Chapter 12: The Little Attic Tryst
Returning to the office to rest, Mu Xiao received feedback from colleagues one after another that Shen Chengyi performed well today, and he mingled with the people in the company in just half a day.
"Shen Chengyi, do you understand the economic law? If you don't understand, you can ask me, and there is an accounting foundation..."
"Hey, Shen Chengyi, help change the water in the water dispenser, anyway, you are tall, and the task of changing the light bulb will also be handed over to you!"
"Shen Chengyi, you can do this report, give it a try, it's a rare opportunity!"
“……”
The door of Mu Xiao's office was ajar, and the movement between the lattices could be heard from far and near. The colleague who ignored him in the morning is now greeting him with a smile, which means treating Shen Chengyi as a group pet?
Thinking about it, Shen Chengyi has a naturally cheerful personality, a business family like this, it seems that he is born with the ability to deal with communication, and with Chenxin's support and gold plating for him, such a boy will definitely not be bad.
It's past early to get off work, and colleagues in various departments who need to work overtime are used to taking a break in the lounge from this store, and then preparing for the next battle, Shen Chengyi wanted to go to Mu Xiao to play, but he was afraid of disturbing her work, so he came here to make a familiar face.
At first, he thought that his colleagues were discussing technical issues during the break, and he was even ready to be drawn at any time. If you don't listen to it, you don't know, this level of gossip is no less than entertainment news.
After listening to it for a few minutes, Shen Cheng even knew the name of the dog that swept the floor. I don't know who said abruptly: "Hey, Mu Xiao hasn't gotten off work yet, I remember that she doesn't have a boyfriend, and she hasn't been married for so many years?"
"Who stipulates that when a woman is married, she can't have her own career, or you are short-sighted, women are not ruthless, and their status is unstable. ”
"It doesn't look like she's in a relationship, who of you has ever seen her boyfriend?
It is said that three women in one play, and now there are women from three departments gathered in the lounge, namely the customer service department, the public relations department, and the personnel department.
Shen Chengyi occasionally thinks that the small topics between girls are very interesting, but he doesn't like to listen to the long-tongued woman chewing the root of the tongue behind her back, especially about Mu Xiao. At this time, he took out his mobile phone and clicked into a football video playback, turned up the volume to the maximum, and quickly muffled their voices.
"Good ball, good ball!
Shen Chengyi's abrupt cheers every time were just right to interrupt their gossip. After the conspiracy succeeded, Shen Chengyi was overjoyed in his heart, but he pretended to be very indifferent on the surface: "I watched a ball, I didn't wear headphones, I was excited......"
"Shen Chengyi, come with me. Mu Xiao knocked on the door, she came out to look for Shen Chengyi, but she didn't expect him to fall into the Pansi Cave, but she smelled the strange atmosphere in the lounge.
There is one thing she always forgets, there is a small abandoned attic on the top floor of Chenxin, which is usually used to put sundries. It is said that it is small but there are fifty or sixty square meters, far away from the work area, it is not suitable to transform into a pantry, and it is inconvenient to rent it out.
Shen Jiahe has always wanted Mu Xiao to design it as a small tea room, as their secret base in the company, even if they are busy with green work, they can steal half a day of leisure. But the workload in the first half of the year was too large, and this matter dragged on. Before Jiahe came back, Mu Xiao wanted to surprise her.
"Just let the cleaning aunt clean up tomorrow, what are you tossing at night. Chenxin still has such a dirty place, Shen Chengyi was reluctant to speak, he put his suit jacket on his arm, and the newly bought clothes were reluctant to get dirty.
Mu Xiao didn't have to think about it to guess the expression on his face: "If you don't want to help, you can go back, it's time to get off work." ”
The wooden ladder leading to the attic is almost 90° inclined and no one has been visited for many years, and the handrails have accumulated a thick layer of dust. I don't know when the staircase light broke, Mu Xiao had to go upstairs in the dark, Shen Cheng trembled and followed behind Mu Xiao: "Sister, you go slowly, if you roll down, you can die with one corpse!"
Arriving at the attic, Mu Xiao fumbled to find the chandelier switch, flickering on and off, but it was good to be able to see things clearly. Upstairs is noticeably cooler than the office room, and you can see boxes of stuff piled up on the sturdy shelves.
Mu Xiao mainly came up to see how to settle these behemoths well, so that it would be more efficient to clean them up tomorrow. She found a chair and tried to remove the box to check. As soon as one foot stood up, the wooden chair creaked.
Shen Chengyi was not at ease, and pulled Mu Xiao's elbow and dragged her down: "Go, go, go, I'll come." ”
In terms of weight, Mu Xiao is much lighter than Shen Chengyi, but in terms of height and physical strength, Shen Chengyi is undoubtedly superior. His slender legs kicked up the chair and lifted the large box with both hands.
Mu Xiao stretched out his hand to catch it, and the whole person almost fell down, but fortunately, Shen Chengyi never let go, and the center of gravity was controlled by him.
Shen Chengyi squatted down tiredly, panting and said, "What's in here? It's so heavy? I see there are several boxes over there." ”
"Shengpu, the old tea cake that has been stored for 15 years, the raw material level is good, and it is also a first-class material now, and I have the opportunity to brew it for you to drink. Mu Xiao opened the box, took out a cake and came up to smell the tea, fortunately, the temperature in the attic is suitable for tea storage, although it has been forgotten, the transformation is amazing.
The air was filled with the fragrance of orchids, and Shen Chengyi felt that people who didn't understand tea thought it smelled good. Hearing the age, he was even more awe-inspiring, and he couldn't believe it: "15 years? ”
"Before 2006, most of the Pu'er tea cakes will not be produced date, different types of tea also have different tasting periods, taking Pu'er as an example, its golden period is 8-12 years, the change after 12 years of raw Pu'er cakes is minimal, and the conversion of cooked Pu'er is basically finalized in 3-5 years. ”
Mu Xiao patiently explained, remembering that these teas were divided from his father with great effort, and he planned to keep them in the teahouse and sell them while drinking, but there was really no place to store tea in the small place of the teahouse, so he could only temporarily put it in the attic.
Tomorrow let people pack up their things, clean them and decorate them.
Shen Chengyi was half-understood when he heard this, and asked: "So is this considered an investment, but also a kind of financial management? ”
Mu Xiao was surprised by Shen Chengyi's comprehension, and was very willing to solve his doubts: "This is a layman's misunderstanding, although Pu'er tea will appreciate with the year, but its risk is very unstable, tea with bad tea raw materials will not change its taste even after many years of storage, blindly guiding the storage of tea can make money, which is no different from cheating." ”
It turned out that tea was so exquisite, and he suddenly understood where the rare literary atmosphere on Mu Xiao's body came from, nature integrated time into the leaves, and the leaves had the taste of years after time, and only said it to those who understood it.
Halfway through the tidying, Mu Xiao stood up and patted the ashes on his hands, and the mobile phone in his pocket rang, it was a call from Shen Jiahe. She glanced at Shen Chengyi and walked to the entrance of the building to pick it up.
"Mu Xiao, come and save me, I'm going crazy in this hospital, I can't eat this or that, the key is that I won't be allowed to work, oh my God! If you don't let me work, it's better to let me die! I want to work!"
only heard Shen Jia and the ghost crying wolf on the other end of the phone, and she rarely lost her temper. Mu Xiao thought that she had received a threatening phone call and almost slipped her hand on the ground. However, I could hear Shen Jiahe's voice, and my hanging heart finally fell, judging from these two voices, the condition should not be serious.
"Speak softly, don't disturb the patient next door. Mu Xiao reminded softly, "Don't you always want to think about the whole small tearoom, I'll show you the design drawing, and I'll change it if you're not satisfied." ”
"You send me an email first, and we'll communicate later. ”
When it came to work, Shen Jiahe returned to her usual rational state, but when she thought that she could only lie on the hospital bed now and could do nothing, she immediately became painful: "You go to my office and bring my notebook, otherwise ......"
"The patient in bed 01, how many times have you said not to steal your mobile phone....."
Shen Jiahe was caught on the spot by the ward round nurse, hung up the phone with strength and composure, and pretended to sleep with a few perfunctory words. After walking away, he immediately turned over and got into the quilt and sent a message to Mu Xiao.
"Remember to help me bring KFC, and don't bring Shen Chengyi's oil bottle over!"
At this time, before Mu Xiao could finish reading the information, Shen Chengyi suddenly appeared from behind, "Just now, the customer service manager's sister said that I would invite my overtime colleagues to go downstairs to eat skewers tonight, and asked if you want to go together?"
Mu Xiao clenched his mobile phone and waved his hand: "No need, you can go." ”
She knew that she was slow to heat up, and she was worried that her presence would ruin everyone's interest. However, this is a good opportunity for Seiichi and his colleagues to get to know each other better.
Seeing that Mu Xiao's eyes were deliberately evading, Shen Cheng thought that Mu Xiao was on the phone when he came out. The attic is so quiet that even the slightest movement can be infinitely magnified.
"Was my sister calling just now?"
"Uh...... That's right. Mu Xiao turned her back on her hand, she was not good at lying, let alone helping Shen Jiahe to hide Shen Chengyi. Speaking of which, why did they have to involve her in the affairs of their sister and brother, making them in a dilemma.
Shen Chengyi learned from the doctor that the old lady was not a big deal before leaving, and there should be no problem with a special person to accompany her. But in front of him, Mu Xiao's face was solemn, his state was abnormal, and he even spoke hesitantly.
In an instant, Shen Cheng thought of the medical drama in the lounge where they gossiped in the lounge in the evening, life was moody, and he never knew which would come first, tomorrow or the accident.
"Could she be ...... Dead, right?"
When he said this, Shen Chengyi's voice trembled. Mu Xiao patted him on the shoulder: "What are you talking about with a crow's mouth, your sister heard to see how she cleaned you up." ”
Shen Chengyi: "Then why are you scaring me!"
Mu Xiao found that Shen Chengyi didn't seem heartless, his perception of people's emotions was much more delicate than that of ordinary people. Even if he wanted to hide it, he couldn't hide it, Mu Xiao told Shen Chengyi about the phone call.
After understanding, Shen Chengyi smiled again: "Isn't it KFC, I want to eat it too!"