The middle-aged man hesitated for a long time. Thinking of the scene in his memory, he decided to keep this store.
Maybe when he retires, he can open this bookstore again.
In this way, the old man's spirit in heaven will be happier, right?
...
It's not like he never thought of leaving these books behind and letting the tenants continue to operate the bookstore.
However, it is difficult to find people who happen to want to open a bookstore.
You want the other party to accept so many old books.
After searching for a while, he gave up the plan.
He first disposes of the books himself, and the person who rents the store can do whatever he wants with the store.
He once mobilized his whole family, including his younger brothers and sisters, to go to the bookstore and have a look, and if there were books they liked, they would stay.
As a result, it was the older ones like them who picked out a few books.
They are all books in their memory.
They had forgotten that they had read these books before, but they remembered them again when they saw the titles and covers.
After all, it was a book they loved when they were children, so they kept it as a souvenir.
But none of the juniors had any interesting books.
They all dislike the books in bookstores that are too old.
Moreover, many of them are ancient books.
The whole article in classical Chinese made their heads spin.
The rare comic books are all popular in the last century.
They took a rough look around the bookstore and then lost interest.
In fact, it's not like they haven't been to this bookstore before.
I also know what this bookstore is like.
But after all, the bookstore was about to close, so they decided to visit it one last time.
But it was unexpectedly fruitless.
...
"The moth is really bad."
The middle-aged man's fingers were gently stroking the pages of the book. This was because his family had neglected the bookstore after the old man was hospitalized.
Books are really fragile things.
Just like people.
I thought nothing would happen, after all, everything was fine before, but one oversight made it irreversible.
He raised his head and smiled sheepishly at the young man, "How about you read other books?"
"Or maybe I'll give you an advantage?"
"It's rotten-"
The middle-aged man looked at the books in front of him and his voice stopped suddenly.
With a wry smile on his face, he said, "Forget it, this book is no longer useful."
Almost half of the pages are infested.
If he only had one or two bits, he might as well sell them to the young man in front of him at a cheaper price.
But where can I read this book now?
It can't even be used as scratch paper.
What else can I use if I buy it back?
"Classmate, please read other books."
"But I just want these two books."
The young man's face was full of regret and unwillingness, "I searched many bookstores but couldn't find it."
“I didn’t expect it to be available in this bookstore?!”
When he saw these two books, he was so happy.
As a result, when he couldn't wait to open the book and read it, it was simply..."Extreme joy leads to sorrow...Heaven fell to hell..."
The young man murmured.
He rummaged through the nearby bookcases, but there were only these two books.
He was greatly disappointed.
Although he knew it was impossible, he couldn't help but ask, "Are these two books the only ones on the bookcase?"
"Don't you have anything else in stock?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "The store is about to close, how can we still have any inventory?"
"All the books are here."
"If it doesn't exist, it doesn't exist."
"oh."
The young man's voice was low, and then he cheered up a little more, "Then I'll look for it again."
"Boss, I'll leave these two books with you first. I might want some more."
"Hey, such a shabby book..."
The middle-aged man was a little surprised.
"Better than nothing."
The young man muttered.
"......Okay, I know."
The middle-aged man wanted to say something, but in the end he just smiled and nodded, "I will take care of it for you."
Anyway, these two books are not expensive, so students can buy them if they like them.
He shouldn't say anything that he thinks is good for others but makes them unhappy.
Seeing the young man's figure disappear behind the bookcase, he felt a little emotional.
This is a child who loves books.
If the old man were still alive, he would be very happy to meet such a child.
The elderly are also book lovers.
As a result...the old man was hospitalized for a week, and his beloved book was infested by insects.
The old man was gone for a week, and his beloved books were sold at a low price.
Thinking about it this way, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly. They are really unfilial children.
However, even if you know this, books still have to be sold and bookstores still have to be rented out.
Their family cannot afford to run a bookstore that makes ends meet.
No one has the time or energy to run this bookstore.
The reality is that there is nothing they can do about it.
...
After hearing the conversation between the young man and the shopkeeper, other customers also picked up a book and read it, and they heard soft sounds one after another.
The books in their hands also showed signs of being eaten by insects.
Several guests looked at each other.
They both heard each other's noises.
They picked out a few more books and looked through them.
No book has been spared.
Immediately, some people shook their heads with regret, put back the books in their hands, turned around and left the bookstore.
Although he came in because of the slogan about selling books by the pound, if he didn't have some love for books, he wouldn't be attracted by this slogan.
He looked at the books on the bookcase with a mentality similar to Taobao.
He is here to buy books, not to collect junk.
What’s the point of buying such a book with incomplete content no matter how cheap it is?
...
Soon, Xiao Xiao and the boy were the only ones left in the store.
The young man was determined to read a book carefully, thinking that maybe he could find a similar book again.
...
Looking at the guests leaving one after another, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He thought he could make some money selling the books in this store.
did not expect......
Let’s look at the situation again.
If that doesn't work, all these books will have to be sold to rag collectors.
At that time, these books were really sold at a discount.
...
found it.
Xiao Xiao's eyebrows arched slightly.
He heard the conversation between the young man and the boss, and also noticed the other guests leaving one after another.
However, he didn't pay attention, he just focused on finding the chess records that Grandpa Xiao wanted.
What if the chess record is not infested by insects?
We have to wait until we find the chess record before we talk about anything.
...
Xiao Xiao pulled out the chess records from the bookshelf.
Soon, a look of regret appeared on his face.
This chess book has also been corrupted.
And not just a little bit.
More than half of the pages and most of the paper were eaten away.
This is not visible at all.
Xiao Xiao shook his head slightly and was about to close the chess record in his hand.
"Hiss~"
The white snake stuck out its head.
"Master Xiao Xiao, there is evil spirit in this place."
Xiao Xiao's movements paused.
He did not doubt White Snake's words.
The White Snake is said to have a demonic aura, so of course it has a demonic aura.