Chapter 126
Lin Minjun sat next to her and listened to Auntie Cao’s gossip, waiting for her to finish before asking about her own concerns, “Where’s that Yunnan couple from last time, didn’t you say they’d still come over? Where are they?”
“I think they are participating in the competition, in a couple of days will come, wait a little longer” Auntie Cao said
Now the restaurant business is too hot and busy, only Lin Minjun can cook, so there is no way to go to night school
Lin Minjun simply asked the teacher to take a leave of absence, discuss their own self-study at home, go to the school every few days to get the study materials, the problems they do not understand with the teacher to ask for advice, so busy in the spare time to learn, the course actually did not fall down much
This day she went to school to get study materials, just bumped into the original junior high school tutorial class teacher, sat down and chatted a few words
The teacher heard that she had opened a restaurant, very happy for her, and heard that she did not have time to go to school, take the study materials home to study by herself, even more happy
“As a pre-study, even if you can’t keep up, it doesn’t matter, the big deal is that you learn first, and then come back in the next semester to be a little more proficient, don’t you think so?” The teacher said with a smile
Lin Minjun nodded her head, when she first came to school, she felt that learning was particularly difficult, she basically knew all the words in the textbook, but when they were put together, she just didn’t know what they meant
Now that she was learning, she found it interesting, and she was able to keep up with her studies
After chatting for half a day, the teacher looked at the sky outside and slapped his thigh, “The sky outside is not right, it may rain today, you hurry back, we can’t delay your work, go back quickly”
Lin Minjun looked towards the outside of the window, it was only afternoon and the sky was already cloudy, as if a heavy rain was brewing
She then smiled and got up, thanking the teacher and bowing
Lin Minjun got on her bike and rode out of the school, speeding up all the way back to the restaurant, the road was fine, but when she arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, it started to drizzle
Good thing she was lucky, she didn’t get wet, just a little wet
Put the bike to the side of the shed, Lin Minjun out again when she saw a couple in front of the restaurant, look especially familiar
She took a closer look, this is not the Yunnan couple that came to their restaurant for dinner last time
These two didn’t enter the door either, so they just stood at the entrance and surveyed
“Are you guys here to eat?” Lin Minjun walked up to greet them
The couple seemed startled and turned to look at Lin Minjun
When the man turned around, he was still flabbergasted to see that it was Lin Minjun, and disdain soon surfaced in his eyes
He knew that Lin Minjun was the owner of this restaurant, but in their place, a woman coming out to work and do business was called restlessness
How could a woman hold up a restaurant, not knowing what methods to use to seduce the guests to come over for dinner
Lin Minjun sensed that emotion of disdain for herself, her smile faded and her gaze turned to the woman in the couple
The couple were two extremes, one arrogant and cocky, the other was like a shrunken turtle, both hands were twisted together and said uneasily, “We came over to look for someone, last time that big mom said she could take us to see a doctor”
So saying Lin Minjun heard and understood, “Then you guys go in with me”
“No, it costs money to eat, we’ll just ask” The woman said in a hurry
Lin Minjun looked around, “It’s not like talking outside, go in and talk”
She saw that the woman was really nervous, so she laughed a little, “I’m not a dark store here, how can I come in and ask for dinner, it’s fine, you guys come in, I’ll call the people out and you guys talk”
Lin Minjun brought the couple in and went to the back first to call Auntie Cao
The store hadn’t started serving customers yet, Auntie Cao was choosing vegetables, and when she heard the commotion, she ran out with a handful of celery in her hand, “What’s wrong?”
Then she saw the couple, “It’s you guys”
The man nodded and said with an attentive attitude, “It’s us, Auntie, didn’t you say last time that there was a medicine that could cure childlessness? That’s what we’re here to find today”
Hearing this, Lin Minjun couldn’t help but laugh out, and the man gave her a disgruntled look, holding back his words
At the mention of the miracle medicine, Aunt Cao herself felt embarrassed and hurriedly said, “I’m sorry, ah, that medicine is fake! It’s a lie! In fact, I myself was deceived, and really took it as a panacea for a long time That’s vitamin C It’s good that there’s no major problem with my body after taking it, so I took it as a nutritional supplement”
She sincerely apologized to the people, “I’m really sorry, and caused you guys to make a trip for nothing”
“It’s okay it’s okay” The woman seemed to be relieved and said in a continuous voice as well
The man, however, got angry, his face sank with dissatisfaction, yelling, “What do you mean it’s okay, is this something that can be lied to? You said that medicine could cure the disease”
“I was also lied to, or the public security told me, I didn’t do it on purpose” Big Mother Cao was a bit baffled
The man waved his hand, particularly agitated, “Is it enough for you to say that you were tricked? I really thought I could have a son this time! Can this kind of thing be cheated?”
On the quarrel, Cao Auntie has not lost, both hands crossed, “young man you are blackmailed on me right, when I did not charge you money, to give the medicine or my own money to buy, I’m spending money to do good, you also stirred up your nose on the face, said that it is being cheated, and I have apologized to you, what do you want to do?”
“What do I want? Do you think you’re justified in cheating people? Do you know how many places we’ve traveled and suffered in order to have a son, and how I can hold my head up in the village without a son?” The man became more and more agitated, and his face turned red
Auntie Cao felt that she had been wrongly accused, “You want to give birth to a son and I have nothing to do with it, but I didn’t make you unable to give birth to a son, when you said you wanted to see a doctor, I also gave you a piece of medicine, and it turned out that someone cheated, but I didn’t charge you money, I also did a good deed”
Who knows that the man simply do not listen to it, is a hard to say son son, as if full of brain is only so a baby with a handle
He said how much pain he had suffered to have a child, what he was willing to do to have a son, and how important his son was to him
Cao Aunt listening to the annoyance, but also disgusted with his nonsense, directly two hands a waist and he argued, the two people in the restaurant lobby quarrel
After a while, Auntie Xu finished her work and came back, and after a few words of persuasion that didn’t work, she went in to call Lin Minjun
Lin Minjun was preparing dishes on the stove, and immediately ran out when she heard about the quarrel
At this time, the store has been one after another customers came in, some people saw the restaurant quarrel, directly out
They were arguing here, affecting the business of the restaurant!
Lin Minjun asked Auntie Xu the original cause of the matter, know the reason why they quarrelled, on the spot, said, “or so, this matter is really Cao Auntie was cheated, she is really good intentions, the results of the trouble you run this trip for nothing, you have a meal here, my treat, this is also to the meal time”
There is a cheap not to take advantage of the son of a bitch, the man immediately changed his face, “Do not want money ah?”
“No money” Lin Minjun stepped back without showing any traces, “But it’s not possible to treat you to a big meal, it’s just a casual meal, don’t quarrel again after eating”
The man thought about it, his heart was still a bit unconvinced, but after looking at Lin Minjun twice, he said, “That’s fine, there should be meat”
“Okay” Lin Minjun spoke, “Auntie Xu bring them to the small table next to the window”
The man still wanted to say something, see Lin Minjun suddenly like a new person, all the momentum is different, just like the leader of their unit, shrunk his neck and did not say anything
Lin Minjun went into the back kitchen to cook, Auntie Xu followed in, “Why don’t I go and ask, see if they still know the chef who cooks Yunnanese food”
“Forget it” Lin Minjun frowned, “That man isn’t a good person, I don’t dare to use the people he introduces to me with confidence”
She made a red three chopped, and made two more down home dishes to send up
At this time, the customers in the store gradually more and more, Lin Minjun put her mind on all the cooking above, did not pay attention to that couple
Who knew that when Auntie Xu came back in to serve the food, she said, “That man asked for wine, should I give it to him?”
“Give it, you have to charge him for the wine” Lin Minjun’s hands were still busy
Who knew that when it came time to settle the bill, Auntie Xu ran in and said that the man wanted to renege on the bill and wouldn’t pay for the wine
Lin Minjun went out to take a look, the man was probably drunk, his face was red, and he muttered, “Your boss said to invite us to dinner, why do you still want to charge for the wine?”
“I only said I invited you to dinner, of course you have to pay for the wine when you take it” Lin Minjun walked out from inside
The woman seemed to feel ashamed, she wanted to pay the bill and leave in a hurry, but the money wasn’t on her, so she had to pull her husband’s arm, “Forget it, stop it, let’s pay and leave in a hurry”
“Scram” The man shook her off and slowly surveyed Lin Minjun from top to bottom, his smile inexplicably had a greasy feeling, he smiled, “Little boss, I see you’re not too old to do the restaurant yourself? Just now I tasted the food you made, and the flavor isn’t authentic ah, why don’t you go back with me and I’ll teach you how to cook?”
The moment these words came out, the surrounding people’s faces changed, Auntie Xu held back, especially wanting to snap the plate in her hand on his head
This was blatant molestation
The man’s thoughts were also easy to guess, he just thought that a woman couldn’t do business, couldn’t support such a large restaurant, she had good business, maybe she was using her skin to seduce people to come and eat
Lin Minjun walked into the counter, picked up the order book, swept a glance, and said in a light tone, “Alright, you don’t want to pay, do you?”
“You said you invited us to dinner” The man muttered
Lin Minjun smiled, “Did I say to buy you a drink? It’s fine if you don’t want to pay”
She turned her head and told the guests, “There’s a debtor here, whoever helps me send him along to the Public Security Bureau will get a discount on this meal today”
Immediately, a table of men stood up and looked at the man who was reneging on the bill with a very unhappy look, “Drunk and crazy, are you a man?
Seeing Lin Minjun a woman is not afraid, see a few strong men came over, the man immediately goaded, sobered up a large part of the wine
He finally gave up the money, while pulling out money mouth is still not clean muttering
The couple gave the money also did not go, because it is now raining heavily outside, a moment and a half can not go
Lin Minjun did not force them to go, just with the man said, “you want to make trouble despite the trouble, to the Public Security Bureau of the road I am very familiar with, you want to make trouble we go to the Public Security Bureau”
Yunnan people can drink, in fact, this man is borrowing alcohol to pretend to be crazy, heard this brain finally sober, pulling his wife to stand in the door, honest as a quail
Lin Minjun just do not like this man, look at him a glance are too annoying, see him honest down, and back to the kitchen
But tonight is not destined to be peaceful, a wave of guests sent away, Lin Minjun is cleaning up the kitchen
When she looked up, she saw Auntie Xu walk in, her face quite ugly
“What’s wrong?” Lin Minjun asked
Auntie Xu bristled, “That couple had a fight”
“Why?”
“Alas, I can’t say, they didn’t affect the guests” When she said this, Auntie Xu’s face was still very ugly, as if she was trying to hold back something
Lin Minjun thought about it and felt that something wasn’t right, so she ran out to take a look after the work in the back kitchen was finished
Lin Minjun ran to the front, walked in just in time to see the husband and wife quarrel, said quarrel, in fact, is the man unilateral in the scolding, mouth rambling, almost like a machine wooden warehouse, the woman was he said back to the mouth
Lin Minjun and walked forward two steps, the man actually raised his hand and gave his wife a slap directly, the force is particularly heavy
After hitting her, he didn’t even look at his wife and angrily threw down a sentence, “You’re capable now, talk back to me!”
He threw down his wife and ran away, alone into the dark night
The woman was so dizzy from the beating that she almost flopped to the ground, a red slap mark immediately surfaced on her face, she staggered and found the counter to hold herself up, her eyes red and gasping for air, unable to say a word
She froze and held onto the counter, just holding it as if she was in a daze, every person passing by next to her looked at her with pity
Lin Minjun was so angry that her head was spinning, and she couldn’t wait to chase after the man and kick him to the Public Security Bureau
She walked up to the still dazed woman and asked first, “What’s your name?”
“Yu Cai Ping” The woman replied subconsciously
Only after she said that did she see Lin Minjun, she instantly tensed up and immediately stood up straight, “Sorry boss, I’ve caused you trouble, I’ll leave now”
Lin Minjun pulled her, “Where are you going, where can you go now?”
Hearing this, the woman seemed to be instantly immobilized, standing there, her head lowered without speaking, as if she had done something wrong
She was a few years older than Lin Minjun, but coyly, she just didn’t speak
Lin Minjun’s heart sank as she watched, and went forward to pull her, “Sister, don’t be nervous, I’m not a bad person”
“I know” Yu Cai Ping forced a smile, “A bad person wouldn’t have invited us for dinner, I tasted it just now, your cooking is delicious”
Lin Minjun then said, “It’s raining heavily outside right now, you should sit here for a while and ease your mind first”
Yu Cai Ping really didn’t know where she could go, and was pulled by Lin Minjun to sit in the corner, and froze alone
At this time outside another burst of rain, the store began to come to people, come are off-duty workers, stopped by the rain on the road, so they came in to hide from the rain
Lin Minjun wouldn’t say anything more, letting Auntie Xu serve them a cup of hot tea with some shredded ginger in it
“Our boss said, come in is a guest, drink some ginger tea to not catch a cold” Auntie Xu was very good at talking
The people who came in were basically employees with stable incomes, and when they smelled the aroma coming from the back kitchen, some of them simply ate here
So the back kitchen is busy again, Lin Minjun hated to split herself into eight, just like this is still too busy
A total of two stove, sometimes to fry two dishes in a row, care about this can not care about the other, there is a stove almost paste pot
As Lin Minjun was busy, she suddenly heard someone behind her say, “Why don’t you go and work on the other one, and I’ll watch this one for you?”
Turning her head to look, Yu Cai Ping was standing right behind her, nervously adding, “It’s not good to eat your food for nothing, I can help too, I can cook”
“Sister, then please watch the fire for me” Lin Minjun then stepped aside
After getting out of the way, she also paid attention to looking at that stove, and after looking at it for a while, she realized that Yu Cai Ping was just being modest, she didn’t know how to cook at all, she was a professional!
She was about the same size as Lin Minjun, even a bit taller, and stood in front of the stove for a while, then looked at the menu and started cooking
She picked up a large spoon and first scooped a spoonful of oil to moisten the pan
Lin Minjun knew that Yu Cai Ping was a professional as soon as she took a look at that stance, and her cooking stance showed that she had worked as a chef and was very skilled
Yu Cai Ping’s speed was much faster than Lin Minjun’s, one dish after another came out of the pot
When this wave was finished, Lin Minjun wiped her sweat and asked her, “Sister, have you ever worked as a chef?”
Yu Cai Ping nodded her head and smiled briefly, “I used to work at the state-run hotel in my hometown, an ancestral craft, our family has been doing this for generations”
“Then why don’t you do it anymore?” Lin Minjun asked again
Yu Cai Ping lowered her head, “I married a man, to have a child, when I was pregnant, I couldn’t handle the pot, so I gave up my job”
Lin Minjun chatted with her, and when a guest ordered food, they would work together, cooking while taking advantage of the free time to talk
At the beginning Yu Cai Ping was still very nervous, and then the more she talked, the more relaxed she became, and her eyebrows became more and more relaxed
Lin Minjun realized that she was originally a state-run hotel chef, masters, then dry chef can be no woman, she was in the unit top famous
The unit also sent her over a small apprentice, that apprentice is now her husband
Husband before marriage to her polite, respectful, a mouth a master, after marriage is still polite
Yu Cai Ping thought that she had met the most wonderful man, and the couple was in good terms at that time
But she later realized that it was all her husband’s disguise
Yu Cai Ping married less than half a year after the pregnancy, her husband is still very caring for her, see her late pregnancy is really busy, the body can not eat, her husband and her suggestion to take over the work, first of all, the time to get over the pregnancy before
Yu Cai Ping thought that her husband was heartbroken, hesitated for a moment to give her husband to take over the job
When she took over the job, she said it was a good idea to take over the job during the pregnancy, but later she realized that it was her husband’s plot
After the birth of her child, there was the menstruation period, during which her husband was very impatient with her, and she even quarreled with her mother-in-law, and her energy was greatly injured because she did not have a good menstruation period
After the monthly sitting, there is still breastfeeding, with the child, it is hard to wait until the child is one and a half years old, can be weaned, she proposed that she would like to change back to work, her husband gave her a cold look, “You think you can still come back?”
She went to the unit to find the leadership, only to find that her husband had long been with the leadership of the gas, that she wanted to stay at home to look after the child, the future work will be completely to her husband
She from the state-run hotel master chef, into her husband’s mouth at home to eat white rice woman
After no work, her husband’s nature is completely exposed, while urging her to hurry to give birth to a second child, while she did not pay attention to send her daughter away
Yu Cai Ping cried and made a scene, but her husband came home after drinking and told her that she must have a son, and if she dared to bring her daughter back, he would even beat her with him
Yu Cai Ping gradually gave in, was afraid of being beaten, but also completely lack of self-confidence, because her husband said that she could not give birth to a son is no good, a woman cooking and cooking, actually want to go back to work
These mean words are like a knife, bit by bit, Yu Cai Ping carved into the current appearance
“Have you ever thought that your husband said this on purpose, he deliberately made you have no confidence and made you like this” Lin Minjun said, “His goodness in the beginning was all pretend, this man has been counting on you for a long time”
“I know” Yu Cai Ping put down the work in her hands, her eyes flashed with confusion, she knew, but what could she do then
Time flashed by, it was already more than nine o’clock in the evening, the restaurant was about to close, and the guests had all left
Lin Minjun with two amahs, the restaurant inside and outside all cleaned up once, Yu CaiPing on the side to play hands
After finishing the work, the four women sat in the lobby and chatted about what had just happened, and the two amahs were silent after hearing what had happened to Yu CaiPing
Yu CaiPing got up and said, “I should go now that I’m done, thank you for listening to me today, it’s been a long time since anyone has been willing to listen to me talk properly”
At the end of her words she choked and walked out the door, “They all think I’m a crazy woman”
She had had a job and had her own pride but was clueless about the status quo, she would fight her husband when he beat her
Because of this screwed up energy, neighbors who knew her said she was crazy
At this point, it was still raining outside and she was about to walk out, Lin Minjun was ready to stop her and before she could get up, the two amazons came together to stop her
“It’s raining so hard outside, you’re sure to catch a cold if you go back now, sit down again ah, there’s no rush”
Yu Cai Ping shook her head, “It doesn’t matter, just go back and scrub yourself”
“That’s not good, you’re not made of iron, you’re going to catch a cold after getting wet, can that husband of yours take you to the doctor?” Big Aunt Cao yelled
Yu Cai Ping wanted to leave, the two amazons pulled to prevent her from leaving, between pulling and tugging, Yu Cai Ping’s sleeve ripped open, and Auntie Cao sucked in a breath of cold air
Lin Minjun said: “What’s wrong? Did you tear your clothes? I have a needle and thread here”
She moved over to take a look and couldn’t help but curse
In Yu Cai Ping’s torn sleeves, her arms were bruised and purple, some looked like they had been hit, some looked like they had been pinched
Domestic violence, this is domestic violence
Several women stared at the arm and couldn’t say anything, they didn’t know what to say that would help, nor did they know what to say that would comfort Yu Cai Ping
Finally Lin Minjun pulled up that arm and touched it, she asked, “Does it still hurt now?”