senior [rebirth]

The houses where Lin's family lived and Xu Hanlai's were not far apart, and the left and right sides were the same distance as usual for going to school.

Lin Xi's ability to know the way has always been good. Even if he only went there once, he still clearly remembers the location of the unit building where the senior is, and he doesn't need Xu Han to come downstairs to pick him up.

The main reason for passing today was the repayment of the money and biscuits agreed the day before. As soon as the door opened, Lin Xi, who rushed over, offered the two things with both hands.

Xu Hanlai inside the door had the previous pair of golden glasses on the bridge of his nose, as if he was checking something before opening the door, and was wearing simple and loose casual clothes.Seeing the movement of the child in front of him, he was happy: "Where are you worshiping Buddha?"

As he spoke, he took over the heavy biscuit box and a few banknotes in his hand.

In July, the temperature in the city was already very high. Lin Xi straightened his back, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and said embarrassedly: "No, these are the biscuits and money promised to the senior."

Xu Han gave a hum, then looked at him and smiled: "Why don't you come in and sit?"

Lin Xi paused for two seconds, then carefully glanced at Xu Hanlai,

He seemed to have just woken up not long ago, maybe he had just had breakfast, or he was in a relaxed mood after a holiday, in short, his attitude was much more lazy than usual, and he didn't use much force when speaking.

The senior insisted on sending him home the night before, and then he seemed to have talked to Xu Zhewen near Lin's community.Lin Xi was watching upstairs, always worried that they would have some disputes. After all, Xu Zhewen's attitude at the time seemed very calm, but judging from the state of the senior who replied to his messages when he came home later and his current mood... Maybe it was Did he worry too much?

At least there was no trace of displeasure in the eyes under the golden mirror frame, and the message returned to him was not much different from usual, and there was no trace of emotional residue.

Speaking of the golden frame, Lin Xi paused.

It was only in this life that he found out that his senior was short-sighted. In his memory, Xu Hanlai in his last life didn't seem to have ever worn glasses.

... I don't know if this is also the difference brought about by that dream.

If there is time, Lin Xi actually wants to follow the voice of the senior and then go in and have a sit. It would be best to talk to him about the dream he talked about the day before yesterday.

But he can't do that.

I saw Lin Xi staring at Xu Hanlai's face for a long time, looked away, and shook his head slightly: "No, senior."

He was still worried about Li Rende.

When he came here, he thought about it all the way, and felt that what could make Li Rende suffer during this period should be the family's financial situation anyway, and Lin Xi, as a member of the Lin family and a member who came back from the future, he didn't think he could escape this. question.It didn't make sense that he only wanted to help the senior instead of helping Li Rende, not to mention that during this period of time, he had almost exhausted his savings by making all kinds of biscuits and desserts.

So Lin Xi had already made up his mind before going upstairs, and this afternoon he had to take advantage of the summer vacation to go outside to find a suitable job.

Xu Hanlai inside the door probably saw the reluctance in the child's eyes, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Well, there is something." Lin Xi didn't lie, raised his head and smiled at Xu Han: "But senior, if you want more biscuits, you can tell me, and I can continue for you tomorrow..."

Before he finished speaking, the cell phone that Lin Xi had been holding in his hand suddenly rang.

He thought it was Li Rende's reply, so he held it up very quickly, but found that it was just an advertisement, so he put down the phone again with a face full of disappointment.After reviewing his plan in his mind, he said to Xu Han, "Then senior, shall I go first?"

After finishing speaking, Lin Xi glanced at Xu Hanlai's expression, making sure that he had nothing else to do, then raised his hand and continued, "Bye."

Then he turned around and quickly ran towards the elevator entrance.

He slipped very fast, apart from thinking about the plan in his heart, he was somewhat worried that he would be reluctant to leave if he stayed for a while.But when he was about to turn the corner, he remembered that Xu Hanlai hadn't answered him, so Lin Xi still suppressed his heart and stopped, turned his head and said something more to Xu Hanlai in a low voice: "Goodbye."

After saying goodbye, Xu Hanlai, who had a dull expression inside the door, responded. His expression seemed very cold against the backdrop of his plain clothes, and he said slowly, "Well, goodbye."

With a hand wave, Lin Xi was relieved to leave.

Since the child said there was something to do, Xu Hanlai had no reason to force him to stay. He only looked back at his living room after Lin Xi left.

Inside was a projector and a computer that was turned on.

Xu Hanlai didn't say anything, closed the door, went into the kitchen, took one of the two glasses of lemonade on the table back to the living room, then put the biscuit in the middle, sat down on the sofa casually, and then stretched out his hand to press on the computer keyboard .

The film that had been prepared a long time ago was immediately projected on the white wall in front of him.

The indoor central air conditioner silently delivers cold air, and the surrounding atmosphere is quiet and peaceful. Everything seems to be no different from Xu Hanlai's original plan.

However, after 10 minutes passed, Xu Hanlai glanced at the quiet biscuit in front of him, and then at the large sofa that was vacant beside him. After thinking for a while, he still took out his mobile phone, clicked on the "little heartless" dialog box, and sent it.

"what's up?"

After returning home in a hurry, Lin Xi spent four hours in the kitchen, before finally making three finished products.

Because of the limited tools at home, Lin Xi was actually not particularly satisfied with the three finished products.But he had tried his best to do his best, so after packing it well, he took it out the door.

Lin Xi didn't really intend to do a summer job, he had another idea.

With this idea in mind, Lin Xi took his finished cake and went directly to a dessert shop near the school.Lin Xi, the proprietress of this dessert shop, knew that she was very enthusiastic, and she was near the school, so she knew some basics, so she became his first partner.

After arriving at the store, it took Lin Xi a long time to explain his intentions before the proprietress wiped her hands and came out.She still had the usual enthusiastic smile on her face, but there was a bit of suspicion inside: "You said you want to discuss cooperation with us?"

"Yeah." Lin Xi could see the proprietress's distrust, but there was no retreat in his expression, and he smiled gently and said, "I have a sample, you can try it first."

The proprietress looked at the child's pale and tender face, and smiled reluctantly.

She obviously didn't trust Lin Xi very much, and she wasn't that interested in the deal he proposed, but probably because of her temperament, she didn't drive Lin Xi away directly, but smiled at the man who just stood up in the kitchen and said : "Today's kids are amazing."

Then he walked up to Lin Xi: "Auntie, try it."

Lin Xi nodded and opened one of the dessert boxes for her.

What he made was the pop cake that is very common in later generations. Because of the limited time, he only made three common milk tea flavors.When the crust of the bread is cut with a blade or a fork, the crispy pine nut slices flow out with the butter.In order to fit the theme of milk tea, Lin Xi also specially made some chewy pearls and placed them on top of the cake.

The proprietress was already surprised by the design, but immediately showed a surprised expression after tasting it.

This is not surprising to Lin Xi at all, because in this dessert, he can be considered to have shown the housekeeping skills of later generations to open a favorite cafe - not a bursting cake, but "self-made".

Lin Xi believes that he is not a designer who can always think of new ideas when making desserts. He is aware of his weaknesses, so he uses his meek temper to make every step and every detail of each dessert over and over again. to the highest.He can make more than a dozen versions of the sugar content of one serving of condensed milk, grind it slowly from morning to night, just to find the taste that he thinks is the most suitable, and then draw such a one on the notebook with the coquettish cat in his arms red tick.

And it turns out that what he wants always satisfies the diners, so with the same style, Lin Xikai's favorite coffee will always be the most lingering for the younger students of No. [-] Middle School in later generations.

The proprietress ate two mouthfuls, turned the fork, and then raised her head and smiled at Lin Xi, "How did you say you want to cooperate? You are done, and you can sell it in our store?"

"Well, there may be some other styles." Lin Xi nodded, "I have four and you have six."

Lin Xi has no intention of being a seller. On the one hand, the pop cake is not his exclusive, but on the other hand, his method requires too much precision, which is not cost-effective for ordinary dessert shops.

Merchants always tend to exchange the lowest time or economic cost for the most benefits. This kind of thinking is not in line with Lin Xi's business philosophy that he only wants to be happy with enough profits. Therefore, I am afraid that most merchants The price of his dessert recipes will be discounted.

So instead of going to the seller, it is better to directly form a cooperative relationship.

A cake is priced at [-]. Lin Xi only needs to make ten copies a day, and he can already have a considerable income. What's more, after the cake, he can also bring his biscuits to the store to sell.

The proprietress looked at Lin Xi, then at the cake, and then looked back at the man behind her as if she couldn't decide what to pay attention to.The man was also a little curious about the design of the cake, so he stepped forward, took a bite, and immediately said, "Yo."

The proprietress winked at him.

The man Yile: "It tastes good, you said before that it will be sold for two months?"

Lin Xi nodded. Although he wanted to make money, once school started, he still had to focus on his studies. He didn't forget that he had to go to the capital for his seniors, so he only had two months to make money.

"I don't think it's very good?" The man took another bite of the cake: "It tastes good, but we eat it later, and the guests like it, but it's gone after two months and they complain about us, what should we do?"

"It's only for summer, I can make ice cream version." Lin Xi said with a smile.

This kind of activity was often done by favorite cafes in the past. If it is limited, the profit for two months is not low, and it can also increase the popularity of the store during the period. If you can hurry up and release some new products, it is definitely not a bad thing.

The man didn't know what to think. Hearing Lin Xi's words, he said again: "You can also make ice cream?"

Lin Xi nodded.

The man's eyes rolled: "Well, I think your taste is good, but the appearance is not good, maybe there are not enough tools? Why don't you just sell me the recipe, and I will pay for it, just this and yours. Speaking of ice cream, two recipes, I'll give you... a thousand, how about it?"

Then he continued to laugh: "Is this a lot of money for you students?"

Lin Xi looked at him with a smile.

The man didn't know why, but was a little terrified by the kid's laughter, and he laughed unconsciously, "...one thousand and five?"

Lin Xi put away the box on the table.

"Hey, boy, the maximum is two thousand, which is high enough for you children..." Before the boss could finish his third sentence, Lin Xi, who was carrying the box, had turned around and left the shop.

Because it took a lot of time to make desserts, it is already past four o'clock in the afternoon. It is not particularly hot in summer when the city is full of four o'clock. Throw it into the trash can in front of you.

The cost of materials is not low, and Lin Xi actually felt very distressed after throwing it in, but he always has to pay more at the beginning of some things, which is not unacceptable to him.

The boss inside didn't know if he was unwilling, but he chased him out and shouted, "Then three thousand, three thousand is not low, boy! You may not be able to earn three thousand if you go to work outside for two months!"

Lin Xi waved at him, took the remaining two boxes and walked away without looking back.

The dessert shop near the school ended in failure. Later, Lin Xi went to a large dessert shop in Mancheng and a new trendy dessert shop. One was kicked out by the clerk without seeing the person in charge, and the other didn’t know whether he understood or not. The person in charge of desserts ordered a large number of his cakes.

Lin Xi had no choice, and finally chose two or three smaller dessert shops nearby, but the results were not very good.

After wandering outside until after eight o'clock in the evening, after thinking about all the shops he could think of, Lin Xi put the box aside and sat on a chair near Mancheng Park.

Today's plan didn't go well, but Lin Xi wasn't particularly sad. His stumbling first half of his life had given him a good temper, and he wouldn't be hit hard by this little setback at all.

Sitting in the evening breeze of summer, Lin Xi watched the cars passing by on the main road in front of him, and even thought about his experience this afternoon leisurely and gracefully.

He thought, maybe there is something wrong with his own positioning, maybe he needs to lower the requirements a little bit when we go to talk tomorrow?After all, unlike when he opened a pet cafe with ease, he is indeed short of money and in urgent need of money now, so his attitude should be lower.

While thinking about these details, Lin Xi subconsciously turned on his phone, and then saw the phrase "what's the matter" that Xu Hanlai sent him a few hours ago.

Lin Xi clearly remembered that he was neither sad nor surprised by what he had experienced this afternoon, but he couldn't explain why, when he saw the words sent by the senior after a busy day, he felt a strange feeling in his heart. mood.

Then he looked at the last cake in his hand that hadn't even been opened, thought for a moment, and sent Xu Han a message back and forth: "Senior, do you want to eat cake?"

Within two seconds after the news passed, Lin Xi's cell phone vibrated.

Xu Hanlai directly called back.

Lin Xi saw the two words flashing on the screen and listened to the noisy city sounds in his ears. He couldn't explain why, but the tip of his nose was a little sore. It took him a long time to say: "...Hello."

"where?"

Xu Hanlai's voice was deep and steady, as if he had erected an absolutely safe harbor for Lin Xi invisibly.The harbor is obviously a peaceful and peaceful place, but for some reason, Lin Xi's emotions were violently tumbling.

"... Do you eat cake?" Lin Xi lowered his head and asked in a low voice.

In fact, Lin Xi knew in his heart that the remaining cake was probably too cold to taste, but he just wanted to ask.

Xu Hanlai on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds, and then said in a helpless voice: "Eat, why don't you eat. Give me the address, and I'll go find you, okay?"

Lin Xi looked at the floor in front of him, his sour mood suddenly turned into a very nonsensical joy.

However, just when he was about to tell the senior the address, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure flashing beside him from the corner of his eye.

Lin Xi looked over suddenly, but found that the figure had disappeared again.

... Isn't that Li Rende?

Lin Xi froze for a moment, then looked at the place where he had just spotted the figure, and found that if he walked further, it turned out to be the Mancheng Affiliated Hospital.