days of waiting

On Tuesdays and Fridays, Xiaomi would arrive at around four o'clock, because those two days were morning classes that lasted until the afternoon.And Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday are afternoon classes, so I will come to the store in the morning to support, and I will come all day on Saturday, but I will occasionally ask for leave for homework, and there is no shift on Sunday.

Saturday is Li Chen's happiest day of the week. Xiaomi will also be very lively because of the holiday. If he is lucky, he will have a few more words with Li Chen.On the contrary, Sunday is the most difficult day for Li Chen. From Saturday to Sunday, it is like falling from heaven to hell.

Friends in Li Chen's circle once mistakenly thought that the store was opened by the two as a partnership, and then secretly speculated that the young couple would work together to start a business.Li Chen would smile bitterly, guessing that was far from the truth, how good would it be?

In fact, Li Chen is just a store manager whose status is close to the boss, while Xiaomi is just a work-student whose status is close to the store manager.

"Actually, Li Chen is very kind to Xiaomi." Han Zhaojie said thoughtfully one Tuesday morning, "Scheduling shifts from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, six hours of work is two hours late, Li Chen still has money according to..."

"Not to mention, the starting salary itself is much higher than that of ordinary work-study students." Cheng Youwei said, stuffing the sandwich into his mouth.

"Because she..." Li Chen said, she still remembered the reasons that convinced herself, "Because she lives alone and has to pay the rent..."

"Fuck! I've already found a roommate."

"Roommate?" Han Zhaojie turned his head questioningly, "Are you talking about a boyfriend? Youwei's way of speaking is so euphemistic."

"Hey! Anyway, I'm living with my boyfriend! How hard is it for two people to split the rent?"

Li Chen paused, and continued her action of frothing milk, but unfortunately the noise was not enough to overwhelm the voices of the other two.

"Because..." Li Chen continued to make excuses for Mi Yining, "Because her boyfriend is not working, so..."

"Does her boyfriend's family have no money?" Cheng Youwei raised his voice.

"Ah... It's not about her boyfriend's money, it's Li Chen's responsibility for this whole thing..." Han Zhaojie took a sip of tea, and grabbed Cheng Youwei who was about to jump up.

"That's right!" Cheng Youwei suddenly realized and nodded, then sat back, "So Chen, you really have no reason to give Xiaomi a high salary!"

Li Chen carefully poured the milk froth into the coffee cup, briefly pulled the flowers, and then left the bar with the tray.When she came back, she had already thought of another irrefutable reason.

"Xiaomi is responsible for most of the light meals and desserts here. If it weren't for her, this place would only be a storage center for coffee beans..."

Although when the teacher handed over the small shop to Li Chen, he only planned to let Li Chen sell the coffee well.

Cheng Youwei lowered her head and thought for a while, and to Li Chen's relief, she nodded, "That's right..."

"Xiaomi's cake is really delicious." Han Zhaojie said in agreement, his expression looked a little giddy when he thought of the cake, "...even the apple pie, which I hate so much, is super convincing."

"Yes, Xiaomi is no ordinary work-study student."

Mi Yining is no ordinary work-study student.

When Li Chen got the storefront from the teacher and opened it for two weeks, it was the first time he saw Mi Yining looking through the menu outside the store.

The girl drove straight through the door and entered the store, and stood in front of the counter.

"Hello." Li Chen is familiar with the operation mode, "Do you have the habit of drinking coffee?"

The teacher can only teach her such a set of marketing methods, anyway, she is just selling coffee and coffee beans.

To be honest, even if Li Chen doesn’t make a special sale, he still has a market. People who can drink coffee can drink coffee, and those who are used to buying beans are those institutions and regular customers. Even if Li Chen just ignores customers like this, the shop will survive.

"No, I don't drink coffee." Mi Yining replied with a smile, looking around the shop.

"Is that so, is it because you are afraid of bitterness? If you are afraid of bitterness, the taste of ice drops is very pure..."

"I don't like coffee, is there anything else here?" Mi Yining interrupted Li Chen, but still asked with a smile.

"…No."

Didn't the girl in front of you come in after flipping through the menu outside?

"This store has a very good location, and the decoration is not bad. It's a pity that it only sells coffee." Mi Yining put away his smile and said seriously, without any scruples about Li Chen's stunned expression, and expressed it bluntly My own opinion.

"Well...we don't only sell black coffee..."

…also sell coffee beans, of course you can make a latte or coffee au lait if you want…

But Li Chen couldn't say it, she knew what Mi Yining wanted to express.

Perhaps it was because of the embarrassment and obvious guilt of this silence, the girl knew that she could express herself further, she quickly pulled the menu and began to gesture on it.

"Here, here, and here are completely inconsistent with the atmosphere of the store. In fact, dark color blocks and appropriate muddy colors can create texture. There..." The girl pointed to the large and small boxes stacked in the corner, "...there Clear and improve the configuration and decoration of the store, you will get a lot of space. Put tables and chairs, this will be a very outstanding coffee shop.”

However, even with such a change, the fact that this store only sells coffee still cannot be changed.Li Chen has skills, but it is only the skills of operating hand pouring, plug wind, and espresso machines. Apart from lattes, there are no more approachable things in the store.

"The fundamental problem... is..." Li Chen looked at Mi Yining's thoughtful face, and realized that he was actually relying on this girl whom he had known for less than 5 minutes.

"It's because the menu doesn't change enough." Mi Yining said firmly.

"Then... how to improve?"

"if you are willing to…"

Mi Yining put down the menu and looked up at Li Chen.

"...I can help you if you want."

Li Chen was overwhelmed by that confident and beautiful smile, just staring at it, unable to look away.The girl is a complex of cheerful, lively and calm, just between angels and mortals, that kind of incomplete, but still pinnacle beauty.

Before contacting the teacher first, Li Chen nodded.

From that moment on, she fell in love with Xiaomi.

Writer's words:

I hate posting after so long

But it feels bad to open the sunroof at once.

What's even more annoying is that I had something to say a few days ago

But today, the writer's words are blank again.

Um...

I still remember,

I have received a lot of gifts recently, thank you (woo woo woo woo)