Chapter 52: Guests come

Xincheng Street is located in a prosperous urban area in Jiangdu. Although it is not a pedestrian street where people come and go, but because the middle road is a main road, and behind the street are communities and schools, both sides of the road are bustling commercial areas. You can see shopping malls, movie theaters and various restaurants and coffee shops full of petty bourgeoisie, which can be said to be the favorite area of ​​young people.
Moreover, after the renovation of the pedestrian streets on both sides of the road, it has become a famous scenic line on Xincheng Street. The sidewalks specially designed for the urban environment are paved with different patterns of light-colored floor tiles, which are beautiful but not Eye-catching. Green bushes and novel street lamps were also added beside the sidewalk, carefully separating the outside of the sidewalk from the noisy road.
There are also transplanted cherry trees among the green bushes, all of which are local species with thin branches and stems, and have already passed the flowering period, but you can also imagine the overwhelming scenery of this street in April next year.
The four-lane road can be regarded as a big road in the bustling urban area, and there are bicycle lanes painted red on both sides, which adds a slow-paced comfort to the busy big city of Jiangdu.
"A cup of tea bookstore" is a new bookstore located near a sidewalk at Xincheng Street. Because of its strategic location, it is as good a business as the "Huachayuan".
Although the two stores have "tea" in their names, the "flower tea garden" is mainly based on the in-store environment filled with flowers, various types of self-made flower tea, and the tea in the store tea room. The "tea tea bookstore" It is a two-in-one product of an ordinary bookstore and coffee tea shop, so the main directions of the two stores are different, each has its own audience, and occasionally can attract each other's audience. The business is good, and the relationship between the two stores is also good.
I always thought that life and business on Xincheng Street continued in such a normal and lively way, but suddenly one day, the summer work of "a cup of tea bookstore" Xu Yuan, a boy who started his sophomore year suddenly found one Very strange thing.
That's the middle of "a cup of tea bookstore" and "flower tea garden"... there is one more store!
When I discovered this, it was eight o'clock in the morning. Xu Yuan, who hurried to open the store, carried his bag and got down from the beautiful bus with very street characteristics. He hurried to the "a cup of tea bookstore" and found himself The two familiar shops seemed to be suddenly separated by the wizards of the magic world, and there was a shop that was completely strange and impossible!
The street is so far apart, how can there be no such influence if there is such a store? !
And the glass window of this shop looks very atmospheric, not like a small shop in the gap.
Xu Yuan subconsciously wanted to observe the entire street and those shops he knew well, but when he carefully wanted to count and want to measure, he felt that his head was hurting and he was constantly sick.
"Xu Yuan, what's wrong with you?" From the "Hua Cha Yuan" came a girl who looked clean and clean in a floral apron. She was Xu Yuan's university classmate Su Yi, neither a school flower nor a class flower, that is An ordinary girl who smiled warmly, but it was also the reason why Xu Yuan came to work in a "cup tea bookstore".
Xu Yuan knew that the "Flower Tea Garden" seemed to be Su Yi's mother's shop. She worked here throughout the holidays, so she only went to work at a "cup of tea and book spots" across the wall. But now, they are separated by a whole shop that appears like magic!
"I don't know if I'm dazzled, or am I crazy... Su Yi, have you seen this store?"
The shop that Xu Yuan was looking at hung a beautiful but very easy to ignore sign in gold on a white background, with an unexplained word "An Yu Yi Yu" written on it. However, Xu Yuan didn't have too much trouble with the name of the store. After all, there were many similar petty bourgeois and literary stores on this street, with all kinds of compulsive styles. What he struggled with was the way this store appeared.
"Oh, this store seems to have opened last night. My mother also said that she rarely sees a store that opens at night." Su Yi has a consistent smile on her face. "But the store has been empty for so long, and it will open a new store. Not surprisingly."
"No, this store didn't exist yesterday!" Xu Yuan gestured his hands anxiously. "Isn't there only two of us here?"
"Yeah, it was empty here before, and only a new store opened last night." Su Yi and Xu Yuan were not on a channel at all, and they took their faces for granted.
"No, Su Yi, look at our street. How could there be empty shops here? Our two shops are next to each other, and there are no other shops in the middle!" Xu Yuan seemed a little excited.
He didn't understand why Su Yi was so calm. Was he the only one who felt that this store was wrong?
"You're so weird today." Su Yi took a step back and seemed to feel that Xu Yuan, who was talking loudly, was a bit scary. It’s more, but do you still want to open a shop now?

Thief?
Xu Yuan heard Su Yi say this, put the inexplicable store aside first, hurriedly took out the key and opened the store door, after all, last night was the last bookstore he left.
The pattern of "a cup of tea bookstore" is actually very simple. The boss divides the space into two levels. Below is an ordinary bookstore, and coffee milk tea service is provided on the top. This pattern reduces the number of people who sit in the bookstore but do not buy books. More people who like to read books can sit upstairs and read slowly after buying the book, so the business has been pretty good.
As soon as Xu Yuan entered, he looked around and found that the store was still neat when he walked last night. There was no trace of prying at places like the cash register, and Xu Yuan was relieved.
As long as the money is okay and the other problems are not serious, the thief cannot run into the store in order to steal the book?
"Hello, did you open the store?"
Xu Yuan just wanted to go out and look at the shop again, and saw a figure appearing at the door of the bookstore. It was a stranger. To a few Yuan, who had been working in the shop for nearly two months, had never seen someone like the other party.
Gao Yuan, Qing Jun, fair-skinned and long legs, even if you don’t look at your face, Xu Yuan also thinks that the other party will be a kind of character after entering the campus, and then there will be a kind of girl who will have a fanfare in the fan club of the support group. Style".
After Xu Yuan looked at the other person's face...well, maybe both men and women would have a struggle for him.
Few people can resist the silver chain of glasses crossing the neck, the smiling eyes behind the lens, and the face that seems to appear in the mind only when drawing ideas.
And I don't know what happened, Xu Yuan suddenly felt that the visitor's smile was similar to Su Yi's, but because of the extremely good looks, the warm smile looks more dazzling than Su Yi, and makes your heart beat faster!
Xu Yuan felt that he had also experienced a lot of storms and waves, and had seen a lot of things that ordinary humans had never seen before, but he still lost his mind when he saw the coming person, and then he reacted and greeted: " Welcome, we have started business."
"Thank you." The person came in with long legs, and his body and temperament were first-class. After entering the bookstore area, Xu Yuan, who was standing behind the cash register, stared at his back.
That kind of feeling is not a sudden fascination, most people will not suddenly love because of the other person's appearance, Xu Yuan is like seeing the most beautiful flowers in the flower shop window, although there is no money to buy, but can't help repeating To see.
He watched the guest walk from the children's area to the student guidance area, then to the bestseller area, and then quickly took a few books to the front of the counter, smiling and placed the books next to the cash register.
As a matter of fact, student counseling books should not appear in petty-bourgeois places like
a cup of tea bookstore
, but Xu Yuan’s boss couldn’t resist the madly high earnings of counseling books during the summer vacation, so he still vacated a shelf and the revenue was not. Vulgar.
But after seeing this guest buying the "Xiaoshengchu Selected Exercises 300 Set of Answers", Xu Yuan still looked at each other curiously. After all, this guest didn't look like a child, maybe it was Buy for the younger brother at home.
Except for the answer book, this guest bought some ordinary best-selling books, and there seems to be no other strange things.
"A total of 114 yuan." After Xu Yuan scanned all the books, he skillfully packed the books. "Mobile phone payment or cash payment?"
"cash."
The guest put a few banknotes on the cash register and took the bag of books from Xu Yuan's hand. Xu Yuan counted down the banknotes he got and found that the guest had given three hundred dollars. He wanted to look up and return the money, but found that the guest had turned away and even opened the bookstore door and went out. .
"The guests!"
Xu Yuan rushed out hurriedly, but did not find the guest in the busy working crowd. If it weren't for the three bills still lying quietly on the cash register, Xu Yuan would even think that the man was just an illusion imagined when he was sleepy.
It took half an hour for the "cup tea bookstore" to open, and the clerk who worked with Xu Yuan was late.
"Qi Ge, did you see the newly opened store next door?" Xu Yuan asked again without giving up.
"Yeah, it did open a new store, but I can't see what they are selling." The full-time cashier responded casually, not surprised by the appearance of the store.
"Don't you think... that store seemed to come out of nowhere? Wasn't our next door "Huachayuan"?" Xu Yuan still wanted to hear the answer he wanted from the other person's mouth.
But the cashier just smiled and said, "What are you thinking, Xiao Xu? Isn't the next door empty all the time?"
"..."
After transferring the job at hand to a full-time colleague, Xu Yuan temporarily left the bookstore on the pretext that he hadn’t had breakfast. He still couldn’t figure out where the shop next door came from, so he decided to walk in and see for himself .
Xu Yuan walked directly outside the shop, looked up at the inconspicuous gold signboard on white background, and then looked through the glass window. He saw that there were two flowerbeds in the window with tall plants in it. The green plants, which look like some kind of unopened flowers, occupy two large spaces. Xu Yuan rarely sees anyone planting so many words in the store. After all, everyone has to pay attention to the problem of insect pests, and this store named "An Yu Yi Yu" obviously does not care about these things.
The clear glass window looks very bright, but when Xu Yuan wanted to continue to look inside, he found that he could not continue to see clearly because of the reflection of the mirror, so he hesitated a moment and then simply pushed the door and went in.
"welcome."
After walking into "An Yu Yi Yu", Xu Yuan felt a little different, because when the shop door was closed behind him, he found that the whole shop was quiet as if it could be heard when a needle fell on the ground, and the air They all seem to have a fresh scent that refreshes the spirit.
The decoration of the store is mainly white wood, wooden counters, wooden shelves and wooden fences around the flower garden are white, and with beautiful wood grain, it looks quite natural. And there are many green plants in the shop. In addition to the flower garden, the two shelves are also placed with hanging ivy, and the counter inside is placed with a large pot of green radish that can cover people.
There is also a set of white European-style round tables and chairs, and the table is also decorated with tender green oil.
At a glance...
Xu Yuan didn't really see what the shop was selling.
There are tables, shelves, and flower gardens, but I don’t know if it’s because of the newly opened business. There is no feeling that the store is full of goods like a normal store, and even people don’t even know what to buy for a while.
Moreover, Xu Yuan had walked in for several minutes, and still did not hear the "Welcome".
There is only one "person" in the store except Xu Yuan. That person should be a clerk in the store. He wears a black shirt and buttons all the way to the neckline, covering it very tightly, but the face does not look rigorous. Human, pale face, red lips but tightly squeezed, and even a little demon tattoo "sticker" is attached to the slightly longer eyes, like flying tail feathers.
The other party stood quietly behind the counter, his eyes looking directly at the tablet in front, a slender, well-articulated right hand holding a stirrer, and preparing an unknown drink in a large glass jug, his fingers were a bit white. , The texture is like jade buried in the ground for a long time, and occasionally hit the glass teapot with a crisp sound.
In short, Xu Yuan who didn't look into the shop at a glance.
"Cough." The neglected Xu Yuan couldn't help but cough lightly.
The "clerk" who noticed the visitor finally turned his head and raised his eyebrows, but his eyes seemed to be looking at the big pumpkin in the field.
At this time, Xu Yuan discovered that the eyes of this "clerk" did not seem to be black. Although the color was very dark and deep, the moment he looked up, his eyes seemed to appear slightly red under the light.
Xu Yuan suspected that the other party's eyes should be dark red, but I don't know if this wicked and wicked guy had brought his pupils.
"Ghost umbrella, is the guest coming?" The back door of the shop also suddenly opened at this time, and a figure that Xu Yuan was particularly familiar came out from behind the door. "Or "careless" guests.
"How is it? The fruit tea material prepared by Ye Ning is not bad? Drinking water and kettle are also ready for you." The guest walked over to the "clerk" and leaned slightly to look at the colorful glass pot, Near the bend of the "clerk", the eyelashes were drooping, and the corner of his mouth was smiling, making Xu Yuan, who was looking at him, panicked.
The two people in front of them are completely different types. The guest's temperament is like jade, elegant and gentle, and when he reaches for the glasses, the eyes will appear to have a shallow smile, like a famous flower that will bloom in a warm environment. The clerk's aura was cold, but it was full of devilishness, like a dead branch in a bonsai. For some time, it suddenly bloomed a red flower at the end of the branch.
The temperament of the two people is different, but when standing together, it looks like a blooming flower is placed in the bonsai of dry branches, and there is quite a view.
In the end... still look good?
"Sorry, what do guests need?" When Su Zimo straightened up, he recognized that the new guest who entered the store was a clerk in the bookstore next door, but did not know why the other party ran into "An Yu Yi Yu" for a while. , Just stood there motionless.
In the morning, in order to compensate for the small losses caused by the penniless ghost umbrella to the two stores on the left and right, Su Zimo just took the money and ran to the two sides, and by the way, Ye Li prepared some of the houses. Flower tea and fruit tea materials make the ghost umbrella addicted to tea dispel the idea of ​​"borrowing from friendly neighbors".
But I don’t know if it’s because of the daytime. This special shop has always been in poor business. The only business in the morning was a young lady who was eager to go out, and hurriedly spent a dollar to buy it from the shop. A pack of "Nightmare Card Rolls", the whole transaction process is wind and waves, very common.
Later, some people visited the store, but because they couldn't find the goods they wanted, they shook their heads and walked out in disappointment.
In the process of entertaining guests, Su Zimo also found a very strange thing, that is, those guests who entered the "An Yu Yi" did not seem to see the goods on the second shelf, when Su Zimo guided them to the second When choosing the No. shelf, each guest had a puzzled expression on his face, and even some people were angry because they felt that they were being teased.
So Su Zimo is almost certain that those ghosts with star ratings are hard to be seen by ordinary people, ordinary people see ordinary goods, and special people can see special goods.
It's just that for the current "Yu Yu Yi", ordinary goods are too few and too simple.
"Guest, what do you need?" Su Zimo saw that the bookstore clerk was still in a daze, and could only ask again.
The little clerk looked at Su Zimo and Ghost Umbrella constantly with strange eyes. After a while, he said hardly, "I, sit down for a while."
With that said, the bookstore clerk walked over to the set of white tables and chairs and sat down carefully.
This set of white tables and chairs was found by Su Zimo from the warehouse behind the main house. It is considered an outdated courtyard table and chairs, but it still looks complete and clean, and it also fits the tone of the white wood of "An Yu Yi Yu".
Looking at the discreet bookstore clerk sitting there, Su Zimo's fingers tapped lightly on the counter, and then whispered, "How about pouring a cup of your special tea for the guests?"
The ghost umbrella was looking at the fruit tea that was about to overflow in the oversized glass jug. After listening to Su Zimo’s words, the red color in his eyes seemed to be darker. Immediately, he walked out of the counter with a huge glass jug in his hand. Very relaxed, but I can't feel the weight of the glass jug.
Place the huge glass in the other hand in front of the guest, and the ghost umbrella stands in a high position, standing upright and pouring the fruit tea brewed in the glass pot directly down.
The guest seemed to be frightened by the way of pouring tea from the ghost umbrella, so he instantly tilted his body backwards, and finally surprised to see that all the fruit tea was accurately poured into the glass, and it was just full , Not leaking.
"That...I didn't order a drink." The guest shrugged off with some refusal, but was frightened by the staring stare of the ghost umbrella standing beside him, afraid to get up and leave.
Perhaps it is the relationship of some peers. The other party may see that the "material" in the glass pot of the ghost umbrella is too extravagant, unlike some generous stores used to entertain guests for free.
"This is a free gift. Guests can refill after drinking." Su Zimo glanced at the counter hidden by Lu Luo and found that the six large glass jugs he had prepared for the maid had been filled with ghost umbrellas. The "experiment", if no one drinks it, may have to ferment quickly.
Although it seems that such a business method is a bit loss-making, Su Zimo did not plan to make this store profitable in terms of human money from the beginning.
And only when the service is attentive, the guests will be in the mood to buy the goods that are used to redeem the remaining life, right?
So one is one!
Thinking about it, Su Zimo's face had a smile that made people feel like a spring breeze, and instantly looked at the guests who had just picked up the glass.
Because the fruit tea in the cup was too full, the customer took a sip carefully, and after feeling the sweet and refreshing taste of the fruit tea, could not help but drink it.
But even when holding the glass, the guest seemed to be looking at Su Zimo standing at the counter through the glass.
Su Zimo lowered his head to finish the homework assigned by Su Hewen, so he did not see the ghost umbrella glance down at the guest, the huge glass jug hooked with tilted down again, and the cup in the guest's hand was dropped from the sky before he even put it down. The fruit tea is filled again.
"Ah!" As the magic found that the cup in his hand was full again, the guest almost didn't hold it, and hurried forward to take a sip.
"Thank you, thank you." I have to say that this... "stunning" service will make people feel a little scared.
"You're welcome, please concentrate on your enjoyment." The ghost umbrella leaned over slightly, emphasizing the word "attention".
Suzimo had already returned to the counter, but when the guest's eyes could not help but follow, after he drank most of the second cup of fruit tea in his hand, he bowed his head and found that the cup was full again.
The glass used to entertain guests is very large, almost 600 ml, even if the first cup can barely be swallowed, it is impossible to be thirsty by the second cup.
But in the blink of an eye, the guest actually drank four glasses under the eyes of the ghost umbrella, and felt that it was necessary to go to the bathroom, but he had just prepared to put down the cup and got up, and he found that the fruit tea in the cup was...full again.
"I think I know what to buy." The guest, Xu Yuan, a college student in the bookstore next door, hurriedly got up and scanned various daily necessities of unknown brands on the second shelf, then walked to the front of the second shelf. Pointed to the mirror placed on top, "How can I buy this mirror?"
In the eyes of the guests, it was a European-style round mirror carved with white flowers, a gift suitable for family members, and the only product on the second shelf that looked normal.
But as soon as the guest's voice fell, Su Zimo behind the counter stood up and walked to the second shelf and asked in surprise: "Can you see this mirror?"
Su Zimo tried several times before, and the ordinary guests entering the store could not see any goods on the second shelf, so this customer was the first one in front of him.
"This question is exactly the same as when I saw your shop before." The guest looked up and looked at the not-small shop. "This shop seems to pop up suddenly in our shop and the flower shop next door. It’s really weird to create a different space that doesn’t exist.

Su Zimo felt certain that among the customers he had inquired about, the bookstore clerk in front of him was also the only one who found them strange.
"Hello, I'm Su Zimo, the owner of the shop, and the ink of the pen and ink. I remember you were from the bookstore next door?"
"Yes, my name is Xu Yuan, the source of the source, the student working in the bookstore next door."
"You must have been to some amazing places?" Su Zimo asked tentatively.
"Huh?" Xu Yuan seemed to be surprised that Su Zimo asked this question, and after thinking about it, he said, "It should be regarded as a place where ordinary people would not want to go."
"Is it dangerous?" Su Zimo raised an eyebrow and asked.
"..." Xu Yuan was silent again, and continued to speak for a long time. "Sometimes I will encounter some dangers, but I never go there alone, so the dangers can be overcome."
"It doesn't sound like a particularly good tourist spot, but it sounds like Mr. Xu has to go again." Su Zimo looked at the mirror Xu Yuan picked at first, and his long fingers crossed the mirror. , "Since this is the case, I think our store has more suitable products than the front mirror."
"Really?" Xu Yuan seemed a little absent-minded, not knowing whether he was not interested in what he said, or because he was anxious to find a bathroom.
"How about this one?" Su Zimo picked up the delicate perfume spray bottle next to it, and through the bottle body, he could see most of the liquid inside. "Maybe you will use it next time you travel."
The label directly below "Perfume" says the price of 200 yuan, so Xu Yuan quickly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sorry, I don't have a girlfriend, and I don't have the habit of spraying myself with perfume, and we travel generally They are all backcountry and there is no time to toss such things."
"You are wrong, this is not a perfume." Boss Su raised his lips, "This bottle is filled with'Holy Water', which can be used to exorcise evil spirits, and the ghosts will not invade!"
When he pronounced the word "Li Gui", Su Zimo added a special accent, and then he saw Xu Yuan, who was standing opposite him, turned white.
Sure enough, the customer source of this store should be experienced people, or other non-human beings.