Liu Yang's words attracted the attention of several other people, and they all wondered. Lao Tan had indeed not spoken in the management group for a long time, as he usually did every day.
There are executive presidents, regional managers, executive chefs, store managers and head chefs in Aqiao's management group. Lao Tan is in it, but Yanhua, Zhang Yu and Yanzi are not.
"I must be busy with other things." Xiaofeng said.
"What can he be busy with now?" Liu Yang asked.
"What are you asking me?" Xiaofeng said, "Your master has a lot of things to do, don't think he's the CEO, that's a lot of things."
Han Jun analyzed: "I guess Director Tan wants to retreat and ask Mr. Zhou to come forward. Didn't you see that Mr. Zhou has said too much now?"
"You're right, Mr. Zhou does speak more now than before." Qin Haixiao agreed with Han Jun's view.
"That means my master doesn't care about anything anymore?" Liu Yang asked.
"What's wrong? Don't you want your master to take a break?" Xiaofeng asked.
"That's not the case, it's just that he's not used to it when he doesn't speak, as if he has some shortcomings." Liu Yang whispered.
"It's not a bad thing if you don't talk, you'll save yourself from being punished." Xiaofeng smiled and continued, "Your master has been idle these years. He's tired enough. What's wrong with him now? High blood pressure, high blood sugar, etc.
Hyperlipidemia, a typical three-high blood pressure group.
There are also bronchiectasis, frequent vomiting of blood, stomach problems, and kidney problems. The body of a person in his forties and sixties is severely overdrawn and should take a rest.
It's best for him to find a quiet place to recuperate now. The less anyone disturbs him, the better. Don't worry about getting angry. Don't worry about anything. You can live for two more years."
When Xiaofeng spoke, her eyelids twitched involuntarily, and her heart felt uncomfortable for a while. To be honest, she felt guilty because Lao Tan hadn't moved for half a month. She knew what Lao Tan's body was like, so these old friends didn't worry about it.
Fake.
The next morning, Xiaofeng called Lao Tan. Lao Tan said he would check out the winery in Beautiful Valley and stay for two days. Xiaofeng asked him how his health was, and Lao Tan said yes. He could eat and drink, but was it okay?
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Xiaofeng told Lao Tan her plan to return to the provincial capital for the New Year, and asked Lao Tan when she would return to the provincial capital. Lao Tan said next month. After that, Lao Tan asked her about her physical condition, and the two chatted for a few words.
Bye.
After hanging up the phone, Xiaofeng thought that nothing was going on at the wine shop over at Beautiful Valley. What was Lao Tan doing there? So she called Zhou Xiaomei and asked if she knew about Lao Tan going to Beautiful Valley. Zhou Xiaomei said yes. Xiaomei said
Feng asked what he was doing, and Zhou Xiaomei said he had nothing to do and was just going to stay for two days.
"Oh, didn't he say he was going to Beijing? Why did he go to Beautiful Valley? Skiing in the winter?" Xiaofeng asked.
"Then he didn't say -----" Zhou Xiaomei said.
"How is his health lately? Is he not sick?"
"No, I'm in good health."
"Have you seen him?"
"Well, I saw him when I returned to Hohhot."
"Well, as long as he's fine, I miss him so much since I haven't seen him for more than two months. Nothing else."
Hearing what Zhou Xiaomei said, Xiaofeng felt a little relieved and didn't worry about it anymore.
In Wang Shulan's house in Beautiful Valley, Lao Tan put down the phone. Wang Shulan, who was cleaning up the house, asked: "Did Xiaofeng call?"
"Yeah." Lao Tan replied.
In the past two days, Lao Tan has received calls from Zhang Li, Gu Yi, Yaru, Zhongqing, Hua Qing, Li Shuang and others. Like Xiaofeng, or perhaps Liu Yang, they all felt that Lao Tan had not made any move for half a month.
Something is wrong, call and ask.
Lao Tan's answer was the same, he said he would come to Beautiful Valley to visit and stay for two days.
Everyone was doubtful, and then asked Zhou Xiaomei for confirmation. They were relieved after receiving a positive answer, and thought that Lao Tan was ready to take a rest.
"How is she now?" Wang Shulan asked.
"She said she was fine. She sounded good and looked good, so she should be almost fine," Lao Tan said.
"That's good."
Wang Shulan threw a rag and started to wipe the kang. If someone familiar with her came in at this time, they would definitely not recognize her - she looked exactly like a village woman.
Her hair was casually tied back, no makeup, and her face was bare. Although her appearance was good, she could not hide her true age. Her eyebrows were less of an urban lady and more of a rural woman.
The upper body is a gray sweater, with a black down jacket vest, sleeves on the arms, and an apron tied around the waist. The lower body is a pair of blue trousers, and on the feet are cotton slippers made by Yingzi's mother.
The slender figure is gone, and she has become strong as a peasant woman.
This is just an image change, there are more other changes.
In half a month, I learned to make a fire, use a big pot to stew vegetables, stew rice, and turn on the heating stove. Every day, like rural women, I wear a scarf on my head and gloves on my hands, go to the yard to carry firewood to the outhouse, and when I get up in the morning, I dig out the ashes from the stove.
Put it in the iron trap, then push the door open and pour it into the ash pile outside the door. If you meet the neighbor's wife, you can chat with her and then enter the house with a sigh of relief.
She made the small house warm and clean, no different from the buildings in the city.
There are two pots of flowers growing on the windowsill, which Mr. Xiang brought from the greenhouse. Two pots of juicy garlic seedlings were given by Yingzi’s mother, and a pot of vigorously growing green onions was given by Zhou Xiaomei’s mother. The old lady grew them in her house.
I bought four pots of green onions and ate whatever I couldn't eat.
It was almost dusk on the day Lao Tan and Wang Shulan arrived at Beautiful Valley. Yingzi's mother had prepared a meal and was waiting at the entrance of the hospital with Xiaomei's parents. Yingzi's mother didn't know that Lao Tan was here to recuperate, so Xiaomei's mother and her
Having said that, this simple rural woman felt very uncomfortable when she found out.
Little Yingzi is already in high school. Wang Shulan sticks to her promise and will send money on time every year to help her children go to school. As the saying goes, no thanks can be given for a great favor. What Yingzi’s parents can do is give the local specialties from the fields to their benefactors every year.
Send some away, and kill two home-raised little stupid chickens during the holidays and give them to the benefactor.
After hearing that her benefactor said she would stay in Beautiful Valley for two days, she packed up the house early and burned a kang to keep the house warm. When she saw Xiaomei's mother leading the workers from the wine shop to get rice, noodles and vegetables,
At that time, she was a little puzzled, thinking how much her benefactor could eat by himself, and since he didn't live there all the time, he could take care of his own family.
Only after Xiaomei's mother told the truth did she find out what was going on, so she rushed for two nights to make pairs of cotton slippers for Lao Tan and Wang Shulan.
Lao Tan and Wang Shulan got out of the car, and Xiaomei's parents and Yingzi's mother came to greet them.
Xiaomei's father held Lao Tan's hand and called him brother. Before he could finish the next sentence, the hand he held was shaking vigorously.
Xiaomei's mother looked at Lao Tan and said, "Brothers are here." Tears fell down, and she turned around to wipe them without making a sound.
When she shed tears, Yingzi's mother also shed tears, and Wang Shulan's eye circles turned red.
Lao Tan couldn't stand them being like this, and the root of his nose felt sore, and he thought emotionally that if his mother and sisters knew that he had cancer like them, they would definitely be in the same situation when they saw him, and it would be more serious than this.
He said in his heart that he must not let them know, and said in his mouth: "If you don't let me in, I haven't eaten all day."
The three women realized that they had lost their composure, so they quickly stopped crying and greeted them into the house.
Arriving at the house, Lao Tan took off his shoes and got on the kang as if he were at home. Xiaomei's father followed suit and got on the kang to accompany Nakai'er. Xiaomei's mother and Yingzi's mother arranged to serve dishes and rice. Wang Shulan opened the clothes box and took out home clothes.
Put on the cotton slippers made by Yingzi's mother, and follow the work like a hostess. While working, she asked for advice on how to burn firewood and how to set up a fire.
Lao Tan was happy and drank two taels of Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng wine.
Wang Shulan persuaded him not to drink it. He said it was okay. Ganoderma lucidum can fight cancer, but drinking it was okay.
"Don't treat me like a patient. Once I am treated as a patient, I will start to think too much about my illness.
Do you think I'm sick? I'm not sick. I'm a good person.
Illness is not that delicate. The more you get used to it, the more it will behave. If you ignore it, just pretend it's nothing, and it will be honest on its own."
Seeing Lao Tan's open-minded attitude, Xiaomei's parents and Yingzi's mother felt relieved and their hearts were open. They put away the comforting and reassuring words they had prepared in advance and replaced them with homely snacks.