The story of a cook

Chapter 76
Boss Zou and Huang Ping would come to see the decoration of the restaurant every day. After seeing it, they needed to communicate with the decorator. After the communication, Boss Zou went back to the factory, and Huang Ping went to Hanglubing to have a look, and then went home to take care of the children.

I watched it on the spot, and after a long time, I became familiar with the decorator, and the relationship was very harmonious.

Since the incident at the police station, Xiao Liu and Xiao Zhou stopped for two days and stopped coming to me for a drink, probably because they were a little scared.To be honest, even if I wasn’t afraid, staying in the police station in the middle of the night for no reason was uncomfortable, and I couldn’t sleep well with Ben sitting on a chair in the police station.

Sister Zhao came here during this period.

Sister Zhao came over and brought me summer clothes, and told her not to buy me any more clothes in the future, I am really sorry,
"What's wrong, the clothes my sister bought are not good, do you still don't like to wear them?" Sister Zhao asked angrily.

"No, I always make you feel sorry for spending money." I told the truth.

"I'll buy you clothes and you invite me to dinner. Isn't that a good idea? Why don't you feel sorry for it? What's the matter? Do you think I've come to see you and affect you?"

I'm afraid that she will say that, once she says that, I don't know what to say.

"Sister, what are you talking about? You know that's not what I meant."

Sister Zhao just laughed: "I know you don't mean that, I'm teasing you. Isn't it convenient for sister to be in Wu'ai, and besides, you can't buy well, and Wu'ai's clothes are cheap, so I bought them for you."

"Thank you ma'am."

Sister Zhao asked me about Yaru, and I said, "She went home, but if she didn't come back, her family might not let her out."

"Then the matter between you two ended like this?" Sister Zhao asked.

"What's the matter, her family doesn't let her find a partner outside, and I can't go snatching a marriage, so that's it." I said.

Sister Zhao asked me: "Then do you miss her?"

"Think, why don't you want to?"

"If you want to go, go to her house to see what's going on. If she's engaged, you'll come back. If she's not engaged, you can tell her parents. It's best if her parents agree. If you don't agree, let's go Find something else."

"I thought the same way. I want to go, but I won't give up if I don't." I said.

"Yes, go there, clarify the matter, and give yourself an explanation." Sister Zhao said.

Half a year has passed since I went home to celebrate my mother's birthday last year. I miss my mother very much. I want to go home to see my mother and go to Yaru's house at the same time.Sister Zhao was right, regardless of whether he succeeds or not, he should go to Yaru's house, at least to give himself an explanation so that he will not regret it in the days to come.

The decoration of the hotel has been on the right track, and nothing will happen even if I'm not there. I took a few days off with Huang Ping to go home and have a look, and then I passed by Fuxin to visit Yaru's house when I came back.

Huang Ping gave me leave, and told me not to go empty-handed when I went to Yaru's house, but to take something and buy some gifts.

I got on the bus to go home.When I came out last year, I promised my mother to bring her a daughter-in-law back this year, but now it seems impossible, and my mother has to be disappointed again.I don't want to disappoint my mother, but I really can't get along with Yaru, and now I don't even know whether Yaru is engaged or not, so I feel very uncomfortable.

I felt very conflicted when I went home. I was afraid of seeing my mother, and I was afraid of seeing her disappointed eyes, but I thought of my mother and had to go back to visit.

When I got home, my mother was tending vegetables in the garden, she thought she was dazzled when she saw me coming back, and asked me, "Why are you back?"

I said, "I miss you, come back and have a look."

My mother stopped what she was doing and packed the pulled cabbages into a pile, and I picked them up and took them into the house.

Mother asked: "What car did you take to come back? Why did you get home before dark?"

"Now there is a bus from the provincial capital to Beipiao. I came back by bus. I got off at 01 o'clock in Beipiao, and then took the bus back at 30:[-]." I said.

"It's all connected to the bus, that's convenient, how many hours?" Mother asked.

"Five hours, direct."

My mother said: "Look how good it is now. The new society is better, and the transportation is convenient. If your grandfather was alive before, you would have to go to the provincial capital for seven or eight days. When you left, you would fry a bag of noodles at home." , Whenever I go hungry, I go to someone to ask for saliva instant noodles. Tell me, how convenient it is now, you can walk home in the morning and get home before dark in the evening.”

I said, "The transportation is well developed now, which is much better than the old society you mentioned. It was the Kuomintang at that time, isn't it the Communist Party now?"

My mother came from the old society. She has experienced a lot and endured a lot of hardships. Now life is much better than in the past. She always said that the new society is better, thanks to the Communist Party.

The new society is indeed good, and I am also grateful to the Communist Party.

My mother asked me: "Why are you back at this time, isn't the restaurant busy?"

I said, "The hotel is being renovated, it's nothing, I'll come back to see you."

"Renovation? The restaurant is quitting?" Mother asked. She thought that the renovation of the restaurant was just quitting, and I returned home because I was out of work.

"It's still working, but the restaurant is too old. It needs to be tidied up and refurbished." I explained to my mother.

"Oh, the renovation of the restaurant will cost a lot of money, right?" Mother asked.

"Yes, get some money."

Mother asked: "Then what are you still doing in that restaurant?"

I said, "Fuck it, I'm still working there, I have nothing to do now, I took a few days off and came back."

My mother said: "I came back from leave, and I have nothing to do at home. I am just a dry old lady. What can I eat and drink?"

"Didn't I miss you? I wasn't home during Chinese New Year."

"There's nothing wrong with Chinese New Year. On the [-]th day, I ate quite well. Your fifth sister came back early in the morning on the first day of the new year. It was not a good night." Mother said.

"Have you made dumplings at thirty?" I asked.

Mother said: "Bao, why don't you make a bag? I have a lot of bags. Your fifth sister and the others didn't eat when they came back in the first day of junior high school. When your eldest sister and your second sister came back in the second day of junior high school, it was quite a day. You didn't leave until late, your fifth sister and your third sister stayed at home for two days, and went home for the fifth day of the fifth day."

I said, "That's okay, I still miss you."

The mother said: "I don't need you to worry about it. Isn't there still five girls here? Someone will take care of them if they don't fall to the ground."

"On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, your third sister and your third brother-in-law came to pick me up to their house for the New Year. I didn't go, and I didn't want to go. It's so noisy, why don't you stay at home alone, be quiet, do whatever you want, eat whatever you want What to eat, no matter what the girl’s family said, it’s not convenient for my own family.”

The mother seldom lived in her daughter's house all her life, and she always stayed at home. In her words, didn't she have a son who didn't have a family.

Seeing that my mother is in good health and energetic, I feel relieved.

What I miss the most outside is my mother. The main reason is that my mother is alone at home, which makes people feel uneasy.

In the evening, the cabbage stuffed dumplings made by my mother are very delicious and full of fragrance.

The dumplings made by my mother are delicious. I have carefully watched the dumplings made by my mother, and finally came to a conclusion that the dumplings made by my mother are delicious, but I can’t eat enough. But I can’t learn it, because my mother uses the greatest, The most selfless maternal love makes dumplings for her children, and the strong maternal love in the dumplings cannot be learned.

We all like to eat the dishes made by our mothers, especially now that some restaurants have launched a series of dishes called "Taste of Mom".Mom's taste is not so easy to cook, it is a deep memory left in the bones, and I will never forget it in my life.If you want to taste the taste of your mother, you should go home and have a look. While your parents are often home and have a look, eating the dishes made by your mother and chatting with your father are better than anything else.Don't say that you are busy and don't have time. What is time?Time is where your heart is.

While eating dumplings, my mother said: "Your sister and the others don't know about your return this time, and they can't think about your return, so how many days will you stay at home?"

I said, "I can stay for three days."

"You don't come to see your sisters' house? They will be angry if they know that you won't see you when you come back." Mother said.

"I don't want them to know that I'm back. Besides, it's the time when there is a lot of work on the mountain, and everyone is busy. It's not worth asking them to come back. When they are busy, I will stay with you quietly at home for a few days, and then back." I said.

Mother said: "Yes, everyone is busy now, as long as we have no land, we don't need to tell them. Didn't you come back for the New Year?"

I said, "I have to come back for the Chinese New Year. I didn't celebrate the Chinese New Year at home last year. This year I must celebrate the New Year at home."

"It's okay if you don't come back. If the restaurant is busy, you don't have to come back. It's better for me alone." Mother said.

"Come back, come back during the Chinese New Year, and I won't let you spend the New Year at home alone this year."

"What's the use of you coming back alone, it's okay if you bring a daughter-in-law back." Mother said.

"Don't worry, I promise to bring back a daughter-in-law for you during the Chinese New Year this year."

I started making promises again.

My mother asked: "What happened to the Fuxin that you came back to talk about last year? Why are you still together?"

I said, "No, she's gone home. I'll go to her house this time and talk to her parents."

Mother said: "Yes, you go to his house, you have to go if he can't make it, and if he can't make it, you can't say it."

I promise.

The second day after returning home was Saturday, Fifth Sister came back.

The fifth sister would come back to see her mother every week. She had a rest day when she was teaching at school, so she always came back.Glad to see me at home.

I asked Fifth Sister how teaching is, are the students obedient?The fifth sister said that the teaching is very good, and the students are also very obedient. They are all children from the front village, and they are all very good.

When talking about teaching, Fifth Sister talked a lot.Fifth Sister likes being a teacher very much. Being a teacher in the countryside is very good, especially for women. Being a teacher is a better job.Fifth Sister asked me about Yaju and I, and I told my plan. Fifth Sister agreed with me and told me to go to Yaru's house empty-handed and buy some gifts just like Huang Ping.The fifth sister said that the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, and the fourth sister are busy at home now, so they don't want to go, and her own sister doesn't care about it.

In this way, I stayed at home with my mother for three days.

In the past, every time I came back, my sisters would also come back, and the whole family was lively and lively together. This time when I came back, Fifth Sister knew it herself, and she didn't tell the eldest sister and them. She wanted to stay at home quietly with her mother.

The family's land was all leased out, and the mother started to tend the garden when there was no land to plant.The front and back gardens of my house are about an acre and a half. When I was at home, I planted poplars and elms in the backyard. The trees have grown over the past few years. The thickest ones are as thick as four hands, and they can be used as purlins.If you have nothing to do at home, find out the tree's root and start to grow the tree.It has not been pruned for several years, and some trees have started to grow crookedly. This time, all the branches of the crooked trees were thrown off so that the trees could grow straighter.

There are more than 60 trees in the backyard, which have grown up for a whole day.I was plowing the tree, and my mother picked up the branches that had fallen from the tree. While checking, she said, "There are thousands of poplars at home, so there is no need to collect firewood. These branches can burn for two months when they are dried."

"Mom, I see those tree branches on the top of our house, are you picking them up?" I asked.

My mother said: "Well, it's okay to stay at home. If the weather is fine after eating every day, I will go for a walk on the mountain and pick up some by the way. It's enough to burn for a day."

I said: "Mom, no, let me buy some coal to burn, so you don't have to go up the mountain to collect firewood. It's okay if it's sunny, but it's not convenient to have coal when it's cloudy and rainy."

My mother said: "No, otherwise I wouldn't be able to idle at home. Going up the mountain can be regarded as exercise. Seeing that I have a good physique, it's okay to be tough. It doesn't all depend on my daily exercise. Staying at home all day is not idle, just move and move, and old people depend on moving."

I said: "Then you have to be careful, don't go up the mountain if the weather is bad."

My mother said: "If the weather is bad, I won't go anywhere, I won't even go out of the house, just watch TV in the house."

I said, "Yes, don't go out when the weather is bad."

It took one day to finish all the trees in the backyard, and another day to tidy up the small wall of the vegetable garden in front of the house. The top of the wall was glued with the twigs from the tree to prevent the chickens from flying into the garden. .

My mother tended the vegetable garden very well, planting cabbage, potatoes, shallots, cucumbers, persimmons, peppers, beans, lettuce and coriander.Looking at my mother's vegetable garden feels very good. The vegetables in the garden are enough for my mother to eat. She can't eat by herself and has to give away a lot.

In the past two days, when I was working, my mother watched from the sidelines, and sometimes helped me get some things to order. Seeing that I was tired from working, my mother would call me to take a break and sit down to smoke a cigarette.I sat there smoking, and my mother chatted with me about what happened at home, some from my sister’s family, some from other people’s family in the village, my mother chatted a lot, and I listened with gusto.When I was at home, I was annoyed when my mother nagged me, and I didn’t want to listen to it, but now I feel that my mother’s nagging is very good, and I want to listen to it.

I love to eat dumplings. My mother makes them every day. I feel very good eating the dumplings made by my mother. I thought it would be great if I had a daughter-in-law and a child. It would be a good day to be with my mother and our family of four.No matter how much money you give, you don't go out to work, just stay at home and watch over your mother, there are old and young, and the husband and wife live in harmony. This is the life a person should live.

(End of this chapter)