Dependent Origination and Destiny - The History of the Present

At the beginning of December, everything about the new store of Yuanqiyuanmie was finally basically ready, and it was only waiting for the snow to open in the coming year before it could open for business.

Gao Miaomiao and Shi Jin returned to the city the next day after packing up the new shop.It is already the snow season in the north, early in the morning Gao Miaomiao carefully stepped on the thick snow and ice to go to the teahouse.It snowed in the middle of the night again last night, and the surface of the snow was frozen by the cold wind, making it difficult for people to walk.

Walking forward step by step, until the situation disappeared from under his feet, Gao Miaomiao raised his eyes to look at the figure who was shoveling snow not far away.The ice and snow on the road from the intersection to Yuanqi Yuanmi has been shoveled off by him and piled up on the side of the road.Walking quickly, Gao Miaomiao took out a tissue from her satchel and handed it to Shi Jin, who was already drenched in sweat: "Comrade Shi Jin has worked hard! We have almost shoveled away the snow on half the street. How early did you have to be here?"

Shi Jin took the tissue and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile, "I woke up early today, so I came here early."

"Oh." Gao Miaomiao smiled, then turned and walked into the shop.After putting the bag in her locker, she took another shovel out from the store, walked to Shi Jin's side and began to help shovel the snow.

Shi Jin smiled slightly, and continued with the work in hand.Two people, two shovels, bit by bit shoveled away the frozen snow on the remaining half of the street, and then piled it to the side of the road.

When it was about to open for business, the snow covering this short street had been cleared with the cooperation of the two.Wiping off the sweat dripping from their foreheads, the two smiled at each other, then Shi Jin took the shovel in Gao Miaomiao's hand and went back to Yuanqi Yuanmi with her.

Inside Origin and Destruction, the employees on the morning shift have already made all preparations before opening the door.Shi Jin went into the staff locker room to change his work clothes and came out. Since it was still early, there were no customers in the store yet, and the lobby seemed a bit empty.

"Here, have a drink." As soon as Shi Jin entered the tea room, Gao Miaomiao smiled and handed a cup of tea to him.

Shi Jin took the cup and took a sip, the unique aroma of jasmine tea instantly filled his mouth.Glancing at the scented tea in his hand, he asked, "Did you add mint to it?"

"A little bit." Gao Miaomiao said, "Jasmine tea has the effect of removing cold evils and helping depression, while mint tastes cool and relieves heat. Isn't it the right time to drink it at this time?"

Shi Jin smiled knowingly, and said, "Thank you, Miao Miao."

Gao Miaomiao took a sip of scented tea from her cup at hand, and said with a smile, "You're welcome!"

After drinking the tea, Shi Jin left the tea room and went back to the hall.Gao Miaomiao cleaned up the tea dregs in Shi Jin's cup, cleaned the cup and put it on the cup holder.After wiping off her wet hands, she picked up the cup and took another sip of herbal tea, letting the warm tea with the unique cooling taste of mint flow down her mouth and soak her whole body.

"Sister Miaomiao, one each of Longjing tea, Tieguanyin tea, and lemon black tea." A waiter brought in an order for tea, so Gao Miaomiao put down her teacup and began to work swiftly.

Shi Jin was busy in the lobby of the teahouse.Little by little time came to nearly noon, and there were already many guests in the originally empty hall at this moment.In the cold winter, a cup of hot tea and a little fragrance bring not only warmth, but also leisure and comfort.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer customers ordering tea for tea, Gao Miaomiao explained to the colleague next to her, then put on her down coat and went out.

The temperature difference between indoors and outdoors is huge, the air after the snow is abnormally cold, the cold wind howls through the streets and alleys, it is as cold as cutting the exposed skin of the human body.Exhaling a breath of hot air, Gao Miaomiao covered her ears with earmuffs, and then pulled the scarf around her neck a little higher to cover her mouth and nose, exposing only her eyes.

She is going to the old place to buy new scented tea.After taking another box of scented tea as usual, Gao Miaomiao walked back along the original road with the box of scented tea in her arms.There are not many pedestrians on the road. In such a season, not many people would be willing to go shopping in the cold wind unnecessarily.

Another gust of cold wind blew, Gao Miaomiao slightly lowered her head and turned her body sideways, she stopped and took a breath, feeling as if the white air was floating in her eyes, the surrounding air seemed to be so cold that even her own eyes Almost frozen.Shaking her head, she laughed secretly for having too many associations, she moved her feet and continued to walk forward.

Turning across the street, because it is a small road, the ice and snow on the road have not been cleaned up in time.Gao Miaomiao reminded herself, and walked over cautiously.The snow that has frozen on the surface is slippery and hard, and there is no crisp crunching sound of new snow.Gao Miaomiao hugged the scented tea box in her arms tightly, because with this burden, the road was much slower than when it came.She only moved her body forward after she was sure that the front leg was indeed firmly planted, so that she would not fall-it was on a trail like this that she had seen someone slip and fall. Broken bones, so whenever there is snow, I will be extra careful.Seeing that the path was coming to an end, who knew that before she could breathe a sigh of relief, her feet slipped suddenly, and her center of gravity suddenly lost her balance, and she fell backwards.

"Be careful!" Someone promptly grabbed Gao Miaomiao who was slipping under her feet.

Gao Miaomiao took a closer look, but it was Shi Jin.After standing firm, she asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"

Shi Jin said: "I saw that you went out before your lunch break, and you haven't come back yet, so I came out to take a look. It has been snowing for the past two days, and some roads have not been cleared, so it is not easy to walk." He took Gao Miaomiao's hand. Zhong's box was clamped to his waist with one hand, and then he took Gao Miaomiao's hand with the other: "Let's go."

A sense of warmth was transmitted to Gao Miaomiao's palm through the thick cotton gloves.She looked at Shi Jin's resolute side face, a little happiness and sweetness rose in her heart.

The two walked out of the icy trail side by side, turned to the street where they had cleared away the snow, and walked a dozen more steps.Shi Jin let go of Gao Miaomiao's hand, walked to the door and raised the heat-insulating cotton curtain, letting Gao Miaomiao in first, and then walked in by himself.

The room behind the curtain was filled with warmth, Shi Jin helped Gao Miaomiao deliver scented tea to the tea room, smiled, and turned to the staff locker room.Gao Miaomiao took off the earmuffs, took off the down jacket, and stuffed the flower tea box into the cabinet.Standing up, she poured herself a cup of hot tea, then smiled while holding the cup and began to daze in the haze of heat.

"Sister Miaomiao, what are you thinking, so happy?" When the waiter Xiao Chen walked into the tea room, he saw Gao Miaomiao in a daze, so he couldn't help asking.

"Ah...uh, it's nothing." Gao Miaomiao, who had been called back to her senses, was a little embarrassed. She quickly took the list in Xiao Chen's hand and glanced at it, "Rose tea and snow water cloud green, brewing right away."

But Xiao Chen didn't intend to let Gao Miaomiao go so easily. After thinking about Gao Miaomiao's smiling face just now, she speculated to herself: "Sister, just now... Did that so-and-so finally confess to you? Look at you That little bliss!"

"Nonsense!" Gao Miaomiao cursed with a smile and freed up a hand to pat her, but she deftly dodged it.

"I can see that you two came back together just now—there is a problem, there is definitely a problem!" Xiao Chen continued her speculation, "Sister Miaomiao, I remember that you seemed to go out alone—oh, you said When did Shi Jin go out, why is he moving so fast?"

"If you talk nonsense again, I will deduct your salary." Gao Miaomiao said pretending to be serious.

"Deduct whatever you want," Xiao Chen waved his hand boldly, "For your happiness, Sister Miaomiao, it's worth deducting a little from your salary, it's all worth it!"

Gao Miaomiao shook her head amusedly, and put the tea tray with the brewed tea in her hand: "Thank you for your greatness, hurry up and go to work!"

Xiao Chen took the tea tray and walked out. When she turned out of the door, she suddenly turned her head around again, and said with a smile: "Sister Miao Miao, I just said that about deducting wages casually. You must not Seriously!" and walked away quickly.

Gao Miaomiao couldn't help but burst out laughing as she looked at the hurried back.After dragging a high chair and sitting down, she picked up the teacup again and sipped tea carefully. After Xiao Chen's trouble just now, she has calmed down a little now, and no longer continues to be quiet in the little happiness just now. You can enjoy the aroma of tea in peace.

In the lobby outside the tea room, Shi Jin helped the guests to clean up the full fruit jars on the table, and then returned to the guests' tables.

The two of them were busy with each other in this way, except for the occasional Shi Jin delivering tea orders to the tea room, the two of them had no more interaction.In the blink of an eye, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, Shi Jin handed over his shift, and then walked to the door of the tea room to say goodbye to Gao Miaomiao.He said, "Miaomiao, I'm off work, I'm leaving first."

Gao Miaomiao looked at him and nodded with a smile: "Okay, be careful on the road."

Shi Jin turned around and left.It's the beginning of the lights outside, and it's snowing again in the sky. The white snowflakes dance under the orange light, showing a different kind of beauty.Shi Jin tightened his scarf and walked into the snowy sky.

Back at his residence, he simply cleaned the house, then turned on the desk lamp and dragged aside the stool to sit down at the table.There was a stack of textbooks lent to him by Gao Liguang on the table, he took out one from the middle, and looked at it quietly under the light of the desk lamp.

He kept reading the book quietly like this until the pre-set alarm clock rang.It was already late at night, when the alarm clock was pressed, Shi Jin folded a corner on the page he saw, then closed the book, turned off the light and went out.

Gao Miaomiao checked again in the teahouse, confirmed that everything had been dealt with, and then turned off the power and walked out.

"Miaomiao." Gao Miaomiao just locked the door when she heard someone calling her from behind.She turned around and saw Shi Jin standing behind her.

"Shi Jin? Why are you here?" She asked in surprise.

"I'll take you back." Shi Jin said with a smile, "It's not safe for you to walk around at night like a girl."

Gao Miaomiao's eyes curved up nicely.She walked up to Shi Jin and said: "Then let's go." Then the two left side by side along the street.

Light snow is still falling in the sky, and after several hours of accumulation, the ground is already not shallow.The footsteps of the two creaked into the snow, echoing quietly in the silent night.

Walking out of the street, there was a section of road covered with fresh snow, Shi Jin gently took Gao Miaomiao's hand, and said, "This section of road is slippery."

Gao Miaomiao nodded, carefully paying attention to her feet.

The two of them didn't speak any more along the way until Gao Miaomiao was delivered to the door of the house, and then Shi Jin let go of her hand and watched her walk towards the door.

"Miaomiao." The moment Gao Miaomiao reached out to open the door, Shi Jin suddenly called out.

"Huh?" Gao Miaomiao turned her head and looked at him questioningly.

Shi Jin looked at her, took a deep breath, suppressed the tension in his heart, and said, "Be my girlfriend."

Gao Miaomiao looked at Shi Jin, and kept watching quietly for so long that Shi Jin couldn't help showing a look of frustration on her face, and then she smiled.She said, "OK."

Shi Jin's eyes suddenly lit up, he walked over, and hugged Gao Miaomiao - now this girl is already his girlfriend!