The story of a cook

Chapter 386 Going to the police station to take fellow villagers
Coming out of Sister Zhao's shop, I was about to visit Master Chen's. When I walked northbound, the phone rang, and I saw it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, who?" I asked.

"My fellow, it's me, the massager."

I recognized the voice of a fellow massage parlor.

"Oh, you." I said.

"It's me, long story short, what are you doing now?" she asked.

According to her tone, there should be something wrong, so I asked: "Nothing, what's the matter?"

"Can you come to the police station and pick me up?" she asked.

"What's the matter? Got caught?" I asked.

"Well, I had an inspection yesterday, and they all came in. I'm fine. I didn't have a massage at the time. A lady in my family was arrested and showed up." She said.

"Which police station is it?" I asked.

"At the Santaizi Police Station, you don't need to take any responsibility, just come and sign. If you don't sign, you won't be allowed out." She said, looking a little anxious.

I said, "It's okay, I'll be there in half an hour, wait for me there."

She said, "My name is Ye Yurong."

Put down the phone and start walking towards Santaizi, not going to Master Chen first.

The Santaizi police station is next to the Shengmei Hotel, across the street. When I was working in Shengmei, I met the policeman there. Later, an old comrade of Brother Li was assigned there as the deputy director. We drank together a few times , is also more familiar.To be honest, I am considered an old man in Santaizi. I know some friends, some are engaged in catering, some are in business, and some are in the society. Although I am not very familiar with the police station, I know a few people.

When I came to the police station, I happened to catch up with Brother Li's comrades walking out from the inside. When they saw me, they greeted me with a smile and asked, "Old Tan, why are you here?"

I said, "There is a fellow from the village that you have brought in, a massager."

Comrade Li Li smiled, and joked: "You still know massagers, it seems that you go there often."

I said, "It's from my house. Just called me to come pick her up."

He said: "Yesterday, there was a major investigation, and I will take you to the duty station to have a look."

I followed him to the duty room, and after a little understanding, he said to me: "Just fill out a form inside, and then go to the detention room to pick up the person. I still have to leave beforehand."

"Okay, you are busy with your work, you have time to sit down." I said.

He said: "Someday, call Lao Li someday, let's have a drink."

There are people in the court who are easy to handle. They fill out a form and sign it. The main purpose is to prove that the arrested person has relatives or friends in the provincial capital.

Then he went to the detention room and led the fellow out.

When I got out of the police station, I asked her, "Your name is Ye Yurong, and your surname is Ye. Are you in the same family as Daban Lao Ye's family?"

She said: "It's a family, my natal family belongs to Daban." Then she asked: "Do you know someone with the surname Ye?"

I said, "I don't know each other very well. I have a classmate who belongs to your boss's old Ye's family. His name is Ye Yuhua."

She looked at me and smiled, and said, "The Ye Yuhua you mentioned is my uncle and sister."

"Really? What a coincidence," I said, and then asked, "How is she?"

"She's married now. Isn't her father the director of our Daban Township Hospital? What else can he say? The family conditions are good, and he can find a partner. The boy of our township deputy head, the two of them are now running a clinic at home. I earn a lot of money a year, and I can even buy a car," she said.

After listening to it, he smiled and said nothing.

Ye Yuhua is my classmate in high school. If the fellow villagers don't say her name is Ye Yurong today, I can't remember Ye Yuhua.Ye Yuhua was very low-key when she was studying, she was the image of a girl next door, a lady, she doesn't like to talk, she is very delicate, the kind that is not noticed by others.I heard that she was admitted to the medical school later, but I had long since given up.

"I remember that she is not tall, but she is quite delicate." I said.

"Well, he's not tall, but he looks good." Ye Yurong said, "Now they can do it, and they live a good life. They even open clinics and sell medicines, and no one has them."

"Just have a good time," I said.

"I didn't expect you and Yuhua to be classmates." She said.

"Beipiao is such a big place, if you talk about it in detail, you can climb up to your relatives." I said.

"What a coincidence," she said.

Coincidentally, but unfortunately, this is also fate.

She said, "My countryman, I invite you to dinner."

I saw that it was past noon, I hadn't eaten since morning, and I was hungry, so I said to her, "No, I'll treat you."

At this time the phone rang, and it was an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, who?" I asked.

"Master Tan?" the other party asked, a man.

I said, "Yes, it's me."

"I'm Xiao Liu, the chef you introduced to Binhai Qinghua Pavilion, don't you remember me?"

It turned out to be the chef surnamed Liu who was introduced to Binhai last year.

"Remember, how is it? It's okay there?" I asked.

"I'm fine," he said, and then asked, "I heard you're not working now?"

I said, "Well, no, I will take care of confinement at home."

"My sister-in-law gave birth? Why didn't you tell me?" he said.

I smiled, and then said: "Aren't you in Binhai? It's too far away, and I can't come back even if I tell you."

"That's right." He said, "Make it up later."

"You're welcome." I said.

"Master Tan, do you want to come to Binhai without work?" He asked.

"I don't have any plans to go out of town yet. My child is just one month old and I don't want to go out of town." I said.

"Oh, the Binhai side is pretty good. The salary is higher than in the provincial capital, and the work is easy to do. There are no such things as the provincial capital. If you want to come, just call me." He said.

"Okay, thank you, I'll call you if I go." I said, "Thank you brother, I'm still thinking of brother."

"Master Tan is polite." He said.

There is no plan to go to other places to develop. The child is just one month old, so Lin Yan can't leave Lin Yan at home alone to go to other places. Although the wages offered in other places are high, she still wants to find a job in the provincial capital.

Just put down the phone and it rang again, still an unfamiliar number.

It's an unfamiliar number today.

"Hello, who?" I asked.

"Who else? I, Zheng Jiaqi."

"That's not your number either."

"I've changed my number. I don't need the old one. I'll call you and tell you that this is my new number." Zheng Jiaqi said on the phone.

"Oh, I've changed my number. Please change your number properly. Isn't the old one pretty good?" I said.

"No, I don't want someone to find me," she said.

I laughed, knowing that some of the people she was talking about were Mr. Huo.

I said, "He won't come to your house."

She said: "Impossible, he only comes once, or at night, and can't remember my home." Then asked: "Where are you, boss?"

"At home." I said.

"Do you want to drink? I'll find you for a drink later." She said.

I said, "Come on, I'm the only one at home, I haven't eaten yet, I'll wait for you."

"Okay, let's go right away," she said.

Hang up the phone and find a small restaurant with Ye Yurong and go in. After ordering, we chatted.I asked her when she was arrested. She said that it was two o'clock in the middle of the night last night. She was asleep. Another lady from her family picked up the guests. Both the boss and the proprietress were arrested.The proprietress and the young lady were sent to the sub-bureau, and the boss went out to scoop up people, [-] yuan each.She's fine, but she has to be guaranteed to come out.She called the boss she knew before, but the boss ignored her, so she called me.

"The owner of the massage parlor I worked for before was from our Beipiao. I went to work at her house when I came out. After thinking about it, I can have someone from Beipiao to take care of me. I didn't realize that I was really a fellow villager, a fucking dog." she said angrily.

I said: "There are good and bad everywhere, and Beipiao people don't necessarily pay attention to everything."

"That's true. When I first came out, a friend introduced me. He said that it was a massage parlor opened by our Beipiao people, who could take care of me. In addition, after I was laid off, I followed Chinese medicine for a while at home. If I can earn more money, I will come out." She said.

"Where was the first one you worked on?" I asked.

"Tiexi, she worked there years ago." She said.

"Oh, boss man or woman?" I asked.

"A woman and a man, they are like iron sons," she said.

"Female?" I couldn't help thinking that Li Yanhua said that her sister opened a massage parlor in Tiexi, and she was with a man. Could it be her sister?If so, that would be a coincidence.

I asked, "What's the boss's name in Tiexi?"

"My surname is Li, and my name is Li Yanjing," she said.

Right on the number, if I remember correctly, Li Yanhua's older sister is called Li Yanjing.

I didn't ask any more questions, and I didn't want to ask any more.

Is it the sorrow of the Beipiao people?
The economy of Beipiao has been in a downturn for the past two years. There are no matchmakers in the underground. A large number of workers have been laid off.

But is there another way to go without massage?If you don't lack arms or legs, do you have to get a massage?Can't you do something else?

"Have you thought about doing something else?" I asked her.

"What are you doing? Nothing else," she said.

"I won't learn." I said.

"I don't want someone my age to be a waiter in a restaurant, and I can't do anything in the kitchen. What do you think I can do?" she asked.

"It's not a long-term solution for you to get a massage. I guess it won't take long for the massage parlor to get a shave, and then you have to find a job." I said.

She said, "Then give me some advice on what I should do?"

"The work I'm talking about may be very tiring, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it." I said.

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of suffering, we Beipiao people don't know that we can endure hardships." She said.

I looked at her, she looked 32 or [-] years old with no makeup, she was very good-looking, and she belonged to the kind that gets more interesting the more you look at it.Tall, well built, slightly fat, or plump.

"Isn't it good for you to learn pastry in a restaurant? It's a craft after you've learned it. Now you can earn a lot from pastry, and your salary will be higher in the future." I said.

Her eyes brightened, and she said to me: "I want to learn pastry in a restaurant, but I don't know the people in the restaurant, and no one will take me. Can you send me to the restaurant?"

I said, "If you can, you can, but what are you willing to do? You don't earn as much as you do now."

She said: "It's okay. Now my children don't spend much money. I have saved my children's money. It's not a common practice to do massage. Like you said, you have to get a shave sooner or later. Then you have to work, and you have to pay for it." Instead of looking for a job, why not learn something now."

"Give me a heart, help me contact a restaurant, and I will learn."

I said, "Okay, I'll get in touch with you."

(End of this chapter)