HCB Chapter 255: Free, Huabei
Chapter 255: Free, Huabei
After all, Aunt Liu was only seconded here temporarily, so how could she dare to have a real conflict with the customers?
Seeing that the other party just left like that, she had no choice but to find the manager, but she was worried that these people would settle their bills after she left.
If the losses are even greater, won't the manager blame her if he finds out?
After thinking it over, I decided to just turn off the machine.
"I'm sorry, everyone. The machine is broken. I'll call someone to repair it right away."
Looking at the pitch-black screen, the people who had been queuing for a long time suddenly became fed up and started complaining.
A customer who had paid once leaned forward to look, but could not find the two key figures.
In fact, An Jiu and Song Haizhi took the opportunity to sneak back into the store after collecting the money and swiping the coupons.
Song Haizhi wiped his sweat and said, "You are really brave. You have been discovered, but you didn't take the opportunity to escape, and you even turned back to buy things."
An Jiu smiled and said, "Of course I'm scared. I'm thinking that the supermarket might block me later, so I'm going to buy some things now."
Although there is no her information on the coupon, the coupon itself has an identification code. It is also easy to invalidate coupons issued by the supermarket.
It is better to take a risk and buy more things to take home and experience the 20% discount.
Maybe this is the last time I use the coupon.
Besides, it was easy to earn contribution points this time, so I wouldn’t feel bad even if I spent them all.
Anjiu pushed the shopping cart to the food area and took out a ten-kilogram bag of flour and a ten-kilogram bag of rice from the cart.
She habitually glanced at the production places on the product bags and found that the two place names were things she had never heard of and did not exist here. They should be supplies from some other world.
Speaking of this, in the supermarket, a bag of flour costs two hundred yuan, and a bag of rice costs one hundred yuan.
But she still remembered that when she exchanged the contribution points, white flour was only worth 100 and rice was only worth 50. But when she got here, the price actually doubled.
Profiteer!
There are also condiments like soy sauce on the shelves next to it, and the prices are skyrocketing.
If it was before, Anjiu would definitely not even look at it, but now he has received a sum of contribution points for free, plus he can get a discount, so naturally he wants to improve his life.
Especially when I cook, there is no seasoning at all, just pure original flavor, which is a bit unpalatable to be honest, and I eat it in a hurry just to fill my stomach.
Anjiu picked out the cheapest soy sauce, which still cost 20 contribution points. After a 16% discount, it only cost , which seemed acceptable.
He originally wanted to buy two more packets of seasoning, but when he saw that a small packet was more expensive than soy sauce, Anjiu couldn't bear to do it, so he gave up.
He picked up two bags of white sugar and a bag of rock sugar, put them in the car, and walked to the back seat.
The shelves here are filled with dehydrated vegetables of various varieties, some of which she recognizes, but many of which she has never seen before.
Prices start from as low as 20 and go up to hundreds.
From the smallest number, I picked out a dried vegetable that looked like a yellow flower.
She had canned meat in her space. She would fry it all together, cook some rice, and have a proper meal as a reward for herself and her grandmother for their hard work.
Just thinking about it, An Jiu felt that there was hope in life.
"Shall I take you to the frozen food section?"
Judging from what she took, Song Haizhi guessed that she might be missing some meat.
To get to the frozen section, one had to pass by the checkout counter. In order to avoid being recognized, the two of them weaved between the narrow shelves and walked slowly behind the noisy crowd.
The aunt who had turned off the machine before was surrounded by people, and the voices asking why they couldn't check out with a discount were getting louder and louder. Behind her, there was a woman in a formal suit who was checking data on the restarted self-service cash register, her brows were furrowed and her face was serious.
Song Haizhi quickened his pace and whispered, "That's the person in charge of the supermarket. Let's go quickly so as not to be seen."
Anjiu followed closely behind.
The person in charge's surname is Geng, with the single character "Lan" in its pronunciation. Everyone calls her Manager Geng.
Her face became increasingly gloomy, and she suddenly said, "Lao Liu, come here, I have something to ask you."
Aunt Liu squeezed out of the crowd, wiped the sweat off her face, and said anxiously, "Manager Geng, is there something wrong with the machine?"
Geng Lan used her eyes to signal her not to ask any more questions, and took her to a place with fewer people before saying, "Let me ask you first, when you arrived, did you see clearly who used the discount coupon?"
"Oh, is there really such a thing as a discount?!" Aunt Liu recalled, "There were three people at that time, and I thought they were together. Manager, are you saying that person was among them?!"
Geng Lan seemed to be thinking about something, and waved her hand to signal her not to say anything. "Go back to the cashier directly, and I'll handle it here. If the customer asks, just say you don't know anything, and you can just do whatever you want as usual."
After she left, Geng Lan returned to the self-service cash register, logged out, and restored the normal settlement page.
"Dear customers..."
In the distance, two men, one old and one short, were slowly approaching, pushing a shopping cart that could no longer hold anything.
The older brother paced with his hands behind his back, raised his chin towards the crowd, and asked, "What's going on over there?"
The short and fat man beside him pricked up his ears and listened for a while. "It sounds like he's talking about something like a discount. Is there a discount today?"
When he heard the word "discount", the brother was nervous, but he pretended nothing happened.
"There's no such thing as a discount. When has this supermarket ever had a discount? Except for some things that will soon rot and no one wants them."
The short and fat man moved his eyes slightly towards him, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.
"That's right, what are all these people arguing about?"
What else could it be? It might be related to the 20% discount. The image of that lowly little girl appeared in my mind, and I guessed that it might be related to her.
"Ignore them, let's go to the self-service machine next to us to pay."
Watching his back as he left first, the short and fat man cursed in his heart that this man was so cunning. If he wanted to go and watch the fun, he should just say so. Instead of saying "I don't care", why don't you go somewhere else to pay the bill? Why are you joining the crowd?
He pushed the cart and chased after him, "Why don't you lend me a hand to hold the front of the cart!"
The elder brother stopped, looked at him and said with a half-smile: "Whoever asks for help has to suffer more, don't you think so?"
"..." The short and fat man suddenly grinned, "Look at what you said, this is not the first time we have cooperated, the first time is strange, the second time is familiar, so we can be considered half friends at least!"
The older brother seemed to have heard something extremely funny. He tried hard to hold back his face, which turned red, and a couple of short laughs escaped from his throat.
"If you were the one using that thing, what you just said would be true, but... it's not, so it's better to just be a stranger~"
The old man raised his hand and patted his shoulders twice, then continued walking forward with his hands behind his back, humming a little tune.
The short and fat man's eyes flickered, and he sneered from his nose. He changed his expression and pushed the cart to chase after him again.
"Then at least wait for me. You picked all the things in this truck!"