The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 179 Back
The next day was Lao Tan's mother's birthday, and the house was very lively.

The old lady's five daughters and five sons-in-law were all present, as were two nieces, nephews-in-law, three nephews, and two nieces-in-law.There are also nephews, brothers and daughters of the family, old neighbors, relatives and friends in the village also came to celebrate the old lady's birthday, and the level of excitement was no less than that of running errands.

After lunch, Yanhua and the others went back.Lao Tan didn't go with him. There were still many guests at home, so he had to accompany him.

After the mother's birthday, there was silence at home, and Lao Tan stayed with his mother quietly for a few days.

In a flash, it was the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, and it was almost a month since I came back, and it was time to get up and go back to the provincial capital.

After dinner in the evening, Fifth Sister was busy in the outhouse packing up the things my brother had brought home.There are millet, rice cakes, pickled vegetables, pork knuckles, trotters, mutton, stupid eggs, salted duck eggs——
"Fifth sister, you can't take that much, just a little." Old Tan said beside him.

"That's too much? Not much, take them all with you. You two are eating at home, and Lin Yan hasn't eaten yet." Fifth Sister said.

"That's not enough to get this much." Old Tan said.

"Why can't I take it? I didn't ask you to carry it. You and I will catch the bus tomorrow. It will be delivered directly to your downstairs, which will save trouble." Fifth Sister said.

Fifth Sister would bring a lot of things with her every time she left, and she tried her best to stuff them into her bag for fear of not having enough.

The elder sister loves the younger brother sincerely.

Hey, darling——

Seeing Fifth Sister tidying up, Lao Tan's eyes were a little moist, and he went back to the house silently.

The mother knew that her son was leaving tomorrow, so she slept on the bedding every day at this time, but she was not today, she was refreshed.

"In the future, you will drink less alcohol, don't you know what's wrong?" said the old lady.

"Well, drink less." Old Tan agreed.

"Alcohol is not a good thing, especially now that it is mixed with alcohol. Drinking it will damage your body. If you want to drink, drink something good, not bottled." Mother said.

"Um--"

"There is nothing better than having a good physique. Look at you young people. You are either sick or sick. You are not as good as my old lady --- they are all made by yourself. In the future, drink less, eat less meat, and eat more. Something vegetarian." Mother ordered.

"Well, vegetarian."

"You take whatever your Fifth Sister put on for you. I know you don't need anything. Isn't this from home? You don't have that."

"Well, take them all."

Lao Tan agreed, feeling uncomfortable.

The old lady thought about the Chinese New Year, and said: "Your several restaurants are all working in our rural areas. There is no holiday during the Chinese New Year. I will cook some delicious food for others and give a red envelope."

"Yes, every year." Old Tan said.

"It's not easy to do anything. I can't go home during the Chinese New Year when I earn two dollars. You just went out for two years and couldn't come back. I just stayed at home for the Chinese New Year. During the [-]s, I cooked a few dumplings and ate them. It's boring --- your fifth sister and your old brother-in-law in the first year of junior high school will go back to see me, and when your eldest sister and the others come in the second year of junior high school, it will still look like a Chinese New Year." The mother said, her voice gradually deepening.

Old Tan had tears in his eyes——
"I won't go back—"

"Hey, listen to me, you still have a home." The mother said with relief, "You and Jiaheng are fine when you come back. Should I say that you did well this time? That's fine. Go to your old husband's house to see during Chinese New Year, you also have an old mother-in-law, that's your mother too."

"Well, go." Old Tan agreed.

"I don't have to worry about it, you've seen it too. I'm in good shape and there's nothing wrong with it. There's nothing wrong with it for five or six years. I don't dare to say it any further. Old people are not only heavy, but they will leave at any time—the life expectancy is For sure, I can’t change it, I’m content to be able to live this old age—you don’t have to give me money all the time, there’s no shortage of money to spend, and you can’t spend it if you give it to me, and you don’t know where to spend it.”

The old lady laughed when she said this, and took out a plastic bag from under the bedding, slowly opened it, and took out a wad of money from it.

"This is for Jiaheng, and it will be the New Year's money."

"Mom, no need." Old Tan said quickly.

Jia Heng on the side also said: "Grandma, no need, I have money."

"What kind of money do you have as a child? It was given by your grandma. Go back and buy a book or something so that you can study hard and get into college." The old lady said.

"Mom, no need, my family has enough money." Old Tan said.

"Look at you, this is from mom to Jiaheng, not to you. The old lady loves her eldest grandson, Jiaheng, take it quickly, or your grandma will be angry." The old brother-in-law said.

At this time, the fifth sister finished packing up the things she was going to bring to her younger brother, and came into the room to see this scene, and said with a smile: "Mom will take what I gave to Jiaheng, as a grandma's heart. Our mother is not short of money, the land is not a bag Have you gone out? Two thousand and three thousand a year, all of which will be given to my mother. There will be another [-] for returning farmland to forests every year, and [-] for mine land occupation. Our mother is a low-income household and has money.

The eldest sister and the second sister give money to Mom every time they come.Mom doesn't spend money, and has no place to spend it, so she saves it all up, saying that she will marry her eldest grandson a daughter-in-law. "

Old Tan smiled sadly, and said, "Keep it for Mom, I have money now."

"Knowing that you have money, we don't care about it. Isn't this for Jiaheng?" Fifth Sister called Jiaheng: "Jiaheng, take your grandma's money, if you don't take your grandma's money, you should be angry."

Jiaheng looked at his father in bewilderment.

"Take it, thank you grandma." Old Tan said.

Jiaheng took the money from grandma and said happily, "Thank you grandma!"

"Thank you, grandma gave it." The old lady said.

The next day, Lao Tan and his son returned to the provincial capital, spent the new year at home, and returned to Hohhot on the 25th.

The decoration of the central kitchen store has stopped, and Mr. Xiang gave the workers a holiday to go back for the New Year.

The general outline of the entire store has come out, and the kitchen is all finished.When Lao Tan came, Yang Zhijun and Zhou Hongwei, the boss of cold dishes, were debugging the equipment, and when they saw Lao Tan stopped to say hello happily.

The three chatted for a while, Zhou Hongwei continued to adjust the equipment, and Yang Zhijun talked to Lao Tan about something.

Boss Bai, who supplied the Cordyceps Chicken, sent his nephew to work in the restaurant, and Yang Zhijun arranged for him to work in the pastry kitchen.The young man has done a good job, is smart and hardworking, and is very popular with everyone.

The young man is in a single-parent family. After his father died, his mother worked very hard, relying on part-time jobs to earn money to support his education.The family is poor, and the children are sensible. After graduating from junior high school, they quit school and went out to work.

He was good at the dumpling restaurant, but the restaurant his mother was at was not.It's almost Chinese New Year, and I still haven't paid my salary for two months. My mother asked the boss for it, but the boss refused to give it, saying that business is not good, and I will wait until the Chinese New Year is over.

The young man saw that the boss would not pay his mother, so he got into a fight with the boss, but the salary did not come out, and his mother was fired by the boss.

"If you're fired, you should be paid." Old Tan said.

"The boss is a dog, he said he has no money, and if he wants it, he will wait until the end of the New Year." Yang Zhijun said angrily.

"How much money in that month?" Old Tan asked.

"Two thousand, for washing dishes." Yang Zhijun said.

"Oh," Old Tan nodded, "You mean—"

"Third brother, can you help me to get it? The mother is so pitiful. I don't even have a place to live these two days. I live in a women's dormitory." Yang Zhijun said.

Old Tan didn't immediately agree, and asked, "Where is the fucking restaurant?"

"Over the stadium, the restaurant is not big, and the owner is a local." Yang Zhijun said.

"Well, I got it, I'll take care of it. How's the mother doing? If not, let's make dumplings at our house." Old Tan said.

"I mean the same thing. Don't wait for you to come back." Yang Zhijun said.

Old Tan thought for a while and said: "You're like this, ask his mother if he wants to work at our house, and if he wants to, he can stay. The New Year is a few days away, and if the two of them want to go home for the New Year, they will be given a few days off. Go back for a year, if you don’t go back, you can spend it in a restaurant. Don’t worry about the salary, I can come out before the year.”

It is not difficult to help get paid.Based on Lao Tan's current relationship, he can find Toya Dawa, the director of the Food and Drug Administration who is close to Yanzi, or he can find Gu Yi and ask him to bring a few social people to talk to the boss. I believe that the salary will come soon.

After thinking about it, it would be safer to find Toya Dawa, one of them wants a salary, and there is no need to negotiate with the underworld.

Of course, the wages are very satisfying, and he has never dared to offend the Food and Drug Administration by opening a restaurant.

When Lao Tan handed over the money to Boss Bai's cousin, the woman shed tears of gratitude.

Her son, this young man named Li Zhiwen knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and Old Tan was so startled that he hurriedly helped him up.

In our ordinary life, some things are difficult for ordinary people to do, but in the hands of capable people, they are very common and almost effortless.

People, don't do something small for something good.If you have the ability, it is a good thing to help, and it is also a good deed.

Toya Dawa helped to get her salary back, and Lao Tan owed him a favor.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Lao Tan prepared a lot of gifts. On the 28th, he called Gu Yi, Minister Zhao, Chairman Lang, Kang Min, Toya Dawa, and Zhang Yu’s comrade-in-arms Director Zhao to treat them to a restaurant. By the way, give gifts to everyone.

Everything is courteous and reciprocal. Opening a restaurant is the same as living a life. You can't live a dead end behind closed doors. You have to answer everything correctly.

After answering all aspects correctly, the new year will come.

(End of this chapter)