The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 138 The Past of Nostalgia

Lao Tan and Yanhua both worked at the Rose Hotel back then, and Lin Yan was there at first, but later had conflicts with the lobby manager and resigned to go to another hotel.

Lao Tan was making cutting boards at that time, and there was a young man named Zhan Ze who made the cutting boards with him, whom Lao Tan found.

Zhanze likes Yanhua, and a passer at the front desk also likes Yanhua, but the passer finds a group of friends and plans to beat up Zhanze when he is off work.

This matter was met by Lao Tan, and a fight and even bloodshed were stopped.At that time, Lao Tan won the trust of the boss in the restaurant, and he was a wage earner who was famous for fighting on Taishan Road, so he was somewhat famous.

It's not the bullying kind, Old Tan is more just.

He and Yanhua are not familiar with each other, they are just colleagues. He knows that Yanhua is the waiter in front, but he doesn't know his name.By stopping the fight between Zhanze and Chuancaisheng, he got acquainted with Yanhua and learned about Yanhua.

He sympathized with Yanhua's experience, and he wanted to help this girl in his heart. Maybe he couldn't help her with other things, but as long as she worked in a restaurant, at least she could be done without being bullied.

The owner of the Rose Restaurant also opened a Hanging Lu Bing shop on Taishan Road. Yanhua didn't like working in the restaurant because she was annoyed by the entanglement between Zhan Ze and Chuan Caisheng.

Yanhua is beautiful, the kind of charming and soft that people can't help but fall in love with. Compared with Lin Yan, she is better than Lin Yan.

After Lao Tan experienced the poignant and heartbreaking love with Yaru, his young heart was hurt, he was full of despair about love, and he no longer had any illusions.

When Lin Yan, who had the same fate as him, appeared, the two naturally came together.

After going through ups and downs in love, the precocious he no longer thinks about beauty and romance, but only wants to find someone who doesn’t think he’s poor and can live with him. As for appearance, it’s just a look. It's just a skin.

It's hard for him, he saw through the world of mortals at a young age.

If we think about it at a deeper level, it is normal for him to have this idea.I grew up in poverty since I was a child, and started to support myself at 13 years old, because my family is poor and can't be called a daughter-in-law.Working outside, earning money to support the family and supporting the old mother, the cruelty of reality does not allow him to have youthful fantasies and romance about love like those peers from better families, it is better to be realistic.

People say that if you don't have desires, you can be strong, and it is true.

With Lin Yan, she doesn't have any thoughts about other girls, her heart is clean, and she gets along naturally and generously.

To help Yanhua, I always tell her some simple but inspiring words, and I do that myself. This makes Yanhua change from admiration to appreciation for him at the beginning, and gradually live like him, gloomy and gloomy A ray of bright and warm sunshine shines into my life.

He asked Yanhua to learn how to make hanging oven cakes, and told her that if one day she stopped making them here, she would become a skilled person after she went out, and she could rely on her craftsmanship to make a living without being bullied as a waiter.

Yanhua listened to his words and learned how to make hanging oven cakes.

The whole summer passed, and so did the autumn. Old Tan led Lin Yan back home with joy and glory. Lin Yan got the unanimous approval of her mother and five older sisters, and the marriage was half settled.The other half had to wait for Lao Tan to go to Lin Yan's house and get Lin Yan's mother's approval.

That winter was very cold, and Lao Tan and Lin Yan went to Lin Yan's house just before Chinese New Year. As a result, Lin Yan's mother firmly disapproved of the two being together.

Lao Tan knew that the main reason was not this, but that he was poor.

Returning from Lin Yan's house in despair, preparing to spend the most miserable year in the cold winter.

After experiencing love with Yaru, Lao Tan's ability to resist blows has been strengthened, thinking that if he disagrees, he will not agree, and if he looks for it again, will he not be a daughter-in-law in this life?

The sky is cold, but the heart is warm.

Yanhua didn't go home that Spring Festival, she spent it with Lao Tan.

Accompany him to drink, eat dumplings with him, chat with him, speak reassuring words to him, and promise to go home with him if possible.No matter how stupid Lao Tan is, he still knows Yanhua's intentions.

When moved by the loving warmth, Lin Yan came back on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Lin Yan broke through her mother's heavy resistance and resolutely returned to Lao Tan's side. This moved Lao Tan deeply, and said to herself in her heart, this girl is the only one in this life, don't have her again.

With Lin Yan's return, Yanhua's burning flame of love gradually extinguished.Although sad, but still bless Lao Tan.

She likes Lao Tan and loves her, but Lao Tan has always treated her like a brother and sister, treating her like a sister.

When spring was approaching and summer was approaching, Yanhua left Taishan Road.The night before they left, the two of them came to the stone table and stone bench, and Yanhua bravely squeezed into Lao Tan's broad and warm chest, letting tears full of emotion and grievance flow wantonly, wet the man's clothes, wet the uncomfortable Heart---
Old Tan clearly felt that Yanhua left a tear in his heart.

The river is calm, the green willows are whirling, and there is a bird chirping from time to time, which ripples the river bank touched by the breeze.

"Is that pen still there—" Yanhua asked softly.

Before leaving, Yanhua gave Lao Tan a pen.

"In—" Old Tan replied.

"I don't even look at your writing now."

"There is a computer, so it's easy to type—but I keep that pen, you gave it to me, it's a testimony of love, right?" Old Tan joked.

Yanhua's cheeks turned red, and she felt a little hot. She concealedly stroked her hair by her ears to calm down, and said in a relaxed manner, "Love witness, you dare to ask for love."

Old Tan sneered and said, "Remembrance, youthful memories."

"Sometimes I really miss that time, and I can still dream in my dreams."

"I just remember you crying hard, with snot and tears coming from your nose. When I got home, I went to the bathroom to take off my clothes before I dared to enter the house. I was afraid that Lin Yan would notice something."

"Hehe, let's lie—you said that you didn't know what was going on at that time, you just wanted to cry, and you couldn't control it, as if you were dying."

"Two lines of tears to the depths of love, you are so sad, you have lost me, a good man, and there is nowhere to find it—"

"Smelly." Yanhua gave Old Tan a charming look, and said, "Isn't my old Deng better than you? Although he has made mistakes, he has changed his ways."

"By the way, is Lao Deng on a business trip again?" Lao Tan asked.

"I'm on a business trip, Haicheng, I'll be back soon, there's still a week left." Yanhua said.

"Old Deng is really kind to you now."

"It's okay, old couple now—how are you two with Lin Yan? Or don't you care about anyone?" Yanhua asked.

"Well, it's still the same." Old Tan sighed, took out his cigarette and lit it.

"What do you think I can do?" Yanhua asked with concern.

Old Tan looked at Yanhua meaningfully, and said, "You helped me do everything, did you arrange for Yaru to go?"

Yanhua smiled and said yes with her eyes.

"We won't get divorced with Lin Yan, and we still have children—it won't happen with Yaru, you don't know me yet, if you have evil intentions, let alone forty, there are some things that you dare not think about. I feel that I don’t have enough time, and I want to do something, but my heart is not there.” Lao Tan said.

"I understand all of this." Yanhua said, "Ask Yaru to let the two of you get along alone, and the main thing is to take care of you. She has you in her heart and is more careful than others, so I can rest assured.

Let me tell you, Old Tan, our family depends entirely on you to become what it is now. Don’t worry about it. If you need anything to do, Yanzi and I will be finished. There is nothing we can do. You are the backbone of both of us. "

"It's not that serious, you two can do it now." Old Tan said.

"What's the matter, I didn't look at the swallows, I was still like a child, I knew how to play, I didn't know whether I was worried or not. I was the same, I felt better than before, mainly because you were here, I thought about my mistakes It's okay, you can clean up." Yanhua said.

"Let me tell you, do you know that there is a 'skillful cook' in Nanjing? The boss is a woman, and she has become a group. I read reports that even graduates apply for jobs. It is a good unit. .Our family doesn’t even have a technical secondary school student, and high school is the highest.”

"I've seen it too. Her home is pretty good. It's a star restaurant in Nanjing. She has the opportunity to learn." Yanhua said.

"We haven't gone out to study for a long time. We can't build a car behind closed doors. We have to keep up with the situation. We opened the Hushi store and Taishan Road store, and went out for a walk to recharge our batteries." Old Tan said.

"I also have the same idea. In the first two days, I told Yanzi to go to Beijing to study in the president's class." Yanhua nodded.

Old Tan gave Yanhua a thumbs up and said, "You know, smart people invest in things above the neck, and stupid people invest in things below the neck. I give you a thumbs up."

"Didn't you bring this?" Yanhua laughed.

"One should not be distressed when spending three kinds of money in this life, and don't blink. Spend money for parents, spend money for relatives, sisters, brothers and friends, and spend money for your head."

"That sums it up pretty well."

Lao Tan said: "It's not my conclusion, but I agree. If you want to make money, you have to know how to spend it. The money you spend belongs to yourself, and the money you don't spend doesn't necessarily belong to anyone else. Those who know how to spend money are for themselves." To increase the ability to make money, people who don't know how to spend money are saving money for others.

This time in Hohhot, I chatted with Dade who I met in Ganqika for a while, and benefited a lot.He is a great virtue, he cultivates Buddhism, and he teaches people about Buddhism, which is practice.Opening a dumpling restaurant is also a practice, but one is born and the other enters the world. "

"When did you get involved with Buddhist practitioners again?" Yanhua asked curiously.

"It's fate. I have a destiny with Buddha. It's good to practice Buddhism if you don't have anything to do. You have a pure mind and a calm mind, and your ears are clear. In the past, I thought that if I had the ability, I would help others if I could. We feel that we are doing good deeds. To open a store, we have to hire more than [-] employees. On the other hand, more than [-] people are full of hope for our store, and more than [-] families are full of hope for us.

Both of us are bitter gourds, and we know how to work part-time.What I look forward to most at the end of the month is to get paid so that I can support my family.We only need to ensure that employees are paid wages on time every month, and the best benefits are given, so that everyone feels comfortable working here, and it is a blessing to take this as capable to work in the old unit. "

When Lao Tan said this, he stopped and lit another cigarette.

Yanhua looked at him enthusiastically, and told him to continue talking with her eyes.

"One has to do something in this life. It is said that a person is capable, can make money, and live a good life. Yes, this is what it should be. Who doesn't want to live a better life? I am the same. But think about it Think, how much money a person earns and how much wealth he has in this life does not depend on how smart or capable he is, but how many people he cares for with his ability and wealth.

It is not a superstition to talk about cause and effect in everything.Only when you care for more people, will you be loved by more people, and then the wealth will come naturally.This is also what people often say, 'He who loves out loves to return, and those who are blessed are blessed to come'. "Old Tan said calmly.

"You have attained Taoism and become a fairy." Yanhua laughed teasingly.

"Hehe." Old Tan laughed.

"Do you know what Yanzi and I are thinking?" Yanhua asked.

"What do you think?"

"We don't think as far as you, and we can't think of those things, but we feel the same. We always talk together when we have nothing to do. If we don't open a dumpling restaurant, we won't be free for a day. I go to work and she plays mahjong. I work hard to earn one. 4000 yuan on the third day of the month, and she may not make any money. But it is guaranteed that she will be tired all day. Maybe she doesn't worry about it, but it's meaningless.

Opening a restaurant is also a day, but this day is much more interesting than working to earn money. It is very fulfilling, and I feel that I have something to do and eat deliciously.It's a lie to say that you don't like money, that's bullshit.But the eyes are really not fixed on the money. I feel that I can spend as much as I want, and spend as little as I can.As long as there is something to do one day, and it is still my own business, my heart will be open.

It's almost like what you think, focus on making the business good, and pay employees monthly.When I see employees getting their salaries, they feel a sense of accomplishment and are very proud. Sometimes I feel so excited that I want to cry—I never thought that I, Yanhua, would also pay others salaries—hehe. "

At this moment, Yanhua's eyes were filled with water vapor.

(End of this chapter)