The story of a cook

Chapter 401
As the saying goes, a good man does not have a good wife, and a Lai Han marries a flower branch.In terms of appearance, Lao Chuan looks like a typical Sichuanese, which does not conform to the aesthetic point of view of Northeast women. His target is a standard Northeast girl, who is still very good.

The combination of the two is very good. If it is based on geographical location, the children born after their marriage can be regarded as cross-regional mixed race.

Lao Chuan has been in the Northeast for a long time, and he already has the characteristics of a Northeast person, and his speech has a bit of a Northeast flavor. At first glance, he still looks like a pretty good guy.

I wish him and his partner to get married and grow old forever.

The restaurant's business is quite stable, with a daily turnover of around [-], with little fluctuation.The business is stable, and the work in the kitchen is relatively easy. How many vegetables are sold in a day, which ones sell well and which ones don’t, have formed a pattern. It is easier to do the preparation work, and everyone is not too tired.

Apart from going to work every day, I have nothing to do. Not working in the provincial capital has saved a lot of wine bureaus, and relatively speaking, I have saved a lot of money.When the market opened here, I wanted to drink and went to the Hongfu Dumpling Restaurant next to the restaurant. Now I don’t always go there. The boss’s brother-in-law always saves me wine in front of me. I drink some at the restaurant every night when I eat work meals, saving money. A lot of wine money.

After the preparations are done every day, the guests have not yet come up. This period is the leisure time in the kitchen.Everyone got together to chat and talk about the mountains, and made a few jokes that were neither meat nor vegetable, and everyone laughed and laughed very happily.The main reason is that there is not so much work pressure here, unlike the provincial capital where you study dishes every day, if you don't study dishes, you will fall behind.There is no such thing as intrigue in personnel matters, and it is quite comfortable to do.

The younger brother who makes lotus for the chef is called Dawei. He is the child of a friend of the boss. His family is rich. He does not go to work in a restaurant to make money, but to learn a craft.Otherwise, if you don't go to school at home and go to Internet cafes all day long, adults won't worry.This kid is very smart and clever, and he is very good with my younger brother who plays lotus for me. The two of them don’t go to the dormitory after get off work every night, and sometimes they don’t go home. They play games at the Internet cafe all night.

The younger brother who made lotus for me was surnamed Bao, and his name was Bao Peng. His name was so domineering that everyone called him "Burst".

After the preparations were done, Bao Peng went to the green vegetable room and began to sleep on the table. I called him over, but he asked me with sleepy eyes: "Master, is the food here?"

I said, "No, come and see you."

He smiled a little embarrassedly.

I asked him, "Did you go all night again last night?"

He said, "Yeah."

"Is the internet cafe okay?" I asked.

"It's okay, it's interesting," he said.

"Are you addicted to playing games?" I asked.

"I'm addicted. I'm already at level [-]. I just don't have the equipment. If I can get the equipment, I can go up to level [-]." When he mentioned playing games, he became more energetic.

"Equipment?" I asked, "Do you need equipment to play games?"

"The master saw that you have never played games. To play games, you must have equipment. If you don't have equipment, you can't do it. If you don't have equipment, you will be killed." He said.

"Does it cost money to get equipment?"

"Spend money, don't spend money, you have to spend money to buy equipment."

He started to tell me about the game, he talked with gusto and spittle, I was in a daze, and finally I told him to stop talking, because I couldn’t understand it, and you took me tonight Teach me how to play, and I will learn too.

After get off work at night, Zhao Gang went straight back to the dormitory, and Bao Peng and I came to the Internet cafe.

Good guy, I was startled when I came in, I thought I came to the wrong place.

The smoke is overwhelming, similar to entering a mahjong parlor. It is full of smoke. I am a smoker and I can't stand it when I come in. I don't know how those who don't smoke suffer.There are rows of computers, and there are people sitting in front of each computer. Most of them are young people. There are also people like me who are 30 years old and above, but not many.Everyone wears a headset, holds a mouse in one hand, and holds a cigarette in the other. There are also those who eat instant noodles and drink beer while playing.

There are not only little boys, but also some little girls, who are about [-], [-] or [-] years old, dressed very revealingly, and they are all playing there with cigarettes in their mouths.

The entire Internet cafe is filled with the mixed smell of cigarettes, beer, and instant noodles. The smell is unbearable, and the air quality can reach the level of lighting a match.

Follow Bao Peng to go in, and when I go in, I see some waiters and food passers of the restaurant are also inside. When they saw me, they gave me a very surprised look, that is, just a glance. After reading it, they all pay attention Concentrate on the computer and continue your game career.

Dawei had already arrived, and beside him sat two other boys who were playing lottery, and the three of them were playing in full swing.

There was a vacant seat inside, so I sat down with Bao Peng.

"Master, what are you playing?" He asked me, while skillfully turning on the computer.

"I don't know how to play games, watch a movie, find me an action movie." I said.

He skillfully found an action movie for me, I put on a headset and started watching the movie, and he started playing games.

Looking around while watching a movie.This is the first time I have come to an Internet cafe, so I have to take a good look at it.Bao Peng and I sat in the hall, and there were private rooms inside. The small private room was not big, not as big as a massage room, and it could seat four people. Looking in from the door that opened from time to time, we could see the inside and the hall. It's the same, except that the chairs are different. The lobby is a simple computer chair, inside is a more advanced sofa, and there is a small coffee table for eating.

Most of the Internet cafes are for playing games. There are not many watching movies like me. The rest are chatting on QQ. I don’t have QQ and I don’t know how to chat. I can only watch movies.

Those little young people here are very open, and some kiss directly there, as if there is no one else around.There are also loud shouts of excitement when playing games, and the excitement can be heard with headsets on.There are also those who are chatting and chatting in a hurry, swearing there, very arrogant.

I saw that Internet cafes not only make money by charging Internet access fees, but also make a lot of money selling cigarettes, beer, ham sausage, instant noodles, and mineral water, which is more than selling in small shops.It's really a good way to make money.

Looking at the people in Internet cafes who are addicted to games and the Internet, they can't help thinking, is the Internet good or bad?If nothing else, let’s just talk about the environment and the air here. They are a bit hypoxic. There are cigarette butts, garbage, and beer bottles on the ground. If it’s summer, it will definitely attract mosquitoes.Sanitation does not necessarily require someone to clean it thoroughly. It is simply a matter of sweeping the floor every day, and it is enough to see that the surface is clean.The lights in the Internet cafes are already dim, and you don’t even look carefully to see if it’s clean or not when you come in, as long as you can play games, who cares about hygiene.

There are also those young people who seem to have just come out of their homes to work as adults. The family members think that they are working in a safe and secure way outside. Who would have thought that they would waste their youth and time wantonly here?Wasting that little money?If it's just playing games, it's okay. I sat here for less than an hour, and I saw at least four young couples hugging each other and going out to open a room with smiles, and their faces were extremely excited, so I was proud of it.

There are also a few young women who came in later. They were well dressed and very seductive. They sat next to single men my age. He walked with the woman.

Is such an Internet cafe good?
I thought of what my third sister said about her children starting to play games in Internet cafes. Her children started playing games in Internet cafes when they were just seventeen. This must be stopped.When teenagers walk into Internet cafes, they are walking into the vortex of temptation. If they are not stopped in time, they will ruin the children.

Bao Peng, who is sitting next to me, is two years older than my third sister's child. He is nineteen years old and has been working for two years. My family thinks he does a good job outside. They would never have imagined that he would go to Internet cafes every night. Playing games, I spent all my wages on equipment.

After a movie was finished, I pushed Bao Peng, who was in full swing, and he took a look at me, took off the headset and said to me: "Master, after watching, I'll find you anything else to watch."

I said, "Don't read it, let's go."

He said: "It's just been a while, master, you can watch one more, I'll play for a while, and then we will go."

I glared at him and said, "Stop playing, it's almost eleven o'clock, go back."

After speaking, he stood up, he saw me stand up and turned off the computer reluctantly, and walked out together with me. When we got to the bar, the guy from the network management asked, "Why are you leaving so early today?"

Bao Peng said: "I don't like playing anymore today, come over tomorrow."

The network administrator asked: "Brother, haven't you invested yet?"

Bao Peng said, "Hurry up, it's just a few days."

I asked Bao Peng: "Do you owe others internet fees?"

"No, not much money." He said.

I asked the network administrator, "How much money does he owe?"

"Not many, two hundred and one." The network administrator said.

I took out two hundred and one from my pocket and handed it to the network administrator. Bao Peng stopped me and said, "No need, master. I will pay for the expenses. I don't need you."

I said, "It's fine if you don't pay me after the expenses are spent."

He gave the money to the network administrator, and he and Bao Peng got rid of the Internet cafe.After coming out, I took a deep breath of fresh air and felt very refreshed.

I walked in front, and Bao Peng followed. I turned around and asked him if he was hungry, and he said he was not very hungry.I said let's eat dumplings, I'm a little hungry.

When I came to the dumpling restaurant, I saw three tables of guests eating. Among them, a man and a woman came out of the Internet cafe. These two people just met in the Internet cafe, and now they started eating together.

This is what was called online chat at the time.

I ordered dumplings and braised dry tofu, and ordered a bottle of beer for Bao Peng, and I'll bring half a catty of white wine.

"Master, do you drink every day?" Bao Peng asked.

"Almost." I replied.

"You drink a lot," he said.

"I couldn't drink when I was your age. I practiced a little bit." I said: "I didn't have an Internet cafe at that time, and I had to drink with the kitchen after work. Hehe, we both developed a problem. You like to play games, and I like to drink."

He smiled silently.

I asked, "You are the only child in your family?"

"I also have a younger sister who is in junior high school." He said.

"Your home should be in good condition, otherwise you wouldn't be able to play games every day." I said.

"My family's conditions are not very good. I live in the countryside. My dad works in a Taoist class," he said.

"Is your dad a regular worker?" I asked.

"Well, my dad used to be a soldier. When he was a soldier, he crippled his leg. After recovering, he was assigned to work in the Taoist squad," he said.

"It's not bad to have a working person in a rural family. You can see cash every month, which is better than ordinary people." I said.

"It's not much better. My grandfather is at my house, and my family has to support my grandfather." He said.

"It's normal to feed the elderly. No one can say anything about it. How is your grandfather?"

"My grandfather is physically fit, and he can go to the ground to collect firewood."

"That's good." I said, "You don't smoke. Even a smoker like me can't stand the smell of cigarettes in the Internet cafe. You can stay in it."

"I don't care about anything when I play the game. I don't care about the smell of smoke, just eat it." He said.

"Then do you think playing games is interesting? If you still play in such an environment, you will get lung cancer even if you don't smoke." I said.

"Roughly the same---"

"I've been here for two months, and it's November now. I came to see you with the same clothes. Isn't it cold in winter?" I asked.

He looked at himself, smiled shyly, and said, "I have a down jacket——I paid back the Internet cafe money when I was paid, and I ran out of money when I wanted to buy clothes——"

He spoke more and more quietly.

I laughed and asked him, "Aren't those sneakers on your feet cold?"

"It's been a bit cold for the past two days."

"You get money playing games, but you don't have money buying clothes and shoes, right?"

"---"

"There are still two months left for Chinese New Year. I don't plan to buy something for your parents, your grandpa, and your little sister when I go home?"

"think--"

He whispered, very emboldened.

(End of this chapter)