The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 302
After seeing off her younger sister's family of three and Lao Huang, Zhang Li cleaned up the dining table, took a comfortable hot bath, and just picked up her phone when she got back to bed.

My sister called.

How should I put it, a younger sister is a younger sister, and I feel sorry for her.In this world, the parents of the two sisters are gone. Although there is a half-brother, he is still young and doesn't know how to take care of his sister.

Ever since her father left in a hurry and her sister escaped from death, this younger sister has regarded her as more important than her life.Her idea is very simple, find a good man for her sister and live a good life.

Sisters are deeply affectionate, and they are all compatriots.

The dearest and dearest family affection cannot be parted at any time.

"Sister, how is Lao Huang?" the younger sister asked directly without beating around the bush.

"What's the matter? Don't be idle." Zhang Li said.

"People have fallen in love with you."

Zhang Li paused for a moment, and then said angrily, "Why, if you fix me a water heater, I have to marry him?"

The younger sister giggled over there, and after laughing, said: "You can go everywhere——"

"What a fart!" Zhang Li said loudly.

The younger sister subconsciously dodged the phone away from her ear.

"Tell you to be okay, Gada Ya, live your life well." Zhang Li hung up the phone after speaking, and threw the phone aside angrily.

Seeing that the phone had hung up, the younger sister turned her head and said angrily to her husband who was waiting with his ears open, "Go to sleep."

"What did you say?" the husband asked.

Just after being scolded, he was in a bad mood, and his husband was full of fighting spirit, so he found someone to vent his anger on, and said angrily, "Go away—"

Seeing his wife's unkind expression, although the husband knew what was going on, he felt unwilling. He stepped back and muttered in his mouth: "The water heater is not repaired, so tell her to boil water every day."

"What are you talking about—"

"I didn't say anything, did I say something?"

"roll--"

The night was very quiet, there was no wind, the air was cold and damp, and it was going to snow.

The lights of the entire residential building were gradually extinguished, and the street lights on the road were on, guiding the direction for Ye Guiren to go home.

The city is noisy and quiet.The car horn that suddenly sounded at night was like a dog barking in the middle of the night in the countryside, cutting through a corner of silence, and immediately returning to silence.

Gentle snowflakes finally fell slowly at dawn, as if someone in the dark sky tore up the white cotton wool, and sprinkled it on the world.

This morning came later than usual, thick clouds covered the rising sun, and they only cared about the tidbits falling down, forgetting to give the sun a crack.

The first ones to appear on the street were the cleaners in beige overalls. They pushed the cleaning carts against the soft snow in people's sleep and breathed the cold air to the section of road they were responsible for.

Park the car, wear gloves and hats, pick up a big broom to sweep the snow, and sweep the dust and garbage covered by snow.They want people in this city to clear the road before they go out, so that people feel: Oh, it's the same as yesterday——
The street lights gradually went out, and the whole city fell into the gray before dawn.

Gray clouds lowered the sky, and white snow covered the city.

The buses leaving the station slowly and the subway leaving on time are like an alarm clock waking up the city on time.

Under the fluttering snowflakes, people seem to appear suddenly, breaking the silence of the city, and hurrying in the white haze.

Time, accurately bring people into life.

Thanks to the power of life, let those who love life raise the sun in their hearts on time and light up the lamp in their hearts every morning, whether there is sunshine or no sunshine.

It's good to be alive!
The snow came softly and silently.At eight o'clock in the morning, it began to grow bigger, the distance between the sky and the earth changed from a distant haze to a near blur, and the eloquent snowflakes changed from dancing to falling.

Fortunately for Lao Tan, the entire airport was closed as soon as he got off the plane, no takeoffs or landings, to make way for the first heavy snow in [-].

Lao Tan, who was picked up by Zhongqing, walked out of the parking lot and onto the road at a slow speed like crawling.

"This snow is heavy." Old Tan said.

"Well, it wasn't that big when we came here. The weather forecast said it was a blizzard." Zhongqing said while driving carefully.

"Drive slowly, don't worry, just get home today."

Zhongqing smiled and said, "I'm sure I'll be home today."

In snowy weather, the road is slippery, the snow is heavy, and the visibility is low. The cars on the road are very slow, and they keep a distance of more than ten meters from each other.

A snow plow truck came from behind, and all the vehicles leaned aside consciously, and when the snow plow truck passed by, they all drove onto the light path that had just been rolled out, and some drivers even honked their horns gratefully.

"Is the goods ready for the Spring Festival?" Old Tan asked.

"Basically, there are only vegetables and seafood left. I dare not prepare them in advance. I will arrive at the store on the [-]th day." Zhongqing said.

"How about the New Year's Eve dinner?"

"Every house is fully booked, until the eighth day of the eighth day."

"Are there many employees who go home for the New Year?"

"Not many, not many. Some went back a few years ago, and those who didn't go back waited until the eighth day of the lunar new year. Those who wait for their family members to come to the store for the New Year don't have to go back."

"Families who come to celebrate the New Year must be entertained well, and when they give out red envelopes on the [-]th night, they want to bring a share." Old Tan said.

"That's for sure, don't worry." Zhongqing replied, and then asked: "Boss, where are you celebrating the new year? Go back to your hometown?"

"It's not decided, it depends on the leader." Old Tan said.

Speaking of the New Year, Old Tan has a headache.According to what he meant, the three of them went back to Fifth Sister's house for the New Year, went to Lin Yan's house on the third day of the new year, stayed there for two days, and returned on the sixth day.

What Lin Yan meant was that she didn't have a holiday until noon at [-], and it was getting dark when she returned to Beipiao, so she might as well go back to her mother's house.In addition, she started working in the third year of junior high school, so she didn't have enough time to go back to Beipiao, so she didn't want to go back.

To put it bluntly, this is also a headache for most couples. They all want to go back to their home to spend the New Year with their parents, and often ignore each other.

Chinese New Year is a happy event, but there are always awkward quarrels, serious fights rise to heaven, and even rise to the level of divorce and separation.

I can't think about it.

As the saying goes, the New Year is easy and the New Year is sad. Being filial to your parents does not depend on whether you accompany them during the New Year. You are good to your parents in ordinary life, and you often go home to see everything.

It is useless to show filial piety during the Chinese New Year. To put it bluntly, it is for others to see, so as to disturb the psychological balance.

Although Lao Tan has been busy this year, he often goes home to see his mother.

To be honest, the main reason is that the conditions are met, there is a car, and the transportation is convenient. As long as you go back to the provincial capital, you can go home and have a look.

In addition, this is also related to age. As long as a person is over forty, he will start to love his family. The family affection that he didn't care about when he was young begins to recover. The blood buried deep in the bones is thicker than water. It is natural and innate.

Every time Lao Tan goes back, if he has enough time, he will stay for one night, chat with his mother, and if he doesn't have enough time, he will have a meal and say a few words before leaving.

My mother is 83, with a strong body and a strong voice, and looks better than in the past few years.The fifth sister said that her mother is a centenarian, the birthday star of the whole family.

People, it is a blessing to have a family and a mother when you are old.

(End of this chapter)