Lofty future

Several days after this unsatisfactory interview with Boss Zheng, he did not really contact me.Spring Breeze is not drunk and is still open as usual, only Song Weiran and a girl named Jiajia are left in the shop to work together.

Before leaving the house one morning, Song Weiran mentioned that Jiajia might resign soon.

"Oh, I can't help it. After all, there is no business in the store. I am bored and have no future in sight. The little girl can't stand it." She sighed, feeling unspeakable.

If Jiajia is leaving, it doesn't mean we won't be able to do business.Finding a part-time job or taking it on my own keeps the day job going.

But the problem is not here.

Its model does not meet the needs of this era, and we have no foundation to support it to go on like this, which is the predicament.

No matter how unwilling you are, between sticking to your original intention and surviving, you can only choose the latter.It must be positive, and it may get a turnaround as soon as possible.

I ignored Song Weiran, and after she took Jasmine out, I called Boss Zheng.There were seven or eight beeps from the receiver before someone answered.

"Hello, who is it?" It was a middle-aged female voice.

"Hello, is Mr. Zheng there?"

"Busy!" The tone over there was impatient, "Call me later, I have the most things to do in the morning!"

"..."

I'm quite familiar with this attitude. It's what people say when they want to be perfunctory and avoid.I knew it in my mind, and my eyelids jumped suddenly, as if to verify the ominous premonition.

"Okay, let Mr. Zheng be busy first, and I'll be there at noon..." Before the scene was finished, the phone had already been hung up.

There was silence in the receiver, only the voice of the woman downstairs in the community who was driving the child to "hurry up" came to my ears.I stayed there for a while, sighed, and put the phone in my pocket, feeling a little heavy in my heart.

It's not like this kind of thing has never been encountered before.On the contrary, from the first time I went out to do business with people at the age of 20, I knew that it was as normal as eating.

I should have been prepared for this.

However, because of our disapproval of this path, Song Weiran and I did not really actively work in this direction, so that there are basically no decent alternatives now.

Song Weiran no longer has much money to support the operation of the bookstore, and her money must be given priority to ensure Jasmine's life and study.On my side, if I just talk about the words at hand, I may be poorer than her.

I have no wealth management income, no house, and the deposits of several cards add up to more than [-] yuan.An ordinary scooter can't be sold for a few dollars.There is still a debt that can be recovered, but if it is [-]% or not, I don't want to ask for it.

The only thing left to count on is that the money that was invested piecemeal to a few old business partners has produced benefits-even if it has not produced benefits, it can still be used as a basis for borrowing money.

After sorting out the short-term support for Spring Breeze's business in my mind, I felt relieved and planned to go to the book wholesale market to get some new books back to the store.

I went around the market, picked and picked, and didn't buy much in the end.It was already noon when I returned to the store, and I happened to meet Song Weiran and Jiajia having lunch.

They usually switch over at [-] o'clock in the afternoon. Song Weiran came here early today, probably because of Jiajia's recent work status.All employment matters are under her control, and I will not express any attitude.

Probably hearing my movement, Jiajia hurriedly put down her chopsticks and ran out to pick up the book.I nudged my head and told her to go back to eat: "Just two bundles, I'll just carry them, you eat first."

She nodded without saying a word, clasped her hands in front of her, and followed me into the door step by step.I put down the book, walked to the table where they were eating, and pretended to be interested in looking at the food.

"I had a good meal today, which one did I order?"

"Heji, Jiajia loves their sweet and sour pork ribs." Song Weiran didn't look up, as if she was focused on eating, but just told me, "Jiajia plans to leave the job next week, and I don't know if there is a chance to be together these few days For dinner, today's meal will be given to her."

"Really?" I turned to look at Jiajia.

She also looked at me, her face was a little red, her hands were clenched tighter than before: "Yes."

I smiled and tried to keep the atmosphere relaxed and ordinary: "Have you found another good job?"

Jia Jia immediately shook her head: "I'm still watching."

"Take your time, it's good to rest for a while and then work again. You worked hard with us before."

"Um……"

"Since it's such a coincidence, let's have a serious dinner. Should we close the table and go to the next door, or let the next door add food?" As I spoke, I turned on my mobile phone to find the owner of the restaurant next door on WeChat, planning to reserve a table .

"Don't, don't be so troublesome, let's eat in the store, in case there are guests, it's easy to say hello." Jiajia expressed her attitude eagerly.

She is the protagonist of today's meal, Song Weiran raised her head when she heard the words, shrugged her shoulders to express that she listened to the protagonist, and then asked me: "Boss, are you paying the bill yourself?"

"An individual is an individual."

"Then I want to eat sea bass and spicy crab, Jiajia, you can also order expensive ones!"

Jia Jia laughed, let go of her hands, looked at me and said, "Brother Cheng, order, I will eat whatever Brother Cheng orders."

"I'll go over there." Putting away the phone, I turned and walked out the door.

The decoration of Spring Breeze Is Not Drunk is very distinctive, and it was Song Weiran who asked her college classmate to do it.

In this set of designs, the first eye-catching feature is the two large oval stones erected in the artificial small pool at the entrance.On the two opposite sides of the stone, mirrors in the shape of water ripples are glued and inlaid.

The doorway is wide enough, and the stone and mirror are big enough. Passers-by on both sides are either attracted by the stone itself, or can't help but look at themselves in the glasses, and finally look up at the shop signs.

I myself have made it a habit to check in and out of the mirror.But when I stepped out of the door, I saw a familiar figure on the stone on the right.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Chi Xue walking from the left.

Apart from a baseball cap, he has no other concealment attire.In Yangcheng in April, he wore no makeup, short T and jeans, and the sneakers under his feet were spotless white, with a look of confusion on his face.

I turned my head to look, as if startled him.

As soon as he missed his gaze, he met mine, and a smile burst into his mouth, and he walked towards me with big strides.

"It turns out that your store is here, and the navigation and positioning are not very accurate." He spoke to me with a natural attitude, looked around, and then showed admiration and love in his eyes, "It's very beautiful, your aesthetics is still so good!"

Obviously, he came here specially.

But I'm confused, why did he come here?Is it to find me?Looking for Song Weiran?Still looking for us?Could it be that I have no intention of continuing the relationship, but he has intentions instead?

"Ah——" my confusion was interrupted by Jiajia's scream.

She must have come out to greet guests whenever she saw them, but she didn't expect the guest to be a big star.Oh, maybe it's her favorite star - her eyes are amazingly bright.

Chi Xue waved to her in a well-mannered manner, "Hello."

"Chi... Chi Xue, it's really you!" Jiajia stood by the door, a hundred times more nervous than talking about resignation in front of me just now. Going crazy.

"Come in, Jiajia, close the door." I stepped into the room first.

"Oh, don't shut it down, how will you do business if you shut it down?" Chi Xue stepped over and walked side by side with me.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but he seems to be very close to me on purpose, so close that it's a bit beyond the polite distance between people.

I felt a little awkward, so I called out "Song Weiran" and answered him: "There are no guests in the first place, so it doesn't matter if you shut it down, it's convenient for you to visit."

While talking, we turned around and entered the place where Song Weiran and Jiajia were eating.

Song Weiran was cleaning up the table urgently. The food that was full on the table just now was probably put behind the bookshelf, and there were only two bottles of drinks left on the table. The scene was fairly clean.

"Chi Xue..." She smiled at Chi Xue cautiously, "Why are you here? I, uh, Xiang Cheng told me what happened to the two of you, why didn't you tell me beforehand when you came today... ...Xiang Cheng, did he say that you didn't see it?"

She tried her best to appear normal and calm, but actually looked more at a loss than Jia Jia.

I couldn't help laughing, and cooperatively glanced at the phone and said no, Chi Xue also smiled and replied: "I happened to be working nearby in the morning, and I searched and found that your store is not far away, so I came here by myself."

"Is that so..." Song Weiran raised his hand and stroked the broken hair beside his ear.

I pulled two chairs from the next table, wiped the table with a napkin, and explained to Chi Xue: "You came at the right time, we are about to have lunch, have you eaten yet? Would you like some, today's menu is very rich."

"It's okay to eat vegetables. I can't eat too much rice and starch recently. I need to take pictures." Chi Xue sat down on the chair I pulled, and moved the one next to her closer to her, turning her head to look at me.

"..." I had no choice but to sit down.

"You guys chat first, I'll make coffee for you!" Song Weiran was in a daze, and immediately came alive after recovering.

The coffee beans and equipment in the store were bought gradually after the idea of ​​renovating the store. They have not been officially used yet, and they are used for the first time today to entertain customers.

When I told Chi Xue this way, he seemed very interested, took off his hat, and looked straight at me: "It would be even better if it was cooked by you."

"……I'm not very good at."

"You can learn it, this skill will come in handy in the future."

I smiled and said yes, noticing that Jiajia was still immersed in excitement, and didn't know what to do after following us, so she stood by a bookshelf and stared at Chi Xue in a daze.

I also just couldn't find a suitable topic to chat with Chi Xue, so I waved to her.

"Come here, Jiajia, and show Chi Xue a tour. Are you clear about the interesting designs and features of our store? Tell me well, maybe you can earn a large commission today!"

Hearing this, her face turned red, and she made an urgent but slurred denial, then stood up straight seriously, as if she was going to give Chi Xue a tour guide.

But Chi Xue looked up at me: "Aren't you going to accompany me?"

I smiled and looked back at him: "I'll be here in a while, just take a look."

He paused, said nothing, pushed his chair away, stood up, and walked towards the main area on the first floor.The movement was so fast that Jiajia couldn't react, and the little girl was half a beat behind before catching up.

After they left, I first went to the back of the bookshelf to tidy up the meals that Song Weiran had messed up before, and then used WeChat to book a private room with the boss next door and order good dishes.

After finishing these, he was about to go to Chi Xue, when he saw Jia Jia came back a little downcast.

"Brother Cheng," she said with a mournful expression, lowering her voice, "I seem to be upset with Chi Xue, he looks very bad, let me call you over."

Hearing this, I felt a bit defensive, and couldn't help frowning: "Did he kill you?"

"No! He's very nice and won't kill me. It's just that I feel that he's very upset, which is different from when he first came in. Maybe he wants you to accompany him to visit... Brother Cheng, are you friends? Why didn't I hear you say it before?"

"Why, you won't resign if I have him as a friend?"

"Yes, can I withdraw my resignation application?!"

"...I'll think about it. All right, let's make coffee for Miss Ran, and we'll go to the next door to continue the dinner later. Where's Chi Xue?"

"The Orchid Pavilion on the second floor."