The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 477 Mountain Rain
One day in late May, it rained heavily in the mountains.

The rain was not heavy, but it covered the sky and the sun. Trees, flowers, plants, birds and animals, streams, ditches, and temples and caves were all shrouded in misty rain.There is the sound of light rain everywhere, and the fragrance of soil and trees floats in the air.

Lao Tan had nothing to do, and suddenly wanted to drink, so he took a pack of beef jerky, took ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine, and wanted to go out to find the old lama.There was a knock on the door just as they arrived. When they opened the door, they saw Wang Jianguo, Li Guohua, and Mr. Jia.

When Lao Tan saw the pine needle wine in Mr. Jia's hand, he knew what it meant, so he gave up the idea of ​​looking for the old lama, and asked the three to sit down.

There was only one table and two stools in the house. Lao Tan went to Baolitu’s room to get two stools, and asked Baolitu to go to the kitchen to bring the pickles and peanuts mixed in the morning, and fried a plate of Chinese cabbage, and made up four. vegetable.

Bao Litu does not drink, but waits on the four of them, boils water and makes tea.

Wang Jianguo had participated in self-defense counterattacks, made great military achievements, and transferred to the local area as the head of the regiment.Almost all people who have served in the army love to drink with a loud voice, and he is no exception.It's just that now that he's older and sick, he doesn't drink as much as he did back then.

Li Guohua and Wang Shengli used to be government cadres, and the other was the leader of a large state-owned factory. They both retired due to illness.

Wang Shengli didn't drink alcohol, but Wang Jianguo and Li Guohua became addicted to Lao Tan's ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine.It was raining today, and I was bored in the house, so I asked Mr. Jia to come and drink with Lao Tan.

While drinking, Mr. Jia said: "Now the days are getting longer and longer, and everyone will be hungry after two meals. Let's eat three meals from tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, both Wang Jianguo and Li Guohua looked at Lao Tan.

Old Tan said, "No problem."

Wang Jianguo said: "I asked my family to send some bacon and sausages, as well as chili peppers. I guess they should arrive in the next two days."

Old Tan asked: "Did someone send it specially?"

"That's not true. Li Xia has a relative in Hohhot. The things were mailed to her relative, and then her relative delivered it." Wang Jianguo said.

"Old Tan, if you eat three meals, you will be tired." Li Guohua said.

"What's the trouble? I can do it. I should. Besides, I'm still willing to do it." Old Tan said.

"Brother Tan, do you plan to open a store in Chongqing?" Wang Jianguo asked.

Lao Tan said: "Not yet."

Wang Jianguo said: "Come to Chongqing to open a store and say hello to me, my brother is still a bit hot."

Old Tan said: "Thank you, if you go, you will definitely have trouble."

Wang Jianguo smiled heartily and said, "There is no trouble. Your brother opened a shop in Chongqing. Don't dare to say anything else. The seven of us can support the shop for you."

The words sound a bit big, but Lao Tan believes that they have this strength.

Bao Litu poured tea into the tea bowls of the four people, and after finishing pouring, he whispered to Lao Tan: "Master, please drink less wine." After speaking, he went out.

After Baolitu left, Mr. Jia said, "Old Tan, you are a very good apprentice."

Old Tan said: "Well, it's good, but he is not my apprentice, but an employee in my shop. How can I say that, I take good care of him. I heard that I was sick and came to see me."

"The employee can say that your brother is good." Wang Jianguo said.

Li Guohua nodded in sympathy.

Mr. Jia said: "Yesterday my wife chatted with him. He said you were kind to him, and he almost stabbed you to death. I was confused. What's going on?"

Old Tan laughed, and told the story of Baolitu for conversation.After hearing this, the three of them all gave Lao Tan a thumbs up, praising him for repaying grievances with kindness and being merciful and righteous.

The four of them were drinking, when Li Yanjing suddenly ran in covered in rain, saying that Yuan Fang had fallen into the ditch, and told everyone to rush to rescue her.The four of them put down their wine glasses as soon as they heard this, and ran out with Li Yanjing without their raincoats on.

It turned out that Yuan Fang became interested when she saw it was raining, and wanted to enjoy the rainy scenery in the mountains outside, so she took a few photos by the way.She forgot the pain after her scar healed, and her ankle was just a few days old, and she was going out to play a fiddle.

She made an appointment with Li Yanjing, and the two of them took an umbrella to Donggou for a stroll. Halfway they saw a peach tree growing obliquely on the cliff.

Yuan Fang wanted to take a picture next to the mountain peach tree, but the mountain peach tree was slanted and dangerous. Li Yanjing advised her not to, but she said it was fine, but it turned out to be a tragedy.

Fortunately, the cliff broke down in two layers, and she slipped to the first layer below and did not slide down again. If she fell down again, she would be in a deep ravine, and her life would be gone.

It was ten meters deep from the cliff to the first floor. Lao Tan asked Baolitu to get the rope, threw one end down and asked Yuan Fang to wrap it around her waist, and then everyone pulled it together on the top, and finally got her out. Unexpectedly, he pulled up.

After being pulled up, she sat down on the ground, not caring about her image anymore, and burst into tears with snot and tears.

Apparently her feet were too weak to walk, Lao Tan asked Bao Litu to carry her on his back, and everyone went back to the small courtyard.

Everyone was drenched in the rain. In order to prevent a cold and fever, everyone went back to the house to wash and change their clean clothes.

After Lao Tan changed his clothes, he went into the kitchen and boiled ginger soup, and asked everyone to drink a bowl of ginger soup.Then they came to Yuan Fang's room, where Li Xia, Yue Guimei and Li Yanjing were all there.

Yuan Fang sat on the bed and drank ginger soup, with a look of lingering fear.

Old Tan came to see if she was injured. Fortunately, except for a few scratches and broken skin, there was nothing serious. Seeing that she was relieved, he said a few words of comfort and went back to the room.

You can't continue to drink wine. Mr. Jia, Wang Jianguo, and Li Guohua are all people in their sixties and above. They can keep warm immediately after the rain, and they can't compare with Baolitu and Lao Tan.

In fact, Lao Tan also had some chills, but fortunately, he has resistance in his forties, not as serious as them.He told Baolitu to remove the table, and prepared to go to bed and lie down for a while.

After removing the table and tidying it up, Baolitu said, "Master, I'll rub your body, and then you can sleep, you don't have a cold."

"Rub your body?" Old Tan was slightly puzzled.

"Well, when I was a child, it rained and my father rubbed my body when I got home, so I don't catch a cold." Baolitu said.

"You will?"

"Yes——" Bao Litu was a little embarrassed, his face flushed slightly, and said: "I just remembered it too, and I forgot it before——I don’t have a good memory, and I don’t know what’s going on. I can remember everything.”

"is it?"

"Well—it seems to be——I'll rub your body with wine."

It has been [-] days since Baolitu came here. Besides discovering that he has a predestined relationship with Buddha, Lao Tan also found some subtle changes in him.For example, his eyes, his eyes were straight before, which made it obvious that he is a fool at a glance.

Although his eyes are still straight now, they are no longer stupid, but pure and clean, like a pool of water, clear to the bottom.

Another example is the face, although it was not vicious before, but it was definitely not kind. At first glance, it looks like the kind of two tigers who are brave and fierce, and they are afraid to avoid it.Although the face has not changed much now, it looks solemn and has a Buddha image.

Bao Litu asked Lao Tan to take off his shirt and lie down on the bed, then poured the wine into the palms of his hands, rubbed his two palms together, pressed his palms on Lao Tan's back when they were warm, and began to rub.

When Bao Litu's palm was pressed on Lao Tan's back, Lao Tan felt very warm and comfortable.Then, with the rubbing, the whole back slowly became hot, as if there was a cool wind blowing out, and at the same time, hot air was drilled into the body, which was very beautiful.

"Ah—" Old Tan said comfortably, and closed his eyes enjoying himself.

After Baolitu rubbed Lao Tan's back and front body, the next step was his legs.Lao Tan felt the best when he rubbed the soles of his feet, as if he had opened up the two veins of Ren and Du, and his whole body felt light.

Half an hour later, Baolitu covered Old Tan with a quilt, wiped off the sweat from his head, and let out a sigh of relief.

He held the two palms in front of his eyes, and shook his head strangely—he found that the two palms were white, fat, and seemed to be transparent, and the blood vessels inside could be seen.

But when I looked closely, I couldn't see it. It was still the same as before, but it was very hot.

(End of this chapter)