"Okay, would you like to scan the QR code or pay in cash?"
Seeing Xiao Qi obediently handing the QR code to him, the guest smiled and scanned the code and said, "You know how to help the family at such a young age. Not bad. Remember to study hard in the future. Only by studying can you be successful."
Xiao Qi, who was wearing new clothes, nodded obediently, and Huang Xiaobei also hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, only by studying can you be successful. You are welcome to visit next time."
After the customer left, Xiao Qi put down the QR code and turned around to tidy up the shelves. After putting every item on the shelf together and making sure that the price tags were all correct, Xiao Qi immediately went to collect the items that had just been delivered.
The beer was moved to the warehouse, and the little figure kept shuttling in the supermarket.
Looking at Xiao Qi's busy figure, Huang Xiaobei said a little unbearably, "Xiao Qi, let's take a rest. Just keep the beer nearby. There is no need to move it all into the warehouse."
Hearing this, Xiao Qi held a box of beer in his arms and said with a smile, "Brother Xiao Bei, I'm not tired, and you don't have to treat me as a human child. Xiao Qi is over a thousand years old, not Xiao Qi."
It’s a child.”
Huang Xiaobei fell silent. He remembered that in the morning, Xiao Qi curled up and slept on the folding bed he bought for him like a baby. As soon as he heard the sound of the door opening, the child jumped up from the bed in fright, alert.
She looked at Huang Xiaobei standing at the door. When she saw it was Huang Xiaobei, the wariness in Xiao Qi's eyes disappeared. Then she got up obediently, got dressed, and put away the folding bed.
Thinking about Xiao Qi's child-like sleeping position and the way she sounded when talking to others, Huang Xiaobei couldn't help but shook his head. You always say that you have lived for more than a thousand years, but no matter how you look at it, you are still a child...
....I really don’t know how your child has been able to sustain it all these years...
After finishing almost all the work that could be done in the store, and even mopping the floor twice, Xiao Qi stopped. It was only after Huang Xiaobei grabbed the mop that he refused to continue working.
It's not that Huang Xiaobei is too lazy and insists on letting Xiao Qi do the work, it's that this child is too strong. In fact, even if this child eats and drinks at his place every day, Huang Xiaobei won't say anything. After all, Xiao Qi is too distressed.
Oh, a child has walked such a long way, walked for so many years, just wants to see his great sage, but he has walked so far that he almost lost his life, but he still has to keep walking...
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Huang Xiaobei sometimes wonders, what is supporting this child? And what kind of person can make him miss him to this day?
What does the Sun Wukong in his mouth look like?
For Xiao Qi, Huang Xiaobei is one of the good people he has met over the years. Like those who are good to him, he just wants to live happily, but no, that is not Xiao Qi.
Seven days to live.
Faced with Huang Xiaobei's concern, Xiao Qi once said seriously that he was staying with Huang Xiaobei, and Huang Xiaobei was willing to give him a mouthful of food and a shelter from the wind and rain to wait for the Great Sage.
He is already very happy, so how can he be lazy and not work?
So Xiao Qi worked hard every day, and worked hard to do all the big and small tasks in the store. He never had a moment of leisure. The shop that was originally messed up by Huang Xiaobei became orderly under Xiao Qi's care.
There were also a lot more guests.
Maybe he is a monster after all, so even if Xiao Qi carries heavy things, he won't feel tired. But for some reason, after doing a lot of work, his face always looks a little pale...
Sometimes Huang Xiaobei couldn't bear to help him mop the floor and clean the house, so he would grab the mop and do it himself, letting Huang Xiaobei rest, otherwise he would have no shame in staying here.
Facing those persistent eyes, Huang Xiaobei sighed and let go of the mop, but he would buy good fresh fruits for Xiao Qi to eat every day, and would also buy him some children's toys, but Xiao Qi
I don’t like toys, but I quite like playing with the little white dog in Huang Xiaobei’s arms.
When I had nothing to do, I would run around the store chasing each other, watching the white puppy wagging its tail happily at Xiaoqi's feet, and watching Xiaoqi's affectionate smile when she picked up the little white dog.
Even Huang Xiaobei would laugh happily while sitting in front of the cashier.
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After inviting Xiao Qi to sit next to him and peeling a banana for him, Huang Xiaobei smiled and handed the banana to Xiao Qi and said, "Come and try it. It's imported from Thailand. It's very sweet, but it's expensive."
I have a lot of money."
Seeing this, Xiao Qi took the banana from Huang Xiaobei's hand with some embarrassment, but after taking a bite, he couldn't help scratching his head and laughing. Soon, his little monkey nature was revealed, and he jumped on it.
Stool, eating bananas with big mouthfuls.
Looking at Xiao Qi squatting on the stool like a little monkey, Huang Xiaobei smiled and touched his head and said, "Don't worry, eat slowly. These fruits are all bought for you. Eat as much as you want.
The key is that I don’t see you eating either...otherwise I’ll buy you a big chicken drumstick to eat.”
Xiao Qi chewed the banana and said with a smile, "It's not that the food is inedible. I've even chewed the bark of the tree, but bananas are still delicious. Well, Brother Xiao Bei, this banana seems to have grown on Huaguo Mountain back then.
Hehe, it’s a pity that I was too young at the time, and I didn’t eat a few Huaguoshan, and I never had it again.”
Hearing this, Huang Xiaobei's eyes were slightly downcast, and then he asked with a smile, "Then eat more if you like. Brother Xiaobei doesn't have much else here. Bananas are enough."
"Yeah, thank you, Brother Bei."
"By the way, what does Huaguo Mountain look like?" Huang Xiaobei asked while peeling oranges for Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi ate a banana and looked up and thought for a moment, "Well, it's a very beautiful place. There are mountains, water, trees, and fountains. The mountains are like spring all year round. You can eat delicious fruits at any time. There are flowers on the grass.
There are a lot of butterflies flying around, but I heard from my grandpa that although the Huaguo Mountain in the past was also very beautiful, there were many beasts and monsters. Unlike when I was a child, all the beasts were gone and everyone could play freely in the mountains.
"
"What happened next?" Huang Xiaobei asked.
Xiao Qi lowered his head, "Later, the heavenly soldiers came, and most of the trees were burned down, and the mountain was split open. The Great Sage rose to the sky alone, and some of the uncles and uncles in Huaguo Mountain ran away.
Some of them went with the Great Sage, and Grandpa asked someone to take me away, and then I never saw Grandpa or the Great Sage again."
"Again, again, it stopped raining in Huaguo Mountain. It was bare and there was nothing on the mountain. I stayed in Huaguo Mountain because it was my home. I also made the little bed that my grandpa made for me from the ruins.
Found, after, after..."
Xiao Qi wiped her tears and said, "There will be no Huaguoshan anymore."
Huang Xiaobei didn't speak for a long time. After an unknown amount of time, he reached out and touched Xiao Qi's head, "I will definitely let you see your great sage."
"Um."
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At dinner time in the evening, Huang Xiaobei was about to go out to the hotel to have a meal. When he turned around, Huang Xiaobei saw Xiao Qi squatting on the roof like a little monkey out of habit, looking straight at the night sky in the west. Xiaobei didn't say anything.
Because he knows that Xiao Qi misses his great sage. As long as there is no one in the supermarket, he likes to go to the roof to look to the west. But when people come to the supermarket, he will quickly jump down to sell goods. Huang Xiaobei has Sometimes I wish he didn't have to be so sensible...
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"Is Xiaoqi okay?" Tang Seng asked in the dishwashing room, picking up his rice bowl.
Huang Xiaobei helped him wash the dishes and sighed, "Can't you see? Every day I'm either working in the store or squatting on the roof to watch. Alas."
Tang Monk held the rice bowl and said nothing.
Huang Xiaobei glanced sideways at him while washing the dishes, "Can you really let him see Sun Wukong?"
"I don't know... I don't even know if he can survive until that day." Tang Seng's voice was low.
Huang Xiaobei was stunned and looked at Tang Seng with dull eyes, "What do you mean by this? Didn't he become immortal after eating flat peaches?"
"He has eaten flat peaches, but he also said that as long as his soul is not scattered, there will be no serious problems. But in the past thousand years, he has been seriously injured and dying countless times. Even his Daoji has been completely worn away, and his soul has been wiped out. How is it possible that there are no injuries at all? I used my magic to help him detect it yesterday, and his three souls and seven souls are full of cracks, and I'm afraid they will disappear at any time."
Hearing this, the plate in Huang Xiaobei's hand fell into the basin.
"You have to save him!"
Seeing Huang Xiaobei's serious eyes, Tang Monk opened his mouth and wanted to say that damage to the soul cannot be cured by ordinary immortals, but he still nodded and said, "I have asked someone to ask for Laojun's golden elixir. I just hope it’s not too late. Before that, I will try my best to protect his soul, but he can’t be injured again..."
"I understand." Huang Xiaobei nodded solemnly, and his hand holding the plate became a little stronger.
The dishwashing room fell into silence for a while, neither of them spoke. Huang Xiaobei washed the dishes with a downcast look, while Tang Seng lowered his head to eat without saying a word.
"There is a problem." Huang Xiaobei suddenly said, "Xiao Qi always said that he has lived for more than a thousand years, but I don't think he looks like an old goblin who is more than a thousand years old. He talks and other things are no different from ordinary children. Difference, why is this? Logically speaking, people who have lived for more than a thousand years should be very, very mature, right? But apart from that child being very sensible, I really don’t think he is mature. He was having fun with Zhang Ermi even though he had nothing to do. Lying on the ground and rolling around together."
"Innocent heart." Tang Monk pointed out, "The reason why Xiao Qi's words and deeds are no different from those of children is precisely because he was born with an innocent heart, and after thousands of years of human life, he has not lost this innocent heart. Nothing has changed...it's a pity."
Tang Seng closed his eyes and shook his head, "If he can still practice, he will become a great person in the future, but now... Haha, it is the innocent heart like a child that drags him down to what he is today. It looks like, if he didn't have that innocent heart, maybe he wouldn't have ended up like this."
Huang Xiaobei remained silent.
After a while, he looked at Tang Seng and said, "Can you tell me what exactly happened that year? What is the Huaguo Mountain and the Monkey King like?"
Tang Seng turned his head slightly, his eyes deep, "Do you really want to know?"
"I really want to see what the Great Sage that Xiao Qi talks about looks like."
Tang Seng weighed it in his mind for a long time and said nothing. Huang Xiaobei was waiting for him.
Five minutes later, Tang Seng sighed, "Well, it doesn't hurt to know these past events because of your identity, but it's hard to tell, so I will take you to have a look."
After finishing his words, Tang Seng slowly raised his right hand and pressed it towards Huang Xiaobei's forehead.
"I'll take you to see what happened fifteen hundred years ago."
Facing the big hand pressing towards him in front of him, Huang Xiaobei closed his eyes, and in an instant, a vast scene appeared in front of him.
The past events of 1,500 years ago all poured into his mind.