The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

601 One Night

Lao Tan stayed in the barbecue restaurant for one night. Although the bed was hot and comfortable, he didn't sleep well. When he closed his eyes, it was just a mess of dreams.

When it was almost dawn, I fell asleep, and it was very sweet without dreams.It's a pity that he slept very short, and the biological clock woke him up at six o'clock on time.

He got up from the kang to go to the bathroom, the hall was dark, and it was cloudy outside, otherwise it would be dawn at this time.After going to the toilet, I was about to go back, but the store door was locked and I couldn't get out.

He sent Sister Jin a WeChat message asking her to open the door of the store, but Sister Jin might have fallen asleep and didn't reply.

He lit a cigarette and smoked. Not long after, he heard footsteps in the hall, and then the door of the private room was opened, and Sister Jin walked in wearing a coat.

"Leave before dawn? Besides, why are you leaving?" Sister Jin complained, obviously not awake yet.

"Walk and walk, it's exercise." Old Tan said.

"The road hasn't been stepped on yet, and it's still dark, wait until it's bright before leaving."

Sister Jin tightened her coat as she spoke. She was only wearing pajamas underneath. At this time, the kang was also cold, and the room was a bit cold.

"You didn't turn on the air conditioner?" Sister Jin said and turned on the air conditioner.

"Forget, besides, I don't feel cold."

"Sleep a little longer, and leave after eating breakfast."

Old Tan thought for a while and said: "Let's go, I can't fall asleep even lying down, it's so uncomfortable, I'll come back someday when I have time."

"Don't you think about whether I can let you go at this time? Besides, the door key is with the store manager, and she is asleep at this time."

"Go ask her for it."

"Do you have to go? What's the matter? Or are you afraid that your wife will tell you? If she says you, I'll explain."

"Hey, I forgot to tell you yesterday, I left-"

Sister Jin was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Is it true?"

"real."

"Tell me what's going on."

Sister Jin pulled Lao Tan back to sit on the kang, and the coat fell off at an angle due to the force, revealing the pink pajamas and the fullness under the pajamas.

Old Tan turned his head away and looked at the opposite wall.

Sister Jin giggled, pulled up her coat, put it on and buttoned it up, then sat on the kang with her back against the wall.

"You sit in there too, you can't fall asleep, I also made you feel refreshed, tell me what's going on." Sister Jin went on to say: "I wanted to ask you about your family yesterday, you fell asleep, wait Wake up and still encounter that thing, frustrating."

Old Tan sat inside, but didn't lean against the wall, leaning towards Sister Jin, and said, "It's been two years, haven't I got cancer—"

Old Tan told the whole story of the divorce.

Sister Jin looked at Lao Tan after listening, and asked, "Then where do you live now?"

"Family, we don't leave home after a divorce. The children don't know that we are divorced." Lao Tan said, and then added: "I can't live at home for a few days a year, either here or there, and the two of them are used to it. .”

"It's been like this for all these years?"

"Ah."

Sister Jin then said something in Korean dialect, but Lao Tan was stunned for a moment when he couldn't understand, and Sister Jin immediately explained: "It's nothing else to say that you are pitiful, don't think too much about it."

"There's nothing pitiful." Old Tan laughed at himself, and said, "Everything is self-inflicted, I admit it."

"You said how nice I was to you back then, I was so nice to you." Sister Jin said half-jokingly.

Old Tan smiled and said: "You have become so daring to speak. I remember that you were not very talkative at that time, and you were very delicate. I was taken aback by your upward posture yesterday. What would you say if this was before? I didn’t dare to go up, just like those waiters watching from the sidelines, I hid far away.”

"Can it stay the same? I open a shop by myself, so I can't touch anyone or anything? I have also exercised through exercise."

"Too."

"I would like to thank you and Sister Ma, she taught me how to mix vegetables, you taught me pickles, otherwise I can open a shop?
In addition, I have to thank my aunt, I learned a lot from her.Regardless of whether someone is a woman, a man can't compare.Looking at the business they do, they don’t have a penny of loans, they never rent houses to open shops, they just buy houses to do business, this is not acceptable. "

"Yes, the old lady is admirable."

"When we were working there, he was the richest man on Taishan Road, with tens of millions of assets."

"That's not."

"At that time, she always scolded me, saying that I was a bear, and I knew how to cry when things happened. I didn't have any courage. Hehe, I was really like that at that time. I was timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Why don't I cry?"

"You're not like that now."

"Let her scold it."

Sister Jin took out a cigarette from Lao Tan's cigarette case, and Lao Tan lit it with a lighter.

"Sometimes I miss the springtime. It was interesting at that time. After work, I would go to Sister Ma's house to fry meat." Sister Jin said.

"Sister Ma can drink, but I can't drink her." Lao Tan said, and the picture of the three of them frying meat and drinking together appeared in front of him.

"She was exercising in Japan—my family also went there, and she also went to Korea. She went out for three years and said she was working in a restaurant, but she was actually a wine companion."

"It's not easy to go abroad, and it's even more difficult to go abroad."

"In order to make money, otherwise, I can only develop my own body."

Speaking of this, Old Tan thought of the three young ladies from last night, and asked, "Where are the three young ladies?"

"I lived in another private room, so I didn't leave. They all followed Jin Zi, and they have to be taken care of here. It's not good if something happens." Sister Jin said.

"That's the thing."

"Do you think that most of our Xian women belong to young ladies?"

"I don't think so, there are Han people too." Old Tan thought of Zhou Lan and Yao Liying.

"Our fresh women are capable, and the old men hardly work at home, except for drinking. The women have to support their families, otherwise there will be no money."

Old Tan didn't say anything.

When he was in Yangchun, he knew somewhat about the diligence and virtuousness of Xian women, and also saw the drinking style of Xian men. Of course, he also felt the tenderness and affection of Xian women.

But he wasn't used to the drunken madness of Korean women—either singing or dancing, they were more excited than men, and it was common for them to go to karaoke clubs after drinking, even the boss's aunt was like that, regardless of her age.

As for being a lady, it's another matter, it's not a matter of any nationality.He doesn't look down on young ladies either, and he will look for them when he goes to the karaoke hall, and he will never ask if they are from the Xian nationality.

Back then, Sister Jin really had feelings for Lao Tan, but Luo Hua wanted to be ruthless. Old Tan treated her like Sister Zhao, only treating her as a sister, and never went too far.

Those days were really good and memorable.They are all working away from home, and they never know each other, from strange to familiar, from familiar to friendship, everyone cherishes it very much.

"Do you think sister is doing well now?" Sister Jin suddenly raised her face and asked.

"Okay, why not, it's still so beautiful." Old Tan said.

"I come here often when I feel comfortable. I'm not always busy. I call before I come, and I've prepared everything in advance. I won't be in this private room anymore. Come to my room. My room has everything, and it's more spacious than this."

"it is good."

"It's just that I can't get in touch with Sister Ma. It would be better to have her."

"Everything is uncertain, maybe we will run into each other on the street that day."

"That's good to be brave."

(End of this chapter)