The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 240
A bit cloudy, it's going to snow.

The pasture stretches as far as the eye can see, it is withered and yellow, and the flock of sheep is looming.

The grassland in winter is gray, wild, and cold wind blows. Although it is not desolate, it is sad.If the poet is here, he will definitely express his emotions and splash pen and ink.

The off-road vehicle was moving forward on the meadow that looked like a road but not a road. It was a little bumpy and the speed was very slow. When driving to a low-lying place, you could hear the rustling sound of the chassis of the car scraping the hard grass.

Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms greeted Lao Tan and the others on the road, and then the two cars drove into Caodianzi.He led the way in front, and Lao Tan and the others followed behind. They have been driving for 10 minutes, and they haven't seen the yurt or anyone else yet.

It seems that we have to go for a while.

There is a small slope ahead, and there is no one on the slope, and the car continues to drive to the depths with bumps.

After walking for more than ten minutes, I saw a yurt and a house on a flat grassland.

Seen from a distance, the house is small, but up close, it is as big as a normal house.

There are really people in the depths of the grassland.

The house faces south, with six rooms in a row.On the right are two yurts and three wing rooms, one of which is parked with a car.There are tractors, motorcycles, and carriages in front of the house.On the left is a large sheepfold with bundles of grass stacked outside the sheepfold.

There is a deep well in front of the house, and beside the well is a running generator.

Two collies came running, wagging their tails in front of their master.

Behind, a black Tibetan mastiff the size of a calf, tied to an iron chain, drooped its ears and let out a low howl.

The hostess greeted her out the door, followed by two young men in their twenties.

This is the home of Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it. In Lao Tan's imagination, the nomadic herdsmen should live a nomadic life.Now it seems that is not the case, the life of the family is better than that of the people in the city.

Among other things, the car parked in the wing and the off-road vehicle cost 700,000 to [-], and the six bungalows cost at least a hundred thousand, which is a decimal, and there are sheep, at least a thousand, plus around the house Cows and horses swaying leisurely.

awesome.

Lao Tan and the others were enthusiastically let into the house.

The spacious living room is no different from that of people who live in the city, with a swivel sofa, a coffee table in the middle, and a few pots of evergreens and fortune trees next to them.

There was a heater in the house, and it was warm.

After some courtesies, the host and guest sat down, the hostess brought milk tea, snacks, and Urimo, and the host was busy offering cigarettes and passing tea.

"You're welcome here, it's like your own home." Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms said.

"I'm sorry to bother you," Old Tan said.

"What's the trouble? It's too late for me to be happy that you guys can come to this barren meadow. As long as you don't mind it." Boss Bai said boldly.

After everyone chatted for a while, the hostess began to arrange meals.

The sheep were killed in the morning and had already been cooked.A big pot of mutton was served by hand, a pot of steaming lamb offal was served, followed by two green vegetables, fried green peppers and garlic sprouts, and finally a stew - Cordyceps chicken stewed with mushrooms.

The tempting aroma of the mutton in hand made me greedy.On the side are wild chive flowers and hot sauce, a few Mongolian knives.The haggis soup is milky white, and the shallots floating on it are accompanied by a few drops of oil, making your mouth water.

The green pepper and garlic sprouts are fried with beef, and there is no less soy sauce, which is red and attractive.

The special thing is the stewed chicken with mushrooms, served in a copper hot pot, and you can add meat and soup at any time.

Boss Bai’s comrade-in-arms let everyone to the table, and said: “I don’t have any hospitality here, unlike the city. I killed a sheep and stewed a chicken. It’s convenient for me to eat sheep. I raise it at home and vegetables. No, it’s far away from the city, so I’ll go there and buy more, but I’m still afraid to buy leafy vegetables, I can’t keep it.”

Lao Tan and the others hurriedly said that this is very good and very rich.

"This is the chicken raised on the pasture. My family has less than a hundred chickens. They are for myself to eat. Try it. If it is good, there are two large numbers of chickens raised. I am worried that there is no market. I will contact you." Bai The boss comrade-in-arms pointed to the stewed chicken and said.

"It looks good." Old Tan said.

"The mushrooms are picked by themselves. We produce this, which is no less than the pine mushrooms. They eat meat heads."

While talking, the two sons of Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms came in, one carrying a [-]-jin baijiu barrel, and the other carrying a case of beer.Behind him was a man in a Mongolian robe, about forty years old, very sturdy.

Boss Bai’s comrade-in-arms got up and introduced that the Mongolian man was his neighbor, named Bai Bayintu.

This is the custom of herdsmen. When a guest comes to a house, they will call their neighbors to accompany them to drink to show their enthusiasm.

It's winter now, if it's summer, the two families will kill sheep and stew chicken together, eat and drink in the yard, eat from noon to night, set up a bonfire, and sing and dance.

The hospitality of the Mongolian people is not something to brag about.

Boss Bai's son poured the wine, and the hostess took off her apron and sat down next to Wang Shulan.

The first drink at the herdsman's house begins.

Before coming, the plan of Lao Tan, Boss Bai, and Wang Shulan was to have a meal at noon, then go to see the Cordyceps chicken farm, and return to the city before dark after finalizing the matter.

Now it seems that the plan has changed. After eating and drinking this meal, it will be dark.

"It's hard for you to come here, don't rush to go, play here for two days. Lao Bai, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years." Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms said.

Boss Bai said: "It's not a big deal, it's been ten years."

"You probably won't be able to leave if you want to. When I came, the sky was overcast and there were scattered snowfalls," Bai Bayintu said.

Unfortunately, when I looked outside, there were already snowflakes.

Lao Tan and Wang Shulan looked at each other, and it seemed that they couldn't leave.Since you can't walk, drink it steadily, and experience the life of a herdsman family.

The drink didn't end until it was time to light the lamps, and Lao Tan was a little drunk with his drinking capacity, let alone the others.

In the end, only Lao Tan, Boss Bai and Bai Bayintu were left on the wine table.

Bai Bayintu regained his composure, held his wine glass and said to Old Tan: "Brother, come to my place tomorrow, I will kill the sheep, let's continue to drink."

Lao Tan also got drunk and said, "Go, definitely go."

Bai Bayintu turned to Boss Bai and said to his comrades-in-arms: "It's decided, you will bring my brothers to my place tomorrow. I don't have time to kill sheep, so I won't come to pick them up."

"Well, let's go directly." Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms agreed.

When we sent Bai Bayintu out, the snow was still falling, and there was already a thick layer on the ground.Looking into the distance, black and white followed by endless darkness, deep and far away.

"Can he go back when it's dark, and it's still snowing?" Old Tan asked.

"It's okay, he came here on a horse, and the horse can carry him home." Said Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms.

Old Tan looked at it again, thinking that if he didn't dare to leave because of what he said, what if he ran into a wolf.Thinking of this, he laughed again, took two steps forward, untied his belt to urinate, and hurried back to the house.

Boss Bai and the two sons of Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms occupied the whole room, lying on the Kang and snoring like thunder.Lao Tan checked that there was no place for him, and Boss Bai told him to go into another room.

There is only one person in the other room——Wang Shulan.Already asleep, snoring lightly.

Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms took the quilt and put it on the kang, and then went back to his room.

Old Tan thought that he could only sleep like this. He drank too much and didn't care. He didn't know anything when he fell asleep.So without taking off her clothes, she lay directly on the kang and covered herself with a quilt.

The kang is very hot, and it is comfortable to burn the back.When I went out to send off Bayintu just now, I saw the wind, the spirit of alcohol came up, I was a little dazed, I closed my eyes and fell asleep quickly.

When he woke up before dawn, Lao Tan was thirsty, so he got up to get some water to drink. In the dark, he felt that there was someone beside him, and there was a fragrance.Startled, I immediately remembered that there was Wang Shulan in this house.

I found the phone by the pillow, turned it on and it was bright, found the wall switch, and turned on the light.

Good guy, Wang Shulan is sleeping soundly, and she is sleepy.

She was the first to come down from the wine table, and she was probably the only one in this room, so she didn't lie down with all her clothes like Lao Tan, but now her jade body is half exposed, with a large white area on her chest, and the mountains are undulating.

Old Tan was stunned for a while, swallowed with some difficulty, then got off the ground, put on his shoes and opened the door, found a bottle of mineral water in the living room, unscrewed the cap and drank it in one go.

Then he sat down on the sofa and lit a cigarette.

Hey, this drink is——
Lao Tan saw Wang Shulan's seductive sleeping appearance in front of his eyes, and thought that Yizhang had drunk too much, and if he didn't drink too much, she would have to be executed on the spot.

After one cigarette was exhausted, the heat from the bed disappeared. Although the room was not cold, the temperature before dawn was still not high, and it was cool.

Old Tan thought it was better to go back to the house and lie down for a while, even if she didn't go back, when Wang Shulan woke up, she would see two beddings, she was not stupid, she knew that she was sleeping there.

Besides, nothing happened. If you are a guest in a pastoral area, it is impossible for them to have so many rooms for you. I understand.

So he got up and went to the house, and opened the door.

Wang Shulan was lying on the bed and looking at him with her eyes open.

Lao Tan was embarrassed by one kick in and one kick out of the door.

"Come in and close the door, the wind is coming in." Wang Shulan said while tucking in the quilt.

Old Tan closed the door, took off his shoes and got on the kang.

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(End of this chapter)