Lao Tan received a phone call. This phone number had been stored in the phone book and had never been called in six years.
It’s not that I don’t want to fight, it’s that I can’t fight, and I don’t know what to say if I fight.
It's Yaru's phone number.
Yaru, Lao Tan’s first real lover.
Those who have watched the first part should know that at that time, Lao Tan was working at the Rose Hotel on Taishan Road and met Ya Ru, and the two fell in love. It was a true love of a young man, with sweetness, happiness, and uneasiness.
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Yaru's parents didn't want her to have sex outside, so they called her back to her hometown in Fuxin. Young Lao Tan was unwilling to lose his beloved girl like this, so he went to Yaru's house in person six months later, and it turned out that Yaru was
We are engaged, and the man is from the railway bureau.
Lao Tan returned to the provincial capital in despair, met Lin Yan, and the two walked together.
Yaru's husband's family ran a small hotel and a small restaurant in front of Fuxin Railway Station. After getting married, Yaru took over the management of her mother-in-law.
Yaru's marriage is unfortunate. Her husband is gambling and looking for women, and the relationship between husband and wife has long been in name only.
When Lao Tan was working in Fuxin, Sister-in-law Yaru was making dumplings in a restaurant. He had met Sister-in-law Yaru once before in the provincial capital, but he had forgotten what he looked like. It was Sister-in-law Yaru who recognized him, and then I found out about Yaru.
Case.
At this time, I haven’t seen Yaru for eight years.
Lao Tan met Yaru when he left Fuxin.
Yaru has a lovely son, and she takes her son to live with her. Her husband works in Jinzhou and comes home every half month. Her husband is away from home and is just messing around outside. Like many women in a marriage that exists in name only, he has already
Forget the existence of the husband, as long as the son is with him.
Now her husband is going to marry another woman, so they divorced peacefully. Yaru wanted to have a child, but her grandparents were reluctant. In addition, the child was sensible and would not burden her mother, so she chose to live with her grandparents.
In addition, when the square was built in front of the train station, all the small hotels and restaurants were demolished, and Yaru lost her livelihood. After getting divorced, she had to support herself, and she thought of Lao Tan. What she meant by calling Lao Tan was to ask Lao Tan to call him in the provincial capital.
Find a job.
Lao Tan agreed on the spot.
Putting down the phone, Lao Tan saw Yaru's face before his eyes. This face was from six years ago, with big eyes, deep-set eye sockets, slightly curled hair, a tall nose, and a plump figure ------
Yaru looks a bit like a Xinjiang native. At first, everyone joked that she was of mixed race.
But she is an authentic northern woman.
Woman, yes, considering that Yaru is thirty-six years old, she can no longer be called a girl, she should be called a woman.
Lao Tan thought that he was thirty-nine and would soon be forty, and he looked a little older. He had an old look, and his hair had been shaved for a long time. If he hadn't shaved his hair, both of his temples would have been white, making him look like he was forty-five.
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I wonder what Yaru looks like. Is she also old?
No, Yaru is simple. Simple people rarely look old. Plus she is just thirty-six, so she should be very young. Women are the most mature and charming at this time.
This should be the age when women are most beautiful.
There was a ripple in Lao Tan's heart. This ripple had a long-lost, distant sweetness and a sense of melancholy.
There will be an unforgettable love in a person's life, and the love between her and Yaru is undoubtedly, not only unforgettable, but also heart-breaking, even a bit sad and tragic.
Of course, all this has passed, and the ripples that appeared were just a slight splash, and soon calmed down.
He knew that he wanted to see Yaru, but he just wanted to see her, and he was very excited because he wanted to see her. He could even imagine the scene when they met: the two of them looked at each other, then asked each other about their situation, and then
It means arranging her work, accommodation, and finally treating her to a meal and chatting.
Everything is a normal interaction procedure for adults. Although Yaru is divorced, he is a man with a family and cannot have any thoughts or ideas.
In their youth, two people had the impulse and love that young people should have, and left beautiful memories. This was enough.
After Yaru's face flashed, Lin Yan's face appeared uncontrollably.
Lin Yan, the woman called my wife, still goes to work and off work every day and takes care of the children as before. The two of them can't speak more than two words a day, and sometimes they don't even speak a word for several days in a row.
No one ignored anyone, the main reason was that Lin Yan fell asleep when Lao Tan returned home, and when Lin Yan got up to go to work the next day, Lao Tan slept soundly, so there was no conversation.
During this time, Lao Tan was so busy that he didn't even take a break. If the family of three could sit down and have a meal together during a break, now they don't even have time to have a meal together, and they don't know what they are busy with.
Yes, sometimes people really don’t know what they are busy with, but they are busy every day, busy for life.
Lao Tan plans to take a day off, or half a day, to cook a meal for his wife and children at home, and get together as a family.
It's funny to say that the three of us live in the same room every day, and even have a meal and have to wait for a break.
Alas, the catering people are helpless.
What is the solution? For a migrant worker, there is no labor insurance, no stable employer, and no business of his own. He can only earn more money while he is young and save some for himself, so that he can have money for retirement when he is old and unable to move.
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You have to work while you are alive, and you will have to work until you die.
This is something Lao Tan often says.
In the past, he complained about Lin Yan's lukewarm attitude towards him, but now he doesn't even complain. There is no need. Since they are husband and wife, they live together and work hard together for their children and family. This is fine. Although as a husband,
Speaking of which, if you don't get care from your wife, your heart loses some tenderness. Doesn't the wife also not get care from her husband?
He didn't know what Lin Yan was thinking, but he felt very calm in his heart.
Being busy working every day is undoubtedly a kind of relief, or a disguised form of venting. But after all, it is also necessary for life. If you don’t work, no one will give you money. If you don’t have money, what will you eat and spend? How will you provide for your children to go to school? How will you raise your children?
aldult?
Think about it, isn't it just for this family and your son that you are working so hard? What else is it for?
I haven't risen to the level of a great man yet. I work hard for society and people's happy life. I don't believe it even if I say it. It's too false. Of course, it's not all about money. In the final analysis, it's a kind of love, a love for dining.
I like catering. As soon as I enter the kitchen, I forget everything and immediately get involved in work. I am in such a commendable state that I look like a model worker and an advanced worker.
He has always had an idea in his mind - that is, to make Northeastern cuisine nationwide and to make Northeastern dumplings nationwide.
Let’s call this idea a dream. It has not yet become the goal that Lao Tan strives for in his life. The reason is very simple. Until now, he feels that his passion for catering is just a simple love, making Northeastern cuisine and Northeastern dumplings.
Traveling across the country is just an idea. In terms of my goal in this life------
I'm afraid not.
Deep in his heart, there is a dream that may not be realized in this life - to enter a university and live a college life. This dream used to be his life goal throughout his adolescence. When he embarked on the road of working, he knew that he must
It is no longer possible to achieve this.
But this dream has always existed, and may accompany him throughout his life.
In our lives, we have different goals at different times. Maybe we don’t care about it, but it does exist. For an ordinary person, he is bound by the trivial matters of life every day, and often ignores the goals in life.
But every day we are moving forward towards the goal, day after day.
Lao Tan's original goal was to enter college to change his life, but the reality was cruel. His family's poverty forced him to drop out of school and start working.
Then, like many young people, having a wife and a family became his goal at that time.
His road to love was very bumpy, just like his road to working. He tearfully sent away his first beloved girl amidst the hardships of poverty, then gave up the pursuit of love and gained marriage.
This is also a kind of helplessness in life.
Starting a family and starting a business is like completing a task, for the peace of mind of the family, for the continuation of the family lineage, and for the sake of life. Of course, it has an emotional basis, and this basis is very realistic - start a family and live out your life.
After I got a home, I had my next goal.
I fell in love with catering and told myself that I must achieve the pinnacle position of a chef - the kitchen director.
It took a full ten years to do it.
The three years in Binhai were a highlight in his life and attracted the attention of catering people across the country.
Now, he wants to create another glory and turn Guandong Family into a nationally renowned farmhouse.
Now the first step has been completed. In the provincial capital and even in the entire Northeast region, Guandong cuisine is the best. What remains to be done is to promote Guandong cuisine to the whole country through the medium of oriental food.
Ten years ago, this would have been unthinkable. Although I was ambitious and passionate at that time and determined to do well in the catering industry, I was limited to being a good chef, cooking good dishes, and being a qualified head chef.
.The rest is to earn more money and support the family. Or in other words, earn more money to support the family first, and then think about career.
Through operating large-scale catering companies such as Linjiangxuan, Laogen Villa, and Qinghua Pavilion, he has accumulated experience and a frightening professionalism, and now he is an excellent catering manager. Especially the management of Qinghua Pavilion, which makes him an outstanding catering manager.
His vision has been broadened, his layout has been greatly expanded, and his thinking is clear. Now he seems to be able to operate Guandong people with ease and ease.
There is a vague feeling that I am about to leave the Kanto people. This feeling is very strange. It is similar to the first time I left, but it is different.
The management over the past year has put the Guandong family on the right track, everything has been solidified, and even if they leave, there will be no rebound like the first time. What’s more, through the training and training of the management over the past year, all managers are now able to take charge of their own affairs.
, whether he is present or not, he can take the initiative to work and do a good job.
This is what makes him most at ease.
Wang Gang has made great progress in the past year. If in the past he was a head chef who could only direct the work, now he is a head chef with his own routine. He has no problem managing a kitchen.
In addition to Wang Gang, Li Xu and Li Zhongqing in the kitchen have all made significant progress. Wang Shulan, the pastry boss, and Zhou Hongyou, the cold dish boss, have all made great progress. Any one of them can go out to be a head chef, and they do it in an orderly manner.
In order to improve their management capabilities, Lao Tan asked them to take turns being the head chef in October last year, each for one month. Now it is the second round, and Wang Shulan is the temporary head chef.
Even though she is a lesbian, her daily meetings are held in a decent manner, and her handling of problems is quite Lao Tan's style - vigorous and resolute.
Now that the people of Guandong are at their strongest, it doesn't matter if he leaves.