The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 424 Zhao Min's Stomach Pain

October NO.18, Lao Tan came to Suzhou by high-speed rail.

On October NO.19, the son arrived in Suzhou, and the competition was held on the second day for a period of ten days.

The son called and said that the team went directly to the designated hotel and was not allowed to go out.Lao Tan asked if he could watch the game, and his son said the coach allowed it.

Lao Tan called the coach, and the coach said that it was not allowed according to the regulations, but he could get him a staff spot.

National competitions for junior high and high school students are virtually closed with no spectators.Having said that, not many people buy tickets even if they sell tickets, unless parents.

In addition, competitions are at their own expense. Players are responsible for accommodation, food, clothing, and transportation. A game costs at least [-] to [-], and as many as tens of thousands. If they come two or three times a year, the average family cannot afford it.

Lao Tan came to the gymnasium on time the next day. The coach gave him a ID card hanging around his neck, and then went in with the team.

Because it is the opening ceremony, first of all the representative teams enter the arena.Just like athletes entering the arena in the sports meeting, the athletes marched on the arena, and the provincial teams entered the venue one after another holding signs.

There are a lot of leaders sitting on the rostrum, the most conspicuous is our Chairman Yao - obviously taller than others by more than half.

After the representative team enters the arena, the next is the speech of the big leader, the speech of the second leader, the speech of the chairman, the speech of the referee representative, and the speech of the player representative.

After each speech there was applause, and at the same time, various photos were taken, including reporters from TV stations, reporters from sports programs, and so on.

Next is the opening game of the competition, the last champion against the host Suzhou team.

Before the start of the opening game, in response to the strong request of the players, Chairman Yao took photos with each team.Lao Tan seized the opportunity to quickly take pictures and record videos in order to complete the tasks assigned by his son.

The opening game kicked off with Chairman Yao's personal serve.

To be honest, the game was very exciting and professional. Old Tan thought he couldn't beat them on the court. Even though he was the captain of the school basketball team, that was not enough.

The son was afraid that he would not understand, so he volunteered to be a commentator, but he also pretended not to understand, and listened very carefully, and asked a few words humbly from time to time.

During the intermission, Lao Tan asked: "Son, I think they are all above 1.9 meters tall, and some can reach two meters. Your team is going to hang up."

The son said: "Our team also has two meters, besides me."

"Can you be a little more humble?"

"Let me tell you Dad, being tall has an advantage in playing basketball, but you have to cooperate, and it doesn't work if you don't cooperate well." The son said with some disappointment and regret: "I am already tall, no matter how tall I am, I won't grow much. I have no chance with a professional team, so I can only play for this year."

Seeing his son say that, Lao Tan felt a little regretful, even distressed.

He said, "Then you haven't practiced in vain all these years."

"It's not for nothing, basketball is my favorite, and I will play it in the future, but I can't make it to the professional team."

"Then what are you going to do in high school?" Lao Tan couldn't help asking worriedly.

"Handball, didn't I tell you. My height is just right for handball. Handball can enter a professional team, but I don't want to. I have to go to university and study coaching and refereeing." The son said.

"Okay, Dad supports you."

After a while, the son said, "Dad, the big man on our team will probably be selected by the professional team this time. If he is selected, it will be fine and he will earn a salary."

"Are you envious?" Old Tan asked, looking at his son.

The son said embarrassingly, "It's a little—"

There was only one game in the opening game that day, followed by a five-day round-robin game. Each team played two games a day, and the intensity was quite high.

After the game, Lao Tan wanted to take his son out to play, but the coach said no, for the sake of safety, but also to be responsible for the children, the organizing committee stipulated that all players were not allowed to go out during the whole game, the hotel and the game venue were two points one line, which was equivalent to a closed manage.

Lao Tan had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​taking his son out to play, and went back to his residence after watching the bus of his son's team leave.

Yaru filled out tomorrow's delivery form and put it in the file hanger, then went back to the operating room to check the shut-off of gas, water and electricity. Seeing that everything was normal, she went to the locker room to change clothes and prepare to go back.

Seeing that Zhao Min, a disabled girl who had just arrived for three days, hadn't left yet, was sitting on a stool and crying, clutching her stomach, so she hurried forward to ask what was going on.Zhao Min said that her stomach hurts very badly.

Yaru is a person who has been here, and seeing Zhao Min like that, she knew it was dysmenorrhea, so she told her to bear it, and then went back to the operating room to boil brown sugar and ginger water.

After Zhao Min drank the brown sugar ginger water, the pain was relieved.

"Can you go?" Yaru asked.

Zhao Min nodded.

So Yaru helped her to stand up, she was limping on her right foot, and she flicked around in the aisle, a bit like a duck.

Zhao Min is the only one of the eight disabled people recruited here in Suzhou who lives in a dormitory. He is 21 this year, and there is nothing wrong with him if he doesn't look at his feet, and he is also very beautiful.As soon as Yaru came here, she fell in love with her and stayed in the dumpling room.

Yaru helped her out of the kitchen and told her to wait at the door, then went to the carport to get the electric car to carry her back to the dormitory, and went to the pharmacy halfway to buy painkillers and sustained-release tablets.

After arriving at the dormitory, Yaru asked Zhao Min to take the medicine first, and then went to bed to rest. She was not in a hurry to leave, and sat by the bed to accompany her.

"Does it still hurt that much?" Yaru asked concerned.

"No, it's much better, thank you Aunt Yaru." Zhao Min said.

"Thank you, look at your child, if it still hurts so much, I will rub it for you, just rub it for you." Yaru said.

"It's much better, it doesn't hurt much."

"Did it always hurt before?"

"Well—it hurts before, but not as bad as this time."

"You are blood cold, just eat a few boxes of Wuji Baifeng Wan."

"I've eaten, but I don't care about it—" Zhao Minzheng said that his stomach suddenly started to hurt again, and he couldn't help but "Ai Ya", and then he curled up in pain.

Yaru hurriedly went to rub her belly. When her hand landed on her belly, she saw shocking scars on Zhao Min's stomach and ribs, which were leaked because of Zhao Min's body curled up. , I couldn't help but let out an "ah", so that I forgot the movement in my hand.

Zhao Min may be in too much pain, or he really didn't hear Yaru's exclamation, but just gritted his teeth hard, frowning tightly, his face full of pain.

Yaru came back to her senses after being dazed for a while, pulled down the corner of her turned up clothes calmly, and began to rub Zhao Min's belly, one lap, two laps, three laps——
Yaru's movements are very light and gentle, just like the mother rubbed her when she had a stomachache when she was a daughter at home, with gentle fingers and warm palms.

After a while, Zhao Min said softly, "Aunt Yaru, it doesn't hurt anymore."

As soon as Yaru moved her hand away, she heard Zhao Min's suppressed, aggrieved, and choked-up cries——
Yaru didn't speak, and stroked Zhao Min's head and hair with the hand she rubbed her belly just now.

Zhao Min buried her head in Yaru's arms, and gradually let go of it and began to cry.

Yaru hugged her like a child——
Zhao Min originally had a good family. His father was a carpenter in the village, his mother was an honest housewife, and she had a lovely younger brother.Although the family of four is not rich, they have no worries about food and clothing.

When she was ten years old, her father decided to renovate the old house.I am a carpenter, so I didn't find anyone for carpentry.Renovating the house requires wood, and my father approved a few trees in the village.

One day, my father and mother went to cut trees together, and the tree fell down, but my father was seriously injured when he tried to save a villager who came out of nowhere. He went to the hospital without rescue.

The mainstay of the family is gone, and life gradually becomes panicky.

Later, under the persuasion of her grandmother and two uncles, her mother took her and her younger brother to marry a bachelor in another village. She was thirteen that year and had just entered junior high school.

His stepfather was a grain trader who drove a tricycle in the countryside. When he was young, he always played with money, and the money he made was not enough to lose. Everyone knew that he was like this, and no one gave it to his wife.

Later, I somehow corrected the evil and returned to the righteous, and lived a decent life.I had a good life when I was young, but I lacked a daughter-in-law.

(End of this chapter)