The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 417 Huaqing Zhaoxue
This is Zhou Lan.

In the first part, we know that Lao Tan and the others have four brothers of the opposite sex, the eldest is Master Xing, the second is Li Haitao, the third is Old Tan, and the fourth is Xiaoliang.

Zhou Lan is the ex-wife of the second child, Li Haitao. After divorcing Li Haitao, she first became a young lady in the provincial capital, and then went to Binhai, where she gained a firm foothold in the bar street and became the eldest sister.

At that time, Lao Tan was also in Binhai, and the two were old acquaintances when they met in a foreign land.Later, when Lao Tan returned to the provincial capital, she didn't come back and opened an Internet cafe there.

In recent years, the environment in Binhai has been bad. Zhou Lan sold out the Internet cafe the year before last and returned to the provincial capital.After I came back, I was introduced to work here as a steward, which can be regarded as returning to my old job.

Neither of them expected to meet here.

The ladies saw that the eldest sister and the guest were good friends, and she was quite serious, so they were sensible and didn't mention the Taiwan fee.If they don't mention Lao Tan, they have to give it. After paying the Taiwan fee, Zhou Lan left three more outstanding ones to drink with him.

The old friend was very happy to reunite, and Zhou Lan's cheerful and forthright personality, Brother Liu and the others appreciated it very much, and they drank until midnight when they were happy.

The next day Lao Tan woke up feeling quite good, without the after-effects of drinking too much before. He explained to himself that he drank for too long, and howled for more than two hours, and the alcohol evaporated.Of course, it also ran a lot along the urethra.

Lin Yan left for work, and her son went to training.Lao Tan served himself a bowl of noodles, and habitually recalled what happened yesterday while eating.

First, Lao Fang, Lao Tan thought that his judgment was right, and Lao Fang was scaring himself, so it was no big deal.

Then came Yanhua and the child, and then Wu Min.He felt that Hua Qing and Wu Min had nothing to do with each other, they just got closer, which was a pure friendship between colleagues.But just in case it is necessary to talk to Huaqing, vaccinations are still required.

In the end, I happened to meet Zhou Lan while drinking flowers and wine in the karaoke hall. Thinking of this, I couldn't help grinning, and said to myself that it was a coincidence that we could meet each other, and the provincial capital is still small.

He chatted a lot with Zhou Lan last night. Zhou Lan talked about her situation in recent years, and he also briefly talked about his own experiences in these years. Both of them avoided the second child on purpose.

"I'm still alone, but I have a daughter in my hometown, and my mother is watching." Zhou Lan said.

"Have you thought about finding another one?" Old Tan asked.

"What are you looking for? I'm pretty good. I'll just raise my daughter up."

"How old?"

"Five years old."

At that time, Lao Tan looked at Zhou Lan and thought of Sister Zhao, thinking that if Zhou Lan could meet, maybe someday Sister Zhao would also meet, it was impossible to say.

After eating the noodles, Lao Tan called Hua Qing. Hua Qing said that he was at Tiexi Yanfen shop, and Lao Tan told him to come over at noon.

Yanfendian is Ah Qiao's seventh directly-operated store in the provincial capital, exactly three years this year.The store is small, [-] square meters, on the first and second floors, with a daily turnover of [-] to [-].

Not far behind the store was a residential area, and Lao Tan was standing at the gate of the area at this time.

This is Sister Zhao's community.After Lao Tan came back from Binhai, he couldn't get in touch with Sister Zhao. He came here once, when the place was relocated and became a construction site.

He came here again when the Yanfen store was being renovated. At that time, a new community had been built here, and he stood at the gate of the community like today, hoping to see Sister Zhao, but unfortunately he didn't.

Now that three years have passed, although I don't have much hope, I still want to come.

He had been standing there for an hour, carefully looking at every middle-aged woman who came out and in, but there was no sister Zhao.

He looked at his watch, it was half past ten.He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one, taking a deep puff.Two streams of smoke emerged from his nostrils, first down and then slowly dissipating into the air.

Sister Zhao's face was approaching and far away in front of his eyes for a while, and overlapped with the faces of women entering and leaving the community from time to time, and each overlap was a disappointment and melancholy——
Where are you, sister?Why can't I find you?

Miss, can I still see you?

really miss you--

Old Tan felt panicked for a while, with an indescribable pain clogging his chest, oppressed.

He glanced at the gate of the community reluctantly, hoping for a miracle at the last moment, but it didn't.

He turned around slowly, and left lonely and melancholy, like an old man——
Zhou Xiaomei also came to the Yanfen shop. She didn't know that Lao Tan was here, and thought that Lao Tan was at home with her son.

"I didn't know you would come here, but it would be great if we knew." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"I made a temporary decision." Old Tan said.

"Is Jiaheng not at home?" Zhou Xiaomei asked.

"Going to training."

"Should he start school?"

"Well, there are still four days."

Then Zhou Xiaomei told Lao Tan about the plan to cooperate with Aqiao in the provincial city's eating, drinking and entertainment program group. After hearing this, Lao Tan said: "You decide, my opinion is don't go through the motions, don't grandstanding, the more realistic the better."

"Well, that's what I mean too." Zhou Xiaomei went on to say, "The Catering Association established a club of hundreds of families and chefs, and sent an invitation letter to our family yesterday. Uncle, do you want to join?"

"What's your opinion?" Old Tan asked back.

"My opinion is not to participate, it is not necessary." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"Then listen to you and don't participate."

"Zhongqing also means the same thing."

Old Tan smiled, "You all think about it and ask me? You don't need to ask me about this in the future, you can decide for yourself."

Zhou Xiaomei nodded and hummed.

"There were too many things to ask yesterday, how is Jiadong doing now? Going to work?" Old Tan asked.

"Well, it's time to go to work." Zhou Xiaomei said, "The left hand is not very good, it takes a while to get used to it."

"That's for sure. Your parents know about it, right?" Old Tan asked again.

"Understood, gave us a lesson, and blamed us for not telling them."

"Hehe, it's the same when you're old."

"I'll go to Beautiful Valley tomorrow to see the two of them. By the way, I'll pick up the three children. School will start soon. Are you going?"

To be honest, Lao Tan really wants to go, this season is the most beautiful in the Beautiful Valley.But the two stores in Changsha are about to be completed, so he has to go back.

"I won't go, I have to go back to Changsha when Jiaheng starts school in two days, and I will wait until the two stores are opened." Old Tan said.

"That's autumn."

"Autumn is autumn. It's neither hot nor cold. The fish are fat, the goose is strong, and the chicken is eating rice. It's just the right time."

While talking, Hua Qing came out of the kitchen, Lao Tan asked Zhou Xiaomei to wait for him in the car, and then entered the private room with Hua Qing.

As his apprentice, without any foreshadowing, Lao Tan asked Hua Qing and Wu Min straight to the point.

Hua Qing was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, saying that it had nothing to do with Wu Min, it was Du Haitao's fault.

"Isn't that kid laid off? He probably feels useless and wants to take revenge on me. He has my wife's phone number. He called my wife and told me about Wu Min and me. You don't know what my wife is like, Master. Listen! The wind is the rain, and besides, I still have a criminal record.

Make a fuss with me, no matter what you say.Master, if you are not around, you can beat her up if you are around. "

"Go, don't be wrong." Old Tan scolded with a smile.

"I saw that there was nothing I could do. I called the manager of the Huangshan Road store. When he came, he broke the truth and told her the truth. I was wronged and rehabilitated."

(End of this chapter)