I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 149 I'm Contradictory
I took a sip of the Americano made by Brother Ping. It was at the level of a normal coffee shop. He really has good attainments, and he would not open a coffee shop on this commercial street. He has the confidence to choose a better location. After all, people in Dali are generally very idle and like to drink coffee, so generally A good coffee shop will not be buried here.

I put down the cup and didn't want to take another sip for the time being, but Brother Ping asked me expectantly, "How does the coffee taste?"

I coped and replied: "It's okay, I think I can drink a whole glass by the time we finish talking."

I don't know if Brother Ping was joking with me, but he breathed a sigh of relief and said to me: "I think your evaluation is quite high, but you don't know that there is no business every day, and my hand is early. It’s too late...I’m afraid that a guest will suddenly come and say that the coffee here is not good!"

I consoled myself and said, "I don't think you need to worry about this. Those who come to your place for consumption will definitely not be for the taste. Anyway, I think the environment here is more satisfying than coffee."

"Are you swearing without profanity?"

"Don't get me wrong...I mean, the coffee is good and the environment is good...but it's even more strange. Since your coffee shop's hardware and software are not bad, why is it not in business?"

Brother Ping twirled the big ring on his finger, and then complained: "It's not my fault, nor my coffee shop, the main reason is that this commercial street is not popular... If you don't believe me, just stand Take a look at the street corner, if the fruit falls from the tree and hits you ten times, it is unlikely that anyone will take a look into this street!"

I smiled and asked, "How long has your coffee shop been here?"

"Two years, until next month, two full years!"

"Hey... you are tenacious enough!"

Brother Ping first straightened the thinning hair on his forehead, and then he said to me: "I'm slow-tempered, I can bear it... I'm not afraid of your jokes, the business I made three days ago, if you tell me seriously It's not even a business... At noon that day, an old lady who picked up garbage found this street. I thought it was not easy for her, so I made a pot of tea for her. I didn't want to charge her money, just wanted to be with She chattered a few words... I didn't think so, the old lady was very enlightened, she finished her tea, and insisted on leaving me a few empty bottles I didn't know where to pick up, as money for tea... I thought about it, almost one It didn’t open on Sunday, and I wanted to win a lot of money, so I took these bottles away...but can this be considered a business?”

"That's right... When there was no currency before, wasn't it just this kind of barter!"

"Cheng Lie, I like to hear that."

I smiled, took another sip of the ordinary American coffee, and then said to him: "Brother Ping, let me ask you a question, you have no business every day, what kind of beliefs make you persevere until now?"

"Well, it's a long story."

"You said... I'm just an idler anyway, and I love listening to chatter."

Brother Ping glanced at me, and I handed him a cigarette.Cigarette is a good thing. Brother Ping had just lit it, and before he took a puff, his face already had an expression of brewing emotions... After a while, he squinted his eyes and said to me: "Why can I survive for two years?... Then It’s because the property rights of this house belong to me.”

I sighed and said, "No wonder...you don't have to pay rent here, so you don't have any pressure to stay here for a long time!"

"Isn't it? On the upstairs floor, I asked a decoration company to renovate it. Now it's where I live, so it doesn't matter whether I do business or not. I just bought a house in Dali and lived by myself... You see, the environment here is quite livable!"

I smiled, but I didn't know whether to say he had good eyesight or not.

Brother Ping's chatterbox has already been opened, he didn't care about my silence at all, and asked me again: "Look at you, do you want to make some plans on this street?"

I replied truthfully: "I do have some spare cash now... I want to see if there is any opportunity here. After all, this is also a commercial street, and the rent is not high..."

Before I finished speaking, Brother Ping interrupted me and said, "Dude...for the sake of our conversation, I have to persuade you...you have this money, hurry up and take it back to honor your parents , but don’t waste your time in this place... This place is really evil. Before that, Tangka Coffee and Elephant Tavern have opened branches. If you want to say that these two stores are wristwatches in Dali Son, but the branch store failed as soon as it opened on this street. In the end, it lasted for less than half a year, and they all quit in despair... I said, the bosses of those two stores want money and people. , they can’t do business well, so what capital do you have to make a fuss here?”

I replied patiently: "Brother Ping, let's not look at the previous example, you should calm down and analyze it carefully. Why is such a commercial street with a good location and environment, but it can't do business?"

"Think carefully about the name of this street. Is the homonym for Jiulong the same as Jiulong? Since ancient times, anything that touches the aura of the gods cannot be suppressed by ordinary people... So in the final analysis, it is the evil here!"

"Can you explain it scientifically?"

"Business depends on feng shui, not on science...Anyway, I have already said this, if you are not afraid of death, just try it...I really wish that someone would come and be my companion!"

Brother Ping’s words didn’t sway me much, I still wanted to know the bottom of this street, so I smiled and asked Brother Ping: “Let me ask one last time... a store with two floors like yours , how much is the annual rent now?"

"It's hard to say... Anyway, it's the price of cabbage now. It depends on how you negotiate with the landlord."

I thought about it, and then asked: "If you want to rent out this set... what is the psychological price?"

"4 yuan a year." After a short pause, Brother Ping added: "If you meet someone with a vision, 3 yuan is fine."

I nodded, and I was very satisfied with the results of this investigation. I judged that the rent on the entire commercial street is now in a very chaotic stage. Since there is no clear standard, it is easier to fish in troubled waters, but what should be used specifically? Touch, I still have to think about it.

……

After leaving Jiulongju, I found another restaurant in the ancient city, and ordered a plate of braised pork rice for my lunch. While waiting for the meal, I sent Ye Zhi a message, asking if she had gotten off the plane.

About 10 minutes later, Ye Zhi replied to my message: "I just got off the plane and am picking up my luggage."

"Well, hurry up and find a place to eat, and I won't bother you."

"Aren't you a little out of touch when you say that?"

"It's not that I'm seeing outsiders... I just subconsciously feel that you will immediately enter the working state as soon as you arrive in Shanghai, so you don't have time to chat with me, an idler."

"Actually, let's chat for a while."

Although this is a very simple sentence, it is already a great change for Ye Zhi. In the past, she would probably stop replying to my messages after the topic was over, but at this moment, she took the initiative to ask chat for a while.

I smiled and replied, "Then guess what I'm doing now."

"If my guess is correct...you are either in Jiulongju, or you just came out of Jiulongju."

I lied and replied: "You guessed wrong, I'm at the inn."

"Did I really guess wrong?"

"Haha... Just kidding... I just came out of Jiulongju, and I'm eating in the ancient city right now... But how did you guess it? You're not the roundworm in my stomach."

"I think at this stage, you are very eager to succeed in your heart, so you will not give up any chance... But, do you really think that commercial street is worth doing business?"

When Ye Zhi asked this question, my heart became serious unconsciously, and I replied: "I think so, but this is a matter that requires brains, I have to observe and observe carefully, and then Make a decision... By the way, I have dinner with Sun Jiwei tonight, he has a lot of contacts, and he should be able to help me find out the real reason why this street is not popular...Anyway, I don't believe any evil claims."

"You can do this, which is already a big improvement."

I said with emotion: "Doing business is a war... I suffered such a big loss before, and I don't want to fight another unprepared battle!"

This time, Ye Zhi didn't reply to the message after a long time. Just when I thought she would not reply because she was busy, she suddenly replied: "Buy you some clothes, sometimes good clothes are right for you." It’s also helpful to be social, you’re just too casual in your clothes these days.”

I was flattered, and I didn't expect that she would notice what I usually wear. I really wanted to accept it generously, but our relationship was not for that, not to mention that the clothes she bought would not be cheap.

……

After I had a conflict in my heart, the phone seemed to be hot. I was thinking about what to say, so as not to hurt Ye Zhi's enthusiasm, but also to take care of my own face.But at this time, Ye Zhi sent another message: "Tell me your size, I have time tonight, and I can just go to the mall."

After thinking about it, I finally replied: "Farewell, you are so kind to me, I don't know how to repay you."

"Why bother with these small details? I just think women may know better what kind of clothes a man needs."

"It's easy to handle. When I buy it, I will send you a picture for your staff."

"Don't be so troublesome, then I will estimate a few sizes for you to buy."

Ye Zhi's no-nonsense character is really irresistible. It would be an unnecessary waste if she bought a set of every size, so I can only report my real size to her, and after that, She didn't reply to the message again, and she didn't know if she was busy, or felt that there was no need to reply, but my mood changed subtly because of it. For the first time, I asked myself formally if Ye Zhi really had something for me. So she even let go of her usual indifference and is willing to make these small but heartwarming changes for me?

……

I light a cigarette, take a puff, and then I have more complicated thoughts in my heart... If I can really solidify the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend with a woman like Ye Zhi, life will definitely become full of expectations, because She really is a perfect woman.

Thinking about it again, although we haven't known each other for a long time, we have really experienced many things together.I have helped her and hated her, and she has hurt me in my career, and she is trying to make up for me. Gradually, we seem to have formed a dependence on each other in this inseparable relationship, but this sense of dependence Is it really solid?
It's hard for me to explain...it's really hard!

Back then, Lu Jia and I had only known each other for a week before we established a relationship between a man and a woman, and a relationship between a man and a woman also took place... But the me at that time was not the me now, and I hardly had any worries about love , and I don’t want to think about the difficulties I will face in the future, all I want is the pleasure of being drunk today...

But it turns out that I was wrong... Three years later, I lost my beloved Lu Jia.

Today, if I hold Ye Zhi's hand without hesitation, will the tragedy of the past be repeated again, and will I still be able to endure similar pain again?

Just thinking about it made me panic.

(End of this chapter)