senior [rebirth]

The results of the first stall were gratifying. Although they woke up somewhat tired the next day, the teenagers were in high spirits. This small problem was not worth mentioning at all. They cheered each other up and went out happily.

But this time I didn't go to Mancheng Park again.

Even after returning the uncomfortable doll costume, they were determined not to have the opportunity to repeat the similar embarrassing experience the day before.

But the whole city is not big, and there are only a few areas in the bustling area with a lot of traffic.Coupled with the restriction that they still have a cart, they can't go too far at all.

Looking around, it seems that Mancheng Park is the most suitable place to surround Xu Hanlai's house.

Since it didn't work internally, they turned their attention back to the back door of the park where they originally wanted to go but missed the opportunity due to lack of experience.

After learning a lot, Lin Xi and the others set off a full hour and a half earlier. After several rounds, they finally managed to find an open space on the side of the back door.

Although the passenger flow is obviously much smaller than those of the golden stalls, the combination of their fancy carts and children is really conspicuous, and coupled with the word-of-mouth foundation laid the day before, even in such a location, the sales are also very smooth. Y. U. X. I.

Not only that, after a long time, it has accumulated repeat customers and word of mouth.

Occasionally, Lin Xi tried to launch some new products, but they were all swept away by the speed of light and received constant praise.

The fact that "there is a delicious biscuit stall at the back gate of Mancheng Park" is becoming more and more widely known.

Of course, all four are happy about this.

Even during this process, they have encountered some turmoil and setbacks continuously, but as long as everyone is there, it seems that there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome.

No matter how difficult it is at the moment, it will turn into a joke in the mouth at night, in exchange for hilarity in the room.

Time goes by day after day.

Just like the first day, every time Liu Hao came home, the first thing he did was happily count the money.

He is careless, and his sloppy mistakes in accounting often make others laugh.But Liu Hao doesn't mind, the big deal is to let others do the calculation again, he mainly wants to touch the money they earn in a day, feel the texture of the rough banknotes, not to mention how happy he is.

In addition, he will help Lin Xi make small biscuits after lunch every day.From kneading the dough to sending it to the oven, learn the same thing.

Patience slowly precipitated, and over time, it turned out to be quite impressive.

And at night, it was time for Guo Yu to urge him to study.

The two were cursing and shouting, and the life was generally close and interesting.

After gradually finding the rhythm from the previous sales, Lin Xi also successfully adjusted his own time.

I set up a stall with everyone during the day, because he is the main force in making biscuits, so his workload is always minimal during the stall.

There is no need to shout or collect money to settle accounts, and even the work of bagging is avoided. Basically, I just move a small chair next to me and sit.Occasionally talk to passing aunts, like a mascot.

In fact, according to the opinions of several other people, Lin Xi didn't have to go in the morning.After all, everyone has become familiar with this matter after a few days, and it doesn't make any difference if one person is missing in the process of selling.

And he was going to take over most of the production work, he was the hardest one, and this time in the morning could be used for rest.

This proposal was reasonable, but Lin Xi refused.

Because he is worried.

Although they have already negotiated the stall and sold it smoothly for several days, the back gate of Mancheng Park in this period is still mixed with fish and dragons. In addition, the stall itself is not legal, and it is easy to encounter all kinds of people. Such an unexpected situation, and the other few people, no matter how reliable they seem right now, are still teenagers under eighteen.

So he insisted on being there every day.

...But later, he was persuaded by his seniors to wake up later than others on the grounds of his height.

After coming back to eat with everyone at noon, I made biscuits.With the help of the other three people, Lin Xi can spare a lot of time to review his homework after his work and rest are formed.

Basically high school.

After all, his basic abilities are different from Guo Yu's, and he couldn't start to preview the content of the second year of high school early. He had to pick up the basics that he had missed before and lay a good foundation.

In this process, I also encountered many difficult problems and knowledge points that I couldn't understand, but with Guo Yu who is all-round in science, these are not problems.

After a few days, they basically came here in such a harmonious way.

And the facts have proved that the collective atmosphere and collective habits are indeed a good thing.

Set up a stall during the day, make biscuits after lunch break at home, and study at night.This seemingly exhausting timetable was executed by four people together, but they really persisted like this, and everyone was in a very happy mood.

Even Liu Hao managed to memorize more than half of the vocabulary book Guo Yu gave him at the end of the first week, feeling full of accomplishment.

When he heard him bragging about this "great achievement", Lin Xi, who was writing the paper, immediately gave an encouraging thumbs up.

Maybe it's because he can get such a relaxed and stress-free response every time, Liu Hao especially likes to get together with Lin Xi recently.

Seeing his reaction, he immediately sat down.While being full of joy, I touched the word book and thought of something.

"Hey, Xiao Linzi, you said that this summer vacation is over, will we have a good career and academic success?"

As Liu Hao said, he closed the vocabulary book and tilted his head: "I've decided these few days, since you launched the new product, our profit has been getting higher and higher, and by the end of the month, everyone may have to pay for it." Running to [-], the result will be as good as it is."

"There is also this study. Let me tell you, this is definitely the most hard-working summer vacation for your brother Hao. I didn't even have a vocabulary book in my eyes! Now I can recite... Look, so Too much! Isn't this a double harvest?!"

When Liu Hao finished speaking, his face was full of excitement.

"It seems to be like this." Lin Xi touched a small grape and ate it: "But brother, let me tell you first, we will only open the stall this time until the end of this month. In mid-August, you will return to school early for your senior year. Now, I have to leave time for you to calm down, you can't leave for that long."

Although Liu Hao was proud of memorizing most of the vocabulary in a week, Guo Yu was not satisfied at all.Now when I hear Lin Xi's words, I don't forget to nod my head three times to express my approval even when I am doing a question.

Liu Hao had set up stalls these days and almost forgot that he was still a junior high school student. He suddenly heard Lin Xi mention it, and his face twisted for a moment.

He has always been quite resistant to this matter, and after a while, he withdrew his neck and said, "Little Linzi, why have you become such a disappointment."

"Let me prepare you mentally first." Lin Xi said while continuing to turn back to the topic just now: "Although it's only a month, I think we can also have a good career and academic success."

Lin Xi had already thought about it. Before, he didn't have enough conditions to talk to some physical store owners, but now it's different.

"There is a small stall selling delicious biscuits at the back gate of Mancheng Park." After the rumors spread, Lin Xi had been thinking about contacting a dessert shop willing to be affiliated with them before ending the stall.

Although the Internet in this era is not as developed as it was when he was 27, and the news can be spread instantly, bringing customers over in an instant, but being able to sell it like this can already explain the success of their biscuits.If you meet a more enlightened and avant-garde boss, it is not impossible to negotiate better conditions.

At that time, the money from the anchorage will be divided into one share. Even if there is no payment in August, Lin Xi guesses that each of them will still have a good income.

However, these are just plans and have not yet been fully implemented, so Lin Xi does not intend to say anything yet.

Moreover, Xu Hanlai and Guo Yu are not people who care about these things. The former family is well-off, while the latter has always focused on learning. There is not much difference between knowing early and knowing late.

Although Liu Hao cared a little more than they did, Lin Xi's sudden mention of his senior year seemed to hit him more than this.

He glanced at Lin Xi, then shrank back on the sofa lazily, breaking his fingers in a feeble voice: "That time will be half the original time, let me do the math... that is, we can only move on from now on. It’s less than half a month? Only half a month?”

Liu Hao repeated this number many times, and finally withdrew his finger, clicked his tongue and said: "...this time is really short."

"I think it's okay." After getting along for so long, Lin Xi also knew that Liu Hao was more sensitive when faced with such problems, so he said softly: "Didn't this month prove that Brother Hao is very capable?" Talent in business? Maybe you can consider related majors when you are in college, I think it is a good thing.”

Liu Hao leaned on the sofa and glanced at Lin Xi: "Oh, I'm sure your brother is talented, I'm not trying to say that, what I want to say is...Xiao Linzi, you are only a freshman and a sophomore, so you don't understand .”

Hearing this, Lin Xi paused and remained silent.

Guo Yucai on the other side really didn't understand their charades, and didn't want to.

After finishing a question, he immediately chanted to the side to persuade Liu Hao to let go of his sadness, and explained that the reality is that only by studying hard can he have more choices in the future after the watershed.

The two of them have almost become lovers because of their studies recently. As soon as Liu Hao heard Guo Yu speak, he immediately became blind. , that appearance almost made Guo Yu angry.

And Lin Xi was sitting quietly by the coffee table on the other side, not knowing when he was no longer looking at the physics paper under his hand, but turned his gaze to Xu Hanlai in the kitchen.

Although the seniors have been setting up stalls with them for the past two days, for some reason, the sense of presence has not seemed to be very high.

For example, during the sales period, logically speaking, Lin Xi should be the one who left the most outside. After all, the seniors still have to collect money.But often when Lin Xi, Liu Hao, or the guests turned their heads after speaking, they would find that it was actually Xu Hanlai who was standing quietly behind.

And at this time, there is usually no emotion in his eyes, with a sense of observation dissociated from the outside.

Even making cookies in the kitchen when I get home.

And it's time to study at night.

Everyone else gathered around the coffee table to do their homework and talk, and occasionally ate some snacks, except for the seniors.Most of the time he was sitting in the kitchen some distance away from them typing on his laptop as he is now.

And this phenomenon... seems to have started after he finished reading that book.

Lin Xi thought of this, and the dark cover of the book unconsciously appeared in his mind.

Lin Xi really couldn't remember the specific content inside, and he didn't know what the seniors were doing with the laptop every day, only that he had indeed been estranged from them recently.

And I also know that, following the meaning of Liu Hao's words just now, it is "the third year of high school is a year of parting".

After this last year, both Xu Hanlai and Liu Hao will leave Mancheng No. [-] Middle School, and even Mancheng.The place where the senior will eventually go is the capital, and he will probably never sit where he can see him like he is now.

Although Lin Xi had already prepared for this, and thought about putting in [-] efforts to sprint to the Capital University where the senior was about to go, they still had to be separated for a full year after all.

What might happen in this year, no one knows.

Thinking of the girl that the senior will eventually meet in college, Lin Xi's heart tightened.

Liu Hao and Guo Yu next to them were arguing and looking for an excuse to drink water to be lazy. Lin Xi also took the water glass on the table and walked towards the kitchen.

As soon as he got up, Xu Hanlai noticed it.

This person had already taken a shower before, and the lens under the warm light reflected the light from the screen. The moment Lin Xi got up, the color reflected on the lens changed obviously.After that, he slowly raised his eyes, looked in Lin Xi's direction, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lin Xi suddenly felt nervous.

This is not because of observing the slight change on Xu Hanlai's screen. In fact, with the distance between the living room and the kitchen and the difference in lighting between the two sides, Lin Xi's eyes did not have time to adapt when he just stood up.

Maybe it's just because the closest distance is indeed a little far, Lin Xi heard his calm and pleasant voice again, so he must have reacted instinctively.

"Senior, let me pour you a glass of water." Lin Xi looked at the person and said nervously.

Xu Han looked in his water glass, there was still half a glass.

The lie was almost exposed, Lin Xi tried hard to make amends: "...it's cold, I want to add some hot water."

Xu Hanlai glanced at the kettle beside him, took the water glass from Lin Xi's hand, and said, "Let me do it."

It seems that because of not speaking for a long time, Xu Hanlai's voice sounded a little hoarse in these two sentences.

Lin Xi hadn't heard his voice like this before, his heart skipped a beat, the tips of his ears subconsciously heated up, and he hurriedly handed over the water glass.

By the way, I took a look inside.

Lin Xi is standing at the outside of the open kitchen, and the kettle is a little further inside Xu Hanlai's computer.The space inside the open kitchen is actually very spacious, so Lin Xi guessed that the reason why the senior didn't let him pour water by himself should be related to the computer he put in the kitchen.

Since I sat alone in the kitchen away from everyone for several days, the content must be relatively private.

Lin Xi didn't mind either, it wasn't for this reason that he came from the living room.

He just suddenly recalled the past, and then wanted to seize the time he could spend with his seniors.

But looking at Xu Hanlai with his back turned to him in the kitchen, Lin Xi didn't expect to say anything for a while.

But even if he didn't say anything, just stood so close to the senior, his mood seemed much better than before.

Thinking of this, Lin Xi lowered his head unconsciously, and saw the book on the table besides the notebook.

"Suta's Fantastic Drifting".

The cover is dark blue, and the title of the book is written in very simple Song typeface. It doesn't seem to be much different from ordinary books, but it seems to be a little different, but Lin Xi couldn't see it for a while.

He had kept this glass of water for a long time, so Xu Hanlai poured out the original one for him, washed it and remixed mineral water and hot water.The overall time is a bit long.

Looking back during the process, I just saw that the child had withdrawn his gaze and was staring at the floor thoughtfully.

If you look down, you will find that he has not even crossed the bricks of the door line with his toes, and his whole body is full of cuteness.

When Xu Han looked at the information, his face was obviously very cold, and there was no change when he connected the water glass, but now he couldn't help smiling, and looked at Hui Linxi's facial expression slightly with the corners of his lips, and then asked him: "Are you in a bad mood? ?”

When the voice fell, the mineral water had already been poured.As he asked, he screwed back the bottle cap, and then went to get the hot water bottle in the corner.

The outstretched fingers are slender and strong, and even the nails are beautiful.Lin Xi followed the voice and raised his head, but he didn't expect to be distracted by this hand first, and said after a while, "Ah?"

He looked even more dumbfounded than before, but Xu Hanlai didn't dislike him, just smiled to himself, and then patiently repeated: "Are you in a bad mood?"

Lin Xi blinked, was this all seen?

After Liu Hao's words, he was indeed a little depressed when he recalled the past.

But Lin Xi didn't give the answer truthfully, because he knew that after he answered that way, the senior would definitely ask him why.

This person is always so considerate, but when he asks that question, how will Lin Xi answer it?

After pouring a glass of water, Xu Hanlai turned around and walked towards Lin Xi. Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, he passed the water and said.

"If you don't tell me, I'll ask Liu Hao later, what were they discussing just now?"

Lin Xi's heart choked.

Subconsciously raised his eyes to the senior, then lowered his eyes again.

... In fact, there is nothing to say.

It's as if Liu Hao has always been reluctant to part with them. He is a junior who was rescued from gangsters by his seniors. Even if it's just a fledgling plot, it's natural to be reluctant to leave after they graduate from high school, right?

The reason why he was embarrassed to say it just now was entirely because he was looking at himself through a filter, and when he encountered anything, he subconsciously took out the emotions in his mind, and then subconsciously took the seat.

And this point, if he wants to get along well with his seniors, he will have to learn to change it sooner or later.

Thinking about this, Lin Xi said carefully, "That's right, I just talked with Brother Hao that you are going to be in the third year of high school, and you may not be here in Mancheng after graduation... I am a bit reluctant."

The last five words Lin Xi felt guilty, so he almost stuck them in his throat and spit them out with a mosquito-sized voice.

But Xu Hanlai still heard it, he paused, and looked at the short child outside the kitchen: "Just because of this?"

"That's right." Lin Xi's eyes drifted, his fingers nervously tugged at the water glass, and while he nodded with lack of confidence, he was still afraid that the senior would think his little emotions were funny, so he didn't forget to pull Liu Hao out to cover his back: "Brother Hao also said just now I can't bear it."

Xu Han took a look at him, and smiled with good-looking eyebrows, accompanied by a long cry.

His voice was nice, and the ending notes were all nice. The pure black hair shone under the warm light in the kitchen, reflecting Lin Xi's heart, making his heart beat a few beats slower.

"Don't you have my contact information?" Xu Hanlai said slowly after a while.

"Oh, yes." Lin Xi nodded, remembering that he had a mobile phone number and QQ.

Then I consciously added the second half of the senior's sentence in my heart.

Since there are contact methods, if you are reluctant, you can use these contacts to contact and say a few words of greeting.

Ordinary feelings don't come like this.

Although it would be difficult not to see much, but isn't it much better to be in touch than in the previous life?

Lin Xi has always been good at comforting himself, and he felt much better when he thought about it.

Just as he was about to smile at Xu Han to show that he was right, he suddenly heard the senior answer.

"So when you miss me, just say it, and I'll see you when I come back."

The voice was obviously very light, without the strength of an ordinary promise, but for some reason, it sounded as steady as the earth.He can gently lift Lin Xi up, even wrap it in his arms.

As he spoke, he reached out and tapped the characters on the laptop twice, making a slight sound.

Doing two things at the same time seems to be doing two things at once, but at the same time, it also makes the sentence just now sound extremely natural.

The words spoken without thinking are always the most touching.

Lin Xi was stunned for a long time, still in disbelief: "... huh?"

Xu Hanlai pressed the space a few times, frowned and stared at the screen for two seconds, then turned to look at him.

Those eyes were clearly emotionless when looking at the screen, but when they turned their heads to look at Lin Xi, they could always reveal touching tenderness in the invisible moments.

It's like magic.

"The third year of high school is very stressful. If you want to see me, just say, I will be back."

His voice was really nice, and Lin Xi's ears burned up when he heard it.

When looking at the other party in a panic, Lin Xi could almost see his helpless reflection in the senior's obsidian eyes.

"No, no, senior, this is too troublesome..."

"No trouble, let's go back." Xu Hanlai never liked his politeness, so he interrupted before he finished speaking.

Then, when he saw Lin Xi faltering between not wanting to go back and not daring not to go back, he followed up again.

"Oh, by the way, I have some things to do recently." Xu Hanlai said while tapping the notebook in front of him: "If you have something to tell me and I didn't reply, you should be thinking about other things, call me more Just once."

Lin Xi paused, looked at the computer, then at the senior.

Although the latter said so, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that there is no time when Lin Xi wanted to talk to him. The senior didn't reply, but recently he occasionally replied a little slowly and a little coldly.

And the tone of this sentence doesn't seem to be sorry for not replying in time, but more like explaining the possible indifference and telling him not to think too much.

Holding the water in his hand, Lin Xi's heart almost jumped out of his chest under Xu Hanlai's considerate care.

...How could there be such a good senior in this world?

He was almost thankful that he was almost beaten by gangsters in the alley.

If it wasn't for the little trouble he encountered back then, maybe he wouldn't be the one accepting the senior's gentleness now.

Lin Xi thought hard.

He is willing to use all of himself to repay the senior and his tenderness, holding the water glass for a long time, finally thought of a way, and sincerely said every word: "Okay, if the senior is under pressure in the third year of senior high school, I will also go to see the senior Yes, help you... relieve stress and trouble."

Under the kitchen lamp, the young man put on a pair of red ear tips, and he said the most sincere words, with the most sincere smile on his face.

Together, they seem to be able to break through all difficulties and obstacles, and are more dazzling than the lights above the head.

Xu Hanlai was taken aback, his heart seemed to beat a beat slower.

She has always been as gentle and steady as him, and she paused for a long time before she smiled and said, "Okay, that's a deal."

Lin Xi laughed silly: "Well, it's a deal!"