Chapter 42: A Free Cup of Coffee
Song Niange knows my feelings for the hostel, she said this in front of Li Shi, in fact, she also wanted to hold a grievance for me, even if Li Shi's eyes were already emotional, but Niange still did her own thing as usual, and did not cast any eyes in the unexpected world, she is such a person who believes in intuition more......
Even if Li Shi proposed to come here, looking at her curious appearance and awkward contact with Song Niange, it was obvious that it was her first time to "meet" the coffee shop.
Perhaps, she didn't know the attitude of this coffee shop......
I didn't take too much into account Li Shi's emotions, I let out a long breath, and then reflected, I understood that maybe aside from the planning ability, for Lao Gou, I am not a person who will do everything because of the overall situation, but I did accompany him through the most difficult year. At the end of last year, the company fell into a crisis, and I was transferred back to the headquarters.
Now, too, I am still working tirelessly for the promotion of "Youtu Travel Agency", in contrast, now Lao Gou is so absurd that he is dragged down by those small emotions all day long, and he is afraid to walk in the commercial field, which has fallen into the next success, if I have been in charge of the hostel for the past two years, the hostel will not be like this......
After finishing his work, Song Niange routinely asked: "The old rule, choose the coffee that others pay for, or pay for the coffee for others?" ”
After some thought, the newcomer Li Shi chose the latter, maybe she wanted to talk to strangers. I, on the other hand, prefer to share a story and get a free cup of coffee, so I chose the coffee that someone else paid for......
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In June, it's rainy season all over the country, and Xi'an is no exception, so I'm not surprised at all.
While waiting for coffee, Song Niange took a letter with the address written down and handed it to me, and handed a blank envelope to Li Shi.
I like to use this ancient way to share my feelings with unknown strangers, writing while waiting for freshly ground coffee, which is a literary and refreshing way to spend time. In order to be close to nature, I sat by the window, so when the first drop of rain hit the glass window, I knew......
Song Niange is still the same as before, smoking a cigarette while preparing coffee for us, and the longest thing she has done is to look expectantly at the dimly lit square outside the store, where she and her lover once walked......
In a daze, my father sent me a message, he told me that it was inconvenient to call Mengmeng, who was sleeping with me now, to inform me that Mengmeng's situation was basically stable, so I could rest assured.
At the same time as I picked up my phone, Li Shi also seemed to have received a text message, after reading it, she smiled slightly, her mood was much more relaxed, maybe her mother also sent her a message.
With the passage of time, in addition to me and Li Shi in the store, the last two customers also left, before leaving, they stood at the door with great interest to watch the rain for a long time, after some discussion, finally asked Song Niange for two cardboard boxes, tore them and put them on their heads, used to block the rain, in the face of this cloudy and unpredictable weather, no complaints, it is already a rare state of mind, otherwise they can sit here and wait until the rain stops......
Li Shi sat not far from me, next to the window, she wrote for a while, stopped for a while, was silent for a while, and looked at the rain outside the window for a while, and when Song Niange brought us coffee, she habitually picked up the guitar and sang a song "Light Rain Diary" for us.
This song, which I have collaborated with Song Niange several times, she habitually only sings half of it, and the second half is left to me, we are a few meters away, she plays, I beat the beat, and sings: "When you decided to leave, the last night in my city, the roses and beers on the table, and the lies told to each other, I also believed it, you just pretended to smile, I didn't find that you put yesterday in a wine glass, I walked through a few streets and a few shops, and the night I met you, the dog on the side of the road led its owner, to the edge of the city, You're also a lost person, I just can't help it...... I'm just a small person, I will listen to the story seriously, time easily turned me into, the master of this tragedy, and remembered that day was like, it rained like today, you wore my favorite color coat again, I said hey where are we going, I will hold up an umbrella that can shelter you from the wind and rain, I just wish you are okay even if you get wet, before my youth burns out, I hope you can appear again......"
After singing a song that was appropriate for the occasion, I turned around again to face the unfinished letter, took a sip of unsweetened coffee, and imagined what kind of mood the person reading the letter would be, but I accidentally caught a glimpse of Li Shi holding a pen not far away, crying at the raindrops on the glass window.
The rain is intermittent, Song Niange brings us desserts, but everyone has a tacit understanding, no one has broken the hustle and bustle, the wind and rain outside the window, a cup of coffee in the house is steaming, the dessert is greasy, I wiped my face with the laxity after being tired, lying on the sofa with my eyes closed, praying for Meng Meng, and the soul seems to have walked outside the window in the square that is gradually free of dust.
This rain buried the two unhappy souls deep under this land, waiting for the sun after the rain, and all evaporated......
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Thinking of the poster hanging on the cabinet, I stood up tiredly and shouted softly at Song Niange on the counter, signaling her to take the painting down, and Li Shi also looked at the counter for the first time.
After taking the painting from Song Nian's singer, I sincerely handed it to Li Shi and said, "This is the painting that stole from you last time, and now I will return it to you." ”
"You're just putting the painting here to attract customers?"
"Yes, as I expected, it did have an effect, and the customers who ate hot pot with us last time were attracted by this painting."
Li Shi looked at me with a tired face, a look of hesitation appeared on her face, and she said to me after a while: "Why did you take the initiative to return it to me now?" ”
Of course, I could hear the complaints in Li Shi's words, but I could hear that she had gradually let go of my original behavior, and then said: "I used the painting to bring some business to the hostel, so that Lao Gou can still see some hope in despair, maybe relying on these customers, can make him change his mind, obviously, no matter what happens to the hostel now, it can't change its final fate, what's the point of me doing this?" ”
Li Shi wanted to speak, but she stopped talking, and then put the painting away and didn't say anything more.
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The rain was still falling outside, and Li Shi had no intention of leaving, after eating and drinking, I got up and came to Song Niange's side, sat down opposite her, and asked, "What are you writing, look at you sullen?" ”
"Have I ever been happy?"
I turned my head sideways to look at the letter paper in front of Song Niange, and in the process, I asked her with some curiosity: "Is there an address for the letter you wrote?" ”
"It's good to have, but unfortunately not...... It's just that some things don't write out, and I feel uncomfortable in my heart, and I'm afraid that I will become a resentful woman. After speaking, Song Niange smiled self-deprecatingly.
"You can heal others here, and I believe you can heal yourself."
"This new manager of your store seems to have a lot of stories!"
I subconsciously looked at Li Shi, she was still writing, thinking about it, in the process of getting along, she was so sad as before that she cried the number of times, I could count it with one hand, I sighed: "She is indeed a person with a story, and there may be many unknown secrets." ”
"According to my intuition, you won't be friends until you get to know each other; After mutual understanding, this should not be the case. ”
I looked at Song Niange inexplicably, and then turned my gaze to Li Shi, who was loading the letter into the envelope, and suddenly thought that if I read her letter, would I know her more or less? After all, she must have been emotionally moved when she wrote this letter just now, otherwise how could she burst into tears?
The thought swelled in my heart, and I thought about the letter......