Ronin: Start with the cotton

Chapter 378 "Convenience Store No. 444" and "Peace Canteen"

"My name is Xia Dongqing."

"24 years old, graduated from university, preparing for postgraduate entrance examination."

"Looking for a part-time job urgently!"

"I grew up in an orphanage. I am characterized by being poor, my specialty is being in a daze, and my hobby is sleeping."

"But I have a secret."

"My eyes...can see ghosts!"

……

444 convenience store.

Xia Dongqing finally found a part-time job. On her first day, she worked the night shift and was handing over to the day shift cashier.

"Hey! Are you brave enough?"

The cashier on the day shift was a boy similar to Xia Dongqing. He was tapping a calculator in his hand. After calculating today's income, seeing that Xia Dongqing had been silent, he couldn't help asking.

Xia Dongqing sorted out the change in the cash register, raised her head, and said weakly, "You... why are you asking me this?"

The cashier on the day shift said mysteriously:

"Everyone says here, after twelve o'clock in the evening, it's not very clean!"

Xia Dongqing's pupils dilated slightly, and her expression froze: "What do you mean?!"

"Oh! It's haunted!"

……

Xia Dongqing's heart tightened, and just as she was about to ask, the convenience store door was suddenly pushed open!

A wind chime hung above the door suddenly rang!

"Ring Ling—"

Xia Dongqing was shocked, and the cashier on the day shift was also startled. The two of them looked towards the door together, but there were a few customers who came to the convenience store to buy things.

The cashier on the day shift sneered: "Hey! I'm just kidding you! Look, I scared you!"

In fact, he heard it from hearsay, and he was a little frightened at the moment. When he saw the customer coming, he didn't want to stay in the store anymore, so he patted Xia Dongqing and said with a smile:
"Okay! There are guests! I'll go first."

"Oh! That's right! The Heping cafeteria opposite our convenience store is open 24 hours a day. The food inside is not bad. If you get hungry in the middle of the night, you can go there to eat. It's cheap, delicious and affordable!"

"Before you came, I was on night shift for a while and often ate there."

Said the day shift cashier.

Xia Dongqing glanced across the road. The transparent glass door did not block his view. He saw the signboard on the opposite side at a glance. It was a small cafeteria with two wooden doors on the opposite side, but the door was open at the moment. Can clearly see the interior space.

There seemed to be only a few seats inside, and the dim warm lights looked a bit dim, in stark contrast to the brilliant and bright lights of his convenience store.

There was a man sitting at the central counter with a black apron on his chest, looking down at a book.

"Peace Canteen..."

Xia Dongqing was a little surprised. If his colleague didn't tell him, he really wouldn't have noticed that there was a small cafeteria opposite.

Of course, he ate instant noodles every day, so he didn't care much about the restaurants outside.

No matter how cheap your canteen is, are there still cheap instant noodles? !

……

Speaking of the small restaurant opposite, the cashier on the day shift seemed to be interested, and left in no hurry, motioned Xia Dongqing to look over, gossiping:

"Don't think I'm exaggerating. The Heping cafeteria opposite is not simple. I heard that it is an old restaurant that has existed since the Republic of China. It has been at least several decades. The price of this kind of heritage restaurant should be higher than It’s the average price in the market, but guess how much a bowl of Yangchun noodles is in the cafeteria?”

Xia Dongqing asked doubtfully, "How much?"

The cashier on the day shift raised a finger: "One dollar!"

Xia Dongqing instantly regained her spirits!

real or fake?

He didn't know there was such a treasure land? !

"How is it? Didn't expect it to be so cheap." The cashier on the day shift said with a smile: "I heard that the price has not increased in more than 20 years!"

"Then... can this boss make money?" Xia Dongqing thought in a moment of empathy.

"Hey! Make money? Of course make money! Have you seen the boss sitting there reading a book? This is a shop passed down from the ancestors, and it's not rented out by others, and they don't only sell Yangchun noodles, so of course they make money!"

"However, the boss is also a weird person. He talks about his gods and gods. He opens the shop every day and night, and sits there whether there are customers or not. Sometimes he can be seen sitting there alone talking to himself. I told him before You said that this place is haunted at night because of this cafeteria... But these are all rumors and have nothing to do with us. In short, if you are hungry at night, you can go there to eat. Apart from this, there are no 24-hour restaurants nearby. "

The cashier on the day shift muttered a lot, seeing that it was getting late, he hurriedly said:

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, I'll leave it to you, I'll go across to pack an egg fried rice, it's time to go home."

Xia Dongqing nodded, saying that it would be fine to leave it to herself.

……

"One dollar..."

Xia Dongqing watched her colleagues enter the Heping Cafeteria at the opposite door, and greeted the boss sitting behind the counter. The boss put down the books in his hand, got up and went into the kitchen behind him.

"Boss, check out!"

The few customers who came in just now came to the cashier with the selected goods.

Xia Dongqing hurriedly withdrew her eyes, and put away the account in a little panic.

After finishing his first income at convenience store No. 444 and the customers leaving, Xia Dongqing looked at the canteen opposite, just in time to see his colleague leaving with packed egg fried rice.

Seeing her colleagues waving enthusiastically towards her, Xia Dongqing could only smile implicitly and wave her hands.

He has no friends since he was a child, so he is not very used to interacting with people.

It's not that he is introverted, but those who know him, once they know that his eyes have problems and can see ghosts, they will quickly stay away from him.

……

The night is getting dark...

The number of customers in the No. 444 convenience store gradually decreased, and often only three or two people came in half an hour.

Xia Dongqing is familiar with the goods in the convenience store. On his first day at work, he needs to become familiar with the work of the cashier as soon as possible, so that he can squeeze in time to study.

He sorted out the shelves, counted the time, and glanced at the canteen opposite from time to time.

He suddenly felt a little strange!
According to my colleagues in the day shift, the Heping cafeteria opposite is an old restaurant, which is delicious, cheap and affordable. It stands to reason that even if the business of such a restaurant is not booming, there should at least be a few diners coming in and out from time to time, right? !
But since he was on the night shift until now, except for his colleague who went in to pack a fried rice with eggs, it seems that he has never seen other diners go in.

And the cafeteria owner at the opposite door didn't seem to be in a hurry, just sat behind the counter and kept reading.

The distance was a bit far, and he didn't know what the boss was looking at.

……

Maybe, my colleague exaggerated, maybe it's not so delicious...

But Yangchun noodles for one yuan...

Xia Dongqing looked at the cafeteria across the door, and then at the barreled noodles priced at [-] yuan a barrel on the shelf next to her, and couldn't help rubbing her flat stomach.

He took over at eight o'clock in the evening, and it's almost twelve midnight now!
The oden in the convenience store is still exuding a slightly hot lingering fragrance...

It's a pity that a portion of oden is more expensive, and he will pay more than ten or twenty yuan for a little bit!

"While there are no customers, how about I go order some noodles and have a taste?"

Xia Dongqing had such a thought in her heart.

Gumbling—

His stomach seemed to be agreeing with Xia Dongqing's idea, and he echoed it!

Then go and order a take away!
Xia Dongqing opened the convenience store door, walked across the road, and walked towards the opposite door...

……

The door of the Heping Cafeteria was open, and Xia Dongqing walked in softly, as if afraid to surprise the boss who was reading.

He looked around, and soon found the price tag!
It was a small blackboard standing in the corner, on which were written today's dishes and their prices. There were not many dishes, only five or six.

[Yangchun noodles: one yuan]

【Tea Egg: One Yuan】

[Small pickles: one yuan]

[Millet porridge: one yuan]

【Egg fried rice: [-] yuan】

【Small steamed buns: [-] yuan】

……

Xia Dongqing was quickly attracted by the price tag at the top!

Really only one dollar!

God!

What kind of treasure canteen is this!

Yangchun noodles for a dollar, no matter how unpalatable it is, he will recognize it!
"...Boss, I'm the night shift attendant at the convenience store across the street. Can I pack a copy of Yangchun noodles? I'll come and pick them up when it's ready." Xia Dongqing asked softly.

He inadvertently landed on the book in the hands of the cafeteria owner, a little surprised.

The boss spent most of the night... actually reading ghost stories!

He recognized at a glance that this was the kind of ghost story book that was sold for a few yuan on the street stalls and copied from all over the place!
……

Qiao Shan put down the book and slowly raised his head.

He took a look at Xia Dongqing, then at the No. 444 convenience store opposite, with a smile on his face.

"Okay, one serving of Yangchun noodles."

(End of this chapter)