Chapter 28: Mochou Coffee Shop

It's another evening, I put all the clothes that were dried on the balcony into the storage box, at this time, it's already the rainy season, as long as there is sunny weather, I will take out her clothes to dry, to prevent mold until after she leaves, my life in addition to work and entertainment is very simple, such as rest days, I will lock myself in the old house all day, and then study some planting techniques for planting flowers and plants, now, in this room, one-third of the place has been occupied by green plants, Even in Mi Cai's room, I have a few gentle-looking bonsai plates, and when dusk comes, I put on my sports equipment and start from the old house and run to the moat to keep my body alive, and of course, sometimes just walk past

This side of the moat has been renovated by the government again, planting more willow trees than before, opening up a small square, installing some fitness equipment, so more and more people come here, so it will not be as quiet as before at dusk, what about me? I also go with the flow, do not desire the tranquility that can not come back, often talk to the uncle who is lying on the fitness equipment to exercise about the changes in Suzhou, talk about the history of this moat, sometimes the interest comes, and I will take the guitar to help the aunts of the square dance, play a few recent popular songs, but when they encouraged me to learn square dance, I refused, because I think people must have their own persistence in life, and they can't blindly follow the stream, but this kind of small persistence always makes me unable to understand, why they dance square dance, Always with such a happy smile!

Today, I sent a pot of camellia to Uncle Li, who was the most chatty with me, and he also gave me a bottle of home-made chopped pepper sauce, but I didn't use it, but Daddy liked the chopped pepper sauce made by Uncle Li's house, so the bottles that Uncle Li gave me before were sent back to Xuzhou by me

Yes, time is a very powerful thing, my father and my mother have gradually relieved my regret of missing Micai, and as before they care about my food, clothing, housing and transportation, last week they also came to Suzhou to see me once, accompanied by Li Xiaoyun and her husband Wang Zheng, they asked me to do a good career in Suzhou, especially Li Xiaoyun and Wang Zheng, they repeatedly told me that my father and mother live in Xuzhou, although I put one hundred and twenty hearts, they will take care of it, therefore, the pressure in my heart is finally less, I also look forward to Mi Cai coming back sooner, and our family will be reunited again in Xuzhou, or Suzhou!

The sunset in the dusk has not completely set, I talked to Uncle Li about the group of pigeons he raised, he is always like this, as long as he talks about pigeons, it will be endless, I want to show a little absent-mindedness, he will criticize me for being impatient, and this time it was Robbenyuan who called me from the United States.

I left Uncle Li, and then answered Robben's phone, and he said to me: "Zhaoyang, I have listened to the few songs you have written recently, and I have rearranged them for you, and they have been sent to your mailbox!" ”

"Well, I'll listen to it when I get back later."

Robben asked again, "Are you really planning to make your own record?" ”

"It's always been my dream to release a record, and I've been invited by a performer to do a special show recently, but I've refused, first, I don't have time, and second, I want to wait for you to come back and do a tour with you, just on my literary road, I recently had an idea, when the time is ripe, I want to name it after the literary road, and prepare for a music festival that will be held every year, in addition to giving those talented but unambitious singers a stage to show themselves, I also hope to use the power of the music festival to continue to spread the humanistic feelings of the road of literature and art, so before the music festival is prepared, I hope that we can tour on this road first to verify how much space there is for the operation of the music festival. ”

Robben smiled and replied, "That's a good idea, but I don't want to go back just yet." ”

"Is there something you still can't let go?"

Robben didn't reply directly, he just said: "Actually, it's good to stay here, I want to open a Chinese restaurant, and I will treat music as a hobby in the future, but I will definitely help my brother, and when you prepare for the tour, contact me again, and I can go back to China for a few months." ”

Robben's idea of giving up music made me inexplicably a little depressed, and it took a long time before he said: "Actually, your current state is no different from me a few months ago, sometimes you think it is a kind of see-through, but the fact is likely to be to escape from me, you still think carefully, is it worth using an escape to give up the career that you plan to run for a lifetime In fact, your friends around you, including me, feel that music is like your Robben's life, not just a hobby!" ”

Robben was silent for a long time, and then replied "Let's talk about it" and hung up the phone, so I felt a little lost, I always felt that he and CC, including Wei Manwen, had embarked on a path in the name of seeing through, but in fact it was an escape, and they never seemed to have the real courage to face this somewhat complicated polyamorous relationship.

However, as a bystander, I can't subjectively say that their choice is wrong, at least CC has married a wife and looks quite happy, and Wei Manwen is living in isolation in that small mountain village, and it really looks like a spiritual practice after abandoning material things, but whether their hearts are as calm as water, or occasionally for the past experience, they can't help but feel pain, this is only they know best

When the night came, I called the director of the market development department of the "Road of Literature and Art", and we took the high-speed train to the city of Nanjing together, since I took over the project of the Road of Literature and Art again, I already had this idea: I want to open a coffee shop called Mochou on Mochou Road, and now the time is ripe, so I brought the director of the market development department here to put this idea into reality.

We walked from this end of Mochou Road to the other end, and he said to me: "Mr. Zhao, there are three shops on this street that need to be transferred, but unfortunately they don't fit the layout of the coffee shop, my ideal is at least a 100 square meters upward, and can be used as a compartment shop, but the layout of these three shops is not very good, and it is a bit small." ”

I shook my head and replied: "I don't think so, standing on this Mochou road, what I think most is that the word Mochou is for me, there will be nothing here that makes me feel sad, and there is no fixed shop pΓΉ model that will restrict the upcoming Mochou coffee shop, this coffee shop represents Mochou and worry-free, it will be the most casual coffee shop on the road of literature and art, its birth, I hope that in a casual moment, don't give it too many templates and restrictions, do you understand what I mean?" ”

The director of the market development department finally nodded to me and said, "Mr. Zhao, I understand what you mean!" He smiled helplessly, and said: "It seems that after the west of the old city is not profitable, the second loss-making coffee shop on the literary road was born at your will, but it can improve the spiritual connotation of the entire literary and artistic road, and a company as big as ours can afford this small Mochou coffee shop!" ”

"Is it bound to be a loss? I don't think so! ”

"Mr. Zhao, the rent cost here is very high, the space is limited, the seats that can be opened by the director are also limited, and the coffee shop itself has a low turnover rate, so it is difficult to make a profit!"

"I will personally control the business direction of this coffee shop, and your market development department will implement it according to my strategy, and I will now give you a task to complete the fruit shop to be transferred within three days, and then, according to the decoration renderings, complete the decoration work within two weeks, and complete the recruitment of staff at the same time."

After receiving my instructions, the director of the market development department nodded with a stern face, which means that this "Mochou Coffee Shop" on Mochou Road will appear on the road of literature and art with its special meaning in half a month at the shortest.

After the communication, I asked the director of the market development department to book the hotel first, and I still stayed at the bench where Mi Cai and I sat for a long time when I parted that day, I lit a cigarette, and then squinted at the qiΔ“ in front of me, when all the buildings became ghosted, I seemed to return to the day of parting I really hope that Mi Cai will come back soon, so that she can see the changes on this Mochou road, and the extra "Mochou Coffee Shop"

The next day, instead of going back to Suzhou, I went directly from Nanjing to Shanghai, and we inquired through GuΓ² that today would be the day when Jian Boyu and Ruan Qiuning (Jian Wei's mother) would be tried in private, and the final result would be given around 11 o'clock.

During this period, Yan Yan and I have been waiting in the hospital, and our relationship will inform us of the outcome of the trial as soon as the trial is over

We have consulted an expert in law, and the answer he gave us after comprehensive judgment is that Jian Boyu will face a criminal penalty of at least 5 years, and Ruan Thu Ninh will bear the main legal responsibility, so the situation is not optimistic, and she will face at least 10 years in prison.

This kind of waiting for the verdict is really unbearable, I have walked back and forth in the corridor of the hospital several times, although I know in my heart that it is a matter of course for Jian Boyu and his wife to accept the trial of the state, but I still hope that they can be sent lightly, which will at least make Jane Wei have some regrets, and let this broken family be wholened sooner.

It was 11 o'clock at noon, but the results of the trial had not yet arrived, so I called the insider I found in the connection, and he replied to me that the trial was not over yet, it was delayed a little longer than expected, and we needed to wait patiently for a while.