Chapter 142: Mai Xiangfang
I was only busy with one meal a day, although it was eaten as dinner, but after eating, the time was still early, and it was not completely dark, so you must know that it was winter.
After tidying up the table, the family sat in the living room and watched TV. It's time to start the rhythm of the New Year's Celebration.
It's still early, and there are no good-looking programs on TV, even if you want to watch the Spring Festival Gala, you have to wait for a while, and the news hasn't started yet.
Chen Xiaojian felt a little flustered, said to his mother, changed his clothes and went out.
When Chen Xiaojian went out, it was basically dark. Because it was Chinese New Year's Eve, there were almost no people on the road, and some were empty. At this time, few people will wander around outside like Chen Xiaojian.
The vast majority of people are willing to sit at home with their families, even if it's just sitting, during such a time.
Chen Xiaojian walked on the road alone, and the dim street lamp stretched Chen Xiaojian's shadow very long. Chen Xiaojian put one hand in his pocket and held a cigarette in the other.
Chen Xiaojian took a puff of cigarette and looked at the dim street lamp, as if he wanted to see through the street lamp. After a while, Chen Xiaojian suddenly raised his hand to block his eyes, as if the street lamp was no longer a street lamp at this moment, but the sun.
After a while, Chen Xiaojian put down his hand, his eyes were a little moist, as if his eyes had just been really burned by the sun.
Chen Xiaojian wiped his eyes, although here and there seemed to be the same, but Chen Xiaojian knew that it was different. Including myself, everything has become different.
Chen Xiaojian was thinking, how is he in that world now? Is his family in that world okay now? Is that world also New Year?
Chen Xiaojian walked forward while thinking, strolling aimlessly. A gust of wind blew, and Chen Xiaojian felt a little cold.
Chen Xiaojian looked at the side of the road, and the shops were almost closed. The reason why it is said is almost because Chen Xiaojian saw a bright light in the commercial street that should be dark at this time, and it was a shop that had not closed.
Chen Xiaojian walked towards the shop that was not closed, although Chen Xiaojian didn't know what the shop was doing, but Chen Xiaojian wanted to go and see it at this time.
Chen Xiaojian came to the door of the shop and found that it was a small shop, and the name of the small shop was "Maixiangfang", a very common name.
The name is ordinary, but this shop is anything but ordinary. Even when Chen Xiaojian was in his later years, this store was still very good, and it was changed to a bigger place.
The "Maixiangfang" in Chen Xiaojian's memory is the large, new, two-story building in the later generations, rather than a small shop similar to a bubble tea shop in front of him.
Chen Xiaojian himself doesn't know when this Maixiangfang opened, at least in Chen Xiaojian's impression, he didn't have it in high school. Of course, it is also possible that it was already open at that time, but Chen Xiaojian didn't pay attention to it.
After all, this store is indeed too small, if it weren't for tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, the other shops in the entire shopping street were closed and only it was still open, it is estimated that Chen Xiaojian would not have noticed it at all.
In fact, Maixiangfang sells milk tea and some small pastries, and there are many such shops in some cities, and no one will pay attention to them.
But there is no semicolon in this town, and such a small shop may not seem like much to adults, but it is very attractive to those elementary school students or junior high school students.
If not, it wouldn't have gone from a small shop to a two-story store in a few years.
Chen Xiaojian looked at the light sign, smoked the cigarette in his hand, stepped on it vigorously, and then walked in.
Although this Mai Xiang Fang is the only small shop that is open on this commercial street, there is no one in the small shop on such an embarrassing day. There is no one on the road, and even if the store is open, there are no customers.
After Chen Xiaojian walked into Maixiangfang, he came directly to the counter where he ordered. There was a woman standing at the counter who looked to be in her twenties, and Chen Xiaojian felt that this should be the proprietress of the hostess.
Chen Xiaojian came to such a Maixiangfang for the first time, and in Chen Xiaojian's impression, Maixiangfang was already a big store that didn't need to be greeted by the boss.
Chen Xiaojian went to the counter, looked at the tea list on the wall, and asked, "Is there anything else to drink now?"
Chen Xiaojian did not directly follow the list but asked the boss, after all, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, even if this Maixiangfang was still open, the boss should know that no one would come. So if you follow the order list, it is likely that there will be none.
The proprietress smiled and said, "I'm sorry, because there are fewer guests tonight, so a lot of things have not been prepared." There are only two types of milk tea, plain and pearl, is it okay?"
Chen Xiaojian really hasn't had milk tea for a long time, so after thinking about it for a while, he still came to a cup of original flavor. If you drink pearls at this time, then the pearls are probably not freshly cooked, so there is no need.
After Chen Xiaojian finished ordering, the proprietress asked Chen Xiaojian to wait for a while, and then went inside to prepare.
Chen Xiaojian found a place to sit down at random, and there was no one anyway, so it didn't matter where he sit.
Chen Xiaojian sat down and flipped out his phone, and then boarded the penguin to see if there was any new news.
Although Chen Xiaojian was still not used to using penguins when he first came, but now for more than half a year, Chen Xiaojian has begun to accept penguin chats again.
From smartphones to nine-square grid straight phones, from WeChat to penguins, Chen Xiaojian has to feel that he is still very adaptable.
At first, I was a little unaccustomed to it, but now there is no awkwardness in the slightest.
Although Chen Xiaojian is now able to accept the use of penguins, the frequency of Chen Xiaojian's use is indeed not high.
Of course, there is also a reason why there is usually no news from the Penguin. After all, most of Chen Xiaojian's friends in the penguin are classmates, and only a few of these classmates who have mobile phones will occasionally go to the penguin.
When I was in school, it didn't make a difference if the Penguins didn't have a phone or not.
Chen Xiaojian habitually logged in incognito, and then flipped through the news in the class group. After the winter vacation began, the class group, which was usually almost a dead group, finally came to life, and the penguin on Chen Xiaojian's mobile phone chat interface flashed for a while before stopping.
Chen Xiaojian clicked in and flipped through it, which was full of interesting things that the students talked about during the winter vacation, and some people shared their experiences of traveling with their families during the winter vacation.
When it came to the end, it was all the words of the classmates sending blessings in a fancy way, Chen Xiaojian browsed it, but did not speak in it.
After reading the messages in the group, Chen Xiaojian clicked on some private messages. Although Chen Xiaojian did not log in, there are still people who will leave a message for Chen Xiaojian.
Some people knew that Chen Xiaojian was not online and left a message directly, and some thought that Chen Xiaojian was invisible and wanted to "arrest" him.