在兩人從雜貨店結帳離開後,便前往北門出口旁的生鮮超市,方才買的東西全塞在凱帝從家裡拿出來的大購物袋裡了,在負重沒有超過上限的情況下、提著完全感受不到重量。584Please respect copyright.PENANAF4FUUbOqxR
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這大概算是漢賽爾第一次好好逛商店街,雖然截至目前為止他不過是走在這條街上,大部份的店家僅只路過沒有進去過。584Please respect copyright.PENANAEgtvG7yUSN
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平日上午的商店街人不是很多,米黃石磚路兩側的行道樹也不若夜晚般閃閃發光,時近十一點,燒烤店和簡餐店都準備開門營業了。584Please respect copyright.PENANAUdmmnXA99e
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一大一小的兩人直直地走往生鮮超市,這間超市是國內小型連鎖店,連鎖店的意思即是,它附加了空間魔法的「門」會開在耶拉境內各個不同的城鎮,這些門統統會連往同一個地方──也就是超市內部──並且確保從哪裡進來的人就會從哪裡回去。584Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ4fLSjzJ5
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從米唐鎮這兒的入口看去,只能見到超市寬敞的自動玻璃門,除了門之外,沒有任何供它依附的建築物、就只是一扇門立在那裡,足見米唐鎮並不是這間超市本店的所在處。透過玻璃門,能夠窺見超市中的櫃檯、各式各樣的商品及購物中的人們。584Please respect copyright.PENANAtnCyoUyVtA
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一跨過自動門,強烈的冷氣撲面而來,吱吱喳喳的嘈雜人聲也不停竄入耳中,畢竟此地聚集了許多來自各地的主夫主婦,所以每天的人都不少。584Please respect copyright.PENANAOuWMe8vqlW
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漢賽爾在入口處隨手拿了一張購物籃,每個籃子裡都放著一張廣告紙,他捏起紙張,甩了甩之後,廣告紙的畫面便從「暑期特賣!」的大標題,變為圖文並茂地列著好幾種食品分類──這間超商主要是賣食材的──漢賽爾邊走邊逐一翻點查看,每點一下分類項目,它便會進入裡頭的子頁,詳細介紹每種食品的來源與價位,如果把紙面向左傾斜,就會回到上一個畫面。584Please respect copyright.PENANARFpHVeEH5E
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「這禮拜特價的東西不多嘛……」漢賽爾邊走邊說,他點入廣告紙中地圖的畫面,正打算照著上面的指示走進肉品區時,就忽然發現凱帝不知道跑哪去了,「搞什麼鬼!身為人形錢包還這樣亂跑。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAUcAd1YXD1g
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他一面抱怨一面沿原路回去,才走沒多久就在某個轉角看到金髮青年正與幾名帶小孩的婦女聊天,完完全全融入家庭主婦的話題之中,儼然已經成了小團體中的一份子。看他的樣子,不會是跟發現蜂蜜的熊一樣,被小孩吸引過來的吧?584Please respect copyright.PENANAQg02c00fbU
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「……這孩子一直長不高,真不曉得該怎麼辦才好。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAKjtJ9tTLo8
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「咦?妳剛剛不是說傑克才六歲,這樣就已經很高了吧?」584Please respect copyright.PENANAcuDMjqndVb
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「唉,少年仔,你不知道,他表哥也是六歲,長得都比他高兩個頭了啊!」584Please respect copyright.PENANA2m0QolRYsI
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「李太太,妳家的小傑克真的已經很高了好嗎?妳也看看我家龍龍好不好?長不高就算了,還這麼瘦,我都懷疑是他爸那邊的血統問題了……」584Please respect copyright.PENANAlXgt04Nco3
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「那妳們要不要試試看在每天早餐的時候,餵小朋友吃黏漿梨混雪漿果汁,上次來我店裡的一個媽媽說,那對讓小孩子長高很有幫助呢。」584Please respect copyright.PENANANZGisclxjO
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「真的嗎?要餵多少……」584Please respect copyright.PENANAIwJRdVZAOD
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為什麼這個沒小孩的人可以在這邊跟兩名主婦暢談育兒經啊!聽起來他跟她們還像是今天才認識咧!漢賽爾老大不高興地衝了過去,用力踹凱帝的小腿一腳,害得後者險些直接往前撲倒,「你在這裡幹嘛?」584Please respect copyright.PENANAE1ranqjfpB
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痛到覺得自己有可能會殘廢的凱帝轉過身來,還沒來得及回話,另外兩名主婦就朝男孩湊了過去,「黑林先生,這是你的小孩嗎?長得好可愛喔。」584Please respect copyright.PENANA91XoekRRdk
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「想不到你看起來這麼年輕,就已經有這麼大的孩子了……」584Please respect copyright.PENANAEOVuTl3DzV
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「噢,不是,漢賽爾是來我家寄住的,」凱帝一手搭在漢賽爾的肩膀上免得自己真的摔倒,掛著笑容回應婦女們,「我想我們該走了,那下次有機會的話再見囉。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAw6nCdzlKHZ
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「等一下,黑林先生你再說一次糖果屋的地址,我要抄起來。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAxasvND6mE5
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漢賽爾沒有揮開青年的手,僅是臭著一張臉不停死瞪,主婦身後的幼童都快被他瞪得哭出來了。在兩名婦女紛紛從包裡拿出紙筆抄寫完畢後,他們便和凱帝道別,臨走前迷戀小孩的某人當然不忘摸摸兩個小孩子的頭說掰掰,還各給了一顆漢賽爾非常想沒收的糖果。584Please respect copyright.PENANA88hzw6MkMe
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在那對主婦去結帳後,漢賽爾又踹了凱帝一腳,後者忍不住抗議:「很痛耶。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAkUooXIZ78G
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「你自己一個人跑到這裡來幹嘛,不知道身為錢包是不能這樣隨便亂走的嗎!」584Please respect copyright.PENANAJrNFS8sKvH
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「我剛剛有叫你啊,可是你太專心了沒理我嘛。」凱帝有點委屈的說,「我在開發新客源。」584Please respect copyright.PENANA6LlQbyfF5P
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「新客源你個頭,快去把東西買一買啦,我還要回去幫葛麗特做午餐欸。」雖然漢賽爾剛才也是想到那些傢伙未來說不定會成為他的客人,才沒當著別人的面直接對凱帝發飆的。584Please respect copyright.PENANAfwuGArclAN
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於是兩人開始逛起超市,這間小型超市以連鎖店來說並不大,只有一樓,它連鎖的範圍含米唐鎮在內僅僅十個城鎮而已。在每個不同的區域中央,都有精緻得宛如真品的特價品模型以各種方式吸引人的注意,比方說海鮮區這週折扣的是龍蝦和阿科羅魚蛋,於是就出現了龍蝦模型一邊喊著口號一邊拿好幾顆魚蛋模型在手中拋丟雜耍的景像。584Please respect copyright.PENANAj72dIPcu83
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此時他們就坐在這組模型前方的長椅上(有時候模型會有特殊表演,故此超商內有模型之處通常會附幾張椅子),凱帝對購物籃只裝了一包米一包麵條的漢賽爾問道:「你不用再買其它東西嗎?」剛才小腿被重擊之後又直接被拖著走,雖然他也沒痛到真的不能走的地步──該說是這些日子常常被漢賽爾蹂躪所以痛覺消失得比較快或麻木了嗎──只是能坐著休息當然最好。584Please respect copyright.PENANAKB6tMbvAiH
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「我又還沒逛完,只是看你這傢伙一副痛得要死的樣子,可憐你讓你來這裡坐啦。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAjfGGzV0iAf
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「欸,我明明還是面帶微笑吧?」584Please respect copyright.PENANAqa3PmXaAbA
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「對啊,」漢賽爾皺眉,「說到這個,你明明會痛幹嘛都不罵我?」說老實話,從以前到現在會對自己寬容的人也只有葛麗特而已,凱帝這種性格實在是令漢賽爾非常不習慣,縱然也沒什麼不好。584Please respect copyright.PENANAjXoJkmIYlp
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「因為剛剛那樣應該算我也有錯,而且我不喜歡跟小孩子生氣。」凱帝用單手托著下巴,對面前的男童微笑。584Please respect copyright.PENANAb3QEUPeUBl
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重新拿出廣告單來看的黑髮男孩「嘖」了聲,「所以我的長相不是小孩的話,你就會跟我翻臉了嘛?」584Please respect copyright.PENANAst5it2mmGV
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「沒錯。」金髮青年毫不避忌地承認,想了想又補充道:「不過也可能不會,因為我覺得漢賽爾你還滿可愛的。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAanCaXJZwlx
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「誰可愛了啊!那種形容詞只能套在葛麗特身上啦。」臉從十幾分鐘前臭到現在的漢賽爾「啪」的一聲摺起廣告紙,又湊近自家上司用雙手把對方的臉頰往兩邊拉扯,「你給我在這裡坐好,我挑完要買的東西之後再來找你付錢。」584Please respect copyright.PENANAdgIzzxoNqv
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語畢,漢賽爾頭也不回地走了。584Please respect copyright.PENANAVdF010zG7h
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看著黑髮男孩手提購物籃逐漸走遠的小小身影,凱帝不禁在心中忖道,不就是這種樣子特別可愛嗎?584Please respect copyright.PENANAc7x1zG7lyb
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結果幾分鐘後,歸來的漢賽爾籃子裡也不過多了包麵線,據他的說法是,除了這些他推測是這附近最便宜的之外,其他的都先記了價錢要去市場那邊再比價,假若沒更低價的再回來買。584Please respect copyright.PENANAKQgcTtnprX
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他們很快地結帳完畢,回到一開始的自動門邊。584Please respect copyright.PENANAdS5i1mViHP
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在漢賽爾正要走入自動門之前,凱帝卻突然對他伸出了左手,男孩挑眉,昂首問:「幹嘛?」584Please respect copyright.PENANAtARIKzXCDz
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「那邊的牌子上不是有寫嗎?」凱帝拎著購物袋的右手指了指門邊佇立的告示牌,上面除了當週特價品的廣告之外,還有個小小的警告圖示,「『為防自動門發生意外,導致您與您的孩子走到不同的出口,請牽著您的孩子一同跨過自動門』,這是要走出每間連鎖店之前都會看到的標語呢。」584Please respect copyright.PENANA09plJZsrlh
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「我又不是你的小孩。」漢賽爾沒好氣地說,卻還是乖乖將手搭了上去。584Please respect copyright.PENANAbzLrSKvQ60
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「有什麼關係嘛。」凱帝笑道,牽著男孩走出店門。584Please respect copyright.PENANAeQX69K9uiw
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第六章.來去商店街-3
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