In the security lounge next to the supermarket entrance, Ye Zhou was watching the mother and daughter who were desperately stuffing food into their mouths. It was the first time he saw people eating like beasts. He only knew they were them after he brought them in.
It's really hard to tell the gender just by looking at their appearance.
They have become so thin that they have lost their feminine features.
The older of the two was not dead. He just fainted from ecstasy and woke up after smelling the fragrance of the porridge.
Ye Zhou didn't plan to ask them questions at this time, so he let them eat first.
The mother and daughter did not use a spoon, but grabbed the rice directly with their hands. They did not leave a single grain of rice. At the end of the meal, they even licked up the remaining rice soup at the bottom of the bowl.
The way they ate could only be described as hideous.
Ye Zhou was glad that he remembered that people who had been hungry for a long time should not eat too much in one breath, nor should they eat meat, so he only heated up two servings of instant porridge for them.
He also specially selected the green vegetables.
He didn't know whether Ye Zhou's attentiveness touched the mother and daughter.
But he was really moved.
The mother and daughter were still hungry after eating, their stomachs were always empty, but even if their stomachs were full, their mouths would not be full.
The long-term hunger made them unwilling to give up any food. As long as they could eat, they would continue to eat.
When they were still in their hometown, they couldn't eat white rice. Although their family grew rice, the rice left after paying the rent and land tax was not enough for their family to eat for a year. They had to sell the rice and exchange it for cheaper food.
When the years were bad, they also had to live on bran.
We also raise chickens at home, but they are used for laying eggs. We save the eggs and take them to the town to exchange for salt and needles and thread.
Cao'er had never eaten white rice since she could remember. She didn't think the immortal gave her too little, she just hated herself for eating too fast and finishing it before she could taste it.
"Have you finished eating?" Cao'er heard a gentle male voice.
In her life, she had never heard such a beautiful voice!
She didn't dare look at him, or even raise her head to speak.
She said in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "Immortal, Immortal, eat, eat..."
Ye Zhou: "You have been hungry for too long. You can't eat too much at once, otherwise your stomach will burst."
Cao'er didn't understand, but she felt that what the immortal said was right!
The immortal said that if she eats any more her stomach will burst, so her stomach will definitely burst!
"Immortal! I kowtow to you!" Cao'er's mother supported the table with one hand, moved the chair away with one leg and prepared to kneel down to Ye Zhou again. She was a country girl and had never seen anyone more respectable than the landlord in her life. Apart from kneeling down and kowtowing, she could not think of anything else to do.
When she was still a girl, she went up the mountain with her parents to worship Buddha. Her parents said that only if she knocked her head until it was broken could she be sincere, and only then would Buddha bless her.
Even though the one who saved her was not Buddha but an immortal, as long as he knocked his head against a broken bone, that can be considered sincere, right?
Cao'er was also shocked to realize that she had not kowtowed yet. She was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly pushed the chair away and tried to kneel on the ground.
Ye Zhou was quick to act and held one of them with each hand. If he really asked them both to kneel down and kowtow, it would shorten their lifespan.
"Do you have anywhere to go?" Ye Zhou asked.
This question diverted the attention of the mother and daughter. They were held by Ye Zhou and looked at each other with twisted bodies.
Cao'er's mother blinked her eyes, but she couldn't squeeze out a single tear. Her tears had dried up long ago, and now even if she cut the skin on her body, some blood would flow out, but tears would not come out even if she bit her tongue.
"Fairy, fairy, we will work like slaves for you. We can do anything!" Cao'er's mother said in panic and fear, "Please leave us here, fairy! I will do anything you ask me to do! Anything!"
If Ye Zhou hadn't been holding her up, she would have definitely hit her head again.
Ye Zhou didn't think they were being too demanding. They had become so miserable and finally saw hope. It would be strange if they didn't beg to stay.
What's more, Ye Zhou really needs them.
He needs a guide to understand the world.
The two of them were weak and had nothing on them that was inconsistent with their status. Even if they had bad intentions, Ye Zhou could deal with them. It was better than him finding a strong middle-aged man. If the other party had bad intentions, he might not be able to defeat him.
After all, Ye Zhou had never learned Sanda or boxing. At most, he just ran and played basketball, and he rarely played football.
He has no experience in fighting, but has been a good student with excellent character and academic performance since childhood.
Even playing basketball is because it looks cool.
"You can stay if you want." Ye Zhou made a request, "But you have to shave your hair. No... all the hair on your body has to be shaved."
He was a little embarrassed, after all, the other person was a woman, but he forced himself to keep a straight face, trying to suppress the embarrassment, and said righteously: "There are a lot of things and food in my supermarket. It would be bad if you brought the fleas on your body in."
"You need to change your clothes too. I'll get them for you later." Ye Zhou, "Shave your head and everything when you take a shower, then change your clothes."
After saying that, Ye Zhou walked out the door.
He really didn't know what to say next. Even if he wanted to ask questions, he had to wait until they had rested.
Otherwise, given their current mood changes, there would be no point in asking.
Ye Zhou first went to the trash can behind the supermarket and gave himself a bath with a hose. In order to prevent fleas on his body, he even threw away his clothes and washed his hair with sulfur soap. He didn't know whether sulfur soap was useful, but it should be better than shampoo?
Just in case, he wrapped his hair tightly with a shower cap.
After I had arranged to deal with the mother and daughter, I washed my hair again using insecticide mixed with water.
After getting himself ready, Ye Zhou entered the supermarket from the back door and first took out two sets of women's clothing, which were actually just trousers and short-sleeved shirts. After taking the short-sleeved shirts, he thought about it and then took out two coats.
I also took two razors.
I took a piece of soap.
Their hair is so dry and yellow that it breaks at the touch, so there is no need to use shampoo.
There is a recommended shower room in the guard's lounge. After all, this is a 24-hour supermarket. When decorating, he specifically informed the decoration team that the shower room does not need to be very complete, as long as it can provide hot water for showering.
While Ye Zhou was busy, the mother and daughter in the lounge couldn't calm down for a moment.
The porridge they had just drunk replenished their energy. Everything in the lounge was new to them. They wished they could take off their eyeballs and hang them on the roof so that they could take in everything here clearly.
"That light is so bright." Cao'er's mother said in awe.
Cao'er nodded. She guessed in a low voice: "Mom, that is definitely not the lamp we have seen before. The oil lamps used by landlords are not as bright as this one. This one has not yet been lit. It must be a fairy lamp. This place may be the fairy palace."
Cao'er's mother tightly grasped her daughter's hand and said, "We will serve the immortal like a slave. We must stay here!"
Cao'er nodded vigorously. She wanted to stay here, even if it meant working until she died.
If only we had found this place earlier, my father and brother would not have died, my second sister would not have been sold, and my youngest sister would not have been abandoned.
At that time, my mother wanted to sell her as well. It was better to sell her. No matter what the buyer bought her for, she was bought with food at least, so she would not starve to death.
But Cao'er didn't dare to leave. If she left, her mother would really not be able to live.
No one would buy a woman who had given birth.
"I shouldn't have sold my sister..." Cao'er choked up, "Erya has never eaten rice..."
Cao'er's mother lowered her head in silence. She didn't dare to think about the past, nor did she dare to think about her children. If Cao'er hadn't been following her, she would have found a hill and hit herself to death.
Life is hard, so hard that it dries up my bones.
As soon as there was a knock on the door, the mother and daughter immediately fell silent.
I still heard Ye Zhou ask: "Can I come in?"
Cao'er's mother then hurriedly said, "Please come in, Immortal."
This time, Ye Zhou was fully armed before entering the lounge. He not only wore a shower cap, but also a disposable raincoat. His cuffs were tied up with rubber bands, for fear that lice would take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in. The clothes and bath towels for the mother and daughter were also packed in sealed bags.
"I'll go get you some water. When you're done washing, take your clothes outside and change." Ye Zhou, "I won't look at you."
The mother and daughter had seen everything on the way to escape the famine, but they didn't seem shy at all.
But she said anxiously: "Fairy... such beautiful clothes are not worthy of us..."
Ye Zhou walked to the shower room, turned on the shower, and said while adjusting the water temperature: "Clothes are made for people to wear. How can they be considered suitable or not?"
Feeling that the water temperature was about right, Ye Zhou said, "Go and take a shower. After you're done, go out and change your clothes. Call me when you're done. I'll take you to bed."
Cao'er was startled: "Immortal, we can just sleep at the door!"
Ye Zhou waved his hand: "No, just follow my instructions."
After they went to the lounge in the supermarket, Ye Zhou had to spray the room with insecticide. It didn't matter if it was dirty or messy, but there couldn't be lice.
After Ye Zhou told them how to turn off the water after washing, he left. He unlocked the door of the supermarket and went straight to the lounge.
The security guard's lounge is right at the door, the employee's lounge is inside the store, and Ye Zhou also has his own lounge.
Ye Zhou looked around and felt that there was nothing to add or discard.
The new store hasn't opened yet. There is a bunk bed, a small wardrobe and a table in the employee lounge. Ye Zhou had never done business before opening the supermarket. He just thought that if he treated his employees better, maybe the employees would be more dedicated to the supermarket?
Anyway, he has done everything he can. If the other party is still not dedicated, he will not feel guilty about firing him.
I didn't expect that this lounge would come in handy now.
After all, although there was a simple shower room in the security room, there was no bed. The mother and daughter were in such a miserable state, and he couldn't bear to let them sleep on the floor.
Inside the security room, the mother and daughter squatted in front of the shower door, watching the water running down.
They stared at each other in silence.
The method of bringing water in this way can only be used by immortals!
Now the riverbed is dry, only immortals can bring water!
The mother and daughter squatted and watched for a long time before going in to wash together. After washing, they took the bag of clothes and bath towels and went out to change clothes under the light at the entrance of the supermarket.
The weather is hot now, dry and rainless, and even the wind blowing at night is warm.
"Mom, why are the sleeves of this dress so short?" Cao'er was holding a short-sleeved shirt in her hand. She had never seen such clothes. No matter how poor the people in the countryside were, their sleeves would not cover their feet and they would not expose their arms and legs.
Cao'er's mother squinted her eyes and looked at him for a while, pretending to be well-informed: "In the eyes of immortals, we are all mortals, with a few bones and a piece of skin. What's the big deal if we lose a few sleeves?"
Cao'er touched the fabric, her eyes sparkling, and said infatuatedly, "Mom! Touch it."
Cao'er's mother also reached out and touched it, and then couldn't let go.
It was Ye Zhou who asked through the door: "Are you dressed?"
They were eager to put on their clothes.
After making sure they were dressed, Ye Zhou opened the supermarket door and prepared to take them to the lounge.
Just as the mother and daughter stepped into the supermarket door, a computer prompt sound suddenly rang out in the supermarket.
The mother and daughter were startled by the sound and quickly huddled together.
The light shone on them, and their clean-shaven heads reflected the light.
Ye Zhou was also a little puzzled. He didn't turn on the computer, and even if he did, it was not connected to the loudspeakers in the supermarket.
But there was no time to go and see now, so Ye Zhou took the mother and daughter to the lounge first.
"The light switch is here. Just do this when you want to go to sleep." Ye Zhou demonstrated. "I'll get you two sets of clothes to change tomorrow. Have a good rest tonight. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he quickly closed the door and left, preparing to go back to his lounge to check his computer.
As for the security room, he would wait until he figured out what the warning sound was before going to disinfect it.
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