Wild Deer Convenience Store

Chapter 3 Products on Sale at Huijia Convenience Store
When Ai Weili was woken up by the sunlight the next morning, she didn't realize where she was for a full half a minute.

The curtains were covered with a thick layer of dust, so she didn't dare to reach out to close them last night, for fear of stirring up dust in the room.The unfamiliar sun illuminated the unfamiliar wooden window frame; under the coat that was used as a quilt, the legs curled up all night were faintly stiff and sore.

Ai Weili sat up from the creaking wooden bed, casting a disheveled reflection on the ground.

Unknowingly, the trajectory of her life set up by carefully imitating others disappeared like this.She used to worry anxiously about how long she could last in this series of step-by-step steps of studying like others, going to university, finding a job, getting married and having children—now she knows, the answer is not long.

Looking back, it was as if I had never lived.

Looking into the future, she doesn't know what is the right way to live in the future.

When she was a child in class, she would always look out the window and fantasize that a dragon would suddenly descend from the sky and hover over the playground; the teachers would tell the students to sit still while rushing to the window to look out.At that time, Long Hui would suddenly speak out, and her name would echo in the school—"Where is Ai Weili? I'm here to take her away!"

"Why did you take Ai Weili away?" A bold teacher would ask.

"Because she is special, there is a different world waiting for her," the dragon would reply.

At this moment, Ai Weili raised his head, only seeing a spider web hanging from the corner of the ceiling.

A spider, not a dragon; she knew that now, and she wasn't all that special.Maybe growing up is a process of peeling off fantasy and gradually giving birth to a hard cocoon, but for some reason, it seems that she is the only one who hasn't had time to grow a suitable shell.

She doesn't need Long to take her away now, she can drive on the road by herself, but it seems that she will never leave.Although what exactly she wanted to escape, Ai Weili didn't know.

When she was at home, she ran away from school; when she was in school, she couldn't wait to escape to the society; now that she is a social person, she finds that she finally has no place to escape.

Looking at her mobile phone, it was still several hours before she went to work; Ai Weili had nothing to do, nowhere to go, she was in a daze for a while, and it was her hungry stomach that finally urged her to stand up and go out.

After looking at his car, Ai Weili bought a piece of bread and a bottle of yogurt from a convenience store, and walked aimlessly on the streets of the town while eating.Since she will probably spend at least a few months in this remote town, she might as well get acquainted with the terrain.

Wild Deer Town, like her new apartment, was small and old, but well-equipped.

Unexpectedly, the town was much more lively than yesterday—a few mothers who took their children out to play gathered in the park to chat, and there were many various shops on the commercial street, including post offices and auto repair shops. , The church is full of people everywhere, it can almost be said to be full of vitality.

Although she walked very slowly, she circled the whole Yelu Town in two or three hours; when she was about to return to the convenience store, Ai Weili suddenly discovered that the place about 1000 meters away from the convenience store, It is a junior high school.

...It is not the same as the school in the impression of ordinary people.

The only thing that seems to have something to do with junior high school is the four words "Wild Deer Middle School" on the sign; other than that, both the gate and the school building look the same - Ai Weili has never It turns out that the word "anemia" can also be used to describe buildings.

She looked down at the time on her phone; before she knew it, it was almost time for her to go to work, and it was also the time when school was about to end.

She remembered that when school was about to leave, it was obviously the loudest and most restless, and even the air was filled with the enthusiasm of children eager to leave.But Yelu Middle School didn't even make a sound at this time. Through the gate railing, the school looked empty. For some reason, it reminded people of an abandoned, empty anthill.

"It must be a closed school," Ai Weili muttered.

The location of the convenience store is on the small road connecting Yelu Town to the highway, hanging on the edge of the town. Perhaps because of this, the flow of people nearby is almost dry.It was clear that the town was quite popular before, but now under the warm golden sun in the afternoon, on the cracked roads and sidewalks missing red bricks, everywhere was quiet and empty, and only Ai Weili was walking slowly. walk.

When she turned a corner, she finally saw another small town resident—an old lady carrying a plastic bag.

The old lady had a small round face, flat and full of lines. At first glance, it looked like a face printed with a seal.The corners of her mouth hang down long, like a zipper on a pocket. Once pulled, the entire mouth and jaw will open and fall.

Ai Weili glanced at the old lady, then turned away, lowered his head and continued walking.

The old lady's two feet scraped the ground with a rustle, and dragged past her.

A sour smell emanated from the plastic bag in her hand, like yogurt that had been left for too long.

Ai Weili quickened his pace and walked for a few seconds before looking back - the old lady had disappeared, maybe she turned to another intersection and went home.

Slightly relieved, she turned around again and found that she had timed it just right: the convenience store was just a block away, and she had just 15 minutes left for her to get ready for work.She has never worked in a supermarket before, and she is still alone. Thinking about it, it's a bit——

When thinking of this, her thoughts were slightly interrupted for some reason.There was a slow "rustling" sound on the sidewalk behind him, as if someone was shuffling up.The road was not wide; Ai Weili subconsciously took two steps to the side, wanting the people behind to pass first.

Out of the corner of her eye, she first saw the back of a head with thinning white hair, and the exposed gray scalp looked like a wound where the hair had been cut open.

The old lady carrying the plastic bag shuffled her feet, stepped backward step by step, and walked side by side with Ai Weili.

The corner of the mouth is still deeply pressed on the small face like a seal, and the plastic bag is rattling beside her; under the thick eyelid that hangs down, an eyeball turns towards Ai Weili.

Ai Weili gasped, her voice was so sharp that she even startled herself - the old lady turned her head and met Ai Weili's eyes.

Those cloudy eyes rolled around Ai Weili's face a few times as if looking for something, and slowly opened his zipper-like mouth, as if to speak.

"Hi!" A voice greeted suddenly from behind, "Hurry up and go home!"

Ai Weili was startled, and turned his head in the direction of the cry unconsciously; on the second floor of a residential building not far from the street, a window was opened, and a woman yelled at a boy who was running desperately: "What are you doing, come in quickly! I'm only going home at this time, let's see how I deal with you"

Before she finished speaking, she seemed to sense Ai Weili's gaze and turned her head to take a look.

As if aware of his mother's gaze, the boy in junior high school uniform followed suit; the mother and son upstairs and downstairs suddenly seemed to have been slapped in the face at the same time they saw Ai Weili , turned his head away immediately.

"Quick, quick, come in quickly," the woman left a sentence, and then disappeared from the window - the boy didn't dare to delay, rushed into the door, and slammed the door shut with a "boom".

The lock cylinder turned loudly, and then fell silent.

Ai Weili suddenly realized something after a brief moment of confusion.

For half a minute just now, the old lady had been standing in front of her at an angle she couldn't see.

A layer of cold sweat exploded on her back, and when she quickly turned her head to look, she found that the old lady was no longer there; Not going backwards - the old lady walked very slowly, but disappeared from the corner of the street in a few blinks of an eye.

Ai Weili's sternum was almost hurt by his heart, but he didn't understand why.

She saw an old lady who first passed her and then followed her backwards; a mother scolded the child for coming home too late, even though it was not five o'clock; then the old lady also left , the kid has gone home too, the convenience store is next street
At this moment, there is a thick golden warm sunset light floating in the town, and everything is warm and lazy. She really doesn't know what there is to be afraid of.

Although the old lady was a little strange, she just walked backwards. Is it some kind of health care method that the old man superstitiously believed in?Isn't it common for old people to walk while shaking their hands and clapping their hands?
When Ai Weili walked into the store, he found that the store was empty and there was no one there.

There was only a note on the counter, which was left for her by Apan—"I have something to do at the moment, so I won't wait for you, just take over as I wrote."

People left without even locking the store door?
Isn't he afraid that someone will enter the store and steal things?And this is my first day, not to mention helping her with the transition, why should I stay and take a look so as not to cause problems?
Ai Weili hurriedly pulled out the blue vest and put it on, hurriedly walked around to the cash register, and followed the instructions on the note and his memory from yesterday, doing as much as possible what should be done for the shift; as for whether he did it right or not, Whether the money was miscalculated, or what was missing, only God knows.

When she looked up, the clock in the shop was only five twenty.

"Hello," a customer in a suit walked around the shelf abruptly, startling Ai Weili - when did you come in? ——He put a new-colored shopping basket on the counter in front of her and said, "Checkout."

This is Ai Weili's first cashier in his life.

For some reason, she was a little nervous, but she wanted to be polite and professional, and she was still surprised by someone in the store, so she was in a hurry: "Okay, right away, two boxes of ice cream, one lighter"

"You don't have to report them one by one," the male guest laughed.

"Ah, yes." Ai Weili picked up another bag of peaches, pressed back the phrase "a bag of peaches" in his throat, and said embarrassedly: "This is my first day at work, so I'm a little busy?"

For some reason, she scanned the barcode on the peach packaging several times, and the price did not appear on the cash register.

"I'm so sorry, I don't know what went wrong,"

After trying several methods and searching the shelves, but couldn't find the price, Ai Weili had no choice but to apologize to the male customer. "Well, can I trouble you to come back to buy peaches tomorrow? I will definitely report this problem to the store manager."

The male customer was quite kind. Although he expressed his understanding, he couldn't hide his disappointment, and he left quickly. When he opened the door and left, Ai Weili realized that he didn't buy the remaining items on the cash register. Walk.

Maybe I came here to buy peaches. If there are no peaches, I don’t want to buy anything else.

Okay, it’s a waste of time to scan the QR code. What is the operation of canceling the checkout?

Ai Weili let out a long breath, picked up the products, and put them back to their original positions one by one.When she was about to take the peaches back and put them away, she suddenly thought of something.

"Huijia Convenience Store" does not sell fresh fruit.

(End of this chapter)