The story of a cook

Chapter 97
Stayed at home for three days.

Lin Yan's vacation is here, and Lin Yan and I started to go back.

On the train back, Lin Yan said, "Old Tan, I seem to have been tricked by you."

I was a little puzzled and asked, "How did I lie to you?"

She said: "I went back to your home with you, and I feel that if I don't marry you in the future, it will be a fraudulent marriage."

I asked, "Why, you don't want to marry me yet?"

She said: "Actually, I didn't think about it, but after arriving at your house, your family is very good, and it is good to me. Even if I don't want to be with you, I have to be with you." She sighed mischievously at me. He took a deep breath: "It would be fine if I didn't go back to your home with you. There are other choices, and now there is no choice at all."

I smiled and asked: "Regret?"

She squeezed her thumb and index finger together and held them up in front of me, saying, "A little bit."

I said: "It's okay, you have a choice, if you think I can't do it, you can go to someone else."

She looked at me and said leisurely: "In the future, you must treat me well."

I said: "It is necessary, if it is not good for you, it is good for someone."

She said: "Also, I don't want to get married so early, I want to stay at home for a few more years and help my mother."

I said, "It's okay, let's help together."

She looked me up and down and said, "You are not allowed to drink so much in the future, and you should smoke less. You must have a good body."

I said, "Okay, listen to you."

She waved her hand and said, "Okay, that's all I think of now, and I'll tell you what I think of later."

The reason why Lin Yan said she wanted me to have a good health was because her biological father and stepfather both passed away due to illness, and he didn't want to have the same fate as her mother, raising the child alone and living a widow's life.Her mother's life was not easy, she suffered a lot and suffered a lot. She lived a life of being dependent on others since she was a child. She didn't want her children to live the same life as her. She wanted to find a healthy husband and live a good life. lifetime.

After returning to the provincial capital, Lin Yan and I continued to work.

After not going to work for several days, there is a kind of homely feeling when I come back to the kitchen.

Sister Zhang, who was washing the dishes, was the first to ask me: "How is Tan Zi, is your mother so happy to go home with Lin Yan?"

I said, "Yes, my mother is very happy."

Sister Zhang then asked, "Have your sisters all gone back?"

I said, "They all went back."

Sister Zhang asked: "Your sister and the others are also very happy to see Lin Yan?"

I said: "Yes, my sister and the others are also very happy, very satisfied with Lin Yan."

Sister Zhang said: "Lin Yan is good-looking, good-looking, affordable, not like ordinary little girls, Lin Yan knows how to live, and you and Lin Yan will be fine when you are together."

I said, "That's a must."

Sister Zhang asked: "Then when are you going to Lin Yan's house? See Lin Yan's mother."

I said, "I plan to go during the Chinese New Year, do you think it's okay?"

Sister Zhang said: "There's nothing wrong with that. Isn't it a good time to go during the Chinese New Year? It's also a New Year's greeting. Then ask me: Do you plan to go before the year or after the year?"

I said, "It hasn't been decided yet, when would you like to go?"

Sister Zhang said: "I think it's good to go to the year before. If you are good, go to the year to talk to her mother and ask Lin Yan to go home with you for the New Year. That would be great."

I said: "It's hard enough, it's a bit difficult, it would be nice if her mother would approve of me."

Sister Zhang said, "Try it, just in case."

I did have the idea of ​​asking Lin Yan to go home with me to celebrate the New Year, but I was afraid that her mother would not agree.

Huang Ping also asked about Lin Yan and I going home, and I said everything was fine, and everyone in my family recognized Lin Yan.

Speaking of going to Lin Yan's house during the Chinese New Year, Huang Ping said: "It's right to go there, you can go before the year, Lin Yan has already gone to your house, you should also go to Lin Yan's house, her mother I haven't seen you yet, so I just want someone to see you." Then he said: "I guess Lin Yan's mother can't agree to Lin Yan going to your house for the New Year, so don't think about it."

Speaking of this, Huang Ping looked at me, and then said: "Besides, her mother may not agree with the two of you, so don't worry, as long as Lin Yan agrees, Lin Yan will slowly do her mother's work when the time comes. It is estimated that Lin Yan will go home with you to see your mother after the new year, and then you will go back with Lin Yan. The two of you will not go home together in the first year of dating. Your mother should think about it when she is at home. She thought it was yellow Well, it's time for the old lady to worry again."

I think about it too.In the past few years, the matter of finding a wife for me has been the most concerned and anxious thing for my mother, and it has almost become her heart disease. I just brought Lin Yan home to meet my family, and then I did not go back for the first year of the Chinese New Year, old lady Guaranteed to think about it, I thought that Wang Jianhuang and I were married, and she should be worried, anxious, and angry again.

Whether Lin Yan can go home with me to celebrate the New Year depends on her mother's opinion after I arrive at her house. If her mother agrees with us, Lin Yan can go home with me for the New Year. If her mother disagrees with us If the matter, then the matter of getting married this time will be over, and it will become a love story just like Yaru.

Tell yourself that it's useless to think too much. After I went to Lin Yan's house to see her mother a year ago, everything became clear. Now I don't have to think about anything, just work hard.

Autumn passed quickly, and it was winter in a blink of an eye. When it was almost eight o'clock that night, the waiter in front called me and said that there was a guest looking for me. a man.The four of them ate in a private room. It seemed that they had just arrived for a while, and the dishes hadn't been moved much.Sister Zhao introduced the two men to me. One was named Li, who was Li Na’s friend, and the other was named Shang.The man surnamed Li is more handsome, and he can talk about it. The Shang brother that Sister Zhao mentioned is about 35 or six, slightly fat, and I feel a little too deep in the city.

Sister Zhao said: "It's been a long time since I came here. I just have time today. Come and see you."

I said, "Yeah, it's been a long time."

Li Na said: "Your sister Zhao misses you, and misses you every day." She glanced at Zhao sister and joked: "I guess I won't miss you in the future. They have Brother Shang."

I said: "Good thing, Sister Zhao should have found someone long ago, and I am also looking forward to having a brother-in-law."

Sister Zhao said a little embarrassedly: "What are you two talking about, you are just friends."

Li Na's friend Li Ge said: "We are friends now, but we should be husband in the future."

Sister Zhao said: "I'll talk about the future later, isn't it right now?"

Li Na said, "Who cares about the future, it's all right now."

I took a look at Sister Zhao and Brother Shang, and felt that Sister Zhao was not a good match for him. Sitting next to him, Sister Zhao looked a bit incompatible. I wanted to be friends with Sister Zhao, but I approached Sister Zhao with an ulterior purpose. This was my first feeling, or intuition, when I saw him.The reason is very simple, that is, Sister Zhao is more beautiful, kind and trustworthy.

That brother Shang can drink quite a bit, and he also drinks liquor.

While drinking, Li Na and that brother Li made some small gestures with each other. Sister Zhao said, "Be careful, you two, there are still people here."

Li Na said, "Someone did something wrong, and the two of us did not break the law."

Sister Zhao said: "You can't wait until the drink is finished, and ignore others."

Li Na pushed that brother Li away, and said seriously: "Be careful, behave yourself, and drink."

Sister Zhao asked me about my recent situation, and I told her about going home with Lin Yan. Sister Zhao was very happy to hear that, and said, "Brother, it's amazing. Sister hasn't come here for a few months, and she took my daughter-in-law away." back home."

I said, "I'm not always good, but I have to be good once."

Sister Zhao asked Lin Yan about the situation at home, and I told her, and Sister Zhao said, "Brother, you are very tired. Your family is not good, and her family is not good. You two have to work hard, enough for you." Both of you deserve it."

I said, "It's okay, take your time and it will be fine."

When I was chatting with Sister Zhao, that brother Shang stayed aside, looking impatient and looking down on me a bit.Li Na and that brother Li were chatting and laughing at the side. I felt a little uncomfortable sitting there and wanted to leave.To be honest, I am not used to such occasions, people are one-on-one, and it seems that I have only known each other not long ago, and it is the time when the relationship needs to be strengthened, so my existence is a bit bad.

I politely offered a glass of wine, and after finishing the drink, I said there was still something to do in the kitchen, and left.

Out of the private room, Sister Zhao also came out, stopped me, and asked: "Brother, are you unhappy?"

I said, "No, I just feel uncomfortable and a little uncomfortable."

Sister Zhao said: "That brother Shang was introduced by Li Na. I just met him for a few days, and we had dinner together twice. We are not very familiar. My sister has no idea of ​​being friends with him yet."

I said: "Sister, it's time for you to be a friend. If you think it's appropriate, you can go everywhere, and you can't live alone."

Sister Zhao said, "I haven't decided yet, let's wait and see."

I said, "Yes, let's get along first, as long as I treat you well, but you have to pay attention, sometimes not everyone can be friends."

Sister Zhao said, "Brother, do you think Brother Shang is a bad person?"

I said, "No, I just met him and I don't know if it's good or not. I'm just afraid that you will suffer. You are my sister."

Sister Zhao said with a smile, "My younger brother treats me better."

I said: "Sister, you go back, I'm going to the kitchen, you two can chat for a while."

In fact, before there is no strength, there is a gap between people. This gap does not mean that you will be fully recognized by his friends if you are good with someone.Just like today, sister Zhao and I are good friends, that's a good thing between us, it doesn't mean that her friends will accept me because we are good.To be honest, at that time the city people looked down on the rural people, especially those who came from the countryside like me, in the eyes of the city people, they were just migrant workers, and there was no comparison with them.It can be seen at the dinner table that when I was drinking with Brother Li and Brother Shang, they had to drink because of the face of Sister Zhao and Li Na, and they ignored them even when talking to them.Since this is the case, let's not put hot faces on their cold buttocks. They look down on me, and I really don't look down on them.

In addition, it can be seen that Li Na and that brother Li are not really friends at all, they are just playing.It is impossible for Li Na to like that brother Li. That brother Li is a handsome man who hangs out with women for a long time.Li Na just got divorced, so she just wanted to find a man to relieve her loneliness and indulge herself.

That brother Shang's mansion is too deep, he is the kind of person that men don't want to make friends with, giving people a feeling that they will be "trapped" at any time.I don't like this kind of person, and I don't want to associate with them, they are too scheming.Sister Zhao has to be careful when interacting with this kind of person, and she will get hurt if she is not careful.

It was almost time to get off work in the kitchen, and everyone was cleaning up. I hurriedly opened a purchase order, and after the purchase order, I asked Master Sui to make a dish for Sister Zhao's house, and told the waiter that it was a gift.

After 09:30, Lin Yan came over from get off work, smiling all over her face. Seeing her like that, she was happy because she got off work early.

I asked, "Do you leave work so early today?"

Lin Yan said: "My luck is good today. The two private room customers I served left at 08:30, so I got off work normally."

I said, "Then let's go out to eat."

She said unhappily, "I'll eat all the meals at the restaurant, so you can't save some money."

I said, "Didn't you get off work early today?"

She said: "I didn't go to eat earlier, I just came to see you, and then I went back. It's a bit cold today, and the weather forecast says it will snow."

I said: "Then you wear more tomorrow."

She said, "Well, I'll put on the down jacket tomorrow."

Lin Yan said a few more words to me, and when she saw Sister Zhang, she ran to chat with Sister Zhang, chatted for a while and said, "I can't do it, I have to go."

I said, "I'll take you there."

She said: "You don't need to send it, it's so cold, you have to walk back, I'll be home in a while."

I said, "Then you won't let me live with you."

She said: "You are so beautiful, how dare you live with my three girls."

After speaking, he waved to me and Sister Zhang, and rode home.

I checked the kitchen to see if there was nothing wrong, and then I went to the hall, just in time for Sister Zhao and the others to come out, and went up to have a few words with them.

Li Na said: "Little brother, you are not mean enough, you didn't drink with sister today."

I said, "I have something to do today. I'll have a drink with you someday."

Li Na said: "That's for sure, someday I will come alone with your sister Zhao, and we must have a good drink."

Sister Zhao came over and said, "Brother, let's go, come back someday."

I said, "Okay, come over someday, and I will treat you well."

Talking about sending them out of the store, Li Na and Brother Li took a taxi and left. Brother Shang took a taxi and said to take Sister Zhao home. Sister Zhao said no and went back by herself, and then went to the other side of the road to take a taxi by herself. The business brother also followed to the opposite side of the road.Sister Zhao got into the taxi after getting a taxi. It seemed that she didn't need that brother Shang to take her off. She told him not to get in the taxi, but the brother Shang went up anyway, and the car drove away.

I stood at the entrance of the hotel, feeling uncomfortable. I couldn’t tell what it was, but I just took a taxi. I told the driver to follow Sister Zhao’s car, and the driver drove along.

I know the route to my sister's house.

Sister Zhao's car had just passed northbound and turned into a community on Minzhu Road. I knew that was not the way to go to my sister's house, and my sister's family didn't live there either.I told the driver to turn around and follow. Sister Zhao's car entered the community and stopped at a building.

The driver of my car wanted to drive over and stop, and I said, "Don't go any further, just stop here."

The car was parked 40 meters away from Sister Zhao's car.

"Are you there?" the driver asked.

I said, "Not here yet, wait for a while."

At this time, Sister Zhao opened the car door and came down, and that Brother Shang also came down. Sister Zhao hurriedly opened the door after seeing that Brother Shang got down. He staggered and almost fell.Brother Shang waved his hand at the driver in the car, and the car in front drove away.

Sister Zhao stood still and wanted to go forward to chase the taxi. Brother Shang dragged Sister Zhao to prevent Sister Zhao from chasing.

I understood what was going on, paid the driver and got out of the car, and the driver drove away.

I didn't go there immediately, so I stood aside, because it was night, Sister Zhao and the others wouldn't see me.Although separated by a distance of 40 meters, their voices can still be heard because the voice is a bit loud.

Sister Zhao must have been very angry, and said loudly, "Get out, I'll go home."

That brother Shang grabbed Sister Zhao's arm and said, "Why are you going home so late? You can stay with me."

Sister Zhao said: "We don't know each other well, why do we live here with you?"

The Shang brother said: "We don't know each other well, we have eaten three times."

Sister Zhao said: "It's cooked when you eat it. Why are you like this? You don't look like that."

The Shang brother said: "What kind of person am I, am I not bad?"

Sister Zhao said: "If you are good, let me go and let me go home."

The Shang brother said: "Who are you going back to? Where do you live? Look at Li Na, she left with Li Zi, and we will live together today."

Sister Zhao said: "Whoever lives with you, I am not that kind of person."

The Shang brother said: "I didn't say you were, why are you like this, isn't it just staying for one night?"

Sister Zhao said: "Not even for one night, let me go, if you don't let go, I will yell."

Brother Shang said, "Come on, it's useless here, everyone knows me and who I am."

Sister Zhao said: "I don't care who you are, let me go, I said you let me go, listen!"

Hearing this, I started to move forward.

Sister Zhao's arm was dragged by the surname Shang, and the surname Shang wanted to hug Sister Zhao, but Sister Zhao dodged.Probably because he heard my footsteps, the surname Shang stopped and looked towards me.

I walked up to them, and when Sister Zhao saw me, she was pleasantly surprised: "Brother——"

I said loudly to Shang, "Get rid of my sister!"

The man surnamed Shang let go of his hand, and immediately realized that something was wrong, and wanted to pull it again. At this time, sister Zhao was already behind me, and he didn't pull it.

I pointed to the one surnamed Shang and said, "I tell you, you are not allowed to touch my sister in the future."

After speaking, she pulled Sister Zhao to turn around and leave.

The one surnamed Shang said in the back: "Your sister is such a joke, she is a stinking divorce."

I turned around and kicked him in the stomach, he took a few steps back clutching his stomach, I went up and kicked him again, kicked him all over the place and sat on the ground, before he got over his nerves, he just had a meal Kicked, kicked and slapped two more mouths, then dragged the stunned sister Zhao to the street and took a taxi to go to sister Zhao's house.

In the car, Sister Zhao held my hand nervously, and I could feel her body trembling, and her hand was trembling too.He squeezed her hand tightly, looked at her, and told her with his eyes, don't be afraid, it's all right.

When we arrived at the gate of Sister Zhao’s community, I helped Sister Zhao out of the car. After standing still, Sister Zhao lay on top of me and cried loudly.I know that she is afraid, just like the last time the restaurant caught fire, I am also afraid.

When Sister Zhao stopped crying, she raised her head and looked at me.

I straightened Sister Zhao and asked her, "Can you walk?"

Sister Zhao nodded, and helped her to walk to her house. Sister Zhao's legs were still shaking when she walked, and it seemed that she was quite frightened.

When I got to her door, I said, "You go in, I won't go in, it's all right, go in and take a good bath and sleep."

Sister Zhao dragged me and shook her head, and whispered, "Brother, I'm scared."

I said, "It's okay, I have to go back."

Sister Zhao looked at me for a long time, finally let me go, opened the door and went in.

(End of this chapter)