Zhang Li took a break and went to her sister's house to see her nephew in the morning. She had lunch there at noon. After leaving her sister's house, she didn't go home directly. Instead, she wandered to the old dumpling restaurant.
The renovation of the old store will be completed in another twenty days, and this is a busy time.
Lao Tan stood in the center of the kitchen, Hua Qing led several installation workers to install equipment, and Sun Haicheng was testing the fire.
The entire kitchen is divided into two parts. The open kitchen is the business kitchen, which is lined up in a row. From left to right, there are cold dishes, hot dishes, and dumpling rooms. At the back is the central kitchen for cold dishes and dumplings, which is as large as the business kitchen.
, can supply goods to eight stores at the same time.
Wang Hong is leading Yaru to clean up the dumpling room in the central kitchen. The equipment inside is all new, including a heating stove, dough mixer, dough press, mixer, two sets of operating tables, and four constant-temperature dumpling filling storage refrigerators.
Lao Tan entered a vacuum sealing machine to prepare dumpling fillings for delivery. From now on, all dumpling fillings will be vacuum sealed for distribution, as will the handmade cold dishes.
Fang Jianjun and his newly recruited apprentice are working in the cold dish processing room. The equipment and facilities here are as complete as the dumpling room, and there is a hot processing stove, making work very convenient.
When it comes to kitchen design, Lao Tan is professional and has become a master.
The office area on the second floor has been installed, and now it is mainly decorated with private rooms and halls. It is all carpentry work. After the carpentry is finished, oiling is done. After the oiling is finished, the electrician is finished, and finally the soft covering and decoration are done.
Lao Tan led Zhang Li upstairs and downstairs for a tour, then came outside and stood not far away looking at the store.
Lao Tan was excited and a little proud. Although he was not the boss, he had built this by himself, which gave him a sense of accomplishment.
"Your family is ready to do something big." Zhang Li said sincerely with envy.
"That's what it means." Lao Tan said.
"I heard that Li Shuang is planning to release three movies this year?" Zhang Li asked.
"Yes, let's go." Lao Tan nodded affirmatively and said, "Today Yanhua and Yanzi went to Huangshan Road to check out the store. After the renovation, we will start installing the three units here."
"It's fast enough."
"Not bad, three stores in three years."
"I think the Chishan Road store is very popular, and people are queuing up to eat dumplings."
"It's necessary, I'm not Lao Tan——"
Old Tan dared to brag freely in front of Zhang Li. The two of them were so familiar that they didn't care about each other.
Zhang Li glanced at Lao Tan and said, "Tsk, I'm still out of breath. But your family is doing really well. If you don't accept it, it would be a big loss for the Guandong people to let you go."
"How is business now?" Lao Tan asked.
"It's not bad, you have a good base, 60,000, 70,000 a day, 2 million a month." Zhang Li said.
"Just sell it for two million, that's good."
"If there are more weddings next month, eight weddings will be arranged on October 1," Zhang Li said.
"Oh, has Zhou Xiaomei gone to work?" Lao Tan asked.
"When I went to work after eleven, her mother came to take care of the child."
Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, Wang Gang and Zhou Xiaomei's children are one year old. Since Lao Tan left the Guandong family, he has not asked how Zhou Xiaomei and Wang Gang are doing. They have been busy and feel a little sorry.
"How are Wang Gang and the others doing now?" Lao Tan asked.
"It's very good, love, love, love. Wang ran home as soon as he got off work. When he came to work, he said that his son was a good father," Zhang Li said.
"That's good------How is Hu Jing doing now?" Lao Tan asked again.
"Now that I'm good, I'm dating someone. I always go to the restaurant to eat. I'm a worker at the aircraft factory. I heard that he's a squad leader. He's quite tall and handsome. He's married but has no children," Zhang Li said.
"Very good." Lao Tan looked at Zhang Li and smiled and said, "Why didn't you find someone? The boss is not young anymore, and he doesn't know how to be anxious."
Zhang Li rolled her eyes at Lao Tan and asked provocatively: "Are you happy with me? Aren't you afraid of cuckolding you?"
Lao Tan was speechless.
The two discussed going to have a barbecue. Lao Tan called out to Hua Qing and Wang Hong, but they refused to go. Especially Hua Qing, who looked aggrieved and said that he really wanted to go, but he had to install the air supply system at night, so he couldn't leave.
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Zhang Li said: "Let's go to Huaqing and ask Lao Tan to follow us and pretend to be a fan."
"Sister Zhang, do you think I am someone who deceives my master and destroys my ancestors?" Hua Qing said.
"Then you can install ventilation at home."
Yaru looked at Zhang Li from the side and intuitively told her that this woman's relationship with Lao Tan was unusual. She couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable and sad.
By now, Yaru's mood has calmed down and she has treated her life normally. Once people treat life normally, it proves that they have accepted the reality they are facing and have begun to adapt.
At work, she is recognized by everyone because of her kindness and gentleness. The younger ones call her Sister Liu, and the older ones call her Sister. No matter how old they are, they always like to chat with her about anything and ask her for help.
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Yaru has a good temper, always speaks softly when talking to people, and is warm-hearted. She helps anyone who asks for her help, which naturally wins everyone's favor.
She has always avoided being alone with Lao Tan, because as long as she looks at Lao Tan, she will feel a sense of loss and guilt in her heart, as well as involuntary memories of the past.
When I was not divorced and I was at home, I was with my son every day. Although I sometimes thought of Lao Tan, the youthful years when I was with him, and the bitter and sweet love, but after all, I didn’t see anyone, so it wasn’t that intense. It was just
Just thinking about it. And I thought that I would never meet this man again or have any interactions with him in this life.
However, the plan did not change quickly, and they got divorced. Although the marriage should have been divorced long ago, and it should have been divorced when there were no children, but the parents refused to let it go at that time, saying that after having children and a man becoming a father, his heart would naturally withdraw.
, and started to live a good life.
Besides, divorce had a bad reputation at that time. My parents had been serious people in the village all their lives, and they couldn't hold their heads high even if they divorced themselves.
So they didn't divorce her. After she had children, the man accepted her, but he only stayed for half a year. After that, his true colors were revealed and he started to use money to find women again.
Hey, this is fate, eating eight liters is not enough to fight.
Just pretend that you don't have this old man, and it's fine to live alone with your child. Although it looks like being a widow, and the torture every time night comes is unbearable, but when you see your dear son, you don't think anything.
, as long as you raise your son, you can bear it no matter how hard it is.
Woman, kindness and weakness cannot bring about a change of heart and a sudden awakening in a failed marriage. It takes a lot of practice to do so. Only by strengthening yourself, bravely going your own way, doing your own things, and mastering your own
Destiny will lead to a wonderful life.
She watched Lao Tan and Zhang Lixiang leave, sighed inwardly, looked back, and went to wipe the already bright console.
Perhaps because of the existence of the sixth sense, Zhang Li asked after walking not far away from Lao Tan: "Who is that woman?"
"Ya Ru, haven't I told you?" Lao Tan knew that Zhang Li was asking about Ya Ru, so he answered directly.
"No, what does it have to do with you?" Zhang Li asked.
"friend."
"Friend?" Zhang Li obviously didn't believe it.
"Yeah, friend."
Lao Tan and Yaru are indeed friends now, and there is nothing wrong with them. But after saying they were friends, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he habitually took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one.
"Old Tan, do you know that you smoke every time you feel unnatural? Is there something wrong in your heart?" Zhang Li asked with a smile.
"What's wrong with me?" Lao Tan refused to admit it.
"Based on my intuition, you and her are different - I have never seen her, and I have never heard you say anything about her, but - there must be something going on between you two."
"If you say something happens, then it will happen ------"
Zhang Li stopped walking forward and grabbed Lao Tan.
"I'm warning you, Lao Tan, not to talk nonsense with other women. If you do, it will be me." Zhang Li said very firmly.
Lao Tan looked at Zhang Li who looked serious, opened his mouth, swallowed what he wanted to say, took a puff of his cigarette, smiled when the smoke dissipated, and said, "Let's go, no more kebabs."
Zhang Li glared at Lao Tan fiercely and continued walking forward.
This is a woman's intuition. She felt that the way Yaru looked at Lao Tan was the same as when she looked at Lao Tan, and it could be seen in her eyes that the two people had known each other for a long time and were very familiar with each other. This called her
Very uncomfortable.
At the same time, she discovered that Yaru looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze, slightly hostile. It felt as if Lao Tan was her husband, and as a wife, she carefully looked at the woman she thought was close to her husband, and she might pounce on her at any time.
It's the same as an unexpected enemy fight.
And Lao Tan said they were friends.
friend?
Humph, only a devil would believe it.
But Zhang Li knew Lao Tan too well. She didn't dig deep like other women. Although she felt unhappy, she didn't show it. She quickly smiled as if nothing had happened and held Lao Tan's arm affectionately. I don't know.
I thought they were a loving couple.
Zhang Li didn't ask, but Lao Tan had to say it himself.
After eating skewers and drinking wine, looking at Zhang Li who exuded the charm of a mature woman all over her body, and after reading the expression on her flowery face that said you don't mean it, Lao Tan lit up a cigarette and slowly
narrates the story with Yaru.
He spoke very slowly and in detail.
Because of its slowness and detail, the story once again brought him into that poignant love, and his eyes could not help but be filled with tears at the end.
"I came back from Fuxin, feeling confused and heartbroken. I really felt what it was like to have my heart broken, and my mouth was full of bitterness. It was so painful that I couldn't help it. So I became addicted to drinking. I drank every day in a daze. What the hell?
Don't think about it------
How can I not think about anything? After drinking, I feel more awake, my mind is full of Ya Ru, and my heart hurts even more, as if someone stabbed me in the heart, it hurts like hell."
At this time, Zhang Li was deeply moved by Lao Tan's love, and her eyes were filled with tears.
Say softly: "I can understand------"
"It's worth falling in love once in a lifetime." Old Tan wiped the tears from his face.
"It's worth it------but it's not worth it either."
"Don't dare to love a second time."
"I already love you, but I don't want to be a burden to you. I want to be my pain------"
"You are so stupid."
"It's not like we only found out after a day or two."