I couldn't wait for him to reply, and Midsummer was very impetuous.

When she walked after lunch, she unconsciously walked to his ice cream chain [Midsummer Time], the style of the chain store does not have the headquarters - that is, the lazy taste of his pink house, the decoration is simple, using Nordic logs to polish the tables, chairs and decorations inside, and mixing many natural elements, the overall style is Nordic style.

ALTHOUGH IT SELLS GELATO ICE CREAM, THE STYLE IS SCANDINAVIAN STYLE. But it does suit the taste of the metropolis and bustling city here. The people who came in were all young couples, or senior white-collar workers, unlike his pink house, all of whom came were big children, or children.

You can see that business here is also very good, and all the tables and chairs are full.

She sat in a corner of the shop and asked for a cone and licked it slowly.

Suddenly, the mobile phone rang, and she searched for a long time to find the mobile phone from the bottom of the Kun bag. As soon as she saw that it was his call, she immediately came to her senses. "Hey, little uncle!" Her voice was raised.

"Little uncle, what are you doing?!"

Mingxue was silent for a moment.

She heard the wind, loud, loud, and turned her head to see that the trees and light box signs on the street outside were shaking from the typhoon.

Her heart suddenly skipped half a beat......

Her little uncle...... Could it be here too......

"Hello?" When she spoke again, her voice crumbled and trembled.

"Xia Xia, I'm downstairs in the staff dormitory of your Institute of Oceanography. Haven't you come back yet? He laughed, "Xia Xia, I didn't have a door to enter, I was locked outside." ”

"Little uncle, you wait for me!" After saying that, she immediately rushed out. It's not far from her dormitory, it's all near the sea. She just ran straight.

When she ran into the institute out of breath and was about to run downstairs in the dormitory, she saw him from a distance.

He wears a white shirt, camel-colored slim-fitting suit pants, holds only a briefcase in his hand, and holds a 60-centimeter-long spotted seal doll in one hand.

He stood under the lush magnolia tree, the wind shook so violently, but he was still straight, like a calm and quiet white lighthouse in a hurricane in the sea.

Suddenly, she felt at ease.

"Xia Xia." He greeted her and held her steady, "Why is this in such a hurry?" The hair is all messed up. He chuckled softly and smoothed out the unkempt hair for her, "Although it's still summer, it's still cool during the typhoon, so you can add a thin vest." ”

She couldn't help it, hugged his waist, and buried her face in his arms, inhaling his breath deeply, with a faint taste of sweet milk and vanilla.

Mingxue was a little at a loss, and she didn't know where to swing her hand.

Every time, as long as she was away a little longer, she would hold him as tightly as she did now. He sighed, she was always afraid, she was always afraid that she would be abandoned by the whole world.

"Xia Xia, it's okay. I've come to see you. Mingxue said, "Let's go up, it's too windy." ”

She snatched the seal and clung to it, burying her whole head in the seal's belly. He laughed, "How do you walk?" ”

She held out her hand to him, and he caught it in a daze, and then he led her back to her dorm.

Single dormitory, small place, but better in tidying up. She kept the dormitory in good order, never messed up, and her desk and bed were full of review materials to read, as well as work materials.

Ming Xue was a little distressed, "Xia Xia, you have to take care of yourself when you go out." Will your job be too hard? Can you still afford it? ”

"No problem!" She said, "I can withstand it, don't worry." ”

She poured him a glass of water, and Mingxue lay down on the rocking chair near the balcony, drank half a glass of water, and then closed her eyes.

Midsummer could see that he was tired, so she didn't bother him. Just put a blanket over him, and he was already asleep.

Her work report was completed, and she began to review her homework while it was still early.

When she was tired, she stretched, and looked at the clock again for an hour.

As soon as she moved, Mingxue woke up.

He rubbed his eyebrows and said helplessly, "Why don't you call me?" ”

Midsummer walked up to him, squatted down obediently, and looked up at him, looking like a big cat. He couldn't help laughing, "What are you doing, get up!" ”

"Little uncle, will you stay here with me tonight? I'll sleep in this rocking chair, can you go to bed and sleep? She pitifully hugged the armrest of the rocking chair and begged him softly.

Ming Xue's red lips opened, but he couldn't say anything, and the tips of his ears were red for most of the time, before he said, "You have to dive tomorrow, you have to rest well." ”

"What then? I don't want you to go. She begged mournfully, how could she still have the appearance of a normal grumpy girl.

He sighed and said, "Xia Xia, I booked a business suite in the hotel, there are three rooms and a living room, come here." I came here this time to talk about business in the living room. ”

"Okay." She was filled with joy just to see him all the time.

"Xia Xia, can I go to sea with you tomorrow?" He asked.

Midsummer was stunned for a moment, and nodded violently, "Yes, yes!" 10,000 can! We are seriously understaffed and need several helpers who know how to dive! It's so good that Uncle Xiao is here! ”

As a result, when she went out, she held the seal doll everywhere she went, which made passers-by laugh.

But she didn't care at all, and followed him with the seal in her arms, and asked with a grin, "Why did you think of buying me this?" ”

He turned around and said, "Don't all children like dolls?" I see you love seals, so I bought this one. ”

and when she was a child......

She pouted unhappily and secretly kissed the seal.

He saw it, but pretended not to see it, pouted in deep dimples, and looked away.

***

By the time he returned to his room, there were already two men waiting in the living room.

Sheng Xia raised her eyebrows, and Ming Xue said, "It's my head store manager and quality director here." There are three [Midsummer] chains here. Today, they brought me a new product to try. ”

"Xia Xia, your room is the master bedroom, if you are tired, you can go to rest, and it is not bad to sleep and then eat bowls. If you're not tired, you can watch a movie or continue your homework review. He pushed the door open for her.

"I want to try it too!" She walked to the living room, said hello to everyone, and sat down generously.

Director Chen is very happy that one more person can provide more advice on the tasting.

Store Manager Huang hurriedly opened the outer packaging of the eight new products one by one, and said with a smile on his face: "It's not good to eat too much ice, Xiaoxia just eats every bite." ”

She laughed, "Hey, like the Qing palace movies I've watched, the Queen Mother eats, and no matter how delicious things are, they can't do anything better." ”

Mingxue sat beside her, checking the business report of this store.

Midsummer tasted everything, and then gave a sentence lightly: "It tastes good." But it incorporated too many personal ideas, and gradually forked with Italian GELATO. ”

Mingxue glanced at her, picked up one of the cups of yellow-brown ice cream, and took a sip. "With the addition of rum and pineapple, the rum takes the sweetness and ripeness of the pineapple to the next level. The taste is good, but the style is different. Moreover, pineapples are sweet, so the content of caster sugar should be reduced, and the starch should be used to make up for the weight content of sugar. However, the ratio of starch and caster sugar here is not well adjusted. You don't use the best ratio that the main store offers. ”

Director Chen pinched his sweat, clenched his hands tightly, and thought about it before answering: "But we always have to innovate." And the proportions limit the creative play too rigidly. ”

MING XUE, WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD AT SPEAKING, TURNED PALE AND SAID LIGHTLY: "MR. CHEN, YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING OF ITALIAN GELATO. In fact, the real translation as ice cream is also a blasphemy against it. It is true that GELATO is very casual, but the so-called casualness lies in the use of fresh, seasonal ingredients. You can also collide with different ingredients to the taste buds, and these are all right. But proportions are the most accurate thing that has been calculated over and over again for decades. We should not change it at will. And developing new products should be my responsibility, not the branch director's responsibility. Please keep in mind our contract. If you want to leave your job, no problem, you can do it anytime! But for the next 10 years, you can't run an ice cream parlor as a consultant, or as a shareholder, or as your own shop. Because it involves issues such as company secrets and recipes. ”

Ming Xue revealed, the sharpness that belonged to him.

He is a sharp sword, usually avoiding the edge. However, it does not mean that he is easy to talk to, and everyone handles and bullies.

Director Chen stood up suddenly, and it could be seen that he was trying his best to hold back, and the atmosphere became very stiff for a while.

Ming Xue patted her knees, and her tone of voice was a little indifferent: "I have seen the turnover in the past three years, and it is generally good." GELATO is an emerging industry. GELATO's reputation is so great that people from various countries send people to ice cream schools in Italy to study and then bring them back to their respective countries. This is a promising industry, so we must keep our reputation! Right now, there aren't many gelato parlors, and the competition isn't too fierce. Today, we can occupy the market on a large scale at Häagen-Dazs, and it is not easy to have our own place. I don't tolerate sloppiness. ”

He spread out the papers he had driven out overnight and placed them in front of the two of them, "Look. These 30 have been selling well, because they use the semi-finished yellow and white ice cream stock solution provided by our head office, and I actually let you play freely with the rest. And the products that sell high and low, and are below the sales line on average, are your self-developed products, which has affected the total quality of my products. You're testing the waters with the branches in preparation for your own opening. Am I right?! ”

Store Manager Huang couldn't sit still any longer, raised his head suddenly, his lips moved, and said tremblingly, "We won't start a new stove." ”

Ming Xue's expression was faint, and she bowed her head and said, "It's best to hope that this is the case." Otherwise, I will be held accountable according to the contract. I found out that the fine for your actions behind the scenes will be ten times your annual salary. ”

"I hope that these new products developed by yourself will not appear again." Mingxue is very strong.

"We'll deal with it right away!" Director Chen lowered his head.

Mingxue sighed, "You can think of a theme every month, or every quarter, and hold some activities in the store. Roll out the corresponding packages. These require a lot of creativity. If we really do a good job, our business will be better. As for if you want to create a new article, you can submit a proposal to me, I am not a static person, I will give appropriate adjustments, and at that time, you can also try to do it in the store. After making it, based on the feedback from customers, we decided to keep those products. If the business turnover goes up and the market share rises steadily, then I will give you a bonus as promised. I hope that we are friends and like-minded partners, rather than having different agendas. ”

"We get it." Store Manager Huang was ashamed.

Enwei and Shi, this time, Midsummer can be regarded as a powerful means to understand Mingxue.

"No wonder Uncle Xiao's business is getting better and bigger!" She gives him a barrage of rainbow farts.

He smiled helplessly and rubbed his eyebrows.

"You look tired." She said obediently.

"This week, I ran 20 cities in a row and became a veritable trapeze. Sometimes, fly to four cities in a day. He replied.

She was stunned, "It's not easy to make a living."

He laughed, "It's hard to eat. ”

"Actually, they make it very delicious, not as bad as you say." She leaned lazily back on the couch.

He looked at her for a long time, waiting for her words.

She added, "But I have the same heart with you, and I know at a glance that you're in a bad mood!" So give them a dismount right away! ”

He choked on her words, and only after a while did he say, "I'm doing this to make an example of chickens and monkeys." Otherwise, I am afraid that they will become more and more excessive in the future. ”

"If they leave their jobs, they will not be allowed to do this business for ten years. It seems harsh, but it really is the most advantageous for us. "Midsummer analyzes them one by one.

Mingxue explained: "It's a matter of formulation. The current branch is all making ice cream according to my ratio. There are many, many more recipes. It took me ten years of research and summary. If I wasn't harsh, they could have sold me off the beaten track. But if you wait for ten years, the best opportunity is already not to be taken away. Ten years later, if they do it again, they will have to take more risks and competition. They will think about it themselves. ”

She leaned her head on his shoulder and whispered, "I won't forget that it was not easy for my little uncle when he first started his business." At that time, you were young and underfunded. You make orders online, from 10 or 20 orders a day at the beginning, to many orders later, starting from a pink house, and having more and more branches. I remember when you were at your hardest, you were making ice cream 20 hours a day, and then you had it transported to the surrounding cities for consignment. The fame is also starting little by little. And they just want to get your light on you and sell their own work in your store. ”

His heart was hot, he closed his breath and pressed his head against hers.

Naturally, he couldn't forget that in those beginnings, in those most difficult times, she was silently with him. At that time, she was still such a small group. She would stay in his shop, talk to him, make him laugh. Sometimes, it's early in the morning when he's finished making ice cream, and she's already asleep on the couch.

Remembering those pasts, he suddenly smiled.

"Xia Xia."

"Huh?"

"I'm glad to have you with me all these years."

"Xia Xia, you have grown up. You have your own way, Xia Xia, let me walk the rest of the way. You go, the way you should go. ”

Midsummer's chest heaved violently, and she inhaled to try to calm herself down.

Then he stood up and pressed an ice cream on the table to his face.

"If you don't want to be beaten, don't say such things again in the future!" With that, she ran back to her room and slammed the door shut.