Many students in Shanghai University City have recently spread word of mouth about something:

A very strange store recently opened in the Junk Street of University Town. The name of the store is "Meet". A very ordinary light box is used on the door of the store to make two very simple words - "Meet"!

Hmm! Such a store suddenly appeared.

No one seems to know when it opened. There was no celebration when it opened. There were no loud horns at the door of the store such as "If you can't buy it, you will suffer, if you can't buy it, you will be cheated...", and there were no part-time college students stopping you on the roadside.

Stuff a colorful leaflet...

Anyway, whether you care or not, "meet" appears right there, in the garbage street.

Maybe there are a few caring people who still remember that the ex they "met" seemed to be in a coffee shop.

Try to walk in, and you will slowly find that "Yang Yu" is a very strange store.

When you walk in, there is no beautiful lady in well-dressed clothes who politely says "Welcome" to you, no waiter in standard overalls greets you with "Hello, what do you need?", and no shopping guide with a professional smile talks eloquently.

You bala bala...

Looking around, the small 50-square-meter store has a few booths, some in single rows and some in opposite rows; green plastic vines hang behind the backrests of the booths, some with tangled branches and some hanging low.

, some are spread horizontally, and each deck is a small world.

Of course, there are also some potted green plants scattered in the hall.

When you listen to it, the sound of music that is sometimes soothing, sometimes gentle, and sometimes harmonious fills your heart.

Occasionally there are two or three big cats and kittens, some sitting alone in a daze, reading a book, or three or two chatting softly and laughing, and of course there are affectionate mandarin ducks flirting with each other with low eyebrows.

Anyway, everyone is minding their own business.

Your slightly restless heart will calm down unconsciously in this peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

If you intend to stay here, you will walk to the counter as usual... You may see a girl who looks like a college student lowering her head to read and write. Before you can say anything, the girl may not even raise her head, just point her finger at the pen and whisper softly.

:

"Whatever you want to drink, just do it yourself!"

You look in the direction of the girl's finger and there is a long table with many bottles and cans on it.

At this time, maybe you will be stunned, no, you will definitely be stunned with confusion.

Before you can say anything, girls will frown and explain to you patiently:

"Here! There are a lot of drinks over there, including boiled water, carbonated drinks, Coke, Sprite, etc., as well as orange juice, coffee, milk, etc... Just go over and take a look, and you can make your own choice of what you want to drink."

Perhaps you will also add: "The cups have been cleaned and disinfected, please rest assured!"

After saying this, the girl will be busy with her own affairs and will stop talking to you.

A girl may even think that you disturbed her reading and writing, otherwise why would she frown and talk to you?

It's polite enough not to show impatience, okay?

No doubt this has happened many times.

If you are wondering: "You are a waiter, right? Why should I do it myself?"

She will answer you confidently:

"I'm a waiter, but my job is limited to cleaning, tidying up tables and chairs, and washing cups. Because our store is self-service... you can just drink whatever you want!"

If you joke: "Don't you say that customers are God, is this how you treat God?"

She should respond to you with a naughty smile:

"Doesn't God have hands? Besides, God is omnipotent, why can't I do it myself?"

If you complain: "This is how your store does business? Don't you even have the most basic services?"

She should answer you very seriously:

"You don't know me, and I don't know you, so why should I serve you? Would you serve a stranger you met on the street? Of course, helping an old lady cross the road doesn't count!"

If you threaten: "I'm going to complain to your boss about you!"

She will probably put on a slightly amused, disdainful or expectant smile, twitching the corner of her mouth to say "please" to you. She may even be afraid that you won't complain, and will remind you very thoughtfully: "The boss usually doesn't show up until after 6 p.m.

In the store.”

…

What you don't know is that no matter what kind of questions you have, under normal circumstances, she can confidently provide "routine" standard answers.

The reason why she feels confident is because she has asked her boss many times about your questions, and the boss also answered her in the same way.

To be more precise, this should be called having confidence, because this is the boss's style.

If you turn around and leave at this time, she will not look at you twice, let alone make a sound to persuade you to stay, because her boss said:

"We are all guests whether we come or stay, so - please do as you please!"

She thought carefully about the boss's answer for a long time, but she couldn't understand it.

I even once wondered if I had some misunderstanding of the saying "We are all guests whether we stay or leave".

If you don't mind or choose to stay out of curiosity, you will find that just as the girl said, there are quite a lot of drinks to choose from.

There are hot and cold boiled water, carbonated drinks like Coke and Sprite, as well as orange juice, milk, and even a small freezer with small buckets of ice cubes next to it. Next to the small freezer, there are instant coffee and bottled coffee powder.

...Oh, there are still unground coffee beans, and there is a coffee machine in the corner...

Although there are many types, most of them are relatively common drinks.

Only knowledgeable people can distinguish the quality of unground coffee beans.

If you return to the counter with your favorite drink, ask the girl:

"How much?"

You would never expect that a girl would use an extremely perfunctory attitude, without even looking at you, and then give you an eye-opening answer:

"casual!"

At this time, you will definitely think that the girl did not hear your question or heard it wrong, so you raise your voice:

"Hey, beauty, how much is it?"

The girl's shoulders slumped down, and she answered with a helpless tone, as if reciting the text silently:

"Hello! This store is self-service, including paying for everything... You don't have to pay for it! If you don't want to pay, I will treat you as a "meeting" and treat you to a drink... If you are willing to pay, how much will you give?

Depending on your mood, one penny is never too little, and ten thousand is never too much...Finally, I would like to remind you that our store does not provide change service, and making change is not within the scope of my job!"

Will it refresh your knowledge?

Is this the first time you’ve heard that you can “self-help” by paying the bills?

At this time, do you also feel that you have some misunderstanding about the word "self-help"?

Is this the first time I heard that it doesn’t matter if you pay after consumption or not?

How much does it cost depends entirely on the mood of the customer?

Also, when did the job of making change become a service that can be dispensed with?

...

When you, like everyone else, feel like your brain is shutting down, girls may kindly add a few words:

"By the way, if you want to refill the cup, you can do it yourself, but please try not to change the cup, and don't disturb me! Oh... By the way, no disturbing others, no making noise, no smoking, please do the rest.

Do it yourself!"

When you come back to your senses, under the flickering gaze of the girl, it doesn’t matter if you are searching your whole body, but you have no choice but to pretend to be cool and distressed and take a picture of the hundred dollar bill... Or maybe you are blushing and squirming.

Putting a coin on the table...or not paying the bill as a pretense and trial after thinking for a moment...or turning around decisively with secret joy of taking another advantage, girls don't know how to do it.

Say something.

Perhaps, when you gaze again into those eyes that seem to be talking, you will also see your own clear reflection in them.

...

With your eyes wandering, you chose an acceptable place to sit down.

Next, you will definitely look at this strange store again, review the scene that just happened, and then involuntarily start to study the owner.

In my mind, I kept guessing about the identity of the shop owner, piecing together the appearance of the shop owner, and then overturning it over and over again.

In the end, I gained nothing except curiosity.

It won't be nothing, the strange "encounter" can make you enjoy it and let you experience a kind of "wanton" pleasure.

No hustle and bustle, no distractions.

Only after a guest leaves can you see a figure clearing tables and chairs walking back and forth.

When you walk out of the store, I'm sure you'll look back.

Doesn’t it seem that the store name “Meet” made of two ordinary light boxes has a little more charm?

Will there be an inexplicable worry in your heart, worrying that if this store closes due to poor management, there will be no chance of "meeting" again in the future?
To be continued...