The story of a cook

Chapter 244
When I came back from Lin Yan's house on the morning of the sixth day, Lin Yan went straight to work, and I went home.

When I got home and tidied up the house, nothing happened. I turned on the TV to watch TV, and fell asleep while watching it.

To be honest, I want to go home to celebrate the New Year every year, but it is really tiring to go home for the New Year. I am busy for a few days and come back before I stay at home. I feel very tired when I get home and relax.

Sleep soundly.

The paging sound woke me up, I looked at the phone number, wanted to call it back but didn’t want to call it back, wanted to sleep, stayed in bed for a long time, and finally got up to call back.

It was Zhang Li who called, she asked me if I was back and told her I was back.

She said, "Don't tell me when you come back."

"Just got home." I asked, "Is your place open?"

"We don't have a holiday here. You don't know about Sita. There are many Koreans. We don't have a Chinese New Year holiday. There are quite a lot of people playing."

I said, "That's not good, make more money."

She said: "The boss makes a lot of money, but we can't get it." Then she asked me: "What are you doing at home?"

I said, "I'm sleeping, so I'll wake you up with the paging."

She giggled and said, "What's wrong, did you and your wife delay your work?"

I said, "That's not true, my wife is at work."

"Is your daughter-in-law at work?" She said: "Today is the sixth day of the lunar new year. We are not too busy here. I was on duty for the first two days. Jinhua went home for the New Year. She came back today. I started to rest for a few days and have dinner together I don’t even like to cook when I go home.”

I said, "Don't you have working meals?"

She said: "Who still eats work meals after Chinese New Year? Can you treat me to dumplings?"

I said, "Now that every family is closed, where can I go to eat? There is no one open."

"It's the sixth day of the sixth day, brother." She said, "Many restaurants have opened, and the big market 'that dumpling restaurant' opened yesterday."

I said, "I just came back today, where do I go? Where are you? I'm also hungry. It would be nice to have some dumplings."

She said, "I'm going home from West Tower. You go to the big market and wait for me. I'll take a taxi. It'll be there in half an hour."

Putting down the phone and going home to wash my face, pack up and go to the big market, the pager rang again, and the call came back, this time it was Zhou Xiaomei.

Zhou Xiaomei said, "Happy Chinese New Year, uncle!"

I said, "Okay! Happy Chinese New Year!"

"Are you back yet?"

"I'm back, I'm at home."

"I just came back, got out of the car, and just arrived at the dormitory." She said.

"It opened on the eighth day of the lunar new year. Why did you come today? You didn't stay at home for two more days." I said.

"You don't understand this, go out every [-] or [-], go home every [-] or [-], tomorrow the seventh day of the lunar month is a 'people's day', it's not good to go out, so I came back today, and I can stay for a day tomorrow, gather my things and tidy up. "

I said, "Is that so, and there is another saying, I don't know."

She said: "I've had enough of staying at home. I haven't eaten yet. Don't invite me to dinner, Uncle—" Uncle's ending sound is too long, and there is an element of coquettishness in it. Unfortunately, I don't catch a cold.

"Then come to my house and treat you to dumplings." I said.

"Really?" she asked.

I said, "That's still fake."

She said, "Then I'm really going."

I said, "Come on, I'll pick you up at the intersection in front of my house."

Put down the phone and go home, wash your face, change clothes and come to the intersection in front of the house, smoking a cigarette and waiting for Zhou Xiaomei. Ten minutes later, a taxi stopped in front of me. Zhou Xiaomei got out of the car, carrying a few bags with a lot of things in both hands.

I said, "Come here, what else do you have for me?"

"I brought you all from home." She smiled at me and said.

I said, "It's not too tiring for you to carry so many things this far."

I took two bags from her, and she still has two bags in her hand.

She asked, "Is your home here?"

I said, "Well, it's the building in front, the first floor."

She said, "It's very close to the hotel, and it's easy to find."

"Yes." He asked her, "What are your big and small bags?"

She said: "One of the two bags you took contained chickens that had been slaughtered, and the other bag contained the wine I got from home, and my family burned it myself."

I said, "You are so powerful, can you take it with you in the car?"

She said: "Then what is not allowed to bring, the big passenger I take, my family always asks the driver to bring wine, we all know each other."

I said, "That's okay, otherwise I won't be allowed to take it."

She went on to say, "One of my two bags is home-cooked Mao Ke'er and peanuts, and the other is pig intestines. Don't you say you want to eat them?"

I laughed: "Keep it for yourself, you'll eat a lot when you get home."

She said: "What do I eat in the dormitory? Give it to you. You can warm it up for my aunt."

When they got to my house and put down their things, Zhou Xiaomei asked, "Where's my little aunt?"

I said: "I went to work, I went to work directly, and I didn't go home."

Zhou Xiaomei said, "I'm so busy, I don't think I'll take a day off at home."

I said, "Busy, she is on shifts and rests. When she goes home for the Chinese New Year, people are on duty here. When she comes back, she has to be on duty to replace her. Everyone has to rest during the Chinese New Year."

"Oh, I thought I could see my aunt today, but I haven't." She said regretfully.

I said, "There will be opportunities in the future, see you later."

She asked, "You said you were going to treat me to dumplings. Where are the dumplings? Haven't you wrapped them yet?"

I said: "Don't eat at home, go to a restaurant, and Zhang Li will come back later, let's eat together."

Zhou Xiaomei asked, "Didn't she go home for the New Year?"

I said: "No, just now she told me that she was in class, and she took a taxi there and came this way, and she will be there soon."

Zhou Xiaomei asked: "Where do you go to eat? Is there any restaurant open?"

I said, "Yes, there is a dumpling restaurant opened in the big market, let's go there to eat."

Zhou Xiaomei said: "Oh, there are really some openings."

"Do you want to make money? You can make some money by opening the business now." I said, "Let's go, let's go there. Zhang Li is probably coming soon."

The two of us left home and walked towards the big market. When we got to the dumpling restaurant, Zhang Li also arrived, and the three of us went into the restaurant together.There were a lot of people inside, almost full.During the Spring Festival, most restaurants are closed, and the guests who have dinner have nowhere to go, so they all come to his house.Find a place to sit down, the waiter comes over and starts to order, after ordering, sit there and wait for the food to be served.

Zhou Xiaomei said: "I know that, I just brought some shochu I brought from home and ordered you two to taste it. It's made of pure grain and doesn't go over the top."

I said, "Yes, I forgot too."

Zhang Li said: "Old Tan, go home and get it now, we will wait for you here."

I said, "Is my leg so worthless?"

Zhang Li said: "You can't drink more when you come back."

I laughed and said, "Okay, I can almost drink something, I'm quite tired."

Zhang Li said: "Why are you tired, just take a nap." Then she said to me in a gentle tone: "I beg you, I am tired, go back, I have long wanted to drink the shochu from your house .”

No way, go home to get soju.The wine made from pure grain is better than bottled wine. Although it is spicy, it is not overpowering, and it is comfortable to drink.

When I came back, I went into the store and saw Zhang Li confronting a man there, looking very angry. The man turned his back to me, and I didn't know who it was.

I walked over and patted the man on the shoulder. The man turned his head. I was about to hit him with my fist when I saw the man's face smiling and said, "You."

The man is not someone else, but Xiaofeng.

Xiaofeng was taken aback when he saw me, then smiled and said, "Brother Tan."

I said, "What's the matter, sit down and chat."

Xiaofeng was a little embarrassed and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding."

I said, "Come on, let's go."

Xiaofeng smiled and said, "I don't know, I misunderstood."

Now that we know each other, the one who celebrates Chinese New Year will go over and say to Xiaofeng, "Sit down and have a drink?"

Xiaofeng said: "No, I still have a few buddies over there. They are almost finished eating. Another day. I have time to drink some other day." After speaking, he went back to his table, where there were two men in their 20s. Yes, among them is the one who touched Cier last time.

Ignored them, sat down and asked Zhang Li: "Did he come here to flirt?"

Zhang Li was still angry, and said, "Yes, tease, stinky hooligan."

"Look, you're so angry." I blamed her and said, "You told me to go home and get a bar. If I don't go back, this will be fine."

"I just bumped into someone shameless, thinking I'm still a little girl—"

I said: "You are not a little girl if you are not married."

Zhang Li looked at me and said, "It's you Tie Zi."

I said, "We are not iron sons."

Zhang Li said: "Look at it, I won't admit it after I promise, don't you say we are iron sons?"

Zhou Xiaomei interjected: "I think you two are really hardcore."

(End of this chapter)