After Wu Rui saw off Grandpa Wu, she turned back to the small shop.

The shop is actually not very big. In the corner on the right is a refrigerator and a freezer, which contain some ice cream, popsicles, drinks, beer and the like.

Next to it is a square table that is folded away. This square table is usually folded away. When there are more people taking a rest during the off-season or during the Chinese New Year, people will come here to play cards.

The setting of this small square table has many benefits.

One is that if you want to play cards, you naturally need playing cards. The villagers who come here will basically buy a deck of playing cards in the small shop.

One is that when the card game reaches the end, Grandpa Wu can still receive a few dollars from the winner as venue fees.

One is that people who play cards will naturally become thirsty and hungry after playing for a long time, and they cannot just leave the card table. They will naturally spend money in small shops and buy some food and drinks.

One is the children who came with the adults who were playing cards. When the children came to the small shop, they naturally wanted to eat snacks or buy small toys. The adults had to let them go, otherwise they would cry or make a fuss. Oh, no one will be able to please me at that time. If you want to play cards, you have to comfort your children.

One is that Grandpa Wu usually watches the small shop alone and waits for the villagers to come to buy things. In fact, it is quite boring. It is fun to watch when someone comes to play cards.

The last one is naturally popular. Everyone comes to this small shop. Old people, adults, and children all know where to find people playing cards at home, or coming to join in the fun. Over time, this place has been recognized by everyone.

Wu Rui also admires Grandpa Wu's business acumen. This small shop has been open since the original owner was a child. Over the years, the business has been getting better and better, even though there are now two more small shops opened by other people in the village. , Grandpa Wu’s has always been the most popular.

Next to it is a desk that Grandpa Wu got from somewhere. There is also a TV on the table. There are many old people in the small shop who like to come here to watch TV. It’s not that there is no TV at home, but I feel that there will be a lot of people there. accompany.

Especially at night, it becomes even more lively. The villagers have eaten early at home, taken a bath, brought their children, and come to this small shop one after another to catch up on TV series. Maybe it’s more lively because there are more people. I can speak the same language, and we can discuss the plot together.

In the middle is the cashier counter. It is said to be a cashier counter, but it is actually an old wooden table with three drawers. This wooden table was bought when Grandpa Wu opened this small shop, and it has been there until now. She is almost the same age as Wu Rui.

The whole store uses this counter as the middle line. The space in front of the counter can be moved freely, but the space behind the counter needs to be avoided. After all, the drawer with the money is here. If something is missing, what will happen? I can’t even tell.

Most people come to buy things by standing in front of the counter, telling Grandpa Wu what they want, and Grandpa Wu will get it for him. After getting the money from the villagers, he opens the middle drawer and counts the items carefully with his rough hands. Hold the jiao or yuan inside and hand it over to the villager.

There will be a few pleasantries along the way.

However, some children like to come closer, look at the spicy strips, look at the bubble gum, holding the fifty cents given by their grandparents or parents, worrying about what snacks to buy, which one is ten cents a piece? The big spicy slices, the two-cent bubble gum with a tattoo sticker, or the ten-cent popsicle in the freezer.

In my little mind, this seems to be the biggest trouble I have ever encountered.

There is a low marble table next to the counter. There is a row of glass bottles on the table. The glass bottles contain bulk goods such as sugar, rock sugar, and melon seeds.

Behind the counter is an L-shaped shelf, with all kinds of instant noodles on the top. The shelf on the far left is full of snacks. Because occasionally children want to get closer to see the snacks, Grandpa Wu specially places them on the outside.

The middle shelf contains some daily necessities such as shampoo and shower gel. There is even a box at the bottom, which contains worship supplies such as ingot candles and incense. There is also a box of white candles next to it. This is because there are power outages in the village from time to time. At that time, this box of white candles was like the savior.

The shelves next to it are some condiments, and there are several large earthen jars at the bottom. The jars contain bulk liquor, mature vinegar, etc., which are also essential in the village. Many villagers are tired from work and come back in the evening. I bought a glass or two of white wine, chatted, and watched TV. I felt that the sleepiness of the day had dissipated a lot.

There are also some fireworks and firecrackers on the top on the far right, as well as the children's favorite things of rubbing and throwing cannons.

Below is a water dispenser that can boil water. Many people like to soak and eat instant noodles here after buying them in a small shop. The rich aroma will seduce other people, and children are the most popular. If you don't do this, every time you see someone eating, you will make a fuss with the adults in the family to buy instant noodles.

The consequence of doing this is either to eat delicious instant noodles as expected in the envious eyes of other children, or to upset the adults and get beaten up in the eyes of everyone, and left behind in the small shop. Made some jokes.

There is a landline phone not far away. In the past, when the village was not wealthy, no one had a phone. Many villagers would come to the small shop and spend a few cents to use this landline to make calls outside. The son and daughter of migrant workers.

There are also some caring children who will write down this landline number. Occasionally, they will call this landline number. Grandpa Wu will receive it, and then ask the villagers who are free to call the person, and then call back when the person comes. .

It's just that now the village is getting richer. Gradually, many people have landline phones at home. Gradually, landline phones are no longer used much. With mobile phones now available, the landline phones in the small shops are naturally idle. Down here, only a few people use it occasionally.

Behind the container is some inventory, and Grandpa Wu's quilt is also placed behind it.

From time to time, Grandpa Wu would check the inventory to see what was about to be out of stock, and then use the landline phone to call the wholesale store in the town and ask someone to deliver it quickly.

Street lights are also installed outside. At night, the entire small mountain village becomes dark, and there are no street lights everywhere like in the city.The always bright street light in the small shop almost looks like an attraction in the village.

In particular, there is a paved concrete floor in front of the small shop, and this bright street lamp sheds light on the cement floor.

The villagers sit on the stone pier in front of the small shop or take a small bench from the small shop, blowing the evening breeze while watching their children playing. The evening in the countryside is pleasant and leisurely.

The small small shop is well-equipped, hiding the lives of many villagers, and undoubtedly also hiding the hard work of Grandpa Wu's life.

Thinking that Wu's father and Wu's mother had so easily paid off Grandpa Wu's life's hard work, Wu Rui felt secretly resentful. No wonder Grandpa Wu was so angry that he had a heart attack. For such a selfish person like Wu's father and Wu's mother, it is really a crime. amnesty.

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