Chapter 2 The Old Lady Who Burns Paper Money on the Roadside

"Big brother, dare to ask what to call it!" In the face of such a heroic boss, I even respected a lot in tone, after all, this kind of boss who is stupid and has a lot of money is not easy to find......

"You just call me Brother Tiger!" The man replied, looked at me twice, frowned slightly, and said, "I don't have anyone here, you just have to work the night shift, and at night, if there is someone you can work, and you can sleep if there is no one, but there is only one thing, you have to remember!" ”

"You say!"

"People who come to the store to buy things at night, it's best not to talk to them much, when you see people in black, you must look down and don't look at their faces, and when you see people in white, what do they want, as long as they are in the store, you will give them, no money, in case you run into people wearing red clothes, remember it, don't care about anything, as long as you see people wearing red clothes, you lie directly on the table and pretend to sleep!"

Brother Hu's tone was very serious, with an unquestionable look, although I was puzzled in my heart, but such a good job was not easy to find, so I didn't ask more, nodded, and signaled that I understood.

When Brother Tiger saw me nodding, he didn't say much, just threw the key on the counter, and said: "I'll sleep in it, just shout if you have something, you can play with the computer if you're bored, do it well!" After saying that, he gently patted me on the shoulder.

Watching Brother Tiger walk into a small dark room in the supermarket, I still feel that this store is a little weird, but what does it matter, anyway, the money has already been obtained, it really can't be done, let's talk about it after this week, anyway, this money can be regarded as a solution to my urgent need.

I thought silently, walked into the counter, originally thought, the first day of work, to leave a good impression on the boss, but just sit like this for more than an hour, still not a single guest, I was about to fall asleep, looking at Brother Tiger did not seem to come out of the room, I simply sat behind the cash register and played with my mobile phone.

Almost three or four hours later, almost eight or nine o'clock in the evening, it was already completely dark outside, but the bell at the door suddenly rang, and a man in a strange brown plaid suit walked in, I don't know if it was because of the lights, or if this man was originally very complexional, and his face was very pale.

"One tube of incense, two sticks of wax!"

The voice of the person who came was a little hoarse, and the person who listened was very uncomfortable, but it took so long for a customer to come, and naturally he had to take care of it, but when he heard what the other party wanted, I was really stunned, and came to the supermarket to buy incense and candles?

"Nope!" I replied angrily.

"Why not, isn't it here!" The man pointed behind me, and I looked back and was stunned, because I realized that there should be cigarettes and alcohol behind the checkout counter in a normal supermarket, but behind me were a wall of ingots, candles, paper money, and other things.

It's just that I thought about it, maybe it's because it's the Midyear Festival recently, so the boss deliberately entered these in the store, although it's still weird, but there are too many weird points in this place, and I'm not surprised.

I took something from behind me, looked at the price marked on it, and said casually: "Forty-five for incense, five yuan for a candle, a total of fifty-five!" ”

The man silently took out the money, the whole person looked a little wooden, and I didn't care, but when I took the money from the man's hand, I asked a smell of paper ash, which didn't smell very good, and subconsciously covered my nose.

The man didn't care, turned around and walked out, but strangely, since the first customer came, more people entered the supermarket.

I wore colorful clothes, which didn't look like normal people's clothes, and the things I bought were strange, mostly ingots and candles.

Occasionally, I also buy some normal goods, and I am surprised that there is a problem with the price of this supermarket, a piece of chocolate that originally cost seven pieces of five chocolates, can be sold for thirty here, and the same is true for other normal goods, and those who buy them do not seem to care at all about the fact that it is far more expensive than the goods outside.

And these customers have another characteristic, that is, they are all very pale, and they look a little wooden.

It's just that although I am confused, I am not a talkative person, just silently settling accounts, collecting money, time passed little by little, and when it was almost twelve o'clock, there were fewer customers coming to the supermarket.

I'm happy to be free, and I'm going to play with my own phone, and if no one comes in a few hours, I'll squint for a while, and there's a bell at the front door, and I can hear people coming in and out.

I don't know how long it took, but I was watching a short video and suddenly heard the bell ringing at the door again, and I subconsciously said every time I raised my head: "Take what you need yourself!" ”

Then I vaguely felt a red shadow walking in front of me, and I realized something, and when I looked up, I saw a woman in a red dress looking at me.

Different from the previous customers, this woman has a ruddy face, and her appearance is extremely beautiful, and she looks much smarter, but the only thing that is wrong is that she is wearing a red dress!

"You're ......!"

The beauty suddenly came to the front, and I subconsciously wanted to speak, but I suddenly sounded the previous Tiger Brother's thousands of instructions to tell me not to speak if I met a guest in red clothes, and lie directly on the table and pretend to sleep.

But now, I did not pretend to be asleep, but I also spoke, and my heart was slightly uneasy.

The woman just looked at me, and then suddenly showed a smile, and a pair of slender jade hands were gently raised, like I touched them......

The woman's movements were very slow, but for some reason, my brain was suddenly a little confused, and when I saw that the woman's hand was about to touch my face, there was a sudden burning stinging pain in my back, which made my head clear suddenly, and at this time the woman's hand was close to me, for some reason, I suddenly noticed that there was a cold air coming from the woman's hand.

Just when I was at a loss, there was a sudden sound of the door opening in the hut in the supermarket, I suddenly saw a flower in front of my eyes, and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, but saw Brother Tiger walking out of the house with a sigh, I turned around again, but found that the woman in red had disappeared.

I muttered in my heart, but it didn't show it on my face.

"Brother Tiger!"

"Well, how about getting up all night, are you still used to the first day of work!" Brother Tiger rubbed a pair of dark circles under his eyes that did not dissipate at all and said.

"It's okay!"

"Yes, by the way, you still remember my rules, people without red clothes can come!" Brother Tiger wanted to go back and continue sleeping, but suddenly thought of something, turned his head and asked.

I thought of the woman in the red dress just now, thought about it, and hid it, after all, this job is really easy, and I earn more, and if I make a mistake on the first day, I am a little embarrassed, so I hurriedly shook my head.

Brother Hu didn't say anything when he saw this, turned his head and went back to the room, and when he heard the door close again, I was first relieved, and then a little surprised.

One is the inexplicable woman in red, and the other is the stinging pain in the back just now, which I experienced once, when I was in a car accident.

Is it an early warning?

I had some speculation in my mind, but it wasn't at home after all, and I couldn't take off my clothes to see the tattoos behind me that had been pit for so long.

After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't come up with a reason, and in the second half of the night, there were no more customers entering the store, and the sleepiness gradually rose, and before I knew it, I fell asleep on the cash register.

When I woke up again, someone was patting me on the shoulder, and I woke up suddenly, and when I looked up, I saw Brother Tiger's face, which was a sigh of relief.

"Alright, it's six o'clock, let's go home, come back tonight!" Brother Hu said lightly, I didn't refuse, after all, the agreed plan was to work until six o'clock in the morning.

Out of the supermarket, I was too sleepy, and sat and slept for a while, my back pain was not good, thinking that I would pay a week's salary directly anyway, so I simply took a taxi home.

It's a pity that this place is too remote, and I waited for more than half an hour before I saw a taxi passing by.

I got into the car and sat directly in the co-pilot, reported the address, and planned to squint in the car for a while, but the car had just been driving for a few minutes, and suddenly stopped, I just thought it was a traffic light, and I didn't care.

I just waited for a long time, and I didn't see the car start, so I opened my eyes and asked, "What's wrong?" Out of gas? ”

As I spoke, I looked at the driver, but found that there was a driver, and sitting next to me was a paper figure with a red face, with a cut on his mouth, as if he was smiling, and a pair of black eyes staring at me!

I was so frightened that I hurriedly wanted to get out of the car, but found that the door was locked and could not be opened at all, so in a hurry, I smashed the glass with my fist and climbed out of the window, and then found that it was foggy outside, and I couldn't see the road clearly.

I was like a headless fly, wandering around, and after a while, I suddenly noticed a flash of fire in front of me, and I hurried in that direction as if I saw hope.

When I got closer, I realized that it was an old lady burning paper in front of a brazier.

Originally, I had always avoided these paper-burning people, but now I don't care so much, just be a living person, and run like the old lady.

It's just that the old lady didn't look at me, but looked at the brazier intently, adding a few pieces of paper money from time to time, which looked a little weird.

Seeing this situation, my pace slowed down unconsciously, cautiously approached, and asked tentatively: "Old man, what are you doing here?" ”

"Burn paper!" The old lady's voice was a little low, and she threw the last handful of paper money in her hand into the brazier as she spoke.

I swallowed nervously and asked, "Old man, do you know how to get out of this place?" ”

The old lady glanced at me and continued to stare at the brazier, but her mouth was full of words: "Ping'er, the paper money has been burned, and it is time to burn me next!" ”