The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 237 Lao Tan, I have no home

After dinner, Lao Tan asked Lin Yan if she wanted to go and see the injured child, Lin Yan said that it was all arranged and there was no need to go.

Seeing that Lin Yan was in a good mood, Lao Tan said: "Tomorrow, the three of us will go out for a stroll."

"No, I have no money. Your son has spent [-] yuan, and the family has no money. My younger brother will get married before the Spring Festival." Lin Yan said.

"I don't have any money to earn." Old Tan said, and then asked: "Young brother, do you want to marry at home?"

"Not at home, but in Nanjing, where his father-in-law lives." Lin Yan said.

"Is there a fixed date?" Old Tan asked.

"The sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month—can you go?" Lin Yan asked.

"I can't tell now, try to go."

"It's okay if you don't go--I'm going to give my mother 10,000 yuan, and she said she has [-] yuan, which is exactly [-] yuan. It's not good if she gets less when my son gets married--let's give another [-] yuan as a gift."

Lin Yan seemed to be asking for Lao Tan's opinion, but in fact she had already made a decision.

Old Tan didn't want to argue about money, so he said, "Okay, you decide."

"Tomorrow, Jiaheng and I will go back to my mother's house, and my mother said to discuss something with me."

"Row--"

Old Tan nodded, feeling somewhat unhappy—he was still thinking about the three of them going out for a stroll.

"Yanhua hasn't had a child—" Lin Yan said suddenly.

"No." Old Tan was taken aback, and asked, "Why do you still care about her?"

"Ask——I don't care what you do outside, you can sleep with women, don't let me know. But the money has to be paid by the family, Jiaheng goes to school, and has to go to college. There will be more places to use money in the future. Marry Daughter-in-law, starting a family, buying a house, buying a car—going to high school is the most expensive, at least [-] a year, if you play more—”

"I know——but what you mean is wrong, why sleep with a woman?" Old Tan asked with a cold face.

"Don't think I don't know—let me tell you, it doesn't matter what you love—" Lin Yan said.

"You—" Old Tan got angry and asked, "Are we still husband and wife?"

"No. Didn't I tell you, you just want to be cool and chic outside, don't let me see it, I'm not angry, I have my son. If it doesn't work, you can go to Miss, and I won't stop you."

"Are you speaking human language?" Old Tan swears.

Lin Yan didn't say anything, she got up and went back to her room.

Old Tan was panting heavily, his chest heaving, as if about to explode, and the word "divorce" immediately popped into his mind.

Can you still live this day?
Is this a good day?
How can you have such a wife?
Sick, purely sick!
At this time, his son Jiaheng came out of the room and said, "Dad, come downstairs with me, I want to eat skewers."

"What time is it?" Old Tan said angrily, but still glanced at the quartz clock on the wall, it was ten past eight.

"It's still open, the one downstairs in Dachuan is open." Jiaheng said.

Old Tan got angry and didn't want to stay in the house, so he went downstairs with his son.

When I went downstairs, I changed the environment and breathed in the cold air. I was a little less annoyed, and my panting became even.

"My mother sometimes seems to be sick." Jia Heng said.

Lao Tan knew that his son was comforting him, and it was very useful, but he said, "Don't say that about your mother."

"—I don't want to go to my grandma's house tomorrow, she has to ask me to—"

"Your grandma misses you too."

"Knowing that my grandma misses me, and my little sister is also there - she doesn't want to go, she's a bit annoying."

What Jiaheng was talking about was his uncle's girl, and the two children were the same age.

Lin Yan's elder brother and his wife work in Beijing, and the child is taken care of by the old lady at home.

"Aren't you two fine?" Old Tan asked.

"It was fine as a kid, now—she's kind of annoying—"

Old Tan smiled and said to his son: "Your mother and I are fine, there is no fight, as long as you study hard."

"I'm sure I'll study hard. I might not be able to get into a prestigious university, but I'm definitely fine in a general university—in fact, my mother is also quite tired, and sometimes she snores when she sleeps." Jiaheng said.

"Well, your mother is tired - your mother loves you, loves you -" Old Tan's heart softened.

"Sometimes I want to eat skewers, and my mother buys them for me before she goes upstairs from get off work——she doesn't like it, so she buys as much as she wants——"

"Buy some more today, too."

"Dad, let's go upstairs after we finish eating. You drink, and I'll drink with you."

"it is good--"

The son is too sensible.

The son ate with relish, and kept telling himself the happy things in school and on the basketball court while eating. Lao Tan listened, a little moved, and his eyes were moist.

The son is using his way to resolve the quarrel between his parents, how can he not be gratified.

Divorce is not allowed for the sake of the son, which is also what the son hopes.

The next day, Lin Yan took her son back to her natal home, and Lao Tan came to the office building.

Yanhua and Zhang Li are here, Zhongqing is resting, Zhang Xiangdong and Qin Lili are preparing for their wedding and have taken a long vacation.Office staff are also on vacation, the whole
The office building looked deserted.

The three of them chatted for a while, and at noon, they went to see the storefront of the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.The house has been negotiated, but the rent is due in two months. The current boss wants to do it for another two months, and then hand over after the new year.

Anyway, there was no rush, Yanhua agreed.

The current restaurant is a home-cooked restaurant, and the business is good or bad, but it is certain to make money, but it is just how much.

I took a closer look inside and outside Lao Tan's store and was very satisfied.The store is more than [-] square meters, with the first and second floors, and it is just right for an open kitchen.

It was close to the Taishan Road store, and when the three of them were about to pass by after looking at the store, Zhang Li's phone rang, and she received a bad news—her father had passed away.

The old man lives in the country and has always been in good health. He has no illness or disaster. He drank two glasses of wine cheerfully last night and didn't wake up after falling asleep.

Although he left peacefully, it was too hasty, which made the children unexpected and deeply saddened.

Lao Tan and Yanhua accompanied Zhang Li back to his hometown and helped with the funeral arrangements for the old man.

Zhang Li's family is Zhang Li's boss, with a younger sister and a younger brother below.The younger sister and her were born by the same mother, the mother left early, and the father married the stepmother and gave birth to a younger brother.

Although she and her younger sister and stepmother don't have much life together, they are not biological mothers after all, so there is some estrangement between them.In recent years, I have also gone back to visit the elderly during Chinese New Year and holidays.

When the old man is able to do business, his family is fairly well-off, and there is no need for the two sisters to make up for it.

The stepmother is kind to the father, and the younger brother has also married and started a business. There is a boy.

It stands to reason that it is time for the elderly to enjoy their blessings, who knows——
When a person gets old, it will feel better to be a child if he is sick and gone, at least he is serving, and there is nothing to feel guilty about.But when he left without warning, he felt ashamed of the old man and missed it very much.

After the old man was buried and the funeral was over, Yanhua and Lao Tan accompanied Zhang Li back to the provincial capital.

The three of them didn't have a good rest these days, Lao Tan told Yanhua to go home and helped Zhang Li go upstairs.

After entering the house, Zhang Li lay on the bed without taking off her shoes, with a haggard and sad face——
Old Tan helped take off her shoes, straightened her upright, pulled the quilt over, and said softly, "Go to sleep."

Zhang Li was indeed tired. She had hardly closed her eyes for several days, and her whole body was exhausted.

Although I closed my eyes, I couldn't sleep.

The daughter misses her father.

Tears welled up from the corners of his eyes and fell silently.

Lao Tan wiped her tears with a towel.

"Old Tan, I don't have a father—"

Old Tan stroked her hair, silently comforting her.

"Old Tan, I'm homeless—"

Old Tan held her in his arms——
(End of this chapter)