After hanging up the phone, Hu Zongren raised his chin towards me and said, "Let's wait a moment, the other person hasn't arrived yet." So we squatted on the flower bed by the roadside and looked at the people passing by.
Daze.
Due to the narrow road and the fact that this was originally an area where Chongqing's technology was concentrated, there were many vehicles taking shortcuts here to go around to the main road, and the red light time was very long. There happened to be another nearby that was originally
There was no time to dismantle the traffic patrol platform, so the road, which was originally not spacious, became very crowded. Many drivers stretched their heads impatiently to see why the front had not moved. At this time, every car shuttled among the cars.
Motorcycles all display an unprecedented sense of superiority. Some motorcycles even turn on their own loudspeakers very arrogantly and proudly, playing refreshing songs such as "Over the Moon" or "Can't Afford to Hurt".
song.
After waiting for more than 20 minutes, a man wearing a down jacket and a floral scarf came to us. He greeted Hu Zongren and me and said, are you two with Teacher Hu? Hu Zongren threw away the
Cigarette butt, this was the third cigarette he smoked this morning. Then he said to the man, I am Hu Zongren, I just arrived, there is a traffic jam? Hu Zongren seemed to be a little impatient because of waiting, so his words were originally
The polite words sounded more like threats. The man said yes. He ran all the way after getting out of the car because he was afraid that we would have to wait too long.
I took a closer look at this man. He looked quite young, maybe a few years younger than Hu Zongren and I. He had medium-short hair, a three-quarter parting, and a pair of rimless resin glasses. He looked
He is quite thin and should have a pointed face, but his chin is tucked into his scarf because of the cold weather. He looks about the same height as me, but his body is not strong enough. The light blue down jacket was my favorite many years ago.
That sports brand, and wearing a pair of jeans and sneakers, no matter from any angle, he looks like a college student who has just stepped out of campus. At least he doesn't work very long. His voice is also soft and soft.
Yes, if he really just left school not long ago, then he must be an obedient and good student in school.
Please forgive me, this is just how I judge someone from some details when I first meet them. This has been a habit formed over the years and there is really no way to get rid of it. This man’s surname is Yang, because just now
Hu Zongren called him Teacher Yang on the phone. Teacher Yang said that he was the reserve manager of this branch of the supermarket, and was responsible for such chores as stocking shelves and purchasing and replenishing goods. If he said he was a manager, it was nothing more than a position assigned by the boss.
Forget it, he said it was freezing outside, so we should go to the office to chat, so Hu Zongren and I followed him into the supermarket.
There has been almost no time in my life that I went to a supermarket without spending money. This is probably the first time. This supermarket occupies a space that was converted from an original garage on the ground floor of an old residential area. It is quite large, but there is no space for employees.
There is a special entrance and exit channel, so Hu Zongren and I followed Teacher Yang and entered from the customer channel. Hu Zongren brought his own sack and was asked to wrap the sack opening at the entrance. Hu Zongren was about to get angry and said that this bag only has
When my exquisite rope was able to be tied, Teacher Yang hurriedly came over and whispered a few words to the aunt who was planning to tie the sack, and Hu Zongren continued to move forward with confidence. Teacher Yang probably felt very embarrassed.
On the way, he asked Hu Zongren and I if we had had breakfast and if we wanted to get something to eat. Originally, I understood that these were just polite words, but who knew that Hu Zongren actually told Teacher Yang, "You have potatoes here."
Shrimp crackers? I want to eat them.
So on the way to the office, Teacher Yang took us to twist a basket, and then took a lot of flavored potato chips and shrimp crackers as snacks for Hu Zongren to eat later. Teacher Yang’s office is stocking up.
Behind a fire door in the area, there is an eye-catching slogan "No entry for non-employees". Of course I disdain this kind of classification of people, but I also understand that this is the rule of the company. Go through the security door
Then I climbed the stairs to the next floor and arrived at Teacher Yang's office. On the way upstairs, I smelled a smell of burning things, as if someone had smoked sausages here before, but I didn't ask any questions and just went straight to the office.
Followed Teacher Yang into the office.
There are many cubicles in the office, and Teacher Yang’s cubicle is in one of them. The remaining cubicles are filled with computers and some files, and they look just like ordinary offices. But because
There is no cover, which means that everything we say later may be heard by other employees present. So Hu Zongren expressed his worries to Teacher Yang, but Teacher Yang told us that there is no need to cover up.
Hidden, all of us here know about the matter that I asked you two to handle today, and we asked you to handle it. It was a decision made after all of us discussed it. Hu Zongren said, okay, since you
If I don’t worry myself, I have nothing to worry about.
I looked around and saw that there were at least 6 to 7 cubicle seats in this office of about 20 square meters. Some of the tables were relatively clean and had nothing on them. I guess no one was sitting on them.
There were people sitting in the remaining cubicles, both men and women, but they didn't look very old. One of them, a cute little girl wearing glasses, was looking at us through the gap in the glass on the top of the cubicle, with that look in her eyes.
I can't tell whether I'm curious or scared.
Teacher Yang asked us to sit down on the sofa on the side of the office area, and then ordered the little girl to pour water for us, bring an ashtray, and even pour out the messy potato chips and shrimp crackers in the basket in her hand.
Then he asked the little girl if everyone was here. The girl looked at the people present and said that they were all here, so Teacher Yang went to the door of the office and locked it.
Then he pulled a chair over from his seat and sat down.
After everyone sat down at first, no one actually spoke. I took advantage of this gap to look at the group of people in front of me. Apart from me, Hu Zongren, and Teacher Yang, there were three other people, two women and one man, with expressions on their faces.
They were all quite uncomfortable. Maybe in their eyes, it was quite unlucky for them to be involved in a ghost incident for no apparent reason while they were at work. But you see the other man and woman besides the little girl.
Let me tell you, if it weren't for the huge difference in looks, the two of them must have had the possibility of an office romance. When I was thinking about it, there was a sound of the plastic packaging being torn, and Hu Zongren reached out and grabbed a handful.
He stuffed the potato chips into his mouth and said vaguely to Teacher Yang, "Let's talk about the specific situation this time. Everyone's time is precious."
So Teacher Yang glanced at his other three colleagues and told us what happened.
He said that the incident first happened about a month ago. Because the main customers of this supermarket are still the aunties who live at home, the vegetables they purchase are much fresher and cheaper than other supermarkets. From time to time, they also sell vegetables.
There are out-of-stock promotions, for example, you can buy a lot of vegetables for ten yuan, and of course they are all leftovers. Because of this, supermarkets open earlier in the morning, because fresh vegetables are usually shipped in the early morning.
After arriving, the goods are immediately distributed. Every night around 7 o'clock, there is a small climax of this kind of promotion. Teacher Yang said, so you have also seen that at this time, our supermarket is already very crowded.
When Hu Zongren and I walked in just now, we found that there was indeed a large flow of people. This neighborhood is considered an old community, and everyone probably buys groceries here. Teacher Yang went on to say that we can understand that the elderly wake up earlier, and often
Before the supermarket opens, there are many aunties waiting outside the door, planning to buy the freshest vegetables early. But they show up early in the morning and in our closed store, which is a bit unreasonable. Teacher Yang said
, that day, the employees in their supermarket who were responsible for distributing goods in the morning heard a clicking sound while doing the dishes. The sound came from under their feet.
Teacher Yang explained to us that usually on the vegetable shelves in the supermarket, the vegetables you see are only part of the batch. We have inspectors in the supermarket. When they see where the shelves are empty, they will immediately bring new products to them.
The box-like place under the shelf, which is usually surrounded by KT boards, is actually used to store vegetables that have not had time to be laid out. And that day, our employee heard the sound, coming from underneath.
Come out. Teacher Yang said that the supermarket was originally so big, and the vegetable and fish sections were originally next to each other. The fish selling area must have sewers, so it was inevitable that there would be rats in the supermarket. At that time, the employee thought
There were rats, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But then the noises came one after another, and there seemed to be more than one, which aroused his curiosity. He lowered his body and opened the partition to take a look, but found nothing except vegetables, and the click
The clicking sound stopped abruptly at that moment.
Hu Zongren asked Teacher Yang, what is the clicking sound? I can’t understand what you said. Teacher Yang said that according to the employee, it seemed to be made by something eating crispy things like apples or pears.
There was a chewing sound, but at that time he really thought it was a mouse. Hu Zongren asked him what kind of vegetables were placed under the row of shelves at that time? Teacher Yang shook his head and said that he really didn't know this, but he could eat it if necessary.
Call and ask, maybe the employee at the time can remember it.
Hu Zongren waved his hand and said no need for the time being. Let's continue talking about what happened next. Teacher Yang said that later the employee saw that there was nothing, so he didn't care and continued to lay out the vegetables. After a while, the vegetable shelves seemed to be covered by
Something pushed from the inside out, and then nothing happened again. He looked down again, but still didn't see anything.
Teacher Yang said that just when he lowered his head, he heard an echoing laughter behind his ears, which seemed to be the voice of an old woman. So he turned around and saw an old woman with gray hair hiding behind her.
On the side of the shelf behind him, only half of his body was exposed, holding a carrot in his hand and eating the carrot.