Chapter 83 Frozen to Death
When they were young, their mother would always save a few dollars from the grocery money and let them go to the canteen to choose their favorite snacks.
At that time, the brother and sister would always get together to study for a long time, and finally share a bag of potato chips with satisfaction.
Although it’s not much, I feel very satisfied and happy.
"I love you the most, mom!" Xia Lili hugged Chang Yue coquettishly. Although Xia Xubai couldn't see it, he accurately put his hand on his mother's shoulder and squeezed it gently.
Yu Shou stood aside, a smile appearing on his stern face. It was really rare to meet an employer whose family atmosphere was so harmonious.
After the tasks were assigned, everyone went about their work.
After arriving at the snack area, Xia Xubai went straight to the refrigerator to select dairy products.
Xia Lili excitedly rushed to the puffed food shelf.
In a short while, her arms were filled with potato chips and shrimp crackers, piled high.
Only then did she remember that she had forgotten to take the shopping basket.
To make matters worse, a running child suddenly bumped into them, and several bags of snacks fell to the ground, but the culprit had already run away.
"Really..." Xia Lili muttered softly. She was about to call her brother for help, but suddenly remembered that Xia Xubai was now a public figure and it was not convenient to shout loudly in public.
A thin tally clerk was filling the freezer with ice cream. Seeing Xia Lili's arms full of snacks, with a few bags dropped on the floor, he quickly said to her, "Little girl, stand here and don't move. I'll get you a basket."
Xia Lili hurriedly thanked him while holding a small mountain of snacks: "Thank you, big brother!"
The service staff of this supermarket were so friendly, caring and enthusiastic that Xia Lili immediately developed a favorable impression of this supermarket.
When she just came in, she saw a notice at the door saying "top up and get gifts". When she checks out later, she plans to top up 5,000 or 10,000 yuan for her parents and write a letter of praise to the supermarket to praise the stock clerk.
I heard that this kind of commendation letter from a large supermarket is very helpful for the performance evaluation of employees.
Soon, the stock clerk came over with a shopping basket and helped Xia Lili put all the snacks into the basket.
"Thank you, big brother!"
The snacks in Xia Lili's arms were cleared out, and she also saw the appearance of the enthusiastic stockist clearly.
The tally clerk was about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, thin, and looked particularly frail at just 1.7 meters.
His washed-out blue overalls hung loosely, revealing his prominent collarbone.
There were several wrinkles on his thin face that were inconsistent with his age, and his dry lips were a little cracked.
Xia Lili felt that the life of this tally clerk must be quite difficult.
His thumbs were rough and the knuckles were prominent, his nails were trimmed short but neatly. A few gray hairs had appeared at his temples, but his gentle eyes were still bright.
Xia Lili and the tally clerk's gentle eyes met, and suddenly a familiar feeling of dizziness came over her.
I'm hallucinating again!
The unfortunate scene that happened to the tally clerk unfolded in Xia Lili's mind.
Xia Lili "saw" that the stock clerk had finished get off work at two o'clock in the morning and had already walked out of the supermarket. He suddenly received a phone call, then stretched his sore muscles with his tired body and returned to the cold storage room.
The scene changed, and the next scene gave Xia Lili a shock!
The tally clerk was curled up in the corner of the cold storage room. His lips and eyelashes were frozen, his skin was covered with a layer of frost, and there were dark red bloodstains on his abdomen, obviously he was stabbed by a sharp weapon.
Just when he was on the verge of death, the cold door opened and two men wearing hats, masks and white coats loaded him and other frozen items onto a freight truck.
One of them even found the tally clerk's mobile phone, unlocked it with his fingerprint, and deleted something.
In the last scene of the hallucination, three children were kneeling in front of the portrait of their eldest brother, the tally clerk, crying while several adults were arguing beside them.
——"I am Xiang Quan's aunt. The compensation for the accidental death of the supermarket employee should be given to me!"
"I'm his wife, and he and I haven't divorced yet. The compensation should be mine. It's stipulated in the law. Do you, an old witch, understand the law?"
——"How can you be such an irresponsible wife and mother? You gave birth to a child and then left it alone. Now you want to come back and take the 500,000 yuan for yourself. No way!"
Several adults were fighting over compensation, and no one cared about the three children who were terrified and crying sadly.
The illusion ends here.
Xia Lili's vision returned to normal, but her heart felt stuffy and her hands and feet had become cold.
The tally clerk had already stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her: "Little girl, are you okay?"
Xia Lili came back to her senses and quickly shook her head: "I, I'm fine."
"You didn't respond when I called you just now. I thought you were feeling unwell or dizzy."
The tally clerk, Xiang Quan, breathed a sigh of relief. "If you're feeling unwell, there's a medicine box over at the cashier. Go get some medicine from them. I still have work to do. I'll be leaving now."
Xiang Quan hurried away, and Xia Lili quickly called out to him, "Wait a minute, big brother!"
Xiang Quan turned around in confusion. Although he was anxious, there was no impatience on his face: "What? Is there anything else you need my help with?"
Xia Lili stepped forward quickly and said, "Brother, I'd like to find a job as a tally clerk, but I have no experience and am unfamiliar with the process. I'm afraid others won't hire me."
"Could you teach me?"
Xia Lili gave an embarrassed smile and said, "When you're sorting the goods later, I'll help you put the goods on the shelves and learn from you."
Xiang Quan was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hand: "That won't do. It's against the rules. How can we ask customers to help share the work?"
Xia Lili clasped her hands together and began to play the victim: "Brother, please, please, I have no savings in the big city, and it just so happens that there's a supermarket near the village where I rent that's hiring a stock clerk."
"If I get the job, I'll have another source of income."
Xiang Quan's eyes relaxed a little.
Xia Lili lowered her voice and said, "I'll send you a red envelope after this is done. I've also joined a lot of part-time job groups, so I can share information with you. If there's any high-paying part-time job, I'll definitely tell you."
Xiang Quan has to raise three children by himself, so he definitely needs more than just a job as a supermarket stock clerk. He must also need other part-time jobs.
Sure enough, Xiang Quan softened: "Well, okay then, but don't be too obvious."
"I'll go to the warehouse first to get the goods."
Xia Lili smiled happily: "Thank you, brother, you are such a good person, I hope you will be safe and sound!"
Xia Lili looked at Xiang Quan's back as he walked towards the staff passage, and the smile on her face disappeared in an instant.
She was terrified, thinking that Xiang Quan must have seen something he shouldn't have seen and was silenced.
She had to establish contact with Xiang Quan first to get information about his movements and family background.
Xia Lili always felt that there was something fishy going on behind this.
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