The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 466

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the twelfth day of the first lunar month, and Lao Tan went back to his hometown alone to spend the fifteenth day of the first lunar month with his mother. On the sixteenth, he set off for the provincial capital, where he went through the divorce procedures with Lin Yan.

The two handled the divorce in the same way, neither telling their families nor telling their son, to be precise, they were not going to tell until the son went to college.

Neither of them knew the right or wrong of their decision, but they both decided to do it.

Home is still the same home, three people.Life is still that life, nothing can be seen.

But the hearts of the two were liberated, and they were no longer repressed and far-fetched.

When the two people got the divorce certificate, they seemed to be relieved, and even understood each other, and felt that being friends with each other was more appropriate than husband and wife.

Lao Tan told Lin Yan that he had cancer, saying that he would not be able to return to the provincial capital within six months and had to go for treatment.

Lin Yan was shocked and asked him why he didn't say anything before the divorce.Lao Tan said that it is the same anytime, it is not serious, and it can be cured slowly.Tell her not to tell her son, or her family.

Lin Yan agreed.

Lao Tan stayed at home for three days, and he didn't leave until his son started school.

He first went to the Beijing old Chinese doctor for a follow-up consultation.The old Chinese doctor took the pulse, looked at the tongue coating, asked about the medication for a month, and said it was fine, the condition was under control, and then prescribed a decoction for another month.

Old Tan asked if it was possible to open it for three months, and the old Chinese doctor asked why it was opened for three months. Old Tan said that he was going to a place and would come back in three months.

The old Chinese doctor pondered for a moment, then prescribed one month's decoction and two months' medicine, and said: "I can only prescribe three months for your current situation, and you must come back for a follow-up visit after three months."

Old Tan nodded in agreement.

Lao Tan has Lao Tan's plan.Wang Shulan has been taking care of her since she became ill, and he is very grateful.But he has a business and a family, and he is especially worried about his little granddaughter, which makes him feel very sorry.

Now that I'm divorced, I don't have any ties, and I want to find a secluded place to recuperate by myself, and don't bother others anymore.

So he didn't inform Wang Shulan that he came to Beijing. He planned to go directly to Hohhot after the follow-up consultation and took the medicine. After arriving in Hohhot, he asked Yang Zhijun to send him to the place where the old lama lived in Daqingshan for three months.

This is what he planned years ago.

He stayed in the hotel for one night, and the next day he went to the old Chinese doctor to get the medicine, and took the train to Hohhot directly.

Two days later, he and Yang Zhijun went to the place where the old lama practiced in the depths of Daqing Mountain.

Before the Spring Festival, some pilgrims went down the mountain to go home for the New Year. More than half of the [-] fragrant guest rooms were empty, and Lao Tan chose the one in the back.

The room is small, ten square meters.There is a wooden bed on the north wall, a wooden table and two wooden stools by the window, and there are kettles and cups on the table.There is a wooden cabinet beside the east wall, which can store clothes.

There are lights and power supply, and the electricity is generated by a generator. It is no problem for lighting and computer use.The mobile phone has a signal here, and it will be gone when you leave this area.

Yang Zhijun looked around and frowned, "Third brother, can I stay here? There's nothing there."

Old Tan said, "Why can't you stay? What I want is this place, suitable for recuperation."

"Do you cook everything yourself?"

"Yes, it's all self-reliance and hard work, and there is no charge. Have you seen the temple we passed by? The conditions are good, it is purely commercial, and it costs a lot for a day."

Yang Zhijun was still a little worried, and asked, "What's wrong with you here alone?"

"Don't worry, someone is in charge. All the pilgrims here can take care of them. Let's talk about who are the masters." Lao Tan continued: "Don't look down on the pilgrims here. If you take them out, they are all richer than the two of us. Look at the way we went up the mountain. ? They are all repaired with money from others, and none of them can't afford tens of millions.

Heh, they are all in poor health like me. Most of them are people with high blood pressure and high blood lipids. There are also people with bad heart, inconvenient legs and feet, and some have cancer, but not many.

Those who come here understand everything. When they come here, they don’t want to be isolated from the world. They work when the sun rises and rest when the sun sets. They chant scriptures and pay homage to the Buddha at dusk and morning. . "

Yang Zhijun shook his head when he heard this, and stopped asking any more questions. He sent the rice, flour, oil, meat, and vegetables to the kitchen, and then helped Lao Tan clean up the house.

A total of eight people lived in the Xianggu Guest Room and Old Tan. Except for a traveling lama, the other six people were an elderly couple from Fujian, a middle-aged man from Zhengzhou, two brothers from Chengdu, Sichuan, and a man from Qingdao. Middle-aged woman.

Lao Tan spent an hour to get acquainted with everyone, and when it was time for dinner, he personally took charge of the spoon and made four dishes and one soup for everyone. Everyone enjoyed the meal, praised Lao Tan for his good craftsmanship, and talked about cooking in the future I will leave it to Lao Tan.

This of course does not include the traveling lama, who eats with the lamas in the temple.

Lao Tan originally planned to have dinner with the old lama, but unfortunately the old lama went to retreat after the new year and left the retreat in ten days.

After eating, the others went to the study room to meditate and chant scriptures. Old Tan didn't come and go all day, and went back to the house to boil water and take medicine to prepare for rest.He just finished taking the medicine. An old couple from Fujian came over.

Lao Tan greeted the old couple to sit down and make tea.

The old couple are both over seventy years old. The man's surname is Jia.His wife's surname is Jiang, his complexion is dark, and his lips are slightly purple. It should be that his heart and lungs are not good.

Mr. Jia said: "My wife has a heart and lung disease. I have been to a lot of big hospitals these years, and it is still the same. I also heard people say that there is this place, in the mountains, isolated from the world, clean and comfortable, suitable for recuperation. Last year, after the National Day brought her here.

Not to mention, this place is really nice, no one bothers you, it's clean.There are forests on the mountain, and picking firewood up the mountain is like exercising. The air is so pollution-free that you can even eat the snow on the ground.

We didn't go back for the Spring Festival, we spent it here.It’s almost half a year, and when I came here, my son and daughter wouldn’t let me in. The doctor said that it would be good for her to survive this year. I am also a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Hehe, let alone, after half a year of training and recuperation, it seems that he is not dead, not only he is not dead, but he is better. "

Mrs. Jiang continued what her husband said: "I can't do this without thinking about it. Hey, people don't deserve to die. There must be salvation. I didn't think about it. Even if the doctor said, going up the mountain will work? It doesn't matter whether you can go up the mountain or not.

My wife said that if I didn’t go up, I’d carry you on my back. If I didn’t care about going up, I’d die. Wouldn’t I be with you?As soon as I thought about it, it came.

Let me tell you, Tan, this place is good, but health care is not health care. If you want to get health care, you should not treat illness as a disease, but treat yourself as a normal person.

You see, if you live here, you have to go up the mountain to collect firewood, carry water, and cook by yourself.If you bring your own food, you will starve if you don’t.When I first came here, I couldn't do anything, but I couldn't eat for free, no one treats you as a patient here.

My wife helped me up the mountain. He was collecting firewood in the woods, and I was watching the scenery. Those who came and went also picked up some firewood to join in the fun.

Xiao Tang from Qingdao is the only woman here. She is in charge of making breakfast every morning.

Later, I also followed suit, steaming steamed buns, making porridge, mixing pickles, no one said anything about how much I did, and everyone laughed. I also did it with my own energy.

You see, I follow the fire to cook in the morning, go up the mountain to collect firewood after dinner, and sometimes follow the spring to carry water.It was not good at the beginning, the mountain path was crooked, and I had to be supported by my wife, but now walking on the mountain path is the same as on the ground, and I have exercised.

The scenery on the mountain is beautiful, looking at the bright and bright children, I can't think of my illness.

Here you can also follow the master to do homework, meditate and chant scriptures, with a clean heart.Coupled with a regular life, go to bed early and get up early, eat and drink without pollution, do some work a day and eat well, and your body will recover.

In the afternoon, you said it was stomach cancer. Let me tell you, don’t think about it, just relax and walk up the mountain. It will definitely be fine within two years. "

Old Tan said, "I thought so too."

Mr. Jia said: "You must be tired when you come here today, go to bed early, and I will call you to go up the mountain together tomorrow morning."

Old Tan thanked: "Okay, thank you in advance."

After the old couple left, Lao Tan couldn't help but sigh in his heart-what a good man.

(End of this chapter)