Chapter 4 Rules Convenience Store

As soon as Qiao Song finished speaking, an old and sharp curse instantly resounded throughout the convenience store.

"You are just a cashier, what nonsense are you talking about to my precious grandson!"

Following Qiao Song's signal, Tang Xiaoxiao had already slipped back to the cashier counter and hid behind it.

The old woman with the cane almost hit Qiao Song in the face with it: "How can you run a convenience store and not sell goods to customers? Hurry up and pay for the goods immediately, or I will complain to you!"

When the naughty kid saw that the chocolate eyeball he wanted to eat was hidden under the counter, he immediately sat on the ground and started crying like a kettle.

"I want to eat eyeballs! I want to eat chocolate-covered eyeballs!"

Tang Xiaoxiao then pulled Qiao Song's clothes and explained in a low voice:

"I just spent a long time with them searching the snack shelf, and there really weren't any red-wrapped chocolate balls. But then, somehow, a red shelf suddenly rose from the ground, and the things on it all looked weird."

In addition to the chocolate eyeballs that the naughty kid wanted to eat, there were also many spicy finger bones, vinegar-fried noodles, 100% wife cakes, and other snacks that looked a little off.

Qiao Song could guess that the hippopotamus in front of them was lingering at the counter for a long time, probably intentionally creating an opportunity for the family of three to discover the products on the red shelf.

There was constant crying and making noises in front of the cashier counter, and the mother, who had always behaved so gently, seemed to have noticed that Qiao Song didn't want to sell the things to them.

She pulled the old woman who was still cursing at the side and said softly:

"How about this, even though my son took so much, why don't we just buy one pack? We can go back and give it to the child to satisfy his craving. It's not good for him to keep making trouble here."

The old woman holding the cane seemed unwilling to let Qiao Song and the others go. She immediately raised her voice and yelled at the counter: "Why don't you sell it? I want to complain to them. It's unreasonable for a convenience store not to sell things. My precious grandson is crying!"

Tang Xiaoxiao tried to stay behind the counter, for fear of being hit by the cane that was being swung vigorously.

But maybe it was because she couldn't reach it, the crazy old woman never smashed anything on the counter, but just kept smashing it towards their faces.

The mother quickly grabbed her mother-in-law and said to Qiao Song with an embarrassed look on her face: "Just buy one pack. As long as there is one pack, the child will stop making trouble and I will take them away immediately."

One plays the villain, one plays the good guy, and the other one is crying loudly. It seems that this farce can be ended if Qiao Song sells a bag of chocolates.

However, Qiao Song was extremely calm as he pulled out a huge decorative painting from under the counter and placed it in front of it.

"Old lady, please be careful with your cane. This painting is the most expensive in our store. It costs 3999 soul coins."

The old woman who was still waving her cane froze instantly and took several steps back with the cane in her hand.

Qiao Song raised his eyebrows, knowing that he had guessed right.

When ghosts shop at this convenience store, they have to pay in the end, whether they use counterfeit money, deceive the salesperson and secretly take extra items.

If you damage any merchandise in the store, you will certainly have to pay compensation.

The old woman only dared to hit them with her cane and didn't even dare to touch the glass of the counter. She must have known this unspoken rule.

The old lady, who had recovered from her shock, did indeed hold back a bit and her arrogance was no longer as strong as before.

A pair of cloudy eyes stared at Qiao Song: "You are scamming me! Don't try to blackmail me!"

There were only these few customers in the store at the moment, and it looked like they would continue to make a scene at the front desk if they didn't sell the items to them.

But Rule 3 explicitly says:

[The white shelves are open to all customers, and the red shelves are only open to customers with passes. If the wrong products are sold, the employee will be fired on the spot.]

The things on the red shelves are either finger cigarettes or eyeball chocolates, which are obviously special foods that ghosts love to eat.

However, the red shelf will only appear after customers with passes have swiped their cards. There is a time lag before the shelf disappears, so it is inevitable that ghosts will secretly take the goods on it for settlement.

Now they are still employees of a convenience store, and these ghosts are already so arrogant. Once they sell things on the red shelf to them, it would be tantamount to breaking the rules.

Having been fired by the convenience store and no longer enjoying the protection that employees are entitled to, these ghosts may just be able to feast on human flesh for free right there.

Qiao Song smiled and explained: "How about this, the candies you mentioned seem to be available on ordinary shelves as well. I'll take you there to have a look."

After she said that, the two adults hesitated for a moment, and even the crying kid sitting on the ground stopped like a stuck duck.

Three pairs of dark eyes looked at her at the same time: "Really? You are not lying to us, are you?"

Qiao Song walked out of the cashier counter, greeted Tang Xiaoxiao, and asked her to keep an eye on the place. When customers come to pay, they just need to follow the procedure.

Tang Xiaoxiao grabbed the corner of her clothes.

"Sister Qiao Song..."

It’s clear that these three ghosts won’t give up. The snacks they eat are chocolate-covered eyeballs. What if something goes wrong?

Qiao Song patted her head, and just when he wanted to let her relax, he heard the little girl lean over to her ear and whisper, "If, if you encounter any danger, just run to the counter. My skills can beat them!"

She opened her skill panel to show Qiao Song.

[Skill name: Knowledge is power]

[Derivative props: Encyclopedia of Nine Sciences (53rd edition)]

[Are you still worried that the knowledge you learned in class is hard to use in life? With this special set of five-three exercise books, you no longer have to worry about being powerless! This infinite game field will escort students. The attack power of a single exercise book depends on the host's digestion of the subject. The higher the score, the higher the attack power. ]

[What? You said you are a poor student? ]

[Then I can only wish you good luck :)]

Wow, it's an offensive skill that can be used multiple times.

Qiao Song didn't expect that the girl who was not very courageous had such fierce skills.

Tang Xiaoxiao continued, "I have currently unlocked seven exercise books, and there are two that cannot be used because they are too biased. But there are only three ghosts, I can stop them."

Qiao Song blinked at her and said, "Don't worry, as long as we don't break the rules, we are absolutely safe during working hours. Keep your skills for now, and I will take you to earn some extra money later."

Tang Xiaoxiao had no choice but to retreat behind the cashier counter with a question mark on her face while facing the other party's soothing gaze.

The family of three in front of the counter was already getting impatient. When they saw Qiao Song being pulled by another salesperson, they took the initiative to urge him: "Didn't you agree to take us to find the products on the red shelf? What are you dawdling for?"

Qiao Song raised his eyes and said, "So you guys also know about the red shelf?"

The two adult ghosts fell silent instantly, their eyes rolling around, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Qiao Song took the three ghosts to the frozen food area.

"I'm so sorry for what happened earlier. You should know that this convenience store is newly opened, right? There are too few ghosts on this street, and our store manager is afraid that we can't compete with other stores, so he will hide some good things in these white shelves in advance, and ordinary employees can't find them."

The mother with the shopping basket looked a little excited: "Really? I can buy it without swiping 'that'?"

It seems that these ghosts already knew the rules of the red pass.

Qiao Song bent down and pretended to search in the freezer for a while: "Hey, what is this customer talking about? The items are already on the white shelves, so naturally everyone can buy them."

These suggestive words seemed to have greatly encouraged the family of three. Even the drooling child stopped crying and ran to look in the freezer with a big, jagged mouth.

Qiao Song was still trying to persuade them: "If you are worried, you can also take a look at the frozen food area over here. Maybe there will be free samples."

The family of three, who had been roaming around various "underworld" convenience stores all year round and could only get some human flesh to eat by cheating, were overjoyed.

Even the old woman waving her cane began to get into the freezer.

It was at this time that Qiao Song took a few steps back.

Aunt Liu, who was wearing a green cleaning uniform, was not far from her. Qiao Song had secretly stepped on her mop twice when he passed by just now. Now he blinked and pointed at the bucket at Aunt Liu's feet.

Aunt Liu was a little puzzled, but she still used her skills to silently place the bucket at her feet, and then, at Qiao Song's suggestion, pushed a small movable shelf over here.

【Magic cleaning tool set】

[Of course, cleaning should leave no traces, and it is best to eliminate noise. What? You actually want to use cleaning tools to commit a crime! That is not impossible. ]

Everything happened just as Qiao Song predicted, a fragile object approached here quietly.

Qiao Song blocked everyone's view. At this moment, she happened to have an opened box of yogurt on her hand, which was placed on the tasting table.

But ghosts would never really eat these things. They bought those snacks just to cover up a bag of eyeball chocolates.

Qiao Song quietly bit his finger, squeezed out a few drops of blood and mixed them into strawberry yogurt, then quickly bandaged the wound with a tissue.

She pretended to be surprised and exclaimed: "This yogurt smells so strange, is it bad?"

After searching the freezer for a long time and finding nothing, the three ghosts finally looked up. After their frozen sense of smell recovered, they also noticed a strange fragrance filling the air.

Especially the little kid, his eyes lit up immediately: "Mom, I smell food!"

The gentle woman also licked her lips and said, "Mom will get you some yogurt for tasting," and was about to walk towards Qiao Song, but who knew that a ghost with a cane was closer to Qiao Song.

The old ghost rushed over quickly, snatched the bottle of yogurt and poured it into his mouth: "This is the taste, this is the taste! It's actually fresh human blood!"

She licked the yogurt lid clean and smacked her lips: "It's just a little bland."

The woman who was a step slower than her was instantly furious: "What are you doing, you old fool? You should give the food to Maomao first! He's still growing!"

"He's been dead for several years, how can he still have a body! Do you understand how to respect the elderly and love the young? Respecting the elderly comes first!"

Qiao Song narrowed his eyes and smiled: "There are still a lot of them over there, take your time to eat, after all, the free ones are the most expensive."

The ghosts had no time to listen to what she was saying as they were all scrambling to drink the free human blood.

On the endless road of survival, these weak ghosts can only cheat and deceive to get food, but how can the processed human blood and flesh on the red shelves be fresh and tasty?

If it weren't for the protection of the copy rules, they would have wanted to tear the human on duty at the front desk to pieces.

There were seven cups of yogurt on the shelf for tasting. Qiao Song pierced holes in three of them and poured blood into them.

Several ghosts who had not eaten fresh human blood for eight hundred years huddled together in an instant, and did not even hear Qiao Song saying several times, "Be careful with the bucket, pay attention to safety."

They just sniffed a few cups of bloodless yogurt and threw them on the ground.

After all, things in the free area don’t have price tags, which means you don’t have to pay for them.

What they didn't notice was that in this deli area, in addition to the freezer, there were several shelves filled with food, one of which had roller skates and seemed to be a perfume rack.

A few ghosts accidentally kicked over a bucket while pushing and shoving each other, and then the old lady on crutches stepped on a can of yogurt, slipped and fell on the spot, and crashed directly into the perfume shelf next to her.

Several small glass bottles fell to the ground with a crackling sound, and most of them were broken into pieces.

The rich aroma instantly filled most of the convenience store, covering up the scent of human blood.

After her appetite was diluted, the old woman's face turned pale.

After realizing what happened, she didn't even have time to think about whether she was being scammed. She could only jump up from where she was and rush out of the convenience store on her old legs.

As a result, the glass door that had been saying welcome before could not be opened this time.

There was a white sunny doll on the wind chimes hanging at the door, but its smiling expression had long been replaced by a hollow face with tears and blood.

A vicious voice said to the old woman:

"You destroyed a total of 7,296 yuan worth of convenience store merchandise. You cannot leave until you are compensated~"