The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 241

This scene reminded Lao Tan of the scene with Zheng Jiaqi (the character in the first part) when he was working in Fuxin. He also drank too much. Zheng Jiaqi got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet. When she came back, she went to the wrong room and went into her own room in a daze. , The two of them slept in the same bed until dawn, and woke up awkwardly.

"Old Bai and his comrades-in-arms and their two sons slept in that room, crowded, I went to sleep in your room." Old Tan explained embarrassingly.

Wang Shulan laughed softly, although she was a little embarrassed, she seemed more generous than Lao Tan, and said, "What's the matter, I haven't slept in bed yet, I'm already old."

"---"

"I haven't slept on the kang for many years. It's really comfortable, but it's a bit cold." In order to relieve the embarrassment and embarrassment, Wang Shulan said.

"Well, the one-story house is just like this, plus it is on the meadow, so there is no shelter." Old Tan said.

Wang Shulan stretched out her bare arms and rubbed her head naturally, and said, "I drank this wine, and I haven't been drunk for many years—it's okay, this wine is not good, and my head doesn't hurt."

"This wine is good."

He couldn't sleep either, so Old Tan sat against the wall with his feet stretched under the blanket.

"Has the snow stopped?"

"Stopped."

"Can you leave today?"

"That's enough. Our car is afraid that we won't be able to get out. If the snow is not frozen, it will be over if we get stuck in it." Old Tan said.

"It's under the snow—" Wang Shulan smiled wryly, "It's just right, I'm going to travel, eat and drink for food, and be a herdsman for two days."

It was not yet dawn, and the two of them chatted indifferently.

Wang Shulan is very talkative, she is the one who brings up the topic, and Lao Tan caters to her.

Perhaps because of the occasion, Wang Shulan talked about the time when she went to the countryside to be an educated youth, which was interesting.It's just that she was young at that time, she was young, she only caught up with the tail, and returned to the city after three months.

Then she talked about her first marriage, which lasted five years, had a boy, and now she has a family.The second marriage was three years, and she has been single since she divorced.

Over the years, he has made a lot of money and been cheated a lot. He is a person with experience and stories.

She said, Lao Tan listened and didn't ask any more questions.

Finally, it came to Lao Tan.

"Brother, my sister admires you a lot. You are from a rural area, and it's not good to do this."

"There is nothing to admire, to live." Old Tan said.

"Well said, in order to live." Wang Shulan sat up from the quilt in excitement, picked up the coat and put it on her body, leaned against the wall like Lao Tan, with her feet stretched under the quilt, and then said: "I appreciate you as a man. Er Jiner is an officer."

Old Tan smiled, lit a cigarette, and said calmly: "People have to do what they want to live. Mountains are high and rivers are long, horses are high and low - if you have my experience, you have to be like this. The days are long, go up the beam, run Drying the red rice with sorghum, the taste grows through the years."

"---"

"I'm afraid of passing 41, half of my life will be cold - it's good to do something every day, and it's fun to run around. I've been catering for half my life, and I can't bear to let it go. Give myself a reliance, and give everyone a boost -" To live, you have to do something, or your life will be in vain.”

"I admire." Wang Shulan gave a thumbs up.

"Don't admire, personal life is different, some live for money, some live for power, some live for women -- I am simple, I think about it. I like food and drink, I want to do it well, there is no limit, do it to death."

Old Tan's words touched Wang Shulan, she savored it carefully for a while, and said, "Brother, I understand now, you are not the boss, why do the two bosses trust you so much?"

Old Tan smiled, "Are you trying to say that I am impartial?"

"No, you are simple." Wang Shulan said seriously.

"Almost, simple is right." Old Tan nodded thoughtfully.

"I heard that your daughter-in-law is also the manager, she's very good." Wang Shulan changed the subject.

"Well, manager, he's in logistics." Old Tan said.

Wang Shulan hesitated for a moment, hesitated to speak, but she still said, "I said don't think too much, once I chatted with Zhou Xiaomei, it sounds like you and your wife don't have a good relationship."

"Hehe, that's what you heard, we are okay, husband and wife are busy." Old Tan pushed back.

But the look on his face betrayed him.

"Let me tell you, brother, although I don't know how you and your daughter-in-law are, but Sister Xin said, a husband and wife will be together for a lifetime, and the daughter-in-law is the one who will accompany you to the end. Don't divorce until the relationship breaks down." Wang Shulan said.

"That is." Old Tan nodded.

Before I knew it, there was light outside, and it was dawn.

There was such a heavy snowfall that the entire grassland was covered, not a single bit of withered yellow could be seen, and it was a vast expanse of whiteness, all the way to the distance where the sky and the earth were connected.

There was a slight wind and it was very hard, slowly raising the sun, it was as red as a little iron egg.

Lao Tan and Wang Shulan had already walked quite a distance, and at first they could still feel the way they came yesterday, but then they gradually drifted off, one foot deep and the other shallow, until they fell into the half-person-deep snow at the same time. There is no way.

So he turned around and walked back, and soon saw the smoke rising from Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms' house.

As he approached, Boss Bai was standing in front of the door smoking a cigarette, while his comrade-in-arms and his two sons were delivering grass to the sheepfold.

"Where did you two go early in the morning?" Boss Bai asked.

"Go for a walk." Old Tan said.

"It looks like we have to stay here for a few days." Boss Bai felt a little bitter.

"Almost." Lao Tan said: "Now the snow is not frozen yet, and when it is frozen, we can go."

Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms came over, patted the soil on the gloves, and said, "There's no need to worry, wait for two days in the sun, it will melt during the day, freeze at night, and you can leave when it freezes hard."

we can only do this.

Entering the house, the hostess has prepared meals.

Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms took out the wine again, and Wang Shulan and Boss Bai shook their heads.Seeing that the two of them didn't drink, Boss Bai and his comrade-in-arms didn't force it. He got a big glass for Lao Tan, and the two started to drink.

Drinking in the morning and getting drunk all day, since you can't walk, it's better to lie drunk on the snowy field, watching the sunset and the lonely smoke in the desert.

After the meal, Lao Tan and the others drank hot milk tea in the house. Boss Bai took his two sons outside to start the tractor, and then pushed out a metal house with wheels from the wing room and hung it on the tractor.

Wang Shulan and Boss Bai looked puzzled, but Lao Tan understood that this was going to pay a visit to Bayintu's house. The off-road vehicle could not be driven in the snow, the tractor was fine, and the iron shed was for people to sit on.

The hospitality is hard to come by, and I can't resist the enthusiasm of the Mongolian friends. Just like yesterday, I got drunk again at Bayintu's house.

It was not until the fourth day that I arrived safely on the road under the escort of a tractor.Then Boss Bai's comrade-in-arms led the three of them to a Cordyceps chicken slaughterhouse, and settled the matter on the spot, and then the three returned to Xilinhot.

Boss Bai was thinking about his family, so he went back first.Lao Tan and Wang Shulan rested for one night, and set off for Dongsu the next day.

Due to the heavy snow in the past two days, the road was difficult to walk, and the car drove slowly, and it was only half of the distance at one o'clock in the afternoon.

In front of me is the endless half-mountain road, and there is not a single car.On both sides of the road are meadows covered with snow, and in the distance are snow-capped mountains.

The two encountered the weather they least wanted to encounter here - the white hair wind.

Without giving any time, the sky darkened almost instantly, followed by strong winds and snowflakes, flying sand and rocks, and the sky was dark.

A car parked on a helpless roadside is like a small cardboard box in a strong wind, ready to blow away at any time.

Human beings are insignificant in front of nature, and they can be obliterated at any time by the power of heaven and earth.

Visibility was almost zero, and the gravel rolled up by the strong wind hit the car window, accompanied by the howling of the wind, like a wolf howling.

Not being afraid in such a harsh environment is a lie, but the manpower is small and powerless, so we can only quietly and anxiously wait for the bad weather to pass quickly, and at the same time pray that the people and cars will not be blown away by evil people— —
People in the old prairie are afraid that they will die in this terrible weather. It is normal for them to lose their lives.Often a sudden white hair wind can blow the sheep away and freeze to death.People can't find shelter from the wind at this time, so they can only pray to God.

Inside the car, Wang Shulan leaned against Lao Tan tightly, looking at the dark outside in fear.

The wind roared, and the snowflakes were no longer snowflakes, beating and knocking hard like gravel in the wind.

Old Tan was also afraid, afraid that the car would overturn, afraid of losing his life—but he soon calmed down, because there was someone more afraid beside him who needed protection.Instinctively, like a man in front of a woman when danger is approaching, he naturally hugged Wang Shulan by the shoulders and pulled her into his arms.

"Sister, don't be afraid, it will pass in a while, only half an hour." He said.

"——" Wang Shulan trembled.

"I told you that the rainstorm doesn't last forever, and the hurricane doesn't last all day. It's fine."

The wind howled low, and the snowflakes beat the sky and the earth; the gravel flew and beat the vast grassland.

There is no sky, like falling into an abyss.

"Brother, it's too scary." Wang Shulan said weakly.

"It's okay——" Old Tan stroked her back.

"Won't the car overturn?"

"will not."

"It feels like it's moving—"

"No."

"Brother, are you there?"

"Aren't you hugging me?"

"---"

Time passed slowly.

ten minutes.

twenty minutes.

Bai Maofeng did not show signs of weakening, Lao Tan already felt the car drifting——
Forty minutes, the wind began to die down and visibility improved.It was still dark, but snowflakes could be seen.

Wang Shulan is no longer so afraid, which is also an adaptation in danger.

"Brother, do you think we are unlucky, go to the pastoral area to catch the snow, and go to Dongsu to catch the white hair wind."

Old Tan grinned and said, "God is testing us."

"What is the test? Life and death?"

"Almost—it's a good thing if you don't die, aren't you happy?"

"Happy, I made it through." Wang Shulan looked at the sky outside which was gradually turning white, and said, "Don't worry, I have you by my side, don't be afraid."

As soon as the words fell, Old Tan felt his face was hot and wet, and he put his hands on his cheeks, followed by the woman's face.

(End of this chapter)