Chapter 21: Buying Books (2)
() Walking and walking, walking and walking, the scorching sun has begun to burn.
It was exactly 1 p.m. and the hottest start of the day. Because the sun had not yet dissipated at noon, the air was still condensed with the heat at 12 o'clock; The afternoon sun is also very scorching, and the two factors overlap to cause a scorching heat between 1 and 2 o'clock.
Ling Feiyu followed the instructions of the bookstore owner and walked on the sidewalk without jīng. He was holding a popsicle in his mouth, which he had bought to quench his fever when he had just passed by a small supermarket.
"Grass, why is it so hot that you can't let people live?" After eating the popsicle and looking at the vast avenue in front of him, Ling Feiyu frowned and cursed unhappily. If it weren't for the completion of the plan that made him feel anxious, I'm afraid that he would have been hiding in a Kuwo Internet café a long time ago, under the care of the air conditioner, bored.
"Hey, bro, it's so hot outside, why don't you come in and sit down?" It's air-conditioned, so it's cool! The warm-hearted shout reached his ears, causing him to turn his head curiously and look to the right.
After seeing the place where the voice came from, a relaxed smile appeared on his face, which was originally unpolished. He said to the young man who was driving the taxi, "Brother, do you want money?" ”
The taxi driver was stunned, his eyes purred, and he smiled slyly: "Of course you don't need money, you just need to pay for gas...... After all, it is not easy for us either. ”
"How's the gas money going up now?"
"Alas, it's too high, it's up to 3 yuan a kilometer......"
"Oh...... That's a lot of money, and I don't know how you're going to get mixed up in the future. Not to mention pulling guests, it costs 3 yuan just for not pulling guests for a kilometer, and even if you pull a guest, it costs 3 yuan for a kilometer...... According to this, my brother will completely serve the public in the future! ”
The two of them, just like this, asked and sighed, one walked, the other drove the car and opened the window, and chatted on the road. Finally, after a while, both of them felt bored, and the elder brother couldn't help but say, "Brother, can't you get in the car?" I'll give you a ride? ”
"Hehe, give me a ride? I'm afraid it's a 'disaster' for me, right? Ling Feiyu said slyly: "I don't think I'll be on it today...... You see, I'm already there. ”
He pointed to a large signboard in front of him, shook his hand at the brother, and turned to leave. The brother in the back was stunned for a while, looked at the signboard of the store in disbelief, muttered a few words in his mouth, showed a tricked expression on his face, raised his middle finger at Ling Feiyu's back fiercely, and spat on the ground at the same time, then stepped on the accelerator and left angrily.
"It's not that small...... I didn't think that the owner of a bookstore with a 30-square-meter branch would have a 300-square-meter main store in the center of the city! ”
He was surprised to see the 10-square-meter signboard, and although he was not stunned, he was still shocked by the huge contrast between the two stores.
The bookstore, called Hope, is very large, and just by looking at the foot traffic, you can tell that they are doing very well. On this sweltering noon, three huge glass doors allow people to enter and exit uninterruptedly, and the vehicles discharged at the door are 20 meters long for bicycles alone. It can be seen how huge the passenger flow inside is.
Ling Feiyu followed in the footsteps of a lady and climbed the high steps into the huge bookstore.
The bookstore is large, scattered but neatly arranged with several pale yellow shelves, all of which are filled with all kinds of uneven books. Ling Feiyu, a layman who is a layman for books, can't help but feel an elegant scholarly atmosphere.
Walking into the door, about 2 meters in front of the door, there is a row of electromagnetic wave induction demagnetizers, which is a measure to prevent theft in the bookstore. Ling Feiyu frowned, looking at the space that had become very narrow by it, and was a little dissatisfied.
To be honest, since he was in junior high school, he has lost his fate with the ethereal word bookstore. If he hadn't been forced to do so, he wouldn't have wanted to enter this silent and boring pastime. In the past, because the technology was not very advanced, and the city of LL was relatively backward, many technologies could not be introduced. Therefore, at that time, the bookstore was still a place with only probes to monitor, and there were no big guys blocking it, so the space seemed very spacious. This made Ling Feiyu, who was used to the feeling of being wide before, not very adaptable.
He pinched his feet and walked gently and carefully past the electromagnetic sensor. However, the bookstore, which was originally quiet, suddenly sounded with the crisp sound of 'ding ding ding'. Frightened, he immediately retracted his steps and looked around uneasily...... Sure enough, many people already had a certain contempt in their eyes, obviously laughing at him for being greedy and cheap to do this book stealing business. This made Ling Feiyu, who was not very happy, frown deeply, and his impatient, unhappy expression immediately hung on his face.
"Sir, this gentleman, may I ask ......" The speaker was a young lady in light blue sè overalls, with a light foundation on her face, big eyes, and a faint smile on her delicate face, giving people a pure and bright feeling. However, at this time, her smile was a bit deliberately fake...... Because in that smile, there was another well-disguised contempt. It seemed that she hadn't seen Ling Feiyu's actions just now.
"What's the matter?" Ling Feiyu frowned and turned his head to stare at the other party, his tone was a little impatient because he was misunderstood by others, and his eyes also exuded dissatisfaction, staring closely at the lady in the living room who was disturbing him.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing...... No, may I ask ......" Miss was nervous for no reason, maybe she was attracted by the other party's sparkling black pupils, or she could be very concerned about the other party's tone and attitude. She forced herself to calm down, took a deep breath, blinked, and then said calmly, "Excuse me, sir, did you bring something from our bookstore on you...... Like, some books? The young lady's tone was matched with the serious attitude pretended to be self-calm, giving people a sense of aggressiveness.
This feeling made Ling Feiyu, who was still thinking about why this qiē happened, a little annoyed - he had just come in, and he hadn't even passed this broken machine, how could he possibly take out a book that was at least 2 meters away? He has no special abilities, and he can't blind his eyes, and the young lady should know. Obviously, you didn't pay careful attention to the guests who came and went, and you misunderstood my innocence, and now you are still imposing the sin on me. Even if you are a kind person, I am afraid that at this time, under the unfriendly attitude of the other party, you will be dissatisfied. What's more, it's Ling Feiyu, who is short-tempered?
He didn't know what was on him, and he didn't know why walking by it caused it to make a noise. He only knew that he had been misunderstood, ridiculed, despised by others, and aggressively forced to confess, so that he would admit that he had not committed a sinful act...... This made him very unhappy.
"Sir, sir......" The young lady saw that the man in front of her fell into deep thought, and his face began to become heavy, thinking that he was thinking about how to exonerate himself after being caught. She showed a victorious smile, looked at the small young man in front of her with a hint of contempt, called the other party twice, drew his attention, and said, "Since Sir has admitted his mistake, please hand over the book...... Of course, according to the bookstore's punishment rules for this kind of behavior, you must pay an apology fee of 50 yuan before you can leave......"
"What if I don't pay it?" Ling Feiyu's face was even more ugly, he glared angrily at the old girl in front of him with her eyes closed and nonsense, a pair of sharp eyes revealed a terrifying gaze, coupled with the expression on his face that became more and more heavy because of anger, giving people a sense of oppression. He said, "I didn't fucking do anything, I didn't take anything, I didn't even step over this shitty guy, how the fuck could I possibly get that book that was at least a few dozen meters away from me?" What's more, today's uncle, I'm here to buy books, and I'm a big customer introduced by your boss, what the hell are you calling here? It's obvious that you didn't see anything fucking, and you are still slandering my uncle here like nonsense...... I'll tell you that you old bastard, I wouldn't be so fucking stupid as to bet on whether this bookstore has a power outage, whether the machine is broken, whether this book can pass through the luck of this broken thing, your uncle, is not old enough to be that Cheng dù! You'd better reflect on your mistakes and think about which guy you were thinking about, huh! ”
The young lady's face was blue and red, and she looked nondescript. She bit her lower lip and listened to the other party's aggressive swearing, endured the other party's spittle, and watched the guests and colleagues who were attracted by the other party's voice and gradually turned her attention to the guests and colleagues here. She suddenly felt a burst of heat on her face, she was really angry but couldn't attack, after all, this was her job. She wouldn't be angry and lead her to get out of control and talk back to the bastard who looked like she was crazy. She could only reluctantly turn the burning anger in her heart into a sense of shyness caused by being watched by everyone and enduring a variety of eyes, a faint flush appeared on her face, and a head gradually lowered unconsciously.
The other party finally finished speaking, and her heart finally exhaled, a pair of fire-breathing eyes glared at the other party fiercely, she helplessly squeezed out a nondescript smile on her angry face, and said against her will: "What did Mr. say...... ......"She finally knew why people said that it was difficult to be a waiter, and she finally knew how unlucky it was to run into a guest who was out of control."
Ling Feiyu glared at the other party impatiently, swallowed his saliva, and interrupted in a tough tone: "Don't fucking be hypocritical, uncle doesn't eat this...... Uncle doesn't care if you investigate or not, anyway, you fucking have to accompany me to pay for the loss of God, insult others' personality, and so on, otherwise, don't want to know about it! ”
"This ......" Miss's face became embarrassed, and the smile gradually faded, and there was a trace of worry...... If what he said is true, he really wronged the other party, and his salary deduction is still a trivial matter...... It is even possible that you may lose your job, which you can do without a diploma, which you can do without a diploma. After all, the dereliction of duty at work, the customer is very dissatisfied with his service, and these two items alone are enough to let himself roll up the shop and go home to see the children. She no longer expects to be able to make the other party obediently admit her mistakes, and she doesn't believe that the other party can obediently admit her mistakes. Because of Ling Feiyu's scolding just now, the expression on his face was extremely realistic, and it didn't look like a fraud at all. Moreover, she can also conclude from the number of spittle stars on her face that the other party is really angry, and she is really angry because she was wronged for no reason.
The reason why he was able to realize his mistake so quickly was because this front desk lady really didn't notice this side just now. Although she didn't say she was thinking about a certain man, she was also chatting privately with a guest. This kind of behavior is strictly forbidden by the waiters of the bookstore. Therefore, she dared to be angry just now, because she was afraid that the other party would report her to the top, so that she would not be able to eat and walk around.
She sighed, and there was a hint of helplessness on her face that had not diminished in anger. This made Ling Feiyu, who was still pointing fingers and loudly accusing her of how strict the mistakes she had made, couldn't help but stop talking.
She decided that the matter had to be settled privately before it was a big deal. She believes that with the relationship with the waiters, she should not make a small report. And the customers in this store are mostly watching the excitement, and no one will be idle and bored to go to her boss. Therefore, there is still hope for redemption......
However, her fantasies came when the voice behind her appeared...... Completely broken.