The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 451 Adversity sees the truth

The snowflakes began to fall sporadically, one after another, when they fell to the ground, they were quickly blown away by the wind and disappeared without a trace.

Gradually, the number increased, and the wind couldn't blow it away, and a layer fell on the ground.

Looking out of the window, the sky and the earth are covered by flying snowflakes, the distant mountains are gradually blurred, the nearby trees are beginning to be faint, and the firewood stacks in the small courtyard are covered with white cotton wool.

The water in the cauldron in the outer room was sizzling, and the rising heat was blowing out along the skylight.The fire of the heating stove is booming, and the water in the kettle is rustling.

On the kang in the room, Lao Tan and Wang Shulan were eating. On the table were stewed radishes with beef, scallions dipped in sauce, scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, and pickled chili pickles.

They had two meals a day, and it was almost dark after the meal.

Lao Tan took two taels of ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine as usual, Wang Shulan didn't drink alcohol on weekdays, but today's snow added to the mood, and Lao Tan poured two taels of snow lotus wine to accompany her.

"Now I know why Xiaomei's parents don't want to go back. This place is so good, the air is good, the scenery is good, the food is green food, the drink is mineral water, and I sleep on the kang every day. No one likes to leave , especially the older ones." Wang Shulan said.

"The countryside supports people." Old Tan said.

"I don't like to leave after staying here."

"If you don't like to leave, just stay here, your own house."

"—It's no fun staying here alone, it's okay to have a companion."

"I'm not a companion." Lao Tan laughed.

"How can you stay with me for the rest of your life?" Wang Shulan vividly imitated the tone of local women's speech, and at the end she said "tsk tsk", which made Lao Tan laugh.

At this time, Wang Shulan's cell phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Liu Yang calling, said "Liu Yang" to Lao Tan, and then pressed the answer button.

"Aunt Wang, it's me, Liu Yang." Liu Yang said.

"Oh, hello Liu Yang." Wang Shulan said.

"Aunt Wang, I miss you so much, where are you?"

"I'm in Beauty Valley."

After Wang Shulan finished speaking, she regretted it, but she couldn't take it back after she said it, so she squeezed the corner of her mouth at Lao Tan, meaning that the little girl had deceived her.

At this time, I heard Liu Yang giggling with complacency, and then came a question: "Are you with my master?"

"Well, I'm with your master. Do you need him to answer the phone? He's right next to you." Wang Shulan asked proactively. She knew that Liu Yang would not dare to ask Lao Tan to answer the phone, and deliberately threatened her.

"No, no, I just miss you, let's chat with you." Liu Yang said hastily.

"Come on, what do you want to chat with?" Wang Shulan asked.

"—Are you doing well now?"

"I'm fine, your master is fine, and you are fine too, right?"

"Hee hee, I'm fine. Well, is my master really here?"

"Yes, I'm really in front of you, do you want to talk to him?"

"No, no, don't tell me, I'm just asking. You and my master are fine. I'm fine. I haven't called for a long time. I'm thinking about it. Well, I hung up—"

Liu Yang hung up the phone while talking, Wang Shulan held the phone and said regretfully to Lao Tan: "This time is good, we all know we are together."

Old Tan said: "If you know it, you will know it——"

He wanted to go on and say that he was going to get a divorce, but he swallowed the words again, thinking that we can talk about it after we get divorced, and we haven't divorced yet, so what's the point of talking about it.

Wang Shulan said: "They don't even know about your illness. If they knew about it, it would be a mess."

"It's not a mess, it's certain that you don't know your mind." Lao Tan said: "So try not to let them know."

It was dark after the two of them had dinner, and the snow was still falling, so there was no small meaning.

Wang Shulan was washing dishes in the outhouse. Lao Tan saw that there was not much wood in the house, so he put on his gloves and hugged it outside twice. He felt that it was burning for two days, so he didn't hug him again, saying: "This snow will fall until tomorrow. It's useless now."

Wang Shulan couldn't help asking worriedly: "Will the shed not be crushed tomorrow?"

"No, Mr. Xiang and the others thought of this when they buckled it. They are all reinforced, and they won't collapse under the heavy snow."

"That's fine."

"The ski resort is very popular now, and there must be more people playing after the snow stops."

"Well, it's indispensable. By the way, Lao Tan, we will also learn to ski." Wang Shulan put the washed dishes into the cupboard and wiped her hands with her apron.

"I really want to learn. I can't learn with high blood pressure. I'm afraid of heights when I go up, but it's okay on flat ground." Lao Tan continued: "Plus this fat, it will be troublesome if you don't make a fall."

Wang Shulan looked at Lao Tan and said worryingly: "What are you doing, you are all sick --- listen to me earlier, I said last year, let the old Chinese doctor take a good look at it, and prescribe medicine to recuperate it.

If the two of us had come here at the beginning of the year, you probably wouldn’t have that cancer, and your health would have recovered.You are stubborn, if you don't listen to anything, what else can I do for you? "

Old Tan smiled and said, "It's not too late now."

"You're still laughing. It's good to be obedient. It's not too late now, so don't you worry about it?" Wang Shulan said, "It's been almost two days. In the first few days when I first came here, my heart was always on the sidelines, and I fell asleep halfway at night. Wake up as soon as you wake up, turn on the light and look at you, I'm afraid you—”

Wang Shulan couldn't continue, tears filled her eyes.

Old Tan's nose was sore, he walked over and hugged the woman tightly into his arms.

When Zhou Xiaomei got home, the three children were already asleep. She said she hadn't eaten yet, and Cao Jiadong served her a bowl of hot noodles in soup.

While eating noodles, Cao Jiadong said to her: "I was repairing the freezer for Saiwai Restaurant today. The chef asked Tan Dong if he was sick. I said I didn't know. I asked him who he heard from, and he said, don't worry about who you listen to." , just say that there is no such thing. I told him that there is no such thing."

Zhou Xiaomei was startled and asked, "Who did he hear from?"

"I guess it's Tuya, Tuya and him are fine."

"This Tuya has no clue." Zhou Xiaomei said angrily.

"You'd better call Mulan and ask her if she told Tuya about Tan Dong's illness. If she said it, it must be Tuya. If she didn't say it, it might have come from Beijing. You, Mulan , Yang Zhijun and I can’t talk about it.” Cao Jiadong said.

Zhou Xiaomei thinks about it too. She picks up her phone and is about to call Mulan, but Jiadong stops her and says, "Don't worry, finish eating the noodles. It'll be cold after a while."

Zhou Xiaomei was indeed hungry, obediently put down her phone, asked Jiadong to bring garlic and chili sauce, ate the noodles in threes and fives, and then called Mulan.

The news was indeed sent by Tuya.

Mulan didn't go to Beijing after sending Lao Tan to the car that day. Tuya came to her house after get off work in the evening. Seeing that Yang Zhijun was not there, she asked where she had been. Mulan said she had gone to Beijing.

Tuya knew that Zhou Xiaomei and the others went to the hospital to accompany Lao Tan for an examination at noon. Hearing that Yang Zhijun had gone to Beijing, and not seeing Lao Tan and Zhou Xiaomei all afternoon, he began to think that Lao Tan must be ill, and it was very serious. .

Under her questioning, Mulan told her the truth, telling her that the hospital in Hohhot was diagnosed with cancer, and that she went to Beijing for the diagnosis.

After Yang Zhijun came back from Beijing, she knew the exact news, and at the same time got a gag order from Yang Zhijun.She knew that she couldn't talk nonsense about this matter, and at the same time, she was also worried and worried about Lao Tan.

Naihe had a good relationship with the head chef of the Saiwai Shifu restaurant, and they were close drinking friends, so he committed a common mistake of drinking people, confiding in his heart when he was drunk, and solemnly asked after finishing speaking: "Just know what you want. Don't tell anyone about it."

(End of this chapter)