The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 471 It's Really Sister Zhao
This day the old lama left the customs, and Lao Tan took Sanqing wine and beef jerky to the old lama's meditation room after dinner.

The meditation room of the old lama is almost the same as that of the great master, simple and unadorned, clean and solemn.

The two sat opposite each other across the table, drinking and chatting.

"The donor's wine is becoming more and more mellow, as light as tea, as clear as water, revealing the elegance of plum blossoms." The old lama praised.

"It's made from pure rice. After removing the first pot, it's full of second shoots. I put a little mountain chrysanthemum and half a catty of rock sugar in it, so it's as clear as tea, with a faint plum fragrance. I don't drink it. I don't have a prescription. It's better to drink tea." .” Old Tan laughed.

"Zen tea is a taste, and wine is a family. The benefactor can make such a good wine, which shows that he has a deep research on wine and is well versed in wine."

Old Tan smiled, "The master would say that in the secular world, I am a drinker, commonly known as Jiumengzi."

The old lama also laughed, and first gave Lao Tan affirmation, "You are not." Then he said: "Jiu Mengzi is a drinker who doesn't know how to drink, and he goes crazy when he encounters wine. on a par.

Wine has its own way.Although I am a Buddhist, I should take precautions against it, but we can also drink a little or eat meat in Tantric practice, it all depends on ourselves. "

"Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha's letter is kept."

"Hehe, it's okay to say that. Carnivorous and vegetarian diets all depend on one thought. In terms of health preservation, people have to eat meat, and nutrition needs to be balanced.

In the three thousand worlds, all living beings are born and died naturally.

If people only eat vegetarian food and don't eat meat, they will eventually fall into the mouth of animals and cease to exist. Isn't that also against the way of survival?On the other hand, cucumbers, vegetables, and whole grains also have life, but they just keep silent.

Being a man and a Buddha is all about one heart, then the appearance will be wrong, and one leaf will block the eyes.Therefore, it is said that bodhisattvas have no appearance at all, and take the appearance of the world as their appearance. "

Old Tan said: "As Lao Tzu said, a sage has no heart at all, but the heart of the people."

The old lama said: "Yes, as the chairman said, serve the people wholeheartedly."

Speaking of which, the two looked at each other and smiled, raised their glasses and took a sip.

"If the donor has a good attitude, the disease will go away." The old lama said.

"Borrow the auspicious words from the master." Old Tan clasped his hands together and bowed his head in salute.

"Buddha talks about cause and effect, and everything has a cause and an effect. The cause is the acquaintance of the benefactor and the brother, and the result is the result of coming here to recuperate. The brother can give the finger to each other, which shows the kindness of the benefactor. The benefactor can rest assured to practice here, and if there is a need, just mention it. What the temple can provide will definitely be provided.”

"Thank you."

At noon the next day, Lao Tan went to Donggou to fetch water as usual. When he was discharged from the hospital, Sister Tang called him from behind and wanted to go with him.Lao Tan wanted to ask about her cousin, and the two followed each other to Donggou.

"Brother Tan, I want to ask you something." Sister Tang said first.

"What's the matter?" Old Tan asked.

"Do you know someone named Zhao Shuhua?"

"Zhao Shuhua?" Old Tan stopped abruptly, and asked excitedly, "You mean Sister Zhao?"

"Yes, it's her, my cousin, do you know her?"

Sister Zhao is indeed Sister Tang's cousin.

In the early days of the Spring Festival in [-], Sister Zhao returned to the provincial capital from Binhai Laotan. Unfortunately, Sister Zhao's mother had a heart attack and passed away.Sister Zhao just came out of the pain of losing her husband, and her mother passed away again. This made her overwhelmed, and she suddenly fell ill.

Sister Zhao's mother and Sister Tang's mother are two sisters, and Sister Tang's mother married far away in Qingdao.The elder sister and her son hadn't seen each other for nearly 20 years. When she learned of her younger sister's death, the old lady was accompanied by her daughter Sister Tang to the provincial capital for the funeral. After the funeral, Sister Zhao went to Qingdao with them under the persuasion of Sister Tang and her aunt.

Sister Zhao lost her mobile phone when she was attending the funeral for her mother, so Lao Tan couldn't contact her after returning to the provincial capital from Binhai, and she couldn't remember Lao Tan's mobile phone number, and the two lost contact.

After arriving in Qingdao, under the care of Sister Tang and her aunt, Sister Zhao gradually got better. At that time, Sister Tang's dry goods business was doing well, and the company needed people, so Sister Zhao stayed to help.

Sister Zhao has been doing it for three years, and she has done very well. Later, with the help of Sister Tang, she started to work alone, and now she is the boss.

Three years ago, Sister Zhao and Sister Tang went back to the provincial capital to visit their parents' graves, and had a meal at the Aqiao Dumpling Restaurant on Yanfen Street. Unfortunately, Lao Tan was not there at that time, and the two never met each other.

After Sister Tang got cancer, Sister Zhao helped take care of most of the business. The relationship between Sister Zhao and Sister Tang's husband was very stiff. At that time, Sister Zhao found out that Sister Tang's husband was having an affair and reminded Sister Tang.

Sister Tang didn't believe it at first, but when she found out the truth, she became depressed. She committed suicide twice and was rescued by Sister Zhao in time. Then she met the old lama last year, and her life had a new start.

Sister Tang asked Sister Zhao about the company's situation on the phone yesterday when the signal was good. By the way, she chatted a few words and told about meeting the owner of the dumpling restaurant where she went to eat that year. She said that the owner's surname was Tan and he had cancer. .

As soon as Sister Zhao said her surname was Tan, she thought of Lao Tan, but like Lao Tan, she thought how could it be such a coincidence, saying that her surname was Tan must be the younger brother she knew?
Even though I thought so, I still asked my cousin if Tan was bald?Sister Tang said yes, bald.

Sister Zhao's heart was agitated, and she asked cautiously: "Is it 1.7 meters, five or seven six years old, with a fierce face, a little fat, 45 or six years old?"

"Yes, you know him?" Sister Tang asked.

Sister Zhao didn't speak at the other end, and tears flowed down instantly.

This is the brother she has been looking for for many years.

In order to find Lao Tan, she went to the Blue and White Pavilion in Binhai, but at that time, Lao Tan had left for more than a year, and the Blue and White Pavilion had changed a group of people, and no one knew about Old Tan.

Every year when she goes back to the provincial capital to visit her parents’ graves in Qingming, she will go to Santaizi. She has been to the place where Lao Tan used to rent a house. It is no longer a compound in the past, it has become a subway station, surrounded by high-rise buildings and bustling, it is difficult to find someone .

But she was still determined, and felt that Lao Tan must still live in Santaizi, but she didn't know where.I searched back and forth on the familiar streets with fantasies, and at the same time comforted myself-what if I encounter it?
Unfortunately, never encountered.

Hearing my cousin talk about Lao Tan, I was overjoyed, happiness came too suddenly.

My cousin met my younger brother who I had been looking for for nine years, can you not be happy?Tears are also happiness.

"Hey, talk, do you know him?" Seeing that Sister Zhao didn't speak for a long time, Sister Tang asked again.

"Well, yes, you ask him if he recognizes me." Sister Zhao said excitedly.

"Okay, let me ask—why haven't I heard you say it?"

"We've been friends for so many years, but I just can't get in touch with you—ask first to see if it's him, what if it's not." Sister Zhao was worried about gain and loss again, afraid it wasn't Old Tan.

Seeing Lao Tan's excited face at this time, Tang Lifang, sister Tang, obviously knew her cousin Zhao Shuhua, so she asked, "Do you know him?"

"I know her, she is my sister." Old Tan said.

"Is she your sister? What kind of sister?" Sister Tang asked curiously.

"Oh——" Lao Tan was filled with emotions for a while, and he didn't know where to start, but he really wanted to know about Sister Zhao's situation, how she came here in the past ten years, why she went to Qingdao, and why I can't get in touch, how about now——
It's really a thousand words, a thousand words, a thousand words, and I don't know where to start.

Fortunately, he and Tang Lifang are people with time, so they started talking.

It took a long time to fetch water this time, and it took a full three hours. After returning to the pilgrim courtyard, Lao Tan started to make dinner in a good mood, humming while doing it, and made two more meals than before. vegetable.

When everyone saw this, they asked why they were so happy. He said that he found his long-lost sister.

(End of this chapter)