Chapter 98: Adventures in the Fresh Food Supermarket (I)
After that, Lu Ren handed over the ancient books in his hand.
After all, it was useless for him to take it, and he might even get into trouble for nothing. Moreover, this thing itself was the physical evidence of a failed attempt to destroy the world. Therefore, almost as soon as Lu Ren received the ancient book, he asked Master Yu to help him pass it on to Si Yuan.
As for the silk banner, it didn't say who it was for, so Lu Ren naturally handed it over to Jun Fang, who was on his first mission as the representative of the Immigrant Household Investigation Bureau in this incident. Jun Fang was very happy after receiving the silk banner and expressed his hope to hang it on Lao Yang's grave.
"This color is so festive, and this name is very cool. Old Yang will definitely like it." Junfang smiled happily.
Lu Ren was infected by the smile, and he also said happily: "In this case, let's strike while the iron is hot and bring it to Lao Yang this weekend."
"OK."
Since Junfang was on a mission on behalf of the combat team this time, the organization specially arranged a two-day weekend holiday for Junfang as a reward so that he could relieve the negative emotions brought about by the combat.
So early on Saturday morning, Lu Ren went out early and happily took Junfang to Xuanshan, and successfully hung the banner on Lao Yang's grave.
Jun Fang put his hands on his hips and looked at his masterpiece, thinking with some regret: "It would be better if firecrackers could be set off in the cemetery. It would definitely be more festive, and Old Yang would definitely be happier."
Of course, fires were forbidden on the mountain. And setting off firecrackers on graves was too trendy and risked being on social news, so Lu Ren might have rejected it in the end.
In this regard, Junfang expressed some disappointment.
When he came back, Lu Ren asked Jun Fang, "How about having hot pot at my house for lunch?"
The weather was getting colder day by day, and it was already a day when even wearing two thick clothes was still not warm. In addition, Lu Ren brought Jun Fang to Xuanshan today in a small electric car, and his hands were already .
In short, this time of year is the best time to eat hot pot.
The first step to eating hot pot is to buy the ingredients.
There are actually two options for buying ingredients: you can go to the largest farmer’s market near your home, or to a newly opened fresh food supermarket.
The things at the farmer's market are cheap and fresh, but the downside is that the variety is relatively limited.
Lu Ren thought about the three hungry mouths to feed at home, and it was rare for Jun Fang to come to his house for hotpot, so he decided to splurge and go to the newly opened comprehensive fresh food supermarket in the city.
In fact, Lu Ren had heard from his neighbor that this newly opened fresh food supermarket had a wide variety of products, which was simply overwhelming. Not only did it have a lot of off-season fruits, but it also had a wide variety of meats and even fresh seafood.
Lu Ren had always wanted to find an opportunity to go to this fresh food supermarket, but he had been very busy in the past few months and had not been able to find the time. Today was a good opportunity, so he could take Junfang to the early market.
They went as soon as they said they would. The two of them rode their electric scooters and arrived at the fresh food supermarket, exhausted. After parking the scooters, they stood in front of the automatic door.
Nowadays, high-end supermarkets like to install automatic doors. As long as the customer stands in front of the door, the door will open automatically. Merchants are happy to spend a small amount of money to create such a sense of technology to highlight the style of the supermarket. Consumers have also become accustomed to it.
Because Lu Ren had to park the car, he was two steps behind Jun Fang, so Jun Fang stood in front of the automatic door one step ahead of him. The automatic door sensed Jun Fang's presence, and music started playing. When Lu Ren arrived, the automatic door slowly opened, accompanied by a mechanical electronic voice announcement: "Non-human customer."
The electronic sound was a little fuzzy under the amplification of the speaker, causing Lu Ren to not hear it clearly for a while. It was not until he had stepped through the automatic door and entered the fresh food supermarket that Lu Ren finally realized: "It seems that the speaker just said... not welcome."
While he was still thinking about this, Junfang had already come over with a cart. It was this cart that made Lu Ren realize that the situation was not simple.
What Junfang held in his hand was not a real car, but a floating monkey. The monkey was obviously not an ordinary monkey, it looked very fierce, with a pair of exposed fangs and a pair of red eyes. There was a collar around the monkey's neck, and an iron chain extended from the collar, which was held in Junfang's hand. From a distance, it looked like Junfang was holding a monkey-shaped balloon.
At this moment, the ferocious-looking monkey seemed to be very afraid of Jun Fang's aura. It was shivering in the air with tears in its eyes.
"What is this?" Lu Ren was a little dumbfounded when he saw Jun Fang bringing back such a "trolley".
Junfang had never been to a human supermarket, and had no idea what a normal supermarket was. When Lu Ren wanted to find a trolley, he said without hesitation: "Wait here, I'll go find it."
Then Junfang followed Lu Ren's instructions and went to find the supermarket staff to ask where the cart was. According to the instructions of the supermarket staff, he successfully brought back a "cart".
Facing Lu Ren's question, Jun Fang answered confidently: "This is a cart! The supermarket staff said that these are freshly caught water monkeys. If they are not used as carts , they may continue to harm people in the river."
Lu Ren was dumbfounded: Is this the legendary water monkey?
Jun Fang looked at Lu Ren's stunned expression, thinking that he was not satisfied with the cart made by the water monkey, so he repeated what the staff had just said to him: "Don't worry, the water monkey itself is a water ghost. Since it is a ghost, it has no weight. If you use it to pick up things, the weight of the things will disappear. It is very convenient."
Things gradually became clear at this point. Fresh supermarkets seem to be run by non-humans, and the automatic doors at the entrances are the screeners between customers and non-human customers. Different customers will walk into different customized supermarkets.
Since Junfang was the first person to stand in front of the automatic door, the automatic door automatically identified Lu Ren and Junfang as non-humans, and mistakenly took them to a supermarket exclusively for non-humans.
Lu Ren realized that he had come to the wrong place and decided to refute Jun Fang fiercely: "This is not a question of whether it is inconvenient for Fang, but a question of whether we should leave this strange supermarket as soon as possible."
But before Lu Ren could finish his sentence, Jun Fang continued to tell him another thing the staff had just told him: "The staff also said that I am the 100th non-human customer to visit here recently. I can get a 50% discount on my purchases today."
After hearing this, Lu Ren decided to stay.
"After all, we're opening the door for business, so there shouldn't be any danger. Even if there is any danger, with Jun Fang here, there shouldn't be any problem." Lu Ren thought.
He told himself: "I just want to make a meal that is more suitable for the non-humans in my family, not to sell discounted goods!"
Well, that must be it.
So, Lu Renhe and Junfang, holding the water monkey, started shopping in the fresh food supermarket.
Because the water monkey has no weight and is just floating in the air, it is difficult for him to control his direction. He is always floating and accidentally bumps into the shelf, making a crying sound.
It looks really pitiful.
Lu Ren felt a little sorry and said to Jun Fang, "He seems to be hurt. You should be a little more careful."
The shopping guide beside the shelf heard this, kept a warm smile, and said to Lu Ren: "Please don't worry, the water monkeys selected by our supermarket have several lives on their hands. Please feel free to enslave them."
“…”Thank you, but I don’t feel very reassured.
But in any case, in order to avoid focusing his attention on the water monkey floating behind him, Lu Ren forced himself to concentrate on the ingredients to be prepared.
"Well... since we have children here, let's have a double-flavor hotpot tonight. Let's go take a look at the vegetables first." Lu Ren said to Jun Fang.
Although meat is also important, Lu Ren's favorite is the sweet vegetables cooked in a clear soup pot. So the two decided to go straight to the vegetable section as their first stop.
The vegetables in the vegetable section are crying, and they are literally crying.
There was a huge cabbage on the cabbage counter, and three small cabbages beside it. The small cabbages were crying like children.
The giant cabbage, which had been quiet, suddenly shouted angrily after seeing Lu Ren and Jun Fang leading the water monkey over: "You bunch of heartless customers, if you want to eat, eat me! Don't eat my children!"
The little cabbage on the side looked at the giant cabbage sadly and kept crying in a child's voice: "No! Mom! We don't want to be separated from you!"
The giant cabbage said sadly to the small cabbage: "No, without me, you have to live well and become a healthy cabbage. Let me deal with these cruel customers alone!"
Then, the giant cabbage said to Lu Ren and Jun Fang fearlessly: "Today, for the hope of the cabbage clan, I am willing to sacrifice myself, but humans, don't be too happy too soon. One day! The cabbage clan will rise again and avenge this blood debt!"
As if echoing the giant cabbage's words, the little cabbage next to it cried even louder.
Lu Ren: “…” This is really not a scene I can bear.
A salesman was standing in the cabbage section. He had a sad expression on his face and huge dark circles under his eyes. He seemed to have suffered a nervous breakdown from the noise made by the cabbage family. He sighed heavily and said, "Sure enough, planting cabbage in the fairy grass field was a failed attempt! Although the cabbage has become more delicious, no one dares to eat it. Alas."
Although the salesperson who couldn't sell his products looked pitiful, Lu Ren had no intention of making such a bold attempt.
However, just when Lu Ren was about to give up the cabbage and take Jun Fang to other vegetable areas to have a look, the salesperson stopped him.
The salesperson said, "Sir, are you really not considering buying some cabbage? We provide on-site butchering service. If you buy today, you can get an additional discount!"
Although Lu Ren liked discounts, he didn't want to buy such strange vegetables just for the discount, so he politely declined the salesperson's sales pitch and prepared to leave.
Seeing that the discounts did not attract Lu Ren, and unable to bear the mental torture of the white cabbage, the salesperson slapped his thigh and said to Lu Ren, "Now when you buy white cabbage, you can get an air fryer for free."
Lu Ren, who had already walked a distance away, turned back immediately after hearing this and asked, "Really?"
The salesperson nodded: "Really."
Lu Renyu pointed at the four cabbages and said, "Then I want all four of them."
Seeing Lu Ren so generous and buying all the cabbages in one go, the salesman was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He grabbed the cabbage family and asked Lu Ren politely, "You bought so much at one time, can you finish it?"
Lu Ren nodded: "Although we may not be able to finish it, but the family must be together and it is not good to separate them."
Cabbage Family: "Fuck."
