The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 147 The truth is, love is boundless
Xiaohui has been studying with Wang Hong for a long time. The little girl knows how to learn, she is smart, she can do things at a glance, she is very fond of Wang Hong.

Her mother was also in the dumpling room at the beginning. Due to her weak body, her left hand was injured when shaving the big white, and she couldn't roll the skin. Later, she was transferred to the front desk to do cleaning.

Xiaohui's mother is a hard-working woman, which is sympathetic. What the dumpling restaurant can offer is a stable job and an income here.Her greatest wish is for Xiaohui to find a good family and live in peace and stability, not wandering like her.

We sympathize with those who have a miserable fate and want to help them within our ability, but when we are not strong, what we can do is insignificant, or even more than we can do.

Everyone has an innate kindness in their hearts and wants to help others, but sometimes they are really not capable enough.Just like what the red-capped businessman Hu Xueyan said, don't be greedy for an official, don't be a traitor for a businessman, do more good things for others, and get rich first.

The common people living in this beautiful world don't have too many extravagant demands on their fate, they just hope to be safe and healthy, and live their lives without any regrets.

But sometimes the fate is indeed unfair, and it always brings bad luck to the poor, making people cry.

Maybe Xiaohui's mother was physically and mentally broken when she was begging on the street, and all thoughts were lost. She just lived strong for Xiaohui.If there is no Xiaohui, she may choose to die.

After I got settled in the provincial capital, I was full of confidence in life and lived a stable life.

But the ruthless fate caused her to lose her husband for the second time. The blow was undoubtedly huge and destructive.

However, people have to live.

Only by living can there be hope, and only one life is worthy, whether rich or poor.

After Glass Flower passed away, Xiaohui's mother fell ill.In addition to physical pain, there is also mental pain.

She lamented her fate, but also unwilling.Cursing the driver who hit and run in his heart, if he didn't escape and sent Glass Flower to the hospital in time, Glass Flower would not die, and their mother and daughter would not be so miserable.

When she fell ill, Xiaohui wanted to take her to the hospital, but she refused to do so.Because she knew that the family had no money, all the money was used to pay the hospitalization fee for Glass Flower, but she didn't keep her in the end.

She told Xiaohui that there was nothing serious about her, but that her body was weak and she could just take care of her.

Slowly recovering a little bit, with vitality on her face and a bit of strength in her body, she went out with Xiaohui to find a job, met Lao Tan, and the couple started working at Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant.

After the Spring Festival this year, she felt something strange in her body, so she didn't say anything in order not to worry Xiaohui.She thought it was just an ordinary inflammation, and it would be fine to take some anti-inflammatory drugs.

After taking the medicine, it really took care of things. After a while, I didn't care much.

But my body is clear, although it doesn't hurt much, but it gradually weakens, and I always feel weak.Xiaohui also found out what was wrong with her mother, and kept going to the hospital to have a look, but she disagreed, saying that it was all right, just take some anti-inflammatory drugs, and she cheered up to cover it up.

But a disease is a disease, no matter how you cover it up, there will be outbreaks.

Since last month, her lower body began to bleed intermittently. She thought it was menstruation. Although she was a little panicked, she didn't tell Xiaohui.

Today, I finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground while cleaning.

Zhang Li was the first to find out, helped her up and sat on the stool, and then hurriedly called for someone.Yanhua happened to be there, so she got in the car and was taken to the hospital.

Unfortunately, the doctor told everyone that the cervical cancer is at an advanced stage, the cancer cells have spread, and surgery is not possible, and chemotherapy is also very dangerous because of the weak body, and I can live for three months at most.

Poor woman.

When Lao Tan found out, he rushed to the hospital immediately, and Xiaohui cried bitterly in his arms.

He patted the little girl's back and said comfortingly, "It's okay, I have an uncle, don't cry."

Zhang Li helped Xiaohui aside, Yanhua and Lao Tan found a doctor, and after learning more about Xiaohui's mother's condition again, they felt very heavy.

"Go to the hospital, one more day of life is a day." Old Tan said.

Yanhua nodded.

"Xiaohui don't go to work now, she is taking care of her here."

It can only be arranged like this.

What else can be done?If there is a panacea for cancer in the world, Yanhua and Lao Tan will definitely buy it, but there is no such thing.

In this beautiful world, the hateful diseases are ruthless, but there is true love in the world, and love is boundless!

This is a story that really happened in the provincial capital, and it is still being talked about by well-known catering people.

When the staff of Aqiao Dumpling House learned about Xiaohui's mother's situation, they all kindly and spontaneously organized and silently donated money to this miserable woman.

Fifty, one hundred, two hundred, five hundred, one thousand --
In just two hours, a total of 26 employees from the three stores in the provincial capital, including managers, donated 3000 yuan.

An hour later, Ms. Xu received another donation of 35 yuan from 100 employees of the Hushi store.

When the money was brought in front of Yanhua and Lao Tan, the two of them wept, and they bowed deeply to all the staff——

They each took out [-] and put the money together, and asked Qin Lili and Zhang Xiangdong to go to the hospital and hand it over to Xiaohui.

The two of them really can't see Xiaohui's tears——
Kind people, we should applaud these simple, kind and kind employees of the dumpling restaurant——
Let us always remember that in August [-], in a dumpling restaurant in the provincial capital, there was a scene that moved all the catering people. Although it is not known to the world, those who know it will never forget it- ——
Walking into the depths of the night, the wind of early autumn has already become cool, blowing on the body, closing all the pores of the sweat, and there is a sense of bleakness.

But it is not cold, there is warmth in the air, and the hot summer keeps its tail, making people nostalgic.

"Where did Xiaohui take her mother today?" Old Tan asked.

"I went to Beiling Park. Her mother is in good spirits, she doesn't look sick," Yanhua said.

"Hey, life is a state of mind—" Zhang Li said with a sigh.

The three of them were sitting at a barbecue booth drinking. Tomorrow Lao Tan took Zhang Xiangdong and Qin Lili to Hohhot. Before leaving, the three chatted together. The original name was Zhongqing, but his family left beforehand.

"The doctor said that Xiaohui's mother is fine after being discharged from the hospital, and she will feel better if she stays at home," Yanhua said.

"That's fine. It's also close to the hospital. If you have anything to do, go straight there without delay." Old Tan said.

"The day after tomorrow, I will go through the discharge procedures, and her mother doesn't want to stay in the hospital anymore, she has long wanted to be discharged."

"There are patients who are like this, which is not bad. I admire how open-minded they are when they know what their disease is," Lao Tan said.

The three of them talked about Xiaohui's mother's illness for a while, then changed the subject and chatted to the restaurant.

"Neighborhood kitchens and caring for the elderly will be piloted in old stores first, and will be implemented in other stores after the formation of rules." Lao Tan said.

After talking about it with Zhang Xiangdong that day, the young man came up with a plan the next day.

Briefly describe the program of caring for the empty nest elderly:
In order to care for the empty-nest elderly in the community and solve the problem of eating dumplings, Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant will cooperate with the community to provide free dumplings for the elderly all year round.

Regulations: Every Monday, all elderly people over 72 years old can go to Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant to get a dumpling with their ID card and the love dumpling card issued by the community.

The service staff in the store warmly received and kept records.

Each person is limited to one copy, and the dumpling card is only valid for that week, and will become invalid after the expiration date.

In order not to affect the normal business hours of the meal, the dumplings are distributed in packaged form, and the elderly try not to eat in the store, I hope to understand.

"Okay, when Xiangdong comes back from Hohhot, he will be in charge of it," Yanhua said.

Old Tan nodded.

"Forget it, we have to give away a lot of dumplings this week." Zhang Li said with a bit of distress.

"Not many, there are not many elderly people over 72 years old, and some may not come." Old Tan said.

"Not many, hum, just watch, even those who haven't reached 72 have to come." Zhang Li said.

"No, people in the community are responsible for issuing cards, and those who are less than 72 can't be issued. Besides, you have to bring your ID card when you come here. If you don't see the ID card, it's over." Old Tan said.

"People say they forgot to bring their ID card, so you still tell them to go back and get it?" Zhang Li asked.

This was stopped by Lao Tan.

Yanhua was also a little taken aback.

Zhang Li went on to say: "The community issues cards. What if one person issues two cards? Come and get one back first, and then come back with the card in half an hour. Will you give it or not?"

"Aren't we registered? There are records." Old Tan said.

"Record? Huh!" Zhang Li snorted coldly and said, "It's not that the elderly are unreasonable, but there are indeed low-quality ones. We are doing good deeds with love and good intentions. They don't think so, they think we are rich Show off, one more and one less is nothing, you know."

"Can't you?" Yanhua said, "We give it for free."

"The more free the better, the easier it is to collect money." Zhang Li said.

Old Tan was silent for a while, then looked at Zhang Li with a smile, and asked, "What can you do?"

"I have no good idea." Zhang Li said: "This is indeed a good thing. Let alone showing love, let alone being noble, we haven't reached that point yet. Now the general elderly are taking care of their children at home, and the elderly come to The restaurant offers dumplings. Nine times out of ten, I bring my grandson and bring them home for my grandson to eat. After my grandson has finished eating, when the family gets together, the grandson talks about eating dumplings, which is also an advertisement for our family in disguise.

In addition, old men and old ladies have nothing to do when they have nothing to do. They either go for a walk in a small park or set up a gossip center in the community. Apart from talking about their parents' discord, it is a national event in vernacular, or it is just gossip.We eat dumplings for free, and through their mouths is more effective than posting advertisements door-to-door. It is estimated that in less than a month and a half, everyone in the provincial capital will know about our family, and that is the real household name. "

Yanhua and Lao Tan were taken aback for a moment, they hadn't expected this, and after thinking about it, it really was the case, so they looked forward to Zhang Li's further talk.

"What I mean is that we don't issue dumpling cards, just talk according to the ID card, which is simple and convenient. The main thing is to contact the community first to see how many elderly people over 72 years old there are, so that we can know the number. Let's Eating dumplings for free is also a good deed for the community. They can take the initiative to give us data.

It is easy to have data, which is equivalent to mastering the basic situation.I estimate that there are [-] households in a community, and [-] is not bad, and there are only [-] or [-] permanent residents. "Zhang Li analyzed.

"It can't be less, can it?" Yanhua said.

"Almost. Some elderly people live in rural areas, some live in nursing homes, some cannot go downstairs all the year round, and some don't like to come." Zhang Li said.

"Also—" Lao Tan and Yanhua nodded.

"We stipulate that every Monday from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] am, and from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, we will pick up the dumplings, so as not to delay the meal. Those who come first go to the bar to register with their ID cards, and then place an order to cook the dumplings. It is estimated that they will finish picking up the dumplings If you order dumplings and eat them here, then you can eat them here and sell them for a fee." Zhang Li laughed.

"Okay, let's do as you said. We mainly want word of mouth and expand our influence. If we do well, it's a merit and give back to the society." Old Tan said.

"For our store, we can lock in community customers and cultivate them into loyal customers." Zhang Li said.

"As expected of an operations manager, he always thinks about marketing," Yanhua said.

Zhang Li said, "Why are you yelling, I'm sorry, Old Tan."

"Yes, you impress me."

"Cut! I'm telling you, Yanhua is here too. When you come to Hohhot, be honest. Don't be tempted to let your first love go to the house, and then drink two taels of soju to make a mistake. You can do everything. Listen?"

Zhang Li warned.

(End of this chapter)