Chapter Twenty-Three: Encountering the Fragrance of Osmanthus Flowers
"Oh, I know! I know! I've met people like you several times in the past few days, there are all over the streets, and there are so many people in your tax bureau! "The young man from Shaanxi looked quite knowledgeable.
Yuan Yuxiao thought that the recruits of the trade groups of the various sub-bureaus were quite ruthless.
Yu Xiaolu was talking to the middle-aged woman who asked the price: "Aunt Ye, do you want to buy a sofa?" β
"It's a heron, uh-huh, I like this kind of cloth sofa, the leather sofa is expensive, and the smell is heavy when the weather is hot."
The young man from Shaanxi immediately took Aunt Ye's words, "Yes, the cloth sofa is cheap and good, auntie, if you sincerely want it, I will give it to you at the cheapest price, you see that the tax bureau is waiting here to collect the money, I have to open a piece today to pay the tax, I will lose the capital, eighty yuan for you, how about it?" If it weren't for the tax bureau here, you wouldn't have been able to buy it at this price! β
Yu Xiaolu whispered to Yuan Yuxiao: "This guy is really good at advertising!" β
This Aunt Ye was obviously moved by these words, she looked at the tax stamp in Yuan Yuxiao's hand, and asked Yu Xiaolu again: "Is this your boyfriend?" Inland Revenue Department? β
Yu Xiaolu blushed, but she was still smiling, "It's my classmate." She glanced at Yuan Yuxiao, and Yuan Yuxiao's face also burned.
"Then I bought it, and I supported your classmates to collect taxes, and I got a little cheap!" Aunt Ye said with a hearty smile.
The young man from Shaanxi smiled happily, and actually said thank you to Yuan Yuxiao, and Aunt Ye said to the young man from Shaanxi: "You have to help me go upstairs, I can't help a woman!" He pointed upstairs across the road.
"What floor do you live on?" The Shaanxi young man asked.
"Third floor." Yu Xiaolu hurriedly answered. Her family lives on the fourth floor, and she is obviously a familiar neighbor with this Aunt Ye upstairs and downstairs.
"Brother of the tax bureau, work hard to help me carry it, and I will pay the tax when I go up and collect the money!" The young man from Shaanxi looked at Yuan Yuxiao with a smile.
Yuan Yuxiao was a little hesitant, but at first glance, there were two men and two women on the scene, and they couldn't let women do it.
Aunt Ye smiled: "It's a bit of a loss of face, even if you are doing Auntie a favor, Lulu and my daughter play like sisters, I can be regarded as one of your elders!" β
Yuan Yuxiao hurriedly said, "That's not what I mean!" As he spoke, he leaned down to lift the couch.
Just stretched out his hand, he heard a slight sound in the sofa, the sound was very slight, Yu Xiaolu and Aunt Ye didn't touch the sofa, they definitely didn't notice, but Yuan Yuxiao's face changed slightly, he knew that he had encountered fake and shoddy products again.
This to Shaanxi to the city to sell cloth sofas are particularly large, many of the scene can not pay the tax, Yuan Yuxiao they detain the sofa in the office, these sofas, there are a lot of thick strips filled with springs, propped up very full, but a little more sitting a few times on the deflated. So they're all familiar with this kind of sofa, basically to the point where they can judge it at the touch of a finger. Therefore, although they have a lot of sofas in their office, they never sit around.
The young man from Shaanxi saw Yuan Yuxiao's face, how sensitive he was, and immediately realized that he was exposed, so he quickly smiled and hinted softly: "Big brother only recognizes taxes, don't worry about other things, I can't do business, I don't have money to pay taxes." β
Aunt Ye, who was about to lead the way in front, turned around and asked, "What are you muttering?" β
"It's nothing, auntie, I'm saying that it's really not easy for us to go out to do business, big brother, right?" The young man from Shaanxi still smiled at Yuan Yuxiao.
Yuan Yuxiao lowered her head, and while carrying away, she was a little entangled in her heart. He knew that it was not easy for a young man, and the important thing was that if the business was yellow, as soon as he said that there was no money, it would take a lot of trouble to collect taxes, it was Sunday, not a working day, he just wanted to buckle the sofa, and no one could get it to the office.
He was in a dilemma there, Yu Xiaolu only said that he was tired, and said beside him: "Come, I'll help you." β
"No need for this, you're in the way." Yuan Yuxiao said.
"Phew!" Yu Xiaolu smacked him, but she had a smile in her eyes, "I don't want to be tired, and I don't know what to say, let me be happy!" β
Yuan Yuxiao smiled a little embarrassedly.
"Lulu, this guy is quite painful, I think you two are a good match!" Aunt Ye said with a smile in front.
"Aunt Ye, I said that the two of us are just classmates," Yu Xiaolu glanced at Yuan Yuxiao again, "National cadres, how can you look down on me, an unemployed young man!" β
"Nonsense, madness!" Yuan Yuxiao gritted her teeth and said with a smile. Yu Xiaolu laughed, and Aunt Ye also laughed.
"You came to my house to play today, why do you have a tax stamp on you?" Yu Xiaolu asked.
"Since I got the tax stamp, I have basically never left my body, anyway, I have a pocket to fit, and it is also very convenient, and it is a matter of seconds to touch these mobile vendors, so that I can collect taxes at any time."
"This year, I will definitely evaluate an advanced producer!"
"I'm far behind, the people in my group are much better than me, and they also walk away with tax stamps every day."
"Then you are an advanced collective!"
The two of them were talking happily, and Aunt Ye interjected again: "Lulu, businessmen are afraid of the tax bureau, you ask your classmates to pay back the bargain, and your family will also buy one, and I will also get it cheaper, okay?" β
"Hey, that's a good idea, what do you say?" Yu Xiaolu asked Yuan Yuxiao with a smile.
When Yuan Yuxiao heard this, an instinct made him stop him unconsciously, and his voice unconsciously rose, "Don't join in this fun!" β
"I didn't say I would buy it, it's not just a casual ask, what are you anxious about!" Yu Xiaolu smiled.
This time, Yuan Yuxiao felt that her reaction was a little too aggressive, and she glanced at Aunt Ye with some weakness, but fortunately, it seemed that Aunt Ye didn't notice him.
At this point, he didn't dare to explain the facts to Aunt Ye, but it seemed that he was forced out by Yu Xiaolu to buy a sofa, not only was it not fair, but it was also partial. I can only bow my head and take a step back, not every sofa may be so bad, maybe this Aunt Ye is lucky...... He always believes in taking a step back and opening up the sky, although sometimes he knows that he is pinching his nose to coax himself.
Yuan Yuxiao's scene of them lifting the sofa, Xiaolu's parents watched it clearly by the railing on the fourth floor, they watched it for a while, and they also understood that Yuan Yuxiao was collecting taxes.
"Xiaoxiao, this kid is really good!" Xiaolu's mother said sincerely.
"It's good!" Xiaolu's father agreed.
"If you are so active in your work, you will have opportunities to rise in the future!"
"This is not necessarily, those who bury themselves in doing things may not necessarily rise, you know it in my life!"
"Xiaoxiao is much smarter than you."
"Ouch, I think Xiaoxiao is perfect! I see what you're thinking! Xiaolu's father said with a wicked smile.
"Hmph, I'm afraid you're thinking about the same!" Xiaolu's mother sneered.
Xiaolu's father smiled but didn't say a word.
"However, he has just joined the work, so there may be something new." Xiaolu's mother said again.
"That's right! If he can last three years β or even a year or two β his performance like he has today β it really counts! β
"If he were like that, you might call him dull and dead-eyed!"
"Of course!" Xiaolu's father did not hide his thoughts, "In the agency, it is basically difficult to get out of the way if you bury your head in work for decades, and being a person is more important than doing things!" Xiaolu's father said with a smile.
While the two of them were talking, the sofa below had already begun to go upstairs, and Aunt Ye was directing in front, and she was not idle in her busy schedule, "Lulu, what is your classmate's surname?" β
"Don't give your surname Yuan, the cursive word Yuxiao." Yu Xiaolu learned the tone of Yuan Yuxiao when she introduced herself before. She kept saying that Yuan Yuxiao was a little sour.
Yuan Yuxiao looked at her and grimaced, if it weren't for her hands on the sofa, she would have to habitually flick her head.
"Student Yuan, oh, Cadre Yuan, my daughter is self-employed, if you have the opportunity in the future, please take care of it!"
"Aunt Ye's daughter opened a small shop in the Baihua Clothing Market." Yu Xiaolu explained.
The Baihua Garment Market is within the jurisdiction of the Sixth Sub-Bureau where Yuan Yuxiao is located, but those who open clothing stores in the market are all licensed households, that is, they are managed by the individual collection group.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Yuan Yuxiao said.
"My daughter's name is Ding Mengya, you remember!"
Yuan Yuxiao smiled and said, "It's easy to remember." β
While talking, the sofa was carried to the third floor, and Aunt Ye opened the door and instructed them to carry the sofa in and put it away. Then paid the money, Yuan Yuxiao never dared to look at Aunt Ye, just lowered her head and talked to the young man in Shaanxi about taxes, the two sofas were eighty yuan each, and sixteen yuan should be charged. The other has not yet been sold, and the tax stamp is valid for three days. The young man no longer had more mushrooms, and hurriedly paid the money and left. There was also a couch on the road that was unguarded.
Yuan Yuxiao and Yu Xiaolu also said goodbye and went out, Aunt Ye left them to sit a little longer, opened the tea tube to prepare to make tea, a smell of tea wafted over, Yuan Yuxiao's attention just now has been focused on invoicing and collecting money, and did not pay attention to anything else, now his sense of smell is aroused by this tea fragrance, and the extraordinary function of the nose is turned on. Well, it seems that Aunt Ye is brewing a kind of flower tea, probably ......
Just made a judgment and found that it was not right, this is not flower tea, the flower tea he knows does not have this kind of fragrance, in fact, he was just confused by a floral fragrance, and saw Aunt Ye making tea, so he naturally connected the two. Smell it again, and you will know the fragrance of flowers and tea...... It is not in the same fragrance source, he has clearly distinguished that Aunt Ye brewed it, it is just an ordinary green tea, he subdivided it a little, and it was easy to distinguish clearly, the green tea fragrance is a relatively concentrated bunch, strong and clear, with a clear direction, that is, it emanates from the tea tube, and the wisp of floral fragrance that almost made him misjudge is scattered and floating throughout the room, shallow or thick, looming, compared with the fragrance of tea, it is more like an environment or background.
He let go of the scent of green tea and began to track the ethereal scent of flowers, and after a long deep breath, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated......
This floral fragrance is so familiar!
It is the fragrance of osmanthus flowers......
But it is not a natural pure cinnamon fragrance, but an osmanthus fragrance mixed with the female body fragrance......
In his memory storehouse, this fragrance has only appeared in one placeβ
It's the key that I found in the grass!
Could it be that the owner of the piece of key...... Right here?
β¦β¦ Could it be this Aunt Ye?
His heart sank inexplicably, and some frustration came up.
Yuan Yuxiao was alone there, Yu Xiaolu knew his character, he was open in front of acquaintances, but he was more shy in front of people, and it was not easy to get acquainted with people all of a sudden, looking at his absent-minded demeanor, he was embarrassed when he first arrived, so he hurriedly expressed his politeness to Aunt Ye on his behalf, saying that his family had already made tea, so he didn't have to be polite, let's say goodbye, don't bother.
"Also, if you two want to whisper, if you are restrained here, I will not be in vain!" Aunt Ye was empathetic and joking.
Yu Xiaolu was a little embarrassed, she wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to say it, she scratched her head, Aunt Ye laughed, and Yuan Yuxiao woke up all of a sudden.
"Goodbye!" Yu Xiaolu pulled his arm. Yuan Yuxiao hurriedly followed and said goodbye.
The two went out, and Yuan Yuxiao's heart sank into her own contemplation again.
He had always imagined that the owner of the key, a beautiful young girl, could be such a middle-aged woman......
If an imagination becomes an expectation of the future, then an ambivalence will haunt him, on the one hand, he instinctively hopes that the result will come quickly, and on the other hand, he wants to maintain this imagination long enoughβespecially if the imagination is particularly unrealistic.
The day of the arrival of the result is the time when the infinite longing is lost, let alone the result of such a big gap.
If this is the case, wouldn't all the imagination of a near-crush be wasted......
Definitely not! There must be someone else who owns that fragrance! There should be more than one person in the world who has this fragrance. The fragrance here is just a maze that is enough to mess with reality.