While wiping the table, Xia Zhi raised his head and looked at where the store manager was at the counter. The store manager had just hung up the call he received. Xia Zhi didn't know why the store manager would put it at the counter of a coffee shop that didn't serve food.
A landline phone, that thing rings really noisily.
"Well, there will be a girl coming over later. She is here to work. She called me yesterday and contacted me. When she comes, you can take her to clean the store first. My wife called me and said
Xiaoyao is about to get out of school and she wants me to pick her up."
The store manager is a middle-aged man who is fairly cleanly dressed. He doesn't look strong, and his chin is never shaved clean. He looks like a decadent uncle. But this uncle is actually a married man.
Xia Zhi had seen his wife. Unlike the depressed uncle, his wife was a pretty beauty, while the uncle was just an ordinary-looking middle-aged man. He really couldn't understand her.
As for Xiaoyao, she is the daughter of the store manager's uncle. She seems to be five years old now. She has inherited the beauty of the store manager's wife and her voice is soft. If she wanders around a place like Akihabara by herself, she will probably
It must have attracted the attention of many obese nerds. No, that's for sure. If you want to ask why, once the little girl fell asleep in a coffee shop, Xia Zhi carried her to a cubicle inside to sleep. Fortunately, Xia Zhi liked it more.
Girls of the same age saved themselves from jail.
The disturbing thing is... Xiaoyao likes to pester Xia Zhi more and more when she comes here to play recently. Because the store manager often leaves her to play alone in the store, while he goes outside to participate in various
The strange activities forced Xia Zhi to take care of her while working.
Recently, the store manager has often complained that his daughter has grown up and is no longer willing to get close to him. When Xia Zhi heard this, he almost raised a mop and threw it at his head.
"Anyway, I'll leave it to you! I have to pick up Xiaoyao, and then I have to go to Les Mills's concert. For dinner, just make it as usual. I'll be back at about seven o'clock in the evening. Well, goodbye!
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The store manager ran out of the store in a hurry, looking like a fat nerd. Oh, the store manager is not actually fat, so he is just a nerd.
Today is Tuesday, and this store is a little far away from the nearby school, so there are not many people usually, so Xia Zhi didn’t complain, he can take care of it by himself. If the store manager dares to run out on Saturday, Xia Zhi will
I felt like I might blow the store manager's head off.
There were not many people in the store today, only a few scattered customers, and Xia Zhi was happy and relaxed. Standing at the counter, Xia Zhi easily dealt with the few customers. At this time, the store door opened, and the bell rang.
There was a noise. A girl walked in with long black hair hanging behind her. She was wearing a white school uniform and a black skirt. She was holding a handbag in her hand and looked very reserved.
Xia Zhi knew this school uniform. Yuhua Private Girls High School was a well-known high school in Chiba, and it was quite far away from this coffee shop. Xia Zhi was a little surprised why students from Yuhua High School would go there.
Come to the coffee shop here.
"Welcome, are you alone? This way, please."
Xia Zhi pointed to the available spot, right in front of the counter.
The girl yelled, obviously startled, and then quickly and elegantly walked to the seat in front of the front desk and put her bag on the table.
"What do you need?"
"Well, I'm sorry. I'm here to work. I should have called before..."
The girl's voice was so small that Xia Zhi could only barely hear it.
"So it's you..." Xia Zhi blinked and glanced around again, "It just so happens that there are no guests right now, so come here."
After saying that, Xia Zhi walked out from the counter and walked towards the workroom nearby.
"Ah, yes!" He stood up hurriedly. After taking two steps, he remembered that he didn't take his handbag, so he hurriedly walked back, picked up the handbag, and quickly followed Xia Zhi.
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Opening the door of the workroom, there was actually nothing inside. There was a work table with a computer on it, and next to it were two white, iron cabinets with a total of twenty doors. But Xia Zhi didn't think so at all.
I don’t think this thing is of any use. The cabinet is not big, but Xia Zhi only has a school bag, and one cabinet door is completely enough.
"This is the workroom. The changing room is over there, but there are no women's uniforms right now, so it may take a few days."
"Ah, yes."
It seems a little too nervous... Xia Zhi thought.
"Let me ask a question..."
"Excuse me."
The girl looked nervous.
"Well, um, my name is Xia Zhi, what's yours?"
"My name is Mayumi, Maeda Mayumi, I am a sophomore at Yuhua High School..."
The girl spoke so fast that Xia Zhi's brain almost couldn't process what she said, but he understood one thing.
"Yes. Miss Maeda, please calm down first and don't be too nervous."
Xia Zhi tried to comfort her, but the girl showed a depressed mood after hearing this.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I'm too nervous."
"I originally wanted to ask you if you had any work experience...but I probably already know that."
"Yes... I'm sorry."
Xia Zhi sighed.
"Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong." Xia Zhi thought about it for a moment. Anyway, there weren't many guests today, so let her take care of things for the time being. "If Miss Maeda has no work experience, let's observe it carefully today.
Well. You have to make good preparations."
"Is that okay?" Mayumi heard this, maybe feeling embarrassed.
"It's okay, it's okay. There aren't many customers these days. I can handle it by myself."
Mayumi bowed low and said, "I'm very sorry that I couldn't help." Natsuki waved his hand. The Japanese people are really troublesome. They just have to accept other people's good intentions honestly.
Natsuki took Mayumi out of the workroom and asked her to sit at a free table.
"Coffee or black tea, which one do you want?"
Natsuki asked Mayumi, who sat in her seat with a surprised look on her face.
"Me? But I didn't order anything..."
"This is for you. The store manager doesn't care about this at all." Xia Zhi didn't care at all. He had been doing this for two months.
"Thank you, thank you. Please give me a cup of black tea."
"Would you like some ice? It's quite hot today."
"Ah, no need, that's all."
"Okay, wait a moment."
Xia Zhiti boiled water in a pot and prepared cups and tea leaves in advance. Seeing that the water was almost boiling, he opened the lid of the pot, sprinkled some black tea leaves into it, and continued to heat it over a warm fire. This is a very rough brewing method.
It is also the most widely applicable method and can quickly produce finished products above standard. Some people have also said that you can heat tea and cold water together, but the boss said that is not recommended. As for why, Xia Zhi didn't bother to ask.
Before the black tea was ready, Xia Zhi took out the dinner plate, cut a piece of matcha cake and put it on it. He found that among the various desserts in the store, the matcha cake made by the store manager was the most popular, Xia Zhi also
He tasted it, but he couldn't tell the difference between what the store manager made and what was sold outside. However, Xia Zhi didn't like desserts very much, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but he also wrote down this popular cake.
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Pour the black tea into the cup, put the cake and black tea on the plate, and take it to Mayumi.
"Hey, this cake?"
"The store manager made it himself. Judging from the feedback, it should be very good. Just like black tea, I treat you to it."
Mayumi no longer knew what to do, so she could only say thank you again.
Xia Zhi found it particularly interesting to look at the nervous girl. Even though he had been in Japan for several months, this was the first time he had seen such a restrained girl. He thought that a tutor would be good, and his family background should be good as well.
But why would such a girl come to work? Xia Zhi was a little curious. But he would not ask out loud because he was in a foreign country, and Xia Zhi would not do anything unnecessary.
At this time, two more girls came into the store, and Xia Zhi walked over to receive them, but he did not notice Mayumi's eyes staring at him.
Time was passing, and there were fewer and fewer people in the store. Xia Zhi looked at the time and saw that it was already half past five. It was already the time for most families to prepare dinner.
Xia Zhi himself planned to eat in the studio of the store, because his working hours did not end until nine o'clock in the evening, but he did not know what the new colleague was like. So he walked to Mayumi's table, but
I found that the girl was studying with a textbook. All the black tea in the cup had been drunk, all the cakes had been eaten, and the knives and forks were neatly placed together.
"Yo. Are you studying?"
"Ah!? No, no, no, I'm sorry! I'll sort it out right away."
"Don't be nervous. Did I say you won't be allowed to study here? Yuhua High School is really hard."
Natsuki sat down opposite Mayumi. Mayumi could no longer continue reading.
"Ms. Maeda, when are your working hours scheduled?"
"When will it be scheduled?" Mayumi looked confused.
"Well, it means from what time to what time does your part-time job start?"
"Oh, that's what it means. I finish school at three o'clock in the afternoon, and it's almost four o'clock when I get here. My working hours are from Monday to Saturday, two hours a day." Mayumi thought about her arrangements.
"Do you mean to go home for dinner? Then I can just mind myself. Oh, by the way, how about the cake? Is it delicious? Do you want another one?"
"Ah, no, no, no."
Mayumi hurriedly waved her hand and refused, "I'm really sorry for eating and drinking without doing anything."
Xia Zhi sighed and smiled: "Actually, you really don't have to be so nervous. I am also a sophomore in high school this year. Like you, I am not an old man. Anyway, it is still a little while before six o'clock. Let me make you a cup of tea.
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After saying that, Xia Zhi stood up, but Mayumi was still stunned and didn't react. After a while, Xia Zhi came over with a black tea cup and placed it in front of Mayumi.
"Um, senior Xia Zhi..."
"I just said I'm the same age as you... just call me Xia Zhi."
"Well, Natsuki." Mayumi hesitated for a moment, then called out Natsuki's name, "Every coffee shop... is like this one, so, so..."
"So free? How is that possible? It's just that this store is special. Manager, you will know when you come tomorrow. Although he is a nerd, he is not a bad person."
Xia Zhi arranged for his own store manager and felt no pressure in his heart.
"It's just eating some cake. That person doesn't care about such small things."
"But, as a store clerk, it's not a good idea to do this, right?"
Mayumi asked cautiously.
Xia Zhi sneered.
"I will think about it when he stops leaving the clerk alone in the store and goes out to attend those weird parties."
Mayumi found that the coffee shop she applied for seemed a bit strange...