Lao Tan was really weak and tired. When he arrived at Wang Shulan's house, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep. When he woke up, the lights were on and it was time to eat.
Wang Shulan made four light stir-fries, rice, and seaweed and egg drop soup.
The two of them sat down to eat, which was very cozy.
"How's business lately?" Lao Tan asked.
"It's very good." Wang Shulan said: "There was someone who wanted to discuss cooperation with our family, but I didn't agree. I just did it myself, don't be in a hurry, develop slowly and steadily."
"I agree! I think the same as Gu Yi. You two are heroes and have the same ideas." Lao Tan said.
"I talked to him on the phone. His business there is good, better than in Beijing." Wang Shulan said, and then asked: "Are he and Sister Wang real?"
"Well, really."
"That's really good. The two of them are a perfect match."
Lao Tan glanced at Wang Shulan, and Wang Shulan also looked at him, and the two communicated with their eyes.
"I know what you want to say, and I don't plan to look for it anymore. It's good to live like this--it took me all these years to understand, and just be happy." Wang Shulan said.
"-----That's right." Lao Tan said.
"But you should pay attention. It looks fine and there is nothing wrong with it, but in fact it is a serious overdraft. You are only over forty. It's the right time to build your body like this." Wang Shulan said with concern.
"It's nothing, I can still work on it for two years." Lao Tan said: "After finishing the Changsha market, I will stop for two years and take good care of my body."
"There is nothing better than having a good body------You have been busy these years, so you started working. When I didn't work, I thought it was easy to open a restaurant. It was not as tiring as I said. Now I understand it deeply.
------The hotel is really not run by ordinary people."
Wang Shulan smiled and then said: "I have only been working for a few years and I am tired. You have been working for many years and you are more tired than me. I don't have to worry about management. Everything is ready. If you can't do it, you can't think of anything."
No, you have to do it yourself. Thousands of people are waiting for you to eat.
Although Xiaomei is the president and can help you a little, most things have to be decided by you------You are tired------"
What Wang Shulan said is the truth. Some people understand that Lao Tan is warm in his heart.
"Brother, take a rest. If you don't care about anything in the future, ask Xiaomei to take care of it. If you don't put your child on the road, you won't know how far you will go. Learn from me in this regard. Ask your subordinates to do it. If you do it well, encourage it. If you do it wrong,
Once corrected, it will gradually become better.”
"Well, that's what it is." Lao Tan said.
"Actually, you understand all this, but you just don't worry because you are afraid that they will do something wrong." Wang Shulan said.
"The main reason is that I can't afford to lose. I have a weak foundation. Unlike other people who have great careers, I don't care if I lose a little bit."
"You still have a small business? The annual turnover is more than 200 million, which is not bad."
"It's all my own." Lao Tan said with a smile: "Everything is gone, nothing is left, and the net profit is not much - now it's hard to get off the horse. If you don't work, thousands of people are waiting to eat; if you work, you have more than enough energy.
insufficient.
Sometimes I really don’t want to do it anymore, and just like Zhang Yu and Yan Zi, I don’t care about anything. I go out for a trip and walk around the mountains. When I’m tired from walking, I go home. When I can’t sleep, I can’t think of anything else.
When you retire, you still have to work.”
Lao Tan grinned and continued: "I have gotten used to it over the years. If I really don't do it, I don't even know how to live."
You know, I am successful outside but failed at home, my children are already that big, and my relationship with my wife has never been good. I am no different from a divorced person, I might as well be divorced ------
To be honest, I used to blame my wife and feel that she didn't understand me, so I was always frozen. Now that I'm older, I think more comprehensively, and I still have the biggest responsibility------
There will be no more resentment.”
Wang Shulan said: "Put aside our relationship, to be fair and just, I admire your wife very much. I didn't know that I had no say before, but after I got to know you, I know that you are away from home all year round.
At first I thought you didn't have a wife, but later I found out you did.
You are away from home all year round, and your wife takes care of the children at home and still has to go to work. Most women can't do this."
Lao Tan hummed.
"I heard from Xiaomei that your wife has a very special personality. You two started sleeping in separate rooms and didn't talk to each other since you had children. At first, I thought you had someone outside because you always come into contact with women in this industry and you are a leader.
, women are willing to put it on their bodies.
Later it turned out that it was not the case, but that doesn’t leave aside the relationship between you and Zhang Li. For all these years, no one said anything about the two of you.
It's right to say that you have great responsibilities. No woman can bear to be away from home all the time. It's good that I didn't divorce you.
I don’t know what your actual situation is, but sleeping in separate rooms for a long time is definitely a problem. No matter whether it’s a man or a woman, they all want to be warm and comforted when they get home, and live a normal life as a couple. Am I right?”
Lao Tan nodded.
Wang Shulan wanted to continue talking, but thinking of the physical closeness between herself and Lao Tan, she felt that she shouldn't say any more, so she took a breath.
"I've seen it, your wife and you are frozen three feet apart, so take your time." Wang Shulan said.
"Well, that's the only way." Lao Tan said.
"The main thing for you now is to take care of your health. Don't go to work when you go back and spend time with your children at home. It's best for your wife and you to go back to your hometown for the New Year. Don't be angry if you don't go back. Just go back with your son." Wang Shulan said.
"Yes, I'm not angry."
"After the Chinese New Year, I have finished taking the medicine. When I come back, I will ask the old Chinese medicine practitioner to take a look at it and continue to adjust it. It will be adjusted in one go."
"Um."
"Don't drink, remember, otherwise the medicine will be in vain."
It was night, and the two of them did not live together. Although there were conditions for living together, they both deliberately avoided it.
Lao Tan stayed in Beijing for three days and visited various stores. Generally speaking, everything was good, business was booming, and everything was going smoothly.
He also went to the staff dormitory, which he was more concerned about. Although Ah Qiao's staff dormitory was not as good as Haidilao's, it was not bad, and the employees' happiness index was quite high.
On the last day at the Central Kitchen store, we gathered the store manager, head chef, regional manager Li Jing, head chef Zhang Liang, dumpling supervisor Su Yaqiqige and others from the four stores together for a meal.
After dinner, Lao Tan and Wang Shulan went back together.
Lao Tan was leaving tomorrow. The two of them drank tea and chatted for a while. When they were about to rest, Wang Shulan walked into Lao Tan's room.
"I'm leaving tomorrow. I'll stay with you tonight." Wang Shulan said, with a blush on her face.
Old Tan smiled.
Wang Shulan leaned on the bed next to Lao Tan and asked softly: "Have you been angry in the past two days?"
Lao Tan knew what she meant by asking and said, "No."
"I wanted to endure it------I couldn't." Wang Shulan leaned her warm body against Lao Tan and asked, "Isn't sister quite mean?"
Lao Tan's body warmed up, he put his arms around her shoulders, and a pleasant smell of shampoo drifted into his nostrils.
"What are you talking about?" Lao Tan's voice was very soft.
"I know it's wrong to do this, but I can't help it------Sister, I like you, appreciate you, and know that you suffer------" Wang Shulan said, her voice murmuring.
"Have mercy on me?" Lao Tan asked.
Wang Shulan's body slid down, her head fell on Lao Tan's chest, and said: "I want you to have mercy on me ------" and then said: "For the last time, Liu Yang's girl is still cumming. I haven't asked her to drive in the past two days. I guess she can
Know------"
Lao Tan thought of the lively girl last time and couldn't help but smile and asked: "Yes, what has she been doing these two days? I haven't looked at her."
"Haha, she has been sent for training. I plan to ask her to intern with Li Jing after the Chinese New Year."
"also."
"Sister, I will accompany you for the last time. Go back and have a good time with your wife. Remember to come back after the Chinese New Year and visit the old Chinese medicine doctor."
Old Tan responded and looked down at the woman in his arms.
Wang Shulan's eyes were full of tears of tenderness and reluctance------