The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 396 Filial Piety
Old Tan originally planned to go directly to Changsha from the provincial capital, but after hearing about Cao Jiadong, he changed his itinerary and went to Hohhot first.

After arriving in Hohhot, he visited Cao Jiadong and said a lot of comforting words.After that, I went to Zhang Yu's house and chatted with the couple for a while.

Zhang Yu said that the catering situation this year is a bit tight. He has been in Hohhot for a long time, and most of what he said was the current situation in Hohhot.

Lao Tan agreed with him.

"I talked with Yanhua on the phone when I came here, and she agrees with that," Old Tan said.

"Have you seen her son?" Speaking of Yanhua Yanzi couldn't help asking.

Old Tan smiled and said, "No, she just came home from the hospital and wanted to go. Did something happen to the building? I don't care about it."

Yanzi was slightly disappointed, then glanced at Zhang Yu and said, "We plan to go to the provincial capital when her child is full moon."

"Have you not returned to the provincial capital for two years?" Old Tan asked.

"That's not right. This time I will spend the full moon with Yanhua's son. By the way, I will stay for two more days and meet my old friends and sisters." Yanzi said.

"Look at the child too." Zhang Yu said.

Old Tan joked: "It's fake to see a son, but it's true to see a daughter-in-law who has never been married."

After leaving Zhang Yu's house, it was almost dark, and Lao Tan didn't go to the store, but went back to his residence.

Within five minutes of entering the house, someone knocked on the door. After Old Tan shouted to come in, Li Zhiwen and his mother opened the door and walked in carefully.

After Li Zhiwen and Meng Meng divorced, they regretted a lot, and their appearance changed, and they became depressed.Drinking too much all day and staying at home, forced the guy in his twenties to become a sloppy middle-aged uncle.

His family is from Jining, and his mother has been working in the Jining store.In order to marry her son, her mother took out all her savings. To be honest, how much money can a rural woman have, that is, those who have been starving and earning by working part-time.

Originally expecting her son to get married and start a career to live a good life, she worked part-time to earn money and supplemented it. She didn't ask for anything else, just want to be safe and have nothing to do.Who would have thought that his son would not live up to expectations, and his good wife would leave.If you leave, you will leave. Without saying anything, you can't live without a broken jar, which is really uncomfortable for a mother.

I couldn't bear to see my son like this, so I persuaded him to go out and find a job. First, to earn some money to support himself, and second, to get in touch with more people. Don't always drink at home, for fear of getting sick.

Li Zhiwen is not a disobedient child, it's just that the shock of divorce is too great, and he won't be able to get out of it for a while.He knows what his home is like, and he also knows that his mother is not easy.

It's a pity that my heart is not in my liver, and I always go wrong at work, and I was fired from two jobs.After that, when I look for him again, he is always introduced by friends. They all know what kind of person he is, and they don't like to introduce him anymore.

His mother is impatient, worried that something will happen to the child if it continues like this.After thinking about it, she went to the store manager, Tong Xin, and asked if she could ask her son to return to Aqiao's work, so that she could have a caregiver in front of her, and she could rest assured. Besides, her son is an old employee who is familiar with his work and will not make mistakes.

To be honest, this is also a mother's helpless.Ah Qiao didn't resign her son, it was her son who resigned because he felt ashamed, and everyone in Ah Qiao knew what he did, it was dishonest, it made people point their spines, and he was ashamed to go back.

But what is the law?You can't just watch your son go on like this, can you?

Who is willing to be a mother?
No matter how bad the son is, it is the flesh that fell from his mother, and his own child hurts himself——

But having said that, Li Zhiwen did make mistakes first, and what he did was very particular and even angry.That's why Zhou Xiaomei got angry and said that she would never be hired.

Tong Xin is also in a dilemma. Seeing that Li Zhiwen's mother has worked diligently in the store for all these years, Li Zhiwen should be used logically. Besides, people's hearts are full of flesh, and he has such a big son. If this matter is spread on him There is no way.

But Zhou Xiaomei said that Li Zhiwen would not be hired anymore, she really couldn't agree.

So I gave Zhiwen's mother an idea, saying that I had to go to Lao Tan for this matter. If Lao Tan nodded, Zhou Xiaomei would have nothing to say, and she immediately agreed.

It was half a month ago that I said this. At noon today, Tong Xin called Zhou Xiaomei to inquire about Cao Jiadong's situation. Zhou Xiaomei told her about Lao Tan's visit to Hohhot by the way.

After Tong Xin found out, she told Zhiwen's mother that she didn't have to go to work in the afternoon, and quickly took her son to Hohhot to find Lao Tan.

When Lao Tan saw the two women, he thought of something, first enthusiastically let the mother and child into the sofa, and then asked directly: "Eldest sister, do you have anything to do with me?"

Zhiwen's mother shed tears before she opened her mouth. A 50-year-old man looks like a 60-year-old man, with half of his hair gray, and his body is much thinner than previous years, very thin.

Looking at her, Lao Tan remembered his mother when he first came out to work. She was very similar to her mother at that time, lonely and helpless.

"Hey, look at your eldest sister, whatever tears you shed, whatever you want to talk about, I will do whatever I can," Old Tan comforted.

Zhiwen's mother wiped her face and stopped crying.

"Tan Dong, I don't have the face to come to you, and I can't do anything—" Zhiwen's mother said, looking at her son next to her, "It's unbelievable, my good daughter-in-law has left, and I only drink and sleep at home all day long. Otherwise, just stare blankly, like a fool—"

Tears flowed from the eyes of this miserable woman again, falling down in a flutter.

"Mom—" Li Zhiwen called out in a low voice.

Zhiwen's mother stopped her tears and said to Lao Tan: "I found him a few jobs, but they didn't work. I asked the boss to resign. I also got angry-he worked in our house after he typed out, and he didn't care about our jobs. familiar---
Hey, I really can't help Tan Dong, if I have a little patience, I won't come to trouble you—"

Poor woman.

"It's nothing to worry about." Old Tan said with a smile, "Don't get angry, your health is important. I know something about Zhiwen."

Lao Tan looked at Li Zhiwen, Li Zhiwen and Lao Tan looked at each other for a moment, then lowered their heads, looking depressed.

"Zhiwen, how old are you?" Old Tan asked.

"23." Li Zhiwen replied and lowered his head.

"23——" Old Tan muttered, and then said, "23 is not young, so he should understand. I won't comment on your divorce, it's private, and no one else will get involved.

But whether it is marriage or divorce, it is just a result, a choice of oneself.Since it is your own choice, you have to bear it. Regret, annoyance, and self-blame are useless, and don't have illusions, it won't help.

If people want to recover what they have lost, they have to do better than before, like a man who dares to take on the responsibility, instead of pretending to be pitiful and sympathetic. The opportunity was also given up because it was not worth it. "

Li Zhiwen still lowered his head, but moved a little.

"When your cousin introduced you to me, he said that you are sensible, filial, and smart. I don't care about being sensible and smart. To be honest, as long as this child is obedient and not stupid, he can do a good job in our family and earn a lot of money. Earned money.

But filial piety is different. If a person is not filial, he will not be good to his parents who gave birth to him, and he will not take care of anyone. Such a person has no virtue, and Ah Qiao does not want it.

After you came to our house, I became a filial piety, otherwise I wouldn't ask your mother for a salary, you understand that? "

Li Zhiwen raised his head and nodded at Old Tan.

Zhiwen's mother's eyes filled with tears again.

"Son, as long as a person is filial, he is not bad, he is a good person. But filial piety is not for a while, but for a lifetime.

You're already 23, it's time for your mother to stop worrying, even if you can't live a good life without working, at least you have to let her have fun, right?

Look at your mother, what's going on now?With gray hair and a weak body, if you spend money to marry a daughter-in-law and tell you to leave, you are uncomfortable, isn't your mother uncomfortable?Is it filial piety to make one's mother feel uncomfortable and anxious? "

Li Zhiwen turned his head, his mother's gray hair was extremely dazzling——
Zhiwen's mother's tears fell down.

Li Zhiwen's eyes were filled with tears, and he cried out in self-blame, "Mom—"

Then the root of the nose was sore, and tears of guilt flowed down.

(End of this chapter)