Chapter 057 Modern Society 18
No one expected that the craze for hair growth drinks would last for two years and still have considerable sales.
Nowadays, Osmanthus Flower Hair Drink has become the main drink of Shire Tea Shop. The number of employees in a shift has gradually increased to ten to cope with the daily customer flow.
As one of the earliest employees to join Shire Tea Shop, Zhang Shuangshuang is already a foreman.
She was extremely glad that she had chosen this job. Her previous job was very competitive and she often had to work overtime without pay, which made her sick. Later, she couldn't stand it anymore and resigned. She stayed at home for two months, paying for food, drink, rent, water and electricity bills. She watched her savings balance continue to decline, and she felt anxious.
When I applied for the job at Shire Tea Shop, I just thought I would work there for a few months and then quit when I found a better job. But I ended up working there for two years.
Who would have thought that the working conditions here would be so good?
I only work six hours a day, five days a week, and the remaining two days are pure rest.
What should be normal working hours is particularly valuable in today's increasingly inward-looking society.
For this reason alone, Zhang Shuangshuang was reluctant to quit her job.
The salary and benefits are not bad either. The basic salary plus housing allowance, food allowance, and car allowance, after adding various subsidies, is basically close to the salary I earned from working hard before. Moreover, drinks in the store are available at any time. I can have a glass of energy drink at work and feel energetic all day. If I work the night shift, I can pack a sleeping drink, have a good sleep, and wake up refreshed the next day.
The relationship between colleagues is also very harmonious. We have become good friends. After work, we will make plans to go out for dinner and shopping together. When we get together during break time, we will make plans to go out for a trip.
Zhang Shuangshuang often heard Xiao Yao, who was recruited at the same time as her, say that every time she worked in a new store, it felt like a flow of energy filled her whole body, making her feel very comfortable.
Maybe it’s the good feng shui of the new store. Every day working here is a pleasure.
Shortly after starting work in the new store, Zhang Shuangshuang went for a physical check-up as usual and found that some of her minor ailments had been cured without treatment.
The results of the physical examination are very encouraging!
This made Zhang Shuangshuang even more reluctant to leave the Shire Tea Shop. She felt that as long as the Shire Tea Shop remained open, she could work there until retirement!
After Lin Xiran graduated from Dongda University, the lease of the store in the university town expired. The owner raised the rent arbitrarily, so Xie Yunsui closed the store there.
Lin Xiran was also promoted from an employee to half-store manager. Like other employees, he worked six hours a day and was also responsible for the operation of various accounts and product promotion of the store.
Out of selfish motives, Xie Yunsui gave him a super double salary.
Of course, there are still not many products in the store. In addition to the regular cherry juice sparkling drink, vitality drink, sleep drink and hair growth drink, sunset flower drink is only available for a limited time on Chinese Valentine's Day and the second Saturday of January.
The Chinese Valentine's Day is to celebrate the couple's marriage.
The other one was made by Xie Yunsui to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
When Lin Xiran explained the reason on the official account, all the CP fans felt like they were celebrating the New Year.
[Hilarious! The celebrity couple I was really into broke up the next day, while the random couple I was just into actually got married!]
[Hahaha, I thought the two shop owners were a perfect match from the beginning!]
[Congratulations! I wish the editor and the owner a long and happy marriage. Just a quick question, where can I find a job for my husband?]
[How romantic! We in the Shire have our own Sunset Blossom Festival.]
[I'm so envious of the store's employees. Are they still hiring? I want to see them up close and personal!]
[Damn it! I want to see how sweet this sunset flower drink is. Is it sweeter than the boss's wedding candy?]
[A local would say it's incredibly delicious, with a very refreshing floral aroma. One sip is like standing in a courtyard covered in flowers, watching the sun slowly set as the sky changes from warm orange to a romantic pink and purple, complementing the flowers in the garden beautifully. The wind brings the fragrance of the flowers, and everything is so beautiful.]
[I only regret not having enough knowledge when I need it. I am a rough man! After drinking this, I just want to say one thing: I want to fall in love!]
[Ahhh, outsiders can't drink it! Is it really not allowed to sell the concentrated liquid of Sunset Flower Drink? I'll pay more! ! ! !]
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There are often such CP-carrying comments under the comments, and every time Lin Xiran sees it, he thinks of the second Friday of January.
The day before they got their marriage certificate.
It was supposed to be an ordinary day.
Xie Yunsui always put Lin Xiran and himself in the same shift. Even if they were both very busy and couldn't say a word to each other, they would be very happy when they occasionally looked up and looked at each other.
Before getting off work, the two of them cleaned up the store.
"Tomorrow is Saturday. We don't have classes at noon. Do you want to go to the movies together?"
Lin Xiran then remembered the movie date that they had forgotten for a long time.
Xie Yunsui held his hand, a smile on her face. "I heard there's a breakfast shop in the South District that's been open for over 20 years. Their bubble wontons are delicious. Let's go eat together tomorrow morning."
"How do you know I want to eat bubble wontons these two days?" Lin Xiran was surprised.
Xie Yunsui said, "Because when the food section was shown here the day before yesterday, your eyes lit up."
Lin Xiran: “…”
Who can blame them for taking such tempting photos?
Xie Yunsui continued, "Then, while the Civil Affairs Bureau is still open, let's go get a certificate."
Lin Xiran: “…”
Wh-what?
He couldn't help but curl his fingers.
It was too sudden.
Lin Xiran licked her lips, her pale face full of confusion: "Just... got the marriage certificate?"
"It's been almost half a year since we met, and I think we're a perfect match." Xie Yunsui kissed him. "We'll have to get a marriage certificate one day. I want to become your legal partner sooner rather than later."
After a pause, he lowered his eyebrows and said in a somewhat lonely tone: "If you think it's too hasty, you can also choose not to do it..."
Lin Xiran shouted: "Of course I do!"
After he finished speaking, he saw Xie Yunsui's mouth corners couldn't help but rise, and he knew he was pretending again.
Lin Xiran felt a little annoyed. Whenever he couldn't bear it anymore and asked to stop, this guy would pretend to be pitiful and aggrieved, which made him always soft-hearted and then things would get out of control.
Damn it, he has me in his hands completely.
But he succeeds every time.
Lin Xiran snorted softly. How could someone finalize the marriage certificate so casually?
But he has already agreed, wouldn’t it be bad to go back on his word?
On the way back, Lin Xiran was absent-minded and always felt that it didn't feel real.
In the square in front of the subway station, there is a beautiful check-in spot. The flower wall is beautifully decorated with a line of words printed in the middle: "Dedicated to the unique you."
Lin Xiran had unknowingly walked here and was suddenly pulled and stopped.
"It was originally a spur-of-the-moment idea, but I thought it would be better to have a sense of ceremony. Since I didn't have time to prepare, I borrowed the scene here."
As Xie Yunsui spoke, he took out a simple silver ring from his pocket with his right hand, gently took his hand and put it on him.
Lin Xiran blinked, waiting for something, and couldn't help asking, "Why don't you say the words of proposal?"
"Because I'm sure we'll be together forever."
"As long as you wear this ring, in this life, the next life, and the life after that, I will always find you and we will be together forever."
Lin Xiran was so stunned by the sudden confession that he still felt dizzy when he returned home.
The next day, Lin Xiran dragged his weak legs and went with Xie Yunsui to get the marriage certificate.
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Huajing City Chinese Herbal Medicine Research Institute.
"Success! It's been cultivated!"
"Dr. Song, the latest batch of seeds has finally sprouted!"
Song Lengyun looked at the small sprouts emerging from the cultivation soil in front of her. That little green dot was full of everyone's hope for two years.
She smiled and said, "That's great! Thank you all for your hard work. But we can't slack off yet. Keep the mother plant safe. Plant this batch of seedlings in batches and keep records..."
After giving the instructions, she walked to the office and found the phone number of the owner of the Shire Tea Shop.
Who would have thought that it would take them two years of research to grow those two inconspicuous packets of seeds into sprouts.
When it was first detected that the seeds were very active, no one took it seriously. If those seeds with low or weak activity could be planted, then these seeds could be cultivated in minutes, right?
However, the facts contradicted him.
They simulated soils with various nutrient compositions, but still could not get the seeds to germinate. Instead, the longer the seeds were planted, the lower their activity became.
However, after the seeds completely lost their activity, the nutritional content of the remaining culture soil increased a lot.
This is too strange. How could a seed not absorb nutrients from the soil to thrive, but instead give all the nutrients to the soil?
The cultivation methods were repeatedly overturned until recently when results were achieved.
Xie Yunsui was a little surprised when he received the call. He didn't expect that in just two years, their research institute had actually cultivated two kinds of herbs?
The research institute had called him before to ask what the correct way to cultivate seeds was.
Xie Yunsui was unable to explain the difference in soil fertility between the two worlds, and he was not a specialist in planting, so he could only give an excuse.
"Okay, Dr. Song, as we agreed before, I will hand over the formula for the hair growth drink..."
After two years, Xie Yunsui finally realized how many bald people there were in the world. He only had one store, which was not enough to satisfy such a large market.
The research institute has been limited by funding for many years. With this cooperation, the money earned can be invested in more experiments.
In order to bring the hair growth drink to market as soon as possible, the people in the research institute worked overtime to cultivate the seedlings, and then looked for cooperative herbal farmers to plant them.
The two herbs have different maturity periods, one takes only half a year and the other takes two years.
In the fourth year after the cooperation, Xie Yunsui finally saw bottled hair growth drinks on the shelves of the supermarket he often visited.
Lin Xiran followed his gaze and asked, "Huh? Is this the hair growth drink we're collaborating with the research institute?"
Xie Yunsui nodded and took two bottles and put them in the shopping cart: "Try it and see if there is any difference with ours."
After Xie Yunsui sold the formula, he no longer paid much attention to the progress of the research institute. He even learned about the launch of the product from the supermarket.
The institute has many research projects, and the funds allocated to hair growth drinks are obviously very tight.
The only publicity was a picture and text posted on the official account to congratulate the launch of "Shengfa Drink".
When netizens saw it at first, they thought they were seeing things, but it was not until Shire Tea Shop reposted it that they realized the two parties had actually cooperated.
[Wuhu! Now I can finally drink whenever I want without having to go to Donglin City every weekend.]
[Hahaha, I ordered two boxes directly from a nearby supermarket and they were delivered within two hours!]
[The taste is a bit bland, not as good as Shire's Osmanthus Peanut Hair Drink.]
[Girls! Make your own candied osmanthus at home. Scoop a spoonful of osmanthus honey and add hair growth sparkling water. It tastes exactly like Shire's!]
[Ever since I started drinking Shire's hair growth drink, I've broken the curse of middle-aged balding that has been passed down in my family. It was just a bit of a hassle to go to Donglin City to buy it. Well done to the research institute!]
Lin Xiran read a few comments and then felt a little worried: "It seems that our store's business will be very bleak in the next few months."
Now a large part of the store’s profits comes from hair growth drinks.
The Physalis juice sparkling drink has no effect and is just an ordinary flavored drink. The audience for the vitality drink and the sleep drink is not large and relatively fixed, and they both have other substitutes. Some people who don't want the trouble will not travel from all over the world to buy these.
Xie Yunsui was busy putting the ingredients he bought from the supermarket into the refrigerator. Hearing this, he said, "It's time to introduce new products."
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