"If we meet again next time, I will treat you to candied haws."
Peng Hou's eyes lit up, "Thank you."
"Thank you for the candied haws."
Peng Hou leaned forward slightly and said, "It's delicious."
"I'm leaving."
"I want to see more places when I go down the mountain."
"Okay, bye."
Xiao Xiao smiled and said goodbye.
"goodbye."
Peng Hou was about to turn around and leave, but Xiao Xiao stopped him by calling him.
Peng Hou looked at the human in front of him in confusion.
"Forgot to introduce myself."
The corners of Xiao Xiao's mouth raised slightly, "My name is Xiao Xiao."
"Master Xiao Xiao."
Peng Hou also had a smile on his face, "I hope to see you again next time."
It's rare to meet a human being who can see it again.
It doesn't hate this human being.
Even because of the candied haws, it has become somewhat close to this human being.
If possible, it hopes to meet this human again before returning to the mountain.
It remembered that this human said that he would treat it to candied haws again.
It's looking forward to it.
...
Peng Hou left.
The candied haws on ice were also eaten by the monsters.
Xiao Xiao withdrew his gaze from watching Peng Hou leave and stood up.
It's time for him to leave too.
Today he came out to buy books at the bookstore.
I didn’t expect that there would be so many incidents on the road.
...
Xiao Xiao walked to the bookstore.
This is a rather shabby-looking bookstore.
Looks like it's about to go bankrupt.
In fact, Xiao Xiao also saw the slogan selling books by the pound on the window at the door.
It's like a big sale at a mall.
Xiao Xiao frowned slightly.
...
Grandpa Xiao asked Xiao Xiao to visit this bookstore.
Because it's in the shopping street near Yanda.
Grandpa Xiao wanted to take care of the inconvenience of staying out of the teahouse for a long time, so he asked Xiao Xiao to have time to take a look.
Grandpa Xiao accidentally heard about this bookstore from a customer in the teahouse.
Customers said that this bookstore has been open for a long time.
There are still some good old books in the store.
The guests also saw several chess books that seemed to have a sense of the times.
Grandpa Xiao's goal is those chess books.
Now that he has a good opponent like Frog God, Grandpa Xiao has become more enthusiastic about playing chess.
Grandpa Xiao originally thought that his chess skills were already good.
Of course it cannot be compared with professionals, although Grandpa Xiao has never competed with professionals.
But in the amateur circle, Grandpa Xiao still has some confidence in his chess skills.
When playing chess with people nearby, Grandpa Xiao basically loses less and wins more.
However, the Frog God's chess skills opened Grandpa Xiao's eyes.
In the beginning, Grandpa Xiao was being played by the other party to guide him.
Grandpa Xiao was a little unwilling.
After the old man's efforts to improve his chess skills, he is now able to play well with his opponent.
Even Grandpa Xiao didn't know how much strength the other party used.
When he heard the customer say that there might be rare chess records in that bookstore, he became a little itchy.
After asking for the address of the bookstore and knowing that it was not far from Yanda, Grandpa Xiao called Xiao Xiao directly.
Since it was Grandpa Xiao's request, Xiao Xiao went to the bookstore according to the address the next day after Grandpa Xiao called.
...
Xiao Xiao opened the door and walked into the bookstore.
There are not many people in the bookstore.
Today was not a holiday, so even though there was a sign on the door selling books by the pound, it didn’t attract too many customers.
Maybe it's also because today is not the first day that the bookstore has posted the slogan.
The excitement at the beginning has passed, and all that is left are the books that have been selected.
The bookstore is very quiet.
Xiao Xiao's frown relaxed a little.
...
The atmosphere was quiet, with the sound of turning pages coming from time to time.
There is a faint smell of ink floating in the air.
There is still a bit of an old-fashioned atmosphere.
This is the smell that paper books only have.
It makes people's hearts calm down.
A slight smile appeared in Xiao Xiao's eyes.
...
The middle-aged man, who didn't know whether he was the clerk or the boss, glanced at Xiao Xiao, then withdrew his gaze and looked back at the newspaper in his hand.
...
Xiao Xiao walked towards the bookcase and glanced at the titles on the spines of the books.
Looking for the chess records that Grandpa Xiao wants.
...
"boss."
A voice sounded, breaking the quiet atmosphere in the store.
The few guests followed the sound and looked over.
Xiao Xiao is no exception.
He is a boy of fifteen or sixteen.
The young man held the open book in his hands and stretched it upside down in front of the middle-aged man sitting on the seat, "Your books are all eaten by insects."
There was a bit of anger in his tone.
"Can I still watch this?"
...
"How can it be?"
The middle-aged man put down the newspaper, somewhat disbelieving.
"How is it impossible?"
The young man curled his lips and said, "See for yourself."
He put the book on the cashier and picked up another book under his arm, "This one too."
The boy turned to the torn page of the book and placed the book next to the previous one.
"Several books are in the same situation."
"Boss, even if you sell this book by the pound, it's not good."
"The content is all gone."
...
"Let me see."
The middle-aged man came closer to the open book and looked at it carefully.
I found that it was indeed as the young man said. The pages of the book were in a state of ruins and were eaten by insects.
The situation is the same in both books.
He reached out and touched the yellowed book paper.
Even if he didn't believe it at first, now that the facts were in front of him, he had no choice but to believe it.
But emotionally, he was still a little surprised.
This bookstore doesn't belong to him, it belongs to his father.
The old man has owned a bookstore all his life and has a deep affection for this bookstore.
Most of his childhood memories are related to this bookstore.
He could see how much the old man cared for the books in the bookstore.
The books here may be old, but they are all neatly packed and well protected.
How come there are bugs?
Could it be that he was born during this time?
The man felt a little enlightened.
...
Some time ago, the old man fell ill.
Illness comes like a mountain.
The old man's originally strong body suddenly collapsed.
The bookstore was naturally closed.
After staying in the hospital for a week, the old man still could not survive the illness and finally passed away.
Before his death, the old man still remembered this bookstore.
However, at that time, the old man couldn't even speak clearly, and he could only distinguish the word "bookstore".
Although he knew that this bookstore was the old man's hard work, and even the old lady's sustenance after her death.
However, he and his younger siblings both have their own jobs and have no extra energy to take care of this bookstore.
Moreover, the business of this bookstore has actually been very poor in recent years.
It’s almost to the point where we can’t make ends meet.
They discussed it and decided to sell the store.
He is the boss, so he has full authority to handle the follow-up work of this store.
He planned to sell all the books he could and then rent out the store.
Yes.
In the end, he converted the store into a rental store.
