My 26-year-old Female Tenant

  After Le Yao left, I walked to the inn alone, looking left and right all the way. Whenever one or two tourists passed by me, I felt that I was still living in this real world.

  When I walked to the door of a newly opened convenience store, I stopped because two electric wooden horses for children were being installed at the door of the store.

So, in seeing things and thinking about people, I thought of her unique indifferent smile, and I was once deeply immersed in her smile and couldn't extricate myself. It's just that all the past experiences, at this moment, I can use a sentence that changes from time to time. brought it over.

  I don't miss anything anymore, I lifted my feet and continued to walk to my inn.

  …

  In the inn, the boy was sitting in front of the service desk, receiving customers instead of me. When he saw me coming back, he stared at me for a long time and asked, "Brother Yang, what happened to your face?"

   "Accidentally hit it... Are there any tourists staying today?"

  The boy shook his head in despair, and said: "No...Since we took over this inn, there have been no new guests."

I just nodded and didn't say much, but I was thinking in my brain: what kind of soul should I shape while changing the flesh and blood for this inn? The so-called soul is like the "change of seasons" in the fifth season bar. The "waiting for you" in the Xitang Waiting for You bar, this shaped soul, will eventually become the core selling point in the operation, guiding customers to spend here and creating a sense of belonging.

   "Brother Yang, what are you thinking when you frown?"

  I asked back, saying: "You are also one of the shareholders of this inn now, tell me, do you have any good ideas to run this inn well?"

  The boy replied without thinking, "Let's reduce the price, as long as we are cheaper by other inns, the guests will come naturally!"

I shook my head and said: "Price reduction is only a means of promotion, not a long-term business strategy, and our inn is rented by someone else's house. There are many inns in Xitang built by local residents. Compared with them, we can't play well." Started a price war, you know?"

   "Then what do you say?"

   "One step at a time, starting with the renovation of the inn."

   "Okay, I don't know much about business, I just follow your arrangement."

   "Well, I have a task for you. In two days, you open a store on Taobao. When our inn is renovated, you can directly receive accommodation orders on Taobao. In this way, we will add a sales channel."

   "Brother Yang, you are so amazing, why didn't I think of it?"

   "That's awesome. Now 80% of the inns in Xitang have shops on Taobao. We are already far behind others. Now we have to work hard to catch up with other inns in the basic channels, you know?"

  The boy nodded repeatedly.

  I said to him again: "The inn will be handed over to you today. I will go to a decoration company right now and get the decoration plan done as soon as possible."

   "You can go at ease, I will take care of the inn."

  I nodded and prepared to leave.

   "Brother Yang, wait."

   "Anything else?"

   "...Will Sister Le come to have dinner with us today?"

   "No, she has returned to Beijing."

  The boy drooped his head, like a deflated ball.

  I smiled and asked, "Why do you look half dead?"

   "Sorry about her leaving."

   "What a pity, you don't even dare to say a few words to her."

   "She is a big star, and even a goddess in my heart. Isn't it normal not to dare to talk to her?"

  I didn't have the heart to continue chatting with him. After telling him to take care of the inn again, I picked up the car keys and walked towards the van parked at the door.

  …

  Just like the renovation of the "Fifth Season" bar at that time, I was busy with various decoration companies throughout the day. In addition to making inquiries, I also exchanged some decoration ideas with them.

  In the midst of being busy, the time has quietly reached dusk, and Xitang under the setting sun ushered in the most poetic moment of the day, but I dragged my tired body back to the inn.

  The boy was still staring at the computer very intently. I sat on the wicker chair opposite and asked him, "Did you come to the house this afternoon?"

   "No." The boy said as he frantically clicked the mouse.

   "What are you doing?"

   "Playing games."

   "I asked you to build a Taobao store, have you done it yet?"

   "No, there are no residents now anyway, and we will get it done after the renovation is completed!"

  I frowned, disgusted by the laziness of the boy, but still patiently said, "Don't play games, I have something to tell you."

"Etc., etc…"

  I light a cigarette and wait.

After one cigarette was finished, I smoked another, but the boy still had no intention of stopping. After a day of exhaustion, I finally got angry, came to his side and slapped his hand holding the mouse. Huo said: "Why the **** are you so careless? What's so fun about this bird game!"

  The boy was frightened by my sudden attack, looked at me with his mouth open, and said to me after a while: "What are you doing?"

   "I told you to serve snacks, stop playing games, do you hear me?"

   "There's no need to be so serious about opening an inn, right?...Besides, I've been looking at the inn all day, why didn't I pay attention?"

  I couldn't communicate with the boy, and I became irritable, but I controlled it and didn't let myself get angry.

  Seeing that I was silent, the boy suddenly lost his temper, kicked away the office chair beside him and said to me, "I'm going to eat." He left the inn without looking back.

  …

  I sat alone in the empty inn, until the sunset faded, until there was no light in the room, I turned on the light in a daze, and then lit a cigarette for myself somewhat depressed.

  I realized that I was making a big fuss about the boy. After all, I was at his age, and I was less aware of danger than him, so I was muddled all day long.

  Actually, prospective graduates who are on the verge of graduating from college have more or less such performance. I should not ask too much of him, but should inspire him with persuasion.

  Looking at the time, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening, and the boy hadn't come back yet. I couldn't help but feel worried and wanted to go out to find him, but the inn couldn't be left alone.

  Up to this time, the inn hadn’t waited for the first guest after we took over, so after weighing it in my mind, I decided to go out and find the boy first.

  It was a little cold in Xitang at night, so I put on a thick coat, picked up the lighter and cigarette case on the table, and went outside.

  In the hurried steps, I met her eyes for a moment, I stopped, and she looked back at me.

   "Why did you come to Xitang?"

  Jian Wei was more surprised than I was, and she said after a while: "Today is the weekend, come to Xitang to relax...I didn't expect you to be in Xitang after being missing for so many days!"

  I didn't speak for a long while, thinking to myself: Could it be that in Jian Wei's heart, she is still thinking about Xitang, the place where we slept with each other?

   Jian Wei didn't speak any more, she just looked at the guitar without strings hanging under the signboard of the inn.

  I finally said to her, "You haven't found a place to stay, right? This is my inn."

   "Your inn?"

   "Yes, I just took over yesterday."

   "This inn is so out of the way, and it's the off-season for tourism now, will I be the first guest after you take over?"

   "That's right... By the way, you go in and help me take care of the inn. I'm going out to do some errands, and I'll be right back."

   Jian Wei nodded, and I immediately led her into the inn.