The story of a cook

Chapter 102 Mother's Birthday
It's almost the Chinese New Year after the twelfth lunar month, so I have to think about going to Lin Yan's house.

During the Chinese New Year, the restaurant is open normally, and Master Sui will go back to his hometown in Shandong to celebrate the New Year, and he will not come back until the sixth day of the lunar new year.Wang Xiaodong is going to take his partner home for the New Year, and plans to get married next year.Zhanze also goes home during the Chinese New Year.Aunt Wang is not going back to her hometown, but is celebrating the New Year in the provincial capital.Sister Zhang did not go home to celebrate the New Year, Sister Cui went back to celebrate the New Year, and the cold dish master also went back to celebrate the New Year. There were only me, Sister Zhang, and Aunt Wang in the kitchen.

I also want to go home for the New Year. Last year I felt very uncomfortable not going home to spend the New Year with my mother. This year I have to go home for the New Year.Huang Ping told me that if I also went home for the New Year, the restaurant would not be able to open. She still wanted to open normally during the Spring Festival, so she discussed with me to stay, saying that I would go back when Wang Xiaodong came back.Wang Xiaodong promised to come back in the third year of junior high school. I thought about it. Usually Huang Ping treats me well, but during the Spring Festival there is a lack of staff, so I agreed.

My plan is to go to Lin Yan's house on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, stay at her house for one night, come back on the 28th, and go to work on the 29th.Go to Lin Yan's house and have a good talk with her mother, and try to get her consent, so that you can go home with Lin Yan on the fourth or fifth day of the junior high.If Lin Yan's mother disagrees with our marriage, then just like Lin Yan said, start a long march, after all, good things take time.

The Chinese New Year holiday at Hanglu Cake starts from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to the seventh and eighth day of the first lunar month.The elder sister-in-law and eldest sister can come to help during the holiday of Hanglubing, and Yanhua does not go home to celebrate the new year. This year's manpower is stronger than last year, and it should be better than last year.Coupled with this year's tempering, my level of cooking has also greatly improved compared to last year, reaching the cooking level of chefs in small and medium-sized restaurants, so I am very confident in the quality of dishes during this year's Chinese New Year.

Lin Yan said that his restaurant closed down on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and was redecorated after the new year.In this way, she didn't have to ask for leave when she happened to go to Lin Yan's house.

I told Lin Yan about her plan to go to her house, and she was very happy to hear that. After talking about her house, I don't care what her mother says, anyway, she is going to marry me.With her words, my heart is at ease, and I think this daughter-in-law is definitely married.

When I called my elder sister's house, I told my elder sister to go to Lin Yan's house a year ago. If her mother agrees, she will go back with Lin Yanchu on the fifth day. Go back after a daughter-in-law.

The elder sister said: "It's her mother who doesn't agree. If this marriage is dirty, you should go home and go home. If it's dirty, look for it. There is no one who won't go home."

I said, "Don't worry, I won't be pornographic." Then I said to my eldest sister, "This year, our mother will not go back for her birthday. I have to come back after two days, and then I have to go to Lin Yan's house. It's not enough to bother me."

The eldest sister said: "It's okay, I guessed that you would not come back, and I didn't hold you in my arms."

Mother's birthday on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month.

I was in a bad mood that day, I was doing my work, thinking about my sisters celebrating my mother's birthday.My mother has six children in total, and all five daughters have gone back. Only one old son has not returned. Mother must feel very uncomfortable, and will miss me——
Said in my heart: Mom, my son is not filial, you can’t go back to celebrate your birthday, your son is really unfilial—Mom, son kowtow to you, I wish you a happy birthday and good health——

As I thought about it, my mother's face was right in front of my eyes.

Tears flowed slowly, sliding down the cheeks, and my heart was terribly uncomfortable.It is said that a man does not flick his tears lightly, but he did not reach the point of sadness.The son who works outside cannot go home to celebrate his mother's birthday on her 64th birthday, and has to continue to work. The feeling is really uncomfortable, and I feel my heart is throbbing.

It was very busy that night. There was an annual meeting held by a unit in the store, and there was still some time to go. It didn’t end until after nine o’clock, and it was almost 10:30 when the packing was finished. I was busy when Lin Yan came from work, and I didn’t Telling her about her mother's birthday, she chatted with Sister Zhang for a while, and then joked with Zhan Ze for a while, as if telling Zhan Ze to do a good job and introduce someone to Zhan Ze after the Chinese New Year.

Lin Yan is familiar with the people in the kitchen, and everyone likes her very much. Sometimes Lin Yan doesn't chat with me very much when she comes here, and the chat with the kitchen people is very lively and happy. When I come here, she is: "Old Tan, I Let's go, work hard, don't miss me." Or: "Old Tan, it's over, send me back."

That day was: "Old Tan, I'm leaving, work hard and don't miss me."

I smiled and waved to her, and she rode away on her bicycle.

After everything was cleaned up, I told Wang Xiaodong to check the kitchen, and I left first.

After leaving the restaurant and passing the traffic post, I came to the small restaurant I always go to, ordered a dish, ordered a plate of dumplings, brought a bottle of white wine, sat by the window and began to drink alone.Looking out of the window while drinking, I don’t know what to look at, and I can’t see anything. My eyes are empty, and I think of my mother in my head, and my mother’s face is in front of me, which is blurry for a while, and clear for a while.

Just like that, drinking wine, looking out the window——
I saw someone looking in through the glass outside, it was Sister Zhang, she stood there watching for a while and left, and went back to the dormitory.I guess it felt like I was in a bad mood and didn't bother me.After sorting out my emotions, I said in my heart: I still can't do it myself, I don't have the ability, if I have the ability, I can take over my mother and buy a big house for my mother, and I can be regarded as a filial son.I feel uncomfortable here, which is a sign of incompetence. There are no unfilial children in the world, only incompetent children. If you want to be filial to your mother, you have to work hard, earn more money, and become powerful.

After thinking about it, I finally figured it out a little bit, and told myself that I must work hard to make money, work hard to support the family, and let my mother take care of her life.

After I figured it out, I didn’t feel so uncomfortable. Seeing that there was still half a catty of wine, and the dishes and dumplings hadn’t moved much, I asked the boss to reheat the dumplings. more uncomfortable.

At this time, I saw Yanhua coming in from the outside, and I was a little surprised to see her. Why did she come here so late?
She came to the table, smiled at me, and sat down.

I asked, "Why haven't you gone to bed yet? Could it be that you came out to eat when you were hungry?"

Yanhua looked at me, seeing that I was normal, and said: "I'm already asleep. I woke up when Sister Zhang and the others went back. We live in the same room. She went back and said that you seemed a little unhappy today and shed tears. She didn't talk much, with a gloomy face, and came here to drink directly after work, a little dazed, I was worried about you after hearing what she said, so I put on my clothes and went downstairs to see what's wrong with you."

I said in my heart that this sister Zhang is true, but she is also kind and cares about me.But I didn't expect Yanhua to come downstairs to see me after hearing this. I didn't expect that.

I smiled at her and said: "It's nothing, it's my mother's birthday today, I didn't go back, and I feel a little uncomfortable-now I'm fine." I went on to say: "I just drank some wine, it's not so uncomfortable. , I’d laugh if you didn’t see it.”

Yanhua said, "Oh, your mother celebrates her birthday today, so why don't you ask for leave and go back in a day or two?"

I said: "I also regretted not going back, and now I don't rush to go back, just drink some wine by myself and celebrate my mother's birthday."

Yanhua said: "Let me drink with you, it seems that you are so uncomfortable, and you are a little pitiful."

I said: "No matter what you say, you are very touched when you hear that Sister Zhang can go downstairs to accompany me after I am troubled, thank you."

Yanhua said: "You don't need to thank me, you also accompany me when I'm sad, I still have to thank you." Then she said to the boss: "Boss, have a bottle of beer, room temperature, Laoxue."

The boss brought over the wine, Yanhua poured a glass, and said, "Come, drink one, and wish my aunt a happy birthday."

I said, "Thank you."

Take a sip of wine.

Yanhua asked, "How old is my aunt in your family?"

I said, "64."

Yanhua said: "At such an advanced age, are you at home alone?"

I said, "Yes, just stay at home alone, otherwise I would feel uncomfortable."

She said: "Don't feel bad, you work hard, and it will be fine if you take your mother over."

I said, "Yes, I thought so too."

She said: "Actually, you are quite filial. It would be nice to have a son like you."

I smiled and said, "I'm not filial, it's far away. It is said that my parents are not far away, but I am my mother. I am 64. I can't serve my mother at home, and I can't even come back for my birthday." Go, what kind of filial piety are you talking about?"

She said: "If you can't go back this year for the Chinese New Year, you and Lin Yan will go back together during the Chinese New Year. Your mother will be happy."

I said: "That's right, it's about me and Lin Yan. I don't know if her mother agrees or not. It seems that her mother means that she doesn't agree with us."

Yanhua said: "Impossible, you and Lin Yan are so nice, it's impossible for her mother to disagree."

I said, "I can't tell right now, I'll know when I go to Lin Yan's house."

Yanhua said, "Be good when you go to her house, and you'll pass the test."

I said: "Then I will borrow your good words and hope for success once."

After eating a few dumplings, I drank the rest of the liquor.

Yanhua said, "You drink a lot."

I said, "Hey, that's just being able to drink, not a hero."

Yanhua said: "It's a good thing to be able to drink, there is no man who doesn't drink."

I said, "Drinking just happens to be a good thing, drinking too much is a bad thing."

I lit a cigarette and handed it to her. She waved her hand and said, "Don't smoke, I'll save you one, and you smoke less, it's not good for your lungs."

I said: "Listen to you, smoke less."

"Are you feeling better now?" she asked.

I said, "It's much better, it's much better if you come."

She glanced at me and said, "Actually, I don't know what's going on. When Sister Zhang said that you were crying, I felt bad. I wanted to go downstairs to see you. I was afraid that something might happen to you."

I said, "What can happen to me, a man."

She said: "That's true, nothing will happen to you as a man, but I still worry about it in my heart, and I can rest assured after looking at you."

I looked at her and said, "It's dangerous for you to behave like this, and you've begun to have someone in your heart."

She blushed instantly and said, "I didn't think about it that much."

I said, "I have to find you a husband's house."

(End of this chapter)