The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 362 Goodbye Yingzi
His son's arm was broken, Lao Tan could no longer be at home, and had to go back to take care of his son.

The next day, I told my fifth sister, my fifth sister-in-law, and my mother about it, and then rushed back to the provincial capital.

When I got home, my son was watching an NBA game with his arms across his neck.

Seeing his son's arm, Lao Tan was very distressed and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt now, there's nothing wrong with it." The son said indifferently, and then asked, "Dad, why are you back? Did my mother call you?"

"No, I sent it on WeChat." Old Tan said, and then asked, "Why did you break your arm?"

"I fell down when I was grabbing a rebound, and my hands hit the ground, and I couldn't use my strength." The son said.

Old Tan didn't ask any more, thinking that a similar situation had happened to him when he was playing basketball in high school, and he didn't take it seriously at that time, and it would be fine after the eighth of the month.The younger you are, the faster your bones and flesh grow.

Now that I am a son, I feel more worried and distressed, and I can't help but think of my mother—at that time, my mother also felt sorry for me, and I couldn't help feeling sore in my nose, pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

"Father happens to be fine. He is taking care of you at home. Say, what do you want to eat?" Old Tan asked his son.

The son said: "Dad, you can make candied sweet potatoes. I have been craving it for a long time. Last time I went to the restaurant with my mother to order it. As soon as it was on the table, those aunts robbed it. I didn't eat a few pieces."

"Okay, Dad will make candied sweet potatoes."

It was already afternoon when Lao Tan got home. He checked the time and went downstairs to buy groceries.

He walked towards the vegetable market, but after he didn't think about it, he found that the original vegetable market had been moved, and this place became a supermarket.He laughed at himself, thinking that he was away from home for a long time, and he didn't even know that the vegetable market had moved.

As soon as I heard that the market hadn't moved far, it was on Qianshan Road behind the small park, so I walked there.

When I arrived, I walked in, and there were many people inside, all of whom were buying new year's goods.The market is much larger than the old market before, it is spacious and clean, and fresh seafood stalls have been added.

He first bought celery, broccoli and sweet potatoes, and then he bought beef brisket and pig's trotters to supplement his son.Finally, when I came to the fresh seafood, I didn't want to buy anything, just to see it.

It sells everything here, not inferior to the Haihe Fresh Shop in the Northbound Farmer's Hall.

He stopped at a stall selling fresh river fish for the simple reason that he met an acquaintance.

Everyone still remembers when Lao Tan put out the fire five years ago, what he met was Wang Haijuan, the owner of the chain store he rescued.

Later, with the help of Zhang Li and Yanhua, Wang Haijuan opened the first music bar in the provincial capital on Taishan Road, and she and the owner, Boss Cao, achieved good things and got together.

It's a pity that the business and marriage didn't last long. Last year, there was another fire in the bar, which caused heavy losses, and the two separated.After separation, Wang Haijuan was idle for more than half a year. When the newly opened vegetable market was attracting business, she rented this river fresh stall and started selling river fish.

The two old friends reunited, so naturally they had to chat a few words.

Wang Haijuan's stall business is very good, and there are many people who buy fish. She skillfully catches and weighs the fish for others, then hits the fish's head with a hammer to stun the fish, and throws it to a woman who wears a leather apron and rubber belt like her. The woman with gloves, the woman picked up the fish and began to scale, dig out the gills, open up and remove the internal organs. The technique is skillful and clean.

The woman was wearing a mask and didn't speak, so she couldn't see what she looked like, but her eyes were big, which gave Lao Tan a sense of deja vu.

"Mr. Tan, I'll catch you a carp." Wang Haijuan said.

"No, my son's arm is broken and he can't eat meat. It will take two days." Old Tan said.

"Fracture? How did you fix it?" Wang Haijuan asked in surprise.

"It's nothing to do with the ball, it will be fine in two days." Old Tan said.

"I heard that your son plays basketball, so tell him to pay attention." Wang Haijuan said.

"Um--"

The woman who cleaned up the fish packed up a fish, rinsed it, put it in a convenience bag, and turned around and handed it to the waiting customer.

Old Tan glanced at her again, and she also raised her head to look at Old Tan, and stopped for a moment with surprise in her eyes.

This expression was captured by Lao Tan, and he was even more convinced that he knew this woman.

After a short moment of surprise, the woman turned around and went to pick up the next fish.

"Hey—" Lao Tan called out, but the woman didn't respond.

Lao Tan then asked Wang Haijuan, "Did you do it together?"

Wang Haijuan said: "Oh, it was recommended by a friend. It's a good job. I can't do it alone."

"Oh, where is it from? Santaizi?" Old Tan asked.

"Well, Santaizi's." Wang Haijuan said.

Old Tan hesitated and said, "I seem to know—"

"You know me?" Wang Haijuan felt surprised, and then stopped the woman, "Sister Zhou, stop for a moment."

The woman stops, but doesn't turn around.

"Do you know Mr. Tan?" Wang Haijuan asked.

The woman turned around and said calmly, "I don't know."

Old Tan became curious and said, "I seem to know you, you took off your mask."

The woman hesitated.

"It's okay, Miss Zhou, I'm friends with President Tan." Wang Haijuan said.

The woman still hesitates.

The more she hesitated, the more old Tan believed in the recognition and looked forward to it.

The woman said, "You misidentified the person, we don't know each other." Then she turned around.

The moment the woman turned around, Lao Tan thought of someone, then his heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out: "I must know you!"

The scale scraper that the woman had just picked up fell on the chopping board, shaking her body.If she didn't do this, Lao Tan would think that he had admitted the wrong person, but she did, Lao Tan was sure that he did not admit his mistake, and was a little excited.

The woman was silent for a moment, then slowly turned around, with tears in her eyes, and slowly took off the mask——
The first thing Lao Tan saw was a shocking scar from the corner of the woman's right eye to the lower right forehead, curved like an earthworm, crimson with fear.This scar can only be covered by a mask, otherwise adults will be afraid.

Lao Tan was not afraid, but was shocked.

He didn't expect such a terrifying scar on the woman's face, so he couldn't help shouting: "Yingzi——"

The woman's body shook again, tears streaming down her face.

It is indeed Yingzi, although there is a scar, but it is.

Lao Tan was still on the hot kang last night, unable to sleep, recalling the love of his youth, and today he saw the first girl who walked into his life.Destiny, why is it so coincidental, accidental, and teasing, but there is a certain destiny.

Wang Haijuan on the side was stunned, but she immediately reacted and said, "You two really know each other."

Her words pulled the two of them out of their excitement. Yingzi suddenly felt lost, turned around and wiped his tears, put on the mask again after wiping his tears, and turned around again after calming down.

Lao Tan also calmed down and said, "I know, I know, I have known each other for more than twenty years."

I haven't seen each other for more than [-] years, and I can't tell too much on this occasion. I'm an adult, and I know how to control and how to deal with it.Although Lao Tan wanted to know Yingzi's experience of more than [-] years eagerly, and wanted to know how the scar on her face came from.

Thousands of words were blocked in my heart and I couldn't say anything. There was a sincere expression on his face, and the politeness of an adult was spoken on his mouth.

"I'm busy at the moment, and I'll chat when I have time," Lao Tan said.

"Well, I have time to chat." Yingzi said.

"Tomorrow afternoon, wait until you are not busy." Old Tan said.

"After six o'clock." Yingzi said.

Both of them suppressed the excitement in their hearts and made an appointment.

(End of this chapter)