The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 406 Lao Tan's Stomach Pain After Drinking

Lao Tan was woken up by a stomachache around four o'clock in the middle of the night.

Yaru went to work at four o'clock and woke up too.

When he found that Yaru woke up, Lao Tan endured it, thinking that the pain would pass after a while, and this happened before.

Yaru walked to the bed and asked, "Are you awake?"

"It's okay." Old Tan said.

"Why are you drinking that wine again?"

"I don't think I drank much—"

"Not much? You couldn't even get out of the car, and Xiao Gao and his wife helped you in." Yaru complained, and then asked again: "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Old Tan said with certainty.

"It's okay. I'm going to work. I can't always miss the shift. You don't move in the morning. You look like you are seriously ill. I'll come back early at noon."

Yaru brought the antihypertensive medicine and water to Lao Tan, and watched him drink it before opening the door to go to work.

After Yaru left, Lao Tan swallowed painfully, then curled up like a prawn, covering his chest with his hands, and soon his head was sweating from the pain.

The pain in his stomach was so painful that he groaned.

Half an hour later, I don't know if it was too painful or numb, but it was not so painful anymore.Lao Tan rested his stomach with one hand and got off the bed while leaning on the wall with the other, took the kettle to the kitchen with his waist down, brought the water to boil, and quickly poured a glass of water to drink after it boiled.

After drinking hot water, the stomach became hot, and the pain eased a lot.

Then drank a second glass.

I can straighten up, but it still hurts.

Still resting his stomach on one hand, he walked out the door with his waist down and his face full of pain, and went to the pharmacy on the street to buy medicine.

Although it is summer, it is still a bit cold in the morning, with damp moisture in the air.It's cloudy and it's going to rain.

There is a pharmacy not far from the courtyard, and Lao Tan came to it.

The door was locked, and locked from the outside, apparently no one was inside.The business hours are written on the door glass: from 21 am to [-] pm.

It's just five o'clock.

Old Tan continued to walk forward, and some morning exercise trotted past, bringing a gust of wind.

The pain relieved by the two cups of hot water passed away, and the stomach began to ache violently again.He had to stop, squatted down clutching his chest, and moaned in pain.

The severe pain made him unable to squat, so he had to kneel on the ground with one hand on his stomach and the other on the ground, like a sitting dog watching a building.

People kept passing by his side, their footsteps hurried.

After 10 minutes, the pain was not so bad, he stood up slowly and grinned, and continued to walk forward.

There is also a pharmacy in front.

There is indeed one in front, and it is open, but it is not allowed to enter.The middle-aged man on duty asked Lao Tan to tell the name of the medicine at the small window, and then took the medicine and the QR code. Lao Tan scanned the code and paid for the medicine before handing it out.

Lao Tan couldn't wait any longer, unscrewed the bottle cap, threw two pills into his mouth, and swallowed them with his saliva.Then I stood there panting for a long time, and when I felt better, I turned around and walked back. Although it still hurt, it was going to rain, so I had to walk back as soon as possible.

When we got back to the courtyard, none of the employees got up, and the whole courtyard was quiet and silent.

He opened the door and entered the house, poured water, and took out two more pills.

I can't control those anymore, two slices are not much, and it won't kill you.He drank while muttering, then lay on the bed weakly, closed his eyes and curled up into a prawn, humming softly——
Yaru felt flustered all morning as if something was wrong.

After finishing the delivery of dumpling stuffing and dumpling noodles, I sent Lao Tan a WeChat message to ask if he was up and how it was, and when Lao Tan said it, nothing happened.

But still flustered, not bottomed out.

Persist until eleven o'clock, prepare the stuffing for the next day, explain the work to the three younger brothers, and prepare to go back.

It started to rain lightly, pattering, and the whole city was shrouded in a gray mist.Pedestrians holding umbrellas and wearing rain capes were sparse on the sidewalk, and there were significantly fewer vehicles on the road than usual, and the water splashed by the wheels sprayed out two meters away.

Yaru pushed the electric station under the rain, recalling what else was in the freezer in Lao Tan's house, and a picture appeared in front of his eyes: there were two tomatoes, two bags of pickles, a handful of spinach and five eggs in the crisper. In the freezer were two bags of frozen dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut and a portion of chopped stupid chicken.

These are enough to eat.She muttered something, then put on her poncho and rode back on the electric scooter.

When she was approaching the courtyard, there was a small puddle in front of her. She wanted to hide in it, but a rider on an electric bike came from the opposite side, so she didn't hide in it.

The small puddle is not deep, and it usually passes by, but it rained today, and a stone rushed into it. The front wheel was cushioned, and I missed the handlebar, shook it twice and fell down.

She got up from the rainy ground and saw that the electric bike rider didn't even look back, and stomped his feet and cursed angrily.

She picked up the electric scooter, checked that she and the scooter were all fine, and said to herself: Today, I may be so anxious about this little disaster, but this time it’s all right, it’s over.

I went back to the courtyard and put the electric car away, went back to the house and took off my rain cape, changed my clothes and shoes, looked in the mirror and combed my hair, and then went out to see Lao Tan.

Old Tan fell asleep, curled up with a pillow in his arms.

Yaru didn't make a sound, but looked up and saw the medicine bottle on the bedside table. She stepped forward to hold it in her hand and saw that it was stomach medicine. After thinking about it, Lao Tan must have a stomachache and went out to buy it.After thinking about it again, I became resentful, thinking that when I woke up in the morning, I saw something wrong with you, my little face was not serious, and I didn't say anything when I asked, I went out to buy medicine by myself——
Turning to blame myself: Me too, I can see that something is wrong and go to work——
She put the pill bottle down and went into the kitchen.Seeing that there were no bowls and chopsticks in the sink, he opened the door of the freezer to see that there was nothing missing. He knew that Lao Tan hadn't eaten since morning.

So he washed the rice and made porridge, and took out two bags of pickles.

The porridge was simmering, and she went out of the kitchen to get a kettle to boil water.

After the porridge was ready, Lao Tan was still asleep.

Lao Tan took a little too much medicine.

An hour after he took the four pills, he still had pain. He wondered if it was a counterfeit medicine, so he didn't care about it.So I came to be relentless, and took two more tablets. After eating, I lay down on the bed and waited for the effect of the medicine to take effect.

Not to mention, this time I'm in charge, it doesn't hurt so much, but my head starts to feel uncomfortable, confused, and nauseous.

He got up and drank a cup of hot water, then lay down on the bed.After a while, the nausea stopped, and I started to feel drowsy, and fell asleep in a daze.

Seeing that he didn't wake up, Yaru curled herself into the sofa, reclined, and watched him think about something.

This man is now her only concern besides her parents and son.She didn't want anything else, she just hoped that this man would be fine, that there was nothing wrong with him, and that he was safe and sound.

Maybe she will find a man to marry in the future, but before she does, she thinks that's it.Although the two of them don't see each other a few times a year, most of the time they spend most of their time thinking about, remembering, and thinking about the sweetness that only they can feel, that's enough, contentment.

She took it as happiness, and it was happiness.

How should I put it, she has come out to work. If she doesn't come out to stay at home, she will be a divorced housewife. Maybe she will start a new family with a divorced man like her, and live a stable life until she dies.

But when she came out, fate changed her trajectory when she came out, and she has the current life.

There is no absolute right or wrong in life, how to go is all a matter of choice.

Choosing is a new starting point, and going on is a new life.

(End of this chapter)