The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 37 Control
Wine bureaus, the most familiar, most enthusiastic and indispensable occasions for Chinese people, are almost everywhere.Whether it is a noisy city or a remote village, whether it is a large company or a small workshop, there are wine bureaus wherever there are people.

A lot of business is negotiated in the liquor bureau, and many transactions are also completed in the liquor bureau, including legal and illegal, noble and dirty.

It is a place for friends to meet up, and it is also a place for families to reunite and have a toast.It is a place that makes people happy, and it is also an environment that makes people cry.

It doesn't matter the size of the place, as long as there is wine.

People often say "There is nothing that a drink can't solve", which shows the importance of the wine bureau.

Also, when there is no progress with the person you like for a long time, it is actually because the wine is not in place, and everything is resolved when it is in place.

It sounds like a joke, but sometimes the situation is really like this. How many men and women in love are made of wine as a medium to achieve a beautiful marriage.Conversely, how many extramarital affairs are caused by alcohol, and the family is broken up.

Everything has two sides, if there is good there is bad, if there is right there is wrong, good and bad right and wrong are all in people's hearts, one cannot complain about the strength of alcohol, nor can one place all responsibility on the wine bureau.

Man, controlling yourself is better than anything else.

There were seven people eating hot pot, Li Ge, Liu Ge, Wang Ming, Lao Hei, Xiao Feng, Zhang Li and Lao Tan.It's raining outside, it's okay, it's just a day to drink.

A few people started drinking at twelve o'clock and didn't finish until three o'clock in the afternoon. They all drank so dizzy and drunk.After coming out of the hot pot restaurant, it was still raining, very lingering.Brother Liu and Xiaofeng went home together, Brother Li, Lao Hei, and Wang Ming walked away together, Zhang Li was staggering, and Lao Tan helped her go back.

I didn't bring an umbrella, and the thin rain fell on my face with a slight coolness, which made my body, which was feverish after drinking, cool down, and my head became clearer.

The hot pot restaurant is not far from Zhang Li's house, and it will arrive soon.Zhang Li invited Lao Tan to go upstairs and sit down. Lao Tan was a little hesitant. It would be fine if he didn't drink, but he was a little scared after drinking, his body was hot and he felt impulsive.

Not only afraid of himself but also Zhang Li.I know what I'm afraid of, although it's raining, the two of them are fighting like fire.

"Why, can I still eat you? You haven't been here after I bought the house. Go up and have a look." Zhang Li said, breathing out the smell of alcohol.

Lao Tan looked at Zhang Li, whose face was flushed. At this time, this plump woman was full of mature temptations, making people want to stop and have the urge to commit crimes.

Swallowing saliva with difficulty, trying to make himself appear normal, he said, "I will have time in the future. I have to buy vegetables, pick up the children, and cook when I get home."

Zhang Li gave him a hard look, and said, "Cut, pick up the child at three o'clock? Are you kidding me? Let's go upstairs. I won't let you stay longer. I'll leave after four o'clock."

After speaking, he took Lao Tan's arm and walked into the corridor, and Lao Tan followed him up the stairs weakly.

After Zhang Li entered the room, she stopped wobbling. Instead, she quickly boiled water and made tea, called Lao Tan to sit down, and found cigarettes and fruits, acting like a housewife.

Old Tan asked, "How many years have you been loaned for this house?"

Zhang Li replied, "Fifteen years."

"How much is the down payment?"

"120,000."

"How much is the monthly mortgage?"

"One thousand nine hundred and two."

"It's not easy either."

Zhang Li handed Lao Tan an orange and said, "It's not easy. After buying the house, I'll lose everything, or I won't go to work. Now I have to repay the mortgage every month, and I dare not be idle. This is only the first year. It's a hard life." It's behind."

Old Tan said: "You can do it, this matter is nothing to you."

Zhang Li said: "What's the matter? I'm 42, and I can still work for five or six years. Who will use a man in his fifties as a manager? It's good to be able to do it now. Think about it, and start working when you can't do it." It’s a small restaurant, so you can’t starve to death.”

"Look at you, you can't starve to death even if you starve to death. Who are you? Manager Zhang, you are amazing. I admire you." Old Tan joked.

"Cut!" Zhang Li immediately rolled her eyes and said, "Can you still have a good chat? By the way, are you really planning to go to Inner Mongolia?"

"Well, I have already agreed to it." Old Tan said.

"I think you're used to traveling outside and don't want to work in the provincial capital. Did your wife let you go?"

"Yes, my mother and I live better when I'm not at home. I'm not comfortable at home."

"Lie." Zhang Li obviously didn't believe what Old Tan said, she knew she was a woman, how could she not have a man by her side.I am a little envious of Lao Tan's wife, and I don't understand Lao Tan's wife's willingness to let his man go to other places.I wanted to ask why, but I swallowed the words again, thinking that maybe Lao Tan was lying, how can there be a wife who likes her husband to work in other places, unless the two don't get along.

The two of them didn't get entangled in this matter. After chatting for a while about the status quo of the Kanto people, Zhang Li talked about the quarrel with Wang Gang.Lao Tan didn't express any opinions, and asked about Li Shuang, Zhou Xiaomei, and Wang Hong by the way, and Zhang Li talked about them one by one.When talking about Wang Hong, I asked Lao Tan if the two were related.

Old Tan said: "No, we are not handsome, nor attractive."

Zhang Li curled her lips and said, "You man, the idol of middle-aged and elderly women."

Old Tan smiled and asked, "Then are you middle-aged or old?"

Zhang Li stretched out her hand and slapped him affectionately, then changed the subject and said, "Xiaomei and Wang Gang are walking very close together, I think Wang Gang always treats her to dinner."

"Isn't that a bad thing?" Old Tan said.

"Xiaomei can also tease Wang Gang, please go once out of ten times." Zhang Li said.

Old Tan said: "It's just that I didn't match—Xiaomei doesn't want to go out to dinner with men. I haven't seen her go out with anyone in these years. It's not bad to agree to Wang Gang."

"I found that you Beipiao people are very individual." Zhang Li looked at Lao Tan and said.

Old Tan said: "It's not that I have a personality, it's just like that."

The two chatted for a while, and when it was almost four o'clock, Lao Tan got up to leave, and Zhang Li was a little reluctant.Old Tan saw it, and took the initiative to reach out his arms to hug her, control the commotion in his heart, then let go, and went downstairs gracefully.

Looking at Lao Tan's back, Zhang Li was a little hot, a little dazed, a little-hateful.

The two have had a friendship for eleven years. During the eleven years, there was an emotional intersection and appreciation for each other. They never crossed that red line at the craziest time. Now they are both people who have experienced families. Save.

It is more appropriate for the two of them to say that they are close friends.Although Zhang Li's love for Lao Tan is still there, it is limited to this.

Many times, two people who admire each other fall in love, but fate prevents them from being together, and they can only care and love silently for a lifetime.Perhaps this is a spiritual lover, purer than physical love, unforgettable and unforgettable at the same time.

We are neither philosophers nor sages, but ordinary people. We should look at the relationship between the sexes from a normal perspective.

People who have never had extramarital affairs have curiosity and longing for extramarital affairs, hoping to have an affair and live a life that is exciting in fear.But it's just a hope. The traditional family concept occupies a dominant position, especially after having a child, I dare not go too far, for fear that things will be exposed and have a bad impact on the child.

Momentary happiness cannot replace a lifetime, and ordinary people care more about family harmony.Having a meal with someone of the opposite sex other than your lover, drinking some wine, and chatting with each other is enough, but if you have extra requirements, you will be a bit greedy, and you will not be able to pay the price of the family.

When any family is established, it is for happiness. I have never heard of anyone getting married for the sake of divorce.Families are easy to build, but difficult to manage, just as the saying goes that it is easier to conquer the country than to defend it.

When starting a family, there are mostly emotional components, but living is real and realistic.When feelings and reality collide together, the feelings will cool down first, and the attention will gradually shift from kissing me to daily necessities.At this time, the relationship has not become dull, but has been polished and tempered by the years and life, and is developing in a stronger direction.

Those who have endured will fulfill their original vows in the days to come-you will accompany me through my whole life, and I will accompany you until I grow old.People who can't bear it choose to part ways when their feelings become the most vulnerable, looking for the next happiness.The next happiness still has to go through this kind of polishing and tempering, but it's just a different person.

I couldn't hold on the first time, and I couldn't hold on to it the second time.What passion and joy bring to people is not all contentment, but also the emptiness after the past and thinking about loss.

Take Lao Tan as an example. His growth experience made him understand the hardships and difficulties of life prematurely. People in their thirties have the thinking of 50 years old people.Some people who are 50 years old are not as thoughtful as him in handling things.Because many people have not experienced his suffering, including those who are older than him.

I have lived with Lin Yan for thirteen years, how can I not understand what she is like?He knows her better than himself.Both of them were born in bitter gourd eggs, not to mention that they were raised in bitter water. Such a family of two people is different from others. Others are you, me, kissing me, and they are dependent on each other to keep warm.

In the past two years, life has gotten better. I know what I was like in the first two years, and I just managed to get by.I am an old lump at home, and there is no burden to pay off old debts.Lin Yan can't do it, she is the boss at home, she has no father when she was young, and her two younger brothers have to take care of everything.

Can you not count how much money you earn a year?I know what I know, but I just don't say it.What is a husband and wife? My mother is called mother, and his younger brother is also our younger brother.The daughter-in-law takes care of Dian's house, it's okay, why can't the divorce be done because of this?When the two of us were together, he didn't hide it from us, and explained the family situation clearly.We also swear that we will help others, so we have to help them to the end.

Now Lin Yan's natal family has nothing to do. The elder brother got married and started a family, and he is developing well in Beijing.After returning from abroad, the younger brother develops in Nanjing and has a bright future.The mother-in-law earns a lot of income a year from raising pigs at home, more than Lin Yan.

The good life started when my son was three years old. I was working out of town, and Lin Yan was working at home. Both of them were earning money, and only then did I save some money.Now Lin Yan said that she was going to buy a house. Since she said it, it means that the money for buying a house is enough, otherwise she couldn't say it.

Now Lin Yan and Lin Yan are in a difficult period of emotional polishing.

If someone is having an affair, there is no need to polish it, just get a divorce and finish the matter, no nonsense.

Neither of the two had an affair, and the foundation of their initial relationship was still there. It seemed to have been shaken, but in fact, the impurities in it were gradually eliminated by the experience of life and became more and more pure.

Both of them knew that there might be no passion for each other, especially Lin Yan, who had no idea about men and women, and was even bored.But to this family, to the children are the same attitude and enthusiasm.

It is impossible for anyone to say that after divorce, find a stepfather or stepmother for the child. Lao Tan has experienced more, and is five years older than Lin Yan. He knows what Lin Yan is going through now, so he doesn't add fuel to the fire.If he also wanted to divorce at this time, then the two promised to divorce without any hesitation.

Although divorce is simple, what happens after divorce?Who does the child belong to?Are you willing to watch such a lovely son lose his father or mother?Do you want to call another person who has no blood relationship father or mother?

This is of course impossible.

At this point in life, most people don’t live for themselves, they live for their children, parents, and relatives, and such people live for themselves—people live not only to satisfy their own desires, but also to satisfy their own desires. The responsibility of being a human being.

What can prove everything?
Time can best tell everything.

When we are old, or not yet old, but when the children can live independently, the first lover must be by our side. At that time, we will truly love each other and stay together for a lifetime.

(End of this chapter)