The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 15
After reuniting with Lao Tan, Yanhua didn't calm down for several days.

Once the gate of memory is opened, it is not easy to close it.

All these years, she has never forgotten Lao Tan, and the days when she was with him.Sometimes I think that if I took the initiative, I would have been with him.

What would it be like to live with him?
There will be a home, a child, and a family of three living happily.

Hey, the world is tricky, 15 years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Lao Tan has a family, a lovely son, and the family of three lives happily.

He also has a family. Although he has no children, Lao Deng loves and takes good care of him, and is very happy.

Now I am very content, have no worries about food and clothing, and have nothing to do at home all day. Cleaning up the house, washing and cooking are the work.The rest is to take care of Lao Deng comfortably, let him work outside with dignity, and be a little woman at home—a qualified housewife.

It's just that in the past two years, Lao Deng's work has become more and more busy, and he always travels to other places, leaving himself at home alone, which inevitably feels a little empty and lonely.

Even if Lao Deng didn't go out of town, he still got off work very late, always came back smelling of alcohol, and fell asleep on the bed when he got home, snoring like thunder.I went to work after dinner the next day, and I didn't have time to chat with him.

It is really tormenting at home alone.

Tell Lao Deng that staying at home is boring, and I want to go out and find a job so that time can pass faster.Lao Deng said that if you don't want to stay at home and find a job, it's okay, but don't be too tired, and it's best to work half a day.

A half-day shift is also fine, it's better than staying at home.

Just forty, if you stay like this, it will be useless.

I am not like Yanzi, playing mahjong, drinking and singing, and shopping, I don't like these, I just like to be alone, or I would rather do housework.

The weather is fine today, I want to go out and see if there are any job seekers.

So I tidied myself up and stood at attention, stood in front of the mirror and checked again. After feeling good, I went out of the house and came to the street. While walking, I kept an eye on the shops next to me to see if there were any job postings.

There is a sign at the entrance of the Xinxin Bath in the front, which reads that male and female scrubbers are being recruited.After taking a look, I thought that I couldn't do this job myself. I imagined wearing a bathing suit and scrubbing those naked women with a towel on my hands, and I laughed when I thought about it.

A pharmacy in front of me was recruiting a salesperson, thinking that this line of work was suitable for me.I went in and asked someone to hire someone at night, and then backed out.

Keep going.

I'm not in a hurry, I said in my heart that I bumped into each other intentionally or unintentionally.

The sun was shining, the weather was warm, and the snow in the shade of the street was melting quietly.

Feeling hot, I pulled down the zipper of the down jacket, and the plump breasts jumped out.I looked down and was very proud. The 40 years old woman has a figure that is not inferior to that of a young girl, and she is very satisfied.

The front is Qianshan Road, the barber shop at the intersection recruits hair shampooers, but there is an age limit, under 25.

There was a restaurant in front of me looking for a dishwasher, and I was about to go in and ask. I thought that washing dishes would have to work all day, I couldn’t do it myself, and I had to cook for Lao Deng at night.

Unconsciously, I arrived at the Santaizi subway entrance, looked at the Tesco supermarket opposite, and wanted to go in and have a look.Those who sell goods in supermarkets usually work half-day shifts, and there may be recruits.

So I went in and wandered around from the first floor to the third floor and then from the third floor to the first floor. My feet hurt from walking, and I didn't see any stalls that were recruiting.I couldn't help being a little discouraged, wondering if it was so hard to find a job?
It's getting closer. I came out after ten o'clock. After shopping for three hours, I didn't find a job and I was hungry.Going to find a place to eat and then go home.

Although there is rice and vegetables at home, I have to cook them fresh when I go back. Besides, I have to walk for more than [-] minutes to go back, and I can't walk anymore.I thought I would reward myself today, have a good meal outside, and make up for the mental loss of not finding a job after walking for three hours.

It just so happened that the phone rang, and I took the phone out of my bag to look at it, it was Yanzi calling.

"Hey, Yanhua, where are you?" Yanzi asked.

"Tesco." Yanhua replied.

"Going to the supermarket? What did you buy?"

"I didn't buy anything, I just went shopping."

"Have you eaten yet? Come over and have some. My friend and I are eating barbecue on Chishan Road. Come here." Yanzi warmly invited.

Yanhua was really hungry and wanted to go, but she was eating with friends, and she didn't know her friends, so it would be bad to go, so she said, "No, you can eat."

"Come here, there are no outsiders, it's brother Liu who ate last time." Yanzi said.

Yanhua had an impression of Liu Ge, Lao Tan's friend, very good, and the image of a big brother, so she was a little tempted.

"Wait for you, hurry up." The swallow over there said and hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Yanhua thought for a while, and thought that Brother Liu was fine, let's go, anyway, he was hungry.In addition, the two of them haven't been in touch since the last time they met, and she also wants to know what Lao Tan is doing now.

When they arrived at the barbecue shop, Yanzi and Brother Liu had just started grilling. Yanhua greeted Brother Liu first, and then sat down.

Yanzi remembered that Yanhua and Lao Tan were friends, they seemed to be on good terms, and Lao Tan and Brother Liu were buddies, so he asked Brother Liu, "Brother Liu, where is the bald chef? Is he at work?"

Brother Liu said, "I'm at work, and I'm at someone's house in Kanto."

"People from Guandong? It's pretty close to my house." Yanhua said.

Yanzi looked at Yanhua and teased, "Yanhua, did you have an affair with him when you were young?"

Yanhua glared at Yanzi and said, "That's not true. I thought about it. He has someone."

Yanzi said: "It looks like a man, if you have the opportunity to introduce it to me, I like it."

Brother Liu couldn't help frowning, and said, "Brother Tan is very nice, and many people like him."

Brother Liu is the big brother in the mahjong club, and he is respected by everyone because of his good character.

He knew Yanzi well and knew what she meant when she said this.It sounded like a joke, but it actually meant being close to Lao Tan.She now knows that what Lao Tan earns is not the 3000 yuan she thought, but six or seven thousand yuan. Being with such a person, she can be willing to spend money for herself.

Brother Liu can date anyone at the mahjong club, including women.But I have my own principles, drink some wine and chat, and don't talk about other things.He and his wife have been a husband and wife for more than [-] years. They have gone through ups and downs for most of their lives.

I had a good idea today and won 80 yuan.Called Wang Ming who was playing mahjong together to come out for a drink. Wang Ming lost and wanted to make money.Seeing that he didn't lose money, Yanzi came out together.

Yanzi asked Yanhua what she bought when she went to the supermarket, and Yanhua said she didn't buy anything and came out to find a job.

"You are really idle. Why are you looking for a job with your old Deng taking care of you? If you are really bored, just play mahjong. It's no better than going to work." Yanzi said.

Yanhua said: "I can't play mahjong. Once I enter the room, it's full of smoke, and I'm dying of smoke. I wonder what you're doing."

"Get used to it, the main thing is that you don't smoke, and smokers are not afraid of the smell of smoke." Yanzi said in the tone of a veteran mahjong player.

"Try not to play if you can. Staying in the mahjong club for a day is full of smoke smell. I have to take off my clothes and pants in the hall every day when I go home. Your sister-in-law is annoyed by the smell of smoke. If you don't object to me playing mahjong, you will be annoyed." I smoke." Brother Liu said.

"Then stop playing, your eyesight isn't good," Yanhua said.

"Why do you say I don't play? Your sister-in-law goes to work, and I'm at home during the day, except listening to semiconductors and sleeping. Hey, I've been playing for a lifetime, and the mahjong club is more lively when there are many people. Time flies by everyone. , One day passed in a flash." Brother Liu said.

"My sister-in-law can do it for half a day, so I'll think about finding a class like that, otherwise it won't be fun to stay at home all day," Yanhua said.

Unfortunately, bad luck, did not find.

Yanzi said to Yanhua: "You are also stupid, looking for work on your own. Your old Deng is the section chief, and he knows a lot of people. Besides, the supermarket in the factory always recruits people, and they work half-days. If you want to do it, it's not a word from him." thing."

"He didn't want me to work in the factory supermarket," Yanhua said.

"I don't want to let you do it, it's because I'm afraid you will know that he has done bad things." Yanzi said.

"My old Deng is not that kind of person."

"Isn't that kind of person?" Yanzi curled her lips and said, "Masters are all coquettish, especially your old Deng is still a section chief with real power, and women all jump on him."

Yanhua smiled, and said to Yanzi, "Don't bury my old Deng."

"Let me tell you about Yanhua. Your old Deng is very honest. He is in front of you. Do you know what it's like outside? You are also affordable. What do you guys say? Let me tell you, don't say that the construction section is long. , A team leader is still two iron sons.

Besides, the aircraft factory is a good unit, with good benefits and earns a lot. It doesn't have any yellow, and all three people point to it to live.Now when it is said that it is an aircraft factory worker, they all look at it differently, sweetie, can your old Deng run away? "

Yanzi opened her mouth and said indifferently, both Brother Liu and Yanhua were a little angry.

She said that old men are all coquettish, Brother Liu listened to her ears.I thought to myself that I am also a man, so that means I am also a coquettish chant?It's not worth it to invite a meal and get a bad name.You have to be more careful in the future, this woman has no words.

Yanhua summed up that if it was like what Yanzi said, Lao Deng would guarantee to have a woman outside.Even if there is a lesson, you shouldn't say it directly, there is Brother Liu next to you.As if it was real, it made people unable to get off the stage.

In addition, Yanhua really took it to heart, Lao Deng has been a little bit wrong recently, when he got home he said he was tired, he was bored, and he didn't even do that thing, he was very active before.

Humans are not afraid of talking nonsense, but are afraid of making foolish calculations.As soon as I sum it up, I become obsessed, and I take it seriously, and I want to understand it right away.

Now Yanhua has the appearance of a woman outside Lao Deng in her head.

No one spoke for a while, and there was embarrassment in the silence.

Swallow reacted quite quickly, felt that what he said was a bit too much, immediately laughed at himself, and said: "Hey, look at my mouth, I don't know the door, don't mind Brother Liu, you are my big brother, the most decent, Also pay attention."

Brother Liu couldn't be as knowledgeable as her, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, just say whatever you want, I don't care."

"Brother Liu, let's drink one." Swallow raised his glass.

Brother Liu took a sip with her, put down his glass and asked Yanhua, "Is your husband the section chief?"

"Yeah." Yanhua nodded, thinking about Lao Deng having a woman outside.

Brother Liu asked again: "Which factory?"

"Factory 34."

"I know a section chief, surnamed Han, from Factory 33. They are busy and always go to other places, wherever there are fighter jets in all parts of the country, they say they are to check and troubleshoot, and train newbies." Brother Liu said: "Going to other places Okay, there are subsidies, double salary, good treatment, but you are not allowed to go out casually, and there are confidentiality regulations. Your husband will not be allowed to go abroad, right?"

"Well, it's hard for him to go abroad, and he won't let him travel all over the country," Yanhua said.

Although I am still thinking about Lao Deng, I feel that it is impossible. Lao Deng knows what kind of person he is, and he will not.After thinking about it this way, I felt better, and there was a smile on my face, and I returned my attention to the dinner table in front of me.

"The aircraft factory is a good unit. There are not many good units in the provincial capital now, so the aircraft factory can be counted." Liu Ge said.

Yanhua smiled and nodded.

The three returned to normal, chatting casually and drinking a glass of wine from time to time.

Chatting is aimless, starting with mahjong first.Brother Liu has a good memory. He reviewed the wonderful moments of playing mahjong in the morning and made comments.Then Yanzi told an anecdote about the Mahjong Club.

Later, when we talked about Lao Tan, Brother Liu said, "Someday if we have time, let's go to someone's house in Kanto to have dinner and have a drink with Lao Tan. He has no time for work and can't come out, so let's go to his place for a drink."

This suggestion was agreed by Yanhua, who said, "Okay, people in Guandong are close to my house, and it takes only 5 minutes to walk. When you go, call me in advance, and I will wait for you at the intersection."

Yanzi said: "The people in the Kanto region are quite big, and the class is high, and the consumption is definitely not low."

Brother Liu said: "It doesn't matter what he spends, as long as he is happy, we are not short of money. I invite you to invite Wang Ming to join Brother Tan together. Go there and eat a little stupid chicken and a stew. Sauerkraut, drink in a small pot. I heard that there is a heated kang in his house, so let Brother Tan give the whole house with a heated kang a good drink."

Yanhua said: "I went there once when it opened, and the fish in his house is delicious, served on an iron pan, the quantity is large, and it's affordable."

Brother Liu said: "Santaizi restaurants have large servings, but if the servings are small, no one goes there."

Swallow regained his energy and said, "Then let's set a time and go when the time comes."

Brother Liu said: "I have time anytime, it's up to you two."

Yanhua said: "Next week, go on Monday, the restaurant is not busy on Monday, Lao Tan can have time to accompany us."

So the three of them made an appointment to go to the Guandong people's house next Monday to cheer for Lao Tan.

(End of this chapter)