Chapter 80: The Hum (Part 1)
For the review of the application for entry, Anyuan Company deliberately slowed down and further raised the threshold, and the enthusiasm of those merchants has not weakened, and the scope is getting wider and wider.
During the long holiday of this National Day, Anyuan Supermarket has set a record for the peak flow of customers again and again, and it has become the latest and hottest commercial spot in the county, and some of the newly opened shops around it have increased their business several times.
After Anyuan opened the upper three floors of the building, it was full of customers almost every day, which made those merchants who were decorating, applying, or preparing to apply for settlement red.
Therefore, Anyuan has more confidence to be stricter in the review and more stringent in the qualification requirements of the merchants, and at the same time, for the development of the square, it also tries to give the approval to those merchants with relative strength and capital. Correspondingly, the company's income in this area has become abundant, coupled with the huge profit of the supermarket in the past month and a half, Lin An has begun to consider the second step of the company's development after looking at the company's new financial statement.
On October 6th, the sunny day finally turned cloudy, and some hot temperatures drifted away.
When Lin An arrived at Changxi County by car, the light rain outside had already fallen. Transfer to the bus, get off again at the station, pass by Ruan Minh optical store, and then find Yang Wenmin who has been waiting for a long time in a slightly quiet tea restaurant at the end of the street.
The third to fifth floors of the Anyuan building have been opened, although the approval has been deliberately slowed down, but in recent days, because the merchants and brands applying for it are very strong and guaranteed, the progress is slightly faster than before, and the remaining shops on these three floors have been rented so far.
With the increase in merchants, Anyuan needs to expand the scale of the company's employees again in the overall management of the square, which makes the original office seem smaller. In the past few days, the new office area on the fifth floor has been intensively renovated, and those new businesses are also decorating day and night in order to open as soon as possible, which makes it a little noisy over there, so Lin An simply asked Yang Wenmin to come out to talk about things.
Piggybacking, when he came over every day, he could still pass by in front of Ruan Ming's optical store, thinking that as Ruan Ruan said that day, he went back to his grandparents' house in the countryside after the holiday, and he didn't see Ruan Ruan's figure when he passed back and forth there in the past few days.
Carefully looking at the materials that Yang Wenmin sorted out today, he exchanged views with several newly submitted businesses. He also instructed Yang Wenmin that the company has spare money for the time being, and the supporting facilities in the square in front of the building can be improved, such as adding lounge chairs, etc., as well as the music fountain that was once considered, can also be started, these are all details that can improve customer stickiness.
Wait for the construction to start one by one, and then use these public facilities as conditions to see if the government can expand the square, which is now smaller than the passenger flow.
After talking about the future, the two ordered lunch, chatted and ate, and then ordered a pot of tea.
Unconsciously talked about the afternoon, to the company's employees called Yang Wenmin's mobile phone, saying that a construction shop on the fourth floor and the next door had a dispute, and Yang Wenmin needed to rush back, Lin An ended the topic that was basically finished, and then asked Yang Wenmin to go back to the company as soon as possible.
Lin An sat in the store for a while, and saw that it was raining very lightly outside, so he went to the front desk to pay and prepare to leave. I've been talking here for the past few days, and after lunch, the pot of tea after the meal will also order the more expensive ones in the store, otherwise a meal will occupy the table all day, and you will be bored wherever you go.
Standing next to the cash register, waiting for the shopkeeper to make change, a customer outside put away his wet umbrella and walked in, and the moment he pushed the door open, a soft hum vaguely floated in, "...... It was sunny on a certain day in a certain month, cloudy on a certain day in a certain month, and I cried red eyes on a certain day in such a month......"
Lin An ran out, pedestrians on the street shuttled back and forth, and people kept passing in front of the store with umbrellas, and the faint humming sound had long been hidden in the sound of the rain.
She is the only one who knows this song except herself! I don't know if it was an illusion just now, or if Ruan Ruan really walked past the door of the store.
He tiptoed around, and the umbrellas on the road gradually walked away, and in this crowded street, they all held umbrellas, and it was really difficult to find a person.
"Lin An. ”
After being stunned for a moment, when Lin An gave up and wanted to return to the store, he heard a loud shout behind him.
After turning around and seeing a middle-aged couple standing on the other side of the store, he immediately subconsciously glanced behind the two. The middle-aged couple in front of them are Tang Ji's boss and proprietress as well as Tang Xiaonan's father and mother.
didn't see Tang Xiaonan's figure, Lin An breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his head to look at the street full of umbrellas.
Last time in Tangji, after meeting Tang Xiaonan, I greeted him as a classmate. Turning back again, he bent down and said, "Uncle Tang, Aunt Tang, you come to shop." ”
"I've been busy for several days, and tomorrow the students will come back from vacation, so take advantage of the lack of people this afternoon, come out for a walk, and buy clothes for Xiaonan by the way. The pedestrians next to him passed by in the rain, Tang Jian and the two couples walked closer to the door of the store to talk, turned their heads to look at the store, and asked with a smile, "Come here to eat?"
"Hmm. I went home, I have something to do today, so I came to the county seat. Thinking about the eyes that Tang Jianhe had been looking at that day in Tang Ji until he was leaving, Lin An wanted to show a clear conscience, but he did touch it by mistake, and the key thing and Tang Xiaonan didn't seem to be able to reconcile, so his face couldn't help but be a little sneering.
Lin An's dress today is a little mature, but with the expression he showed at this time, he is really not mature, coupled with his preconceived perception, Tang Jianhe doesn't think that Lin An doesn't look like a high school student like this.
"Hehe, Xiao Nan and her classmates just passed. Then, Tang Jianhe smiled and said, "Why don't you go to my place to eat these days." Hehe~ Isn't it just ink splashed on the score, it's no big deal, I've quarreled with Xiaonan, I should come back in the future, this little thing, it's nothing!
Lin An was stunned, thinking that this was Tang Xiaonan's excuse to deal with his family, and his heart fell.
“…… I didn't go, I was busy with the sports meeting a few days ago, and I happened to have a long vacation these days, so I haven't been to the old commercial street. Lin An raised his hand and grabbed his forehead, Tang Xiaonan could take the initiative to make an excuse, and he was not so embarrassed to face Tang Jian and his wife. But if you go to Tang Ji for dinner, what if you run into Tang Xiaonan again, what should I do? That is Tang Xiaonan's shop, but it is not good to refuse bluntly, he hesitated, "Wait until I go to school...... Just go. ”
"That's good. Tang Jianhe nodded and smiled, and said, "Then at noon the day after tomorrow, the new dishes we prepared will be ready, just let you try them first, and give us some advice by the way." ”
“…… Good. Lin Anxin smiled bitterly, and then waved goodbye to Tang Jianmin and his wife, I just hope that when I go that day, Tang Xiaonan will not happen to be in the store!
On the afternoon of the 7th, Lin An packed up at home and took the next month's living expenses from his parents by the way. After the time, he went to the entrance of the town street to meet Li Man and the others, and then took the bus back to school together. On the way, they asked each other about their holiday life.
During the seven-day National Day holiday, to be precise, in the six days after returning to Lingshui, he didn't see Sun Can and Liu Li much in the town, or because he always went to the county seat.
At home, I would get up early every day to go for a morning run in the small mountains in the north of the town, and near the courtyard of Li Man's grandparents' house, I had seen Li Man from afar several times, but every time he didn't wait for him to run closer, Li Man, who was focusing on morning reading, took the book and turned into the yard, and it was too late to say hello by the way.
Monday, the 8th, the first day of classes after the holidays.
After school in the morning, Lin An returned to his residence slowly, and saw that the time should have missed the peak period of eating, and then went downstairs to the old commercial street.
When he arrived at the door of Tang Ji, he glanced sideways, there were not many customers in the store, and he didn't see Tang Xiaonan there, so he subconsciously exhaled. Walking into the store with his feet up, he saw Tang Jian and the one standing by the cashier with the menu in hand, as if he was thinking about something troublesome, and his face was full of gloom.