The story of a cook

Chapter 77 Yaru is Engaged

On the fourth day, I bid farewell to my mother and left the house, got on the train back to the provincial capital, and got off at Fuxin Station, ready to go to Yaru's house.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when I got off the bus. To go to Yaru's house, I had to take a shuttle bus in FX City to her home town, and then take a taxi from the town to her home village and then to her home.This takes three hours.After calculating the time, if I can go to Yaru's house before dark, it will be night, and I won't be able to come back if I want to.

The first time I went to Yaru's house, I couldn't live in other people's house.It’s okay if we get married with Yaju, but if it doesn’t work out, the neighbors will make irresponsible remarks and give Yaju a bad reputation.So I found a small hotel to stay and planned to go to Yaru's house early tomorrow morning.

The small hotel has a telephone, and I gave the boss fifty cents, and called her uncle's home according to the phone number Yaru left behind, wanting to tell her first.

Tell Yaru, don't let her not be at home tomorrow, if I don't see her when I go, then I will run away in vain.

No one answered the phone, waited for a while and dialed a second time, this time someone answered, it was a woman.

I said: "Hi, are you Liu Yaru's old aunt?"

Said over there: "Oh, I am old aunt Yaru, who are you?"

"I'm Yaru's friend, is Yaru at home now?" I asked.

"I saw her and her mother cooking in the yard in the morning. Are you looking for her?" Aunt Yaru asked.

"Then I will trouble you, old aunt, and call her for me."

"Then you hang up the phone first, and I'll go over to see if she's at home."

I hung up the phone, waited for half an hour to call the phone, rang for a long time and no one answered, waited for a while and called again, still no one answered, I thought if no one answered, then no one answered, I will go directly tomorrow .

I will be able to see Yaru tomorrow, and I am very happy.It was already dark at this time, and I felt a little hungry, so I walked out of the hotel to find a small restaurant to eat.

People who work in restaurants have a habit of wanting to eat local snacks wherever they go.The snacks in Fuxin are pies and dog meat. Walking east from the hotel, the whole street is full of small restaurants, most of which are pies and dog meat. I saw a small shop called "Zhanqian Dog Meat Restaurant". go in.I ordered three pies, a plate of dried tofu with sharp peppers, and a glass of white wine, and sat there to eat.

The proprietress is in her fifties, and she warmly recommends her dog meat to me: "Young man, my dog ​​meat is all made that day, why don't you have a plate?"

I said, "No, I have never eaten dog meat."

"Really? Then you have to try a plate." The proprietress heard me say that I had never eaten dog meat, and was going to ask me to break my precept and try it. "Where are you from? Listen to your accent from Beipiao."

I said, "Yes, I'm from Beipiao."

"People from Beipiao should eat a plate of dog meat. If you come to Fuxin from Beipiao, you must have a plate of Fuxin dog meat. Most of them come to Fuxin dog meat."

Then I talked a lot, and I was itching to talk, so I came to a plate.

The first time I ate dog meat was quite delicious. Everyone said that I couldn’t go to the Western Paradise if I ate dog meat. This time I ate it.

Eating dog meat and drinking wine is also very enjoyable.

Over there, the proprietress chatted with the eldest sister in the kitchen.

The lady in the kitchen asked: "Your son is engaged, when will he get married?"

The proprietress said: "Look, I really want them to get married early. The woman's family said that she was reluctant to let the girl stay at home for another year."

The big sister in the kitchen said: "Why don't you stay for a year? Sooner or later, they belong to others. If you want me to say, it's hard for parents to think about it. What's the use of staying for a year? I just can't think about eating at home for another year."

The proprietress said: "It's fine to stay for a year, we're not in a hurry."

The eldest sister in the kitchen said: "I heard that the condition of the woman's family is quite good. Her father is a bricklayer."

"The family is okay, just two children, the eldest is a boy, married, this is the second child, the girl is very good, I fell in love with her when I was at home, this time I asked a matchmaker to pay it off." The proprietress was very happy. He said happily: "The main reason is that her parents and I were together in the early years, so we decided to marry without saying anything."

I listened, and felt that other people's weddings were easy and easy, but mine seemed a little difficult.

After getting up the next morning, I arrived at the passenger station in front of the station, bought a ticket to Yaru and their town, waited for half an hour, got on the bus, and started to set off.After walking for more than an hour on the bus, they arrived in Yaru's town and got off the bus.

There were several motorbike drivers at the door, yelling loudly. One of them yelled to go to Yaju’s village. He told the driver to go to Yaru’s village. The driver said, “I am that village. Yes, whose house are you going to?"

I said, "Go to Liu Wajiang's house."

The driver said, "Let's go, his house is on the street in front of my house."

I got on the motorcycle, and the driver started the motorcycle and started to go to Yaru's house.

I'm going to see Yaru soon, and I'm very excited.

The driver asked me: "Are you a relative of his family?"

I said, "Well, relative."

The driver said, "I haven't seen you, you've come a long way."

I said, "Yes, it's a long way away."

"I think you've come a long way. I haven't seen you in the old Liu's house for two days." The driver said.

"Really? What does his family do?" I asked.

"Get engaged to the girl." The driver said.

My head was buzzing, and the driver said "engage the girl" wasn't Yaru.

Jaru is engaged?
I asked myself if I heard it wrong, so I asked, "What did you say just now?"

"Liu Wajiang is engaged to the girl." The driver said loudly in front, I'm afraid I can't hear you.

This time I heard clearly, Yaru was indeed engaged, I heard it right.

Sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle, he lost his mind for a moment and almost fell off the motorcycle.

The driver said from the front: "Hold on to me, don't fall."

Subconsciously grabbed the driver's clothes, his head was in a mess, his heart was in a mess, and there were bursts of pain.It can be said to be a little ignorant, and a little silly.

Twenty minutes later, the motorcycle stopped at the gate of a house, and the driver said, "This is it, we're here."

I got off the motorcycle, tried my best to sort out my emotions, and said to the driver: "Master, wait for me for a while, I will go back later, and I have to trouble you."

The driver said, "Let's go as soon as we arrive."

"I'm in Fuxin to do some business, so I'll stop by and have a look. It's just this little time, haha." I said.

The driver glanced at me, and then yelled into the gate: "Sister-in-law, you have a visitor."

A woman in her fifties walked out of the main room, she should be Yaru's mother.He came to the gate and opened it, looked at me with puzzled eyes, and asked, "Are you——"

I said: "Auntie, I'm Yaju's friend, come and see Yaju."

"Oh——" Yaru's mother looked at me with puzzled eyes, and then said, "Then go into the house."

I looked back at the driver, the driver started to walk inside, and I entered the house with the driver.

I put down the gift I bought.

"Auntie, I didn't know what you like to eat when I came here for the first time, so I brought you something." I said with a smile.

"What else do you bring? It's a waste of money." Yaru's mother said.

Talking about looking for smoke and fire, I hurriedly said: "Auntie doesn't need it, I'll take it with me."

I took out a cigarette from my pocket to light a cigarette for the driver, but I didn't light it.

Only Yaru's mother was in the room, and Yaju was not there.

For a while, none of the three people in the room spoke, which was a bit awkward, and I was in such a mess that I didn't know what to say.After lighting a cigarette and taking a puff, I felt better, and asked Yaru's mother: "Auntie, where is your uncle, isn't he at home?"

Yaju's mother said: "He and Yaju went to the market and have to come back at noon." As if thinking of something, she asked me: "Oh, did you call yesterday?"

"I did it," I said.

"His old aunt came and said that someone called Yaru. At that time, Yaru was not at home. When she came back at night, she didn't go to her old aunt's house. She didn't know that you came here today. Otherwise, Yaru would not have an episode with her father. It's gone." Yaju's mother said.

"It's okay, I'm just here to take a look."

Yaru's mother asked, "Are you still working in the restaurant?"

I said, "Well, it's still there, and the hotel is being renovated now."

"It's also very good in the restaurant. I heard from Yaru that you are quite capable there."

"It is to work for others and earn some money to support the family."

"Are you not engaged yet?" Yaru's mother asked me.

"Not yet." I replied.

"It's time to get engaged too—my family, Yaru, got engaged, and it was done in the last two days."

My heart ached sharply, as if someone had gouged it out with a knife, but there was no blood to be seen.

I said: "Yaru is engaged, that's good, where is the man's family?"

"In the city, my partner works on the railway, and his family also runs a restaurant. They opened a dog meat restaurant in front of Fuxin Station. The family conditions are quite good." Yaru's mother said.

"Isn't that good, this time you and my uncle are relieved, both children will be fine." I said with a stiff smile.

I just remembered the dog meat restaurant in front of the station where I had dinner last night, is it that one?If so, that would be really tricky.

Yaru's mother said: "Don't worry about it, you have to worry about it, it's your life to worry about."

At this time, the driver said: "Sister-in-law will count your life as good, but she is not satisfied. The boy is married, and he should hold his grandson as a grandmother soon. The old girl has found a master this time, and her in-law's family is also very good. It is better to leave home." It's not far, how nice it is to come back and see you if there's nothing to do."

Yaru's mother smiled and said: "I don't point at me, as long as they live well, your elder brother and I are still doing well, and we can play for a few more years, then give them some money, save some money, and wait for them to be well." We should retire too."

I chatted with Yaru's mother for a few more words, and to be honest, I didn't have the heart to chat at all, I just felt uncomfortable in my heart, with unspeakable aches and pains.After finishing the last sentence, I don't know where the next sentence is, and I feel like I'm about to explode.But I still have to bear it, and I still have to laugh. I know what "forced smiles" are. Laughing is worse than crying.

After a few minutes, I stood up and said to Yaju's mother, "Auntie, I'm leaving. I have to catch the train at [-] o'clock in the afternoon."

Yaru's mother said: "Stay a little longer, Yaru will be back in a while, look, we haven't met yet."

I said: "No, I don't have time this time. We will meet again when I have time next time. I am leaving, auntie."

When I got out of Yaru's house, I sat on the motorcycle with a numb expression. I didn't speak all the way, and I didn't know where my heart was.

The driver seemed to see something, and he didn't make a sound along the way.

Go to the town and take the bus back to Fuxin, and when you arrive in Fuxin, get on the train back to the provincial capital.

Yaru, my beloved girl, farewell—
My first love, my bitter and sweet first love, ended like this.

Yaru, my beloved girl.

(End of this chapter)