The story of a cook

Chapter 99
The road is difficult to walk in snowy days, Lin Yan didn't ride a bicycle to work, so I went to see her off after get off work.

Walking on the snow and listening to the "creak, creak" sound under my feet, I haven't heard it for a long time.

Those who work outside, especially in restaurants, seldom enjoy a normal life.

I work in a restaurant, and the off-duty time is from 09:30 to [-]:[-] every night. If it is a normal time, people will start to sleep at this time, but we just got off work and went back to the dormitory to wash up. just started.The so-called nightlife is going out with friends, drinking some wine, or going out for a stroll with your lover, chic and unrestrained.If you don’t go out to drink or don’t have a lover, lie on the bed after washing and read newspapers and novels to pass the time. When you get sleepy, most of the time you go to sleep is after twelve o’clock.

Normal people wake up at six or seven in the morning, wash their face, brush their teeth, have breakfast, and then go to work.We all get up after eight o'clock, then wash our faces and brush our teeth to go to work.It can be said that when you work in a hotel, you can't see the sun rising in the morning, and you can't see the sun setting in the evening.Eat three hours later than normal people, sleep three hours later than normal people, wake up three hours later than normal people, and do everything three hours later than normal people.These three hours are inconspicuous, if you do it for two days a day, if the time is too long, it will disrupt the normal circadian rhythm. According to the Five Elements, the small intestine meridian is in season from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the afternoon. At that time, normal people eat from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-], enter the small intestine from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and start to digest and absorb. In the future, when the small intestine meridian is in season, we have just eaten, and the digestive system will inevitably be disturbed, so nine out of ten cooks have bad stomachs.

In addition, people should fall asleep before eleven o'clock at night, because it is midnight between eleven o'clock and one o'clock in the morning. This time belongs to the time when Yang Qi sinks and Yin Qi rises. The best protection, but when we are working in restaurants is the most energetic time, it is often the loss of yang energy, which will damage the body and easily cause both qi and blood deficiency.It is not an exaggeration to say that chefs are "night owls", but chefs cannot reverse black and white as "night owls".

Every holiday, normal people can rest, take advantage of the holidays to go home to see their parents, and reunite with their families.But as a chef, he has to struggle on the stove every holiday, cooking delicious food for normal people who are resting, watching family reunions, and crying quietly in the back kitchen——
To be honest, the chef even has the luxury of watching the sunrise and sunset every day.

Being able to walk on the snow and listening to the "creak, creak" sound under your feet will make you feel kind.

Walking on the snow with Lin Yan, when passing by Beiling Park, Lin Yan asked me: Have you ever been to Beiling Park?
I said, "I haven't gone in before, and I don't have time."

Lin Yan said: "I haven't been there either. I have been in the provincial capital for more than three years, and I haven't been to Beiling Park yet. It's a joke to say it."

I said, "I don't have time. You didn't come when you were in school."

She said: "No, a ticket costs six yuan, I have no money. She pointed to the gate of Beiling Park and said: Let's go in and have a look now."

I said, "It's snowing heavily, and it's still night. Why go in and see?"

She became interested and said, "It's only when it snows that I go in. How fun it is."

I looked at her and said, "Let's go in and have a look."

At that time, the main entrance of Beiling Park had not yet been rebuilt, and there were hotels on both sides of the main entrance, especially the "Haizhongquan" hotel on the east side of the main entrance, which was opened by Hao Dong, a famous football player at that time, and Master Huang's wife was the pastry chef there. consultant.At that time, Haizhong was full of well-known seafood restaurants in the provincial capital, and the people who ate there were famous people, and ordinary people couldn't afford it.

The main entrance of Beiling Park is in the middle of the hotels on both sides. There is a memorial archway. During the day, people charge fees, but at night, no one is there. You can enter as you like.In fact, no one went in at night. It was a place where the emperor slept after his death. It was gloomy at night, and there were many trees inside, making it very intrusive.Beiling Park is very large, especially behind the mausoleum, with many trees, many of which are towering ancient trees, a bit like a virgin forest. At that time, homicides occurred in Beiling Park every year, so few people went in at night.

Only Lin Yan and I were bold enough to go to the park in the middle of the night when it was snowing.

The park is quiet, with a thick layer of snow on the ground, spreading from the main entrance to the Zhengling in the distance, giving people a very solemn feeling.

Lin Yan took my arm, strolled on the snow, and walked forward slowly.

I looked at Zhengling, the stone road leading to Zhengling was covered with snow, and the twelve beasts on both sides were also covered with snow, it looked like twelve snow-white stone lions quietly guarding a generation of emperors .

I stopped in front of the corridor with Lin Yan and looked at it quietly for a while. At that time, I felt that even a generation of emperors would be nothing more than that, and they would be born, old, sick, and die like ordinary people, and their bones would be buried in the loess.As a single individual, no matter whether you are a general, a prince, or a commoner, in the long river of human history, you are like a bunch of oceans, and in the end, ashes return to ashes, ashes return to ashes, a speck of dust.

Therefore, the living people must live well and live well. The seemingly long time is actually just a moment, and it is really a hundred years.I have feelings in my heart, and I feel that people should know how to cherish and cherish the people in front of them. It is really not easy to meet, know and love each other in this life.

He hugged Lin Yan tightly in his arms and kissed passionately——
This woman who will be with me for the rest of my life.

It has been a month since I sent Sister Zhao home that day, and it is Christmas Eve and Christmas every year.

Christmas Eve and Christmas, these are the holidays of foreigners. Seeing many Chinese people live their lives with vigor, I feel a little uncomfortable. I always feel that I shouldn’t go there with such passion.I thought that foreign gods might not be able to beat China's Tathagata, let alone Lao Tzu.These are just complaints, and it’s useless. After all, the restaurant business is booming in the two days of Christmas Eve and Christmas, and the sales amount is two to three times that of usual. make a profit.

Those two days were really busy, and I was busy every day until one or two o'clock in the middle of the night.Most of them are young people. They should come back from shopping malls, playgrounds, and parks. No matter what time it is, they will go to restaurants to eat when they are hungry, and go home to sleep after eating.

After Christmas, Sister Zhao and Li Na came over.It was not busy that day, and it was eight o'clock in the evening when they came, and I just finished my work in the kitchen, so I had some drinks with them.

Sister Zhao wore the scarf I bought for her that day, she was very temperamental and energetic.

Sister Zhao asked: "Is your family busy these two days?"

I said, "Well, it's pretty busy, busier than usual."

Li Na said: "It's just that some people worship foreign countries and fawn on foreigners, and they still spend their fucking Christmas Eve, Christmas, and whatever."

I said, "Sister Li, you are quite patriotic."

Li Na said: "As a Chinese, how can I not be patriotic? Those who celebrate foreign festivals would be bloody traitors during the Anti-Japanese War."

Sister Zhao just laughed and said: "There are too many people living, and they are all traitors, and there are good people."

Li Na said: "Good people don't celebrate foreign festivals. Anyone who celebrates foreign festivals in the future will be dragged out and shot."

After drinking a glass of white wine with Li Na, sister Zhao still drank beer.

I asked: "By the way, our restaurant is busy these two days. Are you busy selling clothes? There must be a lot of people buying clothes, right?"

Sister Zhao said: "We are also busy, selling more than usual." Sister Zhao said, holding up a glass of wine and telling me: "Brother, sister toast you, thank you that day."

I said, "Sister, you're welcome, am I not your brother?"

After speaking, I drank a glass of wine with Sister Zhao.

Li Na said from the side: "That Shang person is really not a thing, I'm not here, if I scratch him to death."

I said: "If you are here, nothing will happen, and he can't do it in front of you."

Li Na said, "I don't know that Shang guy very well. It was introduced by that bastard, Little Li. I think it's okay. He's a very stable person. Who would have thought that."

I asked, "By the way, where is Brother Li?"

Li Na said: "The mother ran away a long time ago, and now I don't know which woman I am hugging to sleep with. That little girl still wanted to cheat on me, so she told me to scold me and run away. Men can't be trusted, seeing a man like a dog It's like that, it's all fucking messy, and I won't find a man in this life."

Sister Zhao said: "Don't talk nonsense, my brother is a good man."

Li Na said to me, "Little brother, I'm scolding those men, not including you."

I smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not very good, and I'm pretty fucked."

Li Na said: "Come on, my sister will apologize to you, let's have a drink."

Sister Zhao asked me: "Brother, how did you take a taxi to follow me that day? I haven't even figured it out these days."

I said, "Aren't you my sister? That day I wanted to follow her, so I did."

Li Na asked me: "Did you see something that day?"

I said, "How can I have that ability, and I don't know why I just followed."

In fact, I want to say that my heart ached when I saw Sister Zhao and that businessman surnamed Shang getting into the car. After thinking about it, I still didn’t say it.

Li Na said: "You still care about your sister very much. If you hadn't followed me that day, I don't know what would have happened."

I said, "Even if I don't follow the past, nothing will happen. As long as Sister Zhao shouts loudly, the person surnamed Shang will also be afraid, so nothing can happen."

Sister Zhao said: "At that time, I also wanted to yell. I was afraid that if I yelled, he would take out a knife and stab me. When I thought about it, I was even more afraid, and my voice changed a little."

I said, "You are timid and scared."

Li Na asked me: "Little brother, do you always fight?"

I said, "No, I don't want to fight. Do you think I look like someone who likes to fight?"

Li Na said, "You don't look like someone who likes to fight, but you look quite fierce."

I laughed and said, "Is it like a bandit or a fugitive?"

Li Na said, "It's really similar."

Sister Zhao took out a pair of casual jeans and said they bought them for me, asking me to try them on.I said don't try it, just make sure it's just right.

Sister Zhao said, "If I tell you to try it, just try it. You're ashamed, and there are no outsiders. You're not wearing woolen trousers."

I said: "If you wear it, it's not good. You must buy it suitable."

Li Na said, "Why, I'm afraid I'll watch it. If it doesn't work, I'll go out first."

I said, "No need."

Li Na said: "If you don't need it, try it. If it doesn't fit, you can take it back and change it."

I laughed and said, "You don't need to try it on, it's guaranteed to fit. Sister Zhao has bought clothes for me several times. She knows what size I wear better than me."

Sister Zhao said, "Didn't I never buy pants for you?"

I finally tried it, and it worked fine.I chatted with Sister Zhao and Li Na for a while, and Li Na said that she was going to sell men's clothing at another stall, and asked Sister Zhao to take care of it, and give Sister Zhao an extra salary. It seemed that Sister Zhao had agreed, and the two started Find the right stall.I thought that this is also very good, the two of them cooperated very well, and maybe there will be great development in the future.

Sister Zhao and Li Na left around ten o'clock. They went to live at Li Na's mother's house, and the next day they went to the Wuai Walk together.

After sending Sister Zhao off to the kitchen, all the kitchen staff had already left. I checked the kitchen and found that there was nothing wrong. I came to the front hall. As soon as I arrived at the front hall, Lin Yan opened the door and came in, feeling cold all over her body.

He walked up to me and put his arms around my waist and asked me, "Is it cold?"

I looked at her and said, "It's not cold."

She sniffed me and said, "You've been drinking."

I said, "Two friends are here for a drink."

She said: "Come friends, let's have a drink, but don't drink if you have nothing to do."

I said, "I don't drink alcohol, isn't that what you ordered, and you must abide by it."

She said: "Actually, I can't watch you drink. The main thing is to rely on your self-consciousness. Just be self-conscious. Don't let people always watch you."

I said: "If you are worried, then we can rent a house, and you watch me every day."

"That's fine, then I can take care of you every day." She said, "I'll think about it, and we'll rent a house in three years."

I wanted to tell Lin Yan that it was a woman, but after thinking about it, I still didn't say it. After all, she was a woman and she was more sensitive, so I was afraid that she would think too much.Tell her when there is a suitable opportunity in the future, or it would be better for her to meet Sister Zhao.In fact, Lin Yan seldom asks me about making friends. In her words, I just make friends casually, but I must make friends with good people and not bad people.It's okay to have a girl, but don't talk nonsense, if you talk nonsense, she will kill me completely, judging by her ruthless appearance, I guess it can be said and done.

As for my smoking and drinking, the control is not too strict, just tell me to smoke less and drink less, not to overdose. If I get married and have children, I will not be allowed to smoke and drink. She wants a healthy child.

(End of this chapter)