To the southeast of Xinan Street outside Ningxi Valley College is a new urban area that is gradually growing in size.

Thanks to the capital's developed and gradually expanding public transportation network, with important public stations as the center, the originally wild suburbs have been developed and equipped with better infrastructure.

Compared with the crowded streets, messy environment and complex crowds in the old city, this brand-new, clean and comfortable new city is becoming the new favorite of the city's proletariat. Some trendy new-age people have become accustomed to living in noisy and busy streets during the day.

Work in the old city and return to the comfortable and pleasant new city to rest in the evening, so that your tense nerves can relax after a tiring day.

It is said that a larger energy crystal power train has been successfully developed. The first section of guide rail will be laid in the autumn. The first station will be located in the south of the new city. It will connect Gravel City and a small satellite town 70 kilometers to the south and start trial operation.

There is the second largest energy crystal mining area and production park in the country that has been developed by Juneng United Industry for many years.

It is really a new era of rapid development. I wonder what the future will be like?

I was sitting in the back seat of a moving bus, reading a copy of the "Free Press" that someone had forgotten on the chair, and I couldn't help but sigh.

Uh... In addition to reporting on the Nengjing Power train news, there is also an editorial at the bottom of the small section, which is about the joint venture between Juneng United Group and the Public Transport Group to establish a joint venture between Juneng United Guide Rail Operating Company, unified planning and operation of the guide rail network, and the ownership of surrounding areas.

Coverage and analysis of land development and 50-year exclusivity rights.

The editorial quoted several opinions. For example, Kohler, chairman of Juneng United Group, believes that this is a reasonable compensation method for the group's huge investment in infrastructure with low returns and long payback period. Officials from the science and technology department also believe that this can feed back the development of energy crystal technology of the group.

Officials from the urban construction department believe that it can promote regional construction and development. Generally speaking, the conclusions are positive, but the editor briefly expressed some concerns at the end that if the large consortium formed by Juneng United Group and other trading groups further expands, it may harm public interests.

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After reading this, I remembered the mining incident in Yueling Town. What role did Juneng United Industries and Group play in it? When I saw the name of Kohler, the chairman of the group, for some reason, I thought of Cohen. I remember him

In today's speech, I mentioned United Energy Industries. Although I did not express my attitude clearly, I seemed to be more inclined to appreciate and support it.

With the ringing of the bell in the car, the bus slowly stopped. I turned to look out the window and saw the stop sign saying "Xincheng North", so I quickly got up, got off the bus, and stepped onto the streets of Xincheng District.

Soon, the bus with only a few passengers drove away slowly.

I looked at the surrounding streets, which seemed a bit strange.

It seems that the large department store that Leya and I visited at the beginning of the semester is located in the new city, and we have to go two bus stops further south to get there. The scenery is different from here.

It is more secluded here, with few people on the street, which reminds me of my leisure time in Yueling Town in the afternoon.

It's just that this place has a more modern atmosphere than a rural town. The crystal-powered cars occasionally pass by on the neat streets, the towering street lights and the mid-air cable network supported by telephone poles, and the telecommunications industry is erected opposite the bus sign.

The telephone booth newly put into production by the group this summer has a stylish shape with a semi-circular dome, milky white cast iron outer frame and dark red lattice window lattice, dotting the unique scenery of the new city.

I followed the directions in the recruitment notice, walked through two intersections, and walked less than 5 minutes before I found the cafe on the east side of the street.

This is a small cafe that occupies a small area. There are three sets of small tables and chairs on the open space facing the street outside the dark glass window, but only one table is occupied. An old man is leisurely sitting on a rattan armchair reading a newspaper.

, there is a cup of steaming black coffee on the small round table.

At the entrance of the cafe, there is a brown wooden sign hanging on the wall in the upper right corner, with the name of the shop printed on it: Purple Sakura. I remember that this is the name of the city where Leya is located, and it is also the name of a kind of cherry blossom that blooms in early spring. I noticed the wooden sign

There is also a small empty flower basket hanging below. Were these originally intended to be filled with purple cherry blossoms? Unfortunately, it is not in season now.

When I opened the door of the cafe, there was a creaking sound. The old man sitting on the chair just looked at me sideways, and then shifted his gaze to read the newspaper in his hand.

The guy outside must not be the boss, I thought as I walked into the cafe.

The cafe is surrounded by walls on three sides, and the natural lighting comes from the dark glass windows facing the street, which makes it even darker. Bounded by the door and the straight passage, the customer area is on the right, with six rows of four-seat booth sofas, but

There is no customer here. On the left is the coffee bar. There is a record player on the bar near the door, playing soothing slow music, and there is a faint fragrance of coffee wafting in the air in the room.

The sound of the door opening is the best customer signal. When I stepped into the cafe, the man who was working behind the bar straightened his back. He turned to look at me and shouted: "Welcome."

This is a middle-aged man in his forties, who should be the owner of this store. He is wearing a white shirt, black pants, and a brown apron. He is tall and full of energy.

After he saw me, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around and pressed the switch on the wall behind him to light up a few overhead lights on the ceiling of the cafe. He looked at me a few more times and then asked me with a smile: "Little

Girl, don’t you need to go to school?”

"I heard they are looking for part-time jobs here? I'm here to apply." I directly stated my purpose.

"We are indeed recruiting part-time students, but we are not recruiting underage middle school students, sorry." The middle-aged man said to me with a smile.

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Almost 20 minutes later.

The boss named Warren and I were sitting across from each other on the booth sofa near the door.

After my lengthy explanation, he was finally convinced of my adult status. I showed him the books I happened to have with me, and I also said that I could provide proof of identity issued by the town hall if necessary, so there was no problem.

I heard from Boss Warren that a female graduate student named Sierra from Ningxi Valley College worked here part-time before, but she only worked intermittently for about a month and quit yesterday for some reason. Because Warren was very dissatisfied with the college.

The students' performance was generally satisfactory, so I asked Sera to help post a recruitment notice. What I didn't expect was that the notice was just posted this morning, and I came to apply for the job in the afternoon.

Warren made a good first impression on me and agreed to start a trial today, with flexible settlement based on the total weekly working hours. The peak customer flow of this cafe is in the morning before work and in the evening after get off work. The boss handles it by himself in the morning, and I start from 6 in the afternoon. I work part-time from 0 o'clock to 8 o'clock in the evening, a total of two hours. Of course, the salary will be discounted, but it also meets my needs of not going back to school too late. The bus here runs every 20 minutes, and the last bus is at 8:30 p.m. The time for the bus back to school.

"That's it, happy working together, Yi Ke." Warren smiled and shook my hand.

"Thank you, thank you." I quickly shook hands with my current boss and thanked him.

The dress code of this small cafe is not strict. There are no gorgeous uniforms. They only require me to dress a little more formally and just put on a long apron with the shop's logo on it when I arrive. There is no rest room in this shop.

There is only a small hidden restroom in the locker room, and the boss's personal workbench is in another corner of the bar.

Although the working hours start at 6 pm and total two hours, the 6 o'clock period is very leisurely. Even during the so-called peak period after 7 o'clock, there are only a few customers. When it is not busy, I can sit in the innermost booth after cleaning.

Reviewing homework can be regarded as a very good part-time job based on comprehensive conditions.

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At around 8:10 pm, after completing my probation period and working part-time, I sat in the back row of the bus back to school as usual.

Well, today went pretty well. The customers in this cafe are mainly acquaintances, and the atmosphere is pretty good, so I don’t feel bad about it.

However, maybe because the customers are generally familiar with the boss, so as a newcomer, I became the target of ridicule.

At first, he just looked at me curiously, and then...

"Little sister, are you playing truant?"

"The boss abuses child labor. I can help you sue him. At least this illegal shop will be closed down."

"If this uncle behaves strangely, please report it to the Sheriff. No, this is the emergency call number..."

"Ha, ha, ha..." The last one was Boss Warren's wry laughter.

I put the book on my knees, and while thinking about it, I stretched out my right hand to caress the side braid hanging in front of my collarbone, feeling irritated and irritated.

Do you need to change your image?

My right hand touched the bow-knot hair tie at the end of the braid. I held the hanging strap between my two fingers and pulled the bow back into the long hair tie. My flower braid, which was originally tied by Leya, also followed the hair tie.

After being picked up, it lost its original restraint, and then it spiraled down until it returned to the long hair of a shawl.

Then, I gathered all my long hair back and tied it tightly.

That's it. Oh, by the way, I have to go to the library part-time the day after tomorrow. There are no classes tomorrow afternoon, so let's get familiar with the environment first. Well, the librarian... seems to have to remember the placement of a lot of books.

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Oh, I saw the Ningxi Valley College bus stop in front of me. The journey takes about 20 minutes, which is not bad.

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The night is already dark.

I jogged along the central avenue of the campus illuminated by the street lights, stepped onto the roundabout of the auditorium, and walked eastward for a while before arriving at the Sakura Garden in the East District. The gate of the dormitory building faced the south and faced the main road, surrounding the building.

To the east, west, north and west are the lawns of the outer courtyard and patches of sleeping purple cherry trees.

Standing outside, using the light of the street lamp, I looked at the four-story building, and saw that there were only one or two windows on each floor shining with sparks of light. This dormitory building, which is extremely popular but has good conditions, is really something.

strangeness.

The purple cherry trees on the lawn outside the dormitory building swayed in the night breeze, vaguely reminding me of the soft serenade played later in the Sakura Cafe.

What will it be like when it comes to the flowering season? It really makes me look forward to it.

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I said hello to Mrs. Anna who was leaning at the door of the dormitory room, and quickly stepped up the stairs to the second floor.

There are dormitories on both sides of the corridor on the second floor, with 8 suites on each side. The emergency access door at the north end of the corridor is closed all year round. Only the stairwell for daily access can be ventilated. There are only a few bright lights on the narrow ceiling, which transmits yellow light.

The light was dim. The only sound of my footsteps in the corridor at this time made me feel dull and a little nervous.

I walked to the end of the corridor, took out the key and opened the door of dormitory 202. I suddenly remembered the neighbor in dormitory 201 opposite whom I met on the first day of admission, but I have never met and talked to her again. I don’t know where she came from.

I even doubted whether dormitories 201 and 202 were the only ones living on the second floor, because I never saw anyone coming in or out of other dormitories on the second floor when I walked around. Just now, I only saw light from one window on the second floor outside.

After walking into the dormitory, I closed the door to the dormitory, and in a blink of an eye I noticed that the door of Leya's room 2021 was closed, but there was light coming through the crack of the door. She should be staying in her room.

I feel like I’ve done a lot of things today and I’m so tired.

I walked into room 2022, turned on the lights in the room, came to the table near the window, and let myself relax on the chair. I looked at the night sky with the bright moon hanging high outside the window, the afterglow of the street lights outside and the lights in the distance.

The graceful figure swaying in the purple cherry forest, just when she was thinking about straightening her mood, she immediately heard the sound of the door next to her being suddenly opened.

Oh, no...

"Yike! Why did you come back so late... I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Leya's voice pierced directly into my mind.

"Ah, yes." Why did I feel dizzy again...
To be continued...