The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 500 Zhou Xiaomei Enters Beijing

Everyone chatted on the topic of Chinese medicine for a while, and then moved to farming.The eldest brother-in-law and the third brother-in-law are experts in farming, and the second brother-in-law is also good, but according to the two of them, they are almost the same.Although Lao Tan and the fifth brother-in-law understood, they were half-baked and couldn't get in the way. They were not as good as nephews and nephews-in-law.

Somehow, the topic shifted to the fourth sister and brother-in-law, and everyone was angry when they mentioned the couple.

The second brother-in-law said: "Just now I said that the money for the relocation of the old house in Lamagou will be given to the fifth child. I agree with both hands. I am afraid that the fourth child will disagree and come out to play tricks."

"He dares!" The elder brother-in-law raised his voice, "It's up to them both!"

The third brother-in-law also said worriedly: "Maybe, if others are okay, the couple of them can do this."

"Huh! That's bragging. They don't dare with me. If I dare, I will ask Lan Jun to overturn their pot. If you don't believe me, try it. There is no way?" said the eldest brother-in-law.

Old Tan laughed and said, "They dare not. My son didn't say anything and they didn't dare to say anything. Besides, the fourth brother-in-law is afraid of being beaten. If it doesn't work, I will beat him again and make him lie on the kang for half a year."

When Lao Tan was young, his fourth sister and fourth brother-in-law fought. Lao Tan felt sorry for his sister's beating, so he hung up and beat the fourth brother-in-law, and lay down on the kang for half a month before getting off the ground.After the beating, the fourth brother-in-law was afraid that he would hate him too, and even the fourth sister hated him, complaining that the beating should not be so severe.

To tell you the truth, the older sister and the older brother-in-law were pulling it, otherwise it was heavier than that, and Lao Tan's eyes were red at that time.

The eldest brother-in-law laughed, remembering that time, and said, "If your eldest sister and I hadn't been there, you would have broken your fourth brother-in-law's leg."

"Almost." Old Tan said.

The second brother-in-law asked: "Old brother, can you still do it now?"

Old Tan said: "I can't now—but it depends on what happens. If he hits my fourth sister, he will still do it."

"Look at your poor fourth sister, if you don't talk about seeing your mother all year round, you will almost piss your mother off." The second brother-in-law said.

"Fourth Sister Po is also a sister, there is something I said that you didn't say, be careful—" Old Tan laughed.

There was no drinking at the women's table in the room, and the meal had already been eaten. The eldest sister, second sister, third sister, and fifth sister moved out and sat around the men's table.

The old lady thought there were too many people making noise, so she went to the west room alone and squinted.

The eldest sister said: "Oh my god, I still drink it. I can almost drink it. What are you doing with those wines in the dead heat?"

The eldest brother-in-law said: "Drink beer."

The second sister said: "Let them drink it. No matter what he does, he can drink it. The old customer in my house has three drinks a day, and he doesn't stop. He has to make a whole meal when he drinks. If he doesn't give a whole dish, he will get angry with you. The nose is not the nose and the face is not the face, so mad."

The third sister said: "You are also willing to give it to me, I'm used to it."

The second sister said: "Both girls don't ask him to drink, tell him to quit drinking, take good care of his body, and live for a few more years. Hey, don't listen! The girl came back and pretended to be a person, and the girl left like that.

The two sons-in-laws of the family know that he can't quit, so they don't tell him to drink cheap wine, saying that the wine is not good, and the good wine blended with alcohol costs 50 yuan a catty.

You say that you can drink it when someone buys it, but he is fine, saying it is too expensive and not drinking it, but insists on drinking the eight yuan a catty Da Lao San, so mad! "

After the second sister finished speaking, everyone laughed.

The fifth brother-in-law said to the second brother-in-law: "Okay, second brother-in-law, there is still 50 yuan a catty of good wine, and I will drink it at your house tomorrow."

"Okay, come to my house tomorrow." The second brother-in-law said, and then explained to himself: "It's not that I don't want to drink, but the son-in-law bought it out of his heart.

The main reason is that it is too expensive. We, an old farmer, can just drink Da Lao San, but we can't afford that wine.I drink three meals a day, and a glass of wine for each meal is exactly three taels, so I get a catty a day.Dalao San costs eight yuan a catty, which is only two hundred and forty dollars a month, so I don’t feel bad after drinking it.

That wine is not good, fifty per catty, one thousand five a month, what kind of family do we drink that wine, it is okay to drink during the New Year and holidays.Besides, [-] yuan is enough for me to drink for half a year-the children spend money indiscriminately, and they don't know how to live. "

Although the second brother-in-law said reproachful words, his face was full of complacency, and the corners of his mouth flew up.

The fifth brother-in-law yelled at him: "Look at the beautiful ones for you. If you don't drink them, bring them over and we'll drink them for you. We don't feel bad."

After all, everyone laughed.

At this time, the fifth sister said: "You can drink alcohol, no one cares, drink as much as you want, not enough for Lan Jun to go to the shop to take it. But talk quietly, my mother is sleeping in the house, wake her up I don't care, you are responsible."

Everyone immediately lowered their voices and stopped shouting.

I drank the wine from noon to the afternoon, but I didn't drink much, most of the time I chatted.

At the end of the meeting, everyone decided to go to the elder sister's house to get together every other day, and then to the second sister's house the next day. The third sister's house will not go. In addition to flue-cured tobacco, his family has wrapped [-] acres of beets in the adjacent Fuxin area, which needs to be taken care of. It takes seven or eight days to go back and forth. After returning, I start to smoke, and I don’t have time.

After his sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and niece left, Old Tan felt a little tired, so he lay down next to his mother in the west room and fell asleep after a while.

After Wang Shulan handed over the dumpling restaurant to her son, she began to take care of her granddaughter full-time at home, sending her off in the morning and picking her up in the evening, regardless of the weather.The little granddaughter is well-behaved and sensible, coaxing grandma to be happy, and the lives of the grandparents and grandchildren are also full of joy.

Wang Shulan visited the store every two days. She was afraid that her son would not understand anything when she took over the restaurant, and she would talk nonsense and direct, and she would not be able to get along with the general manager Li Jing and the chef. Accept the son, afraid of conflicts.

After observing it for a month, it was okay. My son followed her, he was easy-going and unassuming, and he got along well with Li Jing, the chef, the managers of each store, and the chefs. The relationship with the staff was also good, so I gradually felt relieved.

It was raining that day, and Wang Shulan picked up her granddaughter and drove home, and halfway answered a call from Zhou Xiaomei, saying that she had arrived downstairs at her house.

Zhou Xiaomei came to Beijing to participate in the catering industry summit forum. The dumpling market is booming this year. The main topic of this forum is dumplings, so small dumpling restaurants like Aqiao were invited to participate.

Aqiao did a good job, but the scale is still far from that of a large-scale restaurant. Usually, such forums are not relevant at all.

The forum will last for three days starting from tomorrow. In time for the rain, Zhou Xiaomei came to Wang Shulan when she got off the plane.

Wang Shulan drove the car downstairs and parked it, and Zhou Xiaomei was already waiting for her at the gate of the building.

Went upstairs and opened the door to enter the house, the little granddaughter went to play by herself, Wang Shulan made tea and chatted with Zhou Xiaomei on the sofa.

"I don't want to come, there's nothing I can do if my uncle isn't here," Zhou Xiaomei said.

"It's good to come, otherwise, where would we meet, and besides, we would know some people who make dumplings." Wang Shulan said.

"Come with me tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go with you after seeing off my granddaughter."

"You can do it now, retreat to the second line, and specialize in coaxing your granddaughter at home. No one will enjoy the blessings like you."

"Hehe, I can't be idle. Sometimes I go to the store to have a look. My son has just taken over. I'm afraid he won't understand some things."

"I will understand slowly."

Wang Shulan nodded, "Yes. After dropping off my granddaughter in the morning, I danced with those old ladies in the small square downstairs. It was very interesting. I danced for an hour, sweating all over my body, and I was addicted to it."

Zhou Xiaomei jokingly asked: "Are you the youngest there? No old man chasing you?"

"Where is the old man—" Wang Shulan slapped Zhou Xiaomei with her hand, and said, "There are some younger than me, but most of them are older than me. The biggest one is 76. He used to be in a song and dance troupe, and he has a better figure than me."

"Really, your figure is good enough, and there are others better than you."

Wang Shulan touched her belly with her hand, and said: "It's okay to have a belly, I'm a grandma." Then she asked: "How are the three children in your family, are they making trouble?"

Zhou Xiaomei said: "Why don't you make trouble? The older one is okay. He is in junior high school and knows how to take care of himself. The two younger ones fight all day long, but it's okay after the fight. I always stay home and don't bother me, but his father.

My family Lao Cao is very patient and has a good temper without getting angry. The three children follow him and don't like me. "

"Yes, you don't have time to take care of the children."

"No, I understand my uncle now. He used to say that he was sorry for the child. I didn't pay attention to it. Now I pay attention to it. I really don't have time to care about it——

Hey, this restaurant is not run by people, there are no small and big things, and if there is a slight negligence, the yellow shop will be closed.Hey, there's no way-"

(End of this chapter)