people outside of time

Every new era is built on the ruins of the old era, and every glance is shocking, but you who have stepped out of time can't help but grow old with it.

How many years will the name of the stove be crowned in this forest of reinforced concrete forests——

When Lin Yi arrived home, it was the hottest season in the city. After returning from Jiangsu, he went to the countryside first. In the evening, mosquitoes were infested, which harmed his skin that has not been exposed to ultraviolet rays all year round. For this reason, he gave up staying overnight in the countryside. idea.

The new house has been renovated for several years, and all the furnishings inside are ready. Because he has been away for many years and his father does not often come home, a lot of dust has accumulated over the years, and he does not sleep until early in the morning after cleaning.

Because I kept thinking about tomorrow's new job, I was tossed and turned for a long time before I reluctantly fell asleep in anticipation and fear.

Lin Yi slept in the master bedroom, and was woken up by the sun before the alarm clock rang. In exchange for insomnia the night before, this morning was clear, and the hot porridge in the rice cooker heralded the beginning of a new day.

The balcony of the new house has floor-to-ceiling windows. The floor is clean and smooth. It is as bright as the outside is as bright as the inside. The window sill is clear and clean, which also heralds a new beginning.

The person he was interviewing for was an entry clerk, but the human resource supervisor of the supermarket said that the only shortage in the store was the cashier. For him, any job is the same, as long as the time is short enough and the pressure is low enough, even if the salary is just enough to make ends meet.At that time, he agreed, and the personnel said that he would ask the store manager for instructions the next day before giving the result. After all, it was the first time for them to recruit a male cashier.

During the days of waiting for the result, a picture repeatedly appeared in his mind, the busy cash register, the noisy crowd waiting to pay the bill, and the impatient may have to curse and urge him to hurry up. , may also be made things difficult by guests...

However, no matter what time is waiting for him ahead, he can only bite the bullet.

The call from the supermarket finally came, and Lin Yi's unresolved heart was settled.

In the first three days, Lin Yi learned cashiering from an old employee. When there were a lot of people, he would pack bags next to him.All the worries disappeared when he got started, and the operation methods are clearly marked on the keyboard, which is really a piece of cake for him who has been in touch with computers all year round.

The five fingers that typed the barcode of the product moved quickly on the keyboard, and the sound was crisp and clear. His master, sister Xia, was dumbfounded, and it was inevitable that he would praise him a few times afterwards.

Lin Yi was a little embarrassed, blushing to the ears, and the elder sisters at the cash register made fun of him for this, and asked some commonplaces they always talked about at their age, such as how old they are now, whether they are married, if they answer "yes" later There will inevitably be a series of questions, and if the answer is 'no', there will be more questions. After all, in their eyes, it is indeed unthinkable for them to be single at the age of 26 or seven.

Starting a family and starting a career are two things far away for him. The former may have no hope in this life, because he was born in a conservative and traditional country. Although the law does not prohibit same-sex unions, there is no such thing as same-sex registration in the marriage law. It must be a hundred years There will be no breakthroughs within.

That is to say, in his lifetime, unless he turns from a bend to a straight line, those things that "must" happen to others will "must" fail to happen to him.

Marriage - always someone else's business.

The latter may not be as difficult to break through as the former, but he graduated from junior high school and has no skills and no good shelter. For a venture full of risks, working is the long-term solution.He is a person with no ambitions, and he set a life motto for himself early in the morning: Don't seek fame and fame, but only seek to be worthy of your heart.

It is enough to wander around when I was young, but now I have left a section of youthful tail on the ground, and I can only take one step at a time in the future.

There was another person who came to the interview with him that day, named Jianan, and now he is assigned to sell tobacco and alcohol at the front desk and return goods. He is also responsible for the announcement of the supermarket. During the event, the whole supermarket can hear his voice, his voice is clear, Mandarin is fluent and pleasing to the ear.

When the two met for the first time, they felt familiar. After some conversation, they realized that they were elementary school classmates they hadn't seen for more than ten years.

Most of the nearby properties were bought by people from their township. Jia Nan and Lin Yi's house were in the same phase, with no more than a dozen steps between them. The two would occasionally run into each other on their way to and from get off work, because they were both cold-hearted people. Friendships stop at colleagues.

Or they found that the other party had the same attributes as their own, revealing a little danger, so they did not dare to approach rashly. They are all people with hidden symptoms. If they are confirmed, they may be happy. If they guess wrong, they will receive nothing more than disgust and repulsion.

None of them are timid people who will expose themselves to the sun because they can't bear loneliness.

There are five No. 60 employees in the supermarket. The Liu family is from Linyi Village. They moved to the town with their son and work as loss prevention staff in the supermarket.Usually, when Lin Yi was at the cash register, she would whisper some gossip in her ears, mostly old things in the village, and occasionally some new information, which was undoubtedly the rambling of a woman who was getting more and more young at this age.

Half a month later, Lin Yi was assigned to the cash register at the side door. Most of the people who checked out here were residents of Chunxiao Garden, which was a little more leisurely than the main door.

At noon, it was time to change shifts, and Jianan's voice was transmitted to the entire supermarket through various speakers.

"Attention all mid-shift staff, please gather at the department store area on the second floor for a meeting..."

The cashier works in two shifts, divided into two shifts, AB and AB, with one shift per day.

Class A is from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, and from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, while class B is from [-]:[-] noon to [-]:[-] pm.This day, Lin Yi was in Class B, and because he got up late, he ate a mix of brunch, and was already hungry when he got off work.As soon as Jianan's voice came through the radio, Lin Yi immediately counted the money and only waited for the people from Class A to take over.

The money is paid once a day, and the cashier is the boss's daughter Xiao Min, who is tall and thin and wears glasses, and treats the employees in the store with a bit of care. At the age of 24, I have a five-year-old son who is usually not in the store and only comes when collecting money.

The financial room is in the inner part of the office, and all the props for dealing with money are in place, witnessing the efficiency of this era.

After handing over the shift, Lin Yi carried the cash box to the second floor. The staff in the office was messy, three or two people constituted a department, and the purchasing department of the human resources department and the receiving department were all crowded together.The boss and the store manager's offices each occupy a corner, with glass doors that can't be shielded, and there are only a handful of office hours, most of the time they are either taking a nap or playing with their mobile phones.

After entering, Lin Yi found a raw face sitting in the corner, wearing a pair of glasses with gold frames. He was in his early twenties, and his skin color was wheat-colored for summer.The facial features are profound, the bridge of the nose is straight, and the eyes hidden behind the lenses are a bit lazy, not the look of newcomers.

He was wearing a red and white striped T-shirt, breeches below the knees, and his exposed calves were covered with hair caused by excessive male hormones, and a pair of flat-bottomed splints.

There are only a dozen steps away from the entrance to the financial room. Lin Yi's gaze stayed on him for three to four seconds. When the four eyes met, each of them looked at him. However, in this competition, Lin Yi was doomed to lose. of.

This man is the boss's son, that is, the younger brother of the cashier, who came to collect money for his sister.

He followed Lin Yi into the accounting room, opened the safe with ease, and saw bundles of small change and bills piled inside.

Lin Yi was counting the cash on the side table, and then several cashier sisters rushed in and greeted the man with familiar faces.

"Duo Duo, you are collecting money today, where is your sister?"

The boss’s surname is Qian, his first name is Fugui, his daughter’s name is Qian Minmin, and his son’s name is Qian Duoduo. This is information that new employees will be taught whether they want it or not.He listened silently to their conversation, and only then did he learn the identity of this person.

Not long after Lin Yi went to work, the way of counting money was still in the ordinary hand-catch method. When he had just finished counting the spare money, several cashiers had already handed over the money, and each of them called to hurry up before leaving, saying It's because the food at home is getting cold.

Little did he know that there was no one waiting for him at home.

Qian Duoduo leaned on the sofa chair with his head in his arms, boredly looking at Chen Yi who was working hard, looking at his clumsy and strenuous back, feeling a little anxious.He had had some trouble with his father, and came here without lunch. Messages from Qian Minmin asking him to go to his house for dinner came frequently. He thought his father had ventilated her, fearing that he would be hungry.

He flicked the outlet of the banknote detector, and carried it to Lin Yi: "Is the spare money ready?"

The wad of cash in his hand counted the last few critical cards, and a sudden question came from above his head, which made his previous efforts come to naught.Lin Yi raised his head to meet his gaze, and replied with some embarrassment: "Okay."

Qian Duoduo took the money in his hand, stroked it, and put it into the banknote detector. He counted the new and old banknotes after three counts, five divisions, and two. The displayed amount differs by an octagon.

There were also three stacks of WeChat payment stubs. He habitually turned to the blank space on the back of the paper, but he didn't see the total amount, but a few lines of scribbled handwriting.

Lin Yi snatched the ticket stub over, his blushing face seemed to be on fire, he faltered and said: "This...I haven't counted it yet, just wait for me."

After speaking, he knocked on the calculator, and the mechanical female voice hurriedly reported a series of numbers.The fingering is neat, and he hardly looks at the keyboard, but he doesn't know whether he is typing right or wrong.

'Luanjiao is hard to find everywhere, and lovesickness is cut off every inch of heart'.

With a cursory glance, only seeing what was written in the first sentence, Qian Duoduo couldn't help but feel a little funny. It's rare that a hypocritical Wen Qing came to the supermarket.

He had seen Lin Yi's profile by accident, and thought the photo posted on his entry file was from a previous one. Only when he saw the real person today did he know it was a recent photo.God really treated him preferentially. People who are 26 and seven years old have lost seven or eight years of time. No one would believe him when he said that he was a high school student.

On the contrary, I went to an Internet cafe when I was eighteen or nineteen. The girl at the cash register said that he looked like a 30-year-old. Now that he is 23, would anyone say that he looks like a 40-year-old?

Before he knew it, his thoughts drifted away. When he came back to his senses, Lin Yi had already counted the ticket stubs, and there was no discrepancy in the total amount. Today, he and his work have come to a successful conclusion.

When Lin Yi got up, he was still standing aside, leaning against the edge of the table to greatly reduce his height, but he was still much taller than him.There is a big difference in body shape between the two. Lin Yi seems to be stuck at the most critical stage of development. He is barely over 1.7 meters tall and his legs are a bit shorter, but fortunately they are symmetrical up and down.

Qian Duoduo was nearly a head taller than him, with a tall and slightly thin body, and a large T-shirt looked dangling on his body.

Every corner can be regarded as his territory. Within the scope of the supermarket, Lin Yi is destined to follow suit, and he is the master who can look at any event wantonly.

In the cramped environment, every movement of Lin Yi couldn't be done smoothly, and his whole body was shrouded in that scrutinizing gaze.

He put the cash box into the cabinet, turned around to get the keys and mobile phone on the table, Qian Duoduo showed no sign of leaving, and watched him move silently and naturally, and when he raised his eyes, his eyes met again.

Lin Yi raised his head, cleverly avoiding the other party's eyes: "I'm leaving."

The other folded his arms and nodded.

Qian Duoduo locked the cash drawer, and when he was about to go out, he saw a brand new thermos cup on the table, which seemed a bit out of place in the messy environment.He took it in his hand and looked at it. The workmanship was exquisite. The surface of the dark blue cup was inlaid with golden dragons. When he unscrewed the lid of the cup, he could smell the faint fragrance of tea, but there was no tea stain on the bottom of the cup.

The liner is silver-plated, and the clear warm water is steaming, Qian Duoduo couldn't help chuckling: "Little old man."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open, and Lin Yi ran in panting, fine beads of sweat oozing from his fair face, his neck was the same color as the skin on his face, even though the ultraviolet rays in this city were so strong They didn't persecute him half a point.

Another God-given gift that makes people gnash their teeth with hatred.

He pointed to the thing in Qian Duoduo's hand: "That cup is mine."

Qian Duoduo unscrewed the lid of the cup unhurriedly, raised it, and said with a playful look: "The [-]th XX Middle School reunion is a souvenir, are you rejuvenating or..."

Lin Yi hurriedly answered, "That belongs to my father."

He naturally knew it wouldn't be his, but driven by the nature of teasing people in his bones, the more others were at a loss, the more proud he was. Lin Yi was right for him, and every time he attacked, he had to get a satisfactory response.

"Here, here you are." Then he handed over the cup.

Lin Yi took the cup, thanked him, and left. Qian Duoduo looked at his leaving back, and the hungry bug in his stomach became agitated. The phone reminded him that there was a new short message. Open it to see It was Qian Minmin urging him to eat again.

When she arrived at her sister's house, five-year-old Wan Yi immediately ran to hug his uncle's leg when she saw her uncle coming, and fumbled in his pocket with immature hands to ask if there was anything to bring.

Picking up his chubby body, pinching his chubby little face, he said to Qian Minmin, "I know how to eat all day long, did you give birth to a piglet?"

Qian Minmin's voice came from the kitchen: "He is a pig, who is that pig's uncle?"

Wan Yi interrupted: "Of course the pig's uncle is also a pig..."

Four dishes and one soup were neatly arranged on the dinner table. Qian Duoduo smiled and took Wan Yi to the kitchen to wash his hands. After they each sat down, the two siblings started talking about the morning.

Qian Duoduo took a few mouthfuls of food, and said vaguely: "It's just the same sentence, as long as he has a grandson, he doesn't care about the future, and he doesn't care what age it is, and the old ideas don't matter." Shouldn't it be adjusted to the times, always talking about passing on the family line, and I won't cut off my sons and grandchildren if the Qian family is gone, so you want to label me as an unfilial son, do you think I can argue with him?"

While feeding Wan Yi, Qian Minmin continued, "What's wrong with this era, don't you want to get married and have children?"

He lowered his head and chewed the food in his mouth, his eyes were half-closed when he took off his glasses, and the thick eyelashes cast shadows under the eyelids.He let out a deep breath: "Knowing that I don't like women and still asking me to get married, isn't that a forceful thing? What is it? The blood of his Qian family is important and the happiness of other girls is not important?"

There were no less than dozens of conversations like this, but it was an unsolvable problem. People like him are doomed to be in a dilemma.

Then he said: "I don't want to harm others, it's fine as it is now."

Although he is not the best among people, he will not brazenly think about his father's shadow and be a dude. Going to the supermarket to help is all voluntary labor. Receiving the goods or helping with the cash register, I probably did everything up and down.

He studied in the computer engineering department at university. During the two years of internship, he followed a senior in various Internet cafes. Some time ago, the senior went to Shenzhen and entrusted several Internet cafes in his hand. Although the technology is still half-finished, there are A nice name - technical director.

A few days ago, there was a new Internet cafe in the town that was about to open. He and his newly recruited apprentices stayed up all night for a few days before assembling more than 200 computers, followed by the assembly of games and the deployment of the network. That's all.After the opening of the Internet cafe, there is not much to do. I go to it occasionally to deal with the fault, and the rest of the time is freely allocated.

It's the end of summer in 2016, everything is heading towards a fruitless future, he is excluded from time, and he lives as a hero in his own world.

The author has something to say:

Before writing this article, I only conceived one afternoon and one night, and the plot may be a little rushed.

Will not write too long, it is expected to be completed in two months