"Welcome!" I poked my head out of the warehouse when I heard someone come in, sweating profusely.

"In broad daylight, why don't you hide in the warehouse and be lazy?" the bald old man didn't even look at me, shook his big fan, and went straight to the sofa next to the cash register and sat down.

"Why are you here so early today?" I patted the dust off my body and walked over to the cash register, "I want to look in the warehouse for anything that could be used as a birthday present, there was a guest last night." ”

"Birthday presents? The old man took my cup and poured the cold water I had managed to put into his precious plant.

"Oh, Boss, that's the water that I've managed to cool down! I'm dying of thirst. I looked at him worriedly, "It's a good-looking white cat, her owner is about to celebrate his birthday, male, 50 years old." ”

"You just pour another drink, fuss. He gave me a blank look, put down the fan, and burrowed into the warehouse.

I sighed, picked up the kettle and poured myself a new glass of water, the boiling water steaming hot, and instantly felt even hotter in the room.

"I went to the convenience store next door to buy a bottle of water, do I want to bring something?" The weather was 37 degrees, and I felt like I was about to evaporate.

"Yuxi, 23 pieces. The old man bent over, feeling like he was going to block the door of the warehouse.

That's right, this old man is my boss, his name is Tian Bei, 72 years old, single, childless, with a strange temper, and it is rumored that he has been running the whole store by himself before I came to the store, and even so, the store is always spotless.

I walked out of the store and stretched, the breath of the summer morning came to my face, and City A was a very early awake, The city that slept early, the street at this time is already full of people, Tianbei groceries are not far from the A city railway station, there will be a large number of tourists every day nearby, compared to the dense residential and commercial streets around, the grocery store where I work part-time looks out of place, the dark red door is cracked in many places, the wooden door panel is narrow and short, if you don't bow your head, you will definitely hit your head, there are a lot of windows, but most of them are blocked by the goods in the house, and they can't be opened at all, only the monotonous yellow characters can tell visitors that this is a grocery store, and the furnishings in the store are extremely old, and all kinds of wooden cabinets are irregularly placed on all kinds of goodsThe dim light and dark wooden floors make me think that I have traveled back in time to the Republic of China period every morning, only after opening the gate, the foggy morning shop and the high-rise buildings not far away remind me over and over again that I am still in a real city.

"Take another box of Yuxi. I put the bread and mineral water on the cash register, "And these, how much is it?"

"It's still 23 Yuxi, right, and I'm bringing cigarettes to Mr. Tian again. The cashier who spoke was Gao Lang, and he came to this convenience store at about the same time as I went to Tianbei Groceries, and he was a student of the same school as me, "Is it okay for you to live in the store every day?" "Compared to me, Gao Lang is a very good talker, and I don't hate him.

"It's okay, I've said hello to the school. I took out my phone, "Let's pay on WeChat." ”

"It's rare that you didn't use cash. Gao Lang quickly punched the small ticket, "You are not tired of working the night shift every day, and you still have to go to class every day." ”

"You're not the same. I put the cigarette I brought for the old man in my pocket, "And I don't have a class this morning, so I'll go first, the old man is waiting." ”

The convenience store where Gao Lang works is just across the road from the groceries in Tianbei, and the grocery store I work at looks very quiet compared to the convenience store where customers are constantly flowing every day.

"I'm back," I sipped down as I sipped the mineral water, "Boss, a cigarette for you." ”

The fat old man was still pouting his ass in the warehouse, and when he heard my words, he turned around, I took out the box of Yuxi from my pocket, raised my hand and threw it to him, and the old man received it in his hand steadily.

"Keep the accounts yourself, and you will be paid in your salary. The old man didn't light a cigarette, but put it in his pocket and went on to the warehouse.

I opened the ledger, which recorded the daily income and expenditure one by one, and I picked up the fountain pen that had been with me for many years, and added the box of cigarettes just now.

"Young man, do you have a brush here? is it the kind of brush that paints the walls?" was a male guest, who finished his remarks before he even stepped into the room.

"Welcome, how big a brush would you like?" I walked out of the cash register, went to one of the many shelves, took out three different sizes of brushes from the small basket, and returned to the cash register, where the guest had already walked in.

"Ouch, why is this room so low, I almost hit my head on the door. "This isn't the first time I've heard customers complain about high ceilings.

"I'm sorry, we've been here for a long time, so the roof is a bit low. I briefly explained, "There are three-inch, four-inch, five-inch brushes, which one do you need?"

"Five-inch ones, take two, how much?"

"Five inches is eleven yuan, a total of twenty-two yuan. "I got another five-inch brush and was going to help him put it up.

"It's so expensive, it's cheaper, twenty. ”

"Sorry, we don't negotiate prices in the store. I replied calmly, I say this sentence several times almost every day.

"It's so cold and you don't bargain, it's just two yuan," seeing that I didn't mean to regress, the guest took out his mobile phone, "Okay, okay, it's twenty-two, I'll pay on WeChat." ”

"I'm sorry, we only have cash here. I pointed to the sign at the entrance apologetically, which read: Our store only accepts cash, and does not support other payment methods such as bank cards, WeChat and Alipay.

The guest was obviously stunned for a moment, "Only cash? Forget it, don't do it, this boss is interesting to do business. Before he could finish speaking, the guest had already left.

"Hmph," the old man came out of the warehouse sweatingly, "there are so many words to buy something, and people are really impetuous." Wiping the sweat with his arm, he handed me a small, dusty box, "Here, what you want." ”

"What is this? "I was a little disgusted with the box, and I took two fingers to my eyes to look closely.

The old man looked at me with some disdain, "Guys who have never seen the world, don't you know that good things are not common people," after speaking, he opened the cigarette case and smoked a cigarette, "You clean up the warehouse, I'll go out for a walk." ”

Promised the old man, I found a rag to wipe the grizzled box, the box has been crumpled and crumpled, I can't imagine what good things are inside, the sound of something falling on the ground outside the house, I walked out to see, a white cat standing in front of the store, it is the one who came last night.

"Meow," the white cat meowed softly, circled around my legs, and sat on the ground, looking at me with clear blue eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm looking for it, I'm sure I'll find something suitable for a birthday present. I touched the white cat's head, and she shook her head, as if she didn't like me to touch it, "Come back in the evening, be good." ”

The white cat understood me, rubbed my hand, jumped on the roof, and looked back at me.

"Rest assured. I looked up.

This white cat came to my store at three o'clock in the middle of the night last night, and as soon as the bell on the container rang, I got up from the bed and prepared to receive customers, but after looking for a long time I didn't see anything, and was about to continue sleeping, when a cat appeared at my feet.

This cat is very good-looking, the whole body is snow-white, the eyes are clear blue, the ears are faint pink, the long tail is cocked in the air, and the collar around the neck indicates that it is a domestic cat. "Whose little darling is this," I crouched down and tried to touch its head but was dodged, "this is not the place for you to come, go home." Seeing that it didn't respond, I had to reach out and carry it out.

Suddenly, the white cat in front of me disappeared and turned into a pair of human legs in pink high heels, and I stayed for a full five seconds, looking along the legs, only to be slapped open, and my glasses fell to the ground with a snap.

"Where are you looking!" was a girl's voice, and the tone of her voice was like that of a cat.

I clutched my sore head and searched for my glasses in a blurred vision.

"Are you looking for this?" the glasses were placed on my hand, and I said thank you and hurried to put them on, and the world became clear again.

There was a girl standing in front of her, with white skin and delicate skin, light gray hair softly draped behind her, wearing a white dress, pink high heels, and blue eyes as clear as a white cat.

"Hello," the white cat-like girl spoke, "my name is Tsubaki, do you have anything here that you can make a birthday present?" ”