The reborn peasant girl has space for farming

Chapter 435 Free Reading Room

There are many small alleys in Puhai City, and there are many winding paths. Baimeixi walked along the path behind the market. It used to be a concession with many Western buildings. After liberation, these Western buildings were divided into Many houses have become the residences of many ordinary people.

The size of each room is about the same, about ten square meters. Almost every household has an attic, which is about half of the room, and is used for sleeping.

This layered layout has become a residential feature of Puhai City. Most people share a bathroom or a large kitchen, and some have expanded it in the alley, built toilets and small kitchens, and even used Piles of debris take up space.There are elongated bamboo poles beside the windows of each house, which are set up on the upper floor opposite each other to dry clothes without wasting any inch of space.

Bai Meixi raised her head. There were hanging clothes everywhere, like unique flags. These small alleys had not changed much. Some houses had not even been demolished decades later. Everyone was there for the sake of profit. The result of adding an addition is just to mess up the original structure of the house.

After walking for a while, Bai Meixi suddenly felt a little bored. The alleys in Puhai City were all the same. Most people were localized and stood at the door eating melon seeds and washing clothes, leaving water everywhere.Bai Meixi doesn't like these people. Typical ordinary citizens will not be able to achieve great things in the future.

She went around to another alley, intending to find a way back to the train station. It was the foundation of her livelihood, and the door could only be found in that place.

The noisy alley gradually became quiet, and Bai Meixi discovered an alley. There were no people here. Most of the houses had windows facing the alley. Only a small bungalow opened its door in the alley.

She saw a large number of small bamboo stools placed at the door of the room, occupying almost half of the courtyard. These bamboo stools were used by children, and there were also some matzas of different shapes, which looked like they were brought from their homes by nearby neighbors. Came here.

Bai Meixi originally thought that there must be a family kindergarten nearby to have so many chairs. When she walked in, she found that it was actually a reading room. The room of more than ten square meters was filled with various miniature books. and illustrated newspapers, as well as some old newspapers and magazines, extending from the ground to the roof. In addition to the four surrounding walls, there was also a huge table in the middle, which was also piled with things.

There are several small benches under the table, neatly stacked together. It seems that there are many people in this reading room.

So many books naturally attracted many children and adults to stop. When Bai Meixi walked to the door, she had already seen two adults and two children sitting at the door reading. They were talking and laughing. They looked very happy. joy.

Everything in this reading room is self-service. You can choose the appropriate book in it and put it back after reading. No formalities are required, and no ID is required to be signed.

This business model that relies entirely on trust has opened Bai Meixi's horizons. In modern society, it is only in recent years that there are unmanned reading libraries, unmanned small supermarkets and other mobile products.

Everyone takes things by themselves and pays for themselves. It seems that they all rely on self-consciousness, but this self-consciousness is produced under the surveillance of cameras and computer surveillance systems. Even if someone wants to take advantage of something for free, they can catch it later by checking the camera. .

But not this reading room. In this era, there is neither monitoring equipment nor computer data monitoring. It is simply unbelievable that the owner of these things dare to throw so many books and newspapers here.

"Is this library state-run?" Bai Meixi determined that this was not a private place. She had never seen a library of this era and thought this was the size of a state-run library. Her words made the people around her laugh. Standing up, one of the women with a northern accent pointed to a group photo in the room, "This is your first time coming to this place. Everyone nearby knows that this is Teacher Zeng's home. It's free and you can just look at it. Just put things in order after you finish reading.”

Teacher Zeng is a retired teacher from a middle school. Her favorite thing is reading. No matter where she gets the books and newspapers, she is reluctant to throw them away. Over time, the room is full of them. Many children come to her to borrow illustrated magazines to read. Teacher Zeng simply opened this reading room so that everyone can have the opportunity to read and receive education.

"Teacher Zeng is very nice. Although she is a local, she never looks down on outsiders. She is much better than many local Shanghainese."

The woman with a northern accent has a say in this matter. She has been married here for five years and knows many locals. Every time she opens her mouth, the other party rolls her eyes, with disdain and contempt in her eyes. Teacher Zeng is different. She treats everyone in an approachable and caring manner. Several children nearby have already completed elementary school courses.You can skip several grades in school, save money and find a job earlier.

People nearby are very grateful to Teacher Zeng and often come here to take care of him when they have nothing to do.

Bai Meixi really wanted to meet this teacher Zeng. She wandered around the reading room. She had piles of newspapers on hand. Each one was very smooth, but if you look carefully, you can easily see the stains on them. They were obvious. It had been ironed and cleaned by someone else.

Bai Meixi looked at the books in the room. There were thousands of books in each category, and some of them were duplicates.It is incredible to be able to collect so many books in this era when education was not valued.

Moreover, Teacher Zeng also renovated these books to enhance everyone’s experience.Bai Meixi felt that Teacher Zeng's consciousness was very advanced. Maybe they could cooperate and do something together.

"Why does Teacher Zeng have so many books? Even the teacher has too many books." Bai Meixi's hand passed over the books. She gently picked up one and looked at it. It turned out to be the book of an old calligrapher. An only copy, this kind of thing can already enter a museum in modern society.

"Teacher Zeng just likes it. Some of the books here are her own, some are collected, and some people know that there is a reading room here and specially send their own books here."

Several women around came over. One of them, a four or five-year-old girl, held a illustrated magazine and shouted that she would become a writer in the future.This kind of ambition made Bai Meixi also laugh.

She is a sales elite in modern society. She naturally knows that speaking is an art. If she does not perform well, let alone placing orders, she may get into trouble. Therefore, she is always careful to apologize when meeting customers. After talking about an order, she often It left her physically and mentally exhausted.

After returning to this era, she very much hopes to chat with others. People in this era are very warm and simple. As long as they smile, the other person will tell them everything they know, which makes Bai Meixi very willing to get close to others.

(End of this chapter)