Making the bed, washing the dishes, placing daily necessities, and seasonings, these things didn't take much effort. When everything was done, it took less than ten minutes.
I can only say that the power of telekinesis works really well.
All the necessary arrangements have been prepared, and from this moment Ai Liang officially moved into this home.
After packing up her things at home, Ai Liang planned to go out and visit the bookstores in the city.
During the day, Qianhua Market, where the sun shines, is relatively harmonious. Only at night will the idlers wander around the streets in groups.
Ai Liang took the bus for more than half an hour and arrived at the city center.
In this completely unfamiliar city, Ai Liang could only follow the navigation to check the location of each bookstore.
In the big information age, almost every store, even just a grocery store, will display its location on the map.
Therefore, after Ai Liang entered the bookstore into the navigation software... not a few messages popped up.
It’s already 2030, and the number of physical bookstores is decreasing almost every year.
The kind of small bookstore with only one storefront and few rows of bookshelves inside the store. The dusty bookshelves are filled with unpopular books that are from who knows how many years ago.
They have almost been eliminated.
The only ones that can still survive today are those cultural and creative coffee bookstores that are good-looking and multi-functional.
On the one hand, the rise of the Internet and mobile terminals has made resources easier to obtain and reading more convenient. People no longer need to go to traditional bookstores to buy physical books.
On the other hand, there is competition within the industry, but competition also revolves around the Internet.
The cost of opening an online bookstore is much lower than that of a traditional bookstore, and there are more promotion methods and door-to-door services.
This further exacerbates the difficult situation of traditional bookstores.
Under the combined effect of external oppression and internal reform, the business model of cultural and creative coffee bookstores emerged at the historic moment.
This type of bookstore's profit from selling books only accounts for one-third of its profit, or even less.
Rather than saying that this type of bookstore sells books, it is better to say that they sell coffee, peripheral gifts, as well as cultural atmosphere and services, in order to satisfy the "style" that most people are pursuing.
Therefore, coffee bookstores are only common in the top ten international cities of the Asian Federation, or in more popular tourist cities.
The reason is also very simple, the cost is high.
What a coffee bookstore sells is services. It not only needs bookshelves, sofas, and tables, but it also needs a large space and exquisite decoration.
Because elements outside the bookstore are added, a dedicated barista is also required.
Aside from the cost investment, the monthly salary paid to store employees is not a small amount.
Citizens in big cities will regard reading as a habit, and there will be a variety of customers in bookstores. In addition to students and young people, there will also be adults or retired people.
Secondly, in popular tourist cities, such as Qianhua City, this kind of exquisite coffee bookstore will be used as a photo and check-in place by people who come to visit, which will bring greater traffic to the bookstore.
This way your income is guaranteed.
The bookstore in front of Ai Liang is like this.
The lobby of the bookstore is decorated in khaki style. Both the bookshelves and the one-piece tables and chairs are all in brown. Just looking at the appearance makes people feel comfortable.
The main reason why Ai Liang chose this store is that it has a reading room that is independent of the bar.
It is specially prepared for those who want to read quietly.
It’s no different from the bookstores in Nevada City. It also adopts a membership system.
Ordinary members who are 121 years old can read books at will in the reading room of the store.
350 senior members enjoy a 10% discount on book purchases and can borrow books.
Ai Liang thought about it, then applied for a 350-yuan membership and paid a 200-yuan deposit.
Reading is one of his few hobbies, and he is still willing to spend the money. The two hundred yuan deposit is only to prevent customers from damaging books intentionally, and the deposit will be refunded when the membership expires.
With a happy mood, Ai Liang began to wander among the bookshelves looking for categories of novels.
Even if Ai Liang has psychic abilities, he cannot see through the thoughts of the characters in the novel.
Almost every story can bring him a sense of freshness, the kind of burst of sincere emotions that reality cannot bring him.
After all, most of the real society is gray. Only in the story world can truth, goodness and beauty be promoted for various reasons.
"So there are two more volumes of this book?"
Ai Liang's eyes glanced back and forth on the bookshelf, and suddenly he discovered the novel Yang Xingyue gave him.
Yang Xingyue only gave him the first volume, but he didn't expect to see a complete set of upper, middle and lower volumes here.
Ai Liang didn't hesitate at all, and took the upper, middle and lower books with him to the long table and sat down.
He first spent ten minutes reviewing the plot of the previous volume, recalling the general content of the book, and then gradually immersed himself in the subsequent stories with curiosity.
It's only around nine o'clock in the morning, and there are almost no people coming to the bookstore to read. Ai Liang is equivalent to booking the whole place alone.
As time passed by, the boy reading became a sight in the reading room.
Buzz, buzz.
What woke Ai Liang out of the story world was not the buzzing sound of his cell phone, but the reminder from the girl across from him.
"Your cell phone is ringing."
The sudden sound disrupted Ai Liang's thoughts.
After noticing that his phone was buzzing, Ai Liang gave an apologetic smile.
The person who called at this time was none other than Ma Yu, one of Ai Liang's few friends.
It was not convenient to talk in the reading room, so Ai Liang hung up the phone and checked the private chat.
Generally, Ma Yu would only call directly when Ai Liang failed to respond to messages in private messages and there was something urgent.
【Hello? Is Xiaoai here?】
【Have you found a place to live?】
[After renting the house, remember to give me a shout and tell me the address. I will come to your place to play with you later.]
【Reply a message.】
【You won't be abducted, right?】
[Squeak when you see the news.]
The earliest news was last night.
Two of them were from when he was doing housework in the morning, and the most recent one was ten minutes ago.
There are many similar messages, all sent by Yue Qihua and Yang Xingyue.
According to the chat time, Ai Liang realized that it was almost eleven o'clock.
[I’m fine. I’ve already found a place to live. It’s on Huayuan Road near Qianhua Experimental Middle School. I was doing housework in the morning and I was reading a book and didn’t pay attention to the news. 】
[Wow, I’m finally willing to reply to the message. Why don’t you answer the phone? 】
[The reading room of the bookstore is inconvenient.]
[Really? Are you kidnapped? Send a photo to see. 】
【……】
If you had made such a request yesterday, I really couldn't explain it.
Ai Liang silently opened the video, turned around half a circle, and then clicked send.
[Wait a minute? You hooked up with a new girl just after you arrived at Qianhua City? 】
Hooking up with girls? Am I that kind of person?
Ai Liang raised his head with some doubts, looked around, and found that the person sitting on his right was staring at him with a complicated expression.
Ai Liang had actually noticed someone around him a long time ago, but he didn't pay attention. It was the person's choice where to sit.
This is not the first time he has encountered this situation. When he went to the bookstore in the past, people would often come up to him and talk to him.