No matter how sleepy he was, Cheng Lin tensed his nerves. The next morning he got up earlier than the other workers in the shed. He consciously went to the kitchen, fetched a few buckets of water and started washing.In the past, there was no special chef on the construction site, but there was an older master chef who made some hot meals for the cook, and the master chef also took care of the work on the construction site. Don't pay attention, you can imagine how dirty the kitchen is.Cheng Lin rolled up his sleeves and began to scrub. He wiped off the thick layer of black and shiny old dust on the stove, cleaned every corner and corner, and threw out all the useless garbage in bags. The bowls and pans were soaked in enough detergent for a while, rinsed one by one, and placed neatly, and the big pots that were often used were also cleaned, and they were carried out to dry for a while when they didn't have to make breakfast.

His cat was doing the cleaning in the kitchen, and the workers who got up one after another came to watch from time to time, and joked: "The little brother is really neat at work, much cleaner than my wife."

Brother Yang, who came to the construction site early in the morning, also came to watch, and said with a smile: "As expected of a professional, I really hired the right person."

The teacher at the side also booed: "Brother Yang knows talents with his eyes."

Cheng Lin was grateful to Brother Yang for giving his brother a place to stay. He smiled embarrassedly and asked, "Where do I buy vegetables? I'll go prepare the ingredients for lunch."

Brother Yang pointed out a young man from the crowd, and said: "This is our accountant Xiao Wang, let him tell you about the accounts of the catering expenses, you just buy according to the previous specifications, and the vegetable market is out." Turn right at the construction site, go straight ahead, there is a morning market, I will lend you the van on the construction site, just let Xiao Wang drive with you, you can buy two more days, and now the weather is cold, so I can put it away."

Accountant Xiao Wang looked about the same age as Cheng Lin, with glasses, and was as thin and tall as a bamboo pole. He looked at Cheng Lin curiously, and even sat next to Cheng Lin when he was eating breakfast, and introduced: "I am here. I’m an accountant and driver, I usually don’t have to go to the construction site, just call me for anything, everyone has been working with Brother Yang for many years, everyone is very nice, if you are related, don’t be polite.” Said to Cheng Linduo I picked up a few deep-fried dough sticks and brought over a large plate of pickles.

Cheng Lin was also hungry and panicked. The bowl of instant noodles last night didn’t work at all. His chest was pressed against his back. He wolfed down three bowls of soy milk and five or six fried dough sticks. After dinner, he went to the vegetable market with Xiao Wang. I bought vegetables, bought beef and potatoes, and prepared to stew a big pot of beef and potatoes. At noon, I usually have one meat and one vegetarian dish. The vegetarian dish is scrambled eggs with cucumbers.Cheng Lin consulted with Xiao Wang while buying, and found out the approximate budget and the price of the local vegetable market, which made him more confident.

Xiao Wang asked: "Can you make shredded pork with Beijing sauce? How about pot-wrapped pork? Fish-flavored shredded pork? Sweet and sour pork?"

Cheng Lin nodded in response and said: "Everything, I will cook it for you, and I will draw up a menu later. From Monday to Sunday, breakfast, lunch, and dinner are all well matched. I change the food every day. I don't repeat the same thing a week. We also have recipes when we buy vegetables. , how about planning ahead according to the season?"

Xiao Wang patted Cheng Lin on the shoulder and said with satisfaction: "You have a record, you have a record, you are indeed a small owner who has opened a restaurant, but what about your restaurant? How did you come to such a place where you don't know the place? You don't have any relatives there?"

Cheng Lin paused, then smiled and said, "Something happened, and the store is not open."

Xiao Wang said "oh", but didn't go into it further.

After three years of severe drought, a cook can’t die of starvation, and a good cook is especially easy to accumulate good popularity. Cheng Lin’s appearance on the job on this first day caused a sensation. The braised potatoes and beef at noon were delicious, served with light and crispy cucumber eggs, It’s just like a restaurant. When lunch is served at the construction site, there’s no loud or small chatter. Everyone is busy cooking rice, and after finishing cooking, they quickly come back to get a second serving.As for the vegetable tofu soup and twice-cooked pork in the evening, the workers would run to the cafeteria as soon as it was time to finish work, like a competition.Foreman Yang Ge happily stood beside Cheng Lin and looked at his group of greedy fellows, and said, "Xiao Lin, work hard, I think I will have to open a restaurant for you in the future."

Brother Yang said it as a joke, Cheng Lin remembered his small shop, lowered his head and sighed unnoticed, then raised his head and smiled and said to Brother Yang: "I don't have any special skills. I used to follow the big chef in the hotel. After learning for a while, it’s good that everyone likes to eat, Brother Yang, what do you want to eat at night, I’ll fry it for you alone, what will Sister Yang eat at night? How about I ask Sister Yang to eat some dishes together?”

"No, I'll eat with the big guys, just give me some more, and your sister Yang will cook at his partner's place." Brother Yang looked at Cheng Lin's obvious dark circles and said, "Clean up later and go to bed early , have you bought the bedding?"

Cheng Lin said: "Not yet, I see a supermarket nearby, I'll go buy it later."

Brother Yang called his buddy, and asked him to take out a set of quilts and mattresses from the house, handed them to Cheng Lin, and said, "I have a spare set, you can use it."

Cheng Lin's heart warmed, and he said, "Hey, thank you Brother Yang."

After a busy day, Cheng Lin was also sore all over, but his tense nerves gradually relaxed. He lay down on the bed early at night to rest. His body was tired, but his mind was still a little active. Personally, I miss Ren An.I don't know how the recovery is going, and I don't know if I am disappointed or angry.However, life comes and goes, Ren An will definitely meet more people and will have better choices. When time passes slowly and his memory fades, he won't care so much.

How does it feel like it happened in the last life.Cheng Lin sighed again wearily, turned over and looked at the lively crowd playing cards not far away, closed his eyes, thinking of those days that could never be reproduced, fell asleep with wet eyes.

Cheng Lin was disconnected from the Internet, isolating the lively world outside. However, something about him and his small shop that died unexpectedly became popular on the Internet. Before Ren An and the others intervened, they started to Developing in the direction of reversal, there have been massive solidarity activities. Sometimes people think that people who follow the trend can't distinguish right from wrong, but the facts prove that people's hearts have their own justice. Although the justice came a bit late, it is still a consolation. .

Cheng Lin's Xiaodai Malatang was already very popular among M college students. Cheng Lin is usually smart and friendly, and he makes affordable and clean things. He has made friends with many customers, especially when he also set up a stall in front of the school. In [-], there was also a mass base.Cheng Lin's small shop opened, and all kinds of documents were complete. After the incident, some students went to the relevant departments to verify that they were all compliant and legal.

The cause of the accident in Cheng Lin's store is also sensitive enough. To put it bluntly, it was ruined by graffiti, and the core of the graffiti was the topic of "same sex".Regardless of what the orientation of the small shop owner is, it can be said that it is a slander that violates the bottom line of the law if he falsely accuses him of having an infectious disease just because of this.There is always a certain proportion of homosexuals in the crowd. Even if society is progressing, pervasive discrimination still exists.Careful people sorted out all kinds of information and evidence of the store, posted them on the Internet, refuted those slanders and slanders, and by the way, did a good job of popular science, so that more people can understand sensitive things such as "comrade", "HIV", and "AIDS" The topic, after the initial overwhelming sound of abuse, finally came the voice of rational support, and then someone posted the video of Cheng Lin’s shop being smashed on a heavy rainy night, and the little boss was pushed, fell down and cried in the rain, all of a sudden became even more sensational To the extreme, once again boarded the topic list.

Someone also found the girl who stood up from the crowd of onlookers to hold an umbrella for Cheng Lin that night, and conducted a video interview. The girl accepted it generously, and said to the camera: "I have been eating the little boss's food since I was a freshman, and I ate it until my senior year." , Maybe it’s hard to say anything else before there is no evidence, but I think this kind of atrocity is too much, I hope that the small boss will take up legal weapons and defend his rights, and we can be witnesses.”

Later, more videos of solidarity were posted on the Internet, some supported gay love, some denounced slander and atrocities, and some encouraged the small boss to continue to open the shop, which became the label of "Xiaodai Malatang Come on", and some people wrote even more sensational ones. The article, titled "Remembrance of the Small Shop That Died in Prejudice and Slander", commented on topics such as public opinion orientation, cyber violence, and homosexual discrimination from a deeper social perspective, and was published on the homepage of mainstream media. Cheng Lin's small shop, It just became a big discussion.

A social organization put a board at the entrance of the small shop, left stickers, and asked interested people to leave a message, and the landlord naturally sensitively overturned the board and refused to let it be placed.However, the owner of the coffee shop directly opposite carried the board to the door of his shop silently, and bought a large bouquet of flowers and put it aside, which was a bit like a souvenir.

The colorful stickers quickly covered the entire board, becoming layers upon layers, like a colorful banner, filled with various words of blessing. Someone even made eye-catching stickers and put them on the board, saying "Waiting for you Come back! Xiaodai Malatang, come on!" Although it was a matter of form, the people involved had no way of knowing, and they would not be able to return to their original life track because of these solidarity, but in the end it was a well-intentioned consolation.

When Ren An came to the entrance of the small shop again, he saw the display boards in front of the coffee shop that had expanded into three large pieces, and there were colorful messages blooming on them. He walked into the coffee shop, and the boss recognized Ren An and sat with him. After a while, Ren An said thank you, the owner of the coffee shop waved his hand and said, "I'm also a loyal fan of Xiao Lin's shop, how about him? Is he okay? I also have his phone number, but I haven't been able to get through."

Ren An looked at the small shop with the locked door opposite him, and didn't speak. Looking at the prominent words "waiting for your return" on the display board, his eyes felt a little hot.The owner of the coffee shop made him a cup of fragrant hot coffee and said, "Say hello to him. I have a friend who just has a suitable store. The rent is easy to negotiate. It doesn't matter if you pay later. He wants to continue to open the shop." If so, I'll keep an eye on it."

Ren An thanked him, sat quietly and drank the espresso that calmed the nerves, got up and bought a large bouquet of roses from the florist, put them on the display board, left the phone number of the coffee shop owner, thanked again and left.

Daewoo and Chen Min have also been paying attention to the development of the matter. After seeing the photo of the display board in support of the coffee shop, they rushed over immediately. Daewoo looked at the bright red roses and suddenly thought of a good idea, so excited. He patted his thigh and said: "Buy, buy, buy! Brother is not short of money!" After speaking, he took Chen Min to the flower market, found the one with the most complete colors, made gestures and sizes, and said to the shop owner: "Give me a match." The arched doors in rainbow colors are all made of flowers, the boss must have rainbow colors! The colors that are the most correct. Red orange yellow green blue blue purple, gradient! It doesn’t matter if it’s expensive, make it look better!”

Chen Min watched silently and asked, "Isn't it too exaggerated?"

While helping the boss choose suits, Daewoo said: "The more exaggerated the better, let Xiao Linzi quickly see the love of his brothers, and if he is moved, he may come back. Besides, even if I like big boobs and thin waists, but I Xiao Ren An likes to wear handles from his genes. Do you think he is abnormal? Anyway, I think Ren An is a rare decent person in the world, and Xiao Lin, I didn’t like him at first, I thought he was I went to Ren Anqian, and after getting along with him, I found that Xiao Lin is a stupid, strong and optimistic kid, why should he suffer such a big grievance? After the grievance, he didn’t dare to say anything, and ran away secretly, do you think it’s fair? Why do you bully us Xiaolin, I treat him like a heartache! My hands are callused from twisting the stool for him to install the table, Mahler Gobi, if I say throw it away, I will throw it away! Humans!"

As Daewoo spoke, he suddenly squatted on the ground and wiped his eyes. Chen Min patted Daewoo's shoulder and said to the shopkeeper, "Make it bigger, the brighter the better."

The open space at the entrance of the coffee shop has suddenly become a famous scenic spot. Daewoo’s super-large rainbow flower arch is placed there in a particularly magnificent and magnificent way. Next to it are pasted colorful stickers full of blessing words. It’s a bit like a wedding ritual. People who passed by or came here took photos one after another. Daewoo even printed enlarged fonts and pasted them on the eye-catching position of the exhibition board, as if shouting to Cheng Lin: "My dear! Come back!"

Chen Min patted Daewoo's forehead and said, "I'm not afraid that Ren An will be jealous."

Daewoo sniffed and pulled Chen Min to take a selfie in front of the arch, saying, "My brother's baby is my heart, there's nothing wrong with it."

It's just a pity that Cheng Lin didn't see all the bustle. He was on the construction site in a distant town, cooking dishes dutifully, thinking about tomorrow's purchases and menus, and occasionally thinking about the short but beautiful time before.

The author has something to say: Is there a girl who is taking the college entrance examination today?come on!come on!come on!

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