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Chapter 45 Xinhua Bookstore

Qiu Huoming had no idea that he was suddenly subject to unwarranted and malicious speculation by his companions.

He memorized his position in the examination room, and then asked Teacher Cheng with great interest, "Teacher, would you like to take us around the campus?"

"Okay, I've never been here either." Teacher Cheng turned to look at Director Jiang, "Director Jiang, do you want to come with us?"

"Let's go together, otherwise I'm afraid we will get lost." Qiu Huoming said with a smile looking at Director Jiang.

"Okay, let's go." Director Jiang had a smile on his dark face.

After going downstairs, he rolled up the front window first, then locked the car door. He pointed to the tree-lined path next to him and said, "Let's go along this road, then turn around and go back."

"Okay." Qiu Huoming followed.

Sun Zili walked at the end, feeling a little resentful. He had said at the beginning that his foundation was not good and he wanted to review in the guesthouse, but these people simply did not listen to him.

Perhaps he was getting too stuck in a dead end. The more Sun Zili thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. His face became gloomy and his pace slowed down involuntarily.

Seeing that the four people in front were getting farther and farther away, he snorted coldly and turned back.

He had already thought of an excuse. He would say that he didn't catch up with them and got lost along the way, so he went back to the car and wait for them.

The school library was very grand. Qiu Huoming and his group were about to go in to take a look when Teacher Cheng realized that Sun Zili was missing. "Where is Sun Zili? Has anyone seen him?"

"He probably didn't catch up with us." Qiu Huoming didn't care too much. This school didn't have any old buildings. It was obviously newly built. The roads were also very neatly built with almost no detours. The red building was also very obvious. As long as one had a good IQ, he would definitely be able to find the way back.

Director Jiang frowned. He was the team leader and there could not be any mistakes.

"Let's go back the way we came."

"Okay, let's go back. You guys have good eyesight, so keep an eye on him to see if he has gone astray." Teacher Cheng quickly agreed.

The speed of returning was obviously faster, and it took only 20 minutes to return to the original place. As expected, Sun Zili was sitting on the steps at the entrance of the Red Building in an orderly manner.

Director Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and no longer had the heart to wander around. He didn't blame Sun Zili. The group became a little bored and got back into the car to head back.

Halfway through the journey, the car dropped off Qiu Huoming, Gu Xiaoran and Teacher Cheng in front of the Xinhua Bookstore, and Director Jiang first sent Sun Zili back to the guesthouse.

Come back and deal with them later.

The Xinhua Bookstore in the provincial capital is indeed completely different from the one in the county town. The customer flow alone is several times more. There is a special reading area, and some customers and a few children are sitting quietly near the window, all reading books.

Teacher Cheng found a book and sat down in the corner. "I'm so tired. I'm not going to leave here. Buy some books and come find me here."

Qiu Huoming and Gu Xiaoran agreed, and they went to the bookshelf of high school textbooks to start reading.

There were still very few textbooks in this era. Qiu Huoming looked through them for a while and then became bored. "I'll go to the audio-visual counter to take a look."

Gu Xiaoran took the selected book in his hand and said, "Okay, then I'll go to Teacher Cheng to read."

There are a lot of audio and video products. He also saw Su Xiaoming's "Night in the Naval Port", a song that is still very popular even after decades. Most of these original tapes are priced at around 7 yuan.

There are also "Peony Song", "Camel Bell", "Velvet Flower"...

A strong atmosphere of time is overwhelming. There are no songs from Taiwan and Hong Kong here, and the songs that are popular on the market today seem to be imported.

The young people of this era have an unprecedented thirst for knowledge and exploration of the outside world. They are full of vigor and energy, and like children, they are looking for answers in chaos.

Qiu Huoming walked and read, and soon he came to the magazine.

"Story Club", "Reader's Digest", "Contemporary", "Legends of the Past and Present", "Youth Literature"...

Among them, "Reader's Digest" was later renamed "Reader" due to copyright issues. These are all familiar faces.

Qiu Huoming picked the latest issues of "Story Club" and "Youth Literature and Art".

The former is priced at 1 cents; the latter is priced at 8 cents.

Since I plan to write some short stories to make money, I should first take a look at the literary style of this era.

After paying the money, the salesperson stamped the back of the magazine vigorously, wrapped it in a piece of thin paper and tied it with a thin string. Qiu Huoming then took the book to find Teacher Cheng and Gu Xiaoran.

Next to the windowsill, Gu Xiaoran leaned against the wall, with her head lowered, flipping through the book in her hand. In a corner not far from her, Teacher Cheng was holding a mathematics book in his hand and looking around absent-mindedly.

She was the team leader, and she had something on her mind. She also had to calculate the time when Director Jiang would come to pick them up, so she couldn't calm down to read.

"Have you bought it?" Teacher Cheng asked in a low voice when he saw Qiu Huoming approaching.

"Well, should we go to the door and wait for Director Jiang?" Qiu Huoming also asked in a low voice.

"Okay, let's go." Teacher Cheng supported himself and stood up.

When Gu Xiaoran heard the voice, she raised her eyes and said, "You guys wait at the door first, I'll go to pay the checkout." She shook the book in her hand and said.

"Yeah, okay." Teacher Cheng and Qiu Huoming walked out one after another.

Today is a weekday, and it's time to go to work. There are not many pedestrians on the road, but there are quite a few cars. After all, this is the provincial capital. Most of the cars on the road are jeeps, with a few Red Flags occasionally. This is the bus stop, and buses will stop from time to time to pick up and drop off passengers.

In addition, most of the cars are open-top tricycles and trucks...

After waiting for a while, I saw Gu Xiaoran walking out of the store with a wrapped book.

At about the same time, Director Jiang's car arrived at the corner of the road.

Teacher Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his arm and waved in the direction of the car.

It was already past three in the afternoon when they returned to the guesthouse. In the room on the third floor, Sun Zili had already chosen the bed by the window. Qiu Huoming took the first one and left the middle one for Director Jiang.

He put his schoolbag on the bedside table and took out the toiletries from the bag.

There were slippers and a wash basin under the bed. Director Jiang came in a moment later and asked after seeing Qiu Huoming's actions, "Take a shower?"

"Well, give it a go."

When he got to the third floor, he noticed the bathing hours posted on the door. Hot water was available from 6pm to 8pm and from am to am.

While there are few people here, hurry up and rush in.

"I'll go too." Director Jiang took off his coat, bent down to take out the washbasin, changed into slippers, and directly took a towel from the guesthouse and draped it over his shoulders.

Qiu Huoming walked barefoot in slippers towards the bathroom. When he got closer, he found that there were two doors, one for men and one for women.

"You've never been to a place like this, right? The water here is big and it's comfortable to wash." Director Jiang went in first, "Come on, don't stand at the door, or the female comrades will say you're a hooligan."

Qiu Huoming's face turned red when he said that and he walked in quickly.

There are three shower heads in total, with no obstruction in the middle and a shelf behind for things.

A fair-skinned man was washing his hair under a shower in the middle. The foam on the ground spread all over the floor with the water flow. Director Jiang stepped over it in his slippers without any care.

Qiu Huoming put down the washbasin. This scene was nothing special. When they first lived in the school dormitory, their class was assigned to the old dormitory building. They stayed there for half a year, and the shower was in the big room.

Later, new dormitories were built, and each dormitory had independent bathrooms. They really had a good life.

Taking a shower in a large bathroom is like wearing the same clothes. Whoever is smaller will be embarrassed...

Ask Brother Huozi for a follow-up reading...

If my family members have enough money, I will also ask for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets...

Starting from Tuesday this week, let's see how long I can last. I will try my best! (slogan)