Chapter 16: The Woman with the Whip
Before leaving work, Flora found Yin Jie and asked if she could go with her to take the subway.
"Let's go, let's go!" Yin Jie waved his hand haughtily, "I'll treat you to ice cream." ”
Flora cheered happily in a low voice.
Walking from the company to the subway station, you will pass a small Cold Stone ice cream parlor on the way. This is one of Yin Jie's only favorite ice cream brands in China, and the other is DairyQueen (even a certain Gendas, which is popular with the public, is not on Miss Yin's list). ColdStone's large freezer usually displays a variety of large vats of ice cream, which customers can choose according to their taste, and the waiter fills the customer's selected ice cream onto the low-temperature circulation marble countertop and "stir-fried" it over and over again, adding various accessories of the customer's choice, such as: raisins, chocolate chips, cookie crumbs, nuts, cake crumbs, In the process of stir-frying, the air contained in the ice cream is squeezed out, and the whole body is detached from the original softness, and finally becomes dense and smooth in texture. It tastes quite textured.
The two of them sat in the red bar and tasted the ice cream in their hands. Yin Jie ordered rum ice cream + dark chocolate chips + brown rice, she filled half a spoonful of ice cream and gently put it into her mouth, the rich aroma of wine, slightly bitter and mellow chocolate, and the cold and flexible cream slowly melted in her mouth, she chewed the soft grains of brown rice with Q bombs, sighed with satisfaction and narrowed her eyes.
Flora chose the strawberry flavor + waffle crumble + nut crumbled that little girls like. This was her first time trying ColdStone, and she found that the taste was very different from the cute dreams she liked every day. She also loves the toughness of the ice cream. But it was obvious that Yin Jie's intoxicated look when she tasted the ice cream surprised her even more. In a trance, she seemed to see a big cat humming pleasantly. She looked at Yin Jie a little dazed.
"What's wrong?" Yin Jie, who had been intoxicated for a while, noticed Flora's strange appearance.
"You're not the same as you are on a regular day. Flora said sneeringly. Isn't it just different...
"Of course. Now is the time to enjoy food!" Yin Jie exaggeratedly raised his arms to the ceiling and said reverently, "Only food can live up to it!"
She took another scoop of ice cream and put it in her mouth. "By the way, you said that it's different from usual, what am I like usually?
"Although I don't swear, I always feel very harsh, especially harsh... We're all a little scared of you. ”
"Uh-huh, 'we'? Who are you with?"
"And Christina. She also feels that you are particularly harsh. She whispered to me, you seem to have a leather whip in your hand at any time, and if you don't work hard..."
This time, Yin Jie was stunned. She had never found a chance to talk to Mr. Ning about Christina's whereabouts. In her impression, Christina has always been a troublesome 'thorn', very stubborn, thinks too much when encountering problems, and always has negative guesses about the people and things around her. He also often refuses to communicate and is unwilling to compromise, no matter how he communicates with her, his left ear goes in and out of his right ear. How to integrate her into the team is a headache for Yin Jie... I didn't expect her to be a little afraid of herself? Haha, so she actually has feelings for this period of communication? It's good to have feelings! Yin Jie finally found a path that seemed feasible.
Uh-huh, okay, I'll take a look in this direction. Yin Jie laughed in his heart with a little wicked amusement.
But what the hell is a leather whip?
"This and this, it may not be appropriate to say that... ..., I should say that we are all a little afraid of you. I'm worried that if I don't make enough progress or make mistakes, I'll be taken to the conference room to talk alone. That feeling... It's still pretty scary. Flora said with trepidation.
Yin Jie thought about it seriously, he didn't seem to have done anything terrible, didn't he? Isn't it just that after calling them to the conference room alone, he pointed out the problem a little more directly, and his tone was a little more serious, and then... The evaluation of the project work is a little more detailed... Are children so fragile in their hearts?
But this kid has a lot of talent, and he actually knows how to give feedback in a roundabout way. Yin Jie was very surprised.
"That's it~~" She deliberately said with a serious attitude, "Flora child, you just need to work hard." If you pay attention to work efficiency and improve the quality of work, I am glad that it is too late. These requirements may seem a bit of a hassle now, but they can help you develop good work habits, and you can still benefit from them even if you leave Ningshi and work elsewhere one day. ”
Flora paused again. This, this, this... Just a few days after I joined the company, she was ready to let me leave? Could it be that she wasn't really satisfied with my work? It seems that Christina's idea is really crooked! Well, it seems that I can't listen to her anymore! I have to be more meticulous in my work, and I have to improve my efficiency!
This is really a beautiful misunderstanding.
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Back in his small courtyard, Yin Jie first said "hello" to the flower beds and the flowers and plants in the yard one by one. I don't know which book it looks like, but it is said that plants have aura, and if you are close to them and take care of them, their emotional belonging will be stronger, and they will grow better.
Look, those climbing vines are growing very strong. It's already the middle of September, and it's still blooming brilliantly, and the branches and leaves are spreading, naturally forming a thorny fence.
"True spirit!" Yin Jie praised with a smile.
The old pile honeysuckle planted in the large pot burst out with a lot of gold and silver buds. Two weeks ago, Yin Jie just collected a batch of unopened buds and dried them for his mother-in-law, but he didn't expect that the branches would be full of gold and silver in a few days. She smiled and stroked the heavy flower branches, and was very happy in her heart, this batch was picked and dried and could be given to the senior brother. He makes reports all day long, and he needs to take care of his throat.
The jasmine that was planted at the beginning of the year was still a little thin, but it also bloomed with small white and delicate flowers. As soon as I approached, my nose was filled with a sweet smell.
The osmanthus tree in the corner of the wall has also condensed its buds and bloomed, and the light yellow and slightly green young buds are hanging on the branches in clusters.
"Awesome! After flowering, you can cook osmanthus porridge, make osmanthus tea, make osmanthus candy... ”
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When he opened the door and entered the house, Yin Jie smelled a strong, appetizing fragrance. "Hah!"
She said in a loud voice, "Husband, I'm back." ”
The husband in a gray striped formal apron walked out of the kitchen, "Come back so early today?"
"It's a relatively early day. ”
"Well, wash your hands, face and change your clothes, and get ready to eat. ”
Yin Jie obediently washed up, then changed into a fuchsia T-shirt and light gray sweatpants, and immediately came to the kitchen, sniffing and applying to take the bowl and chopsticks to serve the food.
He Yuxin looked at her amusefully and kissed her lightly on her raised face.
"In a moment, go out quickly, worrying about your hair getting fumes. ”
Yin Jie quickly cleaned up the dining table.
He Yuxin is very talented in cooking. With the same ingredients, the same recipes, and the same conditions, what he makes is many times better than what others make. Compared with his miserable cooking skills, Yin Jie chose to give up the kitchen very smartly. And for many years, he has expressed his infinite admiration for Chef He's superb cooking skills. She always appreciates every dish made by Chef He, often intoxicated, and does not hesitate to pursue all kinds of beautiful words, which successfully stimulates He Yuxin's enthusiasm for active feeding. Of course, Yin Jie's weight pressure has also increased, and it is impossible for her to give up enjoying food because of this. Again, only food can't live up to it, isn't it? Anyway, He Yuxin often travels on business, and he has the opportunity to lose weight.
Today, He Yuxin made home-cooked pork and yellow stewed chicken wings, as well as light loofah soup, which is Yin Jie's favorite.
(If you ask what dishes she doesn't love, Yin Jie will definitely say that all the dishes her husband makes are her favorites!)
Pork is the most common dish, but not everyone can do it well. He Xin's back-to-the-pot meat is buttery and bright, the meat juice in the entrance is delicious but not greasy, and the green garlic with it is also tender and delicious, fragrant and fragrant, which is really a textbook-level work. Braised chicken wings are marinated properly, and after some cooking, the gravy is well sealed into the delicious chicken skin. When you bite into it, the chicken is delicious, and you can feel the juices splashing in your mouth.
The loofah is cooked just right. The ginger and garlic perfectly remove the earthy smell of the loofah itself, tender and refreshing, and the clear vegetable soup floats with wisps of egg flowers that are as thin as juan, and the entrance is mellow...
After the meal, Yin Jie frowned, suspecting that he had eaten too much again.
He Yuxin smiled secretly in his heart and put away the dishes and chopsticks into the sink. Then he took Yin Mingmen for a walk.
In the evening breeze, the two walked slowly on the streets of the community holding hands.
He Yuxin's hand was very big and thick, and he wrapped Yin Jie's fist in its entirety. Yin Jie especially likes to walk like this, and being held by his big palm like this, he feels inexplicably stable and calm in his heart.
She whispered today's news to He Xin, her voice was brisk, her eyebrows fluttered, and sometimes mixed with crisp laughter. If Flora was here, she would probably have to be stunned for a while.
"You say, you say, they say I have a whip in my hand at all times!
Listening to his beloved wife's delicate voice, He Yuxin felt very comfortable. Of course, he knows what kind of state his little wife is in at work. So, if you can let a strong career-oriented woman show her coquettish and dependent side, does this mean that her husband is more successful? .
"That's a bit of an exaggeration... Aren't you always having a headache with Christina's oil and salt?"
Yin Jie nodded and said softly:
"I feel like this debriefing will be good for her. Comparing the two ways of working before and now, and the different effects of these two ways of working, I think she should be able to judge herself in private. I hope she can make the right choice, and it will not be in vain for me to take painstaking efforts for this period of time. ”
Although I haven't had a serious discussion with Mr. Ning about Christina's whereabouts, as far as the current situation is concerned, Mr. Ning's position on her is still in the LS team. Since it is very likely that she will continue to stay, then try to guide her, it is really impossible to say more. Even if the LS project had a big problem in Christina's hands, even if Yin Jie's efforts proved to be unsuccessful in the end, proving that Christina was not suitable for the LS team, Yin Jie always felt that Mr. Ning would still not give up on her, and maybe would absorb her into other business teams. She became more and more curious about what kind of tacit understanding between the two men was. However, because of this invisible but obvious tacit understanding, Yin Jie did not want to turn Christina into his enemy unless he had to.
"I'm going to work harder in this direction in the future, and slowly her acceptance should improve. ”
"Well, you'll taste more sweetness too... And the leather whip. ”
Yin Jie was still nodding, but when he heard the latter sentence, he couldn't help but clench his little fist and hit He Yuxin.
He Yuxin laughed, reached out and took Yin Jie in his arms, and waited for Yin Jie to stop struggling before letting go. Yin Jie then hit him on the arm a few times "fiercely", He Yuxin frowned exaggeratedly, and screamed softly.
Yin Jie stopped, held his arm with both hands and massaged it a few times.
"Well, your little fist is really strong. It hurts so much. ”
The two continued to walk hand in hand. The sky gradually darkened, and the street lamps lit up one by one.
"I go to Nanjing on the weekends and have a little time to go out. What do you need to bring back?"
"If you have time, go to Han Fuxing to have a look, one salted duck and one braised duck, and bring some braised duck gizzards to my mother, don't bring too much. ”
"Okay. ”
The street lamps lit up softly and warmly, illuminating the leaves of the trees with a clear feeling. A fresh breeze blew, and the trees on the side of the road rustled their leaves. On the windowsills of the houses on both sides and by the courtyard walls, roses, moons, wisterias, and clematis also swayed in the wind. I don't know where the nightshade blooms, and the rich fragrance fills a large section of the street.
Out of this range, the smell of the night breeze becomes complicated, with the scent of grass, the sweetness of a little earth, the delicate fragrance of cloves, and it seems that it is going to rain. This smell reminded Yin Jie of the famous song "Rain Alley":
"Holding an oil-paper umbrella, alone
It's long, long
Lonely rain alley,
I hope to meet one
Lilacs are the same
A girl with a grudge.
She is
The color of lilacs,
The fragrance of cloves,
Lilac-like sorrow,
Wailing in the rain,
Complaining and hesitating..."
(Plain and elegant as cloves, extraordinary value and implicit but not revealed, how can it be matched with "grievances"?) The author appreciates Wang Shipeng's "Dotted Lips" by Wang Shipeng of the Southern Song Dynasty:
Fallen Wood Xiao Xiao,
Qiong Bao spit under the glazed leaves.
Plain fragrance and soft tree.
It is called a quiet person.
Unintentionally competing for the lead, Merrixiu was jealous.
With spring rain, there are thousands of sorrows.
It seems to remember the lord of Jiangnan. )