The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 120
Zhang Yu stayed in the provincial capital for three days. During these three days, he went to Beiling Park, the Forbidden City, Strange Slope, and visited Middle Street and Taiyuan Street, all accompanied by Yanzi.

The two of them settled outside for lunch, and had dinner with Lao Tan and Yanhua.

He wanted to open a dumpling restaurant, and on the second and third days Lao Tan arranged to eat at Hongji and Linjiangxuan, both of which are famous dumpling restaurants in the provincial capital, so he asked him to check them out.

In the three days, Zhang Yu gained a lot, and at the same time established a friendship with Yanzi.

This friendship is not the deep kind, it seems that there are more components between men and women.

How should I put it, it's not that Yan Zi is affectionate, nor is it that Zhang Yu is romantic, it's more that both of them are single, have experienced marriage setbacks, and have a feeling of sympathy for each other.

Of course, it won't develop so fast, the two just have a good impression of each other and appreciate each other.It's all so meaningful, but it doesn't express it.

The love of adults will not be as passionate and crazy as that of young people. Reason often prevails and is deeper.

Zhang Yu is a relatively stable person, very shrewd. If he was not shrewd, he would not be in the restaurant and coal business again.The only unsavvy thing is divorcing his wife. This is a common mistake made by men with modest success. We will not criticize them too much.

Now he knows exactly what he is like.The brilliance of the first two years was just a flash in the pan, and they were all signs of immaturity.Now that I calm down and think about it, I deeply feel that Ruth walked in a down-to-earth step by step, and that a person must do things in a down-to-earth manner.

To say a thousand words and ten thousand, when a person has to know how many bowls of dry rice he eats.

His current status is that he owns a restaurant, the business is good, and he can earn 40,000 yuan a month.

40,000 yuan is a lot of money, but after seeing Aqiao Dumpling House, he found out with the shrewd mind of a businessman that this is a money-making model with a bright future, so he wants to cooperate with Lao Tan and the others to develop this project together.

It's a pity that Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant does not cooperate or join now, it only does direct sales, and it does not plan to develop outside the city.

Speaking of which, he likes catering. When he first started a restaurant, he wanted to make a name for himself in catering. It was only later that he met Guo Xiaoying and found that it was quick to make money by dumping coal, so he changed his career halfway.

Now he belongs to returning to catering, and he fully intends to do it, and will not do anything else.So I pay special attention to dumpling restaurants.

Lao Tan promised to find him a dumpling maker, but he knew that just a dumpling maker entering the restaurant and serving dumplings would not have much effect on the business, but only added a staple food.

What he wanted was Ah Qiao Dumpling House.

After visiting the Forbidden City, Yanzi had dinner with him at Ma's Shaomai on the street, and he proposed cooperation again.

Yanzi said: "My family has only two stores now, and they look pretty good, that is, they are famous in Santaizi. I don't even know much about Huanggu District, so I don't dare to think about going to other places."

Zhang Yu said: "Do you see if this works? I invest in you, and we both count as one share. To open a dumpling restaurant in Hohhot, I will pay for the investment, and you don't have to pay. We will share the money equally."

Yanzi didn't expect Zhang Yu to say that, so he couldn't help but stared at Zhang Yu for a while, and found that Zhang Yu had a serious expression, so he asked, "Then what is your intention? I have money and nowhere to spend it?"

Zhang Yu smiled and said: "I am optimistic about our family's model, and we will guarantee development in the future."

"Then you are at a loss too?"

"No loss." Zhang Yu said affirmatively, then smiled and asked jokingly, "You don't want me to invest in you?"

Swallow blushed a little.Although it was a joke, but with a few hints of heart-pounding ambiguity, any woman would be moved when she heard it.

"You really want to invest?" Swallow asked.

"think."

"Invest in me or the restaurant?" Yanzi asked provocatively.

Zhang Yu looked at Yanzi, and wanted to continue the ambiguous topic without being clear about the two of them, and then said: "You are worth investing in. To put it bluntly, I admire you."

This is the first time Yanzi heard a man say that he appreciates himself, even when he was young and in love, not only did he blush, but his heart beat faster.

Sometimes a sentence of "I appreciate you" is not only the most beautiful love words, but also arouses a person's dignity, which is more touching than saying that you are beautiful.

Of course, this has to be sincere and not fake.

Obviously Zhang Yu is sincere.

The lump of pink on Yanzi's cheek was hot, a little hot.

She believed that the man in front of her was telling the truth, but she didn't believe it was true either.The excitement surging in his heart was quickly calmed down by himself, and he vaguely said a pun with some certainty: "I'll go back and think about it, and talk to Lao Tan with Yanhua."

"Think about it, I plan to finish the decoration for the Spring Festival." Zhang Yu also said a pun.

Up to now, we can see that Zhang Yu has left a deep impression on Yanzi. This impression is so good that after Zhang Yu leaves the provincial capital, she always thinks of this man involuntarily. appeared in front of my eyes.

When Swallow first appeared in front of us, she was a woman in the mahjong club, charming and beautiful, carrying the dust of the society.At that time, people might say that she is not a good woman, or even look at her with contempt.Especially housewives will tell their men not to be with such a woman.

But people are subject to change. They can change for the better or worse, depending on how they change.

Yanzi first met Lao Feng, and then the two lived together.At that time, she didn't change anything, it can only be said that she restrained a lot.This kind of restraint is reflected in the fact that she no longer plays mahjong, and no longer hangs out with social people, but becomes a little girl at home and starts to live a quiet life.

If there is no restaurant, no accidents will happen to Lao Feng. We believe that she and Lao Feng will live a good and happy life.

By chance, she opened a restaurant with Yanhua, and it was very successful, and she also went out to study and study, which opened her eyes and gained insight, which touched her a lot.

The real change started then.

Opening a restaurant allowed her to find her place, giving her direction and direction in her life.She really felt that if a woman wanted to live a good life and live with dignity, she couldn't rely on others for everything, but had to do things like a man and be able to support herself.

Yes, people have to be able to support themselves and not live like parasites.The same is true even for couples living together. If they have not lost the ability to work, they have to work, earn money, and struggle for their lives.

We can understand it this way, when a person finds his own position and starts to struggle for his own life, he has found his direction and self-esteem, and he should be respected.

The dumpling restaurant made her money and changed her life.

On the surface, this change is nothing. She still lives in the old building and is alone.But a person now is very different from a person before.

In the past, she was a woman who spent [-] yuan a month in a mahjong club, but now she is the boss of two stores with a monthly income of more than [-] yuan. This is not what it used to be.

It was a success.

But after all, she is a single woman, and the loneliness after returning home every day is unbearable, and she feels a great sense of emptiness.

She was just in her forties and needed a man's support and comfort, hoping to get into his arms and act like a little girl.

Therefore, when Zhang Yu said that he wanted to invest in her, her heart was hot and rippled.So much so that after the man left, he thought in his heart that Zhang Yu's shadow was in front of him, thinking about his lover shyly like a little girl in love.

He's nice, also divorced, looks solid, shrewd, affectionate, and everywhere if he can.She thought in her heart, even if Hohhot is too far away from the provincial capital, she can't live that far——
He is now running a restaurant, and the business is good, and Lao Tan is in charge of it.It seems that he regrets divorcing his wife, but remarriage is impossible, and his wife is already living with someone else.

You don't have to worry about living with him, hehe, you don't have to worry about being with anyone if you're not with him, why do you say that you are also the owner of two restaurants, why worry?
It seems that he really wants to open a dumpling restaurant. If he falls in love with him and becomes a family, then there is no need to cooperate——
Did he say that because he wanted to open a dumpling restaurant through me?

It's possible, even if you like it, it's only been a few days, and it didn't take more than half a month to have feelings?

If you beat me to death, I won't bring a letter.

But seeing that he is not a liar, he should be telling the truth—besides, he would not dare to lie even if he wanted to, and Lao Tan still manages his shop.If we talk about the distance, Lao Tan will point to me.

It looks like he is real.

Now the old store is being renovated, and the central kitchen has also started to be built. After the renovation is completed, the third store will have to be opened soon.Yanhua and Lao Tan wanted to open their third store on Huangshan Road, so they had to choose a storefront.

Two days ago, a friend told me that there was a restaurant on Huangshan Road that I wanted to go out.

Thinking about the restaurant, Yanzi turned his thoughts to the restaurant.She wanted to call Yanhua, but when she picked up the phone, she realized that it was midnight and Yanhua had already fallen asleep with her arms around Old Deng.

I couldn't help smiling under the covers, but felt sorry for myself.He said in his heart that both Yanhua and Lao Tan had families and jobs. Every day when they went home, one hugged their wife and the other hugged their husband.

The night in early autumn is warm, and the coolness blowing in from the window does not dissipate the heat on the body, but makes it a bit refreshing.

Kicking off the quilt, he rubbed his face a little disturbedly, completely immersing his plump body in the warm and cool night, wanting to let go of his thoughts and sleep as soon as possible.

But, did not fall asleep, insomnia.

"Drip!"

The phone rang, WeChat.

Who sends WeChat so late, it's free.Yanzi muttered in her heart, deliberately not looking at the phone, but picked it up anyway.

"I guess you haven't slept, I can't sleep, I've been thinking about you."

Zhang Yu sent it with hot language.

Yanzi's face was hot, and she didn't know what to say for a while, and didn't know whether to reply to WeChat or not.

"Go to sleep, it's midnight, good night."

Zhang Yu sent another one.

"Well, go to sleep, I was thinking of you just now."

The swallow turned back.

(End of this chapter)