The story of a cook

Chapter 158 Cheong Wa Dae BBQ

I have a home again, although it is simple, it can shelter from wind and rain.

For a migrant worker, having a place to live is enough.

Four plastic stools were delivered at around ten o'clock the next morning on the National Day.To be honest, I really appreciate National Day, who helped me rent a house, helped me move, and helped me paint the walls, which brought me four more stools. I really have to thank him very much.

Tell him to drink some wine at noon, and he said that drinking is fine, but you can't go out to a restaurant to drink, cook something you like at home, and drink at home.

We both went to the market.The market is very close to my house. To put it bluntly, the market is right outside my house, right on top of my house.The road next to my house is called Yingshan Road, and the whole road is a small market.

We both had nothing to do and strolled slowly.There are a lot of people in the market, selling everything from vegetables to children's toys, my elder brother across the street sells children's toys in the market.There are also those who sell cooked food, grilled chicken racks, loose liquor, live fish, seafood, shoes, and underwear—we bought two chicken racks, half a braised duck, One catty of oily sesame pepper, half catty of dried tofu.

When I got home, I cut up the chicken rack and braised duck for the National Day. I made dried tofu with sharp peppers and fried pork with sesame oil.What I drink is loose baijiu. The loose baijiu is not bad, it is pure grain, but when blending, I add a little too much water, and it tastes spicy.I stewed a pot of rice. National Day said that his daughter-in-law does not eat at home at work, and he does not cook at home. He just deals with one bite every day. He has not eaten rice for almost a month.He is also lazy enough.

The amount of alcohol on the National Day is not large, that is, two or two drinks. It is already the best state to drink so much with Zhang Hao at my house that day.

National Day said while eating rice: "Eating at home is more delicious. This rice is delicious with sesame oil!"

I took a sip of the wine and said, "If I don't go to work and cook at home every day, you can come over when the time comes."

National Day said: "That's so embarrassing, I eat ready-made ones every day."

I said: "What's the matter? If you don't come, I don't have to eat. The two of us have a more lively meal. If you don't drink, just eat with me."

Guo Qing said: "Xing Lao San, you also have to find a job. You can't hang out at home every day like me. I'm used to being idle. If I don't want to go to work, I'm willing to work faster."

I asked, "What are you doing?"

Guoqing said: "Last two days, Xiaohebei (the friend of the fourth child) asked for a whole second-hand motorcycle. I bought one from my friend. It was okay. He just rode it for two years. I made 300 yuan from it. , Xiao Hebei is the fourth friend, and the fourth brother doesn’t make too much money, otherwise I can earn five hundred for a motorcycle.”

I said: "You are very powerful, don't let anyone catch you, you will be enough to choke if caught."

Guo Qing said: "It's okay to catch it, it's all formal procedures, the motorcycle is not stolen, it's okay, if it's stolen, it's over, then it's not called dumping, it's called selling stolen goods, you have to be sentenced."

I said: "You'd better be careful, if you can't do it, find a more stable job."

Guo Qing said: "Look, the main reason is that I don't want to do it. I'm used to being free and loose, and I don't want others to control me."

I said: "You can do this, you are comfortable, no one can compare to you."

In fact, I am quite envious of National Day. I can do whatever I want, and I can do whatever I want.But I can't, I'm not that kind of person, I like to cook the kitchen, and it's impossible to be as loose as the National Day when I cook the kitchen. I have to go to work and cook every day, and I can only feel at ease when I stand on the stove.

I stayed at home for a few more days and cleaned up the windows. The windows were a little loose. At that time, I wanted to change the windows to better ones. Lin Yan said that it was not my house, and I would change it when the landlord said it was necessary. Windows were not replaced.

These few days are spent with the National Day, he has nothing to do all day just stay.I can't, I have to find a job.

The fourth child asked me if I would work in the barbecue restaurant. I planned to quit. I worked in the Yangchun barbecue restaurant for half a year. Four said that you can go and see.

The barbecue shop that the fourth brother mentioned is quite famous in Santaizi, called "Qingwatai BBQ", it is an old shop, and I heard of it when I was working in Shengmei.

When I came to the Cheong Wa Dae barbecue restaurant, I saw the proprietress. The proprietress was very young, only in her 30s, and she was pretty.

I discussed the salary with the proprietress, and the proprietress said that the business is not very good now, there are not many people eating a day, and they are not making money, so they cannot pay too high a salary.

I said: "Even if the salary cannot be too high, there must be a number, and there must be no number at all."

The proprietress thought about it and said, "Master Tan, I can only give you [-] yuan. If you think it's okay, you can do it. If you don't think it's okay, I'll find someone else."

I said, "Okay, then one thousand and five, and I will come to work tomorrow."

The proprietress said: "That's it, Master Tan, you come to work tomorrow."

I said, "Okay, I'll go to the kitchen first."

Despite the small size of the store, the kitchen is still adequate and quite spacious.There are three people in the kitchen, one cuts and feeds the meat, and is also in charge of mixing vegetables. She is a woman in her 30s, surnamed Li, and a native of the Xian ethnic group.Another one is in charge of cooking cold noodles and washing dishes. She is a very fat elder sister named Zhang.The rest is an elder brother, in his 40s, who is responsible for lighting the stove, brushing the grates, and doing odd jobs.

The chefs in the past ran away after paying their wages, but now there is no one cooking.

Check the freezer, the raw materials for Chinese food are nothing, just order green vegetables, and there is an outer ridge, and the rest is nothing.

From the kitchen, there are eight tables in the hall. The tables and stools are definitely good things. From my point of view, a set of tables and chairs costs at least 1000 yuan. They are all made of solid wood, and they are also high-quality white pine.It can be seen that the boss also invested in the renovation of the store.

Among the two waiters in front, one is a laid-off female worker in her 30s, and the other is 26 or [-] years old. She looks a bit like Yang Lan, even with her hairstyle.The rest is the boss.

After reading it, I said goodbye to the proprietress and came back.

In the evening, when Lin Yan came back from get off work, she told her about going to work at the Blue House during dinner. Lin Yan said, "Go ahead and do it first. If you are stable at work there, I will quit my job and find a new job." .”

I asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong with you there?"

Lin Yan said: "Unfortunately, it used to be fine. Our boss and his sister jointly opened our photocopying agency. Before, it was managed by the boss. His sister just came to see it every month, no matter what happened. Now our boss When he was about to go abroad, his sister came to take care of it. There were so many things to do every day, and she didn't understand it well. She didn't listen to what others said, and many people quit their jobs."

I said, "If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it."

Lin Yan said: "I wanted to resign in the first two months. At that time, you didn't pay wages, so you just thought about it and persisted. Now that you are working, I will resign when you feel stable."

I asked, "So have you figured out what to do after you get down?"

Lin Yan said: "Besides, I don't want to type any more because I earn too little."

I said, "Mainly that's not your major."

Lin Yan said: "It's useless to major. Now I find that I was cheated by the school. I went to school for three years for nothing. It's useless when I come out. I have to start all over again."

I said: "It's not in vain, at least I have learned a lot. If I can use a computer, I won't."

Lin Yan said: "Computers are nothing. Our family just can't afford one. If you have the money to buy a computer, I will teach you. You will learn it as soon as you learn it."

I said: "Wait for the rich, and if you have money, you can buy a computer."

Yes, there was really no money at the time, and Lin Yan and I had to struggle for a year to buy a computer.

The communication equipment between Lin Yan and I is still in the era of pagers, and some people have already started to use mobile phones.We have just rented the house, and we have a place to live. I just got a job, 500 yuan a month, and her salary is very low, 400 yuan a month, and we add up to 900 [-] yuan, this is still guaranteed to work hard and cannot be laid off. If one person is laid off, the life will be very tight.

I need to plan how to live in the future.

Now the family does not need me to take money all the time. My mother lives well at home alone. The money for the annual land lease, the money for the tree land on the mountain, and the annual land occupation money for the thermal power plant at home are quite a lot, which is enough for my mother to spend. of.Although the money is enough for my mother to spend, but as a son, I have the obligation to support the elderly. I still earn money outside, and I have to set aside 500 yuan for my mother every month. of.This is not a matter of money, it is a matter of filial piety, and it is even more a matter of heart.

My family doesn’t use much money. Lin Yan’s family has a lot of money. Her mother uses money to buy feed for raising pigs, money for farming, and money for younger brother’s schooling. These are all places where money is used. I seldom ask. In order to make it appear that I care about money, I put the money in Lin Yan's hands, and she can control it as she wants, without my consent, because she will not spend money recklessly, and the money is used in the right place.

For the time being, the house will be like this for now. A rented house does not need to buy any furniture. It can live in and have a fire to cook. The only thing that needs to be added is to replace the black and white TV with a color one. The black and white TV was given by someone else. This time I plan to buy one. A colorful one doesn't cost much.When discussing with Lin Yan about changing to a color TV, Lin Yan said no, and watched black and white first, not wanting to spend that money.If I don’t change it, I don’t change it. Anyway, I don’t watch TV very much. Even if I watch it, I can’t beat Lin Yan. She is the overlord of the family.

The rent of the rented house is cheap now, 800 yuan a month, and only 200 yuan a year, which relieves a lot of pressure on the rent.A total of 800 yuan is enough for monthly utility bills and gas bills, but sometimes it is not enough.The rest is the daily expenses, which are all necessary. Even if you don’t rent a house to live in the dormitory, these expenses are unavoidable, as much as you need.Putting it all together, ideally the two of us can save 800 yuan a month. [-] yuan is a lot of money, so I'm afraid I won't be able to save it.

I can't think about that first, I can save less than [-] and save [-]. After all, it is my own savings, and I can't even live without some money to cross the river.

The current situation of Lin Yan’s family is that her mother raises pigs and farms at home, and raises pigs to earn money. In addition to family expenses, the money earned is for Lin Yan’s younger brother to buy medicine and go to school. Sometimes Lin Yan will take money home if it is not enough. .Planting the land requires seeds and fertilizers. Her house is full of paddy fields. When farming the land, it is necessary to hire machines to plant it. When harvesting the land, it is also necessary to spend money to hire people to reclaim the land.Brother Lin Yan works outside for others. He earns 400 yuan a month. Except for the part handed over to his family, the rest is saved by himself, and he plans to save enough money to learn his driver's license.

Lin Yan's monthly salary will be brought home to her mother to help the family solve some immediate problems that require money.I have never interfered with this, because my sisters also take care of the family just like Lin Yan, just like the fifth sister, the first thing to do every month is to buy things for the mother and give the mother pocket money. The fifth brother-in-law never interferes.Comparing one's own heart to one's heart, one is a child of a man, so it should be understandable to spend some money on one's own mother.

To put it bluntly, the family is too poor. If the family is not poor and has money, things will be reversed, and the mother will start to take money for her children.Lin Yan is the eldest in the family. She works outside to earn money, and the family counts on her for this little money. She is duty-bound to spend money for the family.I am her object, and we are a family in the future, and I also have the obligation and responsibility to help her family. Her mother is also my mother, and her brother is also my brother. If I can't think like this, and I can't do this, then Lin Yan can also ignore my mother's name, and I can't find anything wrong with not being filial to my mother.

Lin Yan and I have great responsibilities, and the burden on our shoulders is not light.

The only way to solve these problems in front of us is to find a way to earn more money, spend less money, and live with tighter belts.

Lin Yan and I don't spend much money, and children who have come out of hard times don't spend a lot of money.Lin Yan doesn't buy cosmetics, she only buys a bottle of Friendship Cream all year round, and she doesn't buy much clothes, as long as she can wear them.It’s good to eat or not to eat, but I often fool around and finish the job. In her words, it’s enough to eat enough. A stomach doesn’t have to be good for it. Simple tea and light food are more nourishing for the stomach.She is not as good as me, sometimes I even drink a little wine for two meals, which is not a loss to myself.My expenses are also very small. I just spend money on smoking cigarettes every day. I don’t smoke good cigarettes. Two yuan and five packs of Longquan cigarettes. I am very distressed, and my distress is my distress, but when friends come, you must be generous. The characteristics of the people in the Northeast, you will never lose your heart.

This time I have a house and a job, and I can go to work to earn money with peace of mind, earn money to support my family, and save money to get married and marry a wife.

Try to get married within two years. You can't ask the family to get a penny when you get married, you have to use your own money to get married.I have been working part-time for almost five years, and it would be unreasonable to ask my family to take money after I get married.

Everything is fine and moving in a good direction.

The days are moving forward.

(End of this chapter)