Su Xiaotian waved goodbye and quickly went to the flower market as the front desk clerk said.
Sure enough, there is indeed a very tall Xinhua Bookstore next to the flower market.
This Xinhua Bookstore seems to be a fairly new store, not an old store that has experienced the traces of time.
Two years ago, the state liberalized publishing rights and distribution rights of publishing houses, and Xinhua Bookstore lost its book wholesale monopoly.
But it was also during this era that Xinhua Bookstore also ushered in new rapid development.
For example, Xinhua Bookstore has appeared in the streets and alleys.
A few years ago, there would have been no Xinhua Bookstore in a place like the flower market.
In the past two years, policies have been changing, a large number of books that were once criticized have been reprinted, and many foreign masterpieces have been published one after another. These are all important factors that have pushed Xinhua Bookstore into a golden age.
Coupled with people's desire for knowledge, Xinhua Bookstore has ushered in unprecedented development speed.
When Su Xiaotian walked in, there were counters all around the wall, and behind the counter were tall bookshelves.
In this era, there was no such thing as selling books at an open price. If you wanted to buy any book, you had to write down your name in advance, tell the salesperson, and ask the salesperson to help find the book.
Readers buy books across the counter, and the salesperson issues a sales receipt. The book buyer goes to the cashier to pay, and then can return to the counter to pick up the book with the receipt.
This speed is undoubtedly very slow. If people come back here in a few decades, they will be crushed by this slow speed.
But Su Xiaotian is already used to it.
Su Xiaotian planned to buy the two books "Red and Black" and "Jane Eyre" today. However, she did not plan to buy the translated version, but the original version.
"Hello, sister, do we have the French version of "The Red and the Black" and the English version of "Jane Eyre" in our bookstore?"
The salesperson is a young girl, with two long, smooth and smooth braids hanging on her chest. She is wearing a bright red ski shirt that is very popular now and very expensive.
This kind of dressing up looks a bit mismatched no matter how you look at it, but when everyone dresses like this, it doesn't matter whether it matches or not.
This is the popular trend.
The so-called ski shirt is the down jacket of later generations. Because when it was advertised, it was worn by skiers, so many people called this kind of clothing a ski shirt.
Ski jackets are a hot commodity, and you can’t buy them even if you don’t have the skills to do so.
When the salesperson heard that Su Xiaotian said that he wanted to buy "Red and Black", he was ready to look for the book.
In the past two years, more and more people have bought these foreign books, and they have become bestsellers.
Unexpectedly, what this little girl wanted was a book in the original language.
She stared at Su Xiaotian for a long time, feeling that the little girl in front of her had made a mistake.
Even people who study foreign languages will not buy two books from different countries at once.
It’s already difficult to learn a foreign language, but how to learn French and English at the same time?
It's impossible no matter how you think about it.
"Little girl, did you say something wrong?"
"Sister, I'm right. I just want a French version of "The Red and the Black" and an English version of "Jane Eyre." Sister, the English version is what I want to read. I heard someone say, read the original text
I can learn English the fastest, so I brought the French version of "The Red and the Black" to others."
The salesperson girl was not surprised after hearing Su Xiaotian's words.
Nowadays, English is required to be tested in college, and many middle school students have begun to seize the time to learn English.
The teenage girl in front of me should be a student, and she is quite eager to learn English in this way.
From this, many methods of learning English have emerged, and learning English by reading the original text is also one of the methods.
"Wait a minute, I remember that there are original copies of these two books, but there don't seem to be many."
Su Xiaotian is polite to others and looks lovable. The saleswoman also likes Su Xiaotian a little more.
I have to say, in fact, this world has always been a world based on appearance.
Beautiful people are always more likable.
"Sister, don't worry. You can help me find it first. I'll go out for a while and come back later to pick up the book. Can you?" Su Xiaotian smiled sincerely and spoke very politely.
The salesperson said: "Okay, you can come back in an hour, but it won't work if it's later."
Su Xiaotian thanked her very politely.
In fact, bookstore salespeople in this era are very capable and can quickly find the books that customers need from a sea of books.
Su Xiaotian felt that even if she had a good memory, it would be difficult to remember these things.
Not to mention, I am also responsible for remembering the author and price of each book, so that readers can directly calculate the price and issue invoices.
If you calculate the price incorrectly, it will cause a lot of inconvenience.
It is said that Xinhua Bookstore specially categorizes books for the convenience of sales staff. Even so, it is difficult to write them down.
The girl with long braids turned around to find a book, while Su Xiaotian turned around and left Xinhua Bookstore.
This flower market is not very big. There are about twenty or thirty stalls, and there are all kinds of flowers on each stall.
But no matter which stall it is, the most displayed one is Clivia.
Standing at the entrance of the flower market, I glanced around and basically all I saw were clivias, large and small.
Oh, this neatly arranged flower market is really eye-opening.
If you walk through the flower market in later generations, you will see all kinds of flowers vying for beauty.
But it looks much better than this single look.
But Su Xiaotian came here today to find a target, and had no intention of evaluating whether the flower market was developing reasonably and soundly.
Su Xiaotian found that there were not many people in the flower market, and the stall owners were busy greeting the customers very enthusiastically.
Su Xiaotian, a young girl, came over. At most, everyone raised their eyes and glanced at her, and then no one paid attention to her.
After all, no one believes that such a young girl has enough money to buy Clivia.
Their target customers are generally middle-aged people who look relatively wealthy, or young people who look like they are doing business.
Although the Clivia in the flower market is slightly cheaper than elsewhere, the price is not low either. Cultivated Clivia can cost RMB 400 to 500 per pot, while the cheaper ones cost 300 to 400 RMB.
Even the cheapest Clivia seedlings start at one to two hundred yuan per plant, and the prices for better-looking ones are much higher.
Su Xiaotian was looked down upon by others, but she didn't take it seriously.
Anyway, she came here today to pick up something missing. Su Xiaotian had no intention of buying those clivias that were extremely expensive.
With a heart for plants, she just wants to find some better varieties, preferably ones that others can no longer sustain and plan to sell at low prices.
What is picking up leaks?
This is the real leakage.
Su Xiaotian never intended to buy what others had successfully cultivated because the price was too expensive.
However, when she came, she still had quite a lot of money, just in case she couldn't buy the leak-picking products she wanted.
Su Xiaotian walked slowly forward step by step, scanning each stall with her eyes, and listened to the conversation between the stall owner and the customers.