The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 246 Two Women
The resident population of Hohhot is 2 million, and the local population is 800,000. This ratio makes the whole city empty during Chinese New Year, with not many people.The usually congested roads are wide open, and cars can run freely without traffic jams.

At [-]:[-] in the evening, Zhou Xiaomei came out of the shop and was about to go back to the apartment when she suddenly received a call from Wang Shulan.

When Wang Shulan came back from Xilinhot, she had just got off the plane and hadn't eaten yet, so she planned to ask her for a drink.

Since Wang Shulan became the general agent in Inner Mongolia and became the director of the group, her relationship with Zhou Xiaomei has developed rapidly.At work, the two are partners and cooperate with each other tacitly.In private, they are sisters, with similar tempers and temperaments, but very good friends.

In the beginning, Zhou Xiaomei had the same impression of Wang Shulan as Lao Tan did.After the cooperation, I saw that it was not the case. He was indeed a man of affairs, and he acted swiftly and resolutely.So he changed his views accordingly, became enthusiastic, and became good friends who talked about everything.

When getting along with people, first impressions are important, but sometimes they can be misjudged.In response to that sentence - what the eyes see is not necessarily true.

Although the two cities of Xilinhot and Ordos have developed very well in the past two years, and people's awareness has also risen, there are not many people going to restaurants for New Year's Eve dinner during the Spring Festival.People in the two cities still keep the traditions of the past and like to celebrate the New Year at home.In addition, most of the people living in the city are young people, and most of the elderly live in rural areas or pastoral areas.

It’s Chinese New Year, family reunion, and it’s impossible to invite the elderly to the city, so young people go back to the countryside and pastoral areas to accompany the elderly, and not many stay behind.

Based on this situation, Wang Shulan put the two stores on holiday and asked the employees to go home for a reunion year.It is a wise move to do so, the employees are happy, and they can rest for two days.

As the saying goes, money is not earned in a day. You can't just stare at your toes when doing business. You have to look up and look far in order to make a lot of money.

Zhou Xiaomei picked up Wang Shulan at the airport. Most of the restaurants were closed at this time. The two came to Dongying South Street, saw that "Lonely Bean Sprouts" was still open, and walked in.

This is a barbecue restaurant, mainly grilled skewers, and the decoration is dark, which attracts young people.

The two ordered skewers. Zhou Xiaomei had just finished eating and couldn't eat anything, mainly to accompany Wang Shulan.

"Sister Wang, are you going back to Beijing?" Zhou Xiaomei asked.

"I'm not going back, I'm celebrating the New Year in Hohhot. There are not many people in Beijing. My parents are gone, and I have no home when I go back. The children have their own lives—" Wang Shulan said with some sentimentality.

People are also strange, I can't think of anything in normal life, but I can think of everything during the Chinese New Year, and most of them are sad.

"Exactly, I'm alone too, let's live together." Zhou Xiaomei said.

Wang Shulan smiled, picked up the wine glass, touched Zhou Xiaomei's glass, and said, "Let's go together."

The two took a sip of wine.

"Sister Wang, there are no orders in either restaurant?" Zhou Xiaomei asked as she put down her wine glass.

"Yes, not many, not worthy of reception. The main reason is that it has not developed to that extent. Hohhot is three years behind the provincial capital, and Xilinhot and Ordos are two years behind Hohhot. Did you see that there are still people on the streets of Hohhot There are two cars, and there are no cars on Xilinhot Street, and they all go home for the New Year." Wang Shulan said.

"Yes." Zhou Xiaomei nodded.

"Our house has just opened, and we don't have a name yet. People who order New Year's Eve dinners go to those old restaurants, and don't come to our house. It is estimated that the Chinese New Year is about the same, and the name has gone out. In addition, it is a dumpling restaurant. Who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. "Wang Shulan said.

"Well, almost."

"I have confidence in our family, and I promise to be No. [-] in Inner Mongolia."

"can."

Wang Shulan took another sip of wine, then put down the glass slowly, and said to Zhou Xiaomei: "When it comes to Chinese New Year, I'm in a bad mood, and I can think of everything, making me upset and uncomfortable."

"Did your son call?" Zhou Xiaomei asked.

"I've been beaten, can I not? Why don't you say that I'm a fucking mother, I have to fight even if I want to save face--" Wang Shulan looked at Zhou Xiaomei helplessly and sadly, and said sadly: "How can I fight?" ? That is to ask where it is, how to celebrate the new year, without telling his mother to go back and celebrate the new year together."

After speaking, he took out a cigarette from his bag, took out one and lit it.

The smoke spit out from the mouth and slowly drifted away, as if drifting away the suppressed sadness.

Then he comforted himself and said: "If you ask me to go, I won't go, that's all. What can I do with my son? He has a family and a business, and he listens to his daughter-in-law for everything -- besides, he is with his father and has a stepmother. I can not go---"

Zhou Xiaomei listened.

When Wang Shulan spoke, a teardrop fell from her eyes, helpless and lonely——
Zhou Xiaomei wanted to say a few words of comfort, but she didn't know what to say, she didn't say a word, she just handed over a tissue.

"Sister, sister, I'm sorry for the child—" Wang Shulan took the tissue to wipe her tears, and then said: "The child was divorced when he was four years old, and I didn't care about him—he was brought up by his grandparents—now he treats me So, I think—”

Tears flowed, choked up silently, body trembled, and the cigarette in his hand slipped——
"Sister, don't—"

Zhou Xiaomei grabbed Wang Shulan's shaking hand.

"When it's Chinese New Year, I feel uncomfortable and think about everything—" Wang Shulan choked up and said, "I'm sorry for the child, but I couldn't afford to support him at that time—I didn't even have a job, and I was working from dawn to dusk, renting a house —have no money—you know, I eat once a day—
In the winter, it takes more than forty minutes to walk after closing the stall, and you have to carry your bag——to get home—the igloo has a cold stove, how can you support him?Suffer with me, and still have a warm meal in front of his grandparents—”

This gorgeous, delicate woman buried her head in the table, sobbing, her shoulders shrugged—
After a long time, the mood calmed down.

Wiping away tears with a tissue, she smiled bitterly at Zhou Xiaomei, raised her glass and said, "Stop talking, drink."

Before Zhou Xiaomei finished speaking, she finished it first, and then filled it up.

"Drink less, sister." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"It's okay, it's over, just for a while." After finishing speaking, Wang Shulan called the waiter to heat up the cold meat skewers.

"Just think about it, aren't you doing well now?" Zhou Xiaomei comforted.

"It's good, I'm so old, I can't think about it, it's because of the Chinese New Year—" Wang Shulan said.

"Sister, you are actually quite young, not old at all."

"Not old yet? Fifty soon." Wang Shulan laughed at herself, looking closely at her smile with confidence.

"People say that women have 51 flowers."

"Fuck you, that's forty. But my sister really doesn't accept the old, and she doesn't accept those young people when she talks about things. She still has a little bit of self-confidence."

"That is, I admire you."

"My sister has suffered all kinds of hardships and suffered all kinds of crimes in her life. After getting divorced, she practiced stalls by herself, and then made a lot of money by making clothes with others. At that time, my sister was young, good-looking, eloquent, and the most powerful The most important thing is that they have accurate eyes, know how to do business, and know what to get money quickly."

Wang Shulan talked about her past.

"Later, I met someone who worked in real estate. At that time, he was not a developer, and he was in charge of projects. We have lived together for five years, and the five years have not been in vain. My sister has also become a real estate developer.

Hey, it's a pity, my sister is a real person, easy to trust people, but she was deceived by others, and she was beaten back to her original shape all at once.

It was interesting to meet a friend from Inner Mongolia. He told me to stop messing around in Beijing. There was no development.At that time, Inner Mongolia was developing, and when it came to Inner Mongolia, he helped me, and I was still able to get up.So I came to Hohhot. He helped set up a company and introduced me to many powerful friends.

How can I say that I have been in Hohhot for ten years, I can't say I was successful, and I can't say how much money I made, but it was okay.When I came here, I had no money, and it was all helped by my friends. I don’t deny one thing. The people who helped me were all men. You know it even if I don’t tell you. "

Zhou Xiaomei nodded.

"Actually, I'm very grateful to Zhou Yujun. He helped me a lot in the chamber of commerce. He helped me with some projects. How can I say that when a man and a woman are together, there's nothing wrong with it? I don't know why—"

Zhou Xiaomei nodded, expressing her understanding.

"I'll tell you, girl, a woman can't live on a man, she has to do something on her own. Zhou Yujun and I are working together. He does e-commerce, and I do new agriculture. At the beginning, we relied on each other and worked together. Later, when we got bigger, we also worked together. Just get distracted—man, when you don’t get up, you can do everything, just pretend to be a grandson. When you get up, it’s not him, and it’s inevitable to change a woman.”

"There are some things that are not like that, mainly because of people's hearts." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"I don't object to what you said, I know who you are talking about." Wang Shulan said.

"Ha ha---"

"Otherwise, why would I switch to catering?" Wang Shulan said, "On the one hand, Lao Tan didn't know much about him at that time, mainly because he broke up with Zhou Yujun, because you know what.

It was also a coincidence that in Ordos, I thought Aqiao was a good project and would definitely make money, so I joined.After joining, I found out that I chose the right company. It is a good company with potential. "

"Not only has potential but also development, the more we work, the more vigorous we become." Zhou Xiaomei said.

"Yes, otherwise I would be so excited." Wang Shulan was a little excited, and she didn't feel uncomfortable at the beginning, and continued: "Making money is one aspect, and the main thing is that it is interesting, full of positive energy, and very sunny."

"The main thing is that people are nice."

"Yes--"

(End of this chapter)