The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 242 Three Hundred White Stripes

People can't think too much at this time, even if it's ambiguous, it's just a flash in the mind.To be realistic, at this time, I just hope that Bai Maofeng will pass by quickly, so that I can hurry up and go to a place where there are people, and I will be safe.

The wind outside gradually weakened, and the space between the sky and the earth slowly returned to its original color.

The two people in the car let out a long breath, looked at each other and smiled, feeling like they were alive after a catastrophe.

Through the front glass, the black asphalt road stretches into the distance, the snow on the road is gone, and it is smooth and clean.

"Let's go, get to Dongsu before dark." After Lao Tan finished speaking, he started the car and drove forward.

"It was too scary just now." Wang Shulan said with lingering fear.

"Well, once in a hundred years."

After the car started, Wang Shulan found that she was still holding on to the corner of Old Tan's clothes, and shyly took them back.At the same time, he looked at Lao Tan's side face, admiring his fortitude.

We experienced fear together, and even worried about losing our lives. After everything passed, a kind of relaxation after tension and the joy of being alive came to our hearts involuntarily.It's like two people who don't have a good relationship, and usually ignore each other, but the life and death they experienced accidentally made the barrier between them disappear and they became relatives.

It was a strange feeling, but so real that it brought tears to my eyes as I spoke.

At seven o'clock in the evening, we arrived in Dongsu.

Due to the late arrival, Wang Shulan did not notify the leader of the banner, so the two first found a hotel, and after opening a room, Lao Tan went to the street to buy food, and had to fill his stomach first.

Old Tan came back and arranged the food.

"Come on, sister, let's celebrate our safe arrival." Lao Tan said while holding a wine glass.

"it is good."

The two clinked glasses and took a sip each.

"In this place, the restaurant closes early, and I walked through several restaurants before I came across one that opened." Old Tan said.

"This is Qili, a half-laer rural area, not as good as the city." Wang Shulan said.

Lao Tan said with emotion: "Inner Mongolia is really big. You can drive a hundred kilometers and you can't see anyone. It's all meadows."

"That's not right, if I say nothing alone, I dare not leave."

"Drink some wine to calm down the shock, and we both will be lucky to survive the catastrophe."

The two of them drank and ate food, and they talked a lot in the past two days. Although they experienced the white hair wind, they didn't talk much, and it was more of a wordless tacit understanding.

After three liang of wine, each body became warm and their faces became rosy.

"Brother, Xiaomei said that you are not in good health, have high blood pressure, and sometimes vomit blood. You should drink less alcohol." Wang Shulan said to Lao Tan with concern.

"You have to drink less, but you can't stop drinking when you encounter occasions. There's no other way." Lao Tan was also very helpless.

"The body is important. Nothing is yours, but your body is yours. Having a good body is better than anything else."

"That is."

"Is there still contact with Tong Xin?" Wang Shulan asked suddenly.

"No, it's been almost a year." Old Tan said truthfully.

"She's fine now. Zhou Yujun's e-commerce has government support, and his business has already covered Tongliao."

"That's good."

"Tong Xin divorced, and Zhou Yujun sent her son to the army through his relationship, and now they are inseparable - they met last month, and they are in Chinese studies." Wang Shulan said.

"Really? Learn a little bit." Old Tan saw Tong Xin's face in front of his eyes, and he felt very uncomfortable, both good and bad.Then said: "Everyone has his own way of living."

"There are times when she regrets it."

Old Tan smiled, lit a cigarette, and changed the subject by the way. "Sister, you and Boss Huang in Jining get along very well, and the restaurant expands, and you can make money."

"It is certain to make money. In fact, she also wants to expand, but she doesn't want to invest. She is timid. This time, I will pay the money. She will make four and I will make six profits. I am the major shareholder."

"I admire." Old Tan gave a thumbs up.

"I estimate that after the expansion, we can sell [-] units a month, and [-] units a year. At least [-] units will be left. You don't have to worry about it. It's suitable." Wang Shulan said.

"I see you are engaged in market development."

"Sister is really good."

There is something to do tomorrow, the two of them didn't drink too much, just drink a bottle of wine and it's over.

After returning to the room, Wang Shulan dazed on the floor for a while, then took a shower, didn't go to bed right away, stood for a while, seemed to think of something, opened the door and knocked on Lao Tan's door.

Old Tan opened the door and let her in.

She looked at Lao Tan, the bathrobe couldn't cover the scenery, so that Lao Tan had nowhere to rest his eyes.

"Don't look down on me, I want to sleep with you." She said, blushing.

"---"

"Do you think my sister is old?"

"No, I guess you are afraid, you dare not sleep alone, there are exactly two beds, one for each person." Old Tan laughed.

Wang Shulan looked at the other bed and smiled.Then he sat on it generously, spread out the quilt, pulled the pillow to lean on, and said softly: "It's because I'm afraid, but there's something else--give me a cigarette."

In other words, a man and a woman live together in the same room. The other meaning is nothing more than love between men and women.

This old Tan also thought, he is not a saint.

It's just that he doesn't want to have sex with her. Although she still has charm, taste and temptation, he doesn't want to.

Of course, even if it happened, it would be nothing, just the two of them, still in a foreign land, who would know?Lonely men and widows, dry sticks and raging fire, even if they don't burn at one point, they keep each other warm.

What can there be?

People need indulgence sometimes.

This is also the case when you think about it carefully. A lifetime is only a few decades, and it will pass in the blink of an eye.Running around eating and drinking, plus dressing and hatting.Get drunk if you have money, sleep if you don't have money, have fun with women, and have sex.

The daughter-in-law also said that you can find a woman, as long as you don't let her see it.

She couldn't see it.

It is undeniable that there are two selves and two voices in Lao Tan's head.

One said it's okay, it's all normal, and it's okay to have a relationship with her, to comfort and satisfy each other, to fill the emptiness and loneliness.

One said no, you have to endure it, and you can't make mistakes for the momentary pleasure, let alone don't like it, just appreciate it.

One said what to be afraid of, anyway, the daughter-in-law treats her like that, so she can't keep holding back, this is all forced by her——
One said that he had to hold back, once the nature of the relationship changed——
One said it was a one-night stand, nothing happened in the morning, and it was still the same as before.

One said yes, don't talk about it, we have to work together in the future——
After thinking about it, the body is honest, and Lao Tan was embarrassed to find that he had changed, so he had to use smoking to divert his attention.

One cigarette was smoked, and a second one was connected.

A chuckle came from over there, followed by: "I'm sleepy, I'll go to bed first."

Old Tan's tense nerves relaxed, and the fierce ideological struggle subsided, sweat appeared on his forehead and back.

All night.

Lao Tan succeeded in being inferior to animals.

The next day, the two met with the leader of the banner, and under the leadership of the leader, they visited two slaughtering and processing factories and saw the cold storage. The slaughtered white sheep were neatly stacked, which reminded Lao Tan of the big cement warehouse when he was a loading and unloading worker.

Maybe Bai Maofeng's bad luck has not passed yet, and things are not going well.The sheep in one of the slaughterhouses are specially supplied to Donglaishun, and they cannot be sold outside.Although the remaining one can take out food, it will not be able to do so this year, and it has already been booked out. If you want to buy it for the Chinese New Year, you must pay a deposit first.

Dongsu sheep is good, all places come to order, the deposit is paid for one year, and some are directly ordered with the herdsmen, and the money is paid in advance, just because they are afraid that the order will be late and the stock will not be available.

Judging by the situation, this trip was a waste of time, so I could only take two white sheep back to satisfy my greed.

Old Tan couldn't help being a little disappointed.

Wang Shulan was fine, talking and laughing, she led the leader and the head of the next slaughterhouse, and walked directly to the hotel without mentioning the sheep.

Entering the hotel and asking for the best private room, ordering good food, serving good wine, toasting good cigarettes, and constantly talking enthusiastically, the leaders and field managers were embarrassed.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere improved, and Wang Shulan started public relations.

First of all, I said to the two flag leaders: "Leader, I respect you two, thank you for your strong support to us, and we must take care of you in the future."

"Oh, you're being polite, we're all a little embarrassed that we didn't ask you to buy sheep." The leader said.

"Hey, buying sheep is a small matter, drinking with the two big brothers is a big matter, I will do it first." After finishing speaking, he raised his neck and drank the wine, showing boldness, a bit of a heroine.

After drinking with the two leaders, he turned to the head of the field again. After some comfortable remarks, the head of the field felt a little sorry for the guests who came from afar, and he did it willingly.

She takes the initiative here, and Lao Tan is not idle. She doesn't mention sheep, but only talks about making friends, giving full play to the appeal of language, making people drink while being moved, and revealing the truth.

Seeing everyone drink a catty of wine, they began to get emotional.

The leader said to the head of the field: "Give me a quick word, how much can I allocate? I know that the snow in the past two days has blocked the sheep in the pasture area, and there are still a lot of stocks."

You have to listen to the leader's words, and the field manager said with pride, "Three hundred IOUs, long-term cooperation."

(End of this chapter)