The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 121 Zhang Li's Silly
Zhang Li had a rest, went to her sister's house to see her little nephew in the morning, and ate there at noon. After leaving her sister's house, she didn't go home directly, but wandered around to the old dumpling restaurant.

The renovation of the old store will be completed in another [-] days, and it is a busy time.

Lao Tan stood in the middle of the kitchen, Hua Qing led several installation workers to install the equipment, and Sun Haicheng was testing the fire.

The whole kitchen is divided into two parts. The open kitchen in front is the business kitchen, lined up, from left to right, there are cold dishes, hot dishes, and dumpling rooms.At the back is the central kitchen for cold dishes and dumplings, which is as large as the business kitchen and can supply eight stores at the same time.

Wang Hong is leading Yaru to clean up the dumpling room in the central kitchen.The equipment inside is all new, including a heating stove, dough mixer, noodle press, mixer, two sets of operating tables, and four refrigerators for storing dumpling stuffing at constant temperature.

Old Tan got into a vacuum laminator to prepare dumpling stuffing for delivery.In the future, all dumpling fillings will be vacuum-packed and distributed, as will the handmade cold dishes.

In the cold dish processing room, Fang Jianjun is working with a newly recruited apprentice. The equipment and facilities here are as complete as those in the dumpling room, and there is a heat processing stove, which is very convenient for work.

In terms of kitchen design, Lao Tan is a professional and has become a master.

The office area on the second floor has been installed, and now the main installation is private rooms and halls, all of which are carpentry. After the carpentry is completed, oilers are hired, and after oilers are finished, electricians are hired, and finally soft bags and decorations are done.

Lao Tan led Zhang Li upstairs and downstairs for a tour, then went outside and stood not far away looking at the storefront.

Lao Tan's heart was excited and somewhat proud.Although I am not the boss, but after all, I built it myself, which gives me a sense of accomplishment.

"Your family is going to do something big." Zhang Li said sincerely with envy.

"That's what it means." Old Tan said.

"I heard from Li Shuang that he plans to release three movies this year?" Zhang Li asked.

"Yes, open." Lao Tan nodded affirmatively, and said, "Today Yanhua and Yanzi went to Huangshan Road to look at the store. After the decoration is completed, the third department will be installed here."

"Fast enough."

"It's okay, three stores in three years."

"I think the Chishan Road store is very popular, and everyone who eats dumplings is queuing up."

"Must, I'm not Lao Tan—"

In front of Zhang Li, Old Tan dared to brag freely. The two of them were so familiar that they didn't care about each other.

Zhang Li glanced at Lao Tan and said, "Cut, I'm still panting. But your family is doing really well. If you don't accept it, it's a big loss for the Kanto family to let you go."

"How is business now?" Old Tan asked.

"It's okay, you have a good base, 2 to [-] a day, [-] million a month." Zhang Li said.

"Just sell it for 2 million, not bad."

"There will be more next month, and eight weddings have been booked on October [-]," Zhang Li said.

"Oh, is Zhou Xiaomei at work?" Old Tan asked.

"After work on the [-]th, her mother came to take care of the child."

Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, Wang Gang and Zhou Xiaomei's children are both one year old.Ever since Lao Tan left the Guandong family, he hadn't inquired about how Zhou Xiaomei and Wang Gang were doing. He was busy all the time, and felt a little sorry.

"How are Wang Gang and the others doing now?" Old Tan asked.

"It's very good, love and love, Wang ran home as soon as he got off work, and he opened his mouth at work to say that his son is a good father." Zhang Li said.

"That's good—how is Hu Jing now?" Old Tan asked again.

"He's good now, he's dating. He always eats in the store. He's a worker in an aircraft factory. I heard he's a squad leader. He's tall and handsome. He's married but has no children," Zhang Li said.

"Very good." Lao Tan looked at Zhang Li and smiled, and said, "Why didn't you find someone? The boss is not young, so I don't know how to worry."

Zhang Libai glanced at Old Tan, and asked provocatively, "Are you happy with me? Are you afraid of cuckolding you?"

Old Tan was speechless.

The two discussed going to have a barbecue.Lao Tan greeted Hua Qing and Wang Hong, but they couldn't say it.Huaqing, in particular, said with an aggrieved face that he really wanted to go, but he had to install the air supply system at night, so he couldn't leave.

Zhang Li said, "Let's go to Huaqing and ask Lao Tan to follow along."

"Sister Zhang, do you think I am a person who deceived my master and destroyed my ancestors?" Hua Qing said.

"Then you can decorate and ventilate at home."

Yaru looked at Zhang Li from the side, and told her intuitively that this woman had an unusual relationship with Lao Tan, and she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable and sad.

Up to now, Yaju's mood has already calmed down, and she has treated her life normally.Once people deal with life normally, it proves that they have accepted the reality they are facing and begin to adapt.

At work, she is recognized by everyone because of her kindness and gentleness.The younger ones call her Sister Liu, and the older ones call her younger sister. No matter how old or young, they like to talk to her about anything, or ask her for help.

Yaru has a good temper, she is always gentle and warm-hearted when talking to people, and she will help anyone who asks her for help, so she naturally wins everyone's favor.

She has always avoided being alone with Lao Tan, because as long as she looks at Lao Tan, she will feel a sense of loss and guilt in her heart, as well as involuntary memories of the past.

When I was at home without divorce, I was accompanied by my son every day. Although I sometimes thought of Lao Tan, the youthful years when we were with him, and the bitter and sweet love, but after all, I didn’t see anyone, it was not so strong, just Just think about it.And I think that I will never meet this man again in this life, and there will be no intersection.

However, the plan did not change quickly, and they got divorced.Although this marriage should have been divorced a long time ago, and it should have been divorced when there were no children, but at that time the parents refused, saying that they had children and the man became a father, so the heart naturally recovered and began to live.

Besides, divorce had a bad reputation at that time, and my parents had been decent people in the village all their lives, and they couldn't hold their heads up when they divorced themselves.

So they didn't leave, and the man accepted his heart when he had a child, but he only accepted it for half a year. After that, his true colors were revealed, and he started playing money to find women again.

Hey, this is fate, eating eight liters is not enough to fight.

It's fine to take care of the children by yourself without this old man.Although it looks like a widow, the torment at night is unbearable, but seeing my dear son, I have no idea, as long as my son is brought up, no matter how hard it is, I can bear it.

Women, kindness and weakness cannot be exchanged for a change of heart and sudden awakening in a failed marriage. It takes a lot of practice to achieve it.Only by strengthening yourself, walking out of your own path bravely, doing your own thing, and controlling your own destiny, can you live a wonderful life.

She watched Lao Tan and Zhang Lixiang leave, sighed inwardly, looked away, and went to wipe the already bright operating table.

Perhaps because of the existence of the sixth sense, Zhang Li asked after walking not far from Lao Tan: "Who is that woman?"

"Yaru, didn't I tell you?" Lao Tan knew that Zhang Li was asking about Yaru, so he answered directly.

"No, what does it have to do with you?" Zhang Li asked.

"friend."

"Friend?" Zhang Li obviously didn't believe it.

"Well, friend."

Lao Tan and Yaru are indeed friends now, there is nothing messy about it.But after saying that they were friends, I felt a little uncomfortable, so I habitually took out a cigarette from my pocket and lit one.

"Old Tan, do you know that you smoke every time you feel unnatural, is there a ghost in your heart?" Zhang Li asked with a smile.

"What the hell am I doing?" Old Tan refused to admit it.

"Intuitively you're not like her—never met her, never heard you say it, but—there must be something between you two."

"You say something is going to happen——"

Zhang Li stopped walking and grabbed Lao Tan.

"I warn you, Old Tan, don't talk nonsense with other women. If you talk nonsense, it must be me." Zhang Li said very resolutely.

Lao Tan looked at Zhang Li with a serious face, opened his mouth, swallowed what he wanted to say, took a puff of cigarette, smiled after the smoke cleared, and said, "Let's go, no more skewers."

Zhang Li gave Old Tan a hard look, and continued walking forward.

This is a woman's intuition. She feels that Yaru looks at Lao Tan in the same way as she looks at Lao Tan, and in the eyes, it can be seen that the two have known each other for a long time, and they are very familiar. Very uncomfortable.

At the same time, she found that Yaru looked at herself with a scrutinizing gaze, slightly hostile.It felt as if Lao Tan was her husband, and as a wife, she was vigilantly looking at the woman who she thought was close to her husband, and she might pounce on her at any time to fight against unexpected enemies.

And Lao Tan said they were friends.

friend?

Hmph, only ghosts believe it.

But Zhang Li knows Lao Tan too well. She doesn't ask the bottom line like other women. Although she is unhappy in her heart, she doesn't show it. I thought they were a loving couple.

Zhang Li didn't ask, but Lao Tan had to speak for himself.

After eating skewers and drinking wine, looking at Zhang Li exuding the charm of a mature woman all over her body, after reading your expression of saying yes or no on her flowery face, Lao Tan lit a cigarette and slowly It tells the story of Yaru and Yaru.

He spoke slowly and in great detail.

Due to its slowness and details, the story brought him into the poignant love again, and at the end, his eyes were filled with tears.

"When I came back from Fuxin, my heart felt like a knife was twisted in a daze. I really felt what it means to be heartbroken. My mouth was full of bitterness, so bitter that I couldn't help it—so I got addicted to drinking, drank every day in a daze, and didn't think about anything—— —
How can you not want anything?After drinking, I became more sober, my mind was full of Yaru, and my heart hurt even more, as if someone had stabbed me in the heart, the pain was terribly painful. "

At this time, Zhang Li was deeply moved by Lao Tan's love, and her eyes were filled with tears.

Said softly, "I can feel—"

"It's worth loving once in a lifetime." Old Tan wiped away the tears from his face.

"It's worth it—but it's not worth it."

"Don't dare to love a second time."

"Already in love, but I don't want to be your burden, I want to be my pain-"

"You are so stupid."

"It's not a day or two before I know."

(End of this chapter)