After boiling the water and making a pot of hot tea for the old tea, Zhang Zi'an put on his cotton clothes again and went out, carrying a big broom and shovel, and walked towards Sun Xiaomeng's clinic, and planned to retrieve the pets' breakfast from Uncle Li's shop on the way back.

At this time, most of the shops on this street have not yet opened, and naturally no one has cleared the snow in front of the shops. He walked forward with one foot deep and one shallow, breathing in the bitter cold, and gazing with pity at the office workers who were hurrying to squeeze the bus.

When he arrived at the pet clinic, he took a look inside, but he didn't see Sun Xiaomeng, probably she was in the treatment room. Long Xian at the back of the duty desk saw him, poured a cup of hot cocoa and brought it out.

"Store Manager Zhang has worked hard. Long Xian handed him the hot cocoa, "I heard Sister Xiaomeng say, you have to help us clear the snow, drink this cup of cocoa first to warm up and then sweep." ”

"Thank you. Zhang Zi'an put the big broom and shovel aside, and took a big sip of hot cocoa.

The sweet, hot, viscous liquid flows down the esophagus into the stomach, instantly driving the cold breath from the body on the way.

"It's delicious! it's so sweet!" he finished in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and handed her back the cup.

"Hehe, Sister Xiaomeng and I have one thing in common—we are both sweet parties!Store Manager Zhang, you can't be a salty party, right?" asked Long Xian curiously.

Zhang Zi'an replied seriously: "If you have to say it, I am a free wool party, as long as it is free, I don't mind the sweet and salty." ”

Long Xian: "......"

She wore little and quickly froze outside.

"I went in first, thank you, store manager. She trotted back to the clinic, and then poked her head out again: "By the way, Manager Zhang, I heard that you have hired a new employee there?"

"Yes, her name is Lu Yiyun, she is very good at painting, professional-level. When you're fine, you can come over and get to know each other, anyway, you are close in age and should have a common language. Zhang Zi'an said, "Anyway, in this kind of ghost weather, it is estimated that there are not many guests here." ”

"Okay, I'd love to get acquainted too. Long Xian smiled and retracted his head.

The area in front of the pet clinic is not large, and Sun Xiaomeng's car still occupies an area, Zhang Zi'an swept the snow and drove it easily, and it was cleaned up after a while. He was about to leave with a big broom and shovel, and noticed that a straw mat was laid in front of the clinic, presumably so that customers could wipe off the dirty snow on the soles of their feet before entering the door, and reduce the cleaning pressure in the clinic.

He took this detail to heart, and was going to rummage through the pantry when he returned, too, to see if there were any similar floor mats.

Uncle Li's restaurant was completely empty of guests this morning, the room was lit with a miserable white light, and Aunt Li was bored fiddling with the rag, with the foam incubator prepared for Zhang Zi'an at hand.

"Auntie, it's very cold. He pushed the door open.

"Master Zhang is here," Aunt Li squeezed out a smile and stood up, "It's not, it's this snow, it's not the coldest time yet." ”

Zhang Zi'an goes in and out of here several times a day, and he is already very casual, he picked up the incubator by himself, and comforted him euphemistically: "There is no business anywhere in this kind of ghost weather, just fine when the weather is fine...... You two are old and can't stand the cold, so let's rest early today. ”

"Good, good. Although Aunt Li agreed with a smile, Zhang Zi'an could guess that they must still hold on until more than ten o'clock at night as usual.

Walking all the way back to the door of the pet store, he saw that Lu Yiyun had already come and was standing outside the door waiting.

She trotted up to catch up and wanted to take the incubator from Zhang Zi'an's hand, but her motor nerves were extremely poor, and she stepped on a piece of residual ice with her supporting feet, staggering and almost falling, but Zhang Zi'an quickly threw away the broom and shovel on her shoulder to support her.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so stupid......" she apologized repeatedly in a panic before she could gain a footing.

"It's okay, don't run, the ground is full of ice and snow, and it's easy to fall...... Why don't you go in when you come? You're still standing outside and getting cold. He asked.

She said timidly, "The door is closed......"

"I pulled the shutter door down when I left, but it wasn't locked, just pull it back up. You're now the only full-time employee in the store, so don't be too inhibited. Zhang Zi'an said, handed her the incubator and held it, and closed the roller shutter door himself.

"Good...... Okay......" Lu Yiyun said nervously.

Zhang Zi'an estimates that with her character, if she is not there next time, she will still wait outside.

"By the way, there is also a new nurse in the Lingyu Pet Clinic next to it, named Long Xian, who is about the same age as you, and when there are no customers in the store, you can go to play with her and contact your feelings. ”

"Good...... Okay......" She became even more nervous when she heard that she was going to get to know and deal with strangers.

The two of them entered the store one after the other, took off their cotton clothes and hung them on the coat hook at the door. Only then did Zhang Zi'an notice that she was still carrying a waterproof bag similar to the inner tank bag of a laptop today.

"What's that?" he asked curiously.

Lu Yiyun recalled the process of almost falling down at the door just now, and felt very ashamed, and was a little distraught, and was stunned for a moment before he understood.

"Oh, this? This is the pen tablet I use for painting......" She hugged the waterproof bag to her chest and cautiously peeked at Zhang Zi'an's face, "It's snowing today, I think there may not be any guests, I want to take time to paint...... Is that okay?"

"Of course, I said it a long time ago. Zhang Zi'an replied without hesitation.

Lu Yiyun relaxed a little, and bowed slightly gratefully to thank him, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Store......"

"Ah, I will update the illustrations for the pet store's WeChat public account first, and then go to draw my own ......," she hurriedly added for fear that Zhang Zi'an would misunderstand.

"Okay, no problem, you can be casual and don't be nervous. He said.

Since he created an official account for the pet store, he hasn't posted an article, and he doesn't know what to post, so he can't write things like "I'm so happy to catch another elf today", or "I saw a beautiful woman yesterday but failed to pick up a friend......

Lu Yiyun put the waterproof bag on the cash register, and took out a black board about the size of an ordinary laptop screen and a matching pen from it.

"This is a pen tablet?" Zhang Zi'an had heard of this thing, but it was the first time he had seen the real thing, so he leaned next to it curiously.

"Well, yes. Lu Yiyun skillfully connected the pen tablet to the desktop computer.

"Can I watch while you're drawing?"

Zhang Zi'an is very interested in the painting process of this kind of professional-level painter, anyway, there are no guests today, and he is idle, in addition to playing hide and seek with Xinghai, he also has a lot of free time.

Since becoming a professional painter, Lu Yiyun has really not let others watch when she is painting, except for her jasmine, so she is very nervous, but her character does not dare to say "no", so she agrees to come down.

Zhang Zi'an first distributed the skewers and steaks in the foam incubator to the elves, ran to the storage room and turned out a worn-out moisture-proof mat, spread it on the ground at the door, and then moved a chair to sit next to the cash register and watch Lu Yiyun's paintings.

She held the drawing pen, but she didn't put it down for a long time.

"Mr. Storekeeper, what should I draw?" she asked.

Zhang Zi'an didn't have any ideas, and said jokingly: "Why don't you draw me?"

Lu Yiyun's fingertips holding the pen trembled slightly due to nervousness, she used to draw all anime-type characters, and she hadn't drawn character sketches for a long time. In addition, she was timid and shy in the face of an adult man who was not particularly familiar, and she did not dare to look at him directly, and the pen seemed to be a thousand weights, which made it impossible to draw......

Time passed little by little, and Zhang Zi'an's patience was also worn out little by little.

Just when he was bored, a taxi slowly stopped on the side of the road in the snowstorm.