The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 263 Divorce is Bad
There is no perfect person in the world, everyone has more or less flaws, or is not perfect.

Because I am not perfect, I long for perfection, and I hope others can do what I can't do.

We like to listen to perfect stories, watch touching movies, and even hope that we are the protagonist in it, a hero who stands up to heaven and earth, or a gentle and virtuous woman, and experience the joy and sorrow inside——
But in reality, it is impossible for us to enjoy grievances and enemies like in novels or movies, and walk around the world with a sword.The real life is to face family chores, daily necessities, long-term husband and wife, parents and children, as well as work pressure, co-worker relationship, subtle handling of superiors and subordinates, and all kinds of human relationships.

It is impossible for a person to simply live without scruples, although we all hope to live like that.

For example, Lao Tan and Yaru, a pair of lovers in the past, are now reunited.According to our imagination, they are a lonely man and a widow. Although they are not dry sticks and fire, they are also bursting with thunder. They should have no scruples about what happens.

But the real situation is like this, aside from the eyes of the staff living in the courtyard, the two of them can't get over the hurdle in their hearts.

It is these beautiful shortcomings in life that make people nostalgic for aftertaste.

When Lao Tan arrived in Hohhot at six o'clock in the evening, Zhang Li and Yanhua arrived early and were waiting for him at the Haidong store. Zhang Yu and Yanzi's family were also there, as well as Zhou Xiaomei and Yang Zhijun.

Swallow is plumper than before, looking like a good wife and mother.She and Yanhua haven't seen each other for nearly two years, and they are chatting passionately.

Lao Tan sat down after greeting everyone, and first asked about Zhang Li's health.

"Very good, everything is normal." Zhang Lijian said with a smile.

"That's good, don't be tired, take medicine on time." Old Tan said.

"Thank you for your concern."

Zhang Li's words made everyone laugh.

It's rare that there are so many people here, and everyone is happy, except Zhang Li, who drank a lot of wine.After drinking, Zhang Li said that she wanted to see where Lao Tan lived, so she followed Zhou Xiaomei and Lao Tan to the apartment. Yanhua was dragged away by Yanzi, and the two sisters had to talk all night long.

Back at the apartment, Zhang Li saw that the house was tidy and tidy, and joked, "Old Tan, it seems that you are dishonest here."

"Why are you being dishonest?" Old Tan asked.

"The house is in order now, don't say you cleaned it yourself." Zhang Li said in an interrogating tone.

Zhou Xiaomei, who was next to her, slapped Zhang Li with her hand and said, "I packed it for my uncle. I know he will be back today."

Zhang Li was slightly embarrassed, and whispered: "I'll just ask—"

Zhou Xiaomei made the tea, knowing that Zhang Li was going to be alone with Lao Tan for a while, so she said to go back to the room to change clothes, and then left.

After Zhou Xiaomei left, Zhang Li leaned against Lao Tan on the sofa, leaning against Lao Tan.

A woman's fragrance wafted over, Lao Tan enjoyed it in a slightly nervous way, and the picture of Yaru stretching her waist with her eyes closed last night appeared in front of her eyes——
Neither of them spoke.

The room is quiet, everything is still, only the air with an ambiguous smell and the never-ending time flow slowly.

Slowly, Zhang Li leaned her head on Lao Tan's shoulder, like she imagined before going to bed every day, leaning on her beloved man, thinking about nothing, enjoying the warmth.

Although this man does not belong to me, I am satisfied by relying on it.

"Old Tan, do you have the same room in Suzhou? By yourself?" Zhang Li asked after a while.

"A person is a person, but the room is not like this, the courtyard house, the tile-roofed house, the kind of Jiangnan water town." Old Tan said.

"Li Shuang and Xiao Gao also live there?" Zhang Li asked.

"Well, don't you know, besides, I have been there before." Old Tan said.

"Didn't I go to the place where you live? It's only three days for busy work. It was dark when I arrived that day. After dinner, I went back to the hotel to sleep. The next day I helped the opening of the business all day, and I was exhausted. On the third day, I went shopping. Humble Administrator's Garden, then went to Taihu Lake, and then came back." Zhang Li said with some dissatisfaction.

"Go again when you have time, and take a stroll with you." Old Tan said.

"It's the Year of the Monkey. You may be right about what you said. It's been so many years in Hohhot. If I don't say it, I still can't come." Zhang Li complained.

"Aren't you busy with work, you don't have time——"

"I think you are afraid that I will spoil your good things. Who doesn't know the relationship between you and Yaru, let alone you two are fine."

Old Tan smiled, bowed his head, and lit a cigarette.

Zhang Li took her head away from Lao Tan's shoulder, took a sip from her teacup, and then said bitterly, "I'm not a complete woman now, no one will look up to---"

Old Tan turned his face to look at her, and said, "It's still so beautiful if it's incomplete, but it's still lifeless if it's complete."

Zhang Li smiled and hit Lao Tan.

The atmosphere is warm and harmonious.

"Are you tired?" Old Tan asked.

"It's a little---I slept in your room today." Zhang Li said.

"Okay, don't test me, go to Xiaomei's house and sleep." Old Tan said.

"You dislike me---" Zhang Li curled her lips, looking so aggrieved that she was about to shed tears, pitifully.

Old Tan was amused, and was amused.But Zhang Li cannot be asked to sleep here, and Zhang Li will not sleep here either.

The identities of the two of them are there, and no mistakes are allowed - although Zhou Xiaomei won't tell outsiders, that's not okay either.

People, if you can't control yourself, you are promiscuous, and the relationship between the sexes often ruins many things, including love.

"Cut!" Zhang Li threw out her catchphrase, quickly stood up and said to Lao Tan, "I can't live without it, who cares, take my little Meimei away."

After speaking, he waved his hand smartly and walked out of the room.

Old Tan sighed in a very complicated way, and looked at the closed door unconsciously in a daze——
If Lao Tan was single, he would leave Zhang Li behind without hesitation and sleep with his arms around her.This is not simply a physical need, but an expression of love, even if others know it and don't care.

But he is not single.

At this time, there are often two choices: compliance and hypocrisy.

Being cis is not caring about anything. When two people are together, the big deal is to accept people's contemptuous gazes, and the persona collapses. Hypocrisy is clearly thinking in the heart, but pretending not to care like a noble person, and then enduring physical and psychological suffering.

When we analyze rationally, we will find that the greatness of a person's personality is always based on some kind of emotional sacrifice.

Because I care about and bear too much.

As an experienced catering worker, I responsibly say that restaurants are a special living environment. Employees may not abide by the rules and regulations, and may not listen to the boss, but they absolutely obey the person who leads them.

For so many years, I have been trying to change the rule of man into the rule of law, let the process prevail, and the standard prevail in the world, but the particularity of Chinese food determines the traditional nature of its employment-the master's passing on, helping, and leading.

Cooks used to be low-class, living at the bottom of society.The difficult living environment forces them to possess not only superb skills, but also commendable virtues.

Pay attention, loyalty, enough friends, respect teachers.You can be vulgar, but you can't be rude, you can be uneducated, but you can't be unreasonable.Especially when it comes to being a human being, one must not be unfilial and violating human relations.

Unfilial, no one pays.

There is no morality and no cooking ethics, no boss dares to use it, and the restaurant will be ruined if it is used.

It violates human relations, to put it bluntly, it means abandoning wives and children, having no brotherhood, and being ruthless and ungrateful, needless to say, being abandoned by others.

In the kitchen, everyone looks at the head chef. If the head chef is not virtuous, no matter how skilled the chef is, he will not be able to convince the public, and the employees will leave the job.The same is true at the front desk. The manager can't do it, and the employees don't like to do it. Either the manager leaves or the employees run away.

When the hotel develops into a group, the employees look at the top leader.Once there is a problem with the leader, especially in terms of gender, not only will the character collapse and be looked down upon, but many orders will not be carried out.

The reason is simple. Employees are unwilling to work with such people, and would rather leave their jobs and find another place.

Having said that, there are quite a few chefs who are divorced, but they are divorced and single, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Don't talk nonsense if you haven't divorced, especially Lao Tan, who has hundreds of people waiting to eat.

The image of Lao Tan in the minds of employees can be described as tall, structured, intelligent, far-sighted, unassuming, magnanimous, and dedicated.Another point is the harmony of the family, the image of a good father and husband.

It's an exaggeration to say that many waiters set the standard for finding a partner as Lao Tan, who looks like a man and knows Gu's family.

If he divorces, many people will be disappointed.

　In November, the weather is cold and people are warm.

　　Thank you friends for your continued support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)