Chapter 10: A Different Life (7) Sympathy for the Same Fate (Part II)

Zhang Daring also understands the truth of "three people become tigers", but if everything is groundless, why don't others talk about other women, why don't they point the finger at his wife "Sichuan Meizi" for nothing, he thinks that this is not a matter of rumors just made by people, and he has to check it himself.

After Zhang Daring had the experience of beating his wife last time, he found that not only did he beat her, but she would not admit her mistake, and he had to apologize to her afterwards. So he was ready to change his tactics and catch a catch and see what she had to say.

In the 80s of the last century, people in City A believed in Buddhism very much, and everyone believed that it was not enough to have the leadership of the party, but also to have the blessing of the Buddha.

Whether you are going to school for promotion, or getting married or funeral, you have to come to the temple to ask the "Bodhisattva", if you have a headache, brain fever, cold and fever, you have to beg the Buddha grandfather to drive away the disaster.

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Daring has been the chef of a vegetarian restaurant for several years, every first day of the new year, fifteenth, there are many vegetarian people who come to them, not only the table is not enough, there will be a long queue outside the hotel, although there are more and more RMB in his hand, but Zhang Daring has no sense of happiness at all, he has been entangled in the rumors of being "cuckolded", he is extremely painful, every time he sees his chefs chatting in groups, he thinks he is talking about his things, and over time, his craft is also wasted, Finally, one day, Shi Fu "stopped" the chef's work and made him reflect for a while.

The chef who succeeded Zhang Daring is also a disciple of Shi Fu, he is a Guan insider, he loves to talk and talk, and he is also very attentive to Zhang Daring, a little junior brother, and he also tells him from time to time that he has a story about Shi Fu.

"I said, junior brother, do you know the story of Daoist Master Fu when he was young?"

"I don't know how to say it, he never mentioned it."

This chef turned out to be a small novice in the temple, and he learned the craft from Shifu from the moment he entered the temple, and he can be regarded as a big disciple. Later, during the turmoil, the temple was "closed", and he also returned to his hometown and married a wife, but helplessly, the people in his hometown all love to eat meat, and he, a cook who used to be a monk, does not like to kill, so he found City A. defected to the past Shi Fu, and he knew Shi Fu's past very well.

"I'm telling you, don't tell anyone."

"I know it." The two sat in the open space on the outer wall of the hotel, smoking cigarettes with each other and chatting about the past of Shi Fu.

"When Shi Fu was a monk, it was rumored that he had a leg with a female pilgrim, and later let the teacher in the temple Fu scold him, and almost threw him out. Fortunately, Shi Fu was desperate and broke off with the woman, so he stayed, and after hearing that Shi Fu was also vulgar. I once went to the woman and stayed in her house for half a month. ”

After listening to his senior brother tell him this, Zhang Daring thought it was quite interesting, but he didn't expect Shifu to have such a flowery story. But when he found out later, he felt that something was wrong, and he took the spearhead of suspicion. pointed to his own teacher.

It turned out that one day, when he came home from work, his wife and daughter lay in the bed early, at this time it was only eight o'clock in the evening, for the summer, it is very abnormal, most people have to go to more than ten o'clock in the evening, before resting on the kang, today his wife not only did not wait for him to come back to sleep, and his dinner, has not left him behind.

"Why are you sleepy so early?"

"It's not early, what time is it, my daughter is tired from going to the yard to play, and when she comes back, she will be noisy and sleepy, so I will cover the quilt and go to bed first."

"If she sleeps with her, you won't wait for me."

"You've been neither morning nor late all day, I don't know when you'll be back." The wife's tone of voice is very blunt, although she is usually coaxed by Niu B, but today's tone is a little weird.

After Zhang Daring washed his face, he ordered a bowl of noodles and ate them, and he accidentally found that there was a large bunch of bananas in the kitchen.

In the eighties of the last century, all the southern fruits were transported by train, and it was the first time Zhang Daring had seen such a large bunch of bananas.

"Who is here today, who sent this banana?"

"Oh, then who's here, you can eat it if you want, my daughter and I have eaten it, it's sweet."

"Who?"

"Who, who came, yes, it was Shi Fu who came, sat for a while, and said that he made a vegetarian banquet for a director's family, and he was asked to take it away when they left, and he kept a plate for himself, and sent a plate to us."

"Oh." Zhang Daring felt that since it was sent by the teacher, he naturally had to accept it, and he didn't think much about it, but when he heard the senior brother say this today, he seemed to notice something, and he paid attention to the teacher.

Vegetarian restaurant, usually there are two proud apprentices watching, when the teacher Fu can naturally be freer, he loves to listen to books, as soon as he has time, he goes to the teahouse to listen to the last paragraph, Zhang Daring saw the teacher Fu walking on the front legs, immediately followed behind him, and followed for many days.

There are usually a lot of guests in the vegetarian restaurant, although Zhang Daring has now become a "second knife", but without a chef to help, his senior brother is busy to death, he doesn't know what happened to Zhang Daring, for what as long as the teacher pays the front leg away, he immediately asked for leave to go out, because they are all senior brothers, and embarrassed to ask, I had to endure it, after more than ten days, he finally started a temper.

"I said junior brother, what are you busy with all day long, when Shifu is here, you don't ask for leave, Shifu walks on the front foot, and you slip on the back foot, do you think I robbed you of your job and didn't deal with you."

"Senior brother, I really have something, if you let me for a few more days, I will definitely work double overtime."

Another day of tracking, Zhang Daring found nothing, he looked at his watch, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, the hotel usually gets off work at nine o'clock in the evening, if you want to go back at this time, it is inevitable that the senior brother will talk about him again, so he rode home, ready to rest early.

Just as he walked into the yard, he found that there was a woman at home, who was chatting with his wife, the voice was very loud, and when he was about to enter the house, he found that the woman was his neighbor, the mother of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old child, and now his son, looking for a job at the post office, although he was only a temporary worker, he could wear a green uniform, and he was still a serious job. ”

"Oh, I'm on leave, I'm a little tired."

When the woman saw Zhang Daring said that she was tired, she hurriedly took the initiative to leave. Zhang Daring found that there was an extra bottle of "Ponshi" in the TV cabinet.

"Your stuff has fallen."

"It's not mine, I'm coming empty-handed."

Seeing that the woman was gone, Zhang Daring returned to the house and asked his wife, "This one to wipe your face is quite expensive, right, did you buy it yourself?" ”

"No, someone else sent it."

"How much does it cost, and who sent it?"

His wife, "Sister Chuan", thought for a while, "Shi Fu came here in the afternoon." She said that it was given by the teacher's mother, and this was the benefit of their unit, the 38th Festival. ”

Zhang Daring was even more strange, he had obviously followed the teacher for a day, and his old man had been listening to books in the teahouse, "How much does this cost, so expensive, wait until tomorrow I will go to the department store and see the price." Give the money back. ”

His wife's face immediately turned red, "No need, no need." I wanted to give it in the afternoon, but he didn't want it, and said that if he wanted to give it again, he turned his face. You'd better not mention it, so as not to make the teacher angry. ”

Zhang Daring didn't say anything more, he pretended to have nothing to do and started the carpenter's work.

Next. Zhang Daring asked Shi Fu to drink, and mentioned the matter of sending bananas during the banquet, "Shi Fu, where did you get the banana last time, can you still order it?" ”

"Bananas? What is it? ”

"The bananas you sent to my house last time, my daughter coughed, and it was fine after eating it for two days, I think it must be the bananas that were eaten well, she has been sick again in the past two days, I want to ask you where you are old."

"What? I'll send you bananas? Come on, I don't like to eat that thing, and besides, it's all apprentices who pay gifts to their teachers, where is the reason why teachers pay their apprentices, are you kid mistaken? Drink too much. ”

Looking at Shi Fu's very sure look, Zhang Daring finally understood something, "Did the master's unit send out Pon's face oil recently?" ”

"Who did you listen to? Their unit efficiency is not good, they don't even pay bonuses, what other benefits do they have, who are you listening to? ”

"Maybe I really drank too much, it must be Lao Li who said it, yes, it must be him, I was mistaken."

"You kid, you are a teacher, you don't know the way, I hate to accept a gift, give a gift, don't mention this kind of thing to me in the future, come, drink."

After that, Zhang Daring no longer followed Shi Fu, he really responded to his own words, not only did the work of two people alone, but also took the initiative to help the senior brother, but made the senior brother embarrassed.

"You kid, you really have yours, you have endless energy, right?"

"How can I make up for the time I usually owe to everyone, and now you still say I'm wrong?"

"Don't say it, don't say it, if you want to ask for leave in the future, just say it, and promise to ask for as much time as you want and how much time you will have."

"National Chef Competition", since the eighties of the last century, the country organizes a session every year, the last time the senior brother represented the vegetarian restaurant, won a gold medal back, this year, Shi Fu is ready to let Zhang Daring participate, and he will participate on behalf of the vegetarian restaurant.

Beijing, as the venue of this competition, is about 800 kilometers away from City A, and there is only a "slow train" to the capital, which takes about 20 hours.

"How many days are you going to race?"

"The preliminary round, the semi-final, and the final round will take about a month."

"Oh, it's been more than a month, then you have to bring two more clothes and a change of clothes."

"Not necessarily, if I didn't pass the preliminary round, I might be back in two days."

Since he had not caught the "current", Zhang Daring sat on the train, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he felt that there was a chaotic scene in front of him, and when he saw that it was already dark, he went to the toilet.

"Goubangzi Station is now here, please get off the train ready to get off."

Zhang Daring broke out of the bathroom like a demon, and as the people flowed off the train, he quickly bought a train ticket back to City A, and he was ready to "catch the traitor".

When Zhang Daring returned to his small courtyard, it was already more than three o'clock in the morning, he pushed the courtyard door and found that it was locked, so he grabbed the courtyard wall and jumped in, but fortunately, the door of the inner room was not locked, and he kicked the door open.

"Who?"

"Me."

The wife "Sichuan Meizi" in the house turned on the electric light, and saw that there was indeed one person on the kang in the house, and the person was lying naked in the bed, and said, "The eldest brother is back, didn't you go to the capital?" ”

Zhang Daring realized that it was a woman, who was his neighbor, "Why are you in my house?" Don't wear any clothes? ”

Not only was the woman not embarrassed, but she hid her body in the quilt again, "Your wife said that you are not at home, she is afraid, let me come over and be a companion for her, I have always slept at night, what's the matter, it's in the way of you, by the way, why are you back?" ”

Along the way, Zhang Daring had already made up nonsense, "The knife in the car was stolen, this chef doesn't have a knife, can he participate in the competition, I'll come back to get the knife." ”

In order to fulfill this falsehood, Zhang Daring threw the guy he ate into the "stinky ditch", this time in order to "catch the rape", he really made a lot of money.

"Do you have it at home?" The woman asked in a skeptical tone.

"Yes, there's another set, I'll get it for you." His wife, "Sichuan Sister", did not see Zhang Daring's lies, she saw that he was sweating profusely, he must have lost his knife and was in a hurry, so she went to the warehouse to get a set of spare knives for Zhang Daring. (To be continued......)