The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 187 Yan Hua and Lao Deng
The seventh day after Lao Tan was stabbed.

The nurse had just taken the blood pressure and hung up the bottle. Lao Tan asked how many days it would take to hang it. The nurse said it was the last day. Lao Tan asked how many days it would take to remove the stitches. The answer he got was three days.

After the nurse left, Yaru wiped Lao Tan's face with a towel, handed him a bag of milk, and asked, "What's the matter, are you in a hurry?"

"It's a little bit, who is a good person staying here." Old Tan said depressingly.

"Then wait until the injury recovers." Yaru said.

"What's going on outside—" Lao Tan was a little impatient.

"Isn't there Xiaomei? What did Yanhua say when she left, telling you to take care of her with peace of mind, don't worry about anything else, she's made arrangements." Yaru said.

"It's been arranged, and that's also on my mind."

"You, worry about it, what can you do if you go out like this? It's not enough to worry people." Yaru said in a comforting tone: "You can do better when you are not around, and you can fix everything, compared to when you are here. all good."

"I believe that." Old Tan nodded, and continued: "Xiaomei started working with me in the provincial capital, and then came to Binhai, and she has been doing very well. She is a dry food material. Yang Zhijun is also good, but she has a bad temper. Soon, when he can control his temper, he will be promising."

"There's no such thing as a temper, there are hundreds of people with different natures." Yaru glanced at Lao Tan, smiled, and said, "You have changed a lot now, I remember when you were young, you would catch fire, Those who can do it never hesitate.”

Old Tan laughed dryly and said, "I was young back then and couldn't suppress my anger, but now—"

At this moment, the door of the ward opened, and Su Ya walked in.

Apparently, she had cried before she came in, and there were still tears on her face.

She went straight to Old Tan's bed, knelt down without saying a word.

The panicked old Tan Yigulu sat up from the bed, spilling milk all over his body.

"Get up, what are you doing?"

Lao Tan hurriedly signaled Yaru to help Su Ya up.

Yaru was also stunned by Su Ya's actions, and only reacted when Lao Tan signaled, and immediately reached out to help.Su Ya stopped her, her miserable face was full of tears.

"Mr. Tan, I beg you, forgive my brother—forgive him, I will repay you for my brother, and I don't need money to work for you——" The weak woman choked up: "Please, don't hold me accountable." Brother, please—I beg you—"

Immediately afterwards, he burst into tears.

For her younger brother, Su Ya used the highest and most pious human kneeling, kneeling humblely in front of Lao Tan's bed, begging Lao Tan to forgive her reckless and ignorant younger brother——
This is the only thing a sister can do for her brother.

It's just that she didn't know that when Yanhua left two days ago, Lao Tan had already persuaded Yanhua and the others to ask the lawyer to cancel the criminal prosecution of her brother and not ask for civil compensation, but he hadn't had time to tell her.

What do you say about this?
It's not that Lao Tan is so great, high-spirited, or simply wants a good reputation.

He was moved with compassion and sympathized with Su Ya, who is his sister.

His personal growth experience and the sufferings he suffered made him deeply aware of the embarrassment of poor families and the importance of family ties that are thicker than water, so he made such a decision.

To put it more bluntly, he is now able to bear the medical expenses after being injured, as well as all the expenses for subsequent treatment, and he doesn't take it seriously.If he does not have this ability, he may not pursue his criminal responsibility, but civil compensation must be required.

People say what they say when they go, and take off their shoes when they cross a river.As long as the kindness in the heart is not wiped out, being a person is still righteous.This is commendable to Lao Tan, and it is also the charm of his personality.

A poor child who came out of the countryside, through 20 years of hard work, has reached the level he is today. There are so many people chasing whoever he is.

Everyone in the catering business knows a truth, if the people are not good enough, no matter how big the business is, it will collapse in the end.

There are many examples of this. Those catering brands that were once well-known to us were very popular when they were popular, and then gradually disappeared from people's vision.Most of the reasons are the failure of decision-making or backward management. As an old catering person, I have to say that the root cause of their disappearance is human problems.

I ran into an old friend at a recent catering summit. At that time, his business was in full swing, with more than [-] chain stores across the country.Not to mention it now, it has disappeared.

The old friend drank a few glasses of water and wine, and said with emotion: "The fortune is not good, and I never dreamed that I would die in half a year."

Ask him: "Quan Dang chatting, how much money did you want to make a year when you opened the restaurant?"

The old friend thought for a while and replied: "At that time, earning ten a year would be enough."

"I remember when you opened the fourth store, you said that you can make a hundred dollars a year." You said with a smile.

The old friend nodded.

"Remember when I told you not to earn one hundred, try to earn eighty, and leave twenty for the guests and employees, and you ended up earning one hundred and ten."

"Nobody cares about money sticking their hands," said the old friend.

"If you have little money, it doesn't hurt your hands, and if you have a lot of money, you can't feel it. It's just that you can't feel it when you wear gloves. Making money is a skill, but what kind of money do you want to make before making money? Who is making money? The first is the way of making money, and the latter One is Renlu. Money is not earned by one person, so we must save the money from Cailu and Renlu, and earn their money as well, which is tantamount to self-destructing the wealth.”

The reason is simple, even three-year-olds know it.The reason why we often fail is that we know too much, desire too much, and always lose ourselves.

To put it bluntly, it is a mischief caused by the word "greedy". Because of greed, one forgets one's origin and loses one's conscience.

After Yanhua returned to the provincial capital, she went to Lao Tan's house first, told Lin Yan about Lao Tan's injuries, and told her not to worry, everything was fine.

Lin Yan also missed Lao Tan, but she was busy with work and had to take care of her son, so she couldn't leave.Another point is that these years and Lao Tan have been like this, and the relationship is indeed a little weak.In her consciousness, she felt that since Lao Tan was being taken care of, she went there just to have a look, and she had to come back after watching it.

Yanhua came to report that she was safe, to reassure Lin Yan, and at the same time hoped that Lin Yan could visit Lao Tan.She knew the situation of Lao Tan and Lin Yan very well, and wanted to ease the relationship between their husband and wife.

Obviously, it didn't work.

She wanted to say something to Lin Yan, but she didn't know what to say, so she didn't say anything in the end.

With an indescribable regret and an inexplicable regret, I came out of Lao Tan's house, feeling a little depressed, so I didn't go to the restaurant, and went home directly.

Since it was Sunday, Lao Deng was at home.

It may be the reason for opening a restaurant. Old Deng learned how to cook at some point, and when Yanhua arrived home, he had already prepared a table of meals waiting for him.

Seeing Lao Deng Shi Yanhua wearing an apron and smiling innocently, his heart warmed, and he couldn't help kissing Lao Deng on the face. The moved Lao Deng hugged his wife and patted the plump buttocks intimately.

"Thanks for your hard work, husband." Yanhua said emotionally.

"It's not hard, just serve my wife." Old Deng laughed.

"Let's have a drink today," Yanhua said.

"Ready, red, white, leather, all in place." Old Deng reported to the chief seriously.

Yanhua was amused.

I just felt the disharmony between Lao Tan and Lin Yan and the indifference between husband and wife, and now I am surrounded by happiness, and I feel very cherished.

People, you will only understand if you experience it.

No matter whether you are poor or rich, a happy family is happiness.

The couple sat down opposite each other, Lao Deng filled up the wine, raised his glass and said, "Yanhua, do one."

"I'll do it, I'm afraid of you." At this time, Yanhua became a naughty little girl.

The husband and wife clinked glasses happily and drank each other.

Lao Deng pointed to the dishes on the table and warmly invited Yanhua: "Try it and see if my cooking skills have improved."

Yanhua picked up a piece of braised pork ribs and put it in her mouth. Old Deng watched nervously as she finished eating, and asked, "How is it?"

"It's pretty good. It's better than a chef's. It tastes like my husband." Yanhua praised.

Lao Deng smiled happily, filled up the wine again, raised the glass and said emotionally: "My wife, this glass is toast to you, thank you for allowing me to live such a delicious life."

Yanhua was stunned by Lao Deng's words, but she quickly realized that a warm current of excitement flowed from her heart, and her eyes filled with tears.

She didn't speak, raised her glass and touched Lao Deng's cup lightly, looked at Lao Deng affectionately, brought the glass to her mouth, slowly raised her beautiful neck, and drank it down in one gulp.

The couple ate, drank and chatted slowly.

They talked about when they first met, how to date, eat, walk on the road, watch movies, and they couldn't help laughing when they talked about the plots that were still fresh in their memories.

When it comes to getting married, where to take the wedding photos, how to choose the wedding dress and dress, where to hold the wedding, how much to drink that day——
They also talked about life after marriage and the process of opening a restaurant, and talked about Lao Feng, Yanzi, and Lao Tan——
Both of them intentionally avoided the muddled matter of Lao Deng's cheating, and they would never bring it up again for the rest of their lives.

(End of this chapter)