fictionpage Chapter 453 New employee, simple gift
Chapter 453 New employee, simple gift
Chapter 453 New employee, simple gift
"welcome."
Uesugi Kai, who heard the wind chime, put down his phone and looked up, looked at the door of the coffee shop, and found that it was Katsura Totsuka.
He was carrying a cross-body bag, looking dusty, and saw Kai Uesugi as soon as he entered the store.
Totsuka Katsura hurriedly looked at the clock hanging on the wall behind Kai Uesugi.
One p.m.
He breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, I'm not late."
Kai Uesugi knew that this guy came to work in the coffee shop today, in simple terms, he was a waiter, and by the way, he was responsible for washing dishes in the back kitchen.
"Is the store manager not here?" Totsuka Katsura approached the front desk, pulled up a bench and sat down, with his hands on the oak bar, his movements didn't look like employees, but rather like guests.
"No, she's going out today to shop for decoration." Uesugi Kai replied.
"Huh, that's it."
Uesugi Kai glanced at him and asked, "So anxious?"
"First day at work, understand? This is called responding to the boss's rules and regulations."
"Well, it's a pity that the store manager is not here, so I can't see your performance."
"Oh, I'm going to go to work now?"
"Are you officially working today?"
"Yes, the contract was signed yesterday."
Kai Uesugi pointed him towards the inside of the store: "Just go to the staff room and change your clothes. Remember it's the door on the right, and the door on the left is for girls."
"Ah," Totsuka Katsuragi glanced in the direction he pointed, nodded, "Got it."
Turning around and walking towards the staff room, Totsuka Katsura looked around the store by the way. The decoration style and the atmosphere inside the store were small and fresh, and there were flowers and plants between each table. Those flowers and plants were taken care of every day when they were potted. It is nice to see some clear drops of water above.
There are also a few customers in the store at the moment, most of them are sitting by the window, enjoying the bright sunlight falling into the window.
While eating dessert, sipping coffee, leisurely flipping through the phone, enjoying life.
When he came to the staff room, Totsuka Katsura found a cabinet with a note with his name on it, and a key with his name on the wall beside the door.
He took off the key, opened the iron cabinet, and changed into a simple western-style vest for work.
Totsuka Katsuragi looked at himself in the mirror and walked out of the staff room.
At this time, the coffee shop has officially opened for business.
To be honest, the first thing newcomers do when they come to the store is to be at a loss.
Without instructions, I don't know what to do. Although there are customers coming in from time to time, they are also received by the maids in the store, so there is nothing wrong with him.
Why do you always feel that you are redundant?
Totsuka Katsura turned back and came to the bar.
"Uesugi, is there anything in the store that I can help you with?"
Kaoru Uesugi put down the filter pot, raised his head and looked at him: "Not yet."
"No?"
"It's not time to be busy yet."
Aka Erina, who was helping Hanamaru to bake bread in the back kitchen, came out. She came to get something, but suddenly found a strange face in overalls standing in front of Kai Uesugi, "You are a new employee Bar?"
Katsura Totsuka heard the voice, turned around, and found that it was a very cute girl, who was wearing a maid outfit and a cat ear headdress, and smiled at herself.
He remembered that this was the maid who had received him before.
But that time he was pretending to be in the store, so he didn't have much contact with him.
"Yes." As a newcomer, Totsuka Katsuragi replied somewhat restrainedly.
Uesugi Kai introduced to him while he was busy with the work at hand: "This is the head maid in the store, Aka Erina. If the store manager is not around, she will usually take care of the trivial matters in the store."
"Senior?" Totsuka Katsura asked cautiously.
"Just call me by my name." Aka Erina smiled, without any airs, and stretched out her hand as a greeting.
After shaking hands, I saw this smile again.
Katsura Totsuka is relieved, the head maid is so kind, and everyone in the store should not be difficult to get along with. Not long ago, he was working in a convenience store, and the seniors there were not very friendly, and often deliberately called him to do something Manual work of unloading cartons and beverages.
He reckoned that it was because of his status as a university student in Dongdong.
Out of disdain for the convenience store senior who came to Tokyo after finishing high school compulsory education, after he took office, he targeted him as a famous college student.
A convenience store still has so many seniors and juniors working in the workplace atmosphere, it is really impossible to complain.
But Katsura Totsuka is also used to it. After all, it has been like this all the way since high school.
"Akae-san, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Oh? As a newcomer, you are quite diligent," Aka Erina smiled. "In this case, you can follow me to the back kitchen to help wash the dishes."
Uesugi Kai deliberately saluted his friend playfully: "Bye~"
Katsura Totsuka originally thought that the coffee shop was not very busy, but he didn't expect that the number of customers would suddenly skyrocket from two o'clock in the afternoon. Originally, he didn't have to do tasks like carrying dishes and clearing the tables, but there were not enough maids, so he could only to cope with.
It was close to seven o'clock in the evening, and the passenger flow decreased, so it was considered the official rest time.
Kai Uesugi didn't plan to clean up the coffee utensils at this moment, and he would not start work until the last customer left.
Totsuka Katsura lay on the front desk, folded his hands, buried his face inside, looking weak all over.
"Why, why is the business of this coffee shop so good?"
Rina Akaeri, Hanamaru Hanabi, and Tashiro Yuri, two twin sisters, sat in a row, enjoying the coffee made by Kai Uesugi.
She heard Totsuka Katsuragi's question, put her index finger on her chin and said:
"Well, there are several reasons."
"Yes, can you tell me?" Totsuka Katsura was a little curious, and asked with his hands up.
Aka Erina stretched out her fingers and replied with a smile: "First, this store already has a certain fan base. Even now, 30% of them are our regular customers. Second, whether it's coffee, catering, or desserts, Our quality is very good, the taste is unique, and word of mouth among white-collar workers, opposite is a commercial street, not far from the office area of the University of Tokyo, naturally, the popularity will rise, the third. "
Having said that, Aka Erina glanced at Uesugi Kai with a sideways smile:
"Our place is very popular with female customers. The consumption power of female customers for desserts and coffee is much higher than that of men!"
Kaoru Uesugi suddenly interjected at this time: "Although the business is good, the coffee shop is a medium-end consumer entertainment window after all. It is impossible to maintain it like this for a long time. The store manager also knows this, so he did not recruit too many employees."
"That is to say? It's just that you will be very busy during this time?" Totsuka Katsura asked.
"Well, that's pretty much what it means." Uesugi Kai nodded.
"Hmm~~~~"
Holding the cup in both hands, Aka Erina took a sip of the coffee, licked her lips, and said with a smile, "Uesugi-san, the coffee you make is really good!"
Not only her, even the little maids beside her nodded reflexively after hearing this.
"Thank you." Uesugi Kai did not refuse this compliment, but only secretly glanced at Hanamaru Hanabi who was sitting next to Tashiro Yuri. She carefully held the cup and covered it with her hands as if warming up. Her face and eyes Her eyes were reflected in the coffee cup, the hot air wafting outward, and the ripples of the coffee gently rippling, all indicated that she was blowing lightly towards the mouth of the cup.
This is obviously just a very common movement of hers, but Kai Uesugi feels from the bottom of his heart that this detail of hers is extremely touching and cute.
"Little handsome guy, let's go." When the two female guests left, they greeted Shang Shanhao with a smile.
"Okay, please go slowly." Uesugi Kai responded in a very simple way, just bowing his head slightly.
Aka Erina took the opportunity to joke to Totsuka Katsura with a smile:
"This is the status of Uesugi in the eyes of female guests."
Katsura Totsuka is Uesugi's old classmate at Tokyo University, and knowing what kind of character he is among the students at the school, he sighed and said, "I'm used to it."
At 07:30, the mimi coffee shop officially closed.
For Totsuka Katsura, the first day at work felt pretty good, except for being a little tired.
It's a pity that Xiaoqiao Lihai happened to ask for leave today, so he didn't have a chance to see him.
"Uesugi, do you think I have great hopes?"
Kaoru Uesugi was pushing his bicycle, and as soon as he came out of the parking lot downstairs with Hanamaru Hanabi, he saw Katsura Totsuka looking at the bustling high-rise buildings ahead with melancholy eyes.
"Honestly, not much."
"Damn it, even you said that."
"This is a fact."
Katsura Totsuka did not give up at all, and the 40-story building seemed to be much smaller in the reflection of his eyes: "I will not give in."
After he finished speaking, he put on his helmet, rode on his small battery car, and disappeared into the street with flashing neon lights.
The wind was a bit strong, even though Hanamaru Hanabi was clinging to Uesugi Kai's half body, her hair was still blown by the evening wind.
"My lord, what were you talking about just now?"
"She likes the matter of Xiaoqiao." Uesugi Kai explained, looking at the place where Totsuka's bicycle disappeared, "I don't have much hope, to form a family, and the other party still has something on his mind."
The evening wind blows.
Kaoru Uesugi also felt that the cold wind at night was a bit too strong.
Concerned, he turned to see if the scarf around his wife's neck was fastened.
He took a look and saw that the scarf was a little crooked. He felt that she must be uncomfortable, so he took off the scarf around her neck, fiddled with it twice, and put it around her again.
"All right."
Kaoru Uesugi looked at the girl with sparkling eyes in front of him with satisfaction.
Hanamaru Hanabi with reddish cheeks pulled the scarf around her neck with both hands, and buried her chin in it. When she felt warm, she thought of something, raised her head, looked at Uesugi Kai and said:
"Kai-kun, it's almost winter, Hanabi will weave you a scarf."
Kaoru Uesugi knew that she could weave these, girls would always ask their mother for some interesting and practical skills when they were bored.
"Really?"
"Well, actually, Hanabi recently planned to weave a scarf as a Christmas present for Kai-kun, but the weather has been getting too cold these days, so I had to make it a little earlier."
The girl's eyes sparkled.
Uesugi Kai saw her expectant face, and heard her warmly say that she would knit a scarf for herself, and suddenly felt a burst of warmth in her heart under her words and in the cold wind on the street.
My wife wants to knit a scarf for herself.
that's nice
Kaoru Uesugi reached out to pinch her face, and the shy girl's face became even more rosy.
"Mr. Kai's hands are not cold at all."
"is it?"
Pinching turned into stroking, the more Uesugi Kai touched the curve of her cheek, the more clearly he could feel the delicate and tenderness of her face.
Her fingertips seemed to touch her beauty, which was fascinating.
For a moment, she was still a little reluctant to let go of her face.
"Mr. Kai, just touch, touch for a while."
Uesugi Kai smiled and took her arm, and put her cold little hand into his pocket to warm it.
Hanamaru Hanabi didn't refuse either, but when he was doing this, she moved closer to him, leaning half on his shoulder.
Kaoru Uesugi enjoyed her dependence very much, which gave him a clear feeling.
I am Hanabi's boyfriend, I am Hanabi's husband, and I am the person she relies on.
The more I think about these things, the more I want to treat her well.
"Little glutton, I knew you were hungry when I saw you drinking coffee just now, what do you want to eat?"
“Spicy Cheese Sticks”
"Spicy again?"
"Hanabi likes this." Hanamaru Hanabi stood beside him with her little face lowered.
"Okay, let's go, let's go shopping together." Kai Uesugi looked at the opposite commercial street, and didn't tell her about gaining weight.
"Kai-kun, where is Kai-kun's bicycle?" Hanamaru Hanabi looked back at the pink bicycle.
"Stop here first, we'll come over later and go home together."
"Ah."
The commercial street ahead is brightly lit, and people are coming and going on the zebra crossing at the intersection. The shadows of two figures, one tall and one short, gradually elongate as they walk away slowly.
"By the way, when did you start eating spicy food?"
"It's very early. Um, Hanabi can't remember clearly. Why did Kai-kun ask this?"
"I want to know how many secrets you have that I don't know."
"Mr. Kai, Hanabi said on TV that girls can't let boys know everything about themselves."
"why is that?"
"Because, there will be no novelty at all. When you fall in love, you understand, when you get married, you understand, and after that, you just dislike it."
"Correct reason."
"yes.?"
"After marriage, it should be companionship."
"The companionship that Mr. Kai mentioned should only be available to those who truly love each other."
"Of course, it's not like you don't know the divorce rate in Japan right now. If you don't know the word companionship, you don't know the meaning of love."
"That Hanabi will always be with Kai-kun."
"My wife is so nice to me."
"Hee hee, right?"
Walking through the zebra crossing, both of them couldn't help but smile at each other.
"By the way, the chili sauce that Huahuo likes to eat at home is almost used up? After buying the cheese sticks, do you want to buy some ingredients?"
"Alright, Hanabi listens to Kai-kun."
"I also need to buy some beef, pork and the like, for cooking."
"Well, listen to Kai-kun!"
(End of this chapter)