To Oak

The rain in early spring was pattering, the sky was gloomy, and the raindrops were like continuous beads.The copper bell hanging on the glass doorknob jingled loudly, scaring the drowsy cat in the store to jump up and run back to the second floor along the stairs.

The weather was bad and there were no customers in the store. Xiang Shu was taking pictures of cats with his camera. The "model" was scared away. He looked up and saw a high school student who opened the door and came in. He was wearing a green and white school uniform. Parts of the place have old stains and look old.

The high school student was tall and thin, like a bean sprout, he seemed to be running, he was still panting in shock, his forehead was wet with sweat or rain, he stood by the door, feeling a little uncomfortable Dazed as if he knew where he was, he didn't go inside.

Xiang Shu put the camera on the bar and asked, "One?"

The high school student seemed to be taken aback, let out a small "hmm", and kept looking back through the glass door. He fiddled with his hair, and the rain was thrown onto the ground at his feet.Xiang Shu raised his eyebrows in distaste, but didn't say anything. He led him to sit by the window, poured him a glass of warm water, and placed the menu in front of him.

"What would you like to drink?" Xiang Shu asked, "Coffee or tea?"

The high school student didn't seem to be listening, and kept looking back. Xiang Shu looked in the direction he was looking, and there seemed to be a few boys wearing the same school uniform as him at the alley not far away, also looking this way. .

Zhu Miao noticed that the owner with long hair and pigtails was looking out, so she hurriedly turned her head, moved her buttocks to block his sight, cleared her throat, and said calmly and calmly, "Coffee."

Xiang Shu was not curious either. He has always been inquisitive about things that have nothing to do with him. He stretched out his hand and flipped through the menu. There were colorful tattoos on his outstretched forearm. His voice was steady and low: "Coffee is on this page, any drinks?"

any drinks?

How does Zhu Miao know what he wants to drink? He usually drinks Coke the most, and he can finish a can in one sitting, or he drinks frozen peach juice in a glass bottle.He didn't choose tea, because he doesn't drink tea at all, and Lin Zhou loves tea the most, and the thermos has been brewing tea all year round, and he feels sick when he thinks about it.

He still drank coffee, Nescafe three plus one, so sweet that it was cloying, and it was okay.

Zhu Miao looked down at the menu—a bunch of unknown nouns and prices were written on gold-sprinkled red paper, and he didn't understand any of them.But he understood the price, it was extremely expensive, the cheapest one cost 45 yuan, and the change in his pocket added up and he didn't know if he could afford it.

He suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and looked back again. Those bastards were still guarding the alley. They might have hit their side in the fight just now, and they still hurt a little.

Zhu Miao cleared her throat again, tried her best to adjust her facial expression, pointed to the cheapest one, and said in a pretended casual tone, "I want this."

"Do you want it cold or hot?"

"hot?"

The shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at him, as if he knew that he was pretending, Zhu Miao felt guilty for no reason, and picked the seam of the trousers of the school uniform with his fingernails.Anyway, the shopkeeper didn't say anything, just nodded, took away the menu, and went back behind the bar.

Zhu Miao breathed a sigh of relief, turned sideways, took out and took out all the money in his pocket, put all the money in the palm of his hand, blocked the shopkeeper's gaze, put it on his thigh, and counted with squinted eyes, counting and counting, Only 19 yuan and [-] cents.While counting, a steel coin fell and rolled out on the masonry floor. The sound was particularly loud and harsh in the quiet shop.

Zhu Miao's heart tightened, and he quickly stuffed the other broken tickets back into his pocket.The steel coin rolled all the way out with a "gurgling" sound, and fell flat when it hit the bar.He hurried over, bent down to pick up the steel coin, and when he stood up and looked up, he met the shopkeeper's eyes.

The shop owner looked quite young, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, with slightly long hair, grabbed a handful and tied it up, exposing his forehead. There was a mole on the protruding brow bone at the end of his eyebrows. He didn't smile. He just glanced at Zhu Miao. The eyes are half closed, as if lazy and indifferent.

Zhu Miao quickly weighed the situation between the enemy and the enemy—he was taller and stronger than me, and looked difficult to provoke, but he couldn't beat him.

Across the bar are oddly shaped paraphernalia that look more like chemistry experiments than frothing coffee.

Zhu Miao laughed dryly, and kicked the steel back into his pocket

Anyway, there was not enough money, so Zhu Miao fell to his feet, sat down again, and looked around the store.

The store is not big, with only three or four tables. There is a small yard outside the large glass window, and two tables can be seated. Because of the rain, the green plants in the yard are all green and shiny.There was incense in the shop, it was faint, and there was an English song that Zhu Miao couldn't understand, and the tune was slow.There was also a wooden staircase leading to the second floor, on which a chubby black cat poked its head out, staring at Zhu Miao warily.

After a while, the coffee was ready, and the shopkeeper held a wooden tray with one hand. There was a transparent glass jug containing the coffee and a small glass cup on it, and placed it in front of Zhu Miao.He said, "Please take it slow."

Zhu Miao blinked, watching the shopkeeper turn around and go back to the second floor. On the way, he picked up the probing cat and disappeared down the stairs.Only then did Zhu Miao feel relieved to study the "coffee" in front of him. It seemed to be different from the coffee he had drunk, but it smelled quite fragrant, steaming hot.

Holding the glass jug, he carefully poured out a little into a small glass.The cup was so small that it didn't look like enough for Zhu Miao to take a sip of. It was exquisite and small, like a bear twisting an embroidery needle, Zhu Miao picked up the cup carefully, blew on it, and sucked it all up in one go.

As soon as he entered, he regretted it.

If he didn't drink too fast, he would spit it out!What is this!

Zhu Miao's face was wrinkled into a dried grapefruit peel, his facial features were all squeezed together, a sour and bitter taste remained in his mouth, he took a sip of water, and stuck out his tongue like a puppy to breathe.

That's it?That's it? 45 yuan?

Just when Zhu Miao was looking left and right, thinking of slipping away when the shopkeeper went up to the second floor, the wooden stairs creaked, and the shopkeeper came down again. He looked at Zhu Miao and asked with a smile: "How is it, is the taste still suitable?"

Zhu Miao Leng saw the feeling of a superficial smile, nodded implicitly, and said, "It's not bad."

There was nothing to say again for a while, the deep female voice sang a lingering tone, the rain was pattering, the guard at the alley was gone, Zhu Miao was restless, he couldn't drink anymore, he didn't want to drink a drop, the money was No, half is not enough to pay.

"A total of 45." Xiang Shu took out the QR code stand from the drawer, put it on the bar with a "snap", and showed it to Zhu Miao.

Zhu Miao blinked, struggling to breathe: "Now, cash..."

"can."

"I……"

Zhu Miao was shy, estimated the distance between the chair and the door, and found desperately that she couldn't escape.Like a drowning man desperately looking for life-saving driftwood, he looked around desperately in the store, and suddenly found that there was a piece of golden red paper pasted on the wall next to the bar, which was crookedly pasted and written in a very elegant manner, wishing Miao didn't look carefully, and summed up the central idea, which is to recruit workers.

"I..." Zhu Miaoli said loudly, "I'm here to apply—"

Xiang Shu: "..."

Zhu Miao feels more and more that this recruitment is feasible. It is good to apply, and it is good to be hired. If you have money, if you are not hired, you can take advantage of the situation and leave, which is much more logical than just slipping away.He said, "Boss, are you recruiting part-time jobs here?"

Xiang Shu sat on the chair opposite him, and asked, "Little friend, what's your name?"

"I wish..." Zhu Miao turned his lips, "Xiaocao, my name is Zhu Xiaocao."

"..." Xiang Shu asked, "We can hire baristas here, part-time or full-time, what do you know?"

"I know everything." Zhu Miao said boldly.

"Can do anything?" Xiang Shu looked at the coffee in front of him and asked, "What do you think of the flavor of this coffee?"

How could Zhu Miao know how to say it? According to him, this coffee is worse than traditional Chinese medicine and expensive.He immediately said sincerely: "I can learn, I am very serious, and my grades are very good."

The black cat upstairs, which was poking around just now, came down quietly, crawled from under the chair to Xiang Shu's feet, and wrapped its tail around his ankles.Xiang Shu stretched out his hand and scratched the cat's chin twice, and looked at Zhu Miao up and down with great interest. He has a pair of good eyes, which are lazy when they are half closed, and they are in the shape of peach petals when they are opened. The eye sockets are deep, and they appear focused when looking at people seriously.

Zhu Miao, however, felt chills running down his back, frowning, feeling uneasy.

"What do you want to learn?" Xiang Shu said, "Italian? Hand punching?"

Zhu Miao was stunned, thinking that she had heard it wrong, and asked, "Hand...what, what?"

Xiang Shu went on to say, "Hand punching, do you want to learn?"

In Zhu Miao's mind, hand punching is to hit//fly// the plane, and the last time he was invited to fight//fly// the plane was a disgusting pervert.Zhu Miao's heart was pounding, his face flushed red due to the stress reaction, he stood up abruptly, hit the table, the coffee cup was knocked off and smashed to the ground, the cat was frightened and ran away.

Xiang Shu was also frightened by him, but the scarier thing was yet to come.

Without even thinking about it, Zhu Miao cursed "pervert" viciously, and bared her teeth like a stray puppy whose tail was stepped on.He clenched his fist and hit Xiang Shu on the face who couldn't dodge because of his astonishment, then he turned around and rushed out of the shop, into the continuous rain of early spring.

The author says:

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