i have a shop in the end

"Qin Shang, have you found a place to work yet?"

Early on Sunday morning, when Qin Shang came out of the dormitory of University Z, he met a friend who knew he was looking for a job, so he nodded: "It's in the commercial street, very close to the school."

"There are many expensive restaurants over there, right? Maybe you will meet many beauties." The male student patted Qin Shang on the shoulder enviously.

"The place where I work is not a restaurant. There are usually no people there. There are only me and the boss, the man." Qin Shang looked at the time on his phone, "I have to hurry there as soon as possible."

The male student turned to show a sympathetic expression: "It's really not easy for students to find a temporary job now, but it's too miserable to stare at that kind of uncle every day in the store, right?"

Qin Shang smiled and said goodbye to the other party without explaining anything.

But when he thought of the boss Bai of "Qingxian Inn", it was impossible for him to associate the word "uncle" with him.Qin Shang does not consider himself a person who values ​​appearance, but he must admit that Bai Qingxian is an out-and-out beauty, and even among the people Qin Shang has met, there is no one who looks better than Boss Bai.

So even if he stares at Bai Qingxian and "Xiaoxian Station" every day, Qin Shang definitely doesn't feel miserable.

It's just that these don't need to be explained too much to others.

It was around [-]:[-] am when Qin Shang walked to the commercial street, which was a little earlier than the opening hours Bai Qingxian said yesterday, but the sidewalks on both sides of the commercial street were already full of people, and the queues outside many Internet celebrity restaurants might be crowded. It exists until the close of business in the evening.

Coupled with the fact that the weather is good today, and the sun may rise at noon, Qin Shang has a premonition that the beverage cabinet of "Qingxian Station" will usher in good business.

The phone in his hand vibrated suddenly, Qin Shang picked it up and saw someone in their class communication group sent a screenshot of the news, as if a botanist somewhere had discovered a new plant.

Then someone in the newsletter group said: "Seventeen or eighteen species have been discovered in this month alone? What's the matter?"

Qin Shang thought that the matter of plants had nothing to do with him, so he turned off the group chat directly.Although Qin Shang arrived earlier than the opening time, the door of "Qingxian Inn" has already opened, and Bai Qingxian is standing next to the clump of tomatoes he took good care of, looking down at his mobile phone, and the queue at the Internet celebrity restaurant next door There are many pairs of eyes looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, regardless of gender.

"boss."

Hearing Qin Shang's voice, Bai Qingxian, who was looking at the phone screen, raised his head and showed his usual smile: "Morning, everything is okay?"

At that moment, the passage of time in the whole world seemed to slow down a bit.

Before Qin Shang could answer, Bai Qingxian handed him the mobile phone he was holding, and said: "Help me watch this communication group, if anyone sends me a message, tell me, I'll go see how the porridge is doing gone."

Qin Shang just held Bai Qingxian's mobile phone. Although he had his boss's instructions, he didn't look carefully at the content on the screen.It wasn't until Bai Qingxian's mobile phone vibrated that Qin Shang walked into the store with his mobile phone: "Boss, someone sent a message."

"Read it for me." Bai Qingxian just turned on the rice cooker for cooking porridge, and the aroma of the chicken dissipated instantly, and even the branches and leaves of the "rich tree" in the corner trembled undetectably.

Qin Shang could only glance at Bai Qingxian's mobile phone screen, and then relayed with some puzzlement: "The other party said that botanists have discovered another unknown plant in the city, and that plant is likely to be poisonous."

This news is similar to the screenshot of the news that Qin Shang saw in the class communication group before, except for some more details.For example, these never-before-documented plants are found in cities and may be poisonous.

Qin Shang couldn't help seeing the name of the communication group that Bai Qingxian was chatting with - the end of the world discussion group.

Qin Shang thought again of the "Apocalypse Sale" promotional sheet posted outside the store yesterday, and finally couldn't help asking, "Boss, do you really believe that there will be an end of the world?"

Bai Qingxian looked over meaningfully: "It is because this world is about to collapse that I appear here."

Before Qin Shang turned the corner, Bai Qingxian narrowed his eyes and smiled again: "I'm just kidding."

"..."

Bai Qingxian signaled Qin Shang to look out of the glass window of the store with his eyes. The atmosphere of the commercial street became more and more lively on weekends. People came and went, talking and laughing, which seemed to show the vitality of this world: "After all, you can see that the world is peaceful now. And full of life, although some people think it is a boring thing to stand in line for hours at the door of the restaurant, but it is undeniable that everyone is enjoying the moment in their own way.”

In the eyes of others, the weekend in the commercial street is just an ordinary day, and it may be difficult to understand what Bai Qingxian, a small grocery store owner, is feeling.

"But maybe..." Bai Qingxian's eyes suddenly sank when he looked out of the window, "It's just maybe, at some point, a seed of uneasiness will take root in a certain corner, and then spread silently."

"Do you want to drink porridge?" Boss Bai did not know when he took out two clean white porcelain bowls, and filled a bowl for himself and Qin Shang, with the same smile on his face, as if what he just said was just Qin Shang's unilateral hallucination same.

Qin Shang originally wanted to politely decline, but the porridge that Bai Qingxian handed over was enough to seduce people just by its taste, and his stomach groaned in the next second.

"Thank you." So Qin Shang took the porridge bowl with red ears, and changed the subject and asked, "Boss, do you think those unknown plants that suddenly appeared are seeds of anxiety."

"I don't know." Bai Qingxian's answer this time was unexpectedly straightforward. After sitting down on the soft chair next to the "Fortune Tree" in the corner with chicken porridge, he also signaled Qin Shang to sit behind the counter with a bowl. Then he took a sip of porridge before continuing, "There are many ways for the world to collapse. How do I know what it will be this time?"

Qin Shang noticed the "this time" in Bai Qingxian's words, could there be a last time and a next time?

After taking a mouthful of porridge, Qin Shang paused for a moment with his hand holding the spoon.Although he is not a gourmet, he has eaten for more than 20 years and has been to many restaurants, but the taste of this simple bowl of chicken porridge can amaze Qin Shang in an instant.

Because he didn't know how to evaluate it, Qin Shang could only say that this bowl of porridge was delicious, and it didn't look like something cooked by the ordinary rice cooker on the counter.

Thinking about it, Qin Shang took another few spoonfuls of porridge.

There are no customers in the "Xiaoxian Station" yet, it is a veritable leisure time, and with a bowl of porridge in hand, the relationship between the two people sitting in the shop seems to be gradually getting closer.

Bai Qingxian cooks porridge mainly for tasting, and naturally it must be delicious. Just when he felt that today's porridge has improved compared with yesterday's, he heard Qin Shang ask a question like a chat.

"What will happen?"

Bai Qingxian thought for a while, leaned on the soft chair with his legs folded, and said with porridge: "This is not a simple question that can be explained clearly. The first thing that people think of may be a major earthquake, tsunami, global warming or glaciers. Century and the like, as well as zombie viruses and alien invasions that often appear in movies, etc. If a world wants to collapse suddenly, it is impossible for you to guess what will happen next. Come on, maybe a butterfly flapping its wings in the distance can change the fate of all mankind..."

"So when it happens, the whole world will be totally unprepared."

When Bai Qingxian was speaking, he noticed that Qin Shang was looking at him with a complicated expression.This kind of expression is not unfamiliar to Bai Qingxian, after all, every time he said such "nonsense", the people around him always showed similar expressions.

"By the way, why do you want to find a temporary job?" Bai Qingxian changed the subject very skillfully and abruptly.

Qin Shang was inevitably stunned for a moment, and then replied: "It's nothing, I just want to move out of the house and be independent suddenly, but I can't support living expenses, tuition and accommodation expenses with scholarship alone, so I came out to find a place to work. Now there is The salary, as long as you live frugally, it will be almost the same.”

Just as Qin Shang finished speaking, his stomach groaned again.

"You didn't save all the money for breakfast, did you?" Bai Qingxian looked at Qin Shang's clothes and the watch on his wrist, and felt that the big boy in front of him seemed to be having trouble with his family rather than being financially independent. awkward.

Bai Qingxian looked at Qin Shang who was silently drinking porridge and did not speak, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and did not continue to ask.

After all, everyone has secrets.

"Ordinary human beings still cannot do without food." Bai Qingxian thought for a while and said, "I will give you extra food subsidies in addition to salary, and you can also choose to eat in the store during working hours."

Seeing Qin Shang's surprised expression, Bai Qingxian pointed to the rice cooker on the counter: "But only the simplest meals."

"Ding--"

Before Qin Shang could say anything, the small wind chime hanging next to the door of "Qingxian Inn" suddenly rang. Qin Shang and Bai Qingxian, who thought that a customer had arrived, both looked in the direction of the door.

The customer who opened the store door and walked in was a little girl in the third and fourth grades, wearing a white shirt, a red suspender skirt, and a small red beret on her head. It looks very cute.

It's just that the little girl's innocent eyes are completely out of focus at this moment.

The glass shop door closed slowly behind the girl, and no adults came in behind her. She just stood there with a blank face and absent-minded eyes, without saying a word.

Even though the commercial street outside the store was bustling and bustling, the inside of the store suddenly fell silent.

"Qin Shang." Bai Qingxian got up from the soft chair and approached, took another deep look at the little girl, turned his back to his clerk and said, "Can you help me go to the supermarket to buy something?"