Xiaonian, the three of them really worked hard. The peeling machines and slicers that Li Haochen moved from the main store were all installed properly by them.
Li Haochen knew how to win people over. While they were diligently working, he slipped out of the store and bought a few cups of milk tea and three packs of Double Happiness cigarettes.
"It's hot, everyone have some milk tea and a smoke. The air conditioner has been ordered and should arrive tomorrow. Thank you for your hard work."
Drinking milk tea and smoking, their moods were self-evident. The most important thing was the air conditioner. Where could they find such a considerate boss?
Judging by their expressions, Li Haochen had won them over completely. They secretly vowed to work hard.
"Coo coo! Coo coo!"
The cuckoo clock on the wall accurately announced the time. Li Haochen glanced at it and his mouth twitched.
"Six o'clock? Time flies so fast."
Thinking that the coconuts in the space had not yet been moved out, Li Haochen quickly found an excuse to send the three of them back.
As soon as the three left, Li Haochen locked the shop behind them.
He quickly entered the space and started moving things out in piles. There were no restrictions on how much he could move out. Even if he picked all the coconuts from Jiuzhou Island, he could move them out. With the dozens of square meters of the shop, if he moved them all out at once, Li Haochen would probably be crushed by the coconuts.
Since they needed to be strung together with ropes, moving the coconuts took an hour or so. The second floor of the branch store and the back hall on the first floor were filled with coconuts, about 5,000 of them, which could last for two days.
After moving the coconuts, Li Haochen was covered in sweat. He washed himself with cold water, shivered, and his pores expanded with the refreshing sensation.
There weren't many people shopping at this time. Most people were at home or in restaurants eating. Murong Yanran and her friends came to the main store after class and were eating dinner.
"Clang~"
"Oh, it's better to be here early than on time. I've timed it perfectly, hahaha!"
"Hmm... Third brother, have you been carrying bricks?"
Murong Yanran pulled over a stool, took a prepared boxed meal, and poured a cup of hot tea. "You must be hungry, eat quickly."
Li Haochen took the boxed meal, took a sip of the hot tea, and started eating with his chopsticks. "Yeah, if I don't carry bricks, how can I afford a wife? Hehe!"
"You're so indecent." Murong Yanran rolled her eyes and said coquettishly, then took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
This display of affection made Chen He and Liu Dehui so envious that they were almost green with jealousy. Liang Minfeng kept winking at Zhang Guifang, like he had trachoma, twitching his eyes.
He received the tissue, and a whole box of it. Zhang Guifang threw a box back at him. "Wipe yourself."
Liang Minfeng was so frustrated. Why was it different from what he had imagined?
Everyone burst into laughter, filled with joy.
This was love. The process of every couple's relationship was unique, each with their own way of expressing it.
Although Miss Dong had played her part, the lingering discomfort persisted. After sitting for a while, Li Haochen took Murong Yanran home, and Liang Minfeng went to watch a movie with Zhang Guifang.
Ruan Shanshan and Zhang Qianqian, being part-time workers, were different from Murong Yanran and the others. They had to stay and watch the store.
Of course, Chen He and Liu Dehui also stayed to watch the store. Was there any need to explain their purpose? .oγg
"Achoo!"
The temperature had dropped considerably on this late autumn night, and the wind was a bit chilly. Murong Yanran sneezed several times.
Without a jacket, Li Haochen had to slow down his speed. "I'll sign up for a driver's license test one of these days."
"And you?"
"I already have a driver's license, hehe!"
"Uh... then let's buy a car after a while. It's easy to catch a cold sitting in a tricycle in this weather."
"You decide."
When they got home, Li Haochen's first action was to go into the kitchen to make ginger soup.
It was simple. Pour a bowl of water into the pot, bring it to a boil, add 4-5 slices of ginger, and simmer for about 10 minutes. Then add brown sugar and let it dissolve.
Li Haochen covered the ginger soup, carried it upstairs, and placed it on the small table in Murong Yanran's room before going down to shower.
When Murong Yanran came out of the shower, a bowl of steaming ginger soup was already on the table.
Drinking the ginger soup, she smiled from the bottom of her heart.
At six o'clock in the morning, Li Haochen got up, planning to go to Butterfly Bay to collect seafood. He came out and saw the kitchen light on. It turned out Murong Yanran was studying how to cook shredded stir-fried noodles on her phone.
"Ah... Oh." Murong Yanran yawned, seemingly not having slept enough. Despite still being sleepy, she was diligently watching the tutorial on Xiaohongshu.
When she saw the part about cutting carrots into shreds, she paused the phone, took a carrot, and placed it on the cutting board. Holding the knife, she was a bit scared. After a struggle between heaven and man, she made the first cut.
The sharp blade landed on the round carrot, but it couldn't penetrate. She wanted to use her hand to hold it, but looking at the blade, she decided against it.
Her eyes darted around, and when she saw the small fork in the bowl, her eyes lit up. She picked it out and stuck it into the middle of the carrot.
"Perfect, hehe!" Murong Yanran was quite pleased with her ingenious idea.
Holding the middle of the fork, she looked at the knife, then moved her hand to the end to grip it, afraid that the glint of the cleaver would harm her small hands. She held the knife against the middle of the carrot and pressed down forcefully. It sank in with a sound.
"Clang..."
"Uh... Why won't it cut? This carrot is too hard!"
She tried cutting again, but it still wouldn't cut. This only ignited Murong Yanran's fierceness. "I don't believe I can't defeat you."
Murong Yanran held the knife handle with both hands and raised the cleaver, with the carrot hanging from it, and smashed it down onto the cutting board.
"Bang~"
With a harsh clang mixed with the sound of metal collision, the carrot could not withstand the evil Murong Yanran.
"Hmph, see if you dare to be so arrogant now."
Satisfied, Murong Yanran picked up half of the carrot and was about to make the second cut when she found three soybean-sized chips on the blade. She froze for a moment, looked at the cleaver again, and then grabbed the carrot. She saw that the small fork had been chipped, and a piece was still stuck in the core of the carrot.
"Pfft, hahaha~ Yanran, your skills have improved greatly recently! You've even chipped the Dragon Slaying Saber a few times."
"Ah..."
Murong Yanran was startled by Li Haochen's voice, and then her little face turned red. She clenched her small pink fist. "Don't laugh, or I'll chop you."
Looking at the cleaver held in the air, with three chips on it, he found it hard to suppress his laughter, but he dared not laugh out loud, his old face turning red from holding it in.
After catching his breath, Li Haochen walked over, pulled Murong Yanran into his arms, and took the hand that was holding the cleaver. "I'll teach you."
Murong Yanran's heart raced, her face flushed red. She was like a puppet controlled by strings, letting Li Haochen maneuver her.