yan doesn't want to go back to my house for the New Year, she doesn't want to go back now that her mother is at Fifth Sister's house.

Li Ge said to Lin Yan: "It's okay to go back to your mother's house for the New Year, where is the New Year?"

"If it doesn't work, let's live together as a family. It's still lively." Li Jian said.

"I can't do it at thirty, I have to stay at home with my parents when I'm thirty, and we can get together on the first day of the first day." Brother Li said.

"You guys can do it, but I can't. On the first day of the new year, I have to go to my aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings." Jiang Runping said.

"We also have to pay New Year's greetings, but we can't do it. If we want to get together, we have to pass the fifth day." The sister-in-law said.

Li Jianai made a fuss and suggested: "Let's set a date for the sixth day gathering, and we will have the sixth day gathering every year from now on." Then he asked me, "Old Tan, have you come back on the sixth day of the new year?"

I said: "I can't come back on the sixth day of the new year. When the restaurant is busy, it will be past the tenth day."

Li Jian felt a little regretful, and said, "I miss you every time. If you can't do it, don't work in Binhai. When you go back to the provincial capital, these restaurants in the provincial capital earn less. Earn as much as you can."

"I said that's right. Those who have abandoned their family and business, look at how good your son is, but you are sensible, don't you miss your son?" asked the sister-in-law.

"Think, why don't you want to." I said.

"Thinking about my son is an excuse, but thinking about my wife is the truth." Jiang Runping laughed.

I said, "I want to do it all."

"Don't let him come back, hurry up and earn money there, the family is short of money." Lin Yan said.

"I'm not talking about you, Lin Yan. How can there be a couple who are not together? It's better for you. You can rest assured if you let your husband go out." Brother Li said.

Lin Yan said: "There is nothing to worry about. Just give me the money every month. The rest is what he wants to do outside, as long as my son stays with me at home."

Jiang Runping asked: "You don't care if Master Tan is looking for a mistress outside?"

"It doesn't matter, he will look for it if he wants to." Lin Yan said.

"You are still generous." Jiang Runping said.

"It's not generous. He can't look at me if he wants to find me. He doesn't know, and he can't control me." Lin Yan said.

Li Jiandao: "In my opinion, Lao Tan should come back to work. The children are so old, don't always go out, it's good to go home."

I said to Lin Yan: "I'll come back after the new year."

"Let's work in Binhai, work for another two years, and save some money so that we can buy a house." Lin Yan said.

Speaking of the house, Li Ge said: "I really have to buy a house, and I have to buy it too."

Our four families, Li Jian and Jiang Runping, both bought a house. They were bought by their parents. Brother Li and I had a hard time and had to buy it ourselves.Brother Li was born in the army. After he changed his job, the army took care of him. He could buy off-plan houses.

"I heard that this place will be relocated in two years, and the subway will be repaired." Li Jian said.

"I've heard about it too, but I don't know when it will be relocated." Brother Li said.

"It's good to relocate, I can give you a lot of money." Jiang Runping said.

Brother Li said: "If I move out, I can get 20 yuan, which is enough to pay the down payment."

"Old Tan, you should buy this house now, and you can get 20 yuan when you move out." Li Jian said.

"The landlord is stupid? Knowing that the house will be relocated and sold." I said.

"Also—" Li Jian smiled at his IQ.

"Wait for the relocation, and buy a house during the relocation." I said.

Lin Yan said: "So your task now is to earn money. While you are doing well in Binhai, earn a few more years, and we will buy a house when this place is moved."

"Lin Yan is right. I will work in Binhai first, and it will only be a few years of hard work. You don't have to worry about it at home. Brother Li, we guarantee that your son will not be hungry." After finishing speaking, the sister-in-law asked her son: "Jiaheng, would you like to eat? Did the uncle and aunt cook the food?"

The son said: "Yes, I would most like to eat braised crucian carp in sauce made by the uncle."

Brother Li smiled and said to his son: "Whenever you want to eat, the uncle will make it for you. When your sister comes back, the uncle will cook it. You two sisters will rush to eat it."

The son said: "I miss my sister."

"You are obedient, my sister has three days to finish her make-up lessons, and she will come back after she finishes her lessons, and come back to play with you," said the sister-in-law.

When she was sleeping at night, she was still pushed to the single bed by her son. Lin Yan said that her son is very domineering now, and she would get angry if she hugged other people's children.I asked my son why he came to my aunt's house to sleep with my arms around him, and my son plausibly said, "You are my father!"

Son fell asleep.

I asked Lin Yan: "How much money does our family have now?"

Lin Yan asked back: "Why do you ask this?"

"Nothing, I want to know." I said.

"There is not much money, not enough to buy a house." She said.

"I don't know enough, but there is always a number, right?"

"[-] to [-], Zhiye has to find a job after graduating during the Chinese New Year."

"Do you need money to find a job?" I asked.

"I don't take money—he looks for it himself." She said, and then said: "When looking for a job, I have to talk about my daughter-in-law. My mother doesn't make much money raising pigs, so I have to tell him my wife."

I said, "Let's just support him until he graduates from college. When he finds a job, he says that his daughter-in-law has to rely on him, and we have to live too."

She said nothing.

"We'll buy a house if we move here. If we don't buy a house, I'll open a small restaurant instead of going out to work," I said.

"Buy a house first. It doesn't matter if the restaurant is open or not. The house is the business." Lin Yan said.

"Listen to you, buy a house first, and I will work for another two years."

"You can work in Binhai and earn more. I earn enough for our family's monthly expenses now. You save all the money you earn, and it will be enough when you buy a house." She said.

I said, "If we can get a loan, let's take a loan, and I'll open a restaurant with the rest of the money."

"Dream, it will be good if you save enough money to pay the down payment." She said: "Hurry up and earn money, don't worry about our mother and daughter, just give me the money every month."

"I'm a human, not a machine, so I have to rest."

"Don't rest yet, wait until your son graduates from college."

"You don't always miss me when you're not together?"

"Do not want to."

"We haven't been together for five years," I said.

"Really? It's been five years?" She was a little surprised, and said, "I don't think about that at all now, as long as I have my son by my side."

"You have a son in front of you, so what should I do?" I asked angrily.

"I don't care what you want. If you don't think it's okay, we can divorce." She said.

Nothing to say.

(End of this chapter)