Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

As soon as Sun Aimin saw the other person's fat head, big ears, ruddy face and the way he was dressed, he knew that this was the real chef who had returned.

Sun Aimin immediately made room for Chef Wang, glanced at the large wok he had just snatched back, and said, "The stir-fried dishes are ready to be served!"

Chef Wang followed his instructions and scooped the food out of the wok. I don't know why, but the food in front of me looks better than what I made.

Only then did he realize that this guy was here to steal his job. No, he couldn't let this guy succeed.

Although the current salary is still a little different from what he expected, it is not easy to find a job with this salary in Mafang City, so he still knows his limits and cannot eat a fat man at one bite. He wants the boss to increase his salary by 100 yuan, and if it can be increased by 50 or 80 yuan, he will happily accept it.

Thinking of this, Chef Wang started to chase people out: "Get out, get out! Do you know what a kitchen is? If something goes wrong, can you take the responsibility?"

Seeing Chef Wang's reaction, Sun Aimin knew that he had misunderstood his purpose, so he explained with a smile: "You are the master chef here, right? Don't get me wrong, I'm not here for a trial. I'm just passing by on business and want to have a meal. There are too many people eating in the front hall, so I came here to help out temporarily."

Then, Sun Aimin looked at his watch, pretending to be in a hurry, and said, "Oh, it's already one o'clock? No, I have to go, otherwise the important things will be delayed.

Oh, is there a toilet nearby? I need to go relieve myself first. It’s really inconvenient to go out.”

When Chef Wang heard that Sun Aimin was not here to steal his job, he quickly relaxed his guard, and the flesh on his face became less tense. He raised his hand, pointed at the back door of the kitchen, and said, "Go out from that door, and there is another street behind it. There is a public toilet across the street. If you take a detour from that way, come back and exit from our restaurant."

Unexpectedly, this chef Wang is quite kind-hearted. Sun Aimin thanked him and went out the back door.

Compared to the street facing the train station exit, which is also the street at the front entrance of the hotel, the street at the back door is really just an ordinary street. Not to mention shops, even street vendors are few and far between. There are some pedestrians on the street, all of them passing by.

The public toilet that Chef Wang mentioned is very conspicuous. You can see it as soon as you go out the door. When you get closer, the pungent smell hits you in the face, making you dare not breathe.

Sun Aimin tried his best to hold his breath as he entered the public toilet. He observed the men's restroom and found that apart from the urinal, there was a long row of squat toilets and there was no place to hide.

According to Yuan Jie's description of the methods used in later generations to traffic people, one of them was to use toilets to commit the crime.

Especially in the more remote toilets, some single women can never come out after entering. After the human traffickers succeed, they will use the trash cans as a cover to move the people away.

But could such a public toilet that you could see through to the bottom really become a crime scene for human traffickers? Sun Aimin was somewhat skeptical.

After coming out of the public toilet, he walked around the street. There were two houses next to the restaurant that he had just visited, and they had back doors, so he would pay close attention to them later.

At the end of the street is a residential area. There are no restaurants or other stores at the entrance, but there are a few stalls selling fruits and vegetables.

Sun Aimin took out a note from Yuan Jie from his bag, on which were the names of several communities, which were the names of the communities where Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou's houses were located. Most of them were developed later, and the communities where two houses were located were relatively old, probably built around the 1990s.

Sun Aimin walked over and asked a small vendor who was selling fruit on a donkey: "Master, can you please tell me what neighborhood this is? I want to rent a house. Is the rent expensive?"

The vendor replied, "Are you talking about this place? This is called Xinjian Village Community. I don't know much about the rent, but the houses in this area were all newly built in the past few years. They are sold at a high price, so the rent should not be cheap either."

Sun Aimin continued to ask: "Do you know where the two communities, Renminli and Jiansheli, are? Are they far from here?"

The vendor thought for a moment and said, "I do know Renminli, but it seems to be in the city center, not close to here. You can go to the nearby bus stop to see if there are any buses. I haven't heard of the other community, so go ask someone else!"

Sun Aimin thanked the street vendor and finished walking around the street. He then went in through the back door of the hotel, walked through the lobby, and arrived at the snack street opposite the train station.

He looked carefully and found the locations of two other shops with back doors. One of them was not a restaurant, but a barber shop. The business seemed to be good, and several young boys and girls dressed in fashionable clothes were busy washing, cutting and perming customers' hair.

In this era, young people in cities are still willing to spend money on their appearance. Judging from the age and work status of the store clerks, there is nothing unusual. This store can be ruled out for the time being.

The other store is a noodle restaurant, and its layout seems to be similar to the previous one.

It was just past lunchtime, so the store was rather deserted. Looking in from the outside, the glass door was closed, so it was hard to see clearly what was going on inside.

He did not rush in, but sat at a table outside the skewers shop next door, ordered a few skewers, and kept an eye on the situation in the noodle shop.

Soon, the boss brought the fried skewers that Sun Aimin ordered to the table. Now that the boss was not busy, Sun Aimin started chatting with him: "Boss, did you learn this skill from a master or did you figure it out on your own? I can smell the fragrance from a long distance. I have been sitting on the train for several hours, thinking of finding a restaurant to have a good meal, but when I arrived at your door, I couldn't walk!"

Sun Aimin's compliment was very helpful to the owner of the fried skewers shop. The owner laughed and said, "Brother, you have found the right place. I don't have any other special skills, but I like to think about food. I used to make it for myself, but my wife always scolded me for being greedy and quarreled with me, so I was very angry. Hey, I finally figured out a way to make money.

I have been selling fried skewers here for more than ten years. Some people saw that my business was good and came to the neighborhood to steal the business. What happened? They didn’t defeat me, but they went bankrupt first! What’s this called? Don’t take on a job if you don’t have the skills.”

Sun Aimin echoed his boss's words and said, "What do you call this? Oh, right, turning a hobby into a career. This is something many people would never be able to achieve in their entire lives."

After making the boss laugh, Sun Aimin stopped beating around the bush and said, "I was thinking of having a bowl of noodles after getting off the bus. I can never get enough of noodles. I wonder how the noodle shop next door tastes? There aren't many people in the shop now. If it doesn't taste good, I won't go, so as not to waste money."