That's it?

I didn't even know her name, and I decided to hire her?

At that moment, Ai Weili's mind flashed through all the social news headlines about single women she had seen in her life—she suddenly realized that it had been almost ten minutes since she walked into the store, and it was only herself and the male clerk in front of her.

In such a remote place, if something had happened, she might not even have a chance to make the news.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm a little too excited."

When Ai Weili couldn't help but take half a step back, the man probably noticed her look, hurriedly raised his hand, and said with a smile: "I have been posting advertisements for a long time, but I can't recruit anyone, and suddenly someone comes to apply, it really does me a great favor... ”

Even if that's it...... Isn't it a little too quick to decide?

Or does her face look reassuring?

Without giving Ai Weili a chance to think about it, the man had already crouched down and disappeared behind the cash register.

She was stunned for a moment, but heard his voice continue to echo: "My name is Pande, you can just call me Apan." Because we haven't been able to recruit people, Xiao T and I - oh, it's another clerk here, who works with you - has to work for ten hours a day, and the store can't be open all day... Anyway, it's a thank god to be able to recruit the third class, ah, I found it! ”

What?

Ai Weili didn't have time to ask, but suddenly a hand came up from behind the counter, "snapped", and slapped a bunch of keys on the countertop.

She looked at the key, then at the man standing up behind the counter, and didn't know why.

"We have room and board, and the conditions are very good," Ah Pan pushed the key to Ai Weili, pointed to the ceiling of the store, and said with a smile: "Xiao T and I both live in the town, and the convenience store owner also has a few real estates, so I usually don't need the room upstairs of this convenience store." Since you don't have a place to live, I'll give it to you, anyway, a lot of people move out of the town every year, and you can't rent it at all. Would you like to go up and have a look now? After reading it, we can start training today. ”

It was just a casual question that she was interested in, and Ai Weili didn't expect that the next development would be like a storm, neither giving her a chance to react nor giving her a chance to regret - a few minutes later, she found that she had become the newest employee of the "Huijia Convenience Store", responsible for the shift from 5 pm to 12 midnight every day.

However, she has nowhere to go anyway, and the apartment she lived in before was returned, Ai Weili has lived for more than 20 years, and all her life and belongings are now condensed in the trunk of her car.

And from the perspective of work content, she only needs to be on the second shift alone every day, except for the need to deal with Apan when the shift is handed over, and she doesn't need to get along much with each other the rest of the time. Looking at it this way, Apan agreed to hire her in one mouth, and it seemed that he had no other thoughts...... It's a lot more reassuring.

Besides, although the upstairs room has not been used for a long time, it is small and complete, as long as it is cleaned, Ai Weili is really not dissatisfied.

Working in a convenience store in such a small town must be very leisurely; Although the salary is low, she can barely squeeze in and continue to pay her monthly payment and keep her car - after all, she doesn't have to worry about shelter, and she can also get a meal from the convenience store that is about to expire for dinner.

In other words, she doesn't seem to have much choice but to stay and work as a clerk for a few months and think about what she will do with the rest of her life.

An ordinary office worker like her, to suddenly become poor overnight, is really easier than she thought.

"Ai Weili? Your name is weird," and sure enough, after asking her name, Apan reacted like most people. "Have you ever worked in a supermarket before?"

"Nope."

"And what did you do before?"

"Sitting in the office," Ai Weili replied, remembering his mother's recent assessment. She wore the thin, plastic-like blue clerk's vest over her; It was hard and hairy, more like a cover than a piece of clothing, covering a small part of the lives of many people—and now, she was the one who got into the vest.

"Why didn't you do it?" When Apan asks questions, his eyes like to stare straight at people. He always had a smile on his face and a row of teeth in his mouth, each one very large. "Does anyone in your family know you're here?"

Ai Weili reflexively straightened his back and said, "Of course, I know."

"Does your boyfriend not like you going out to work alone? Your home is not here, if you don't go back, won't there be a problem? ”

Ai Weili suppressed the discomfort that suddenly surged up and she didn't quite understand - she didn't know how many times she had been told that she was "too sensitive" and "thinking too much", so she just forced a smile and said, "I don't have a boyfriend." ”

She regretted it after saying that. It should be said that there is, her problem of telling the truth if she is not careful is really easy to suffer.

"Oh," Apan nodded, not knowing what he was thinking. "It's not complicated, you look like you're a good reader, you should be fine."

As if he was afraid that she would retreat from the difficulty, he hurriedly said: "The most important thing is to count money and put into the warehouse during the shift... The machine we use in the shop is quite old......"

Ai Weili was a step or two away from him, craned his neck, watched him demonstrate how to operate the old cash register, and tried it himself a few times. When she was almost ready, Ah Pan took out a shift book from under the counter and opened it to show her the items to be recorded-"When I hand over your class, I will write the amount here..."

The bell at the door jingled and was struck.

She was now a clerk - even because she had a sense of novelty, Ai Weili felt that it was her responsibility, and immediately looked up and said, "Welcome!" ”

Outside the door, the sunset smeared a warm red gold, so rich that it was almost heavy, like the slight smell of wine emitted by a fruit that was about to rot, and it made people feel that if they touched it, they would also be soaked in it.

The customer who walked in from a deep golden twilight was just a silhouette at first, until she walked into the store and her figure gradually became clear, and Ai Weili realized that it was a pregnant woman with a big belly.

"When you hand over the shift to Little T, you only need to put one or two hundred change in the cash register, and there are not many people who use cash now. The rest should be accounted for and put in the vault..."

The pregnant woman didn't look at the two clerks, and walked into the shelves with a blank face.

Her limbs were dry and thin, her face was yellow and ugly, but her belly was swollen and high, and she looked to be at least eight months old, and her belly was still crawling with dense blue veins.

The reason why Ai Weili could even see the blood vessels clearly was because the pregnant woman was wearing a purple tight-fitting short-sleeved shirt, which couldn't fit her stomach, and was rolled up, revealing a small half of her gray and swollen skin.

Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to wear such clothes when you were pregnant?

Her rising thoughts were quickly dispelled by Apan's speech, which drew Ai Weili's attention back to the training: "Then, you have to record the results of these calculations..."

Ai Weili felt a little embarrassed by his momentary distraction, and after listening to it for a while, he couldn't help but say, "It's quite complicated, I'll use my phone to remember——"

"Ding-bang", and the bell at the door rang again.

She subconsciously raised her eyes and looked. This time it wasn't a guest who came in; It was probably because the pregnant woman didn't see what she wanted to buy, so she quickly went out empty-handed again—no, wait.

Ai Weili raised her head abruptly, and her movements were so fast that she even heard her neck bone "knock" on the ground.

It is no longer appropriate to call that thin woman a pregnant woman; Because she was not only empty-handed, she was also empty-stomached at this time.

Her lower abdomen was flat and flat, and her purple short-sleeved shirt was tightly wrapped around her like a casing, and her abdomen did not rise or fall at all; It seems that she is just a shriveled and thin ordinary woman, not to mention pregnant, as if she hasn't even eaten for a long time.

Could it be that there is another woman in the store who happens to be also thin and wearing purple clothes, so she misunderstood? Ai Weili hurriedly looked around, but the convenience store was only so big, except for the pregnant woman who had already walked to the door - should I call her "ex-pregnant woman"? - There is no longer a single head floating next to the shelves in the store.

"Hey, are you listening," Ah Pan finally looked up and called out to Ai Weili. "What are you looking at?"

Ai Weili was startled, and when she turned to look at the pregnant woman with a flat belly, the latter had already walked out the door and disappeared.

What did she just see?

How do you tell Apan? No matter who hears it, they will think that they have a mental problem, right?

"I'm dazzled," Ai Weili still wanted to give it a try, "did you see that guest just now?" Pregnant... Well, the one who was pregnant when you walked in the door? ”

"What do you mean to be pregnant when you enter the door," Apan laughed again, his muscles squeezing high, and two small black hole-like eyes staring at Ai Weili from the depths of his cheeks. "Isn't it just going out? I don't know, I didn't look up just now, I didn't see the guest you were talking about. ”

If you have a flat lower abdomen when you enter the door and your clothes bulge when you go out, you can also wonder if you have met a customer who is holding your sheep with you; But what about the other way around?

It couldn't have been the woman who went to the back to give birth to the baby within a few minutes of entering the store, right?

Ai Weili was suspicious—mainly because she found it hard to believe that she could mistake such an obvious thing—and made an excuse and went to the back of the store for a turn; The place where she had just walked as a guest, and now where she had walked as a clerk, was empty everywhere, and of course, there was not a single baby that had been born and lost.

Of course, she didn't think she would really find a baby covered in blood and quiet.

After turning around, Ai Weili's self-confidence was also shaken. It is estimated that she was indeed wrong at first, and it was impossible to do it; After all, the backlight was quite strong at that time, and it would not be strange if it deformed people...... Besides, if the fetus is really lost in the air, the pregnant woman herself should be more anxious than anyone else.

Ah Pan didn't blame Ai Weili for being absent-minded, and when he heard half of it, he ran around the store.

In the next half hour, he led Ai Weili through the storefront, demonstrating how to discharge the shelves, how to replenish the freezer, and some cleaning requirements and precautions, and finally said, "That's pretty much it." If you have a more urgent situation, just call me, or wait for the shift to ask Little T... ”

After Ai Weili shook his head, Ah Pan glanced outside the store, exhaled, and relaxed his shoulders.

"It's getting dark," he said briskly, "and you'll rest tonight, and you'll be here at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon." ”