Chapter 1388 The Worm-eaten Book

Xiao Xiao laughed.

"If we meet again next time, I will treat you to candied haws."

Peng Hou's eyes lit up, "Thank you."

"Thank you for the candied haws."

Peng Hou leaned forward slightly, "It's delicious."

"I'm leaving."

"I want to see more places after going down the mountain."

"Okay, bye."

Xiao Xiao smiled and said goodbye.

"Goodbye."

Peng Hou was about to turn around and leave, but Xiao Xiao called out to stop him.

Peng Hou looked at the human in front of him in confusion.

"Forgot to introduce myself."

Xiao Xiao's mouth curled up slightly, "My name is Xiao Xiao."

"Master Xiao Xiao."

Peng Hou also smiled, "I hope to see you again next time."

It's rare to meet a human being who can see it.

It doesn't hate this human.

Because of the candied haws, it even felt a little closer to this human.

If possible, it hopes to meet this human again before returning to the mountain.

It remembered that this human said he would treat it to candied haws again.

It's looking forward to it.

Peng Hou left.

The candied haws were also eaten by the monsters.

Xiao Xiao withdrew his gaze from watching Peng Hou leave and stood up.

It's time for him to leave too.

He came out today to buy books at the bookstore.

I didn't expect so many incidents to happen along the way.

Xiao Xiao walked to the bookstore.

This is a bookstore that looks a bit shabby.

It looks like it's about to go bankrupt.

In fact, Xiao Xiao also saw a slogan on the window at the door saying books were sold by weight.

It's like a big sale at the mall.

Xiao Xiao frowned slightly.

Grandpa Xiao asked Xiao Xiao to visit this bookstore.

Because it is located in the shopping street near Yanda University.

Grandpa Xiao had to take care of the teahouse and couldn't come out for a long time, so he let Xiao Xiao go and take a look when he had time.

Grandpa Xiao heard about this bookstore by chance from a customer in the teahouse.

The customer said that this bookstore has been open for quite a long time.

There are still some good old books in the store.

The guests also saw several chess manuals that seemed to be very old.

Grandpa Xiao’s goal is those chess manuals.

Now that he has a good opponent like the Frog God, Grandpa Xiao has become even more passionate about playing chess.

Grandpa Xiao originally thought that his chess skills were pretty good.

Of course, it can't be compared with professionals, although Grandpa Xiao has never played against professionals.

But in the amateur circle, Grandpa Xiao still has some confidence in his chess skills.

When playing chess with people nearby, Grandpa Xiao basically loses less and wins more.

However, the Frog God's chess skills opened Grandpa Xiao's eyes.

During the initial period, Grandpa Xiao was being instructed by the other party.

Grandpa Xiao was naturally somewhat unwilling.

After the old man's hard work in improving his chess skills, he can now play against his opponents fairly well.

Even Grandpa Xiao didn't know how much strength the other party had used.

When he heard the customer say that the bookstore might have some rare chess manuals, he became a little itchy.

After asking for the address of the bookstore and knowing that it was not far from Yan University, Grandpa Xiao called Xiao Xiao directly.

Since it was Grandpa Xiao's request, Xiao Xiao set off to the bookstore according to the address the day after Grandpa Xiao called.

Xiao Xiao pushed the door and walked into the bookstore.

There weren't many people in the bookstore.

Today is not a holiday, and even though there is a sign at the door saying books are sold by weight, it did not attract many customers.

Maybe it’s also because today is not the first day that the bookstore has put up the slogan.

The excitement at the beginning has passed, and what remains are just some leftover books.

The bookstore was very quiet. Xiao Xiao's frown relaxed a little.

The atmosphere was quiet, with the sound of pages turning occasionally.

There was a faint scent of ink floating in the air.

There is still a bit of an old smell.

This is the smell that only paper books have.

It makes people's hearts calm down.

A faint smile appeared in Xiao Xiao's eyes.

The middle-aged man, who was not sure whether he was a clerk or the boss, glanced at Xiao Xiao, then looked away and looked back at the newspaper in his hand.

Xiao Xiao walked towards the bookshelf, his eyes sweeping over the titles on the spines of the books.

Looking for the chess record that Grandpa Xiao wanted.

"boss."

A voice rang out, breaking the quiet atmosphere in the store.

The few guests looked over in the direction of the sound.

Xiao Xiao is no exception.

He is a teenager of fifteen or sixteen.

The young man held the open book in both hands and held it upside down in front of the middle-aged man sitting in the seat, "Your books are all worm-eaten."

There was a hint of anger in his tone.

“Is this still watchable?”

"how is this possible?"

The middle-aged man put down the newspaper, somewhat unconvinced.

"How is it impossible?"

The boy curled his lips, "Look for yourself."

He put the book on the cash register and picked up another book tucked under his arm, "This one too."

The boy flipped to the page with the torn pages and placed the book next to the previous one.

“It’s the same situation with several books.”

"Boss, even if you sell this book by the pound it won't work."

“The content is not complete.”

"Let me see."

The middle-aged man came closer to the open book and looked at it carefully.

It was discovered that the book was just as the boy had said, with the pages in tatters and eaten by insects.

The same is true for both books.

He reached out and touched the yellowed pages of the book.

Even if he didn't believe it at first, now that the facts were before him, he had no choice but to believe it.

But emotionally, he was still a little surprised.

This bookstore is not his, it belongs to his father.

The old man has run a bookstore for his entire life and has deep feelings for it.

Most of his childhood memories are related to this bookstore.

He saw how much the old man took care of the books in the bookstore.

The books here may be very old, but they are all kept clean and well protected.

How could there be bugs?
Could it be that the child was born during this period?

The man was somewhat dazed.

Some time ago, the old man fell ill.

Illness comes like a mountain.

The old man's originally strong body collapsed in an instant.

The bookstore naturally closed.

After staying in the hospital for a week, the old man still couldn't survive the illness and eventually passed away.

Before he died, the old man was still thinking about this bookstore.

However, at that time, the old man could hardly speak, and he could only make out the word "bookstore".

Although he knew that this bookstore was the old man's hard work, and even the old lady's hope after her death.

However, he and his younger siblings all had their own jobs and did not have the extra energy to take care of the bookstore.

Moreover, this bookstore has actually been doing very poor business in recent years.

It's almost to the point where our expenses are not enough to cover our income.

After some discussion, they decided to sell the store.

He is the boss, and he is responsible for all the follow-up work of this store.

He planned to sell all the books he could and then rent out the store.

Yes.

In the end, he changed from selling the store to renting it.

　ps: Thank you Qiufengyeying for the reward (*︶*)!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)