William looked hesitant: "Supermarket? This idea sounds very cool. If it can be realized, I think I would like it very much, right? Ammo, are you going to open such a store in the future?"
This time it was Li Mochen's turn to shrug helplessly. He had such an idea, but he didn't have the capital. Such a big store would cost a lot of money as soon as he heard it. It couldn't be opened without a gold shield of more than 500,000 yuan. We also have to consider the neighborhood.
Gangs, and government factors.
After that, he stopped inking and walked less than twenty meters on the street. Then he turned around and entered a bookstore.
William looked helpless and could only follow Li Mochen in. He thought that Li Mochen entered the bookstore to find some auxiliary teaching materials or books on magic. But after entering the store, he found that the latter was putting down several newspapers in the newspaper area.
into the shopping basket.
"Wow, I remember you were never interested in such current affairs newspapers before? If you want to read current affairs news, wouldn't you just turn on the TV?"
"Occasionally I want to learn about current affairs and increase my reading volume,"
Li Mochen gave a reason casually, and then stared at the picture album in William's hand: "What is that? Comics?"
"What else could it be?"
As he spoke, he also made a pose: "This is my favorite book, Iron-Blooded Lion Fang, the first black hero in history, cool! This is the latest issue, I plan to buy it. Also
I also like the book Black Iron Knight. This is a new type of anti-hero. He wears black iron armor and kills people without blinking an eye. The police and the government don’t pay attention to it. He just keeps killing and killing and killing. It’s so cool.
Yes. This is the most popular hero at the moment, and nine out of ten people in our school like him."
After thinking about it for a while, Li Mochen also picked up a few books and threw them into his shopping basket: "I also plan to buy a few novels to read. William, do you have any good books to recommend?"
He thought that since it was a very popular thing nowadays, it should help him understand the culture and current situation of this country called the United States of America.
"Novel? Ha, who would read that?"
William looked uninterested: "These books are big and there are so many words that are difficult to understand. We never read this kind of books."
Li Mochen couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, and then fell into meditation again.
What William said was somewhat beyond his expectation. But after he thought about it carefully, he found some memories of the original owner.
In the year 3975 of this world's light calendar, the famous writer Jonathan Corot used "One-third of the people in this country do not know these words" as the title of the first chapter of his groundbreaking book "American Illiteracy". In
In this book, Jonathan Corot claims that 355 million adults in America cannot read the toxicity warning on a pesticide bottle, a letter from a child’s teacher, or the front page of a newspaper. In addition, 365 million people read
Ability cannot even meet the level of social survival needs.
In the year 3981 of the Bright Calendar, according to a survey conducted by an educational institution, one-third of 17-year-old teenagers did not know who Abraham Sweeten, the founding father and first head of state of America, was.
Only 13% of the Lecanites could locate the small country of Babylon on a map.
Not long ago, in 3988, America's literacy rate was deteriorating. 14% of the adult population (that is, 492 million people) was illiterate, and 21% had reading skills below the fifth-grade level. 19% of high school graduates
Illiterate.
This sounds exaggerated, but it is the official survey result of the American Department of Education and the American National Literacy Institute.
This is the consequence of the elite education implemented in America. Children belonging to the rich and middle class study hard in private schools, attend various cram schools, and join various magic training organizations. The rest are from poor backgrounds.
Their children are receiving so-called "quality education" in public schools.
It is obvious that those who are literate do not have much time to read novels and other leisure readings, and those who have the leisure and time cannot understand anything too advanced.
At this time, William pointed to his shopping basket again: "By the way, I suggest you don't buy so much, it's a waste of money. If you want to know it's true, my uncle runs a scrap shop, and there are people there every day
A lot of newspapers, periodicals and magazines were sent over. Even the latest ones,
You only need to wait two more days. As for comics, there are several ready-made sets in our neighborhood. I can help you borrow them in about a month. There are also rental bookstores, but the supply of books is also very tight. We are
There’s no need to spend money on this, right?”
Li Mochen followed the good example and immediately put all the newspapers, periodicals and books in the shopping basket back to their original places.
This move made several bookstore clerks nearby look at him with suspicion, but one of Li Mochen's advantages is that he is thick-skinned.
As William said, there is no need for him to put his precious golden shield on it.
Whether buying from junk shops or borrowing or renting books, it is a very economical way. He just wants to use these books and newspapers to learn more about the humanities, geography, history, current affairs and style of the world, etc., for them
It doesn’t matter whether it’s old or new or where it came from.
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Li Mochen and William walked around Market Street until three o'clock in the afternoon before taking the bus back to the neighborhood where they lived.
They were lucky enough to not encounter any robbers on their return trip. However, when Li Mochen and William parted ways again and came to the door of the dilapidated apartment building, they instinctively frowned.
This is because there are five luxury cars parked in front of the apartment gate. Especially the one in the middle is an extended version of the Sweeten 'City' model.
Sweeten is not only the surname of America's first president, but also a well-known luxury car brand in America. As for the extended version of Sweeten's "City" model, there are only less than 73,000 units in the entire New World.
.Their owners can be said to be either rich or noble.
In addition, on both sides of the motorcade, there were more than a dozen bodyguards wearing sunglasses standing with their hands behind their backs, guarding these magic cars.
When Li Mochen appeared, all these people turned their heads to look at him.
But other than that, these people didn't do any other actions. They still stood there like statues and allowed him to walk into the apartment.
Li Mochen could probably guess what was going on, and walked inside with a cold expression.
Ten seconds later, he arrived at the door of his semi-dark basement. The door was already open, and there were several big white men standing in the shape of iron towers on both sides.
It is worth noting that there are signs of prying on the door lock.
At this moment, a clear and sweet female voice came from the room: "You'd better not misunderstand, it was already like this when we came here. Unfortunately, Andre, it seems that your place has been visited by a thief."
Li Mochen raised his eyebrows slightly, ignored several bodyguards at the door, and walked in. Then he saw a young woman in her twenties, with exquisite makeup and pretty features, sitting leisurely with her arms folded on her chest.
in front of his desk.
Li Mochen was deeply impressed by this woman. She was the sister of the original owner of the body, Jennifer Wildenstein. This woman also had a name that she had given up - Li Yunyun.
"Didn't there be a shooting near that Cai Kee restaurant? Why are you coming back now? You kept me waiting for too long, my dear brother."
"It's none of your business when I come back."
Li Mochen was indifferent and replied in a stiff voice: "It's you, can you leave? I don't welcome you here, unless you want me to sue you for breaking into a private house."
He didn't have any bad feelings towards this Jennifer. However, the original owner of the body was disgusted and disgusted to the extreme with his biological sister. This emotion was extremely strong, mixed with the memories he inherited, and directly affected him.