The young woman sitting downstairs is Aunt Li's daughter-in-law Jin Mei, she doesn't like dogs, so she has added a special fence in this yard, not to stop people, but to stop dogs. She is rarely seen on the first floor, and is usually not at home or simply stays on the fifth floor. But today she has something special - collecting rent.

When Jia Yi came to her with the rent, she was wearing nail polish, which was golden and smelled of chemical products.

She only looked up at Jia Yi slightly, then continued to lower her head and paint her nails, and said, "Well, you know the rules, bet 1 to 2." ”

"Uh-huh, clear. It's cash. Jia Yi took out the cash.

"Well, put the money in the money detector and count it." Jin Mei pointed to the side with her elbows, making her nails crooked for a while, and her mouth snorted with annoyance.

Jia Yi noticed that there was a machine and a few copies of the text on the table.

Jia Yi complied, Jin Mei would only look up at the moment when the money detector finished checking the money, and after confirming the value, she directly lowered her head and continued to play with her nails, muttering in her mouth: "Well, sign it when you point it clearly, did you see the text on the table?" One clause is clearer, and the intermediary told you. In duplicate. In my case, tenants also have tenant management. As she said the last sentence, she raised her hand in the air and blew on her freshly painted nails.

Jia Yi took a cursory look and signed. I just want to escape the unpleasant and troublesome smell, for fear that the freshness that flashed in my mind just now will be overshadowed by this stimulating smell, "Okay, if it's okay, I'll go upstairs first." ”

Jin Mei glanced at the signed Wen Jiàn, nodded, and finally looked up at Jia Yi again, and asked in an arrogant tone, "Miss Liang, where do you work?" ”

"I don't have a job yet." Jia Yi responded calmly.

A not-so-kind smile appeared at the corner of Jin Mei's mouth, and she said, "It's not too young, living alone, without a job, who will support you?" ”

Jia Yi had no choice but to smile faintly, did not answer, and went upstairs directly.

Jia Yi, who returned to the room, opened the window, and Jin Mei in the courtyard happened to straighten up lazily, I have to say that looking at her from behind, it was really enchanting and moving, and that figure was no worse than a friend Jia Yi had met in Beijing.

This friend is a legendary woman in Jiayi's opinion, her name is Feng Yuran, nearly 40 years old, but in the eyes of outsiders, she has the youth and vitality of a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old woman, but I don't know that she has been married and divorced, working as a pastry chef in the western restaurant under the office building where Jiayi used to work, the years do not seem to have brought too many real-life tribulations to this woman, she always has a gentle smile on her face, and she always speaks quietly, more often, she is always listening to Jiayi, and she nods her head on the side, For everything Jia Yi said, he showed great interest and an incredible expression.

Thinking of this, Jia Yi suddenly realized something, she slapped the windowsill hard, and said to herself: "Oh, how can you forget to tell her about such a big thing?" So despite the pain of being slapped in his palm, he quickly took his mobile phone and dialed Yu Ran.

This time she is going to open a store, of course she has to talk to Yu Ran, and more importantly, she needs the help of this pastry chef.

The phone was connected, and the gentle voice on the other end was a burst of surprise: "Jiayi, you finally called." ”

Jia Yi was a little reluctant to go, but she still stubbornly told her about her business first, and also put forward the idea of hoping to get her help.

Feng Yuran said: "This ...... Do you mean to let me go to N City? ”

Jia Yi naturally knew that this request was too difficult, after all, for Yu Eryan, Beijing was her home, and it was indeed too reckless to let her come to N City to help her, but she still thought about it for a while, and said: "Yu Ran, haven't you always felt that this store is very unfree now?" The owner of the store always looks at you with a lustful look, and if you come out to open a store with me, it will be a fulfillment of the dream we talked about at the beginning! ”

Jia Yi's tone was eager and sincere, Yu Ran was naturally clear, she had never been to N City, although it was also a big city, but after all, she was unfamiliar, she was still hesitant.

Jia Yi couldn't speak for a long time when she heard the other end of the phone, and realized that she was really in a hurry, so she had to ease her tone and said, "However, you don't have to reply to me right away, I'm actually excited, a little anxious, of course I don't mean to force you, really not...... However, it would be nice if you could really think about it......"

Feng Yuran finally spoke up, her voice was still so calm and soft, "I know Jia Yi, you have always treated me very well." Opening a store is also what we said together at the beginning, but I didn't expect you to really plan to practice, to be honest, you really make me admire, and I will do whatever I want, but I really can't pull away lately, so it's better to ......"

"Why don't you think about it again, I haven't started yet." Hearing the hesitation on the other end, Jia Yi hurriedly answered, she cared more about the only friendship she had gained when she was drifting north than Yu Ran's help.

The two continued to chat for a while, and when the phone hung up, Jia Yi was even more confident, although she didn't come to help in person, but she also knew about opening the store, and she couldn't erase this idea no matter what.

As soon as she closed her eyes, it was that thought, lingering, occupying all the tediousness. Since the blood can't cool down, the only way to do it is to do it.

Not long after hanging up the phone, there was a knock on the door.

After Jia Yi opened the door, she realized that it was Aunt Li.

"Why is Auntie here?"

Aunt Li kindly took Jia Yi's hand and said, "I haven't eaten." Down, I made a supper and ate together. ”

Jia Yi was a little embarrassed.

"No hassle. I was originally for my daughter-in-law, but she didn't eat, so I went out and said that I wouldn't be back tonight. Come down and show you the neighbors here. Aunt Li still warmly invited.

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, she didn't get ready for the new move-in, and she happened to be hungry, so she followed Aunt Li's kindness and went downstairs.

Aunt Li and her dog live on the first floor, and in their spare time, they make small snacks to share with the residents upstairs. At this time, there were a few long-lived residents sitting downstairs.

Having fun with the Golden Retriever Army is the freelance photographer Guo Rui who lives on the second floor, his face is very wide, giving people a simple feeling, and sitting at the table to help the aunt serve snacks is an ordinary white-collar worker Xiaoqi who lives on the third floor, with a thin face, and a haggard feeling after work comes out of makeup, of course, there is also Zheng Feng, who is smoking on the phone outside the house, also lives on the third floor, running sales, with a slightly convex abdomen, slightly purple lips, and always speaks with a strong Cantonese accent.

They were all young people, and everyone quickly became familiar with them. Naturally, everyone asked about Jiayi's plans in N City, and Jiayi swallowed for a while before saying the idea of "opening a store".

Xiaoqi first said: "Nanbin does have a lot of colleagues who often go there, but will there be too many stores of this type?" ”

Guo Rui on the side nodded and said, "Maybe you have something special?" ”

Jia Yi was indeed asked, but it was not because she didn't have an idea, but because she didn't have confidence that saying this idea could surprise everyone except Yu Ran, and she needed to do it, instead of explaining to everyone what was amazing about this idea.

"Yes, yes, probably a concept store, which will start with desserts and expand comprehensively...... Probably like this...... "The more Jia Yi said, the more he became less confident, or Zheng Feng was more pragmatic and asked: "Do you know how to make zuò desserts?" ”

"Well, I studied in Beijing. And I have friends who know and are more professional in this area. ”

Zheng Feng laughed first and said: "The most valuable thing now is the product itself, and the concept of this thing will not last long." ”

There was no malice in his laughter, and he didn't even really want to laugh, Jia Yi knew that this was a common problem for business people, but for Jia Yi, who was on the rise, it was still a bit of a blow.

Why the concept of "play"?

Jia Yi never thought of the word "play", she thought about management, molding. She believes that the word "play" is extremely disrespectful to entrepreneurship in the era of modern Internet economy.

While everyone was talking, the army barked a few times, the door opened, someone came in, no, more accurately, a strong incense broke through the door.

Jia Yi thought it was Jin Mei back, but she didn't expect it to be a young and unfamiliar face, a woman in her early 20s, with yellow hair and several braids, and her face was pale but with heavy smoky makeup, not to mention the studded boots under her feet. As soon as she came in, the atmosphere on the entire first floor instantly became non-mainstream, she chewed gum in her mouth, didn't look at Jia Yi, and complained directly to Aunt Li: "Auntie, the army doesn't know me anymore." ”

When the aunt saw her, she joked: "If I didn't know you, I wouldn't know you." ”

Everyone also laughed, she didn't pay much attention to it, and was about to leave, but Aunt Li quickly stopped her, pointed to Jia Yi and introduced: "Oh, by the way, this is a new resident, who lives opposite you." ”

The girl stopped, turned around, the fragrance on her body spread in a circle, she looked at Jia Yi seriously, raised her chin and said hello: "Hi, hello, my name is Zhou Yanan, and the people here call me Xiaoya." ”

Jia Yi was choked by the smell of her body, or more precisely, frightened by her grand debut. So when she answered, her aura naturally lowered and said, "I...... It's called Jiayi. ”

The little girl didn't say much and walked upstairs.

From everyone's mouth, I learned that this girl named Xiaoya came to N City from a small city in the north, has no fixed job, and usually takes on some part-time jobs for temporary performances, enthusiastic and lively, and is said to be the most difficult tenant in this apartment to deal with Jin Mei.

Everyone went back to sleep one after another under the urging of Aunt Li. When Jia Yi returned to the room, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and when she hurriedly washed and was about to go to bed, she received Qiao Le's WeChat, 4 in a row:

Slept?

Accustomed to it?

Hope you rest early and take care of yourself.

Don't let people worry.

- In the face of his concern, Heng felt an indescribable disgust, but she was more surprised by her inner attitude towards Qiao Le than the text message he suddenly sent. In any case, she was not prepared to reply, for fear of provoking his response, for fear that she would figure out the words and try to sort out the relationship between them, but add a new round of troubles to it.

She couldn't entangle herself at this critical time, so she turned off her phone and went straight to bed.