death of hope

Chapter 923: Psychic Storm (1) Country Bum

The cold wave is coming,

The temperature in the city dropped to more than 30 degrees below zero, the lowest value ever recorded in the New Sapporo Colony.

There were few pedestrians on the road, and sanitation workers were wrapped up like bears. However, the traffic congestion situation had not improved at all, and drivers were honking their horns and cursing everywhere.

A ragged beggar was frozen to death on a park lounge chair. His body, frozen into an ice sculpture, was covered with a thick layer of snow. A few silly children threw snowballs at the "snowman", and their frightened parents hurriedly pulled the children away.

There is a McDonald's chain restaurant on the first commercial street in Takarazuka District. It is a new store that just opened not long ago. It is newly decorated, has heating on inside, and there is a mist on the windows.

The restaurant's stereo speakers were playing the song "Gin no Ryuu-bei ni Jōtte" (Riding on the Back of a Silver Dragon) by singer Miyuki Nakajima.

The restaurant staff and guests all hummed along with the melody. In this bitterly cold winter, after a cup of hot drink, the atmosphere became warm and peaceful.

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“Hoo…Hoo…Hoo!”

A snoring sound came from somewhere, and the harmonious environment of the restaurant was suddenly broken.

The waitress who was frying French fries frowned and glanced towards the hall. She saw a guy sleeping soundly on a single seat with a copy of the New Sapporo Times covering his face.

"That guy didn't order anything and stayed in our store all day."

"That's outrageous. How come you're still asleep? And you're snoring, disturbing other guests' meals." The cleaning lady said with a look of disdain:

"Should we call the police? Or ask the underworld to handle it?"

"No need." The store manager said with a smile: "Ah Gui, I leave this matter to you. Give that guy some eye drops."

The cashier called "Ah Gui" is a thin and sharp-faced man:

"No problem, store manager, watch what I can do."

The cashier switched the ordering system interface to the multimedia player interface, quickly tapped the keyboard, entered a string of text in the search box, quickly found what he wanted, and clicked the play button with the mouse.

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The singing of the famous singer Miyuki Nakajima suddenly stopped, and the restaurant's loudspeaker began to play a limerick: "The country bumpkin came to the city, wearing corduroy,
Wearing a felt hat and a hemp rope around his waist,
Watching a football game, I don’t know who wins or loses.

I bought a bottle of soda, but I didn't know how to return it.

If you can’t find a toilet, any corner will do~”

The guests couldn't help laughing when they heard this. They all knew who the joke was talking about. Some of them had a low sense of humor and couldn't help but spit out big gulps of sugar-free cola.

This humorous limerick is an excerpt from a manzai (crosstalk) piece and is widely circulated in the new Sapporo city area. It expresses the contempt of big city residents for country bumpkins. In fact, there is no malice in it, it is just a joke from the manzai (crosstalk) actors.

Amidst the laughter, the snoring gradually stopped, and the man lifted the newspaper covering his face, revealing a bearded, greasy and dirty face.

He was not stupid and knew that the restaurant staff were playing a prank on him, but he had to play dumb and shamelessly pretend that he didn't understand.

As an illegal immigrant and a stowaway, he has been in Shin-Sapporo for half a month and still hasn't found a job.

After staying in the shelter for a few days, his wallet was stolen by a thief, and the local gangsters targeted him and wanted to drain his blood and pierce his kidneys.

He was so scared that he had to escape from the shelter and wandered around subway platforms, shopping malls, and restaurants, using the heaters and seats and picking up garbage and leftovers to survive.

The wind was howling outside and he was wearing thin clothes. When he thought of the homeless man in the park who was frozen into an ice sculpture, he was so scared that he trembled all over.

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However, the manager of this McDonald's fast food restaurant had apparently had enough of him.
A dirty, smelly country bumpkin will undoubtedly affect the customers' dining experience and the undercover investigators' rating of the restaurant.

"He's so shameless and still wants to get out of here even though so many people are laughing at him!"

Seeing that the cashier's method didn't work, the store manager winked at the cleaning lady:

"It's up to you, Aunt Shunzi."

The cleaning lady rolled up her sleeves:

"Just wait and see~"