Chapter 3 Cat-themed café

The Leisure Time Cafe is a small retro building located in Cheongdam-dong that completely imitates European style.

The walls are imitations of old wall tiles, and the whole small building looks like a medieval castle that has been stained by time. Downstairs were planted with vines that covered half the wall, and these verdant plants spread up the roots of the wall to the small balcony on the second floor. If you look closely, you can see that the vines are scattered with small flower buds, and in a few days they will bloom all over the walls.

This plant was found with the help of his grandfather, who lived in the UK, and has the characteristics of ivy, creeper and rose, not only in all seasons, but also in a long flowering period and a wide variety of flowers.

Walking into the café is like walking into the castle of a small town in Europe, with all kinds of green plants and black, tawny and coffee decorations intertwined, retro wall lamps, quaint fireplaces covered with pebbles, small round tables and small rugs with ethnic characteristics in front of the fireplace, and wooden rocking chairs.

Most of the tables and chairs in the store are made of pure wood, all of which are customized by someone, Li Shenxing picked out some of the styles they provided, and drew a few drawings by himself, the styles of the tables and chairs are all imitation Western European retro style, which looks antique.

The café is full of wooden bookshelves, which are made of solid wood and give it a sense of heaviness.

There are many kinds of books on the shelves, some of which are brought by café regulars, some are picked up from bookstalls in thrift markets, and some are English-language books and magazines that Li Shenxing asked his uncle in England to help send.

Uncle once joked about whether he wanted to bring you a few Playboys, but Li Shenxing blocked him angrily.

Most of the books here have been read by Li Shenxing, and if you go to read them, you can also find Li Shenxing's experience or insights.

Most of the indoor plants are potted plants, and on the table are good-growing succulents and aquatic desmodiums, bumper incense and some cute little flowers. In the corners and on the pillars, there are spider plants and pothos, and of course, in order to prevent mosquitoes, some more beautiful insectivorous plants such as apple pitcher plant, small sun bottle grass, and bell pitcher plant are also planted.

In the special corner, there are all kinds of cute cat kennels, pet toys such as cat climbing frames. There is also a small row of cat grass planted in the corner of the cat nest.

Li Shenxing also deliberately found some formulas to prepare a lot of this kind of deodorizing potion, and asked the waiter to spray it when cleaning, although cats have undergone some training and will not defecate in the open, but cats' saliva and the like will have some taste.

Park Min Ah, a single mother with a 12-year-old son, is the manager of a coffee shop, and she is not too pretty, but she feels very gentle and intellectual. The café's current achievements since its opening are due to her outstanding management skills and superb coffee brewing skills.

In the second year of opening, Li Shenxing transferred 15% of the shares of the coffee shop to Park Minya, giving her full management, and Park Minya did not disappoint Li Shenxing, and the daily performance of the coffee shop is the best proof.

In addition to good coffee, there is also a relaxed atmosphere and cute cats, if time permits, you can read a book, listen to music, tease the cats, or empty your head and spend most of the day leisurely.

Of course, the food here is also a big attraction for customers, Canadian maple syrup hot muffins, French muffins, Belgian waffles, dorayaki, bagels, Italian chabaon, Napoleon cakes, lava cakes, tea fruits, grass cakes, yokan are so dazzling that the menu changes every once in a while, so many food lovers like to come here because you will find surprises here from time to time.

Driving to the outside of the café, Li Shenxing parked the car, took out the cardboard box and locked the car and walked into the store.

"Hello President, do you need help?" said Mi-young, a veteran employee of the coffee shop, who has been sweet and cute since its opening, and is very popular with young men.

"No need, Meiying help me call Sister Minya, and bring a cup of Blue Mountain by the way" said and walked to the backyard.

Behind the café there is a small courtyard that is not open to the public, with a lawn and a stone-paved path on the ground, some plants planted on the wall, and a wooden pavilion in the middle of the yard, where you can drink coffee and the cats will come out to bask in the sun when the weather is nice.

There are two rooms on the left side of the courtyard, one is a warehouse, one is a staff lounge, and the remaining one is a relatively large place for entertaining friends and Han Minya's usual office, which is elegantly furnished.

On the red brick wall, a few soft and comfortable sofas in the middle surround a glass square table, on which a potted plant is placed, on one wall is a Bogu shelf, on which some of his works are placed, and the other two sides are hung with landscape photos taken by him traveling around.

Mount Fuji in Japan, the Grand Canyon in the United States, the South Island in New Zealand, Palm Beach in Florida, the Golden Temple in India, the Rocky Mountains in Canada, Ayers Rock in Australia, Mayan monuments in Mexico, Inca ruins in Peru, Niagara Falls, Petra in Jordan, the pyramids in Egypt, Venice on the water, the Great Wall of China, etc., looking at the beautiful scenery, people are so envious, I can't wait to take a trip right away.

Entering the room, the cardboard box is placed on the floor, the plant on the table is moved to the wall, the utility knife is used to cut the tape on the cardboard box, the box is opened, and all the confetti on it is removed.

At this time, Han Minya walked in with coffee, "Sister Minya came over to take the handle" and put the coffee away, and Li Shenxing carefully moved the model out and put it on the square table, after checking that the model was not damaged, sat on the sofa and chatted with Han Minya about the recent situation and performance of the coffee shop while drinking coffee.

Although I come to the café every week to have coffee and relax, I don't interfere with the affairs of the café. Park Min-ah has blocked his face and said many times, he is the shopkeeper, and he is too thorough.

Park Min-ah didn't treat her in the lounge and went to the front hall to help, because it was the peak time for lunch, and she had to change shifts to give lunch to the employees, so the staff was too busy.

“Iwasdoublingovertheloadonmyshoulders

WasaweightIcarriedwithmeeveryday”

Not long after Park Minya left, Li Shenxing's mobile phone rang, and when he took it out, he saw that it was this brother calling.

"Oh~!, Brother Shi, why did you call me, miss me?" As soon as they were connected, Li Shenxing teased the other party.

"Stinky boy, every one is right all day, where are you? Liu Zaishi scolded with a smile.

"What can I do? Can't I talk on the phone? I'm in a café in Cheongdam-dong. ”

"I'll go over to you later, now I still have a show to shoot, I can get to you at about four o'clock in the afternoon, and I'll tell you when I arrive, now I'll go and get busy first, you just wait in the café, that's it, hang up." Liu crackled in the stone and finished speaking, and hung up.

“”

"Oops, it's really worthy of being an MC, this mouth is really like a machine gun, and I didn't even have a chance to interject. Li Shenxing shook his head speechlessly.

"It's still early, why don't you go and see Xiaoli?"

The phone rang several times before it was connected.

"Anihassai Yo ~ Be cautious of Oba, Hyorioni is not convenient to answer the phone right now. Jin Youlan's voice came.

"Oh ~ little pig ~ Has Hyori had lunch?"

"I did, but I didn't eat much. ”

"Well, didn't you eat the pastries you brought, where are you?"

Knowing that the place where Xiaoli was filming was not very far from here, Li Shenxing decided to go over and have a look, but since he was going to visit the class, he couldn't go there empty-handed.

I picked up my mobile phone, walked to the front kitchen, picked out a few cakes that Xiaoli likes to eat, packed them and took them away, and bought some drinks for visiting the class in the small supermarket I passed by.

After shopping, I drove directly to the location that the little pig told me.