His father didn't come back at noon, so Wei Qingfan and his mother had lunch, then fed the dog, took a nap, and woke up to continue his review work.
He soon discovered a very embarrassing thing. Among the review materials he found, there were textbooks and exercises in the first semester of high school, but in the second semester, there were basically only textbooks and almost zero extracurricular reference books.
Didn’t the school teachers suggest (qiang) (po) what reference books to buy?
Wei Qingfan secretly complained and searched in the room. He collected a total of thirty yuan in large bills and a few coins, put them all in his pocket, and left the house.
The street in front of the school is much more crowded than after the renovation in later generations. Various shops on both sides are crowded together, and there are many vendors holding big umbrellas.
Although the first and second graders of high school have not started school, the school has not been closed. Students in the third grade of high school can come and go freely. Business on the street seems to be very good, and discarded garbage can be seen everywhere on the roadside.
Wei Qingfan waited for a while at the bus stop near the school gate, and soon saw the brand new No. 7 bus approaching.
"Where to go?"
Buses were only introduced in the county last year, so the vehicles were still relatively new. There were not many people on the bus in the afternoon, and the female conductor, who had gained some weight, asked casually in local Mandarin.
"library."
Wei Qingfan originally planned to go to the bookstore, but after going out, he realized that he could go to the library first. After all, his funds were limited, so he still had to try his best to use his free prostitution spirit.
The conductor looked at him a little surprised and said, "One dollar and five."
Wei Qingfan took out coins from his pocket, found two coins, one white and one yellow, handed them over, then found a window seat and sat down.
A young man sitting in the front row asked strangely: "Does our county have a library?"
"have!"
Before Wei Qingfan and the conductor had time to speak, an old man sitting in front of Wei Qingfan answered in a loud voice, "It's just west of the Trade City, for decades."
The conductor said: "It is estimated that many of today's young people have never heard of it."
The uncle said: "Now that everyone has money, they all go to bookstores to buy books. Who still goes to the library to borrow books? It's a waste."
It’s like he’s laughing at me for being poor...
The corner of Wei Qingfan's mouth twitched, but he naturally knew that he didn't mean it. It was more like "How can anyone read books nowadays?"
The bus stopped and stopped, with people getting on and off. Wei Qingfan sat by the window and looked out at the strange but familiar streets in the county. Less than half an hour later, he heard the conductor shout:
"That student...the library is here!"
"Why!"
Wei Qingfan turned around, stood up in response, thanked him again, and got out of the car.
The bus stopped whenever it came, and the driver was very considerate and sent him directly to the door opposite the library.
After the bus drove away, in the unobstructed view, among a row of buildings that looked to be very old, the "Yuan County Library" sign, which had shown signs of weather and rain, hung without any light under the sun.
"It's much newer than it was more than ten years ago..."
Wei Qingfan secretly "praised" the county for its maintenance of the library. He walked in and found that the furnishings inside were still different from those of later generations. There was no automatic credit card machine, only a dark red cabinet and table.
There was an old computer monitor with a big ass on the table. A woman in her forties was sitting behind it, eating melon seeds. When she saw him coming in, she glanced at it, and then when Wei Qingfan smiled, she lowered her head and spit out the melon seed skins, and put the new melon seeds into her mouth.
He threw one in his mouth and continued to knock it skillfully and attentively.
When he walked into the reading room, the layout was similar to that of later generations. Wei Qingfan walked around, not in a hurry to find reference materials, but went to the second floor and found newspapers and periodicals in the corner.
The date was not very new, but it was still complete. He quickly found a stack of newspapers and took them to the table near the aisle.
Just as he was about to sit down and watch, Wei Qingfan subconsciously raised his head, and then his eyes froze for a moment.
The lights in the corridor were not turned on, and the light was relatively dim. The sunlight was projected from the west window. The beams of light fragmented the darkness into pieces. The dust particles floated in the beams, like a close-up scene in a movie.
In this dreamy light and shadow, a beautiful figure slowly walked up.
This is a girl who looks to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. She has a childish face, but her beauty and refined temperament cannot be concealed.
She wore a pure white T-shirt and black nine-point sweatpants with white lines on them, and a pair of white flat shoes on her feet. They were fresh and simple, and set off the slender and graceful figure of a young girl, like the emerald green willow branches swaying slightly in the spring breeze.
, when the sun shines, it is indescribably beautiful.
As if aware of Wei Qingfan's gaze, the girl looked over with her clear and pure eyes.
As soon as their eyes met, Wei Qingfan clearly saw some surprise in her eyes.
know?
This thought flashed through his mind, and the girl had withdrawn her gaze and walked into the rows of bookshelves.
Wei Qingfan thought about it carefully and could not find any trace of this girl in his memory.
Then he probably didn't know her. After all, if he knew such a beautiful girl, let alone more than ten years, even twenty or thirty years, he should remember it.
Perhaps he was surprised that there was someone in the library... Or he could not rule out that he was attracted by his handsome appearance and outstanding temperament...
He turned away from these thoughts in boredom, sat down and began to read the newspaper seriously, and soon found a lot of "familiar" content.
On March 14, the Anti-Secession Law was passed;
On May 15, Nanjing became the sixth city in mainland China to have a subway after Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen;
On June 6, "World of Warcraft" officially launched commercial operations in mainland China;
July 7, London serial bombings;
On July 15, the "Super Girl" national top ten finalists began;
On August 3, the first episode of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" will be broadcast;
On August 7, the first phase of the fourth round of the Six-Party Talks was adjourned;
On August 7, a water leakage accident occurred in Daxing Coal Mine, killing 124 people;
On August 15, the world commemorated the 60th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Japanese War;
…
Wei Qingfan browsed briefly, occasionally pondering, until he saw the latest yesterday's newspaper. He looked up at the clock on the wall and saw that it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon.
He exchanged the newspaper back, then went into the bookshelf and found two books, "Intensive Lectures on Mathematics for the First Year of Senior High School" and "Complete Interpretation of High School Physics 1", and also grabbed the first volume of "Historical Records".
Walking out of the bookshelf, Wei Qingfan saw the beautiful girl sitting on the table in front of her just now, reading a book seriously. Her posture was upright, her back straight, her long hair tied into a ponytail hanging behind her head, her head slightly lowered.
Revealing a long, white neck and delicate, round ears.
When Wei Qingfan passed by her, he saw her looking down at her wrist. She was wearing a small, delicate, silver-white round watch on her snow-white wrist.
Wei Qingfan doesn't know much about traditional watches. He prefers smart watches, but he can also see that this watch is worth a lot of money... He happens to recognize the Longines logo.
This time I can be sure that I don't know her.
In a small county town in 2005, someone who could afford such a watch would have anything to do with me?
So, the surprised look in her eyes when she saw him just now, was she really attracted by his handsome appearance and outstanding temperament?
He came downstairs with three books, and the librarian was still eating melon seeds.
Wei Qingfan put the books and ID card on the counter and said, "Auntie, I'll borrow the book."
The aunt glanced at him and saw that the young man was handsome and polite. She spit out the melon seed peels and put the melon seeds in her hand on the table. Then she took the book and reminded him: "Library card."
"Well……"
Wei Qingfan was startled for a moment before he realized that today's county libraries do not yet have the high-tech technology of swiping an ID card to borrow books, so they have to apply for a library card.
He laughed dryly, "It's my first time...what should I do with a library card?"
"Seventy dollars."
"seventy?"
"Deposit fifty, twenty construction fees."
Wei Qingfan's smile became a little stiff, and he took out a thirty-dollar bill from his trouser pocket, "Well... Auntie, I only brought thirty yuan. You can lend me the book first, and I will come back to give you the money tomorrow."
Okay? I’ll keep my ID card with you first.”
"Why do I need your ID card?"
The aunt glanced at him and threw the ID card over casually, "You can come back tomorrow to borrow the money after you bring it."
"..."
Wei Qingfan was a little embarrassed, but mostly found it funny.
Since he couldn't, he could only accept it. Just as he was about to say yes, a white and delicate palm suddenly stretched out from beside him.
The delicate palm, which looked like a work of art, held a green fifty-dollar bill and placed it on the table.
Wei Qingfan turned his head and saw the white, rich and beautiful girl standing behind him, carrying a pink-blue backpack with a style that would be fresh and beautiful in future generations. He was handing money in one hand and holding two coins in the other.
There is a book, and a delicate light yellow wallet is held between the slender white fingers.
She put the money on the table, looked at Wei Qingfan and said with no expression on her beautiful face: "Pay it back when school starts."
Do you really know each other?
This was the first thought that came to Wei Qingfan's mind, and he couldn't help but complain in his heart:
I have no impression of such a beautiful female classmate at all. No wonder I am still single in my thirties...