Xingnian Tea House

Chapter 82

On June 6th, Qiao Xingnian woke up early in the morning, washed up, and made breakfast.

Jiang Mohan came out of the room with sleepy eyes, looked at Qiao Xingnian who was busy in the kitchen, and said, "Xiao Nian, why did you get up so early today?"

"Brother, if you have no other arrangements this weekend, just follow me to the store. Liu Man and Liu Meng have left. I will be alone with the interns, so I may be too busy."

"They left? When did they leave?"

Ever since he knew the identity of Qiao Xingnian, Jiang Mohan also knew the identities of Liu Man and Liu Meng, so he understood what it meant for them to leave.

"Last night, I sent the shuttle bus they made."

Qiao Xingnian took out the fried dough sticks and turned off the fire.

Jiang Mohan nodded, and said, "It's fine to leave, after drinking Meng Po soup, you can start a new life."

Qiao Xingnian came over with fried dough sticks, put them on the dining table, and said, "Once the two of them leave, the store will become even more busy. I called Nanzhou yesterday and asked him to bring some classmates over. Part-time."

"I'm not on duty today, I'll go to the store with you." After Jiang Mohan finished speaking, he walked to the bathroom.

Qiao Xingnian said with a smile, "Brother is still the most reliable!"

"At most, I can help you on weekends. I can't solve the fundamental problem. It's better to train them as soon as possible and start working early, otherwise you will be tired."

"I'm already training, but for the sake of the tea house's reputation, I can't pass the assessment and let them make tea. I don't want to lose the big because of small things."

As Qiao Xingnian said, he poured out the beaten soybean milk and brought it to the table.

"Buzzing buzzing", the phone on the table vibrated, Qiao Xingnian picked it up and looked at it, it was a text message from Lin Nanyue.

"Xingnian, have you had breakfast?"

Qiao Xingnian wiped his hands with a paper towel, and replied, "I just made it, and I haven't had time to eat it yet. Do you want to come together, Ayue?"

"The team will be very busy today, so I won't go there. See you later when you come to pick up Wu Hai."

"Okay, see you later."

Qiao Xingnian and Jiang Mohan drove to the store after breakfast, but they didn't expect that there was someone waiting at the door just after 08:30.

Qiao Xingnian got out of the car and saw that it was Gao Zhan, and said, "Gao Zhan, why are you here so early?"

Gao Zhan hid the breakfast in his hand behind his back, and said with some embarrassment: "I don't think Sister Man and Sister Meng have eaten breakfast these days, so they brought some when they came."

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "The two of them won't come to work from today on."

Gao Zhan was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Why don't you come to work?"

"They are my friends, not employees of the teahouse. They came to help because the number of customers in the teahouse suddenly skyrocketed and no suitable employees were recruited. Now that there are you in the store, there is no need for them to come to help."

This is Qiao Xingnian's explanation to the outside world.

Gao Zhan nodded and said, "So that's the case."

"I thank you for the breakfast on their behalf."

"You're welcome." Gao Zhan scratched his head embarrassingly, and said, "Boss, will they come to the tea house in the future?"

"They probably won't come in the short term. They have gone abroad to Africa."

"Africa?"

"Well, they like to travel around. I'll talk about things later, and I'll open the door first."

Qiao Xingnian opened the door and started to pack things. Seeing Gao Zhan stepped forward to help, he said, "Go and eat your breakfast. You won't be able to eat when it's time for work."

"Okay, then I'll go to the lounge to eat."

Qiao Xingnian looked at Gao Zhan who was going upstairs, his eyes flickered. No one touched anything in the closet until he got off work yesterday. It is very likely that as he expected, the thing embedded in it was a monitor.But it's also possible that the person didn't have a chance to dismantle it, so he had to give them enough time today to test out what it was.

In order to record the evidence, after he came back from the police station yesterday afternoon, he bought a pinhole camera and installed it on the corner of the wardrobe. If the person came to dismantle it, he would definitely be able to capture it.

At 08:30, everyone had arrived. Qiao Xingnian talked about Liu Man and Liu Meng again, and at the same time made a division of labor among the five people.

Lin Nanzhou brought his classmates over to help, because he came more often, and after being trained by Liu Man and Liu Meng, Lin Nanzhou was also considered a half-skilled worker, and he soon put himself into busy work.

Qiao Xingnian planned to go to the police station to pick up Wu Hai, but a group of customers suddenly came to the store, and the individual customer area was quickly filled, and there was only one private room left.Without Liu Man and Liu Meng, Qiao Xingnian was the only one who could make tea in the shop. In desperation, he could only ask Jiang Mohan to pick him up. Before he went, he called Lin Nanyue and asked him to send Wu Hai to the police station. The bureau, hand it over to Jiang Mohan.

"Boss, where are Sister Man and Sister Meng?"

Seeing that Liu Man and Liu Meng did not show up, familiar customers asked curiously.

"Oh, the two of them are my friends, not the salespersons of the tea house. There was not enough manpower a while ago, so I asked them to come over to help. Now that there are enough manpower, they won't come."

"So that's how it is. Sister Man and Sister Meng are so nice, and I'm really reluctant to see them in the future."

"They have gone on a trip, maybe they will come back after a while."

"It's true." The regular customer said with a smile: "If you say that Boss Qiao is good at picking salesmen, the new recruits are all eye-catching, and they make me feel happy when I look at them."

Qiao Xingnian joked: "Your words really make people sad. I thought you came to drink tea because the tea is delicious, but I didn't expect it to be because you are good-looking."

The regular customer quickly said: "At the beginning, it was for the sake of people. I wanted to see if Boss Qiao was as handsome as in the video. After I came here, I drank tea. I didn't expect that tea could be so fragrant. There is also the atmosphere of the tea house. Drinking tea , chatting, tasting books, and my impetuous heart calmed down. It is very comfortable and peaceful here, which is why I like to come here."

"That's right, that's right, this young lady spoke my heart out."

"Me too, me too!"

Everyone responded one after another.

"You don't know, when I was in high school, I was very biased in subjects. Almost all science subjects were full marks, but liberal arts subjects could only reach the pass line. The most annoying thing was the "Zhe Ye" in Chinese textbooks. Ever since I came to the teahouse, I heard people talk about "Journey to the West" and "A Dream of Red Mansions", I listened to them with great interest, and when I got home and read them, I found them quite interesting, and now I read them every night before going to bed."

"Me too. A few days ago, I flipped through the "Book of Changes" by the Tea House. Looking at the dense annotations on it, it was like discovering a new world. I was completely fascinated by this mysterious ancient book."

"And me, I especially like suspense novels. Here is the one I've always wanted but couldn't buy. I can communicate with people with the same hobbies through writing. It feels like meeting a bosom friend. , It’s amazing! Every time I come, I will take that book and see if there are any new messages.”

……

Qiao Xingnian watched them speak seriously, and was very pleased that his hard work had paid off and changed so many people.

"Boss Qiao, expand the scale of the teahouse and put it on the agenda. I don't want to have to wait for several days every time I come. It's too painful."

"Yes, yes, the scheduled time is getting longer and longer, and now I don't drink tea for a day, and I feel uncomfortable all over."

Qiao Xingnian said with a smile; "I'm already looking for a store, but there are not enough manpower now, and the new salespersons have to go through strict training before they can work, so the delay will be a little longer, please be patient."

Everyone was chatting with Qiao Xingnian, time passed by quietly like running water, and it was already noon in a blink of an eye.

Jiang Mohan led Wu Hai into the teahouse.

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "Brother, Wu Hai, you are back."

Jiang Mohan explained: "The road is a bit congested, and I was delayed for a while. How is it, are you busy?"

"They are all regular customers. Please forgive me for making tea by myself. I never rush you. I am busy."

"That's good." Jiang Mohan nodded.

Qiao Xingnian looked at Wu Hai and said, "You haven't rested all day, go to the lounge to rest first, and I'll introduce you when I have free time."

Wu Hai nodded, turned around and went upstairs.

Gao Zhan came to Qiao Xingnian's side and asked in a low voice, "Boss, was that the salesperson before the teahouse?"

Qiao Xingnian looked at him and said, "Well, something happened and I asked for a period of leave."

Gao Zhan scratched his head and murmured, "Why does he look familiar to me?"

Qiao Xingnian paused, and said, "When he asked for leave, you hadn't come to work in the store yet, so you probably don't know him."

"I don't know him. I just think I've seen him somewhere." Gao Zhan wrinkled slightly, thinking about where he met Wu Hai.

Huang Qinglan came over with a tray, and asked bluntly, "Boss, was that the salesperson from the previous teahouse?"

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "What's the matter, is there a problem?"

"Boss, give me your phone."

Qiao Xingnian was startled, then took out the phone and handed it to him.

Huang Qinglan tapped on Qiao Xingnian's phone, handed it back quickly, and said, "Boss, read this news."

Qiao Xingnian looked down at the phone curiously, and Wu Hai's photo came into view first, followed by dazzling words, full of abuse, and some even said that he was going to set fire to Wu Hai's house to clean up the cancer for the society.

The more he watched, the tighter Qiao Xingnian frowned, and the cyber violence became a murderous knife again, slashing at the victims of the cyber violence invisibly, until they were hacked to pieces and even lost their lives, maybe they could be calmed down.

Seeing that Qiao Xingnian had finished reading the news, Huang Qinglan said, "Boss, many people say that he doesn't love himself. He must have some kind of dirty disease. If people know that he is a salesperson in our shop, it may affect the business of our teahouse."

Gao Zhan came back to his senses and said, "Yes, yes, that's it. I said he looks so familiar, so I saw his picture on the Internet."

Qiao Xingnian said without hesitation: "This news is fake."

"How do you know it's fake?" Huang Qinglan paused for a moment, then continued: "Even if we know it's fake, but other people don't think so, if this matter really gets out, our tea house may suffer heavy losses."

Qiao Xingnian looked at the individual travelers downstairs, and there were already people talking about it, his brows were furrowed tighter, and he said, "I see."

Huang Qinglan didn't seem to expect Qiao Xingnian's reaction to be so light-hearted, and said, "Boss, you have to pay attention to this matter, otherwise the tea house may be destroyed in one fell swoop."

"I see." Qiao Xingnian repeated what he had just said.

Seeing this, Huang Qinglan didn't say any more, and continued with the work at hand.

When the few people were talking, Jiang Mohan was by his side, so he naturally took the news into his eyes, and said with concern: "Xiao Nian, what happened?"

During this period of time, Jiang Mohan has been focusing on his work and didn't pay much attention to what's going on in the teahouse. In addition, he doesn't like surfing the Internet very much, so he doesn't know anything about Wu Hai.

"Wu Hai encountered some trouble."

Now is not the time to explain, Qiao Xingnian just explained briefly.

Before Jiang Mohan could speak, another boy stood up among the tea guests and walked towards Qiao Xingnian.

Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian said, "Is there anything I need?"

The boy handed over the phone and whispered, "Boss, is he the one who went up just now?"

Qiao Xingnian looked down and asked without answering, "Do you believe what it says?"

The boy froze for a moment, and said, "This...isn't it true?"

"No." Qiao Xingnian didn't say too much, but comforted him: "Don't worry, I will be responsible for my employees and all the guests here, and he will call the police later, and the police will intervene in this matter Before the conclusion of this matter is reached, don't jump to conclusions, can you?"

The boy nodded and said, "Okay, I trust the boss."

"Thank you."

"It's okay." The boy blushed and turned back to his seat.

Qiao Xingnian glanced at the tea customers in the individual guest area, seeing that they were still discussing in low voices, he couldn't help but raise his voice and said, "There is something that has been bothering me recently, and I would like to ask you for advice."

There was a silence in the teahouse, and someone answered the conversation: "If there is anything, Boss Qiao might as well tell it."

Qiao Xingnian put down the tea set in his hand and said, "Today's tea drinkers are mostly young people, and many of them are still students at school. I want to ask if you were bullied by your classmates at school? That's what we often call campus bullies." Ling, have you encountered this before?"

Qiao Xingnian's voice fell, and everyone looked at each other. The boy who answered the conversation before asked, "Why did Boss Qiao suddenly ask this?"

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "Because I have encountered it, and it has lasted almost throughout my entire student days."

Everyone was startled, they didn't expect Qiao Xingnian, who was always gentle, to have such an experience.

"Boss Qiao is such an excellent person. He should have been a good student when he was a student. Why did he encounter bullying on campus?"

The one who spoke was a slightly fat girl, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses. Seeing everyone looking at him, she seemed a little nervous, and instinctively lowered her head.

"Because my ears can't hear."

Qiao Xingnian glanced at everyone present, and then said: "I suddenly lost my hearing, my mother was at a loss, in order not to be discriminated against by others, and because of the family's financial difficulties, she didn't go through the transfer procedures for me.

But after a long time, others will always find out that bullying comes with it.Because of my good academic performance, the school acquiesced in my existence, but the people around me also became worse because of this.

My desk is often stuffed with various things, beetles, cockroaches, and even feces.My textbooks are always lost for no reason, and my homework is torn to pieces in a blink of an eye.

It’s nothing, they beat me, humiliated me, and tried their best to make me despair, because they will be satisfied when they see this, because they base their happiness on my pain. "

The topic was a bit heavy, and the people in the store looked at Qiao Xingnian with distressed eyes.

"Have you ever had such an experience?" Qiao Xingnian said with an encouraging smile on his face, "If you have, tell me, I am willing to listen to your story, and we are all willing to listen."

Qiao Xingnian's experience and smile encouraged the girl just now, and she mustered up the courage to say: "I have."

Qiao Xingnian looked over and said gently, "Don't be afraid, if you have anything to say, just say it."

The girl straightened her glasses, nervously held the cup in her hand, and said: "I... I am not good-looking, and... I am a little fat. I have been isolated since I was a child. Every time they call me, they call me "ugly". ", or call me "fatty"..."

Qiao Xingnian looked at the girl and said: "Your eyes are beautiful, but they are covered by glasses, and you are not confident enough, so people can't see your beauty. Of course, compared to external beauty, people should Pay more attention to the heart.

Because no matter how beautiful your skin is, you will grow old one day.What you have to do is to enrich yourself with knowledge, improve your inner self-cultivation, and make yourself confident, so that people can discover your beauty. "

"Are my eyes good-looking?" The girl couldn't help but reached out and took off her glasses.

Qiao Xingnian nodded affirmatively and said, "It looks good."

"It's really pretty." People around also cast kind eyes and gave the girl encouragement.

Those two simple words made the girl's eyes blush and she said, "Thank you, thank you."

Qiao Xingnian picked up the teapot at hand, poured a cup of tea, looked at Gao Zhan beside him, and said, "Give it to the girl."

Gao Zhan nodded, and brought the teacup to the girl's side.

"This is fruit tea. I made it myself. It's sweet. Drink a cup when you're in a bad mood. It should relieve you. Try it."

The girl nodded, took a sip from the teacup, and said, "It's delicious, much better than the milk tea outside, thank you!"

"Anyone else want to talk?" Qiao Xingnian glanced at everyone.

"I... I was bullied too." The boy who had talked to Qiao Xingnian before also spoke.

Qiao Xingnian looked over and said, "Why are they bullying you?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I don't know either, maybe I'm a transfer student."

"You should be in college now, did this happen in high school?"

"Well, I'm very glad that when I transferred to another school, it was the second half of the second semester of senior high school. I only survived for a year, and I was out of the sea of ​​suffering." The boy was obviously relieved.

"How did they bully you?"

"United classmates exclude me, destroy my things, tear up my homework and so on."

"Have you talked to your parents or teachers?"

"I've said it. It's just that the teacher and parents always thought it was a joke between classmates. If they talk too much, they will say that I make excuses for not studying hard. As time goes by, I will stop talking." The boy's eyes flashed disappointed emotion.

"Just like what my mother said at the time, the indifference of parents and teachers, and our submissiveness are the reasons for their intensification. Therefore, if you encounter bullying again in the future, you must know how to resist and let those who bully you know, You are not easy to bully."

Another girl said: "If they resist, they will go too far, so what should they do?"

"At the beginning, I heard what my mother said, and I thought it would be over if I endured it, but I didn't expect them to get worse. From then on, I understood that forbearance would not stop them from bullying. I started to resist and broke two ribs as an excuse. Let them understand that I am not easy to bully, and since then, they dare not bully me again."

Everyone couldn't help being startled when they heard the words. They didn't expect such a gentle and refined person to fight sometimes.

"I am not advocating that you do illegal things by saying this, but I just want to tell you that when you are bullied, resistance is the only way out.

If you try your best to resist and still can't get them to stop bullying, find a way to save evidence and call the police.The deterrent effect of the police is much stronger than that of teachers and parents. "

"Even if they call the police, they are all underage, and the police will not do anything to them."

"Maybe the law can't do anything about him, but once the police are alerted, the school and parents will pay attention, so even if they want to bully you, they have to weigh it."

Everyone fell into deep thought. Qiao Xingnian could tell that these young people should have been bullied to some extent. This kind of bullying was not only physical beating, but also mental exclusion.

"People always think in their hearts, "What kind of bad thoughts can a child have?"; "He is still so young, it is inevitable to do wrong things"; "As long as he is taught well, he will definitely change."

Little do they know that good and evil do not depend on age. The perpetrators of school bullying know what they are doing and what harm they will cause to others. They rely on the inherent ideas of adults. "

Everyone listened quietly, thinking carefully about Qiao Xingnian's words.

Qiao Xingnian glanced at the crowd and said with a smile: "Today's topic is a bit heavy, I have no other intentions, I just want to give those students who have nothing to say a chance to speak their minds.

You should have noticed that there are some blank notebooks on the bookshelf. If you have concerns or confusion and don’t know who to confide in, you can write them in the notebooks without signature.I will check regularly and reply. "

Everyone looked at the bookshelf and found the notebook Qiao Xingnian was talking about.

The boy who asked the question just now said: "Boss Joe, can I have a taste of the fruit tea you made?"

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Of course. If anyone wants to try it, just ask."

"I'll have a drink."

"I'll have a drink too!"

"Life is too bitter, I need sweetness!"

"Uh..." Seeing this, Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "Okay, today we have a drink for everyone, I'll treat you."

"Thank you, Boss Joe!"

Jiang Mohan looked at the busy Qiao Xingnian, and thinking about what he said just now, he couldn't help feeling distressed.He could think that it must have been difficult for him before, but he never thought that it would be this difficult.

"Xiao Nian, why don't you ever mention these things to me?"

"It's been so many years, and I've come out a long time ago. If I hadn't encountered something recently, I wouldn't have mentioned it."

Jiang Mohan hurriedly asked after hearing the words: "What happened?"

"It's not me, it's Wu Hai." Qiao Xingnian picked up a cup of tea, handed it to Jiang Mohan, and said, "Brother, this matter is a long story, I will tell you in detail after I get off work."

Hearing that it wasn't Qiao Xingnian's accident, Jiang Mohan heaved a sigh of relief, took a sip from the teacup, the mouthfeel was full of fruity aroma and a touch of sweetness, followed by the aroma of tea, the taste was distinct and extremely sweet!

Jiang Mohan couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and said, "It's delicious!"

Not only Jiang Mohan, but also the individual customers in the store, whoever drank the fruit tea were still unsatisfied, asking about the price and how to brew it.

Qiao Xingnian quickly said: "I don't buy much fruit tea, only ten catties in total, so I won't take it out for now. If you drink it in the store, it costs 58 yuan a pot."

Everyone scanned the QR code to place orders, and Qiao Xingnian, who had just rested for a while, started to get busy again.

While waiting, many individual travelers picked up the notebooks on the bookshelf one after another, and returned to their seats to write seriously.

Some wrote very short, no more than two or three lines in total, and quickly put the notebook back in place.Some wrote a few pages eloquently, and didn't finish writing until they left.

There are also older tea drinkers who pick up pens after the young tea drinkers finish writing.They are middle-aged, with too many things on their shoulders, and they will not easily reveal their hearts.But if you can talk about it with confidence, I believe no one will refuse.

The five newly recruited people couldn't help being infected by the harmonious scene in the store. Even though they were busy, they didn't feel tired at all. Probably this is the reason for their happy mood.

Wu Hai didn't know what happened downstairs. He was lying on the bed in the lounge at this moment, looking at those unsightly words.

He raised the corners of his lips and said quietly: "The world is not worth it!"