The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 455

January [-], [-], New Year's Day.

There is still one month and four days left before Chinese New Year.

This morning, Lao Tan sent New Year blessings to all Aqiao's employees on the small heated kang in the beautiful valley.

New Year's greetings is a short video, which Wang Shulan helped record.In the video, Lao Tan is full of energy, and his speech is still sonorous and powerful as always, full of passion and appeal.All employees were very happy and encouraged after seeing it.

Yanhua also saw it, and she cried, very sad and worried.

She has been crying for the past few days.

She talked with Wang Shulan on the phone, but she didn't dare to call Lao Tan, for fear that she would lose control and make Lao Tan upset.

She also cried when talking on the phone with Wang Shulan.

Wang Shulan told her that everything was fine with Lao Tan, he was just like a normal person, he could eat and drink without pain or itching.The work and rest are also regular, waking up on time at five o'clock in the morning and going to bed on time at nine o'clock in the evening.

Twice a day with two meals, two liang of health wine, go out for a walk when the weather is good, and write in the house when the weather is bad.The room is warm, the small heated kang sleeps comfortably, and people are more energetic than before.

Wang Shulan told her not to worry, and she didn't have to go to Beijing to visit during the reexamination. It was okay to go, but she promised not to cry.Yanhua promised not to cry.

"The most important thing for Lao Tan now is his mood. Don't put pressure on him. I understand your mood very well, and I know your feelings, but we have to think about the good. Cancer is not incurable, it depends on your mentality." Wang Shulan said.

"Well, I know, don't worry, I promise not to cry. I just miss him and want to see him, and I feel relieved when I see him," Yanhua said.

"Okay then, let's see you in Beijing on the [-]rd."

Zhou Xiaomei and Cao Jiadong watched the video together. After watching the video, she turned around and wiped her tears. After wiping and shedding, she began to cry softly.Cao Jiadong persuaded her that Lao Tan seemed to be in good spirits, nothing happened, and Chinese medicine should be in charge.

Zhou Xiaomei didn't say anything.She hoped that the traditional Chinese medicine would take care of things, and she hoped that nothing would happen.But worries, thoughts, and the slightest bit of fear still linger and circle in her heart, making her uneasy.

I don’t know that Lao Tan’s cancer is okay, but he will be happy to see the video, and he will be as encouraged as the employees.But you know, and you accompanied the inspection in person, what you saw with your own eyes and heard with your own ears, can you be happy?

She said to herself: It’s worth shedding two tears. Now that my uncle is recuperating, the whole group is responsible for it. Doing a good job is the greatest comfort to my uncle, and he can also recover from his illness with peace of mind.

Then the employees of the whole group received New Year's greetings from President Zhou.

Lao Tan looked at Zhou Xiaomei's New Year greetings and said to Wang Shulan, "Xiaomei has grown up."

"Xiaomei is fine, but you are always worried that you won't be able to let go. I'm afraid she won't be able to let go." Wang Shulan said.

"Am I like that?" Lao Tan couldn't believe that he was like that.

"Are you thinking about it? Xiaomei is the executive president in name, and you have the final say on everything? Everyone knows it, but they don't say it, for fear of your bald head."

"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't participate in the culinary competition at all, it was all done by her." Old Tan argued.

"If only you didn't care about anything like the culinary competition, you won't get sick." Wang Shulan said.

"You mean the Changsha market should have been developed by her?"

"That's right, let her develop, you watch from behind, what's wrong, point it out, not only has she grown up, but you are also brisk, am I right?"

Old Tan agreed in his heart, but he said: "What's right——"

After Wang Shulan packed the house, she started packing the suitcases. She and Lao Tan will return to Beijing tomorrow.

"Did Gu Yi hear something when he called last few days?" Wang Shulan asked as if she suddenly remembered something after folding a pair of trousers.

Old Tan said: "He just heard that I lived a fairy life with you."

"Go, let's be serious. I heard him tell you to rest and seek medical treatment from Chinese medicine. Does he know that you have cancer?"

"I don't know, he saw that I was too tired, and told me to rest, recuperate, and nourish my body."

"Oh." Wang Shulan continued to arrange the clothes.

At this time, there was a sound from the gate of the yard outside, and the two looked up through the window glass, and saw Xiaomei's parents had entered the yard.

The old couple knew that Lao Tan would return to Beijing for reexamination tomorrow, so they came to have a look today.

Xiaomei's mother brought a bag of mushrooms that Yingzi's mother gave her last time.

Mushrooms are delicious, and the locals call them nail mushrooms.After soaking, it looks like a nail, dark brown, tastes very smooth, and tastes like chicken, so it is also called chicken mushroom.

This mushroom is only available in June of the lunar calendar every year, and it will disappear after June.At first, people in the village used it as dog urine moss, but not many people picked it.Later, some good people picked it and took it home to eat. They thought it was delicious, so they picked it up.

It's amazing to say that the villagers with poor stomach and intestines feel very comfortable after eating it, and their symptoms are relieved if they continue to eat it. After eating it for many years, their old stomach problems and habitual enteritis are gradually cured.As a result, this mushroom has become a hot commodity. Every year in June of the lunar calendar, women and children go to the mountains to pick it, and then dry it for their own food.

Some came to buy, and the price was very high, and the villagers also sold some, but not many.

The mushroom Laotan and Wang Shulan brought by Yingzi's mother were gone for half a month.Lao Tan has a stomach problem, but he takes traditional Chinese medicine every day, and he feels that the medicine is in charge, and he doesn't think of mushrooms.

"It is said that this mushroom cures stomach problems. I am too old to pick it. Your elder brother collected it in the village these two days. You take it home and eat it. It doesn't matter whether it cures the disease or not. It is eaten as a vegetable." Xiaomei's mother said.

Old Tan hurriedly said, "Thank you very much."

Wang Shulan took the mushrooms and said: "This mushroom is delicious, meat head, use it to make soup, it's time for chicken soup."

Xiaomei's mother said: "When you make soup, add some fungus and day lily, add two wolfberries, and a little chopped green onion. It has a taste. I always do this, and the old man is willing to drink it.

It should be unreasonable to say that I have never had any stomach problems since I was hit here. I don’t know if it’s the mushrooms or the water. The water here is good, and it’s okay to drink raw.In addition, the water-accumulated sauerkraut is not rotten, and the sauerkraut that accumulates is delicious. "

"Yes, sauerkraut is delicious." Wang Shulan said.

This is Xiaomei's father who said: "You two leave tomorrow, don't cook at noon, go to my place to eat. I asked the workers to set up a rabbit and a pheasant yesterday. When you come, your sister-in-law will pack them up." It's over, let's have a drink at noon, and I'll see you two off."

Lao Tan and Wang Shulan agreed to come down.

Not long after seeing off Xiaomei's parents, Yingzi's mother came.Yingzi's mother brought two killed little stupid chickens, a big goose, and a bag of sticky bean buns.

"You two can come back after the review. It's the twelfth lunar month. Come back and eat New Year's pig." Yingzi's mother said.

"Well, I'll be back after the review." Wang Shulan said with a smile.

"I think Mr. Tan is fine, just by looking at his face, it doesn't look like something is wrong."

"I would like to borrow your good words." Old Tan said.

"Tell you Mr. Tan, come back quickly after the reexamination, don't go anywhere, just recuperate here. We have good mountains, rivers, and air. As far as I know, people here don't have cancer. The old people say that the soil and water are good. Eating this food and drinking this water will not cause those messy diseases." Yingzi's mother said.

"Okay, I'll be back after the review." Old Tan said.

"I'll kill the pig when you come back. Let's have a good time. If you don't come back, I won't kill it."

Old Tan hurriedly said: "Don't do it, you should kill him. If you have chemotherapy, you will have to be hospitalized, and you won't be able to come back years ago."

Wang Shulan also said that pigs should be killed, don't wait.

Wang Shulan was a little touched to send Yingzi's mother away, saying that she hadn't seen such a warm favor in many years.Old Tan said that people who live in the city are ruthless, not to mention going up and down the stairs, and they don't even greet each other when they live in the opposite door.

Talking about human relations has to be in the countryside. If you give him a brick, he can return you ten tiles.

The two of them were talking and went into the yard to the boss, followed by a worker carrying a plastic bag, which was full of freshly punched fat heads, grass roots, and big carps.

(End of this chapter)