I became an internet celebrity by running a grocery store

Li Yan walked to the supermarket under the heavy snow that was like cotton wool. The temperature dropped sharply, and the pedestrians on the road were already wrapped in thick cotton jackets and woolen hats.Li Yan still wears a slightly thin woolen coat, a style from a few years ago. The fur balls on it grow longer and more annoying than the weeds in the field.Li Yan simply ignored it, she didn't care about the eyes of others.She put her hands into her sleeves and struggled to face the sharp cold wind.When he got there, his eyebrows and eyelashes were all covered with a layer of hoarfrost.As soon as she entered the warm supermarket, the steeply rising temperature made it melt quickly, turning into shiny drops of water that flowed down her cheeks and sank into her neckline, making Li Yan shiver from the cold.

"Sister Yan, you're here." Seeing her, Lin Chun hurriedly tore off the bib on her body and handed it over. The two were selling goods together.Lin Chun went to work early today, and the arrival of Li Yan meant that she could go home and rest.

Li Yan took the bib and fastened it skillfully, took off the mask and said with a smile, "How is business today?"

Lin Chun sighed, "Hey, that's it. It's not easy to sell anything now. I'm hoarse after standing for a long time and no one comes."

Li Yan lowered her head, clutching the pockets of her bib with both hands, her face was very ugly.Selling less means earning less. Temporary workers in supermarkets like them have pitifully low base salaries and mainly rely on commissions to make money. If they can't sell goods, they will be sad again this month.She's fine, but what about the child.

Looking at Li Yan's expression, Lin Chun knew what she was worried about. No one in the supermarket knew about Li Yan's situation.A person with a child alone, who suffers from uremia, has to pay a lot of money for dialysis every month, how can life be easy.

Lin Chun took out a few bags of brown sugar steamed buns and scallion pancakes from the innermost part of the container, "Xiao Li gave it, it's about to expire. I can't finish it, so I'll give you some, and I'll warm it up with my baby when I go back."

Li Yan took the things, feeling overwhelmed with emotion, "Lin Chun, this person gave it to you."

Lin Chun pushed back, "What did you give me? We all go to work in the same place. You usually leave me a copy of what people order for you. Take it. I won't tell you, I'll go back first Now, my family is waiting for me to go back to cook, or I will have to yell again." He said and left in a hurry with his bag.

Li Yan carefully stuffed the things into her bag. With these, she didn't need to buy steamed buns for at least a week, which saved a lot of money.She treasured it and placed it at the bottom of the shelf, then stood aside and yelled vigorously.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the supermarket played the saxophone "Going Home" as usual, which was a signal to leave work. Li Yan hammered her sore back and numb legs.The supermarket does not allow the sellers to take a break, and she has the opportunity to sit down and rest only during meal times.Standing for a whole day made every muscle in her body scream crazily.But just because the supermarket is off work doesn't mean she can leave immediately, she still needs to sort out the goods.

Counting the amount sold today, Li Yan felt that her breathing was heavy.

At this time, Sister Wang came over, still carrying a bag of things in her hand.

"Xiaoyan, the supermarket checked out the inventory yesterday, and many of them are about to expire. Have you taken all the steamed buns and chopped green onion pancakes?"

"Take it, Lin Chun gave it to me." Li Yan hurriedly said, and opened her small bag to show her.

Sister Wang really took a look and said reassuringly: "That's fine, I also brought you some snacks and took them home for the children to eat." After speaking, she couldn't help stuffing it into the bag, and even zipped it up.

Li Yan was so flattered that she didn't know what to say. Every time the supermarket took inventory, a batch of unwanted goods would indeed be cleared out.But that's just not needed by supermarkets, and it's still very popular among employees.She has a dull temper and can't rob others, but every time someone robs something, she will share some with her. She is grateful in her heart, but she has nothing to repay others.

"Wang... Sister Wang, I... um... thank you." Li Yan said with tears in her eyes.

Sister Wang patted her hand, and she started to stutter with her mouth even when she was able to speak well. The thousands of words in her chest were all reduced to one sentence at this time, "Hurry up and go home, the child is still waiting for you at home."

Li Yan wiped her face, nodded and left.

The heavy snow has stopped at this time, and the outside is covered in white and silver.Some children were playing and playing, smashing the snow into a ball and throwing it at the big tree.Listening to their cheerful and unrestrained laughter, Li Yan unconsciously quickened her pace, wanting to see Kaikai soon.

Kaikai is her child, suffering from uremia, which was discovered when she was five years old. Now she has been treated for ten years, but she still hasn't improved at all, and she is barely sustaining her life.According to the doctor, only a kidney transplant can barely make him look like a normal person, but he also needs to take anti-rejection drugs for life.

But kidney replacement is not as easy as it is said, one is that she has no money, and the other is that she can't find a suitable one.

For treatment, the family of three has long been hollowed out, and owes a large amount of foreign debt.The husband couldn't take it anymore, so he proposed to give up the treatment.After all, without dialysis, he would not be able to live for ten years on dialysis alone.What's more, the treatment is very painful, why not let the child live the last days well and happily.But Li Yan was resolutely unwilling, she would not give up no matter what she said, even if the hope was slim, she did not want to see her son waiting for death in her hands.

Because of this, the two had their first violent quarrel since they got married, and finally embarked on the road to divorce.

After the two separated, the husband did not evade his responsibility and still paid the maintenance.But the money is only enough for the children to live, and the money for medical treatment is far from enough.Li Yan knew that he was forcing herself to compromise, but she refused.It was the first time for her to be so stubborn. She worked two jobs a day, saved food and money, and forcibly paid for the treatment.

"Mother."

Listening to her son's affectionate call, Li Yan felt that the exhaustion of the day disappeared instantly.She took off her cold coat and rushed to the bed without stopping.

"The quilt is quite warm. Have you eaten yet? I brought brown sugar steamed buns. Would you like to heat some for you?"

"Yes." Lin Kai's eyes, which had been dark all day long due to illness, would only shine like jewels when he heard something delicious.Li Yan touched her son's thinner face compared to his peers, held back tears and nodded and went to the kitchen.

Brown sugar steamed buns are semi-finished products, and they can be eaten directly as long as they are reheated in a pan for a few minutes.

"Come and try."

Lin Kai propped himself up, and Li Yan put the steamed buns on the small table on the bed, they were still steaming hot, and he waited for a while before putting them into his mouth.The steamed buns were soft and sweet, Lin Kai ate two in one go, but was stopped by Li Yan when he wanted to eat more.

"The doctor said, don't eat too much sweet food."

After listening to his mother's words, Lin Kai withdrew his hand obediently, and watched the plate being taken away without saying a word.

Li Yan packed herself and her son and went to bed as usual. This is a small house of 25 square meters located in a village in the city.Two 1.2-meter single beds were placed on both sides of the room, separated by a hanging sheet in the middle into two narrow rooms.As soon as Li Yan's head touched the pillow, she fell into a drowsy sleep.

I don't know how long it took, and suddenly heard the sound of rustling accompanied by a coughing sound, which came from his son.Li Yan didn't have time to think about it, she didn't put on her pajamas, and almost instinctively rushed over.She turned on the bedside lamp, and saw that her son's face was pale, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.The lower lip was bitten white.If it wasn't for the unbearable pain, and the subconscious "□□" noise, maybe how long he would have to endure it.

Li Yan was a little angry and scolded him while calling an ambulance.

"What's going on, why didn't you call me if something happened."

Lin Kai's eyes were red, he seemed to be aggrieved, and he spoke weakly. "Too tired, go to work."

At this moment, Li Yan's emotions broke through the solid dam like a flood, rolling out uncontrollably.She was angry and anxious, beating her chest in distress.

When they arrived at the hospital, Li Yan held her son's hand tightly, and they didn't separate until they were pushed into the operating room.After an unknown amount of time, a little nurse came out, "Is Lin Kai's family member you?"

Li Yan was crying out of breath, she supported the wall and stood up with tears in her eyes, "It's me, it's me. What's the matter, is he okay?"

"The child has uremia, did he do dialysis on time every week?"

"I did it, I did it." Li Yan replied with trembling lips. The dialysis three times a week was completed under her supervision.She didn't dare to neglect anything about her son.

"Impossible, how did you do it? Which hospital did you do it in?" Li Yan stammered, not daring to look directly into the nurse's eyes. "No, there is no hospital that does it by itself."

"Do it yourself?" The nurse's voice suddenly increased, "You are crazy."

Li Yan grabbed the armrest beside her, shaking like chaff.She has no money, not that much money to support dialysis three times a week.Doing it at home is what she saw in the patient group, and many of them are like this.And I have been doing it for a few months, and I have been fine, why suddenly...

"I... I, it's been a few months, nothing... It's okay."

The nurse sighed, looking at Li Yan's clothes, she could probably guess the reason.Mild patients can indeed do dialysis at home, but severe patients must go to the hospital.

"Go and pay the fee first." She stuffed the bill into Li Yan's hand, turned around and entered the operating room.

Li Yan held up the list and tried hard to see every word on it, but her eyes were blurred with tears, her hands were shaking unconsciously, and she couldn't see anything clearly.She raised her hand and wiped her face vigorously, only to feel the black characters flying around on the paper like flies, so she raised her hand and slapped herself hard.

"What are you doing, don't cry, don't cry." She tried hard to calm herself down, but her body was always against her, and she didn't follow her wishes at all.She leaned against the wall with her back and slid down weakly.But looking at the blood-red lights flickering in the operating room, Kaikai was still inside.She propped herself up on all fours and climbed up, leaning on the wall little by little to move towards the cashier.

"Hi, pay."

The nurse in the window glanced at her and her hands were typing away. She had seen too many people paying for the emergency department, and there were even more embarrassing ones than her, so she was already numb. "Twenty-five thousand dollars."

Li Yan took out her mobile phone and checked the balance. It was only more than 8 yuan, which was still 1 yuan short.She waved her hand to ask the nurse to wait for him, and went aside with her mobile phone.Before the phone was connected, the little nurse who had just asked her to pay ran over again.

"Don't pay the fee, come here quickly, the patient is dying."

These words hit her forehead like a thunderbolt, Li Yan felt her mind went blank and didn't know how to react.She was dragged to the emergency room by the nurse, and she saw Kai Kai lying on it, with all kinds of tubes inserted into her body.She walked over in a daze, stroked his son's face, and called out loudly.

"Kaikai, Kaikai, mom is here, Kaikai."

Hearing her voice, Lin Kai's eyelashes trembled twice, and his half-closed eyes finally opened a little.

"Mom, I want to eat... strawberry cake."

Strawberry cake, Lin Kai has loved it since he was a child.But since he got the disease, his mother refused to eat any snacks and foods high in oil, sweetness and salt.He couldn't remember what kind of strawberry cake it was.

As if he knew that his death was near, he kept repeating the words strawberry cake.Li Yan kept touching her son's face, tucked him in the quilt, and held back tears.

"Okay, eat, mom will buy it for you, don't sleep." After speaking, he rushed out regardless of the nurse's obstruction.

It's 3:24 in the morning, where can I find strawberry cake.Li Yan searched back and forth like a headless chicken on the deserted street, and searched all the [-]-hour convenience stores nearby, but couldn't find the strawberry cake her son wanted.

She watched the minutes pass by, crouched in despair on the empty street, and burst into tears.

Now she regretted it, and she felt that her husband was right.She has no money to replace the child's kidney. Instead of letting him live in pain, it is better to go to school and eat like an ordinary child.He had never had a normal life, and was deprived of it by her.She selfishly wanted her son to spend more time with her, but she never asked him if he wanted to live like this.

She had never been so uncomfortable, she felt that she had killed Kaikai with her own hands.She is a murderer, she killed her own son.

This terrible thought gave her a deadly desire to run into the main road where a speeding car suddenly appeared, to walk with her son.But strawberry cake, Kaikai hasn't eaten strawberry cake yet, with this only belief that supports her.She stood up and staggered forward to the place where there was light ahead.

It was a convenience store hidden in a small alley. Behind the counter was an old man with gray hair, reading old newspapers of unknown years and months under the warm yellow light.For some reason, Li Yan suddenly had a ridiculous idea in her heart.This is the store, there must be one there.

She limped forward, lying on the counter half of her body as if she had lost her strength, "Strawberry cake, do you have this?"

The old man seemed to be taken aback for a moment, put down the newspaper, looked at her and shook his head.In the setting given to her by the master, there is no such thing as strawberry cake.

Li Yan suddenly had an emotional breakdown, and her body lying on the counter began to heave violently.

The old man stood up and looked at her, and said with a serious look: "Do you need any help?"

"I...I..." Li Yan was choked up and couldn't speak. After a long delay, she quickly explained the matter.She plopped and knelt down in front of the old man, "Please, help me."

With her head down, Li Yan didn't even notice that the old man's eyes blinked strangely several times in a row, and he had already converted all the words he just said into text and sent them out.

When Zhang Xiaobei received the news, it was after 7:[-] in the morning, which was the time when Lame Li was busy buying goods, but the beeping sound of the mobile phone made him open it to check.

He really wanted to help the customer, but there really was no strawberry cake in his store.Zhang Xiaobei was suddenly a little anxious, he looked at Li Bozi, "Is there a strawberry cake in town?"

"Strawberry cake?" Li Bozi straightened up, "You have to order this, what's wrong, whose birthday is it?"

Zhang Xiaobei shook his head, not in the mood to answer his question.It takes at least an hour to order, so how can you wait.At this time, he suddenly remembered the small software mall, which should have everything there.

He opened it with the idea of ​​giving it a try, and he found it.He quickly finished the work for Li Liezi and sent him away before placing an order. The strawberry cake was put on the shelves immediately after receiving it, and he only hoped that the customer could receive it soon.

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