The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 498

Knowledge alters your fate.

This sentence has been reflected and interpreted in the fifth sister of Lao Tan.

Thinking about how impoverished Lao Tan's family was back then, the civilized language called the family barren, the ordinary people's language was called poor, and the rats didn't come to visit.

People look down on people who are poor, and feel short by three points in front of people.

The old lady raised six children by herself, and she was a young mother. She went out to beg for food if she had nothing to eat. She would rather starve herself and let the children be full.Enduring ridicule and rolling eyes, protecting her chicks like an old hen, life is hard.

The fifth sister was determined, and with a lot of perseverance, she was admitted to the Teachers College and changed her destiny ever since.

The fifth sister has been engaged in rural education for 25 years, and has been rated as an excellent teacher in the city, a model teacher, and an advanced worker in the province.Her teaching plans have been successively adopted by primary schools in the city and district, and have effectively improved the quality of teaching, so she was exceptionally promoted to a senior lecturer.

She was appointed as the principal of the primary school five years ago, but she was not an official, and the principal was more willing to hold the whip to teach the children than she was, so she resigned as the principal two years ago and stood on the podium again.

The next day, Lao Tan's eldest sister, eldest brother-in-law, second sister, second brother-in-law and third sister and third brother-in-law came first.Both the eldest sister and the third sister have granddaughters, the second sister has no son, the two daughters are in the provincial capital, and they have two grandchildren.

Lao Tan's mother was more energetic than usual today, sitting cross-legged on the kang, and her four daughters surrounded the old lady to do daily chores.

Lao Tan and his four brothers-in-law drank tea and chatted under the shade of the trees in the yard, while Jia Heng played with his two little nieces.

Not long after, the eldest sister's son, daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law came, so the fifth sister directed the niece and niece-in-law to prepare meals. by him.

The eldest brother-in-law asked Lao Tan: "How is your restaurant? Is the business going well?"

"Very good." Old Tan replied.

"How many places have you opened?" the eldest brother-in-law asked again.

"Return to those places, Hohhot, Suzhou, Beijing, Changsha, and the provincial capital." Old Tan said.

The eldest brother-in-law glanced at the second brother-in-law and said, "You should have time if you don't smoke tobacco. I'm free at home too. Let's go out for a walk."

The second brother-in-law said, "Let's go, I'll listen to you."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "I haven't been to Suzhou yet, let's go to Suzhou for a week."

The second brother-in-law said, "OK."

The eldest brother-in-law asked the third brother-in-law again: "Hey, third brother, are you leaving?"

The third brother-in-law said, "I can't leave. I'm going to smoke tobacco soon. This year's land is [-] mu."

The eldest brother-in-law was also discouraged when he mentioned the flue-cured tobacco, and said: "It's not a big deal, the flue-cured tobacco will be ready soon-I can't leave the flue-cured tobacco, and the Lanjun also owns [-] acres of land, so I have to help flue-cure the tobacco at home."

Old Tan said: "Isn't it all baked together now? Those people are not needed."

The third brother-in-law said: "The main reason is that there are too many people for threshing and laying tobacco, and we have to compete for time, so we need to hire more people."

Old Tan snorted and nodded.

When it comes to hiring people, the eldest brother-in-law said: "This year's labor costs one hundred and eighty days."

The third brother-in-law said: "Yes, it rose to [-] late last year, and this year we will get it."

Old Tan asked, "How many people do you need to hire?"

The third brother-in-law said: "It takes two days to crack tobacco leaves, smoke tobacco, and even install the house. At least 15 people at a time, and you have to take care of two meals."

Old Tan calculated in his mind that the labor cost for installing three rooms would be [-] yuan, plus food, drink, and food, and the food would be [-] yuan less.

It is not easy to make money by watching flue-cured tobacco.

Old Tan asked: "How much money can be left in pure flue-cured tobacco on [-] acres of land?"

The third brother-in-law said, "It's 200,000."

The second brother-in-law said: "Tobacco is to make money, so it is too tiring. There is no idle time in a year. Before the spring, I have to close the greenhouse to practice tobacco seedlings. After the practice is over, planting tobacco is troublesome. You have to lay mulch and water. Still have to hire people.

When it grows up, don't be idle. It takes three days to fetch water and pinch the tip every two days, and you have to top-dress and care for it.At this time, they are afraid of hailstorms, and the production will be reduced if the hailstones hit their faces, and the tobacco stations do not like to accept them.

I don't bother with that, just grow corn, it's easy and trouble-free, and I earn less, so I can live in peace. "

The elder brother-in-law smiled and said, "You are just lazy."

The second brother-in-law giggled.

The fifth brother-in-law, who has not spoken all this time, said: "The second brother-in-law is relied on, who among us dares to compare with him now? The two girls have no burden, and they can do without farming."

Speaking of not farming, the eldest brother-in-law asked the second brother-in-law: "Will you move to the provincial capital this fall?"

The two daughters of the second brother-in-law bought him a house in the provincial capital. For two years, the second sister and the second brother-in-law have been reluctant to go, and the house has been rented.This year, the two children were ordered to die, and they had to move in autumn.

The second brother-in-law said: "According to me, I moved a long time ago. His second sister doesn't want to go, and she is reluctant to part with this broken house." Then he said: "Our couple has a lot of harvest a year, more than [-] acres of land, why can't the whole three or four Ten thousand. If you go to the provincial capital, you have to pack it out, how much is it? Ten thousand and twelve at most."

The fifth brother-in-law said: "It's [-] and [-], and it's not troublesome. Besides, the two children who go to the provincial capital always think about it, you are not in good health, you are rickety, and you can't do any heavy work. If you are tired, you also feel sorry for my second sister."

The second brother-in-law defended himself and said, "It's not that I won't go, it's your second sister who won't go, and I feel sorry for her."

At this time, the eldest brother-in-law said impartially: "Yes, according to your second brother-in-law, who has already left, mainly your second sister, who lives a life, always wants to scratch a little more for two years, so as to reduce the burden on the child."

The second brother-in-law added: "Besides, my building costs a lot of money to rent out for a year, nearly [-] yuan. It's not good to give them to the two sisters."

"You know how to count." Old Tan laughed and said, "Tell me about my second brother-in-law, you and my second sister are both in their sixties, and you can't do it for a few years, so hurry up while you're in good shape, and don't wait until you can't do it. Add chaos to the children.

Those two girls of yours are doing well, and they are living a good life. Every family earns [-] to [-] yuan a month. They have a car and a house, which is not bad for your rent.The main reason why the child asked you two to go is to show respect to you two, and besides, you two are staying in the countryside, and there is no one around you, and the two children also miss you.

You have a heart and lung disease, and you can't breathe easily.My second sister suffers from migraines and high blood pressure.You two don’t talk about taking medicine every day, it’s the same. At home, you are watching farming to earn some money. As the saying goes, don’t be afraid of [-], just in case. What if something happens?If you really get sick, you will have to spend a lot of money.

I heard from me that I will rent out the land in the autumn and go to the provincial capital with my second sister to help the two girls take care of their children. If you don't want to take care of your children, you can exercise and keep fit.

I'm also in the provincial capital, so we can drink some wine if it's okay.

In addition, you and my second sister have gone and the children will always miss you two.If my second sister is not free, she can come to my restaurant to make dumplings. She can do as much or as little as she likes, and she will still be paid.

If you do the math, the land is leased out for [-] yuan a year, and my second sister will open a restaurant after a year, which is no less than earning less than farming at home. "

The second brother-in-law said: "I can do whatever I want, the main thing is your second sister——"

Old Tan interrupted him with a smile, "I don't know who is in charge of your family, don't say I didn't remind you, this time I might take my second sister away and leave you at home alone."

The eldest brother-in-law, the third brother-in-law, and the fifth brother-in-law laughed together.

After laughing, the eldest brother-in-law said to the second brother-in-law: "The old brother is right, go quickly. The child has bought the house for two years, and it's not the same thing if he doesn't go."

The third brother-in-law joked: "It's better to have a girl, who knows how to buy a house for parents in the city to take over for the elderly. Those of us who have sons don't think about it in this life, we have to buy a house for him, and vice versa."

The eldest brother-in-law said: "Hey, raising children and raising daughters makes money. Everything is life, and what is on the stall is what it is. If it is like that, help scratch it. If it is not like that, just fan it away when you get married. Why is it not a job?" , how happy and how live."

(End of this chapter)