The story of a cook

Chapter 69 Returning Home
When I got on the train and looked out the window, Yaju's face full of tears appeared in front of my eyes.

There is sweetness, happiness, reluctance and distress.

This is what it feels like to be in love.

That is the girl I love, I love her, I want to hold her tightly in my arms, I want to marry her home.

I saw her reluctance and love, her waving hands and the nostalgia on her face when the bus started.When she followed the car and ran forward, she had an impulse to get out of the car immediately and hold the tearful girl in her arms tightly, kissing passionately——
my girl—

I arrived home on the night of the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. When I entered the door, my mother was surprised and asked me why I came back.

I said, "Come back to celebrate your birthday."

"Come back to celebrate my birthday?" Mother said: "It's okay, I haven't forgotten it, and I know it's your mother's birthday, I haven't forgotten it yet."

There was a happy expression on the mother's face.

I smiled and said, "Then you can forget it."

My mother was very happy, and I could see that my return was beyond my mother's expectation.It is very happy for the old son to go home suddenly to celebrate her old man's birthday.

Mother was busy cooking.

Mothers all over the world are the same. When a child who is away from home returns home from a long distance, the first thing a mother does is to cook, for fear that the child will be hungry.It's the same even when I go back to my fifth sister's house to visit my mother. Within five minutes of sitting down, my mother will say to my fifth sister: "I don't cook yet, so I can't chat anytime, I'm hungry."

The fifth sister laughed: "Look, mom is in a hurry. I'm afraid you'll be hungry, so ask me to cook." Then she said to her mother, "Don't worry, your old son won't be hungry. I've prepared all the meals. It is hot in the pot, and it will be ready to eat after a while, just enter the house to take a breath, and then eat."

My mother would say, "It's all ready. I'm still thinking about it. Let's eat it when it's ready. You can't wait for the food. It won't taste good when it's cold."

Fifth Sister and I just laughed.

When will a mother be home?

If there is mother, call home, if mother is not there, call home.

Noodles made by my mother.

Sitting on the kang and eating the noodles made by my mother warms my heart.

Mother asked: "Is the restaurant busy when you come back at this time?"

I said, "It's okay, there are still people here who can come over."

Mother asked: "The restaurant business is pretty good?"

I said, "Very good."

"I have a good birthday. Every year, your sister and the others make a fuss, but I can't do it. What's the point of celebrating a broken birthday? After a year old, people who are half buried in the earth." Mother said.

"There is no birthday. People say that celebrating the birthday of the elderly is a blessing for children." I said.

"Blessings, blessings of children, you are all blessed."

"You are blessed, how blessed are you when we celebrate your birthday." I smiled and said, "We are also blessed. How can we be unlucky if we have a mother in the family?"

"I'm a dry old lady, what's the blessing, as long as you are blessed." The mother said, "You come back to celebrate my birthday. It's still early before the Chinese New Year. Are you still going back?" asked the mother.

"Mom, that's what happened."

I told my mother about my thoughts. After hearing this, my mother didn't say a word. After a while, she said: "It's okay, you can go back and fry your dishes. It's a good year. Just one night, the past is over, and it's a good New Year's Eve." Sad days, don't worry about my old lady, I'm fine."

Seeing my mother felt very uncomfortable. My mother was looking forward to my coming back to spend a new year with her, but I didn't expect that I would come back and have to leave after celebrating her birthday.I saw the disappointment in my mother's eyes, and I couldn't think about going back. I spent a good New Year with my mother at home.

What my mother said sounds so true, but I know that my mother is not willing to let me go, and hopes that I will stay at home for the New Year.

But Huang Ping has promised to go back, and not only regrets her decision.

Take out the things I bought for my mother.

My mother saw that I bought shoes again, and said to me: "The shoes you bought last year are still there, and you haven't worn them a few times. Why did you buy them again?"

I said, "You can wear it if I buy it for you. This one is made of cloth. Our boss bought it for you. She also bought the padded jacket. I also bought a sweater for my sister and the others." Then I said, "I It's going to cost money, but the boss didn't let me spend it, saying it was for your birthday."

My mother said: "Why do you still let people buy it? It's all favors. When the time comes, you can pay it back over there. Don't use other people's favors."

I said, "Well, I'll return it over there, don't worry."

Mother tried both the shoes and the padded jacket, and they fit well.You have to be a woman to buy clothes, so I told Huang Ping about my mother's height, weight, and foot size, and the ones she bought were quite suitable. The shoes fit the feet and the jacket fit well. It seems that women are born to buy clothes.

The mother looked at the shoes and the cotton-padded jacket and said, "These shoes and the cotton-padded jacket are very good. I don't understand them, but they feel very good. They are different from ordinary ones. I haven't worn them. I have seen them on TV. They all look good." Expensive, cost a lot of money."

I said, "Well, you can just wear it, and it's not expensive."

My mother never wore good clothes all her life. When she was young, she wore one piece of clothing for four seasons, and she was still wearing a pair of shoes with leaking toes.I can't imagine my mother's hardships. Now that the conditions are good, I must let my mother eat well and dress well.

It is my wish to let my mother eat well and dress well.

Mother said: "It's been more than half a year since you came back last time. I heard from your third sister that the girl introduced to you last time went to find her husband's house, and she went to find Jianwazi."

"Really, so fast." I said.

"That's not too soon. How old are they? A family of girls asks for help from all families, and any good girl asks." The mother said: "I heard that there are quite a lot of people who come to the door to say that they are close. What is the surname of the last one I found? It seems to be Li. , the kid drives a car."

I said, "That's fine."

Mother asked: "Then you haven't been around in the past six months?"

Yaru appeared in front of my eyes. I don't know whether to tell my mother or not. After all, I am only in love with Yaru and have not yet been approved by her parents. I am afraid that my mother will be very happy if I tell my mother.But it's nothing to think about it, it's the same as going home for a blind date, the two blind dates failed twice, and my mother knew it, so it's okay.

"There's one that's pretty good, but it's still undecided," I said.

"Where is that family?" Mother asked.

"Fuxin's."

My mother said: "The one in Fuxin is okay. It's not far from us, about two hundred miles away." Then the mother asked: "How old is it?"

I said, "Nineteen."

Mother said: "Nineteen, okay, you are 22, adults are three years old, men are three years older, you are not too old, you are a tiger, she is a snake - a snake and a tiger are like a knife - it is a sign of disharmony - Now it’s a new society, and whoever still talks about that, doesn’t pay attention to the zodiac signs.”

I laugh, my mother is very taboo about zodiac signs, and I know some of them, such as: snakes and tigers are as wrong as swords, roosters and monkeys can't reach their heads, white horses commit green bulls, etc.This is about my son's affairs, and I don't taboo anything about it. A mother can bear anything for her son's marriage. This is what parents are.

Maternal love is great.

I talked a lot with my mother, and then my mother fell asleep.

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, after breakfast, I was just about to go shopping when my fifth sister and fifth brother-in-law came back.

"Why are you back?" Fifth Sister asked in surprise.

Fifth sister didn't expect me to come back and was very surprised.

I said: "Come back to celebrate my mother's birthday."

Fifth Sister said: "I didn't expect you to come back, I thought you were coming back during the Chinese New Year."

"I didn't expect it, and neither did my mother." I said.

"I didn't expect that." Fifth Sister asked, "What are you doing here?"

I said, "Buy some food. Tomorrow is my mother's birthday. I'll go buy some food."

The fifth sister said: "Don't go, I brought back a lot of vegetables, first check what is missing and then buy some, and buy what is missing."

The fifth brother-in-law said: "I don't think there is anything missing, almost everything is almost the same, only vegetables are missing, Guohua will go buy some later."

The fifth sister thought I would not come back, she and the fifth brother-in-law had almost prepared the dishes.

"In the morning my old man killed a little stupid chicken. In the first two days my family slaughtered a pig. I brought back a elbow and the pig's intestines after feeding. My old woman brought me back the pig's liver and pig's lungs. I I don’t see anything missing, Guohua, you can just buy some green vegetables in a while, we have fish at home, last time I bought it in the last market, my mother didn’t eat it, and it’s a dish tomorrow.” Fifth Sister said.

"Okay, there is nothing missing, you have prepared enough." I said.

"I have been preparing for the past two years. I have nothing to do, and our family doesn't need me to do anything, so I will prepare." Fifth Sister said.

The fifth brother-in-law said: "I won, don't listen to your fifth sister, did she prepare it? She just gave the order, and I was the one who did the work."

"Why did I ask you to do some work? You can eat the most dumplings made by the old lady, so you eat less?" Fifth Sister yelled at Fifth Brother-in-law.

The fifth brother-in-law just laughed and said nothing.

Let the fifth sister and fifth brother-in-law stay at home, and I will go shopping.I bought some green vegetables, tea leaves, and candies for the children.When I came back, my mother and fifth sister were making dumplings.Seeing making dumplings, I prepared two cold dishes, mixed with dried tofu, and cut a plate of shredded elm root pickled by my mother.The elm root pickled by my mother is very delicious, and the taste can still be remembered now.

The fifth sister said: "What kind of food are you eating dumplings? Dumplings are dishes."

The fifth brother-in-law said: "The old brother is back, why don't you drink some wine and eat dumplings."

The fifth sister said: "Don't you just like to eat the dumplings made by your mother, as long as there are dumplings, you can drink half a catty of wine."

"I can't do it today. Today I have to drink eight taels. I am happy that my old brother is back." The fifth brother-in-law said to me: "Guohua, you know, you are not at home. When your old sister and I come back, my mother will make dumplings and eat dumplings. Mom just said you, that you can drink while eating dumplings."

I said, "Let's have a good drink today, and I'll see if your drinking capacity has improved."

The fifth brother-in-law said: "Don't talk about it. If you are not at home, your fifth sister will be strict. You will only be allowed to drink a drink after eating dumplings, and it will only be three or two drinks. If you drink any more, you will not be allowed to drink."

The fifth sister said: "I don't care about you, I don't care about you, don't you still drink, just say what you want to drink."

The fifth brother-in-law didn't say a word, looking happy and angry.

During the meal, Fifth Sister said, "Guohua, Mom said you'll be back in two days, and you won't be home for the Chinese New Year."

I said, "Well, I won't be at home, go back to the hotel."

"That's okay, there's nothing to do at home. It's just a new year, just one day, and it's no different from ordinary days." The fifth sister said: "I'm at home at 29, and I will go back in the evening. I will come back on the first day of the new year. Just pass thirty by yourself, and it’s fine.”

I said, "Then you and my fifth brother-in-law will have to work hard."

Fifth Sister said: "That's okay, otherwise I would always come back, your fifth brother-in-law is more frequent than me."

The fifth brother-in-law said: "Guohua, you don't know. At home, your elder sister always rubbishes me, talking about me for a while, and talking about me for a while. I make dumplings."

"What's more, you are out of labor, and you are enjoying the blessing of running away from your mother." Fifth Sister said.

Drink with the fifth brother-in-law.The wine at home is better than the wine in the restaurant. It is made from pure grain in small rural wineries. It tastes a bit spicy, but not overpowering.Fifth Sister asked me: "Guohua, I heard from my mother that you are dating at a restaurant."

I said, "It's fine."

"Why do you still count as a place? If you have a place, you have a place. If you don't have a place, you don't have a place. How can you pay it off." Fifth Sister said.

"I'm okay with her, but she hasn't told her family that her family doesn't allow her to have sex outside." I told the truth.

"It's the same at her house, why don't you allow her to have sex outside?" Fifth Sister heard me say that Yaru's family didn't allow her to have sex outside and began to fight for me.

I said: "There are only two children in her family. She is married to his brother. His brother is married. She is an old girl. Her father doesn't want her to look too far away from her husband's family."

"Mom said that her home in Fuxin is not far from our house. Isn't it only two hundred miles away? That's still far away?" Fifth Sister said.

"It's not far away—let's talk about it, we've only known each other for a few months, so let's talk about it first." I said.

"Then how does she treat you?" Fifth Sister asked.

"good."

Fifth Sister asked: "It's okay? What does it mean?"

The fifth brother-in-law said: "You are still a teacher. You are a cultural person. You don't know what it means if you are okay. If you are okay, you are very good. Guohua is embarrassed to say that the two of you get along very well. Now it is the girl's house." Now, if her family agrees, she can marry back home and become a daughter-in-law, you understand now."

"Fuck you, I don't know what it means. Don't you care about it? I just want to make sure." The fifth sister gave her fifth brother-in-law a look, and then said to me: "If this is the case, Guohua, you will go to her during the Chinese New Year. Let’s take a look, look at their parents, and listen to their opinions.”

The fifth brother-in-law said: "Yes, your fifth sister is right. You should go to someone's house and see their parents. If they give you such a big girl, you have to see how you are."

I said: "Let's talk about it after the New Year. She will come back to work after the New Year. I will ask her to see what her parents think. If it is okay, I will go there; if not, forget it."

"Forget it, talk it over when you get to someone's house, if there's anything wrong with it, if you're embarrassed, I'll go with you, and I'll tell you." Fifth Sister said.

"No, I can solve this matter, you don't need to go, if I can't solve this, I won't talk about my daughter-in-law." I said.

"I don't think you can solve it. If you can solve it, you should get it back for Mom's birthday this time." Fifth Sister said.

"Look, you're in a hurry, I'm sure this matter with Guohua can be resolved, so don't worry about getting angry." The fifth brother-in-law said to the fifth sister.

"Drink your wine." Fifth Sister gave Fifth Brother-in-law a look.

I really don't know how to date Yaru, and I don't know if it can be done, whether Yaru's parents will agree.

(End of this chapter)