The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 45 Hit and Run

The night is like water, and the evening wind in late autumn gently blows across the Horqin Prairie with a little chill, skips over the river bed formed by the impact of the Alagu River, and arrives at Ganqika, Kezuohou Banner, covering the entire park.

From time to time, long-distance trucks pass by on the national highway, and the bright headlights illuminate the road white.Sometimes, a hare would jump out of the felled cornfield, accidentally jump on the road, and run forward under the light of the car lights.

It is said that once the rabbit runs on the road at night, it will not escape to both sides after being illuminated by the headlights, but can only run forward along the light illuminated by the headlights.Often at this time the driver will get excited, slow down, run three or four miles along the rabbit, and when the rabbit is exhausted, stop the car slowly, get out of the cab, and gently come to the rabbit. Beside him, he quickly reached out his hand and grabbed each one accurately.

The driver was very happy, to relax himself and add some fun to this lonely night driving.

Most of the workshops of the copper factory on the south side of the national highway have already closed, and the roar of machines during the day has disappeared at night.The workshop with the lights on is the packaging group, which is busy working on protective film, labeling, and boxing of bundles of copper wires.

On the east side of the park, one or two calls of night owls can be heard from the woods behind the cornfields, spreading far in the open night, with a penetrating smell.

There are also woods on the west side, which are more infiltrated.When laying the foundation for the industrial park, many bones were dug up, but no villagers claimed them.In the end, a lot of small coffins were made, and the bones were collected. A Mr. Yin and Yang was invited to arrange them, and they were all buried in the woods to the west.

The older villagers said that in the past, the past in their mouths should be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty. There was a big battle here, and many people died, and they were all buried here.Later, after the erosion of rainwater and the deposition of loess, these bones were buried deeply in the ground.

Ordinary people can't dig so deep when they plant land and trees, and they haven't dug up the bones.This time it was dug with a hook machine. This guy was strong and dug deep, and he dug it out directly.

People have a deep fear of things like the unknown, the dead, fooling around, or else there would be no such thing as "the living are afraid of the dead, no wonder the gods."

To the east of the industrial park, there is a township-level road leading to Changsheng, which intersects with the national highway, 500 meters away from the park, and traffic accidents often occur there.

Cars, sedans, and large goods running on the national highway are all fast. Experienced drivers slow down in advance when passing an intersection, and look left and right to see if there is any car approaching. This is much safer.

Some drivers didn't care at all, didn't slow down, just honked their horns, gave a few sharp warnings, and then roared past.

Most of the vehicles running on the township roads are agricultural tricycles, and there are also cars and sedans, which are relatively few.

The tricycle has a shortcoming. When driving at night, there is only one headlight, which is nicknamed the one-eyed dragon.When the car coming from the opposite direction is far away, it will be mistaken for a motorcycle. When the car meets the car, it will give up a small space.

In the evening, there will be a table of guests in the hotel, and three rooms will be accommodated in the guest room.

The guest rooms and hotel staff are fine. After seven o'clock, most of them left the store and got together to chat.

Lao Tan stood with Hua Qing, Sun Haicheng, and Master Bao, chatting while smoking.

Bart turned off the lights in the store, locked the door of the store and was about to go home. Seeing Lao Tan standing outside, he came over to join their chatting team and chatted.

While a few people were having a lively chat, there was a sharp screeching sound of brakes on the national highway, followed by a crashing sound.

When everyone was in a daze, a large truck sped past on the national highway from east to west. When I paid more attention, I could only see the flashing red light of the taillights. After a while, the red light disappeared.

"There was a car accident. The big car hit someone and ran away." Hua Qing was the first to react.

All the people who were chatting enthusiastically just now ran to the place where the accident happened.While running, Lao Tan asked Sun Haicheng to go back to the store to get the flashlight, and Sun Haicheng went back to get the flashlight.

At the intersection of the township road and the national road, a tricycle overturned into a ditch next to the national road, and a person was crushed underneath, groaning in pain.

The voice is a woman.

A man wearing a helmet was thrown more than ten meters away. It should be the driver, and he was directly knocked into the air.

"Hurry up and save people." Old Tan shouted loudly.

Bart and Hua Qing led two cutting boards down to Daogou to lift the cart and dragged the woman out.

Nothing serious happened to the woman, she probably broke her leg.

Old Tan ran up to the man in the helmet.

The man didn't move or hurt, and lay there like a dead man.

Old Tan lowered his head and yelled twice, but the man didn't move.

He didn't dare to act rashly, and used what little common sense he had to sit down in front of the man's head, hugging his head, and wanted to take off the helmet.

At this time, Bart and the others had already lifted the woman to the road and let Tuya sit on the ground to support her. The woman let out a scream.

At this time, I was still old and calm, knowing what to do and what not to do.Bart picked up his mobile phone to call the police, and at the same time dialed 120.
Sun Haicheng had already run over with a flashlight and shone it on the man.

The man was wearing a helmet, and the front glass of the helmet was covered with dirt and broken, making it impossible to see the face.

Old Tan slowly took off his helmet.

The man's eyes were closed tightly, his mouth was covered with blood, and he was still spitting out, and he had already lost consciousness.

"Alive." Old Tan said.

"Brother, hold still, be careful of cerebral blood vessel rupture." Bart said nervously.

Surrounded by hotel employees, Old Tan asked, "Do you know anyone?"

No one said anything, and no one seemed to know him.

The woman who was carried to the road breathed a sigh of relief, crying and asking, "How is my dad? How is my dad?"

"It's okay, I just passed out." Old Tan replied.

This is father and daughter.

It's not far from the street, and soon police cars and ambulances came over with lights flashing and honking, and the man was first put on the stretcher. When the man was on the stretcher, Lao Tan heard a weak breathing and human voice, and knew this man I can't die.

The father and daughter were taken away by the ambulance, and the traffic police asked everyone about the situation.After knowing that the driver who caused the accident escaped, the police immediately sent a message to the traffic police detachment ahead, asking them to stop and check the passing large trucks on the road ahead-to check, the collision was so serious, and it also left collision marks.

The traffic police left, and everyone started to go back to the hotel.

They were all excited and happy that they had done something good.Although I feel nothing, even a little insignificant, but the happiness and glory after helping others is still a source of pride.

How should I put it, this happened in a rural area, and everyone went to save people without even thinking about it. If it happened in a city, it might not be like this.People will also surround them, and they also have the heart to save others, but they have to think about whether to make a move, or whether they dare to make a move.

The normal practice is for well-meaning people to call the police, call 120, 122, 110, and wait for the police to solve the problem.Before the police arrived, they just watched and talked about the solution, but they didn't dare to act.

People are blackmailed.

There are forgotten moral standards in the high civilization of the city, as gloomy as smog; in the development of the countryside, there is a rare simplicity, as thick as the earth.

On the way forward, society will inevitably encounter the quality of human morality in different periods and stages, but in the end it must develop towards a noble.

Hua Qing said angrily: "The driver is not a human being, he hit him and ran away."

"This is because we met us. If he didn't meet that man, he would die here." Sun Haicheng said.

Old Tan said: "Don't worry, the driver can't run away, and he will have an accident."

He really hit him, the truck driver who caused the accident ran away in panic and fear, and after driving fifty miles, he was about to reach Tongliao, and collided with a large truck pulling sand at a fork in the road, this time he was not so lucky, The gravel car is not used to his faults.

The truck overturned and the driver's leg was broken.

The traffic police cracked a hit-and-run case of a truck driver that night.

After returning to the hotel, Wang Hong saw a large bloodstain on Lao Tan's chest for the first time.She knew there was a car accident outside, but the woman was timid and it was dark, so she didn't dare to go out to see it.

Seeing the blood on Lao Tan's clothes, he thought something happened to him, and immediately asked, "What's the matter, is he covered in blood? Was he beaten?"

It was only then that Lao Tan realized that the blood on his clothes was indeed seeping a little bit, and while taking it off, he said, "I saved him, that man's mouth was full of blood, I hugged him, and he vomited."

After I took it off and looked at it, I couldn't wear it anymore, it was stained with other people's blood, and it was quite big, which was a bit taboo.The hurdling vest inside was also stained red by the seeping blood.

Hua Qing said, "Master Tan, don't want this dress."

Wang Hong also said: "I'm disgusted just looking at it, don't wear it anymore, and I won't wash it for you either."

Old Tan said: "Okay, I don't want it anymore." Still a little bit reluctant, he said: "I really like this one."

"It's so annoying." Wang Hong said, "Throw it away quickly, it's a taboo. People get bonuses for saving lives, so you're better off, take your clothes."

Old Tan said: "This is called self-sacrifice for others."

While talking, it was time to get off work, Lao Tan went back to the dormitory to change his clothes, and was about to eat in the small restaurant. Wang Hong packed the food and brought it up, followed by Hua Qing and Sun Haicheng.

The four of them sat in the house to eat, talked about the car accident for a while, expressed emotion, worried about the father and daughter who were hit, scolded the fleeing driver, and then went to the hotel.

Hua Qing asked: "Master Tan, the benefits are not good, can we do it until the Spring Festival?"

Old Tan said: "Yes, there was no problem a year ago, don't worry."

Wang Hong said: "There are still three months, and it will come soon."

Old Tan asked her, "Has your child joined the army?"

"Well, enlisted in the army, auto soldier, it's okay." Wang Hong said.

At this time Sun Haicheng asked: "Master Tan, where will you go after the Chinese New Year?"

Lao Tan said: "I didn't think about it. It's a bit early to think about it now. The plan doesn't change quickly. It's useless to think too early."

"Wherever you go, I will go, and I will hang out with you from now on." Sun Haicheng said.

Old Tan smiled and said, "I can't do it either, but your skills need to be improved. If you're not good at cooking, just be more flexible. The main reason is that you haven't worked in a big place, and you haven't let go."

"Yes, I have been working in mid-range restaurants, and this is the biggest one I have done." Sun Haicheng said.

"It's okay, practice more, look more, the size of the place doesn't matter, the main thing is to let go."

Wang Hong said to Lao Tan: "Brother, I will follow you during the Chinese New Year, don't leave me behind."

We definitely can't leave her behind. When I was working in Binhai, those brothers had arranged jobs after returning to the provincial capital. Now she is working by my side and must be taken with me.

There are unwritten rules in the chef industry. The boss leads everyone to work to earn money. When he quits, he can have no job, but he must find work for the younger brother who follows him.The boss earns a lot of money. If he does not go to work for one or two months, he has money to spend and can survive. Those who have a family don’t have to worry about housing.Brother can't do it, where is the easiest place to live?

So you have to find a job.

After making arrangements for the little brother, people will think you are a good boss, who is particular about you, and will follow you unconditionally the next time you have a job.

People with bad moral character who just care about themselves and ignore their little brother are just a one-shot deal, and no one will go to work if they have jobs in the future.

Kitchen work is done by the cooperation of many people, and it cannot be done by one person.

Hua Qing said: "Master Tan, I feel that Mr. Xu still has to call you back. I heard from my brother that the kitchen is in a mess now. It's the same as before. Many people want you to go back."

Old Tan said absently, "Look."

"If you go back, I'll go back. If you don't go back, I won't go back." Hua Qing said.

Lao Tan looked at the three people in front of him, thought for a while and said, "We stopped moving a year ago, and here we are, and we will call you when we find a good job in the next year, and we are still working together."

(End of this chapter)