The story of a cook

Chapter 116
Work is like this, if you take it seriously, it will take you seriously.

Where is your heart, where is your time, where is your harvest.

Catering has no size, and it doesn’t matter what kind of storefront it is, and it can be successful if you master any research.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Yan came to see me after get off work.

The kitchen is not big, so she didn't come in. She stood at the vegetable counter and asked me: "Old Tan, how are you doing these days? I heard that your business is very hot."

I said, "It's okay, you can."

She said: "My boss came to your house for dinner, and said that your sauced pig's trotters are delicious, and I can't eat them too late. Is the pig's trotters made by you?"

I said braggingly, "It must be Lao Tan Jiang's."

"Just blow it up!" Lin Yan said with a smile: "Your cold noodles are delicious. I'll pack a bowl and take it home to eat later."

I said, "Okay, or you can eat here, so why take it home."

Lin Yan said: "How good it is to eat at home. It's safe. You can watch TV while eating. Cold noodles are not afraid of cold."

I said, "It's up to you, you can eat whatever you want."

Lin Yan looked into the kitchen and said, "It's true, as I told you, you are the only man in your kitchen."

I said, "Yes, I'm the only man, and they're all women, and they're all Korean."

Lin Yan said: "This time you are beautiful, how comfortable it is to work with beautiful women every day."

I said, "If you don't come, don't worry."

Lin Yan said: "I saw that they are all older than you, I don't worry, you just work hard here, earn more money, I support you."

I packed a cold noodle for Lin Yan and went back.

After Lin Yan left, Sister Jin, who paid for the food, asked, "Master Tan, is your wife?"

I said, "My partner, I'm not married yet."

Sister Jin said: "Your partner is very good-looking."

I said, "It's the common people. You are not as good-looking as you are."

Sister Jin smiled and asked: "It looks like your partner is quite young, how old are you older than him?"

I said, "I'm five years older than her."

Sister Jin said: "Master Tan, you are very good, find a little girl."

I just smiled, went back to fish for pig's trotters and pig's ears, and started to set up the stalls.

When I got off work in the evening, I was preparing to have a working meal. Sister Wang and Sister Ma came over and called me away to go out for a drink.

I went to the restaurant I often go to, it seems that they also like to eat Chinese food.During this period of time, I got used to eating at the barbecue restaurant. I was not used to it at the beginning. In the morning, I had miso soup, steamed buns, spicy cabbage, and sometimes I had spicy dishes; at noon, I had rice, seaweed soup, and spicy cabbage; Rice, miso soup, kimchi.Almost every meal is spicy. The spiciness of Xian people is different from that of Sichuan. Sichuan is spicy and spicy, while Xian people are sweet and spicy.

At the beginning, I thought it was delicious, but after a few days, I couldn't stand it, and then I slowly endured it, and then I got used to it slowly.But I still want to eat stewed tofu with Chinese cabbage and pork belly, and a bowl of rice will be delicious.But the only one left in the barbecue shop is me and the old man who brushes the grate in front of me, who are Han Chinese. The two Han waiters left after working for a few days, and the rest are all fresh people. They all love their own food. Stewed tofu with cabbage and pork belly is just enough. For a work meal, eat two more bites if it tastes good, and eat two less bites if it's not good. It's not so pretentious.

We sat down and ordered a few dishes, wine and dumplings.

I really admire the girls of the Korean ethnic group. All of them can drink, and they are very excited when they drink.

I was very interested in Sister Wang's trips abroad, so I asked Sister Wang: "Sister Wang, you have been to South Korea, how is South Korea?"

Sister Wang said: "South Korea is pretty good, similar to China, but a little more developed than China."

I asked, "Then where did you go?"

Sister Wang said: "Seoul, I'm working in Seoul."

I asked: "Is it also a barbecue restaurant like ours?"

Sister Wang said: "It's almost the same, but it's higher grade than ours. It's clean. Korean restaurants are clean. Clean up every day if you have nothing to do. There is no dust on the table."

I said, "Really, our Chinese restaurants will have to be like that in the future, even if they are not clean."

Ms. Wang said: "I went to South Korea for labor service. It cost more than 8 yuan to leave. I couldn't earn any money in the first year there. I paid off all the money I earned, and I started earning money in the second year."

I asked, "Do you make a lot of money in Korea?"

Sister Wang said: "I earn quite a lot, about RMB 8000 a month, but I'm also tired. I start working when I go to work, and I don't have idle time. But Korea is so good. I leave work when the time comes. 1 Not a minute is lost."

I asked: "Then where do you live? Is it also a dormitory?"

Ms. Wang said: "What kind of dormitory do you live in? I rent a house by myself. The house over there is very cheap and big. There is everything in the house and the furniture is complete. We are shared by several Chinese people. The average person earns more than 400 yuan a month."

I said, "That's pretty cheap."

Chatting with Sister Wang and Sister Ma while drinking.

I asked: "Sister Wang, South Korea makes so much money, why are you back? How good is it to work there."

"The contract has expired, and if you work there again, the police will start arresting you. If you are caught, you will be fined and then sent back to your country." Sister Wang said, "I have been working for three years, and I am a little homesick for my children, so I came back. .”

Sister Ma said to Sister Wang, "You're pretty good. You earned money. Some went to Korea and were deported without earning any money."

Sister Wang said: "Some of the people who went with me were deported back. When they went to the place, they went straight to the underworld. They didn't work in the place agreed by the labor agency. They found private jobs by themselves, so that they could earn money in the first year and earn more. , but it’s dangerous, if caught, they will be sent back.”

I asked, "Miss Wang, do you women of the Xian ethnic group work in restaurants when you go there?"

Ms. Wang said: "Some work in restaurants, like me, they worked in restaurants when they were in China, and went to restaurants when they came to Korea. Some have never worked in restaurants, and they can do everything after they arrive. , There are massagers, and there are waiters. In Seoul, you have to accompany the wine as a waiter. There are no waiters there, just accompany the wine. Many of our Chinese girls from the past work as wine companions in restaurants there, earning more.”

I didn't ask any further after I asked this, because I felt a little uncomfortable when I heard that a Chinese woman was drinking with her in Korea.

Sister Wang and Sister Ma chatted alone. They spoke Korean, which I couldn't understand, so I drank by myself.

Seeing me drinking by myself, Sister Ma said: "If you don't drink by yourself, let's drink together."

I said, "I can't understand you two chatting, what are you doing if you don't drink?"

Sister Ma laughed and said, "I will teach you Korean in the future."

I said, "I can't learn."

Sister Ma said: "Our Korean language is easy to learn. It is simpler than your Chinese, and you can learn it as soon as you learn it."

I said, "You think it's easy to speak Korean since you were a child, but it will be difficult when I learn it now, so I don't want to learn it anymore, as long as I can speak my Chinese clearly."

Sister Ma smiled and asked, "Do you know what the two of us just said?"

I said, "I can't even understand it, but I still know what to say."

Sister Ma said, "Just now I told Sister Wang that I didn't go to Korea, but to Japan."

I couldn't believe it, so I asked, "Sister Ma, have you ever been to Japan?"

Sister Ma said, "I've been there. Like Sister Wang, she also came from labor service and went to work in Japan."

I asked, "Then what are you doing in Japan?"

Sister Ma said: "I do everything, wash dishes, wash dishes, do odd jobs, and even accompany drinks."

I looked at Sister Ma with a look of surprise and disbelief.

Sister Ma said, "Why, I don't believe it."

I said, "A little bit."

Sister Ma said: "Do you think that when you go abroad and stay at home, there are no jobs you can't do, and where you can make money if you don't do it."

I asked, "So did you make any money?"

Sister Ma said: "I earned it, and I will come back after earning the money."

I said, "That's okay, as long as you earn money."

Sister Ma and I had a sip of wine, sighed and said, "I have earned money, but my home is gone. Knowing this, I might as well not come back."

At this time, Sister Wang said: "That's not the case. We earn money in a humble way outside. When we go home, we can see that the men are living with other people."

I took a look, and it turned out that they were two women with the same fate. At the same time, I felt helpless for the sacrifice spirit of the Korean women for their families.
Sister Wang is a laid-off female worker in a textile factory. After being laid off, she opened a small cold noodle shop by herself. It is supposed to be okay. Although she doesn’t earn much, she earns more than when she was at work. After working for a few years, she also praised her for some money .She had a daughter, who was preparing to go to high school at the time, and there were a lot of places to spend money in high school. Sister Wang discussed with her husband, planning to go to Korea to work, earn more, and find a good school for her child if she has money. The child should study hard and get into a good university.

So Ms. Wang took out the money she saved from opening a cold noodle shop, and borrowed some from relatives and friends, and then went to South Korea, where she worked for three years.At that time, when I went to Korea and Japan to work, it seemed that I could not get married, I had to be single.Before going to Korea, Sister Wang and her husband filed for a fake divorce.She works abroad to earn money, and the children at home are fine, and they go to key high schools.The husband can't do it anymore, the two of them haven't been together for a long time, and after a long time, they live with other women and have a new family.After Sister Wang came back, she became a lonely family.

In the second year of Ms. Wang's part-time job, her family told her that her husband had already lived with someone else. After that, she did not continue to send money to her family, otherwise she would be "lost in both money and human resources."

The experiences of Sister Ma and Sister Wang are almost the same, the difference is that Sister Ma was really divorced before going abroad, and she left the country after divorce.

Sister Wang said: "Master Tan, the Gu family of our Xian women can live a life, and when we get married, we don't let the men do anything. The old man can enjoy the blessings. That's it, the old man is not satisfied, so he still looks for someone else. girl."

I shook my head, not knowing what to say.

Sister Ma said: "Our kitchen girls are all divorced, and so is Sister Cui. She also went to South Korea to work, and the old man lived with others when she came back. The same goes for Xiao Jinzi, who pays the food. She didn't go abroad, and her husband is at home. , Her family is from the rural area of ​​Yanji, and the married man does nothing but drink and make money, and then left when he couldn't make it through."

I said, "I thought it was only us Han people who got divorced a lot, but I didn't expect you Korean people to get divorced a lot too."

Sister Ma said: "It's all the same, if you can't make it through, just leave. Anyone who leaves in the world lives the same way, and they all have a good life. I live by myself now, and I am very comfortable."

I asked Sister Wang: "Sister Wang, then your children have all gone to college, right?"

Sister Wang said, "Well, I'm a sophomore."

(End of this chapter)