I can really play with it

Chapter 21 Cookies
Lin Qi frowned.

Putting down the phone in his hand, he stood on tiptoe and looked around.

It was a woman in her thirties who looked like a shop manager, scolding a young female shop assistant wearing a hat.

The female shop assistant buried her head lower when she heard these scolding words, Lin Qi couldn't see her face from this angle.

But her slightly trembling shoulders betrayed that she was not in a good state at this time.

The people in front of the queue also looked up, but that was all. After 1 second, they continued to immerse themselves in the world of mobile phones.

Just when Lin Qi thought that the store manager would stop after a few words, the young clerk was probably too nervous, and the cup of milk tea in his hand had the wrong ingredients.

"Do you have eyes?"

"You can still make a mistake in front of me, did you do it on purpose?"

The shoulders of the young clerk trembled even more.

At this time, it was Lin Qi's turn to start ordering, and another clerk asked with a smile on his face:

"Hi sir, what would you like to order?"

It was completely unaffected by the side, as if it hadn't been heard at all.

Lin Qi hesitated for a moment, and said:

"Give me those two matcha-flavored sundaes, and the one that the clerk is making."

Lin started talking louder than usual to make sure the shop manager and female shop assistant could hear him.

The store manager noticed Lin Qi, and she looked at the two cups of matcha sundaes that had melted a lot in the corner of the table, looking at Lin Qi unexpectedly.

"Are you sure you want?"

There was a hint of doubt in her eyes, as if she was saying, "You want the melted one too?"

"Yeah." Lin Qi nodded seriously.

There was a gleam of joy in her eyes.

"You, pack for this guest."

She ordered the clerk who was trained.

The clerk wearing the hat raised his head, and could see that her eye circles were reddish, and there were one or two small freckles on her face. She was obviously much younger than Lin Qi.

She cast a grateful look at Lin Qi, and began to pack three drinks clumsily.

"Don't worry, take your time, I'm not in a hurry."

Lin Qi said gently.

Lin Qi turned his eyes to the store manager, and gave her a look of "have something to say".

The store manager is an old man again, and he understood Lin Qi's meaning at once.

"Be careful next time."

The sharpness in her tone became less sharp, and she turned and went back to the ingredients room behind.

Seeing that the store manager had left, the clerk's nervousness obviously improved a lot.

Passed the packaged drink to Lin Qi, and whispered "thank you".

Lin Qi nodded, turned and left.

Looks like I'm having lunch today.

Lin Qi went to the supermarket and stored the sundaes and milk tea in the storage cabinet.

Anyway, it has already melted a lot, and it’s not bad for a while, just go back and put it in the refrigerator to freeze it.

Then he started his own purchasing journey.

Maybe it's because he has a lot of financial resources, Lin Qi has a lot more money to buy things today, and he took two boxes of curry cubes.

After buying all the ingredients in the kitchen, Lin Qi decided to look at the snacks shelves.

When he came to the area where biscuits were sold, Lin Qi noticed a mother and daughter, one big and one small.

Lin Qi looked familiar with the mother and daughter, but he couldn't remember exactly where he met them.

The little girl was a primary school student, because Lin Qi recognized that she was wearing the uniform of a nearby primary school.

But the school uniform she was wearing was obviously not suitable. The sleeves of the dress were too long, completely covering the little girl's arms, and the extra part could even be used for sleeve dancing.

The little girl is a bit short, but her big black eyes are very spiritual.

The little girl's mother was thin, wearing a blouse that was a little pale after washing, and her face was sickly pale.

The reason why he noticed them was because the conversation between them reminded Lin Qi of some past events.

"Mother……"

"What's the matter, Xiaoqian?"

"Can I buy a box of these cookies."

The little girl shyly raised her arms, and her sleeves were drawn back, revealing a not-so-delicate little hand.

What Xiaoqian refers to is a chocolate biscuit that has just been launched recently. The price is very expensive, about 19 yuan.

"Today, when I was doing my homework in the teacher's office, the teacher gave me a piece...it was delicious."

Xiaoqian's mother frowned when she heard that:
"Why did you go to the teacher's office to make up your homework again? Why didn't you tell your mother when school was over?"

Only then did Xiaoqian realize that she had slipped up, and covered her mouth with her other hand.

But the eyes are still full of desire for this biscuit.

She padded her feet and reached for the biscuit.

But the height was obviously not enough, so she charged up and jumped, ready to reach it.

"Xiaoqian!" Xiaoqian's mother hurriedly wanted to stop her.

But it's a little late.

The girl did reach the biscuit with this jump, but she didn't catch it, and the biscuit fell heavily to the ground with a "bang".

The biscuits inside were obviously broken.

"what are you doing!"

Xiaoqian's mother was obviously angry and grabbed Xiaoqian's arm tightly.

He bent down to pick up the box of broken biscuits.

"Mom, just buy it this time, okay... buy it this time, I won't buy snacks again this month..."

Xiaoqian looked helplessly at the box of biscuits in her mother's hand, and then looked into her mother's eyes.

There was already a hint of pleading in the little girl's eyes.

The young mother wanted to reprimand her child, but seeing the pleading look in Xiaoqian's eyes, she softened her heart and didn't let her reprimand come out.

She looked at the biscuit in her hand that was likely to be broken, her lips moved slightly, and then looked at the price on the shelf, her eyes were fixed, and she hesitated to speak.

Finally, she seemed to have remembered something bad, and the grief flashed in her eyes, and she finally made her own decision.

She took down another biscuit on the shelf with her hand, and said:
"Xiaoqian is obedient, can we buy this, this is also delicious."

It was a very cheap biscuit, even one-fifth of the price of the previous one.

"Mom...I don't want this, this is so bad...Xiaoqian has eaten it many times..."

"That box has been broken and can't be sold anymore, mom, you can just buy it..."

Xiaoqian is still making her last effort.

"Xiaoqian grows up quickly, and when she grows up, she can earn a lot of money and buy herself a lot of snacks."

For some reason, Xiaoqian's mother's words contained a trembling that was hard to detect.

"I don't want... Mom, I have a long time to grow up... I don't want to wait that long—"

"enough!"

"You are already in the second grade of elementary school, when will you be more sensible!"

The mother's voice suddenly doubled, startling Xiao Qian who was talking. After a short period of sluggishness, tears began to accumulate in Xiao Qian's eyes.

The sadness that a young heart can burst out seems to be able to squeeze the air

The young mother suppressed the pain in her heart, struggling to look away from her daughter's face.

Put that box of smashed cookies in the back of the shelf.

Then she looked around nervously, as if she was afraid that someone would see her.

Until she met Lin Qi's eyes.

What kind of eyes are those!

He obviously looked only less than ten years older than Lin Qi, but his eyes were already covered with scars.

Lin Qi didn't want to meet his gaze, so he looked away. The woman showed a trace of guilt towards Lin Qi, and pulled her daughter away quickly.

Lin Qi walked over in silence, the tears from Xiaoqian's dripping still remained on the ground.

Lin Qi sighed, took out the biscuits hidden deep in the shelf, put them in his shopping basket, and left the shelf that made him feel a little heavy.

　Xiaoqian is a very important role in the back, so I didn't force the plot.

　　Another boss voted in the afternoon, thank you very much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)