Chapter 426: Old Events in Nanping Mountain
A busy day passed.
In the evening, Nanzhi Nanyi and his group returned to the dormitory.
When he got off the bus near the community, Nan Yi couldn't help but turn his head and look around.
Nanzhi: "Ah, I forgot to tell you that your father is on a business trip and will not come back for two days."
Nan Yi's little body stiffened: "I, I didn't look for him!"
Nan Zhi was too lazy to expose him and nodded in agreement.
Nanyi was anxious and insisted on asking Nanzhi to defend herself.
Nanzhi listened patiently and echoed from time to time.
Nanyi, who felt that her mother didn’t listen at all: ...forget it.
The work in the restaurant was more tiring than expected, and at the end of the day, all my energy was exhausted.
So, after Nanzhi Nanyi, mother and son changed clothes and washed up, they quickly lay down on the bed to rest.
At this time, for some reason, Nanzhi couldn’t sleep.
She turned back and forth twice, but still didn't feel sleepy.
He glanced in the direction of Nan Yi, who had his eyes closed, and then tiptoed over and got up.
She came to the table against the wall, sat down, and turned on the lamp.
I found a black leather notebook in my bag.
Nanzhi’s palm gently rubbed the scratches left by various years on the surface of the notebook, feeling emotional.
"Mom, is that Grandpa's notebook?"
In the silent room, Nan Yi's voice suddenly sounded.
Nanzhi was immediately startled and her heart skipped a beat.
"One by one you..."
Nanzhi took a big breath, with a look of helplessness on his face,
"...you didn't sleep."
Nanyi got up and sat up straight, with a pair of bright eyes that showed no signs of sleepiness.
"Well, mom can't sleep, and I can't sleep either."
"Don't confuse it."
Nanzhi hummed.
Nanyi raised her hand to scratch her face and admitted:
"Okay, I just want to know what mom is worried about today."
"So you have endured it until now?"
Nanzhi was surprised.
“Well, I’m filming.”
Nanyi explained matter-of-factly.
Nanzhi couldn't help but marvel at Nanyi's restraint ability.
Children are always full of curiosity, like walking with a hundred thousand whys.
Nanyi noticed that her mood was strange, and she didn't even ask why until now!
Looking at Nan Yi's sincere and concerned eyes, Nan Zhi was really unwilling to deceive or conceal Nan Yi.
Sighing, she said:
"Well, I am worried about your great-grandfather."
Nan Yi was thoughtful:
“I heard it.”
“What?”
“The conversation between you and your uncle, and the conversation between you and Grandpa Song. .”
“……”
Looking at Nan Yi's innocent eyes, Nan Zhi couldn't even get angry even if she really had a temper.
I could only lean over and pinch the tip of Nan Yi's nose in a funny way: "You, you, you can really hide it. I don't know where this little person has the endurance!"
Nanyi grinned.
He jumped over and lay on Nanzhi’s knees.
"So Mom, what kind of person is great-grandpa?"
Nanzhi was stunned when asked.
What kind of person is her grandfather?
"He...is a very hard-working, hard-working person."
……
Nan Pingshan was born in a poor family.
In that era when having enough to eat was a problem, such a poor family had no dreams or future and could only do the same thing from generation to generation.
But Nanping Mountain is an anomaly.
He has suffered from hunger, and what he misses most in his life is the taste of food.
So, his biggest wish in this life is to be a chef!
That's right! It’s the chef!
Because when Nanpingshan was a child, the richest family in the village was holding a wedding, so they hired a chef from nearby. He was rich, and there was no shortage of food at first sight.
From then on, that strong figure turned into a small seed, buried in the heart of young Nanpingshan.
Children in the mountains don’t know how to study. When they get older, they either farm with their elders or go out to work.
Nan Pingshan chose the second path - he came to the town and worked as an apprentice in a noodle restaurant.
His parents were very dissatisfied with his choice, because apprentices did not receive wages. Instead, they had to support their master as a biological father, serving tea and water, squeezing their waists and beating their legs... What was the difference between this and sending their son away?
However, Nan Pingshan is a very stubborn person. As long as he decides on the path, he will keep going in that direction, and no one can change it.
So, even if his parents threatened him to sever ties, he did not change his mind and continued to stay in that noodle shop as an apprentice.
He learned quickly, and soon he took all the work out of the noodle shop owner's belly.
The boss was a nice guy and felt that he had nothing to teach him, so he sent him to work in a familiar restaurant, or to study.
In the next few times, Nan Pingshan was not completely passive. He would also take the initiative to leave one place and go to another place to continue his studies.
In his opinion, someone who can only cook a few dishes is not a chef.
Only those who can cook many, many dishes are called chefs!
So, from his teens to his late twenties, his life was like learning from one place to another.
At this time, his parents in his hometown could not stand it and promised Nanpingshan to let him do whatever he wanted. He could be a chef if he wanted to be a chef. Their only request was that Nanpingshan could go on a blind date and get married. , not hesitate to force him to death.
Nanpingshan really had no choice but to meet a strange woman at the request of his parents.
He felt nothing.
But the other party was very satisfied. He felt that he was not very honest and had the ability of a chef. He should be able to open a shop and become the boss soon.
Nan Pingshan was resisting in his heart.
He felt that his level was far from the level required to open a store, and he wanted to continue learning for a while.
However, under the dual pressure of his parents and fiancée, he finally chose to compromise and use all the money he had to open a small restaurant in a small town.
Those few years seemed to be going well - the restaurant started to make money, my wife got pregnant soon after they got married, and gave birth to their son soon...
The only regret, It was Nan Pingshan's parents who died one after another in those few years due to overwork.
Nan Pingshan became more and more silent. He was only in his 20s and seemed to have no other hope except guarding the small restaurant.
Until then, a chef passed by the town by chance.
He said that his name was Wang Yongnian and he was a chef. After eating Nanpingshan's food, he thought he was very talented, but unfortunately he was a wild man without formal training. He asked him if he would like to go to Yanjing with him and start as an apprentice.
Soon Nanpingshan knew that Mr. Wang Yongnian was more than just a chef.
He is a state banquet chef who has been to the Great Hall. His ancestor was an imperial chef. He has his own restaurant in Yanjing. He is a famous figure in the chef world!
Wang Yongnian could fall in love with him, which is incredible to anyone!
The peaceful life in Nanping Mountain is as if a huge boulder has been thrown into it.
Afterwards, it only took Nanpingshan one night to make a decision -
He was going to Yanjing!