At three in the morning, Song Xinmin finally cleaned up the basement he had just rented.
The small single room was simply decorated. When he came in with the key, there was only a simple bed and a small table and chairs in the clean and tidy room. There were few things, but Song Xinmin was more satisfied than expected. Everything he brought was full.
At this time, not only was the bed covered with quilts, but the table was full of daily necessities. The most striking thing was that he hung a layer of dense lattice iron on the wall next to the bed. Large and small photos were hung with small clips. In the above, there are either landscape photos or animal photos, and occasionally there are a few portrait photos, but most of them are taken with backs, perspectives and body parts.
This is the most satisfying part of the photos he took along the way in the past few years. Some of them even helped him win prizes in some photo contests. With these prizes, he can continue to walk on this road.
At this moment, a chilly night wind blew in from the only small window, and while blowing the photos on the wall slightly, it also made him shiver.
"Gululu..." The stomach also took the opportunity to protest to him.
"Now is not the time to dream, it's time to work and save money for travel." While rubbing his stomach and smiling bitterly, he quickly got up and stepped on the stool to fasten the window that was not closed tightly.
Since the room is a basement, the windows are naturally very low relative to the ground outside. Song Xinmin's eyes can see a little night view outside through the anti-theft net. It is a clean and beautiful narrow courtyard with strip-shaped planks. Taking advantage of the dim light of the street lamps outside, he adjusted the angle to look further afield, and found that there was still a row of square flower beds on the left, but there were no flowers, only a few grass seedlings; looking to the right, he could see a very Stylish wooden table and chairs.
Song Xinmin could instantly imagine that if it was a sunny day, the owner of the yard would sit here drinking tea and reading books, enjoying the comfort of leisure time in this narrow yard.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared on the parquet floor. It was something that fell on the glass ceiling of the narrow courtyard, and was illuminated by the street lights outside. Song Xinmin was startled by this movement, and he bent his knees subconsciously. Looking up, I saw a fluffy figure walking away from the glass with his tail flapping.
"It turned out to be a cat..." Song Xinmin breathed a sigh of relief, and sat back by his bed again, reminded by the cat that he also remembered an incident during the day.
At that time, he had seen the house, and when he signed the contract with the landlord and left, he saw that the cat cafe had posted a new job advertisement.
Thinking that he had a dangerous deposit in his pocket for the next month's rent, and recalling his experience of working in all kinds of jobs for travel expenses over the years, Song Xinmin instantly made up his mind to go there tomorrow to take a look.
Lin Lan, who is sleeping at home on the third floor, doesn't know anything about the fact that there will be employees applying for the job tomorrow. Now she only feels a little stuffy in her chest, and she seems to hear something faintly in her ears, which makes her half-awake consciousness. gradually wake up.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a ragdoll sitting on her chest, tilting its head and staring at her. The seven-month-old big kitten didn't have a B count for its own weight. The shit shoveler was so overwhelmed that he thought he was a little cutie who used to be able to wrap his body with one hand.
"Lan Bao." Lin Lan was weak, "Why are you sitting on top of me staring at me without going to sleep in the middle of the night?"
"Meow." Ragdoll called out to her tenderly. The voice was very loud and pleasant, but the content could make Lin Lan mad. (Mom, you have been motionless for a long time. I thought you were dead, so I came to see you.)
"Come down." Quickly drive this silly cat that is useless except for being good-looking, Lin Lan's heart is tired, "I'm sleeping, I'm not dead, you play cute and play with guests during the day, don't you get tired at night? ?"
"Meow!" (I'm not tired, I just lie on those people's legs and close my eyes when I'm sleepy, they will stop and let me sleep directly!)
Lin Lan: "..."
Those of her kind really have no backbone in the face of cat color! When she became a human flesh warmer, she thought it was a gift, which was so disappointing to her.
When there was nothing to say, the closed door handle suddenly loosened, the door opened a crack, a white cat got in, and jumped on the bed.
Lin Lan was not at all surprised by this movement, and even spoke directly to the cat: "You came back so late, where did you go in the middle of the night?" She reached out and tapped the white cat's head to continue her education, "I tell you, Snowflake, The weather forecast says that there will be snow in the next two days, you are not allowed to go out any more, and you will go home and annoy your grandma, don't blame me for not begging for you."
Snowflake, the white cat, lowered her head and rubbed her head against Lin Lan's hand, meowing to please: "Lanlan, I'm going to play with the cat boss. There are so many cats there."
"Oh." The number of playmates has increased, are you already reluctant to think about Shu
Lin Lan was just trying to get Xuehua to calm down and remember her identity as a domestic cat. Don't be led astray when Xuehua called out to her, "Meow!" (Lanlan, there are some other cats there who said that Want to go hunting in your territory, let me ask you if you want?)
She was stunned: "You mean, some kittens who are not pet cats also want to come?"
"Meow!" (Yeah. Cats from the cat boss sneaked over here to see, and found that all the cats on your site have hunted canned food from humans, and they said they could too.)
Are you still doing undercover investigations? These slippery kittens.
After a little thought, Lin Lan knew why. She originally proposed to have cats come to hang out with her, stray cats... Or the cat boss is vigilant. get food.
Now that the teahouse is open, the business is good. The pet cats used as pathfinders are running smoothly in it. They can't get hungry when they are served. Lan mixed kittens come over.
Of course, these cats will not be precious pet cats, but Chinese pastoral cats, which are the local cats that Qian Xuan blurted out when she saw the snowflakes.
But people who have raised this kind of cat know that the local cat is very smart, strong and easy to support. In particular, the raccoon cat is the only Chinese native cat recognized internationally that can participate in the competition. The purebred civet cat is also very expensive abroad, that is, the Chinese themselves do not take them all seriously.
Lin Lan is happy to take in a few more local cats into the teahouse, but just like a boss recruiting employees, there must be conditions for recruitment.
"You can have a few, but Snowflake, you have to tell them that my site only accepts the best looking kittens in the eyes of Twolegs."
Boss Lin is very realistic in this regard. After all, he is opening a shop to do business, and a beautiful kitten can attract more customers to buy canned food, right
"Meow!" "Meow!" At this time, both sapphires and snowflakes cried out in unison, and when they fell into Lin Lan's ears, they became (I am the most beautiful!) (I am very beautiful in the eyes of humans and cats!) This means.
"Yes, yes, you are all beautiful, cats in the United States!" Feeling that she would not have to sleep if she continued to talk like this, Lin Lan picked one up with one hand and placed it on the left and right sides of her pillow, "Now, immediately put me to bed immediately. Wake me up again and you all go back to the living room to sleep tomorrow, you are not allowed to come again."
Alas, the eldest son and second son of the old Lin family are too clingy.
After receiving the warning, the kittens didn't dare to make a fuss any more, they honestly formed into two groups, and soon began to purr, and Lin Lan gradually fell back asleep in this double purr.
It's a new day, and the weather is a bit gloomy, but it doesn't look like it's going to snow.
At 9:30, Lin Lan went downstairs and opened the shutters, sending the cats into the teahouse and starting a simple cleaning routine. The tenant of the basement who had met yesterday pushed open the door and walked in.
"Hello, do you still recruit full-time employees here? I can work until the end of the year. It's fine if I don't go back to work during the New Year."
He is a ruthless man who is short of money, to the point that he only wants to work part-time and earn more for years.
Although he did not expect that the first full-time employee accepted by the teahouse was his own tenant, Lin Lan still carefully confirmed the identity and origin of the other party.
Song Xinmin, 24 years old, a graduate of a famous university, is a wandering photographer by profession, and his reputation is still in the level of not being known to a little famous - well, it is the kind that has a little impression in the circle but nothing special, so I don't accept it. You can't make money from your job.
It is said that he is currently wandering around the country to collect inspiration and strive to improve himself, while as long as he is short of money, he will quickly find a suitable store and become a full-time employee for one to two months. After collecting enough travel expenses, he will go on the road to practice.
No wonder he looks so down and out, Ganqing is a dream chaser who gave up a stable life for his dreams.
For such people, Lin Lan admires and envy a little bit, but if she really wants to learn from the other person, that's absolutely nothing. She is just a layman. Now that there are shops and cats, and her life is very casual, she doesn't need any poetry. and far away.
Now that there is a helper who can help her get through the year, Lin Lan will not be picky about the tenant-employee's problem of running away for two months at most.
"Okay, that's it." Looking at the ID card and graduation certificate that the other party honestly handed over and even some of his own works, as if he was serious about applying for a white-collar position in a newspaper or magazine, Lin Lan couldn't help laughing and laughing." Let’s talk about it first, the salary and treatment are all on the poster. I will not give you additional subsidies because you are my tenant. The salary I give you is salary, and the rent you give to my house is rent. Not to be confused."
"I know that doing so will cause confusion in the accounts." Song Xinmin smiled and agreed completely, "After all, the rent of the building and the expenditure of the teahouse are completely different things."
The newcomer is very sensible. Lin Lan nodded with satisfaction: "So Xiao Song, this shop apron is for you. From now on, it's your first day at work. I'll teach you some procedures and systems for entertaining guests in the shop, and how to take care of them. Some precautions for cats."
A graduate of a prestigious university can learn these things very quickly. Lin Lan gave him at most two on-site instructions, and he quickly got started. Because of his rich working experience, he is more skilled than Lin Lan in greeting customers who enter the store, and he is just as agile in his work. It is worthy of the name of a working veteran. In addition to making refreshments in the morning, he basically covered all the work by himself.
Lin Lan deeply felt the convenience of being a boss, and recruiting employees couldn't be wiser.
On weekdays, there are not many customers coming to Maoca Cafe. Song Xinmin only felt that the new job was really easy, and also deeply felt that his decision to apply for this store couldn't have been wiser. Especially at noon, the store also packed a lunch, which really saved him the biggest expense every day.
Eating home-cooked meals from the landlord's house, Song Xinmin felt that he had to take good care of the cats in the teahouse, otherwise he would be really sorry for the salary and benefits.
During the lunch break, Lin Lan confessed to Xiao Song that he would leave for an hour or two and let him help him look at the store for a while.
Then he got a confusing answer: "Probably lead a few cats."
How many cats do you take? Where to get it? What is it like
This doubt didn't last long, and Xiao Song got the answer. The store manager brought back three stray cats, an orange cat, a black and white cow cat, and an American shorthair cat.
The last beautiful short, Song Xinmin can understand, after all, it is a very popular pet cat, but should the first two cats be brought back to the teahouse
As a new employee who just arrived, Xiao Song did not ask, but silently watched the boss take the stray cat to a nearby pet clinic, and brought them back after another hour.
When he actually saw the two local cats that were cleaned and cleaned up, even Song Xinmin had to praise: "These two local cats are so beautiful!"
The first is the orange cat. It is not covered with orange and yellow tabby stripes all over its body, but its neck and limbs are covered with white fur, especially the inverted triangle white fur from the neck to the chest, plus four snow-white claws. , like a handsome gentleman wearing a white scarf and white gloves.
It is not fat at all, but has a smooth body and a handsome figure, sitting in a cage with a small head held high, handsome and elegant.
The coat color of the other cow cat is not inferior to those of the pet cats on the market. The coat is black, the belly hair and the limbs are white. The least common is its head. The black covering from the tip of the ear to the end of the eye looks like a superhero. The headgear worn by Batman only gave out a small inverted V on some of the hair on the nose, and the black and white overall are clearly layered, which can be said to be quite beautiful.
At this time, it stared at the round eyes and tilted its head to look at everything outside the cage. From time to time, it would meow at the store manager a few times, like a curious baby asking for something, but it reminded Song Xinmin that the cow cat is the second of the cat world. 's rumors.
The last beautiful shorthair, who was born as a pet cat, has nothing to say. Its cuteness has long been recognized, especially the pair of all-inclusive eyeliners that are better than girls. How many people envy it when it was born with its own beauty and makeup. fade. Silver tabby, two front paws are white glove color, he is the calmest of the three cats, he is lying on his side and licking his fur.
"Pretty?" Lin Lan patted the cage lightly and said to the staff as if showing off.
"NICE! The store manager has a good eye!" Song Xinmin praised, it's not easy to find such a good-looking cat among a bunch of stray cats.
However, as wild cats, they are not necessarily suitable for staying in the teahouse. When Xiao Song thought about this question, he heard the sound of a truck engine from outside the door.
At the door of the small building, a container truck of a moving company stopped.
Along with the moving company, there was Bai Fumei who rented a suite yesterday.
"It's her." As a stranger who found an agency to rent a house together, Song Xinmin certainly had an impression. The other party agreed to the rent when he rented the house yesterday, and he was deeply impressed by the arrogance that he didn't say a few words of bargaining. Xiao Song was still very sad compared to his ripped mouth in order to reduce the rent a little more.
Lin Lan glanced at him, didn't speak, stepped forward and took a few steps closer to the gate, looking out.
The girl changed another set of clothes today. It was a brown-red fur coat. She was dragging a small 20-inch suitcase in her hand, and she was talking to someone from the moving company with her free finger pointing at the stairs. , I could hear her voice faintly.
"It's the second floor... The one on the far left... Come with me... I will put things wherever I say... "
With a slightly arrogant but unaware tone, a typical rich lady who is accustomed to being spoiled.
Why would you come to live here when the Chinese New Year is approaching
The author has something to say:
Human employees, there are.
Cat staff, there is a new arrival.