Yokai grocery store

After a brief self-introduction, Xiang Xiaocheng asked a little embarrassedly: "Excuse me... what is your last name?"

The demeanor of this young man was so gentle that he couldn't help but put on his honorifics, as if asking too casual a question would offend him.

The young man smiled and said, "Miangui, my surname is Shen, just call me Boss Shen."

Shen... Boss?

Xiang Xiaocheng looked around subconsciously, only to realize that this was not the hall of an ordinary family.

A few flower-shaped lamps are fixed on the mottled walls, quietly blooming at night, holding round bulbs, emitting soft white light.

There are two large wooden cabinets on both sides, exuding a faint sandalwood fragrance.The cabinet is divided into many grids of different sizes, and one or two items are placed in each grid. In addition to postcards, hairpins, small necklaces and other common ancient street souvenirs, there are also many porcelain wood carvings that look luxurious or simple. Bronze ware and other objects, and even a few black stones.

Is this... a small shop selling souvenirs, or some kind of antique shop?

As if seeing the doubt in his heart, Boss Shen said softly: "This is my grocery store. I do some small business occasionally."

Xiang Xiaocheng suddenly realized: "Ah... that's it!"

Seeing that he looked at the wooden cabinet with interest, Boss Shen said: "It's late at night, Mr. Xiang should be tired too, why don't you take a rest first, and take a closer look tomorrow."

Xiang Xiaocheng didn't feel tired at all, but when he said this, he suddenly felt a burst of tiredness, and couldn't help yawning big, a thin layer of tears was forced out of his eyes, hazy The ground responded "OK".

In a trance, Xiang Xiaocheng followed Boss Shen for a few steps, and arrived in front of a room.Boss Shen opened the door for him. The decoration inside the room is also ancient and elegant, and even smells of elegant fragrance.

Smelling the fragrance, Xiang Xiaocheng felt that he couldn't even lift his eyelids, he staggered a few steps and fell on the bed covered with soft brocade quilt, and fell asleep.

……

The fuzzy figure turned into green smoke and got into a palm-sized delicate wooden cabin.The small wooden door was closed silently, and the wooden house was gently placed on the table with a slight click.

Shen Qingzhuo conveniently took out a hollowed-out and carved incense burner and placed it beside it, and lit three more thin incense sticks/stuck in it.

Amidst the light smoke, a flower pot on the wall swayed, as if something vaguely appeared, and the soft voice was full of comfort and enjoyment: "Ah, it's delicious."

What responded to it was a Northern Song Ru Kiln narcissus basin with a hole in it on the sandalwood cabinet. It was very disgusted: "Don't be so greedy, little lamp, leave some for the guests."

The originally quiet grocery store seemed to have been turned on a certain switch, and it suddenly became lively, and various objects began to chatter again, continuing the night talk that was interrupted just now.

"This guest looks a little silly!"

"Yes, yes! But this little guy is still quite handsome..."

"What do you think he wants to buy?"

There was endless discussion.Shen Qingzhuo brushed off his sleeves, ignored these little things, and walked upstairs slowly.This delay, it was almost ten o'clock, and as an old monster who kept in good health, he had to get ready for bed.

……

The next morning, just after six o'clock, Shen Qingzhuo opened his eyes.

The window was not closed tightly, and when Shen Qingzhuo got up, he was blown by the cool autumn wind, and was in a daze for a moment - he hadn't been able to get up on time at this time for a long time.

He stood in front of the bed, lowered his eyes slightly, his eyes fell on the neatly folded quilt, his eyes were dim, and he sighed silently for a while, then turned and went to the small courtyard on the second floor.

Shen Qingzhuo's body is a lotus flower, and she has a natural sense of closeness to nature.When the weather is good, he likes to lie down in the small courtyard for a while after getting up, basking in the sun.

The yard on the second floor is full of various plants.The small building has set up a formation, which can automatically gather spiritual energy, so the flowers and plants here are growing gratifyingly, and Shen Qingzhuo doesn't restrict them too much, the colorful and colorful crowds are crowded and crowded, and it is very lively.

On the east side, there is a wooden shelf that Shen Qingzhuo used to put aside casually, but now it is covered with vines, blocking a large area of ​​sunlight.The reclining chair made of soft clouds was placed under the shelf, and little vine seedlings often sneaked up to rub it while Shen Qingzhuo was away.

Today is no exception, a few seedlings are rolling on the deck chair.Shen Qingzhuo touched the tips of the buds one by one, and shyly retracted those few seedlings, and said hello to him in a soft voice: "Boss Shen, long time no see."

Shen Qingzhuo sat down on the Yunduo recliner, paused after hearing the words, and then lay down slowly, adjusting a comfortable posture.The warm sunlight shone through the vine frame and projected finely on his face, making his eyebrows look more jade-like.

He closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep. After a long time... so long that Xiao Miaomiao thought that he would not respond, only then did he hear a soft "um".

Xiao Miaomiao poked her head around, but didn't see anyone, so she quietly touched the back of Shen Qingzhuo's hand with the tip of the leaflet, and asked softly, "Boss Shen, where's the lady boss?"

The "big lady boss" it talks about is a big black dragon... When Boss Shen brought it back, it was still a small black dragon cub, but after some chance, it suddenly became a big black dragon. An extremely strong attitude declared his status——

Boss Shen is his.

He once wanted to usurp the position of boss, but Boss Shen didn't let him succeed.Helpless, in order to emphasize his important status, the big black dragon asked all the creatures in the grocery store to emphasize the word "big" when they called him.

Boss Shen and the big lady boss are always inseparable on weekdays. The big black dragon is very sticky to Boss Shen, and is easy to get jealous. For this reason, Boss Shen hasn't come to the yard to play with them for a long time...and he hasn't touched them for a long time.

Shen Qingzhuo opened his eyes, raised his hand, Ren Xiaomiaomiao rubbed against his palm coquettishly, and wrote lightly: "Drive away."

what?

The bud tip of Xiao Miaomiao trembled, and she fell silent in astonishment.

……

The grocery store opened at ten o'clock, and Xiang Xiaocheng woke up just at this time.

The translucent little figure floated out of the cabin yawning and rubbing his eyes, gradually elongated and solidified, and when Xiang Xiaocheng woke up completely, he was no different from ordinary people.

"Morning, Boss Shen!"

"Morning." Shen Qingzhuo nodded slightly.

The environment here is really good, there is no hustle and bustle of big cities, and there is no need to rush to work, Xiang Xiaocheng sleeps until he wakes up naturally, comfortable and comfortable, and then he hears his stomach growl.

He blushed instantly.

Fortunately, Shen Qingzhuo didn't laugh at him, but thoughtfully found a step for him, and let him go out for food by himself.

It's not that Shen Qingzhuo is stingy with a few bites of food, but his cooking skills are really bad, so it's better not to harm this little guest.He sat leisurely at the table, boiling water and making tea—although the guest didn't seem to notice anything wrong with him.

Xiang Xiaocheng visited the wonton shop yesterday again, ate a big bowl of wontons happily, and went back to the grocery store.

He didn't pay attention last night, but today he took a closer look at the whole grocery store.

Pushing the door open, you will be greeted by a huge courtyard, a stone path leads to the inside, and stone lanterns stand at the four corners.Probably due to very little care, all kinds of plants growing here are piled here and here, intertwined irregularly, there are flowers and green grass, there are also vines all over the wall, and there is a dwarf tree more than one meter high , Standing beside the stone road.There are many small colorful fruits between its branches and leaves, the size of a finger. If you don't look carefully, you may think it is a string of neon lights.

There are many interesting gadgets in the grocery store. I asked Xiaocheng about the prices, and they were not very expensive, so I bought a lot of them. I plan to give them to my family when I go home in a few days.

Shen Qingzhuo is not a talkative person, but he can pick up Xiang Xiaocheng's words just right every time.The two chatted and chatted, and they talked about the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion. I couldn't go back last year because I was busy with a big project, so I have to go back this year." Speaking of family, Xiang Xiaocheng felt a little disappointed, "I'm too busy with work, I haven't been there for a long time go home."

Shen Qingzhuo paused while pouring tea, and before he answered, he heard Xiang Xiaocheng continue nagging: "My house is quite far away from here, I have to buy a train ticket early, and I'm leaving in a few days—— It takes two days and one night by car!"

As if he had opened up the chatterbox, he babbled a lot about his family to Xiaocheng, and the look on his face became more and more nostalgic.Speaking of dry mouth, he subconsciously picked up the tea and took a sip. The fragrant and sweet tea brought him back to his senses, and he immediately blushed: "Ah, I talk too much..."

Shen Qingzhuo shook his head gently: "It's okay."

Xiang Xiaocheng put down the teacup, scratched his head, and was about to continue to say something, but was attracted by the movement outside.

Because of business, the wooden door outside was wide open. At this time, a tall man in black stepped over the threshold and walked in through the yard carelessly.

When he got closer, Xiang Xiaocheng could clearly see the appearance of the man in black.

A pair of sword-shaped eyebrows slanted into the temples, the corners of the long and narrow Danfeng eyes showed rebelliousness, the nose was handsome, and the smile on his lips was somewhat sinister, the whole person looked fierce and unruly.

He looked lazy, but very purposeful. As soon as he came in, he stood directly in front of Boss Shen and raised his eyebrows: "Boss Shen, I want to buy something."

This person exuded a very unpleasant aura, and kept silent to Xiaocheng, not disturbing Boss Shen's business.

Without raising his eyelids, Shen Qingzhuo slowly poured boiling hot water into the teapot and poured tea for Xiang Xiaocheng.In the steaming heat, his face was a bit blurred, but his voice was still steady and safe: "Please do what you want."

Xiang Xiaocheng suddenly noticed that the clothes this man was wearing were very familiar, and after careful identification, it was the same style as Boss Shen's!It's just a different color... Is this the unique style of the old street?Xiang Xiaocheng couldn't help but glanced at Boss Shen and then at the man, and found that the moiré patterns on the sleeves of the skirts were all the same.

For some reason, when he looked at the two people in front of him, the word "couple outfit" popped up in his mind.

Just as he was thinking about it, the man opened his mouth again with piercing eyes: "I want to buy something... something that can make my wife happy."

The author has something to say: Try whether it is better to go to 9 in the morning or 9 in the evening, scratching your head.