Chapter 72: The Father and the Son
Chen Kai saw that the man in his thirties who came in was not the son of the old man Zhang Hong, and he remembered that it seemed to be called Zhang Kun.
When Old Man Zhang saw that his son was coming, the wrinkles on his face suddenly seemed to stretch a lot, and he grinned and said like a child:
"Look, I'll just say, I'll find my son here. ”
Many diners around were very curious about the old man's somewhat abnormal behavior, and their eyes glanced here from time to time.
Zhang Kun saw that someone was watching, with some embarrassment on his face, stepped forward and grabbed the old man's hand, almost coaxing: "Dad, let's go back first, go home for dinner." ”
Old man Zhang waved his hand, pointed to the insulation table in front of him with his left hand, and said to his son with a smile:
"What kind of food, this restaurant has just opened today, the fried noodles here are delicious, son, dad will take you to eat good." ”
Chen Kai was stunned for a moment, Mr. Zhang was the first guest to enter the house when Heli Express opened up, could it be that because of the influence of Alzheimer's disease, his memory is still only stuck on that day?
Zhang Kun was also stunned for a moment next to him, his father's condition must be understood, so he could only slowly say to the old man: "Dad, there are so many people here, let's go home and eat, the family meal is almost ready." ”
Old Man Zhang's face suddenly looked ugly, his expression looked very disappointed, and he said in a trembling voice:
"Son, tomorrow you will go to work in other places again, this fried noodles are really delicious, Dad invites you to eat, you eat slowly, can you stay with me for a while?"
Zhang Kun explained a little anxiously: "Dad, you remember wrong, I just came back from vacation, and I won't leave tomorrow, so I can stay at home for two whole days this time." ”
"If you don't leave, why don't you even have time to have a meal with me? I always feel like I can find you in this restaurant and let you eat with me.
You have too many calls home, and I don't dare to talk to you, this has just opened, you must like to eat, I always feel as if I have been here. ”
Old man Zhang held his son's hand tightly, his face was expectant and a little frightened, as if he would never see his son again as soon as he let go.
Some of the surrounding diners were whispering over there, Zhang Kun's mouth was tightly pursed, obviously wanting to go first and then speak, but the old man refused, Zhang Kun persuaded two more words, and the old man just shook his head.
Chen Kai was beside him, and couldn't help but say to Zhang Kun: "Big brother, the old man may just want to have a meal, why don't you sit down and eat first, and you may be willing to go home after eating." ”
Zhang Kun looked at Chen Kai, and then at his father's expectant eyes, and didn't want to stand and become the focus of others' eyes, so he hesitated again and again, and sat down.
When the old man saw his son sit down, he grabbed his son's hand, patted happily, turned his head to Chen Kai and said, "Boss, let's try two fried noodles!"
When the guests next to them saw that the two fathers and sons were sitting down to eat, they didn't pay attention to this side.
Chen Kai smiled and nodded, and went into the kitchen.
After carefully going through the method of fried noodles with shredded pork in his heart, Chen Kai settled down and grabbed a large handful of alkaline water from the shelf.
Light the fire, boil the water, add the oil and salt.
After a while, the water boiled, the noodles were put in, boiled until they were seven ripe, and the noodles were taken out of the cold water.
Add a spoonful of oil to the drained noodles and mix well for later use.
Shredded meat is cut and marinated, onions, cabbage are cut,
Chen Kai poured out the water in the pot, turned on the high heat to heat the pot, and then poured a small amount of cooking oil along the edge of the pot.
When the oil is hot, put the noodles in the pot and stir-fry them with chopsticks.
After about two minutes, the noodles are cooked and removed to dry aside.
Then pour a small amount of oil into the pot, heat the pot, pour the shredded tenderloin into the slippery, add garlic slices and stir-fry until fragrant, add shredded onion and shredded cabbage and stir-fry at one time, the fragrance is overflowing.
Seeing the right time, he poured all the noodles in, Chen Kai took out a glass bottle from the side, and dripped in a little fairy soy sauce.
It smells so good!
Chen Kai himself couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Stir-fry evenly, and the fried noodles are out of the pan!
Chen Kai put the fried noodles in two porcelain plates and brought them out with a smile.
When the noodles are cooked, they have a cereal-like aroma, combined with the aroma of shredded meat and the strong freshness of the fairy soy sauce.
Old Man Zhang's nose twitched violently, and when Chen Kai walked out of the kitchen, he looked expectant.
When the two plates of fried noodles were served in front of Mr. Zhang Hong, not only the old man's face was happy, but Zhang Kun's face also changed.
Old Man Zhang smiled like a child, and said to his son: "I remember, I remember that this is the taste, this fried noodles are delicious, Xiao Kun, try it." ”
Zhang Kun looked at his father's child-like smile, the expression on his face gradually relaxed, and while pushing the plate to his father's side, he took out two pairs of chopsticks from the side and handed one to his father.
"Dad, let's eat together. ”
Old Man Zhang shook his head and took the chopsticks, picked up a large mouthful of fried noodles, and put them in his mouth while laughing.
"Son, this fried noodles are better than your mother's cooking, and it's the first time I've ever eaten such delicious fried noodles." ”
Seeing that his father was eating very fragrantly, Zhang Kun was also attracted by the aroma of fried noodles, and couldn't help but pick up chopsticks and correct his father while eating: "Dad, you came here to eat last time, but you just forgot." ”
Old Man Zhang gestured with his hand and said with a smile:
"Hahaha, I don't remember, I just feel like the last time I talked to you, it seems like it was here, when you were only a teenager, so you were so tall. ”
"Dad, you're misremembering again, the last time was more than half a month ago, and it didn't take long. ”
Seeing that the old man was eating a little wolf, Zhang Kun couldn't help but remind: "Dad, you eat slowly, this fried noodles have just come out of the pot, and they are still a little hot." ”
But Mr. Zhang ignored it at all, and ate happily by himself.
Zhang Kun was a little helpless, but immediately shook his head, and slowly ate his fried noodles with a satisfied face.
Old man Zhang chewed fried noodles in his mouth while chattering beside him: "After you graduate, I can only see you once during the Chinese New Year, every time I miss you, just look at the photos of you when you were a child."
Later, your mother said that I had some kind of illness, that my memory was not good, that I was old, and that I wanted you to come back, and I said that you were earning money outside, and I would talk about it when the conditions were stable.
Now, sometimes I can't remember the way home, so I can only look at the places I still remember and run wherever I go.
Don't worry, even if Dad forgets your mother, he won't forget you, and you don't have to worry about me, I can still remember a lot of things when I look at the photos and see you.
You've just graduated, right? It's hard to find a job right now, so I'll ask you Uncle Li to find you a job at home. ”
Zhang Kun listened to his father's chatter, and suddenly ate more and more slowly, and slowly, his mouth stopped chewing.
The man in his thirties gradually became a little red in his eyes, and hurriedly took out a tissue from the side and didn't look over.
After tidying up a little, Zhang Kun exhaled lightly twice, and said to his father as calmly as possible: "Dad, you are mistaken, it has been more than ten years since I graduated, and Uncle Li left a few years ago." ”
Old Man Zhang paused suddenly, a little surprised: "Really, why can't I remember......?" Maybe I'm doing it again. ”
While talking, Mr. Zhang's hand holding the chopsticks trembled a little, and the noodles caught on the chopsticks accidentally fell on the table, and some oil stains rubbed on the coat.
In order to wipe the oil stains, Old Man Zhang lowered his head, and the straw hat he was wearing was a little crooked because of his excessive movements.
Zhang Kun pursed his lips, took out a paper towel from the side, cleaned up the dishes that fell on the table first, and then gently helped the old man carefully wipe off the stains on his clothes.
While helping his father wipe his clothes, Zhang Kun slowly said to the old man:
"Dad...... I decided, go back to the factory in three days, talk to the leader, and I will return to Ninggang after a month of payment.
There is a friend here who has always said that he wants me to come over and help, and he can earn a lot of money, don't worry. ”
Old man Zhang didn't seem to hear it, and when he saw his son helping him wipe his clothes, he picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat, talking to himself, and showing a child-like smile while eating fried noodles.
Zhang Kun didn't say anything more, after helping his father clean up, he stretched out his hand to straighten his hat for his father, turned around and stabilized himself a little, and silently ate the fried noodles in front of him.
A father and son, the father laughed while eating, the son was silent, Chen Kai watched from the side for a while, and there were some mixed feelings in his heart.
Not long after, the two fathers and sons finished eating fried noodles, Chen Kai poured a glass of water for each of them, and Zhang Kun looked at Chen Kai with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"Boss, my dad doesn't have a good memory now, if you come to your store next time, please make him a bowl of food first, it seems that he likes your food very much."
Please bother more, let him stay in the store, don't run around, oh, this is my mobile phone number, please save it.
If you see my dad coming, please call me as soon as possible, and I will come right away. ”
Chen Kai looked at the mobile phone screen handed over by Zhang Kun, wrote down the phone number, and nodded heavily in the face of the middle-aged man's sincere eyes.
Ding-dong, a new short message.
Chen Kai glanced at his phone lightly and didn't look any further.
After Zhang Kun finished eating, he scanned the QR code on the table with his mobile phone to settle the bill, and helped the old man up, with a serious expression, Uncle Zhang seemed to be in a good mood, and said something to his son from time to time.
The two of them left slowly, the father was happy like a child, and the son was next to him like a father.