Two days before the surrounding schools were to resume full term, Kuroki Jin completed the decoration of the candy house. Too lazy to think of a store name, he just named it [Candy House], which is simple and easy to understand. There is an endless stream of elementary school students or high school students who stop to look inside every day, waiting for the opening.
The outer hall of the candy house is roughly divided into two parts: the counter area and the reception area. The front counter of the counter area is divided into two parts on the left and right. The one on the left stood for three-quarters of the entire counter, and was where Kuroki Jin placed the candies for sale. Candy retail is convenient for children who don’t have much pocket money.
The right side, which occupies a quarter, is the milk tea ordering area and waiting area, where customers can just line up in two rows. There is a small standing sign in the ordering area with the names of some basic styles of milk tea on it. The entire counter area covers an area of about 20 square meters. In addition to the three-quarters of the display cabinets at the front counter where candies are placed, the materials for making milk tea are displayed in the area. He placed it in a circle and surrounded the two people at the counter.
In front of the candy area are three tables, with four chairs placed beside each table. The color is a combination of light green and white, and the interior decoration is colorful, making it look like a style that children will like.
The arrangement of tables and chairs does not affect the sale of milk tea next to it, but the entire reception area is only about 30 square meters. If there are few people, it will look fine, but if there are many people, it will definitely be crowded.
Behind the counter area is a small kitchen and warehouse, which stores materials related to candy or milk tea. In the middle is a table and facilities such as a sink.
The entire candy house is less than 80 square meters in total, and there is a small second floor, which is only about 50 square meters. Kuroki Jin transformed it into a lounge, with a room with a bed in the innermost part, and a sofa, TV, bookshelf and other things to pass the time outside.
These are all done by outside decoration companies, and after they finish their work during the day, the decoration at night is done by people within the organization, who open a basement below the first floor. The place is not big, and there are miscellaneous emergency supplies inside, as well as a few hidden compartments for handguns.
It’s normal to build a bomb shelter in an ordinary house in Neon, right?
Apart from the decoration of the candy house on the outside, there is a warehouse area no more than 100 meters behind it. Several warehouses belong to different companies and are used to store inventory. In fact, if you trace these companies further, you will find that they are just leather bag companies, and the items placed inside are only superficial. And this is the real transfer station of the Kuromuren trading station, and all transactions are completed here.
Just in case, Kuroki built a secret passage out of the basement so that he could escape smoothly if necessary. The entrance to the basement is behind the refrigerator in the back kitchen of the store - the refrigerator appears to be embedded. As long as the switch hidden behind the wall is rotated, the refrigerator can be flipped to open the passage, and the appearance will change to a normal refrigerator and be covered. Live in the wall with the switch hidden outside. And if the start switch in the basement is turned off, this mechanism cannot be turned on by other means.
Kuroki Jin didn't tell Anai Yuki about building the basement. The trading post wouldn't use it. It was just a safe house he prepared just in case.
At this point, both the bright and dark sides of the candy house are completed. Kuroki Ren felt that as long as this place did not attract any strange people, his trading post would be safe.
So the day before the school started, the Candy House announced its opening with a high profile, which immediately attracted the attention of some students who had not yet started school but arrived early.
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"I, Sonoko Suzuki, am known as a high school girl gourmet. There is no need for a new store near school to exist if it doesn't pass my tasting!"
"Sonzi, you just want to see the legendary handsome boss..."
"No! I, I, I just saw that there are so many customers in this restaurant. It would be a big deal if we were deceived by some false advertising!"
"..."
"Okay, okay, Xiaolan, we are really almost here, just wait a little longer, just a little bit."
Even though school has not started yet, there is a campus-like excitement here. The long queue makes the door of Shinde Clinic next door full of people. The attending physician Yoshiki Shinde has been cursing for almost half an hour.
Kuroki Jin and Anai Yuki were very busy, mainly Anai Yuki. After all, Kuroki Jin's job was only to pretend to pick up candies for the guests, and the busiest part of making candies was long gone.
Anayuki took the opportunity to go to the kitchen to get filling materials and said to Kuroki Ren that maybe these guests came to see your appearance. Kuroki Ren rolled his eyes back.
Maybe there are so many people because of the half discount for the opening.
Fortunately, Kuroki Jin temporarily memorized a few basic milk tea ingredients last night, and he could occasionally help. Otherwise, Anayoshi was really afraid that she would resign after only working for one day.
"Hello, what do you two need?" Anayuki went to the back, and Kuroki Ren was responsible for receiving and recording customers' requests.
"What's the sign of your store?" the lively girl asked enthusiastically.
"For milk tea, you can consider the signature milk tea. For fruit tea, it depends on what flavor you like. If it is sweet, I suggest you choose apple or peach. If you like something sour..."
The signature milk tea has an ordinary taste, simple ingredients, and a high error tolerance. It is a milk tea that he can make very well now.
Kuroki Jin was talking incessantly and repeating words hundreds of times, when he saw that the girl opposite didn't seem to be listening.
"guest……?"
"Hey, Sonoko—" The female companion next to the girl patted her gently, and the girl came back to her senses.
"Wow, handsome guy, you have a nice voice! What's your name?!"
Kuroki Ren: "..."
"I'm very sorry, boss, we just want the milk tea you just mentioned." The companion apologized, pulled the girl to stand aside, and paid for it.
"Okay...this is your milk tea, please take it." Kuroki Jin smiled gently, not paying attention to this little episode.
I was busy until three o'clock in the afternoon. After surviving this extremely hot noon, which caused a lot of thirsty people, the number of people in the store gradually decreased. Kuroki Jin was so tired that his whole body was about to fall apart. This was more tiring than him following Gin on a mission for a day!
There were only a few customers left in the store, drinking milk tea and sitting and chatting. Kuroki Ren, concerned about his image, just sat on the chair and leaned on the back of the chair to temporarily relieve his fatigue.
He felt it was necessary to think about whether his body could handle the intensity of work every day. After all, his main task was not to open a shop leisurely here, but to be busy later in the day, which usually started in the early morning and lasted until midnight. The whitish trading post.
Although what he should be thinking about most now is how much salary he has to pay to keep Anayuki as a key employee.
