To make matters worse, since the New Year was coming soon, many employees had already applied for leave to go home for the holiday. The passenger flow in the supermarket had doubled, but the number of employees working was lesser than usual. Therefore, there was a shortage for all of the various jobs in the supermarket.

There was a shortage of salespeople, cleaners, and also cashiers. Even the employee responsible for weighing the groceries was far from enough. Anyone who wanted to weigh their groceries would have to wait at least ten minutes in line.

When Jacob saw so many people in the supermarket, he was very frustrated, and he said, “Sigh! We should have come out earlier to buy the goods. If that was the case, I could be lying down at home and watching television right now instead. I would not need to come in here and join in the crowd!”

“That’s right.” Charlie smiled helplessly before he said, “I wanted to come here yesterday, but Mom got hurt.”

Jacob hummed as he said, “Don’t