Chapter 44 Shameful Face
After Li Nanshan left the hospital, he began to check everyone he knew one by one in his mind, but in the end he couldn't find a completely suitable person.
He suddenly remembered that a primary school classmate of his worked as a chef in a state-owned restaurant, and thought maybe he had the ability.
Thinking of this, Li Nanshan almost ran over, like a drowning man grabbing a floating wooden stick, holding on to it with all his might.
Tao Xiaoxi was going to deliver some medicinal herbs to Zhao Bin today. She brought a lot, some of which she had never sold before. Zhao Bin was delighted to see them and asked her where she had found them.
Tao Xiaoxi smiled and took a sip of water. "Boss Zhao, do you want to dominate the market and not even leave a way for us herbalists to survive?"
Zhao Bin quickly waved his hands. "That's not the case. I broke the rules. So, I'll treat you to lunch at the restaurant across the street as an apology."
Tao Xiaoxi glanced at the door. She hadn't paid much attention to it before, but she saw that it was indeed a state-owned restaurant. She laughed and said, "I didn't expect there are still state-owned restaurants nowadays."
Zhao Bin shook his head and sighed slightly, "It's no longer good. Business is not as good as it used to be. All the business has been taken away by private businesses. But the chef in this restaurant is a great cook. I hope it can last a few more years."
Tao Xiaoxi thought that it would only take one or two years at most. It was an inevitable trend that no one could stop.
The two were chatting and laughing when Tao Xiaoxi clearly saw a familiar person enter the restaurant. That person was none other than Li Nanshan.
"What is he doing in the restaurant?" Tao Xiaoxi muttered.
"What did you say?" Zhao Bin asked.
"Oh, nothing. You just said that the chef inside cooks delicious dishes. I want to know what kind of dishes he can cook." Tao Xiaoqi said this without moving his eyes, still staring at the opposite side. Li Nanshan seemed to be - waiting for someone?
"There are so many things, like squirrel fish, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, chicken stewed with mushrooms, croquettes. In short, whatever you want to eat, he can make it."
"Look, is that the chef you mentioned?" Tao Xiaoxi asked. She saw a man in a white apron coming out and talking to Li Nanshan.
Zhao Bin pushed up his glasses and took a closer look. "It's really him. It seems someone is looking for him."
"I hope we won't ask him to cook. I don't know if we can eat the delicious food for lunch." Tao Xiaoxi said deliberately.
"That's easy. I'll ask Xiaosong to find out." Zhao Bin called his waiter, who was also his brother-in-law, and sent him over to ask.
Tao Xiaoxi watched carefully, but unfortunately she couldn't hear what was being said on the other side, so she tried even harder to listen, but she didn't even hear Zhao Bin calling her.
"What? Do you know the person opposite?" Zhao Bin noticed something and asked.
Tao Xiaoxi finally came to her senses and smiled, "He looks familiar, like he's from our village."
Just at this moment, Xiaosong came back from the opposite side.
"What do you mean?" Zhao Bin asked.
Tao Xiaoxi pricked up her ears and listened.
"Don't worry, brother-in-law, I'm not going anywhere." Xiaosong replied.
"Didn't that person ask him to prepare a banquet?" Tao Xiaoxi asked tentatively.
Xiao Song waved his hand, "From what I heard, it seems that he borrowed money. These days, there are still people who borrow money from others to get a job. He deserves that he can't borrow money."
So, Li Nanshan went to borrow money, but failed. It seemed that his father's condition had worsened.
After Li Nanshan and his classmate Tang Yuan, nicknamed Fatty, explained their purpose, Fatty's face gradually showed an embarrassment. "Nanshan, it's not that I don't want to help you. You can see that the business of this restaurant is not good now. I haven't received my full salary for last month. I really can't do anything. My wife even quarreled with me last time--" Fatty became less and less confident as he spoke, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
Li Nanshan reached out and patted his shoulder, interrupting him, "I'm sorry for being rude. I know it's not easy for you either. I was just passing by here today, and for some unknown reason I came in and talked to you. You see, I've caused you trouble. You're busy, so I'll leave first." After saying that, he forced a smile, pretending to be relaxed.
The fat man didn't try to persuade him to stay. He knew he couldn't help, so he didn't want to be polite.
Li Nanshan continued walking forward after coming out of the restaurant. He still remembered a female classmate who worked in a soy sauce factory, but this female classmate was already married and might not lend him money.
Let’s try it! Li Nanshan said to himself in his heart, face is not important in the face of life and death.
The female classmate was very surprised by Li Nanshan's appearance and enthusiastically invited him to come in and sit down. After Li Nanshan entered the room, he saw her husband sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper. When she heard him come in, she just raised her eyelids.
The female classmate specifically called the man over and introduced Li Nanshan.
It was obvious that the man didn't care at all about who Li Nanshan was. After a few polite words, he sat back on the sofa and read the newspaper.
Li Nanshan stated his purpose loudly and did not want to hide it from the male owner of the house.
The female classmate rubbed her hands together, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Wait, I'll get it for you."
At this time, the man also put down the newspaper, stood up and went into the room, and then a quarrel was heard from inside. The female classmate tried her best to lower her voice, but the man shouted loudly, as if he wished that the whole world could hear the quarrel between the couple.
Li Nanshan retreated silently without even saying hello.
At this moment, he felt disgusted with himself for the first time. He blamed himself for being incompetent and for disturbing other people's lives. Living was hard enough, who had the energy to care about other people's lives? Li Nanshan, Li Nanshan, you really shouldn't have done that. This is your own responsibility. Why should you let others share your responsibility?
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