The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 177 Don't Derail

We still remember Zhou Xiaomei.

She is divorced.

The reason is that Wang Gang cheated again.

It is understandable for a man not to be able to control his eyes. Once he can't control the things in his crotch, accidents are easy to happen, big things happen.

A woman can tolerate a man's flirtatiousness, but she can't tolerate cheating.And vice versa for men.

The most direct, most effective and most commonly used method to solve cheating is divorce.

After the divorce, Zhou Xiaomei returned to her natal home with her children.Wang Gang also fought for the custody of the child, but she refused.

The parents watched the daughter come back with the child, and knew that she was divorced, so they didn't say anything.

What can I say?My daughter knows that she has a strong temper, and it is impossible to tolerate her son-in-law's cheating behavior.Of course, they can't tolerate it either.It's just that I'm old, and I can't help but feel sad when I can't see my daughter living alone with the child.

Zhou Xiaomei stayed at home for a month, and the sadness after the divorce was almost over.There is still one month to celebrate the new year, she thinks it will be like this years ago, and she will have to find a job after the next year, so she can't stay like this all the time.

When I thought of looking for a job, I thought of Lao Tan, and I had to find this classmate and uncle.

On the third day after Lao Tan arrived home, he received a call from Zhou Xiaomei. He didn't know about Zhou Xiaomei's divorce, and he was very surprised when he heard it at first.Zhou Xiaomei briefly told him the reason for the divorce, and then asked if he could arrange a job for him.

Old Tan thought for a while and asked, "Are you planning to stay in the provincial capital or Hohhot?"

"Huh City, let's change places and feel better." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"What about the child? Can you not want to?" Old Tan asked.

"It's okay, my mother has taken it with me for the past two years, don't worry about me--come back and have a look if you think about it, what can I do." Zhou Xiaomei sighed after finishing speaking.

"Let's go to Hohhot after the Chinese New Year," Lao Tan said.

After the opening of the central kitchen store in Hohhot, Mulan was transferred to be the store manager. The store manager on Haidong Road hadn't been selected yet, so Zhou Xiaomei just went.It stands to reason that Zhou Xiaomei can be a regional manager with her ability, but she is a newcomer to Aqiao after all, so she can't be given such a big job, so let's start as a store manager.

"Uncle, is my grandma celebrating her birthday?" Zhou Xiaomei asked.

"Ah."

"I happen to be at home this year, and I'll go when the time comes."

After talking on the phone with Zhou Xiaomei, the fifth sister said, "I went back to Heshanggou to give money to our mother's land in the last two days. I ran into the second sister-in-law in the backyard. She said that Xiaomei was divorced and she was at home with her child."

"I just found out." Old Tan said, "She hasn't called me all this time."

"I remember that the second sister-in-law wanted to introduce her to you." The old brother-in-law said with a hint of teasing.

"No matter what happens, it's all old calendars." Old Tan said.

The old brother-in-law smiled maliciously, and said, "Be careful, take her to work, and don't let Lin Yan know."

"Lin Yan knew about it a long time ago." Old Tan said: "I have been working with me for these years, and we have not been together for the past two years. Her ex-husband is very good. My buddy, we also made mistakes when we worked together. I made a similar mistake, but I corrected it after having children, who knew I would make it again.”

"Old girls from Zhou's family are all very powerful, and they are strictly controlled. There must be resistance under high pressure. That man must not be able to bear it, so he went out to have fun." The old brother-in-law said.

"You can imagine." Old Tan smiled.

"What's wrong? What else do you have in mind? I'm planning to go out and find one too." Fifth Sister gave her old brother-in-law a blank look, and said in a bad tone.

The old brother-in-law immediately turned off the fire.

The fifth sister was drawn to Lao Tan by the matter of Zhou Xiaomei, and said to her younger brother: "Don't look at you and don't tell me, I know what you and Lin Yan are like. I told you not to do deviant things. How good is Jiaheng? You have such a big son, you know."

Old Tan nodded and said, "Well, I know, don't worry, I can't."

Fifth Sister said seriously. "No matter how you say that Lin Yan is the real mother, the child has to be with the real mother and father at all times. Look at those divorced, single-parent families, the children are afraid, and their personalities are not healthy.

There are two children in my class who are from a single-parent family, and they are different from those from a two-parent family.Other children were playing there, full of enthusiasm, and these two children were watching from the side, neither leaning forward nor talking.It's normal for their parents to not be like this when they are not divorced.

An adult's divorce has a great impact on children. If you don't talk about it when you look at your children, you actually know everything, and you feel inferior.Other classmates have parents and mothers, but I don't, and I feel wronged.Especially those who live with Dad, you can tell by the clothes they wear. Mom's clothes are clean and she is dressed upright.The clothes without a mother are dirty, and the shoes are discarded, as if no one cares about it, it hurts to look at it. "

Old Tan said, "I can't—"

"Our mother is getting old and can't stand it. You know everything, and you can understand some things even if I don't say anything. No matter if you look at the elderly or children, you can't divorce." Fifth Sister said.

"Your Fifth Sister is right. Divorce is not a good thing. Besides, our family can't do that. You are 41 years old. You are not a young man anymore. It is better to live an honest life than anything else." The old brother-in-law Say.

"Don't worry, I won't do that." Old Tan promised.

This is true, Lao Tan has no plans to divorce.He is a person who is easy to be satisfied with the status quo, such a person looks good, has no desires, is content with the situation, and is easy-going.

But this kind of person has a shortcoming. They are not careful about family life, can't be meticulous and considerate of the people around them, and they don't even care enough for their relatives. They belong to the kind of rough lines.

However, he is extremely enthusiastic about his work and career, even forgetting to sleep and eat.

Such people were called model workers in the past and were respected.Now it is called being ambitious and dedicated. Although it is respected by others, few people do it anymore.

To be honest, career is good, but family is equally important.If you only focus on your career, there will inevitably be cracks in your family; if you want a family without a career, it will be difficult to maintain your life.

A balance point should be found between family and career, and as people say, both family and business can have a good harvest.

From another perspective, a happy family is the cornerstone of a career, which is an eternal truth.

Many people's careers are soaring, but they can't do what they are doing, and they have gone downhill. Why?
Broken capital chain, fierce market competition, sluggish environment, inadequate management—although there are some reasons for these, they are not the main ones.If you pursue it carefully, more than 80.00% of them are family disharmony.

The Chinese have always been self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.

Self-cultivation is the foundation, and morality is the foundation.That's why Confucius said, "If I don't cultivate my virtue, I worry about it."

Cultivate the body, and its virtue is true.Cultivate it at home, and its virtue is more than enough.Cultivate it in the countryside, and its virtue will grow.Cultivate it in the state, and its virtue will be abundant.Cultivate it in the world, and its virtues are universal.

We may not be able to cultivate in all nations, but we must do it ourselves and our families.Therefore, first cultivate the body, and then regulate the family, so as to observe the body by the body, the family by the family, and the village by the village, take filial piety as the foundation, and regard harmony as the most precious, and finally "family harmony and everything prospers."

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that a happy family is the cornerstone of a career.

In fact, we don't talk about these great principles of the ancients, but we can understand with a stupid head that if a person can't even manage his family, his career will not be much better, and the good is only temporary.

Just after entering the twelfth lunar month, Old Tan's third sister's house killed the pigs.

On the day of the pig slaughter, the third sister sent her son Jin Sheng to drive her younger brother and eldest nephew to the house.

Lao Tan hasn't been to the third sister's house for four years, so he can't recognize her at all.

The two courtyards are as luxurious as the landlord's house in the past.Five brand-new main houses face south, with a car and a bread parked in front, and a motorcycle parked in front of the windows.

All kinds of agricultural machinery are parked in the east wing, including tricycles, four-wheelers, rotary tillers, seeders, sprinklers, and various agricultural tools. At first glance, it looks like an agricultural machinery repair shop.

The west wing houses are duck coops, chicken coops, pig pens, barns, and grain houses.Chickens and ducks wandered leisurely in the yard, making two cheerful calls from time to time, and two fat big geese swayed and twisted their necks, showing off their might like leaders.

The third sister and the third brother-in-law had already greeted them outside the door, and looked at Lao Tan and his son walking up the steps with a smile.

"Hello third uncle, third uncle!" Jia Heng ran to him and said loudly.

The third sister happily agreed repeatedly, patted her eldest nephew's head and said, "You grow up to be taller than Sangu."

"Not as tall as my elder brother." Jia Heng looked at Jin Sheng and said.

"How old are you? You're still growing. When you're eighteen or nineteen, you'll be taller than me." Jin Sheng said.

The third sister led Jia Heng into the house, and the third brother-in-law exchanged greetings with Lao Tan, and followed them into the house.

The pig has been slaughtered, and the pig butcher is picking the meat.The whole outhouse was steaming hot, and several women were busy at the stove, some who cut meat, those who cut sauerkraut, those who cut sauerkraut, and those who ate sauerkraut.Before the meat reaches the mouth, it has the taste of butchered vegetables.

(End of this chapter)