"It's finally done!"

Xie Liang stretched comfortably, and after half an hour of busy work, he finally sorted out the old toys that had been piled up in the store.

"Uncle Xie!"

A child's shout came from the shelf on the right, Xie Liang turned his head to look, and saw a child wearing a school uniform, with a very dark face, about ten years old, running out of the back of the shelf with anticipation in his eyes.

"Xiao Ning, I'm not an uncle, I'm not so old, you should call me brother!" The child's name is Wei Ning, and he is a student at the nearby Donglin Middle School.

"Then Uncle Xie, how old are you?" Wei Ning looked up at Xie Liang, his big black eyes blinking.

"Twenty-four, what's wrong?"

"That's it!" Wei Ning looked clear, he crossed his fingers as if he was counting something: "Grandma said, as long as anyone who is more than ten years older than me is an uncle, so it's right for me to call you uncle." ”

"......" Xie Liang took a deep breath and smiled helplessly, he accepted the title: "Okay, pick out any toy you want, it's getting late, you have to go back early, otherwise your grandma will have to find someone to me again." ”

"Uh-huh, I know! Uncle Xie, I'm very fast. After saying it to Xie Liang, Wei Ning quickly ran to the shelf where he was just staying.

It was the No. 3 shelf, and there were assembled toys on it, Xie Liang knew at a glance that compared to the high-tech toys on the No. 5 shelf, the toys that Wei Ning was holding now were really nothing.

"Uncle Xie, I'll take it. Wei Ning trotted to Xie Liang with a big box, he pursed his lips and looked at Xie Liang, his cautious look, as if asking Xie Liang if he could take this toy.

"Well, it's a good hand, and I also like assembling toys, which can both puzzle and strengthen hands. Xie Liang touched Wei Ning's head and showed a warm smile: "If you have picked it, go home early! Don't let your grandma worry." ”

"Well, goodbye! Uncle Xie. ”

Seeing Wei Ning's back gradually disappear, Xie Liang turned around and returned to the toy store, he had to confirm the number of old toys again, to see which toys were not in stock, and which old toys had the most left.

You know, old toys are the best reflection of the best-selling of various toys in the toy store, when the number of a type of old toys decreases, it means that the toy is easy to sell, and vice versa.

However, for Xie Liang, it is a failure to see the best-selling of toys from the number of old toys, because this will always be one step behind, and he has already suffered a big loss in this.

In recent years, the times have changed too fast, and the competitive pressure of the toy store industry is great, and if you want to win over other toy stores, you must have your own characteristics, either a wide variety of toys, or a boutique in the toy.

When a toy is sold by others, it is likely that it will be too late for you to follow the trend.

And toys are very strange, its popularity is not continuous, sometimes it is not uncommon for an inconspicuous toy to become popular, and the uncertainty has made Xie Liang suffer serious losses.

Especially some time ago, a new toy store was opened opposite the toy store, which was several times larger than Xie Liang, and the most disgusting thing for Xie Liang was that the owner of this toy store also started a price war.

Since a few weeks ago, the toy store has been running beyond its means, and no one has taken care of it at the end of the day.

"It's a day to be able to run a day, and it will always get better. ”

After confirming that the number of old toys was correct, Xie Liang began to work again before closing the store every day, cleaning and re-putting some toys that had been misplaced by customers.

"Huh, fortunately, I helped with tidying up the old toys before, otherwise I don't know how busy I would be. After pulling down the roller shutter and confirming that it was locked correctly, Xie Liang prepared to go home.

As soon as he turned his head, Xie Liang hadn't taken a few steps when a man in a suit and leather shoes approached.

Seeing him, Xie Liang subconsciously frowned, this was the last person he wanted to meet.

"Eh!" the man pretended to see Xie Liang inadvertently: "Isn't this the toy store owner who opened opposite me, Boss Xie?"

"Wang Hai, what do you want?" When Wang Hai opened, he came over to taunt Xie Liang, and now he still has this face.

"I didn't think about it!" Wang Hai spread his hands and looked sincere: "Seeing that you are also a young man, I will kindly advise you, don't learn what toy stores others open, there are many ways to do this industry! ”

"And don't be hostile to me, I don't really like toys or anything. While talking to Xie Liang, Wang Haibian lit a cigarette, "I like animals, but my boss runs a toy store, and now this toy store is a chain store, and I plan to work for my boss for another three years and I will quit my job to open a pet store." ”

"Well, that's good, but I'm going to keep the toy store open. Xie Liang's voice was not loud, but Wang Hai could still feel the firmness in his eyes.

"Stubbornness. ”

Wang Hai threw down these two words, and then walked straight forward.

"Maybe!" Xie Liang understood what he was insisting on, for him this was more than just a toy store.

After separating from Wang Hai, Xie Liang returned home, he took out a long loaf of bread from the refrigerator for dinner, and then walked quickly to the bedroom.

Xie Liang wants to use the ledger to record the number of old toys while he still remembers them, he wants to calculate how much he has lost during this time, and then compare the number of old toys to purchase according to market demand.

"I heard Wei Ning say that it seems to be popular in their school to collect game cards recently, and this should be written down with a purchase list. Opening the drawer, Xie Liang remembered that the purchase order was placed here.

Stacks of A4 paper and many small books were stacked together, Xie Liang directly moved this pile of things out, he was looking for a yellow-covered account book, and when he went back to the account, the purchase list was clipped.

"How can there be an invitation?" In the pile of papers, Xie Liang quickly found the account book, but when he opened the account book, a black invitation letter appeared strangely next to the purchase list.

This made Xie Liang very puzzled, he clearly remembered that there was only a purchase order in the ledger, what the hell is this invitation with a black background appearing in the ledger?

"The dinner officially starts at twelve o'clock at midnight, please get ready for the guests attending the banquet, we will hold it at Gusnoth Castle, and those who do not arrive will bear the consequences!" slowly read out the gilded characters on the invitation, but Xie Liang frowned.

It was more of an order than an invitation, and the dark castle resembled an old-fashioned butler against the backdrop of the night.

Whether you agree or not to attend the dinner, it just needs your people to be there.

"What a mess. Xie Liang crumpled the invitation and threw it away, he still had a lot of things to do.

You know, he hasn't changed the goods that should be in the purchase list alone, so how can he have time to deal with these things like pranks.

Sitting down in the chair, Xie Liang turned his back to the invitation that he had crumpled up, the ballpoint pen in his hand tapping rhythmically on the tabletop, and he was reminiscing about the largest number of old toys he had sorted out today.

Just as Xie Liang was thinking seriously, the invitation that was crumpled behind him quietly unfolded, and the folds on it were instantly smoothed out because of the kneading, and the ancient castle that was originally just printed on paper became more and more real, and some of the fog that permeated the surrounding area of the ancient castle slowly fluttered.

I only heard the sound of "Yala", the lights in the room went out instantly, and Xie Liang fell into darkness all of a sudden, except for the table in front of him and the bed not far away, some dark places Xie Liang couldn't see at all.

"Is there a power outage?" Xie Liang walked towards the window, the whole community was still brightly lit, "There is no power outage, it can't be a trip, right? ”

Wearing slippers, Xie Liang came to the door of the bedroom, he planned to go to the main gate to re-lift the tripping switch, turn the doorknob and push, Xie Liang suddenly frowned, he found that the bedroom door could not be opened, as if it was locked by someone.

Isn't that right...... Even if it's locked, you can't open the door from the inside!

Thinking about it like this, Xie Liang was a little panicked, the phone was thrown on the sofa after going home, the black light was blinding, and now there was not even a lighting thing, and I don't know why, Xie Liang always felt as if there was a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark.

"I remember there was a flashlight in this room. "Darkness and the unknown are always unsettling, Xie Liang plans to make the room light up first.

With the faint light outside the community, Xie Liang looked for a flashlight in the dark, but before he could take a few steps, Xie Liang suddenly seemed to step on the air, and the whole person rushed forward.

A door carved with violet patterns emerged from the void, and a dreamy purple light suddenly erupted in the dark room, and Xie Liang, who rushed forward, rushed directly into the door, and at this time, the unfolded invitation also followed Xie Liang into the door.

I only heard a "squeak", and the violet pattern door suddenly closed after the invitation entered, and the vague and dreamy purple light disappeared in an instant, and the lights in the room were turned on again, and everything seemed to be back to normal.

The evening breeze blew into the room through the window, and everything seemed so warm and cozy, of course, if you didn't count the cool and the invitation.