Premeditated favor [rebirth]

10

In the next few days, Chi Fan continued to travel back and forth between the school and the part-time job site. During this period, something happened that surprised Chi Fan.

No, it's not just Chi Fan, most of the employees of "Zero Z" were shocked and unbelievable by this incident——

Manager Sun was fired.

Although Sun Wuping's work ability is not very good, it is not hopeless, and he is a relative of the proprietress, and he is protected by the proprietress. With this kind of relationship, it is impossible for anyone to fire him. , this time it was his turn.

"Hey, what are you talking about?" For two consecutive days, this has been a hot topic among the "Zero Z" employees. , is no longer 'strict wife control'?"

"That's not the case." An insider soon came to refute the rumors, "I heard that Fatty Sun cried and begged the proprietress before he left, but the proprietress said she couldn't handle it, it seems that Fatty Sun has provoked something that shouldn't be Come on, the boss can't keep him."

There was an uproar all around: "Wow, is it true? Who did he offend??"

"I don't know." The person who broke the news shook his head, "Maybe some well-known guest? Or a high-level board member of the group? Anyway, he must have stepped on a big thunder, otherwise he wouldn't have completed the formalities within two days and was kicked out. .”

Everyone sighed, but Sun Wuping was extremely unpopular among the employees, and those who sympathized with him were all gossiping in high spirits.Hearing everyone's discussion, Chi Fan couldn't help but think of the scene of Fu Nianyu staring coldly at Sun Wuping on Sunday.

But he was just thinking about it, and he didn't think that this matter would have anything to do with Fu Nianyu—not to mention that the other party was just a high school student. .This kind of thing is so common in the workplace, and everyone has long been familiar with it. It would be ridiculous if Sun Wuping was fired for making things difficult for him.

***

In a flash, it was the weekend again. At noon on Saturday, Chi Fan went to the small wood art shop called "Shimu" according to the address Fu Nianyu sent.

Chengbei Business Street is an old block in City S. Here, an old street can extend out countless small paths, criss-crossing like spider webs. Even with navigation, Chi Fan took many detours before finally being in the city. Halfway up a sunny ramp, I saw a signboard with the word "Shimu" spelled out with a pile of birch branches.

There are similar small shops on both sides of this sunny slope, with a small and fresh tone of literature and art, and each house is surrounded by a small courtyard full of flowers and plants. The small courtyard of "Shimu" is full of pink and black flowers. After a few glances, Chi Fan thinks that there is a high probability that the owner of this small wood shop is a female shopkeeper.

The store door was half open, and Chi Fan pushed it open and walked in.

The first floor of the store is about the same size as the dormitory of Chifan School, except for the cash register opposite the door, there are two large tables with some wood scattered on them, both large and small; there are several large wooden boxes next to the table, Through the glass on the wooden box, you can see all kinds of carving knife sets inside; the walls on both sides of the store are full of wooden shelves, a small part is empty, and the rest are displaying various wooden ornaments.

I don't know if it was because of the meal time, but there was no one in the store, and Fu Nianyu was not there. Chi Fan looked around and saw a small wooden lacquered staircase behind the cashier. Come speak up.

"It's done!" This is a hearty voice, with a bit of joy, "Haha, how is it, isn't it not bad?"

"So-so." Chi Fan was familiar with this voice, it was Fu Nianyu, "Let's make do."

"What do you mean, it's very good! Excellent! Perfect!" The voice was not at all frustrated by Fu Nianyu's cold evaluation, but became more excited, "Hey, let me see your...brother Nianyu, what we want is a pumpkin , why are you carving a melon?"

A moment of silence.

"I carved pumpkins." Fu Nianyu's voice was very calm, and he paused every word, "Will you take a closer look?"

"..."

Although he didn't see the picture, Chi Fan, who was walking upstairs, couldn't help thinking of the semi-finished "Maple Leaf" he saw when he went to Fu Nianyu's house for the first time.

Perhaps it was the sound of footsteps going upstairs that caught the attention of the two of them. Chi Fan heard the sound of a chair moving, and then saw Fu Nianyu appearing at the stairs.

"I said you should be here, senior." Fu Nianyu smiled and waved to Chi Fan, "The store manager went to eat and will be back later. Senior, you can wait here first."

When Chi Fan went up to the second floor, he found that the layout here was similar to that of the first floor. The only difference was that there were three tables, and a row of small wooden carved pumpkins was placed on one of them, but the styles were not uniform. In addition to the expression, the wood used is also different.Standing by the table was a smiling young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, very energetic.

"Hello, hello, Chi Fan?" The other party strode over and shook Chi Fan's hand very enthusiastically, "I heard that you are here to apply for a trainer? Maybe we will be colleagues in the future!"

The other party's enthusiasm made it difficult for Chi Fan to resist: "Uh, I'm just here to apply for a part-time job..."

"Everyone here works part-time," the young man laughed heartily, then pointed to himself, seemingly proud, "except me."

"His name is Shang Yang, he is a clerk here, and he will also be a trainer if he is free." Fu Nianyu introduced to Chi Fan, "It's just the level...that's it."

Shang Yang didn't realize that he was being thrown cold water at all, and kept smiling all the time: "Although it's like that, it's more than enough to teach you this kind of kid, brother Nianyu."

Fu Nianyu snorted, walked to the table, picked up a flat knife, and continued to carve his little pumpkin.Chi Fan glanced at the "pimple" in the boy's hand that was either round or flat... Well, if it were him, he might think that Fu Nianyu had carved a big walnut.

"Would you like to make fun together?" Shang Yang took a light repairing knife and greeted Chi Fan, "Halloween will be in two weeks, and there are activities in the store, so we need to rush out a batch of small pumpkin ornaments, finished products Pay by the piece, try it?"

"Okay." Chi Fan didn't refuse. It's relatively easy to carve a pumpkin with a relatively regular shape, and he saw the finished products. The details are very ordinary, which means that it doesn't take too much time to carve. As long as the shape is acceptable, the final product will also look good with a touch of light during the buffing and waxing sessions.He can carve a small ornament of this level in an hour.

Regardless of whether he can successfully apply for the job in the end, it would be nice to find a small piece of work to do. With this in mind, Chi Fan rummaged through the pile of wood on the table and found a piece of pine wood of a moderate size. , directly use the flat-bottomed tool to cut through it, and then replace it with a flat-bottomed sharp knife to continue processing.

"A master." Shang Yang took a look. Although Chi Fan had only just started carving, he held the knife very professionally and his hands were very steady. At first glance, he looked like an expert with two brushes.

"Nonsense." Fu Nianyu lowered his head and carved the wood in his hand, "Is there any difference in the person I introduced?"

"Then why didn't I see that you, a kid, have learned a little bit?" Shang Yang teased, and by the way, looked at the things in Fu Nianyu's hands.

"Damn it! Why are you letting yourself go again? Look at this cut, now it's a bitten melon!"

"……you shut up."

The three of them were chatting and carving. About half an hour later, there were footsteps and voices downstairs, as if several people had entered the shop.

"The manager and the others are back." Shang Yang put down the knife in his hand, ran directly to the stairs, and shouted down, "Boss! That friend of Nianyu is here, waiting for your interview!"

Chi Fan stopped the knife in his hand and looked at Fu Nianyu in surprise.He could see that Fu Nianyu and Shang Yang had a good relationship, but he didn't think too much about it. Now that he heard what Shang Yang said, Fu Nianyu seemed to know everyone in this shop very well. In the eyes of others, he "sponsored" him...

There was a sound of "dong dong dong" going upstairs on the stairs, and three people came up quickly.

The one at the front is a very mature man with good looks, his hair is shaved extremely short, his skin is a healthy wheat color, his appearance is full of masculinity, even if his clothes are casual and ordinary, he still gives people a cool and stylish look Feel.

Behind him was a young man about the same age as Monk Yang. He was tall and good-looking, but his eyes were very cold, as if he was difficult to get along with.

In the end was a little girl, who looked to be twelve or thirteen years old at most, she was very cute, and her skin was as fair as a porcelain doll. As soon as she went upstairs, she turned her head and looked around, and stopped when she saw Chi Fan. Eyes filled with curiosity.

Among these three people, it is already clear which one is the store manager. Before Fu Nianyu had time to speak, Shang Yang had already introduced Chi Fan quickly.

"This is our boss. People in Jianghu call him brother Ye, but we don't usually call him that, it's too pretentious. You can just call him Lao Zhou." Shang Yang pointed to the young man behind, "Jiang Chengze, our resident wood artist The trainer is quite good, but he doesn't talk much, and he is usually cold-faced, and the students can cry in fright in his class."

Jiang Chengze glanced at Shang Yang blankly, said nothing, and went straight to the table to carve a small pumpkin, as if he was not interested in Chi Fan, who was likely to become his new colleague.

"Hello." Zhou Ye nodded to Chi Fan with a smile. His approachable appearance did not match his image of a cool guy, "My name is Zhou Ye, and you can call me Old Zhou. Nianyu should be able to meet our requirements." Did I tell you? Is there anything else I want to ask?"

While talking, he skillfully took out a cigarette case and took out a cigarette from it.

"Father." The little girl next to her coughed loudly, her voice was crisp, "This is in the shop, no smoking."

"Oh." The man smiled, but didn't put the cigarette back, and put it between his ears, waiting for Chi Fan's answer.

Chi Fan was completely shocked by the phrase "Dad", and was a little distracted for a moment-he visually estimated that Zhou Ye was at most in his early 30s, how could he have such an old daughter?

Suddenly, I understood why there are Fendai chaotic flowers growing outside the store... This kind of dreamlike flower sea plant is indeed the favorite of little girls.

Fu Nianyu quietly tugged at Chi Fan's clothes, Chi Fan suddenly recovered and spoke quickly.

"If you ask me to be clear, there is no problem." He said, "But I don't have ready-made works around me, so why don't I just do it here?"

His previous woodcarvings were either sold or kept at home. He didn’t take them with him when he went to college, and he has been very busy recently, so he didn’t have time to carve new ones.

"Okay." Zhou Ye nodded, and glanced at the table behind Chi Fan, on which was the little pumpkin he had just carved halfway up, "Just finish carving that one."

Chi Fan naturally had no objection. After Zhou Ye finished explaining, he walked around the second floor and put the cigarette on his ear in his hand again.

"You guys go ahead first," he smiled, putting a cigarette in his mouth, "I'll go out for a cigarette."

"I'm going too." The little girl said immediately, running to Zhou Ye's side, holding on to the corner of his clothes tightly as if she was afraid that he would run away, "Teacher Wu asked me to watch you, he said You can’t smoke more, up to three a day.”

Zhou Ye sighed, looking a little depressed, but he didn't refute. He patted the little girl's head, and the two went downstairs together.

Chi Fan didn't dare to lose his mind anymore, and quickly turned his attention back to the small wood carving in his hand.After another half an hour of carving, a cute little pumpkin finally took shape. After a little polishing, Chi Fan took it downstairs to find Zhou Ye, and Fu Nianyu followed.

"That's right." Zhou Ye had finished smoking his cigarettes and was sitting with his daughter behind the cash register on the first floor playing computer games. He took the little pumpkin from Chi Fan's hand, played with it for a while, and stretched out his hand to Chi Fan. hand.

"Speak formally, you are welcome to join us." He smiled and shook hands with Chi Fan, "Shang Yang is in charge of class scheduling, you can go up and communicate with him, and after the class schedule is released, you can just come over on time. We It focuses on parent-child projects, and most of the students are parents and children, so you should be friendly in class and not be as serious as Cheng Ze."

Chi Fan thought for a while: "Can I sit in on a class first?"

"Of course." Zhou Ye glanced at him, "There is a session tonight, can you come?"

Chi Fan hesitated for a moment: "Can I do it tomorrow night?"

He has other part-time job arrangements for tonight. Although those small part-time jobs can be resigned after this is settled here, but it is definitely not possible to get everything done today, at least there must be a time for handover and transition.

"Yes." Zhou Ye nodded, and handed the little pumpkin to Chi Fan, "I don't know if Shang Yang told you, we want a batch of small pumpkin ornaments before Halloween, if you are free these days, try to Also make a few more, and charge by piece, the more the better."

Chi Fan had this intention and immediately agreed.Zhou Ye patted the little girl on the head: "Xiaobai, go to the small warehouse at the back to get a set of knives and a box of small wood for brother."

"Yeah." The little girl nodded obediently.Chi Fan was going to find Shang Yang, and left with her, leaving only Zhou Ye and Fu Nianyu at the cash register.

"You're a good friend." Seeing that Chi Fan and Xiao Bai were gone, Zhou Ye immediately took out a cigarette and pointed it skillfully, "Even if I don't sell your face, I won't reject him."

"I know." Fu Nianyu glanced at the computer screen that was still on. It turned out to be backgammon for two people. The father and daughter are boring enough, "I didn't intend to let you sell my face."

Zhou Ye took a few puffs of cigarettes and narrowed his eyes comfortably.The smoke ring quickly dissipated into a cloud of smoke in the air. The man stared at it for a while, and suddenly said something.

"You suddenly came to me to learn woodcarving, is it because of this little brother?"