Far away in Moscow

Chapter 79 Just for a Cabbage
He originally planned to bring everyone over for dinner earlier, but he was delayed for nearly an hour by the unexpected situation just now, and the restaurant was just catching up with the busy time of the back kitchen.The acquaintances were very kind when they saw him, but they didn't have much time to exchange pleasantries. Only the head chef stood outside the door and listened to him chatting about what happened in the afternoon.

"Hey, it's not uncommon." The head chef nodded disapprovingly: "There are a lot of black people staying here, many of them enter the country with short-term visas, and tear up their passports after getting off the plane. In Moscow, never to return home.”

"What's the picture?" Hu Yi wondered: "It's fine to go to North America or Europe to cheat, and Russia is not a good place."

"It's forced by life." The head chef smiled and patted him on the shoulder a few times: "Not everyone can be as carefree as you brother Hu. How happy you are to have your parents pay for you to study abroad ah."

Although Hu Yi's family conditions are not very good, they can be regarded as having no worries about food and clothing. He has never seen too much suffering in the world since he was a child.For a while, he couldn't fully understand what the chef said, so he turned his head to look at the kitchen with a dry smile, and asked casually, "Hey? Why did Wei go? Why didn't you see him?"

"Old Wei? Oh." The chef's expression was a little unnatural: "He...is not working here anymore."

"Ah?" Hu Yi was slightly surprised: "Where did he go?"

"He... I don't know too well."

Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Hu Yi took out his mobile phone: "Leave me his number, and go see him when you have time."

"Okay." The head chef found Lao Wei's number in the address book, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "You want to contact him? Then let me find out for you first. What happened a few days ago."

"Open?!" Hu Yi was shocked: "Why?"

"Hey! It's not a big deal. Half of it is bad luck, and the other half is what he deserves." The head chef had a sad and indisputable expression on his face: "Do you know what's wrong with this kid?"

"What's wrong?" Hu Yi tried his best to recall the old Wei's usual speech and behavior: "Broken mouth? Complaining?"

"It's not a broken mouth, it's a greedy mouth." The head chef sighed heavily: "Usually, when I have free time, I just gnaw on this and that in the kitchen, as if I would starve to death if I ate one less bite, and I have no future."

"Oh, that's right, he's like that, he can't keep his mouth shut all day long." Hu Yi frowned: "Just because of this?"

The head chef turned his head to look into the kitchen, and took Hu Yi a few steps into the distance: "Originally, it's not a big deal to eat something, but there are other people in the back kitchen who secretly brought them home, and Lao Wei also followed them. I learned to carry a few green peppers and tomatoes every now and then. After a long time, the boss heard the wind for some reason, and sent someone to check it a few days ago. It is also his bad luck. It happened that I picked up a cabbage after work that day and wanted it the next day. I was cooking hot pot at home, but I was caught, and I got all the stolen goods, and I was fired on the spot."

"Just for a cabbage?"

"Just for a piece of cabbage." The head chef said: "Old Wei often has the opportunity to go to the cold storage, but he never touches those fish or shrimps. He thinks that taking those things is stealing, and taking a la carte is not counted. It’s really not a big deal in the country, at most it’s just a few words and it’s down, but the old man doesn’t think so, he directly calls him a thief in front of everyone in the back kitchen, but he’s ashamed.”

"A cabbage." Hu Yi scolded angrily: "This guy is too worthless!"

"No, I just love to be greedy for the little cheap things!" Seeing Hu Yi getting angry, the head chef smiled and persuaded: "Come on, you just need to be clear in your heart, and don't mention it when you see him. I have to go back and stare at the kitchen. I won’t accompany you for dinner, you can go in and sit down, and I will ask them to make you some good dishes later!”

Hu Yi wandered outside for a day, and was dizzy by the old couple who left the group before dinner. He wanted to have a happy chat with his old friends, but he didn't expect to hear the news that Wei was fired. Feeling very down.The back kitchen carefully cooked a few side dishes for him and Sister Sun, but they didn't even know what they tasted in their mouths.

The other tourists in the group were not troubled by the old couple for too long. After eating, they all smiled happily, obviously very satisfied with the food.Hu Yi took them back to the hotel, feeling exhausted, but there were still a few guests going to the casino during the itinerary, so he had to force himself to take them there.

Hu Yi had never been to a casino before, and he was not interested in this kind of place, so he took them around and handed over the guests to Sister Sun to take care of them, went to the toilet by himself, and then sat alone by the bar at the door wait.After being dazed for a while, he thought of Old Wei, and took out his cell phone to call him.

What should I say?comfort him?Or scold him?Neither seemed appropriate nor made sense.Hu Yi shook his head, put away his phone, and thought of the missing old couple again.Although all signs indicated that they had indeed left the team on their own initiative, Hu Yi was still a little worried. What if they just got lost?What if they are now looking for you on the streets of Moscow?just in case…….

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, sighed softly, took out a cigarette and wanted to light one, but someone behind him said: "Director Hu, what are you thinking about here?"

Turning my head, I saw that it was the eldest sister of the Northeast.Hu Yi hurriedly laughed and said, "Hey, big sister, why don't you play anymore?"

"Didn't we all be asked to buy fifty dollars in chips to enter the door? I lost all of it, so I stopped playing." The eldest sister sat beside Hu Yi and smiled nonchalantly: "I'm not lucky in gambling, but luckily I know that I am not lucky in gambling, so when I go abroad, I go to the casino to see what is new, to play a couple of games casually to find some fun, and to stop playing after losing everything, and never thinking about making money, which makes people valuable and self-aware.”

The eldest sister lowered her volume a few degrees, and the Northeast taste in her accent also faded a lot.Hu Yi absently nodded and agreed: "Yes, you are right. You are doing well, and your mentality is very good."

The eldest sister smiled faintly, stared at Hu Yi and said, "Your complexion looks bad, it seems that you are not in a very beautiful mood, what's wrong? Are you tired?"

"No." Hu Yi hurriedly straightened his back, driving away the tired look on his face: "I'm not tired, I'm just thinking about why the old couple...why they left."

"Then who knows." The eldest sister rarely showed a little lonely look on her face: "I think they must have their own difficulties."

"What's the reason?"

"Then we don't know. Maybe it's due to debts in China that we can't repay, or maybe it's something serious. I'm just guessing, don't take it seriously."

Hu Yi nodded silently: "I know. But I'm just... just a little worried."

(End of this chapter)