After boiling the water and making a pot of hot tea for Old Time Tea, Zhang Zian put on his cotton-padded clothes again, carried a big broom and shovel, and walked to Sun Xiaomeng's clinic. He planned to pick up the pets' breakfast from Uncle Li's shop on his way back.
On this street, most of the shops were not open yet, so no one was cleaning the snow in front of the shops. He walked forward step by step, breathing in the cold air, and looked at the office workers who were rushing to get on the bus with pity.
When he arrived at the pet clinic, he looked inside and didn't see Sun Xiaomeng. She was probably in the treatment room. Long Xian, who was behind the duty desk, saw him and poured a cup of hot cocoa.
"Manager Zhang, thank you." Long Xian handed the hot cocoa to him, "I heard from Xiaomeng that you are going to help us sweep the snow. Drink this cup of cocoa to warm yourself up first."
"Thank you." Zhang Zian put the big broom and shovel aside, and took a big sip of the hot cocoa.
The sweet and hot sticky liquid flowed down his esophagus into his stomach, instantly driving the cold air out of his body.
"Delicious! So sweet! "He drank it in one breath, wiped his mouth, and handed the cup back to her.
"Hey hey! Xiaomeng and I have one thing in common — we are both sweet lovers! Manager Zhang, are you a salty lover? "Long Xian asked curiously.
Zhang Zian answered seriously, "If I have to say it, I am a free wool sweeper. As long as it is free, sweet or salty, I don't mind."
Long Xian was speechless.
She was wearing very little, so she would soon be freezing outdoors.
"I will go in first. Thank you, Manager Zhang." She trotted back to the clinic, and then poked her head out again, "Oh, Manager Zhang, I heard that you also hired a new employee?"
"Yes, her name is Lu Yiyun. She is a professional painter. You can drop by when you are free and get to know her. Anyway, you are about the same age, so you should have something in common. " Zhang Zian said, "Anyway, in this horrible weather, you probably don't have many customers."
"Okay, I also want to get to know her." Long Xian smiled and retracted her head.
The area in front of the pet clinic was not big, and Sun Xiaomeng's car took up a lot of space. Zhang Zian was very familiar with sweeping the snow, and it didn't take him long to clear the area. He carried the big broom and shovel and was about to leave when he noticed that there was a straw mat in front of the clinic. This was probably to allow customers to wipe the dirty snow off their soles before entering the clinic and reduce the pressure of cleaning inside the clinic.
He made a mental note of this detail and planned to go to the storage room to see if there were any similar mats.
There were no customers in Uncle Li's small restaurant that morning. The lights in the restaurant were pale, and Aunt Li was playing with a rag in boredom. She had prepared a foam insulated box for Zhang Zian beside her.
"Auntie, it's quite cold." He pushed the door open and entered.
"Master Zhang is here," Aunt Li squeezed out a smile and stood up, "Yes, it's because of the snow, it's not the coldest time yet."
Zhang Zian went in and out of the clinic several times a day, so he was very casual. He picked up the insulated box and euphemistically comforted them, "There is no business in this horrible weather. It's good that it's sunny … You two are old and can't stand the cold. Go to bed early today."
"Okay, okay." Although Aunt Li agreed with a smile, Zhang Zian could guess that they would stay until 10 o 'clock at night as usual.
He walked all the way back to the door of the pet shop and saw that Lu Yi Yun had already arrived, waiting outside the door.
She trotted to greet him and wanted to take the insulated box from Zhang Zian, but her athletic nerves were terrible. Her supporting foot stepped on a piece of residual ice, and she staggered and almost fell. Zhang Zian hurriedly threw away the broom and shovel on his shoulder and supported her.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm too stupid …" She apologized again and again in a panic.
"It's okay. Don't run. The ground is full of ice and snow, and it's easy to fall … Why don't you go in? Why are you still standing outside in the cold? "he asked.
She said shyly, "The door is closed …"
"I pulled down the shutter door when I left, but it's not locked. Just pull it up again. You are the only official employee in the shop now, so you don't have to be too cautious, "Zhang Zian said, handed the insulated box to her, and pulled up the shutter door himself.
"Okay … Okay …" Lu Yi Yun said nervously.
Zhang Zian guessed that with her personality, she would still wait outside the next time she came if he was not there.
"Right, there is a new nurse in the Spirit Curing Pet Clinic next door. Her name is Long Xian, and she is about the same age as you. When there are no customers in the shop, you can go play with her and get to know her."
"Okay … Okay …" She became more nervous when she heard that she was going to get to know and deal with strangers.
The two of them entered the shop one after the other, took off their cotton-padded clothes, and hung them on the coat hook at the door. Zhang Zian noticed that she was also carrying a waterproof bag that looked like a laptop bag today.
"What is that?" he asked curiously.
Lu Yi Yun recalled the process of almost falling at the door and felt very embarrassed. She was a little distracted, and she was stunned for a moment before she understood.
"Oh, this? This is the digital tablet that I use to draw … "She held the waterproof bag in front of her chest, and carefully peeped at Zhang Zian's face." It's snowing today, and I don't think there will be any customers, so I want to take some time to draw … Is that okay? "
"Of course, I told you earlier," Zhang Zian answered without hesitation.
Lu Yi Yun relaxed a little, and gratefully bowed slightly to express her gratitude. "Okay, thank you, Mr. Store Manager …"
"Ah, I will first update the official WeChat account of the pet shop with illustrations, and then I will draw my own …" She was afraid that Zhang Zian would misunderstand, so she hurriedly added.
"Okay, no problem. You can be casual, and don't be nervous," he said.
Since he created the official account for the pet shop, he hadn't posted a single article, and he didn't know what to post at all. He couldn't write something like, "Today I caught another elfin, and I was so happy," or something like, "Yesterday I saw a beautiful girl, but failed to talk to her."
Lu Yi Yun put the waterproof bag on the cashier, and took out a black board that was about the size of an ordinary laptop screen and a matching pen.
"This is a digital tablet?" Zhang Zian had heard of this thing, but it was the first time that he had seen the real thing, so he curiously moved closer.
"Well, yes." Lu Yi Yun skillfully connected the digital tablet to the desktop computer.
"Can I watch you while you're painting? Will it bother you? "
Zhang Zian was very interested in the painting process of a professional artist. Anyway, there were probably no customers today, and he had a lot of free time besides playing hide-and-seek with Xinghai.
Ever since she became a professional artist, Lu Yi Yun had never allowed anyone to observe her while she was painting, other than her Jasmine. She was very nervous, but with her personality, she didn't dare to say "no", so she braced herself and agreed.
Zhang Zian first distributed the kebabs and steaks in the foam insulated box to the elfins, and then ran to the storage room to find a worn-out moisture-proof mat. He laid it on the ground in front of the door, then moved a chair to sit next to the cashier, and watched Lu Yi Yun draw.
She held the drawing pen, but didn't start.
"Mr. Store Manager, what do you want me to draw?" she asked.
Zhang Zian didn't have any ideas, so he jokingly said, "How about drawing me? Make me look more handsome! "
Lu Yi Yun's fingertips holding the pen were slightly trembling because of nervousness. She used to draw anime-type characters, and hadn't done a character sketch for a long time. In addition, facing an adult man that she wasn't particularly familiar with, she was timid and shy. She didn't dare to look directly at him, and the digital pen seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, which made it even more difficult to draw …
Time passed, and Zhang Zian's patience was also wearing down little by little.
Just when he was bored, in the snowstorm, a taxi slowly stopped on the side of the road, and a foreigner with a high nose and deep eyes got out.
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