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Chapter 19 The light of mobile phones (7)

When Uncle Li heard that Aunt Li was unrestrained, he immediately said, "Bao, bah, bah, bah, bah," "Hey! Don't talk nonsense! You're talking nonsense in such places."

"Fethical superstition." Aunt Li put away her phone and gave Uncle Li a blank look, completely disregarding her own string of speeches that kept pace with the times.

"Okay, okay. Don't argue with you two. Go back." The son became a peacemaker and helped them walk out.

They stayed outside for a day, had dinner before they got home.

Aunt Li went home and stayed on the sofa and continued to play with her mobile phone. The opportunity for Xiaoxiao Le today has been used up. She watched the videos and articles.

Uncle Li ignored her and entered the study.

The new notebook is still spread out.

Uncle Li sat at the table, like a ceremony, turning on the desk lamp and putting on reading glasses.

He wrote today's date in his notebook and wrote that he would go to worship Jiang Longchang today.

After turning a page, he wrote down the date for next year and added the words "80th birthday party" later.

Back to the previous page, Uncle Li thought about it and wrote down the date of tomorrow. Then he followed the line of words "Go to the bookstore and buy new books". He reopened the line. He did not write the date, but only wrote the "reading plan" and left three book titles. He thought about reading three books a month, and the progress was just right. After a few lines, he wrote the date of the next month, and the next one was "making a travel plan". He remembered that there was a storefront opened by a travel agency at the entrance of the community, and there were many contents of the tour group posted at the door, each time

There are old men and women around there to watch it. Some people in the community also organize a tour to the new countryside in the suburbs. He wants to go to see it, and then go to travel. When he retires, he said he would go to Huangshan... He must not be able to climb now. But there is a cable car in the mountain... Uncle Li thought about it and wrote "Huangshan" in his notebook. Oh, and "Sea". When he was young, he went to Hainan once and went on a business trip. Now, he wants to go and see the sea and the sunrise again.

And fishing.

After Lao Long stopped playing, he hadn't gone fishing for a long time.

Uncle Li wrote down again, "Fishing". But when filling in the date, he encountered some difficulties. He hesitated for a while, drew brackets at the back, filled in "Look at the weather" and added "Look at the weather forecast tomorrow".

Just as the content was added constantly, Uncle Li wrote to the second page.

Looking at the words "80th birthday", his hands paused and wrote "Go and see Lao Long" in the next line. He burned some paper money for Lao Long and lit an incense stick to tell Lao Long that he had a very fulfilling life this year.

"Old man, I'm going to sleep!" Aunt Li shouted outside.

Uncle Li put down his pen with satisfaction and walked out of the study.

Aunt Li had already washed up and walked towards the bedroom while holding her cell phone.

She turned off the lights in the living room. The light from the phone shone on her face, which shocked Uncle Li.

Aunt Li was conscious of nothing and was still watching popular science articles on the screen carefully.

Uncle Li shook his head, turned off the light in the study, and went to wash up. When he entered the bedroom, he saw Aunt Li turning on the bedside light and still looking at her cell phone.

"Didn't you sleep?"

"Wait until I finish reading this."

Uncle Li snorted, got into the quilt, pointed the back of his head at Aunt Li, and fell asleep quickly.

Uncle Li failed to buy a new book the next day.

Originally, there was a Xinhua Bookstore next to the nearby primary school, but it turned into a supermarket. Uncle Li thought he had remembered the wrong place, so he walked along the road for a while and was so tired that he leaned against the flower bed. A kind-hearted young man asked if he wanted to call his family. He shook his head and refused, and walked around and slowly returned home.

The plan didn't go smoothly at the beginning, which made Uncle Li a little depressed.

He rested at home for a long time, and waited for Aunt Li who came back to cook at noon.

"What's wrong with you? Your face turned pale." Aunt Li asked in surprise, "Did you lose too much today?"

"I didn't play cards." Uncle Li replied.

"Where did you go?" Aunt Li asked, tying her apron and entering the kitchen.

"Where is the Xinhua Bookstore next to the elementary school?" Uncle Li asked himself without answering.

"What Xinhua Bookstore?"

"Isn't it a Xinhua Bookstore next to Wenwen Primary School?" Uncle Li thought Aunt Li had forgotten and explained in detail, "I picked him up after school at that time and went with him to buy his papers. I also bought books, books, pens, etc. There were also desk lamps there."

"Didn't that close long ago? How long has Wenwen Primary School been around?" Aunt Li said.

Wenwen is their grandson. He lived with his daughter and son-in-law when he was a child, and he studied in elementary school here. Wenwen is almost graduating from college now.

Uncle Li felt even more depressed. He didn't know that Xinhua Bookstore was closed.

In this way, he will ask his old neighbors later where there is a bookstore nearby.

"What are you doing with Xinhua Bookstore? Have you used up your notebooks and pens at home?" Aunt Li shouted in the kitchen. She knew that Uncle Li had been writing and painting for a while. "Wenwen had so many notebooks at that time, but they were gone?"

"No, I want to buy books."

"What books did you buy?"

Uncle Li didn't answer, he turned on the TV and watched the news.

He and Aunt Li had no common topics on studying. When he was taking Sun Wenwen, his daughter and son-in-law were busy, and he was also watching his grandson's homework. When he was a child, he was teaching him by his three children. Aunt Li only cared about the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and trivial matters in life.

Aunt Li didn't hear the answer. When Uncle Li didn't hear it, he asked in a louder voice.

"Just take a look." Uncle Li replied helplessly, "Buy some new books to read."

"Let your son buy it for you."

"What does he know? He doesn't read books. Just like you, he knows to look at his phone." Uncle Li said contemptuously.

Aunt Li snorted and stopped talking.

She prepared lunch and called Uncle Li.

Uncle Li sat down at the dining table with a face held.

"You want to find a bookstore, I'll find it for you." Aunt Li took out her cell phone and opened the map.

"Do you know where the bookstore door is opened?" Uncle Li picked up the dishes.

"I know Xinhua Bookstore is closed." Aunt Li looked at Uncle Li with his eyes squintedly and drew words on his phone.

Uncle Li didn't say anything anymore.

Aunt Li showed a winning smile.

"Don't play with your phone after dinner."

"Didn't I find you a bookstore?" Aunt Li said, staring at the screen of her phone and pointing one by one, "The nearest bookstore... is on Shancheng Road."

"Shancheng Road?" Uncle Li raised his head.

Aunt Li showed him the screen of her phone.

Uncle Li narrowed his eyes.

"You are presbyopia, forget it. I told you that I had to take a bus to go there. What books do you want to buy and ask your son to buy."

"How do I know what books I want to buy if I don't read? Hey, check, where is the book fair? Didn't the news in the past two days say there was a book fair..."

"That's the Shanghai Book Fair, are you still going to Shanghai?"

"Not Shanghai Book Fair—"

"What are you from Beijing?" Aunt Li answered quickly.

Uncle Li said patiently: "No, it's here. We are talking about the news tonight."

Aunt Li checked it with her mobile phone, "In the city exhibition hall."

“Where is the city exhibition hall?”

Aunt Li skillfully clicked on the address on the screen, and the map popped up on the phone.

“On the Tianshui Road.”

"Where is the Tianshui Road?"

"It's more than an hour to take the subway."

Uncle Li was a little discouraged.

"You want to find a book, you can search it online. You can still read it online." Aunt Li gave Uncle Li an idea, opened Taobao, and searched for Uncle Li for books.

Uncle Li wanted to get reading glasses, but Aunt Li stopped him.

"You can watch it after dinner. I'll take a nap and use my phone for you. I'll get up later and I'll play cards with Building 4. You have to give me your phone back." Aunt Li reminded.

"I know, I know." Uncle Li agreed.
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