Otoharu

Chapter 333

Jiang watched her husband and nephew enter the academy, then reluctantly let go of her waving hands, and led the pair of children back.When Jiang Shi and Li Yanyiyi said goodbye just now, Jiang Shanqing also took Li Meier aside and muttered for a while, and asked her to go to the shops outside the mountain gate to see which ones were slow in business and whether they had plans to sell them.

Li Meier took this matter to heart, and said to Jiang: "Mother, it's rare for us to come here, so let's take a stroll here before leaving. I think there are mostly bookstores here, and I don't know if there are any. There is no Journey to the West sold by our family."

Seeing her daughter's high spirits, Mrs. Jiang agreed to her, but repeatedly asked, "Then you are not allowed to run around, this is a strange place, if you get lost, mother will not know where to find you."

"Mother, don't worry, my brother and I will follow you obediently and will never run around." Li Mei'er promised, and then began to visit those bookstores one by one.

The bookstores closest to the mountain gate were the largest and had the best business. Li Meier took a casual look and found that the first few volumes of Journey to the West were placed in the most conspicuous positions, and they seemed to be selling well.

Li Meier found that there was no latest volume of Journey to the West in the store, so she asked the store clerk, "Then Journey to the West has already released the fifth volume, why do you only have the first three volumes here?"

When the guy heard this, he immediately replied with an apologetic smile: "Guests, you don't know. The latest two volumes of Journey to the West are the best sellers. They were sold out as soon as they arrived. The state capital has not yet arrived." , I'm afraid it will take a few days, if you are in a hurry, you can pay a deposit first, leave your name and address, and when the book arrives, I will send someone to notify you immediately."

After hearing this, Li Mei'er was very happy, knowing that their book was selling so hot that the supply was in short supply.

"Then do other bookstores sell the last two volumes?" Li Meier asked casually again.

Perhaps Li Meier was well dressed, and the guy was very patient with her, and continued to reply: "Guests, don't worry, our house is the largest bookstore in this area, we don't have one, and it's impossible for other houses to have one, and Our family has always been the fastest to arrive. After all, our shopkeeper and the shopkeeper of Tianyizhai are old acquaintances, and they will give priority to supplying books to our shop." Tianyizhai is the bookstore of Li Xin's family in the state capital, and now it has disappeared. He is the leader of the state bookstore.

Li Meier nodded in understanding, and then asked seemingly unintentionally, "I see that there are indeed many bookstores here. With such a big competition, wouldn't the business be bad?"

The guy immediately said very proudly: "Our bookstore business has always been good. You can tell when you enter the store, but the business of the small bookstores at the end of the street is not good. Not only are there few books in them, but the latest bestsellers Most of the books can’t get the source of goods, and it seems that they will not be able to continue their business, so they just try their best to maintain it.”

"Since there is no money to make, why doesn't the store manager close the business? Whether it is renting out the shop or selling it, it is better than making ends meet." Li Meier asked suspiciously.

The man chatted with Li Meier for a while, and the chatterbox also opened up, and he talked endlessly: "Guest, our shop here is not so easy to rent out, as you have seen, this is the top of Siming Mountain, next to the egret The Academy, except for bookstores and grocery stores, has no other business. After all, the cost of transporting goods from the foot of the mountain is too high. It’s hard to rent out a shop, let alone sell it.”

Li Meier nodded thoughtfully. She basically understood what she wanted to know, so she handed the book of poems she was holding to the guy and said, "I want this one, please wrap it up for me." After chatting with them for a long time, I can't ignore their business at all.

The guy responded happily, then took the book and packed it.

Jiang led Kang Geer to choose copy books for him on the other side. Seeing that her daughter had bought a collection of poems, she smiled and asked, "It's not that you have never loved these poems and words, why do you suddenly want to buy a collection of poems?" ?”

Li Meier just smiled, and said casually: "Didn't Sister Sanya invite me to attend the poetry meeting next month? I'll buy this collection of poems and read it first. It's also good to hug Buddha's feet temporarily."

Mrs. Jiang also laughed when she heard the words, "I didn't expect you to promise Sanya to go to that poetry meeting. Didn't you hate this the most when you were in the town? You always refuse to go when your clan sisters invite you, boss He said that if he had time to spare, he might as well cook something delicious."

She thinks the same way now, Li Meier said silently in her heart, but now she is not in the town, and she goes to the poetry meeting not to recite poems, but to see the world, get to know more people, and grow up. Some vision is also good.

When the three of them left the bookshop, Li Meier said that she would go to the shop at the end of the street to have a look again, but Mrs. Jiang was a little puzzled, and asked, "What are there to go shopping there? Big, we’ve bought everything we should have bought, so there’s no need to go shopping.”

"Mother, just listen to me, let's go and have a look, and I'll tell you the reason after I'm done." Li Meier dragged Mrs. Jiang to the end of the street.Brother Kang naturally had no right to speak, so he walked with his mother and sister.

A group of people soon arrived at the bookstore at the end of the street. It was really deserted here. It can be said that there were no customers outside. Li Meier and the others entered the shop. There was only one middle-aged man inside. The shopkeeper, another buddy.

Seeing so many people coming in at once, the shopkeeper immediately stepped forward to receive them enthusiastically, and asked with a smile on his face, "What books do you guys want to buy? Four books and five classics, travel notes and stories, all of them are available in the small shop." of.

Li Meier just smiled and said: "Shopkeeper, we don't buy books."

The shopkeeper's face suddenly turned disappointed, and his tone became much colder, "If you don't buy books, what are those customers here for?"

"I just want to ask, is your shop for sale?" Li Meier asked with a smile.As soon as this remark came out, not only the shopkeeper, but even Mrs. Jiang was shocked.

The shopkeeper looked Li Meier up and down for a while, then forced a smile and said: "Young lady, don't make such a joke with me."

Li Mei'er wanted to say something more, but she was pulled aside by Mrs. Jiang, and asked with a serious expression: "Mei'er, what the hell are you doing? Didn't you just go shopping, why did you buy a shop with someone again?" , is this a casual joke?"

Li Meier was a little speechless, why did everyone think she was joking, just because she was young, she was very serious.

(End of this chapter)