The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 459 Decided to go to Beauty Valley
During the culinary competition, Zhongqing and Huaqing led the team in the provincial capital, and Zhang Li did not follow to Suzhou, so she hadn't seen Lao Tan for more than four months.

The last time I talked with Lao Tan on the phone, Lao Tan was undergoing chemotherapy. Lao Tan lied and said that he was working in Beijing and would return to the provincial capital in a few days.Zhang Li is a little puzzled now that she has not come back since she is young.

She is now limited to guessing about what can and will happen between Lao Tan and Wang Shulan, and she doesn't pay too much attention to it.

Now she and Lao Huang are living a good life, and their relationship is stable, so they can't help but be indifferent to Lao Tan.This is a very normal feeling. Any unforgettable love is just an experience. Whether the time is short or long, it will eventually become a memory in the long river of years and the days that keep moving forward.

People have to live, this is reality.

We sing about Romeo and Juliet, envy Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and these touching love stories all end with poignant endings. In reality, what the earthly children need to face is daily necessities, food, clothing, and shelter. Live by emotion.

Some people are destined to be lovers in life and friends in reality.

"Old Tan is staying in Beijing, and he won't come back in Xiaonian," Zhang Li said.

Knowing that Lao Tan failed chemotherapy and is no longer in Beijing, Yanhua has been thinking about it for the past few days and wants to visit the Beautiful Valley.When he called, Lao Tan refused to ask her to go, saying that the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and there were many things at home, and he wanted to see the Chinese New Year.

When Zhang Li mentioned Lao Tan, the smile on Yanhua's face disappeared and was replaced by a sad expression.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Li asked without knowing it, thinking that she was upset.

"It's nothing, he probably didn't finish his work," Yanhua said.

"What's the matter? He didn't say anything when I asked him, do you know what's the matter?" Zhang Li asked.

"He didn't tell me—"

"Is he on good terms with Wang Shulan now?" Zhang Li asked tentatively.

"Uh-what?"

"I wonder if he is on good terms with Wang Shulan now." Afraid of being heard by the girl at the bar with sharp ears, Zhang Li whispered in Yanhua's ear.

Yanhua shook her head, smiled wryly, and then glanced at the crowded hall, feeling suddenly upset.

She said to Zhang Li, "Let's go and have some wine."

Zhang Li was taken aback, and asked in disbelief, "Going to drink?"

"Well, if I don't go, I will go by myself."

After Yanhua finished speaking, she went out. Before Zhang Li recovered, Yanhua had already opened the door and went out when she recovered.

Zhang Li felt that something was wrong with Yanhua tonight, so she followed her out.

The two came to a skewer shop in the big market and ordered skewers and beer.

"Why do you still want to drink?" Zhang Li asked.

"It's New Year's Eve." Yanhua toasted to Zhang Li's cup, then bowed her neck and finished.

Zhang Li followed suit.

The two of them didn't talk much, and they didn't eat much skewers. Each of them went down with a bottle of beer.

After a while, Yanhua said, "Didn't you ask Lao Tan what he was doing in Beijing? I told you that he had nothing to do. He had cancer and was being treated."

Zhang Li couldn't believe her ears, and asked in surprise, "Has he got cancer?"

"Well, stomach cancer, early stage." Yanhua said.

"What?"

"It was discovered last month, but no one told me. I didn't know at first, but Xiaomei told me later——"

Yanhua narrated the whole story of Lao Tan's cancer, and finally said: "He can't undergo chemotherapy or surgery now, so he can only use traditional Chinese medicine to treat it—in fact, it would be better if he didn't have chemotherapy. pretty good."

"Then where is he in Beauty Valley now?" Zhang Li asked.

"Well, there, Sister Wang is waiting for you." Yanhua said.

Lao Tan appeared before Zhang Li's eyes, and at the same time, the scene of Lao Tan serving her when she was recuperating appeared.

"I want to see him go," she said.

"I also think—I always think about it—he doesn't want anyone to disturb him now, but he hopes to recuperate in peace of mind. He hasn't seen the New Year and hasn't come back, and he won't go back to his hometown——"

Yanhua burst into tears as she spoke.

"He is tired." Zhang Li said.

"Well, tired——"

Then the two fell into a long silence, neither of them speaking.

After a while, Zhang Li said, "Whether he wants to or not, I have to go. Otherwise, this year will be a bad one, and I don't think about it."

"It's fine to go, you can tell Lao Huang, don't make him think too much." Yanhua said.

"Why is he thinking about it? If he thinks about it, he is not a human being." Zhang Li said.

Yanhua thought about it, and said, "If we go, we will leave tomorrow and drive my car."

"it is good."

Wang Shulan bought many New Year's goods from the market.There are fruits, candies, beef, donkey meat, stupid pig's hooves, ribs, lean meat, killed pheasants, mountain rabbits, dried chili, red beans, dried beans and radishes, blessing characters, Spring Festival couplets, hanging money, Two red lanterns, three hanging whips, and five boxes of salutes.

"Old Tan, the things in this episode are so cheap, do you see the candies?" Wang Shulan pointed to a large convenience bag of candies on the kang and said, "Five catties, 40 yuan, isn't it cheap? All the candies in it are cheap." Yes, there is also the big white rabbit."

"Well, it's quite cheap." Old Tan said.

"I bought four stupid pig's hooves, and four of them are only 55. If it is in Beijing, it would be [-]."

"That's it."

"Look at the donkey meat, it's fresh at the market."

"Didn't I hear you say that you like donkey meat?" Old Tan asked.

"Here for you, the dragon meat in the sky and the donkey meat in the ground, eat this tonic." Wang Shulan said.

Old Tan laughed, thinking that this woman——

"You didn't go, the fair was always lively, there were everything for sale, and it was cheaper than in the city, I wanted to buy everything I saw. Then it was too cold, and my feet were freezing." Wang Shulan stretched herself under the quilt feet, said with a smile.

"There are still some that are not cold, more than ten degrees below zero." Lao Tan pulled the quilt and covered Wang Shulan's calf. "You are warming up on the kang, I have finished the meal, you are hungry."

"Well, I'm hungry." Wang Shulan then complained, "Don't tell me I'll do it when I come back."

"Oh, it's okay. I'm not that hypocritical. It's better to do some work. It's exercise."

Wang Shulan joked, "Aren't you false?"

Old Tan said: "You will know whether it is true or not in the evening."

"Go—" Wang Shulan blushed, half of it was flushed after entering the room to warm up, and half of it was embarrassment.

Lao Tan made stewed vermicelli with pork and sauerkraut. The skin jelly was sent by Yingzi's mother two days ago, as well as fried green peppers and fried peanuts.The staple food, steamed buns, was steamed by Wang Shulan yesterday.

Lao Tan warmed a pot of shochu for Wang Shulan, saying that it would be good to drink some shochu after it was frozen outside for two or three hours, to warm up the body and stomach.Wang Shulan was in high spirits and happy today, drinking with Lao Tan.

"This place is really nice. Look, we have only been back for eight days, and your recovery is almost the same as when we left." Wang Shulan said.

"Well, the main thing is to have a pure heart, and there are no such messy things." Old Tan said.

"You said why didn't we think of staying here, if we didn't come earlier, we wouldn't be sick."

"Hehe." Lao Tan said with a smile: "Everyone is like this. When you are good, you always feel that you are doing well. There is nothing wrong with you. You feel that death has nothing to do with you. It is a long way away. When you are sick and die, you can do nothing After thinking about it, I realized that the body is the capital of the revolution, and then I started to keep in good health.

No one has the front and back eyes, they are all hindsight, and few can see through the world and foresight. "

(End of this chapter)