The story of a cook

Chapter 592
Chapter 606

This year, the gift packs were ordered earlier, and many orders were placed as soon as December entered.

I went to the new store to see the work of Lao Qiao and Lao Wang. Now they are three masters and one female worker.

After looking at the smoked sauce room for a while, I asked Lao Qiao: "Brother Qiao, how many orders have you received now?"

Lao Qiao habitually touched the beard on his lips, and said with a smile: "85 copies, all taken on the 28th."

"This year is good, the New Year's Day will start to be set." I said.

"New Year's Day is also a year, the Gregorian calendar year, and the public and government units all celebrate the Gregorian calendar year."

"There will be an order in two days, so prepare more raw materials."

"Don't worry, I have prepared a lot, and the freezer is almost full now."

"That's good. If it doesn't work, let's build a cold storage. We have to stock up for the Spring Festival."

I have long planned to build a small cold storage, but I haven't found a good place. Fortunately, there are enough freezers now. If I add another store, I have to build a cold storage.Adding stores is a matter of [-] years, don't think about it this year.

Ask how the smoked dried tofu is selling recently. Lao Qiao said that the sales are very good, and the supply tends to exceed the demand. He also said that this can be made in the tofu workshop of coarse grains, and it will definitely make money.Tell him that the water must be from Beipiao, and the water from other places cannot produce such tofu, nor can it be dried tofu.He listened and said embarrassingly: "That's the same thing."

The eldest sister who came out of the smoked sauce room called me aside, and whispered: "Master Tan, I have something to tell you, I have a younger brother in my family, stay here, can you find a job in our house?"

"How old is he?" I asked.

"35, I used to work on a construction site, smashed my hand, and lost my little finger on my left hand, but the work is fine, don't delay, my brother can do it."

The eldest sister finished speaking in a pleading tone, and looked at me expectantly, with eager and anxious eyes.

"Call him, I'll arrange a job for him.

"Thank you, Master Tan." The eldest sister said gratefully.

I think her brother doesn't like to use it in other places because of handicap.How can a 35-year-old man support his family if he can't earn money?I thought it would be fine to cook dumplings with less fingers.Wait until her younger brother comes to see, if cooking dumplings is not enough, then arrange another job, so that people have to take care of them.

When I came to the elevator and was about to go to the kitchen on the fifth floor, the elevator just came down, and when the door opened, Zhou Xiaomei came out.

"I was looking for you," she said.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"There was a meal orderer at noon. He said his surname was Ma, and we from Beipiao asked me to give you a discount and said he knew you."

"I know, our fellow, from the Public Security Bureau, came here for dinner before, you haven't seen it before."

"He said he couldn't get through to you. Is your phone down?"

As soon as she said it, she felt that she hadn't answered a single call since morning, if she could answer several calls normally.I took out the phone and called her, and it said "Your phone has been shut down, please pay the bill in time."

"Go upstairs, there is a payer next door, I will pay for you." She said.

"No, I'll go by myself." I said.

"Okay, there's not much money to pay for the phone bill, treat me to dinner later." She walked out after finishing speaking.

If you want to give her money, think about it and forget it, and she doesn't want to give her money, it's better to invite her to dinner.

When I arrived at the kitchen on the fifth floor, I talked with Li Shuangliang about work matters. The phone rang, and it was a message, showing that the fee was [-] yuan.After turning off the information and turning on the caller ID, there were five missed calls in total, all from Sister Zhao.

I haven't contacted Sister Zhao for three months, and now I have five phone calls. There must be something wrong, so I will go back immediately.

"Sister, I have to pay the phone bill when I owe the phone bill." I said.

"Oh, brother, are you in Binhai?" Sister Zhao asked in a low tone.

"exist."

"Are you busy now?"

"not too busy."

"Is it convenient for you to stay there for two days, sister?" she asked.

"It's convenient, do you want to come with Old Wu?"

"Old Wu is gone—"

I didn't get over it for a moment, and asked, "Gone? Where did you go?"

"He died in a car accident last month," she said.

There was a buzzing sound in the head, so it turned out that this person had left.Unable to accept this fact for a while, holding the phone and not knowing what to say, the face of Lao Wu appeared in front of his eyes, followed by that of Sister Zhao, his head was in a mess.

"Sister, come and stay with me for a few days." I said after a long time.

"I'll arrive at night, don't pick me up, I'll go directly to your hotel."

He put down the phone and stood there for a long time, unable to come out in shock.I can't believe this is true. How can a good person just disappear?But sister Zhao can't lie.Lao Wu is only 50 years old this year, so he just left?
He was driving a taxi, and Sister Zhao said it was a car accident——
My sister Zhao, why is your life so hard?

I can't help but sigh, thinking about Sister Zhao's life, hey, the original spouse started fooling around outside, the two divorced, met the second man who was still playing with money, beat her or scolded her, and after leaving, met the third man, and still had sex with her. The girlfriend broke up.Finally met Lao Wu, found the ultimate happiness, and left in a car accident——
Bad luck.

I was in a bad mood, and Sister Zhao's face appeared in front of my eyes from time to time, back and forth over and over again.

This miserable woman.

I met Sister Zhao in Tiexi's Xinchuang Restaurant, when she was a waiter, her second man went to the restaurant to beat her up, and he beat him up, and from then on, we became siblings.

She cared for me like a younger brother, and has always done so all these years.When I was working at Shengmei, I always visited me and bought me this and that every time I went.It was then that she went to her classmate Li Na to sell clothes, and she became attached to clothes ever since.Met a third man there, had a love triangle with Li Na, and finally quit sadly.

I still remember the scene when she was drunk, it was a mess.

Then I opened a shop to sell children's clothes, and the business was very good. I hired Li Yanhua as a shop assistant, and that's how Li Yanhua and I reunited.When I opened a children's clothing store, I found my home - Lao Wu, the man who has always loved her.Old Wu loves her very much. When I was working in Fuxin, she and Lao Wu drove to see me, and in the first year when I first came to Binhai, she and Lao Wu came to Binhai to travel——
It never occurred to me that Lao Wu would get into a car accident and leave.

God is unfair, why treat a kind and weak woman like this?

Snowflakes floated in the sky, and the sky gradually darkened.

Standing outside the old store, a taxi slowly stopped, and Sister Zhao got out of the car.

She wrapped herself in a coat, she was alone, her face was haggard, her face was pale, her eye sockets were sunken, as if she was recovering from a serious illness and she was weak, her face was not bright at all.Seeing her like this felt distressed for a while, but the suitcase in her hand took her into the shop and sat down.

"Are you tired from the ride?" I asked.

"It's okay, not too tired." She said lightly.

"Hungry, let's eat some dumplings first."

"I'm not very hungry, I'll eat later." She looked at me and said, "It's okay, not thin."

Forced a smile and said to her: "Seeing that you are quite tired, go to my place to rest first."

"also."

I went to the kitchen to get two ready-made dishes, and returned to the apartment with Sister Zhao.She took off her coat and curled herself directly into the sofa.

I was looking for a light topic to talk about, but I couldn't find it.Feel at a loss for words at this time.Knowing that at this moment, Sister Zhao was suffering from the pain of losing her lover, and wanted to comfort her, but if she couldn't find comfort, she could only look at her.

Sister Zhao looked around the house and asked, "You rented this?"

"No, the company rented it."

"It's okay, it's fine, it's warm."

Thinking that she hadn't eaten after getting off the car, she said, "I'll cook some dumplings for you."

"No, just sit with my sister for a while."

She patted the sofa beside her and sat down next to her.

She leaned against me, very lightly.

"I don't know where to go, I don't know where to go. Yesterday, old Wu Wuqi came home after the burning. My mother said no, so I went out for a walk. I thought about where to go. There is no place, so I went to you." Here we come." She said softly.

"I am so quiet, you just stay here." I said.

"Well, you're doing fine."

"Is Auntie doing well?"

"My mother is fine, she is in good health and there is nothing wrong with her."

"Where is Li Yanhua looking at the shop now?"

"Well, I gave the store to her, and I have no energy. She is doing it with her partner. It's been a week." She said.

"It's fine to give it to her, you have a good rest."

"I don't think about anything now, I'm just tired, and I'm not in the mood to do anything—"

"Take a break, here with me, I will accompany you."

"You don't need to accompany me, the pain is over, you should go to work, I just want to find a place where I don't know anyone—"

This woman really has nowhere to go.After Lao Wu left, she has been living strong in pain.In the first few days, I couldn't bear this huge blow, and my spirit almost collapsed.I can't accept the fact that Lao Wu left suddenly, I don't eat or drink, I can't sleep with my eyes open, and Lao Wu's figure is always swaying in front of my eyes.

The pain and sorrow of suddenly losing her lover tormented this weak woman mercilessly. She cried whenever she wanted to, and the tears almost never broke. All the strength in her body made her weak.I can't believe that Lao Wu, who is honest and kind and loves her so much, just left her and left alone. I can't believe it at all.

She is accompanied by her seventy-year-old mother every day. When she sees her crying, the old mother also sheds tears. She is afraid that she will see her. Silently cooked a bowl of millet porridge for her, and a bowl of noodles in clear soup, brought them to her and said with distress: "Hua, eat, your body is critical—"

"Old Wu left as soon as he left, and Mom—"

Yes, and mom too.

Seeing my elderly mother gradually haggard with me, I feel uncomfortable. I am in my 40s, and I can no longer let my mother worry about it.Old Wu really left, leaving her alone.I still have to live. If the pain continues like this, what will my mother do?
Gritting his teeth, he got up from the bed and drank the warm millet porridge. Although there was no taste in his mouth, he told himself that he had to drink it, he had to drink it.One is to reassure my mother, and it is also to give myself some strength to stand up again.

More than 20 days have passed, and under the careful care of my mother, I gradually got better. At least I can walk on the ground and go outside.But my heart was uncomfortable, Lao Wu's face was always in front of my eyes, and the feeling of pain was always circling in my heart, torturing this kind woman.

She didn't dare to go downstairs, afraid of seeing people she knew cast sympathetic glances on her, and even more afraid of those kind-hearted uncles and aunts who would come forward to comfort her and tell her that people cannot be resurrected after death, and they must live well. Old Wu is a good man, let's go It's a pity that such words are so early. She knows that the people who speak are kind, but she can't bear it, because she feels even more uncomfortable when she doesn't hear such words. Sprinkle salt.

The children's clothing store didn't bother to take care of it. When I went to the store, I felt uncomfortable and wanted to cry whenever I saw the things that Lao Wuzheng had.

Shut myself in the house and passed a quiet week.She wanted to tidy herself up and let herself accept the reality that Lao Wu had left.After burning Wu Qi for Lao Wu, at the suggestion of his mother, he came to this younger brother.

I went to the kitchen to cook dumplings and hot dishes, and ate with Sister Zhao, and told her to go to bed after eating.

When Sister Zhao saw her coming and I was sleeping on the sofa, she felt a little sorry, and said to me: "Brother, you should sleep on the bed too, the sofa is too small."

I said, "No, go to sleep, I'll read for a while."

Sister Zhao saw that I didn't say anything, and lay on the bed.After a while, he said to me: "Brother, don't turn off the light when you sleep. I'm afraid. I sleep with the light on these days."

"Well, leave the lights on."

"If you don't feel comfortable sleeping, come to bed, it's big enough."

"Okay, you go to bed first."

After four or five hours of driving, this frail woman was tired, closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

After an hour, the woman began to talk in her sleep, her body writhed in pain, her hands grabbed the air vigorously, but she didn't grab anything.Then there was crying, crying and babbling, curled up into a ball, tears streaming from eyes.

Sit next to her and pat her on the back gently until she calms down.

Seeing her distressed, but there is nothing to help, the pain of Lao Wu's passing, this calamity, she has to overcome by herself.

(End of this chapter)