nine year itch

Youqing, who hadn't slept much these days, fell asleep until noon the next day.

Youqing was completely hungry from sleep, and woke up by the smell of rice.

He opened his eyes in a daze, looking at a completely unfamiliar room, and the memory of last night slowly came to mind.He is now at Meng Chuan's house.

He opened the door and searched for the scent and came to the kitchen. At this time, Meng Chuan was cooking delicious food in the kitchen.

"Meng Chuan, let me do it." Youqing stepped forward to help with the cooking.

Seeing Youqing woke up, Meng Chuan insisted not to let him do anything, and said with a smile: "Go and sit and wait for the meal. On the first day, the visitor is a guest, and I will let you cook later. Don't cry tired when the time comes."

Youqing smiled and agreed, then went to sit at the dining table.After a while, several exquisite dishes of Meng Chuan were on the table.

Shrimp with peas, steamed sea bass, cabbage with garlic, kelp and ribs soup.Youqing looked at the three dishes and one soup that looked pretty good in front of him, tasted a few more mouthfuls, and said with a smile: "Meng Chuan, you cook really well. I'm far behind you."

Meng Chuan smiled and said, "Don't flatter me with such words, you will do it in the future."

Youqing smiled and nodded.Youqing, who hadn't eaten for more than ten hours, had a big appetite, and the two of them ate the three dishes and one soup very cleanly.

Meng Chuan looked at Youqing's amazing appetite, and joked: "How come your appetite is similar to mine, it seems that my calculations have failed."

Youqing blushed when she heard Meng Chuan's joke, and said falteringly: "I eat breakfast and lunch together, so I don't want to eat more."

Meng Chuan laughed even louder, "Haha, you are like a little pig, you can eat and sleep."

Youqing was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it, he hurriedly picked up the tableware and ran to the sink.

After cleaning, Youqing first reported the loss of her bank card and ID card online.He was going to reapply for his ID card today, but he called the nearby police station, but no one answered the phone, probably not working there yet.The next two days were rest days, so he had to stay in the house and walk around in a hurry.

Meng Chuan didn't start classes at the institution recently, and spent most of his time at home. He also felt Youqing's anxiety, and he thought over and over again to talk to him.

After dinner the next night, Meng Chuan made tea in the living room and called Youqing out of the room.

"Youqing, let's sit down and have a good chat." Meng Chuan patted the sofa as a gesture.

Youqing was anxious, but she still went to the sofa in the living room and sat down.

"Youqing, what is your plan now?" Meng Chuan asked, "After you have completed the documents, will you go back to Burqin or stay?"

"I'll go back to Burqin after I finish everything." Youqing answered honestly.

"Why do we have to go back there? Isn't there a better development prospect here in Xi'an?" Meng Chuan was puzzled.

Youqing timidly said, "It's nothing, I just want to go back."

"Youqing, did you choose to leave Xi'an because of that person?" Meng Chuan's words hit the bull's-eye.

Youqing didn't even have the courage to refute, he remained speechless.Seeing this, Meng Chuan was once again convinced of his guess.

"I don't know what happened between you two. If you don't want to talk about it, I won't break the casserole and ask the end. But even if the two of you break up, it's not worth your quitting your job and leaving Xi'an." Meng Chuan looked at Youqing in front of him hated iron for being weak.

"Then tell me now, even if you leave Xi'an and return to Burqin, what do you plan to do. Will you continue to be a teacher or something else?"

Youqing thought for a while and said, "I don't plan to continue to be a teacher. I want to go back and open a coffee shop. I passed the intermediate barista qualification certificate during the summer vacation."

"Go back to Burqin to open a coffee shop?" Meng Chuan asked.

Youqing nodded.

Meng Chuan pondered for a moment, took out a small laptop from the room, and started typing on the keyboard.Youqing didn't know what the visitor meant and could only sit by the side and wait.

After a while, Meng Chuan pushed the computer in front of Youqing, and said seriously, "If you plan to work in the coffee industry, I really don't recommend you go back to Burqin, where you open a coffee shop, and within ten It will close in half a month. You can check the information about the coffee shop there on the Internet for yourself, there is very little.”

Youqing's heart sank when he heard this. He took the notebook and saw the few data on the screen, and his heart became colder and colder.

In fact, this decision was also a hasty decision made by myself in the heat of shaving my head.He didn't even consider that Burqin is a small place with a small population, and among the few manpower, there are several coffee lovers.

He only knew that he could no longer be a teacher, and he only knew that he wanted to escape from Xi'an and return to a place where he felt safe and safe.

Meng Chuan pondered for a long time, and said solemnly: "As your friend and your predecessor, I will suggest two ways for you now. Don't refute, just listen to me carefully, okay." Meng Chuan took out the The strength of educating students.

Youqing nodded.He is still 100% willing to listen to Meng Chuan's words.

"First of all, my main premise is not to leave Xi'an. You have done nothing wrong, and no one is looking for you. Why do you have to leave here? Burqin is just a small county, and the development of staying there will not be better than Xi'an Of course, unless you have some capable relatives there who can arrange a good job for you."

Youqing shook her head and denied, how could she have any relatives.

"Since this is the case, my suggestion is to stay in Xi'an and continue to develop. It's okay for you to quit your job at the school. You can come to my institution to take classes. I promise that under the same labor intensity, the salary is much higher than that at the school. If you believe in my ability and personality, Meng Chuan, come here as a substitute teacher. I guarantee that if Meng Chuan has a mouthful of food, I will have a mouthful of food for you."

Meng Chuan patted his chest solemnly and made a serious promise to Youqing.

Youqing glanced at Meng Chuan gratefully, but then he shook his head again, "I feel that I can't be a good teacher, and I don't want to be a teacher anymore."

Seeing this, Meng Chuan couldn't help feeling sorry for Youqing again.How did that person surnamed Gu hurt him, making him doubt the profession he had always loved, and wanted to escape from here.

Meng Chuan stabilized his mind, regained his rationality and said: "My second suggestion is to open a coffee shop in Xi'an. I have a shop on the ground floor facing the street, about 40 square meters. I rented it to a girl to buy milk tea before. You can also see that the traffic location here is very good, and the business has always been good. But the girl is planning to go back to her hometown to get married and have a baby. So the lease was not renewed when the contract expired a year ago, and it has been vacant.

"I also know a few friends in the catering industry, and one of them runs a coffee shop. If you want to make coffee, I will call him. The raw materials and machines can be supplied through his channel, and the price is affordable and the quality is guaranteed. .As for the rent, I rented it to the girl for 4000 yuan before. You work for a month first, and then pay me the rent."

Meng Chuan's words were full of rational wisdom and righteous emotion, which made Youqing faint for a while.

Youqing couldn't help but have deep doubts about his decision to leave Xi'an and go back to Burqin, and was quite shaken by Meng Chuan's proposal.

Seeing Youqing's confused expression, Meng Chuan knew that his words had interfered with his previous decision, so he hurriedly said, "Youqing, if you go back to Burqin to open a coffee shop, I guarantee that it will close within a month. But if you open a coffee shop downstairs in our community, I'm afraid you'll count the money until the time comes, and even I, the landlord, will be jealous of you."

Youqing was silent for a while and said: "Let me think about it again, I'll make up my certificates first and then make a decision."

Hearing this, Meng Chuan knew that it was basically a bit of a joke.He didn't say anything more to Youqing, he planned to take Youqing to meet Lao Ji who opened the coffee shop first.First let the eloquent Lao Ji draw a blueprint for Youqing, and let him have a vision for opening a coffee shop in Xi'an.

After Youqing completed all her documents on Monday, Meng Chuan drove Youqing to the coffee shop on Xiaozhai East Road.

The coffee shop is about 100 square meters. It is located on the first floor of the ground floor business. It is decorated in European style. The store faces the street entrance and is located on the edge of the golden horn and silver where the business is full of vitality.

It's the weekend and business is booming.Through the transparent glass windows in the distance, you can see many young people chatting or working inside, and a few foreigners with curly hair sitting there.

"Lao Meng, long time no see, who is this?" Lao Ji warmly greeted them at the front desk.

"This is Youqing." Youqing nodded towards Lao Ji, and then began to look around the elegant European-style coffee house filled with the strong aroma of coffee.

"This is Youqing, oh, welcome, I heard from Lao Meng that you also want to open a coffee shop, don't you?" Lao Ji asked enthusiastically.

Seeing his eager expression, Youqing could only nod in agreement even though he didn't make a gesture.

Lao Ji did not shy away from it at all, and directly brought Youqing to the operation room, introducing the price and usage method of each machine, the cost of coffee beans, the cost of packaging, and his conservatively estimated daily turnover, etc. wait.Youqing was a little stunned when he heard that number.

Lao Ji looked at his demented expression and said with a smile: "Now the coffee industry is just in the ascendant. Everyone's income is getting higher and higher, and the requirements for the quality and style of life are also on a higher level. Drinking coffee is not only for Improving the mind has become an adjustment for the fast-paced life of busy office workers in the city. This is an attitude towards life, a quality of life, and a major fashion trend in the future.”

Lao Ji has been in business for ten years, and the extravagant, true and false rhetoric made the fledgling Youqing fall in love with him, wishing he could open a coffee shop on the spot.

However, drawing big cakes belongs to painting big cakes, but Lao Ji does basically follow the facts and has a rigorous judgment on the future market, so he dared to say this to Youqing.

Before Youqing left, Lao Ji also said that he had an unused coffee machine, which was not very new but not old, and then sent it directly to Youqing, which was also a congratulation for the opening of his new store.

After Youqing returned home, she thought about it again and again.Meng Chuan was right, and he was not the one who did the wrong thing, so why did he have to leave Xi'an.

Moreover, the business in Burqin is indeed very underdeveloped. Not only will it not make money to open a coffee shop there, it may even lose money.Youqing didn't intend to make a lot of money at first, just barely make ends meet, but he definitely can't do business with a high probability of losing money.

The help and advice Meng Chuan gave him in front of him is indeed the brightest path now.And Lao Ji provided him with machines and raw materials.

What's more, Meng Chuan's help to him now is based on the condition of paying rent.Although the shop rent is not low, Meng Chuan also said that it can be paid later.

To put it bluntly, renting to whom is not renting.Youqing also can't afford to put on her lofty airs anymore.

These years, after Youqing bought the apartment in Burqin, she almost spent all her savings.The monthly salary has to repay the mortgage and eat, and there are very few savings on hand.Finding another way to survive right now is the most important thing.

The next morning, Youqing made breakfast early and waited in the dining room.

"Youqing, I woke up so early today." Meng Chuan walked over sleepily, sat across from him, and took a sip of hot milk from his cup.

Youqing smiled, "Well, the early bird catches the worm."

After the two had breakfast, Youqing took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Meng Chuan, I decided to accept your proposal, but we have to sign a contract to clarify the rent of the store and my bedroom."

Meng Chuan put down his glass and looked at Youqing happily, "Okay, it's great that you can figure it out. There's no rush for the contract, I'll just go back to school and print a copy later."

Just do what you say, and the two of them came to the shop to clean up that day.Meng Chuan originally proposed to redecorate it, but Youqing saw that the decoration of this milk tea shop is already pretty good, the previous bar tables, chairs and benches are also intact, and the furniture style is also small and fresh.

Although the decoration style is far from that of Lao Ji's petty bourgeoisie, it is clean and elegant, basically in line with the temperament of a coffee shop.

What's more, it hasn't made any money yet, so Youqing doesn't want to invest too much in this area, so it just made a new billboard and put it up, the name of the shop is "Grinding Time".

On the third day, the coffee shop was ready to officially open non-stop.The leasing contract has been signed, of course, the sooner you can open, the better.Thanks to Lao Ji's help, he personally delivered the [-]% new coffee machine.For Meng Chuan's sake, he sold raw materials to Youqing at cost price.

Lao Ji's children are in Meng Chuan's remedial class.Meng Chuan invited Lao Ji to a meal in private, and adjusted Lao Ji's child to the Olympiad Mathematics Class without regard to grades.

The author has something to say: Why is Youqing so poor?Because the money was used to sell meat for Gu Ze to eat hahh

Lao Ji's child cried out from the bottom of his heart: Dad, I don't want to go to intensive lectures!I'm not that stuff!