The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 33 Drinking
Lao Tan went to see a job, and Xiaofeng contacted her. A friend of her friend opened a [-]-square-meter restaurant in Beisantaizi, which was on the same street as the Guandong family.Just turned around and is being renovated.

The boss is a woman in her forties, she looks very courageous and looks like a strong woman.I talked with Lao Tan for a while, because it was under renovation, and it would take two months to finish, so we left each other's phone numbers, and we will contact each other half a month before the opening.

After the talk, he said goodbye to the female boss, and Lao Tan walked aimlessly.It’s been almost half a month since I’ve been here, I can’t just stay like this all the time, I have to find a job as soon as possible.June is about to pass, and I haven't made much money in half a year, which is a bit unreasonable.

There are many people on the street, and it has already entered summer. The leaves of the poplar trees on both sides of the street are green and mottled with infinite vitality in the sun.Pedestrians on the street are all wearing half-sleeves, and young people put on big shorts and short skirts to tell people the current season.

Lao Tan didn't want to take Wanfang Road, mainly because he didn't want to pass by people in the Guandong area, so he walked along Lingbei Street directly to Gate No. [-] of the Aircraft Factory, and was going to go straight to Songshan Road and go home.

Lingbei Street is very lively. There are many restaurants, large and small, on both sides of the street.What do you care about? A chef cares about restaurants.Walking to the front of the Hangfei Hotel, it is no longer a hotel, but a barbecue city. It seems that the business should be good. There are about [-] beer boxes at the door.

Sandaizi people can drink and are famous in the provincial capital. If you want to say how many winemen are there, you must count Santaizi.It is normal for two people to step on the cover of the box to drink, and it is not enough to drink one meal, and they have to drink a second meal, commonly known as "transition".

You don't need to go in and take a closer look at how the business is doing, just look at the beer crate covers at the door, more is good, less is not good.

To open a restaurant in Santaizi, the drinks must be cheap, not expensive.There are a lot of people drinking in this place, usually 500 yuan for a meal, [-] yuan for the meal, and [-] yuan for the wine, which shows how serious the drinking is.

After passing the Hangfei Barbecue City and continuing to move forward, the Houdeju in front has also changed its appearance. Now it is Xiao Li Feidao hand-rolling noodles.A bowl of noodles is [-] yuan, and various side dishes are available for [-] yuan or [-] yuan, all of which are optional.Lao Xue costs [-] yuan, fresh beer costs [-] yuan, light beer costs [-] yuan, and dry beer costs [-] yuan.The drinks and side dishes in his house are cheap, and they are all full by the time the meal is finished, they are all trying to get cheap and damage the wine.

This is a paradise for poor ghosts. Those who don't have money in their pockets and want to drink come here. It's cheap.

The cheap boss also makes money, not making a single meal profit, and earning a few times, which is not lower than the profit of a hotel.

Next to Houdeju is the Yangdele Muslim House, and the business is also good. It is the most popular Muslim hall in Sandaizi. There are many people eating. The main reason is that the price is cheap and the drinks are cheap.

After walking forward for a while, the phone rang. I picked up the phone and saw that it was Yanhua.

She rests today.

Ever since they found out that Lao Deng had a woman outside, the two had been in a state of cold war, neither talking to nor paying attention to each other.Old Deng admitted his mistakes to Yanhua, but Yanhua didn't say anything, her calmness was scary.

From that day on, the two began to sleep separately and lived a separate life.

Yanhua gets up every day to make a stutter for herself, and then goes to work. After get off work, she eats a random meal at home, and then lies on the bed to rest, and does not eat at night.Naturally, if he doesn’t eat, he doesn’t cook. Lao Dengxia no longer enjoys the treatment of his wife preparing meals and waiting for him to come back from get off work. He can only order a bowl of noodles by himself instead of cooking a bag of quick-frozen dumplings.

Seeing that the door of Yanhua's room was closed tightly, she wanted to knock on the door, but was afraid of being stung, so she went back to her room to reflect and suffer.He has already broken contact with that woman, but he knows that he made a big mistake, Yanhua will not forgive himself easily, and can only wait for time to slowly dilute everything, and then return to the previous days.

Although this is an era where irons are flying everywhere, no matter men or women have confidante or lover outside, but after all, it is something that cannot be seen, especially in front of one's wife or husband.Otherwise, it is said that everyone has iron, and everyone is a master if he does not leak it.

No one would see their significant other being intimate with Tie Zi without being moved, as if nothing happened, unless they were fools.Yanhua is not a fool, she cannot accept this.Knowing that you can't get a divorce, you treat it in this cold war way-living under one roof, and no one interferes with the other.

She thought it would be great to have a child. She could not think about Lao Deng's affairs and take care of the child at home every day. It was a happy thing.But at the beginning, I heard Lao Deng's words not to want children, so stupid, why did I listen to this man's words, he said no, then he didn't refute it, and it was too late to regret it.

Lao Deng was on a business trip, and when he left, he said he would be back in a month.In the past, he would pack his luggage in advance for business trips, but this time he didn't care about anything, he packed it himself, and he didn't know if he had everything with him.Although I hate this man, after all, the husband and wife who have been together for more than ten years still have feelings.

I had a rest today, and after I got up, I cleaned up my house, and then went into Lao Deng's room with half reluctance and half worry, and cleaned up the house again.Although I don't want to care about it, I can't let it go, because she is born with virtuousness and kindness.

After tidying up the house, I have nothing to do, I want to go out for a walk.I was about to call Xiaoyan, but Feng Shimin had to follow if he wanted to call her. The two of them were loving each other, but he was disturbed by seeing her, so he didn't call.The first two days after get off work, I passed by someone’s house in Kanto, and I went in to find Lao Tan. The people inside said that he was not working there anymore. I guess he should be at home now. Give him a call and see what he’s doing. If nothing’s wrong, we’ll have a meal together , now he is his natal family.

The two made an appointment to meet in Yangdele.

Half an hour later, Yanhua arrived, and the two began to order food.

Old Tan asked: "How are you doing recently?"

Yanhua smiled and said, "It's okay, it's pretty good." Then she asked, "Why don't you do it in the Kanto family?"

"Fired and not doing well."

"That's because the boss has no vision, are you looking for a job?"

"I went to see a job just now, and I just renovated it. It will open in two months."

"You can't wait two months."

After Yanhua finished ordering, she gave the menu to the waiter.

Old Tan said: "Well, I can't wait for two months, keep looking, and get the right one."

Until now, Lao Tan didn't know that Yanhua was strolling on the street in the middle of the night because Lao Deng had a woman outside that day, and he thought it was because the couple got angry because of a quarrel.Seeing Yanhua's complexion is good, I feel that the two of them are getting along well.

So he asked, "Is Lao Deng at work?"

Yanhua said, "Well, I'm on a business trip, Haicheng."

"He always travels?" Old Tan asked.

"Well, I'm always on a business trip." Yanhua agreed, not wanting to mention Lao Deng, and asked, "Is the child in kindergarten?"

"Well, I'm in kindergarten." Old Tan replied.

"It's been a long time since I saw Lin Yan. Someday I have time to treat the three of you to a meal and meet up." Yanhua said.

Old Tan said: "Okay, I have time."

Before the food was served, a table of guests came in, none other than Brother Liu, Xiaofeng and Wang Ming. The three of them were in the mahjong club and hadn’t made it to the game. At noon, Brother Liu said to eat haggis, and Wang Ming said it was good here. We came together.

It's better to meet by chance than by chance. Since we met, we sat at the same table.Yanhua knew Wang Ming and Brother Liu, and it was the first time he saw Xiaofeng, and Lao Tan introduced them to each other.

Xiaofeng asked Lao Tan how he was doing, and Lao Tan said something.I heard that we have to wait for two months, Xiaofeng said: "This is just right, remember that sister Yuan who had dinner with us that day, no, she called in the morning, she will go to Inner Mongolia in two days, and said that she will complete the park there, there are hotels and restaurants. In the hotel, find someone who understands and go with her, and ask if you are at work, and if you are not at work, go with her."

Old Tan said, "Okay, let's go."

Xiaofeng was quick to handle the matter, so she called Sister Yuan directly to finalize the matter, and fixed the salary at [-] a month, depending on how many months she worked.Lao Tan was very grateful and thanked Xiao Fenglian.

Xiaofeng said: "Thank you, just a word, don't be polite to me, because that day you and the city management's dry sister admired you, like a man."

Old Tan smiled and said nothing.

Xiaofeng asked Yanhua who was sitting next to Lao Tan: "Sister, what are you doing now?"

Yanhua replied, "It's cleaning the activity room for the elderly in Tian Yitun."

"Is it at the village office?" Xiaofeng asked.

"En." Yanhua nodded.

Xiaofeng said: "We know Li Wanshan, the village chief, and Lao Feng, the secretary, so you can mention me there."

Wang Ming smiled and said to Xiaofeng: "Xiaofeng, you know how to play Santaizi, you are familiar with it."

Xiaofeng raised her head very coolly and said: "I forgot what your sister does? Sister Feng is very powerful in Santaizi, and no matter whether she is a black or white person, she will be treated with a little bit of disdain. If Sister Feng is not popular, it is hard to tolerate." After finishing speaking, she laughed loudly. Get up and liven up the atmosphere of the wine table.

Six dishes for five people, two bottles of liquor, and a box of old snow.Lao Tan, Brother Liu, and Xiaofeng drank baijiu, while Yanhua and Wang Ming drank beer.Halfway through the drink, there were more customers in the store, and some people who knew Wang Ming came over to toast. After all, he was the director.After the toast, the waiter was asked to add wine to the dishes. After a while, six dishes became eight dishes, and one case of beer became two cases.

The Santaizi people are interesting and acquainted. When they meet in a restaurant, they will toast each other, and then add wine and food.Originally, when ordering wine, I would drink as much as the number of people at my table, but it is easy to drink too much after adding wine. I can't return the wine added by others in exchange for money, that would be too embarrassing.

There are two things to be afraid of when drinking, one is that a newcomer will join in the middle of the drink, and the other is that the drink is added in the middle of the drink. If the two meet the same, you will drink too much wine.Lao Tan, Xiaofeng, and Brother Liu finished their baijiu, while Wang Ming drank beer.Xiaofeng belongs to the type of player who gets excited when drinking, so she started to drink beer again under her lead.

"It's still Laoxue that tastes good, strong, and tastes like beer." Xiaofeng finished a glass of beer and said.

Wang Ming had already drank five bottles, and he was a bit overcrowded, and his speech began to be difficult. "That's--then what's the point, if you don't want to catch Lao Xue, the people in the provincial city will have to drink--Lao Xue."

Brother Liu was fine, and said, "I've been drinking Laoxue, and I don't drink dry beer or Danshuang."

Xiaofeng excitedly said loudly: "I'm happy today, go sing after drinking, go to the karaoke hall to continue drinking."

Wang Ming asked, "Why can't you sing?"

Xiaofeng patted him on the shoulder and said: "If you don't know how to sing and drink, don't say no, gentlemen can't say no, you know?"

"Your brother can do it anytime." Wang Ming immediately showed his masculinity.

In this way, after the five people wiped out all the wine, they started a transition, and went to the karaoke hall to howl for two hours.Not to mention, after drinking, he howled and howled a lot, and he was sober when he came out.

In the evening when Lin Yan came back from get off work, Lao Tan told her about her plan to go to Inner Mongolia.Lin Yan said to go, just go, as long as you make money.

"I don't want to go so far, I would like to do it at home." Old Tan said.

Lin Yan said: "My family didn't have a job before, and now neither of us can stay. We still have to buy a house, and we have to prepare money for Jiaheng's education. We need money everywhere. We will move out in two years at most. By then, will you still be renting a house?"

What Lin Yan said was the truth.

"Okay, go out and earn money." Old Tan said with a smile.

"What if we don't make money? We can't afford it." Lin Yan said.

Lao Tan picked up his son and asked, "Son, can Dad go to other places?"

The son looked at his father and said, "Okay, I will listen to my mother at home."

"Dad will go out for two months, and then come back to see you."

"Okay, I can use the microwave now."

"Dad is gone, do you miss Dad?"

"Sometimes I think, if I go to kindergarten, I won't be able to remember."

"If you want Dad, just call."

"Well, I'll call you on my mother's phone."

Lao Tan kissed his son's little cheek, and a bloody father-son relationship arose spontaneously, and his eyes couldn't help getting a little moist.

(End of this chapter)