The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 565

As the saying goes, things are impermanent, people are born to die, and the road they walk in the middle is called life.

Back then, Brother Liu, Wang Ming, Xiaofeng, Lao Tan, and Brother Li were good friends who talked about everything, but now one of them is gone, which is embarrassing.

Xiaofeng did not attend Wang Ming's funeral. She and Hao Nansheng couldn't come back in Guangzhou, so they transferred the gift money to Lao Tan and asked Lao Tan to help with the ceremony.

Because Brother Li was on duty, he went directly to the unit after returning from the crematorium.Lao Tan and Brother Liu didn't want to go to a restaurant to eat this trivial meal, so they found a restaurant in Chengguan and went in. The two brothers were a little depressed, so they drank some wine to calm down.

Don't look at it as a small restaurant, it's about a hundred square meters, but it's clean and spotless, and it's comfortable to sit there.The food is also tasteful and delicious, a bit like a newly opened restaurant.

Since it was not time for lunch, the two elder brothers came early, so they were the only guests at the table in the hall.

After the dishes were served, the two elder brothers chatted while drinking, trying to avoid the topic of Wang Ming.

"It's good that there's nothing wrong with your stomach. I'm happy for you." Brother Liu said.

"I'm also happy." Lao Tan said: "The main reason is that he was discovered early, met a famous doctor again, and actively cooperated with the treatment, Er Zhuzi had nowhere to escape."

Brother Liu said with a smile: "It's really a long-term illness and he has become a doctor. Even Er Zhuzi knows about it."

"I heard what an old Chinese doctor said, otherwise I wouldn't know." Old Tan said: "We have to admit that Chinese medicine's medical skills are superb. Many diseases can't be diagnosed in the hospital, but they can be diagnosed by others. It's amazing. "

Brother Liu said: "Most people in China believe in Chinese medicine. Western medicine treats the symptoms and Chinese medicine treats the root cause. This is rare.

Let’s take allergies as an example. I watched on TV that people can be stimulated by hundreds of allergens. If a person has more than ten kinds of allergic symptoms at the same time, Western medicine treats them one by one. There is a phenomenon that the first few allergens relapse when the last few allergens are treated.

People's Chinese medicine is not like this. Chinese medicine first looks at it as a whole, looking at your constitution and allergies.Then start to look for the root of the disease, and after finding the root of the disease, start to prescribe the medicine.Treat you from the root, and there will be no recurrence after recovery.

For example, if a person is a tree, Western medicine treats the leaves, while Chinese medicine treats the roots. Can it be the same? "

"That's the case." Lao Tan said: "I read a report recently, saying that the attending physicians in a very famous hospital in the West are reading our books on Chinese medicine. Some people asked them why they read books on Chinese medicine, and they said that Chinese medicine It is broad and profound, and many theories are unmatched by Western medicine. In addition, Chinese medicine has a very thorough understanding and grasp of the structure of the human body, especially the blood vessels, viscera, qi and blood, and meridians, which can be called gods.

This has very important research and reference value for their Western medicine. If they have the opportunity, they are willing to come to China to study Chinese medicine. "

Brother Liu relieved himself and threw a peanut into his mouth, and said with a smack of his mouth: "Look, foreigners are the best at pretending. They don't recognize Chinese medicine verbally, saying it's witchcraft, and saying that our Chinese medicine is just using grass roots. Tree roots make soup to fool people.

snort!Don't come to learn if you have the ability.At the critical moment, it must be Chinese medicine, otherwise what would they do with our Chinese medicine books. "Liu Ge said.

Lao Tan picked up his wine glass and touched Brother Liu, then took a sip.

At this time, the waiter brought up the dumplings filled with sauerkraut. Lao Tan put one in his mouth and tasted it. After taking a bite, he couldn't help boasting: "Okay, it tastes good, it's Northeast dumplings."

The waiter who just turned around and didn't walk a few steps turned around and said: "The guests say that my dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut are delicious, and they are almost as good as Aqiao."

Old Tan smiled and nodded without saying a word, then turned around and continued to talk about Chinese medicine with Brother Liu.

When the two were chatting vigorously, one of them came out of the kitchen and came to bow to Lao Tan to say hello.

Who would have thought that this person was Qin Haixiao! !
It turned out that this was the case, this small restaurant was bought by his uncle and second brother in the second half of last year.His second brother works in the unit, mainly her sister-in-law takes care of it.

Anyone who opens a restaurant is rushing to make money, but he didn't expect to open it for three months to catch up with the epidemic, so he had no choice but to close it.When the lockdown was about to be lifted, Qin Haixiao's uncle and second brother knew that Qin Haixiao was idle at home, so he asked him if he wanted to do it, and if he did, he would pass it on to him.

Qin Haixiao began to lose his will when he returned to the provincial capital from Wuhan, and his whole body was like an eggplant beaten by frost—withered.

If you want to ask if there is anyone in China who likes the epidemic, then he must be the first one.

The dream of being a chef who went out to make a living was shattered, and Ah Qiao couldn't go back, and even lost his beloved woman. This was not a big blow to him.So much so that when he announced that people across the country were quarantined at home on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he was a little lucky, even gloating.

This is good, the epidemic is over, let's all stay at home, no one needs to laugh at anyone, it's the same, they can't go to work, it's better that the epidemic never ends.

It's normal for him to think this way, but it's just a little short-sighted.

When he was quarantined at home for a month, he heard that Aqiao had paid living expenses to all the staff, which made him feel emotional and annoyed. He thought it was a ghost who was obsessed with his mind at the time, and it would be better if he didn't leave.

As a result, many images of Aqiao's work appeared in front of his eyes one by one, and Aqiao's various good things also came to mind—and that infatuated woman named Liu Yang, and the warm little home they built together—
Hey, there is no one in the world who sells regret medicine, it is too late to regret——

Regrets are regrets, but life continues to live on, and the epidemic will always pass, so you have to find a way out for yourself.

Qin Haixiao thought that since he couldn't go out to fight alone, he didn't have the ability, and Aqiao couldn't go back, so why not do something by himself.He was thinking about it when his uncle and second brother called and said about the restaurant, so he readily agreed without saying a word.

Having said that, anyone who can become a chef is not given his head for free, otherwise he would not be a chef.

After Qin Haixiao took over the restaurant, he cleaned it up for two days, and then hired a dumpling worker, a chopping board, and a dish washer through a friend's introduction.The cook doesn't have to be hired, he cooks it himself.There is no need to find someone at the front desk, his sister-in-law can come over by herself.

And so the restaurant opened.

In the first half a month, the business was not very good, mainly because people dared not go out to eat outside, for fear of being infected at some point.People came out one after another after a bold leader attacked, and then on a large scale, and the restaurant business gradually improved.

When Lao Tan and Brother Liu came in, Qin Haixiao was busy in the kitchen and didn't know they were coming.

After cooking, he got off the stove and went to the front to have a drink of water. The moment he lifted the kitchen curtain, he saw Lao Tan at a glance.

At that time, he was a little silly, subconsciously put down the door curtain quickly, and stepped back.Why did he come here?Who told him I run a restaurant here?No one knows?

No one told him why he came?
At this time, Qin Haixiao's head was not enough, and he couldn't figure out why Lao Tan came here.

Hey, this is a normal reaction of those who feel ashamed in their hearts. If they were not ashamed, they would have gone out to meet, say hello, shake hands and hug earlier.So people, don't do things that offend your conscience. It may look good at the time, but what about later?
Therefore, the Buddha said that you should not be ashamed of your heart when you do things, and the retribution of your heart will follow you like a shadow.

Qin Haixiao stood on the floor of the kitchen in a daze for a long time. He heard Lao Tan's praise when he was serving the dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut, which made him feel ashamed.

He said in his heart: To be honest, Ah Qiao has made her own, allowing herself to display her talents and grow stronger on the well-built platform.

But I couldn't help the temptation, and chose to leave in a bewildered manner.

Hey, wrong, really wrong.

Now it can be regarded as a fresh start, the size is also the owner of this restaurant, since he is here, he is a guest, so he should go out and say hello.

Thinking of this, Qin Haixiao tidied up his clothes, then opened the door curtain and walked out.

(End of this chapter)