On Sunday afternoon, Bai Zhengyu habitually came to a Xinhua Bookstore next to the government compound.

This is the largest Xinhua bookstore in Qingshan City, which covers almost all books from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

The bookstore building has four floors, which are divided into four areas by region.

It is said to be a bookstore, people prefer to call it a bookstore.

Because the nearby bus stop is named after Xinhua Book City.

The first floor sells books from elementary school to high school teaching aids, and Bai Zhengyu takes the elevator to the second floor.

In front of the display sign in the bookstore on the second floor, she met Wang Chen, who had arrived one step earlier than her.

There are people who buy books in Xinhua Bookstore, and naturally some people who read books in it.

You won’t drive people by reading books in a bookstore, so every weekend, many people come here to read books.

But of course, there are more students like Bai Zhengyu and others.

Bookstores were still very profitable in this era, but in later generations, due to the rise of various fresh entertainment methods, people's interest in reading books gradually became less and less. Cheng Lixue remembers that in about 2018, the Xinhua Bookstore, which had become a landmark building in Qingshan City, officially announced its bankruptcy.

In fact, it was not considered a bankruptcy, but it moved from this prime location next to the municipal government to a remote area in the suburbs.

It's just that the scale and the books sold are far less than that big than now.

Moreover, when Cheng Lixue returned to Qingshan and passed by this relocated Xinhua Bookstore, there were only a few people inside, and it was no longer the grand occasion of the past.

"Have you found any good book?" Bai Zhengyu asked with a smile.

"Not yet, but there are indeed many new books recently." Wang Chen said.

The two left the history class next to them and walked all the way. Bai Zhengyu watched many people come up from the first floor and didn't stop on the second floor at all, so she went directly to the third floor of the bookstore. She was a little surprised and said, "Isn't the second floor the most people in the second floor? Why are they all going to the third floor now?"

"I was also surprised just now, but you didn't come. I was afraid that you wouldn't find me, so I didn't go to the third floor. Let's go to the third floor to check it out." Wang Chen said.

"Yes." Bai Zhengyu nodded.

The second floor has more history, suspense, and some famous novels from countries around the world. Therefore, in the past, the second floor had the largest number of visitors.

The two walked up the escalator of the bookstore and arrived at the third floor.

Then I saw many people queuing up to buy books at the Youth Literature Classification Office on the third floor.

Wang Chen also saw two classmates he had met in Wensi.

"Zhao Kai, Wang Qi, what books are you queuing up here to buy?" Wang Chen walked up to ask.

"Spring Breeze." Zhao Kai said: "A book about youth literature published by Jiangzhou Publishing House on campus has been very popular recently. Everyone in the class is reading it. I wanted to come and buy one while I had time on the weekend. As a result, the bookstores near the school sold out. I heard that there was a bookstore in the bookstore, so I came to see it with Wang Qi, and there was really a lot."

"I have been queuing for such a long line, it should be a pretty good book. Zheng Yu, why don't we buy two too?" Wang Chen asked when he came back.

"Yes." Bai Zhengyu nodded.

The two of them lined up for about half an hour and then bought two copies of "Spring Breeze".

When they returned to the second floor, the two of them walked around, and Bai Zhengyu went to the first floor to buy a few books on high school full-scoring compositions.

The competition will be next Saturday, and it will only be two days to read books. Bai Zhengyu knows how to use his time. Although the composition competition next Saturday is very important, it is obvious that he cannot take up other time to read these books.

Bai Zhengyu is preparing to read some excellent essays from the above, hoping to gain some inspiration from them.

In fact, before school ended on Friday, Wang Yue asked her to ask Cheng Lixue for more questions about the composition.

After all, the two contestants selected in the school this time were from their own classes. In previous years, almost no freshmen in the first year participated. Almost all of them were selected from the second and third year of high school, and most of them were from the school’s literary club.

So at No. 1 Middle School, there is also a saying that if you want to participate in the No. 1 Middle School composition competition, you must advance to the literary club.

In this class, the two people selected by the school were obviously not from the school’s literary club.

Because they are all students in their own class, Wang Yue naturally thought that the rankings could be higher, and Cheng Lixue's compositional scores were obviously able to teach her.

It was just because of the conflict between the two that it was good enough that Bai Zhengyu didn't kill him with a sword. How could he ask him about his knowledge about composition?

"Have you bought it?" Wang Chen asked.

"I'm missing a book of "Meditation" written by Marco Aurelius. I forgot to find it when I was on the second floor." Bai Zhengyu said.

"Who is Marco Aurelius? I haven't even heard of this book." Wang Chen said.

"Marco Aurelius was the only philosopher emperor in ancient Rome. This is a book written to him by Marco Aurelius." She smiled and said, "Actually, it's not me who wanted me to read it. It was my dad who asked me to buy one for him when he came to the bookstore."

"Have you bought yours?" Bai Zhengyu asked.

"I've bought it! I don't need to buy many books. Apart from one book "Spring Breeze", there is only one book by Guo Jingming's "Tiny Times"." Wang Chen smiled.

Bai Zhengyu looked at it and it was the first origami era in his childhood. For many girls in the school, many people liked this novel very much. In 2008, this book also topped the top three best-selling list, but Bai Zhengyu didn't like it very much, because the content in the novel looked too fake.

It can only be satisfied with the vanity of some girls who have no experience. Perhaps many girls like the plot of tossing and turning, but Bai Zhengyu is not listed here. Bai Zhengyu relatively likes books with a rich inner world, so she likes Haruki Murakami so much.

In addition, I also like "Hundred Years of Solitude", "Siege of the City", "Rashomon" and "The Weakness of Human Nature".

In her opinion, if a book can enrich its inner world, it is definitely a good book.

"Then you sit next to you and wait for a while, I'll go find this book." Bai Zhengyu said.

"Okay." Wang Chen smiled.

Bai Zhengyu turned around and went to the second floor.

When he walked to the second floor of Xinhua Bookstore, Cheng Lixue separated from Zhou Hong and others.

This group of people took him to Xinhua Bookstore to buy "Spring Breeze". Cheng Lixue didn't want to come. Not to mention that "Spring Breeze" was written by himself. The first volume of "Spring Breeze" was at his home. But he really couldn't stand the scrupulous and drag of these people, so Cheng Lixue had to come with him.

They went to the third floor to queue up to buy "Spring Breeze", while Cheng Lixue started to browse the major bookshelf on the second floor.

This is what makes me feel like the fragrance of ink. When I traveled through major books in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, Cheng Lixue felt that he was quiet.

Cheng Lixue stayed in front of a book. In 2008, the Central Compilation and Translation Press published a book called "Meditation" and became the best-selling champion of the year.

In later generations, Cheng Lixue often wanted to calm down and take a look at this book, which He Hongyuan called, "It was written by someone nearly two thousand years ago. In another two thousand years, someone will definitely read it. But until he was reborn, he never picked it up and read it. However, now he has a lot of time to read this famous book.

In fact, "Meditations" has a high evaluation.

In 1992, I asked Clinton which book had the greatest influence on him besides the Bible. He pondered for a moment and replied: "Marco Aurelius's Meditations." - October 1998, Gary Wells's New York Review of Books.
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