I was about to call out to this little girl, but the uncle stopped her in advance for me.
"Xiao Qin, wait a minute!"
When the little girl saw her boss calling her, she could only stop, but she still lowered her head and refused to look at us.
"Xiao Qin, I remember you seem to live over there in Changshou Village, right? This gentleman just wants to inquire, please tell him!"
Xiao Qin's face changed, and a flash of panic flashed in his eyes.
This expression made me even more confused, so I walked over quickly, trying to make myself less obtrusive.
"Hello Xiao Qin, my surname is Zhang and I am an online anchor. I don't mean anything else, I just want to inquire. Is it convenient?"
Xiao Qin glanced at me with vigilance in his eyes, shook his head, and kept his mouth closed without speaking.
As soon as the boss saw this posture, he knew that Xiao Qin was unwilling to say anything. He immediately felt embarrassed and shouted angrily:
"They were talking to you, didn't you hear me? Are you polite?"
The little girl's body trembled when she was yelled at, and her eyes turned red and almost burst into tears.
I became even more confused. This girl named Xiao Qin was a very sunny girl just now, but why did she seem to be a different person after I mentioned the longevity village?
I'm sure she must know something.
But seeing her like this, I really wasn't in the mood to ask any more questions. Asking for information is a voluntary matter, and it's not my style to force her to do so, so I quickly waved my hand to the boss.
"Forget it, I'd better ask someone else!"
But the boss is still furious, with a dark face, and he keeps scolding Xiao Qin for being ignorant!"
When the boss said this, the little girl didn't say a word and could only bear it passively.
"Little sister, I'm sorry, I just asked casually. I don't mean anything else!"
I hurriedly tried to smooth things over. The girl still had to work here, and she couldn't do it because my boss and I were at loggerheads.
Xiao Qin nodded and quickly turned back to the supermarket.
I smiled, took two pieces of soft Chinese and prepared to leave.
At this time, Hu Qiu happened to walk out of the service station carrying two bags of steaming breakfast. When he saw me standing here, he hurriedly walked towards me.
"When you wake up, hurry up and eat. You have to go on your way later!" Hu Qiu said.
She looked a little tired, and I imagined that she didn't get much rest, which made me feel a little guilty and distressed!
"Thank you!" I said.
"As long as you know!"
She smiled and handed over a cup of soy milk, two steamed buns, and a steamed corn.
"I also bought some meat rice dumplings for us to eat on the road," she said.
I nodded, glanced at Xiao Qin again, sighed with regret, and turned around to go back to the car to have breakfast.
"What's wrong?" Hu Qiu asked.
I didn’t hide anything, so I told Hu Qiu what had just happened. Hu Qiu nodded and said nothing. As we were about to get in the car, we heard the boss’s voice from behind.
"You've only been working for a few days and you want to get an advance on your salary. Your probation period hasn't even passed yet!"
The two of us immediately looked back, only to find that it was Xiao Qin standing in front of the boss. She lowered her head and held a plastic bag in her hand, looking at a loss.
I stopped immediately and looked at the boss with a frown. This man was a bit snobbish. I had noticed it a long time ago, but I didn't expect that he had such a bad attitude towards his employees.
Facing the boss's scolding, Xiao Qin suddenly did not dare to speak anymore, lowered his head and his eyes turned red.
"What's wrong? It's not enough to say a few words. The little girl nowadays is too squeamish!" The boss became even more unhappy.
"Sorry boss, I quit!"
Xiao Qin said and walked out.
"You can leave if you want, but leave your things for me!" the boss said angrily.
"Why, I deserve this!" Xiao Qin argued aggrievedly.
"This is given to regular workers. I won't be able to give it to you until tomorrow. Do you understand the rules?"
Xiao Qin could only put down his things and said, "Then you can pay my salary!"
"Where do you get your salary? There is no salary for one week during the probation period." The boss said.
"But that's not what you said at first." Xiao Qin almost burst into tears.
Seeing the two of them acting normal for some benefit, I frowned even deeper.
The boss waved his hand impatiently: "That's because you heard wrong. If you want to do it, do it. If you don't, go away!"
Xiao Qin's face turned pale with anger, and tears fell down.
I sighed, I could see that this girl was having a hard time, which made me a little bit intolerable, but I knew that this matter was also my responsibility, so I could only open the car door and sit in.
Hu Qiu thrust the breakfast into my hand.
"wait for me a while!"
Saying yes, she turned around and walked towards Xiao Qin, "Little sister, wait a minute!"
Xiao Qin stopped and looked back at Hu Qiu, his eyes red.
Hu Qiu walked over and took out two tissues and handed them to Xiao Qin. Xiao Qin glanced at Hu Qiu but did not reach out to take them.
I feel that her eyes are full of vigilance when looking at everyone.
"Where are you going? I'll take you off!" Hu Qiu asked.
Xiao Qin shook his head, "No, thank you, I'll take the bus back."
With that said, Xiao Qin turned around to leave. Hu Qiu glanced at the plastic bag just now, then grabbed her, then rushed over, took out a down jacket from the car, and then secretly stuffed it inside.
After a stack of RMB, he returned to Xiao Qin.
"Little sister, it's too cold. You can't wear so little. I haven't worn this dress yet, so don't dislike it!" Hu Qiu said and started to dress Xiao Qin.
Xiao Qin kept shaking his head and refused to accept it, but Hu Qiu didn't give her a chance and just put the down jacket on her.
"Look, how beautiful it is!" Hu Qiu said with a smile.
Xiao Qin glanced at Hu Qiu, and a complex look flashed in his eyes.
Hu Qiu picked up the things on the ground again.
"Boss, let me buy this thing! How much does it cost?"
"You buy it?" The boss was slightly startled.
"Is two hundred dollars enough?"
"That's enough, that's enough!" The boss suddenly smiled happily.
Hu Qiu said thank you, turned around and stuffed the things into Xiao Qin's hands, and also stuffed the meat rice dumplings he just bought into Xiao Qin's hands.
"Go back quickly. These rice dumplings are good. Take them back and feed them to your family."
This time, Xiao Qin didn't refuse. He took the things and didn't say thank you. He just looked at Hu Qiu again, turned around and walked out of the service station, and quickly got on a bus and left.
The boss walked up quickly and said seriously:
"Girl, it's not a good thing if you have too much heart. This girl is not what you see!"
"What's wrong?" Hu Qiu asked.
The boss glanced at the direction Xiao Qin left, a gloomy look appeared on his face, hesitated and shook his head.
"I don't know what to say. Anyway, this girl is not normal, otherwise I wouldn't drive her away," the boss said.
The boss didn't want to say anything more, and Hu Qiu didn't ask any more questions. After buying something from inside, he turned around and went back to the car.
Seeing me frowning, he asked me what was wrong?
I shook my head and said it was nothing. Sakim and Hu Qiu changed seats, letting her sit in the passenger seat to have breakfast, while I continued on the road in her place.
Following the map's guidance, after walking for dozens of miles, we were getting closer and closer to Hou Bao'er's location.
At this time, the car arrived at a rugged mountain road. After arriving here, there were no fresh ruts on the road, and the nearest ones were covered by heavy snow. On the white snow, there was only a row of footprints leading to the front.
Looking at the deep cliff-like ditch on both sides, Hu Qiu quickly switched sides with me and let her continue driving.
The car was driving very slowly, but fortunately there was a footprint in front of it marking the truth, otherwise it would have been impossible to move forward!
While walking, Hu Qiu suddenly let out a sigh and looked ahead.
I followed her gaze and couldn't help but be slightly startled.
A familiar down jacket was hanging on a small tree nearby.
I recognized it at a glance. It was the down jacket that Hu Qiu gave to Xiao Qin before.