return to the third grade

Chapter 21 The Bad Bookstore

The three good sisters came to Xinhua Bookstore chatting and laughing, and opened the door to enter the store, which was deserted.The two clerks and the cashier were chatting together.He didn't respond when he saw them enter the door, he just glanced at them.

Ling Xiaoxiao and the others have long been familiar with the strangeness. People who eat a lot of food can't expect them to be proactive.Besides, in her previous life until she was reborn, the bookstore in the county was still half dead.

The layout of the junior high school area was almost the same as when they came last time. The textbooks and tutorial books were still in such a high pile, and it seemed that they hadn't sold much. . .The three of them looked through it, and found that the tutorial books were still the ones that were imported at the beginning of the semester, and there were no new tutorial books to come back.

Ling Xiaoxiao was very disappointed. A good tutorial book was of great guidance to them. It was rare for them to get in touch with teachers without self-study in the morning and evening.

The three of them looked at each other and walked out of Xinhua Bookstore. There are also some small bookstores opened by individuals beside the main street, mainly selling supplementary books and magazine novels. The three of them went in and took a look and found that the types of tutorial books were not in Xinhua Bookstore. many.Ling Xiaoxiao regrets it very much now, she should have bought more when she was in the capital, but unfortunately she didn't have time to read more, so she could only buy a few based on her feeling. . . .

The three of them were a little disappointed that they didn't get the book, and now it was too late for each of them to go home for dinner, so Ling Xiaoxiao took them to Ling Ma's shop.On weekdays, there were not many people buying clothes in the store. Ling Ma and Auntie had just finished eating and were cleaning up the cash register. They were surprised to see Ling Xiaoxiao and the others enter the door.

"Da Bao'er, why did you come here? Aren't you going to class this afternoon?" Mother Ling hurried over to hold Ling Xiaoxiao's hand, and found that her daughter's hand was a bit cold, so she quickly covered it for her.

"We went out to buy reference books, but there are too few types of books in Xinhua Bookstore, and we can't buy suitable ones." Seeing her mother, Ling Xiaoxiao began to complain coquettishly without any burden in her heart.

"Ah? Is it serious that I can't buy reference books? What should I do then?" Ling Ma cried out in surprise when her daughter told her about it.

"Second Sister, don't just pull Xiaoxiao and tell her two little classmates to sit and have a rest." The aunt took out two small benches from under the cash register and put them next to the radiator, calling Wu Qingqing and Xu Xiaoying Go over there and sit down and get warm.

It has been a month since the clothing store opened, and this is the first time Ling Xiaoxiao has come here since it opened. She glanced around and found that the store was somewhat empty: "Mom, why are the shelves empty?"

"It's not that the temperature has dropped in the past few days. Many people who didn't buy winter clothes before came out to buy clothes. In one weekend, they sold most of the clothes I came back from before. No, it's time to buy again." The tone was not without showing off, she now completely felt that it was better to go out and work alone than to work in the factory every day.

"That's it." Ling Xiaoxiao turned her eyes and looked at Ling's mother: "Mom, when are you going to buy goods? Take me to Bincheng, please. It's really slow to do the questions without a suitable reference book. Many questions are not good enough. will do."

"Are you going with me?" Mama Ling looked at her daughter with some doubts: "But I have to take the train when I arrive in Bincheng, what should you do if you go to Bincheng with me? You didn't go back to the county after buying the books bus."

"Then I'll just stay for one night. I can just go around more. I want to buy more books." Ling Xiaoxiao walked over and hugged Ling Ma's arm and began to act like a baby.

Mama Ling was a little dazzled by the sugar-coated shells, but she still firmly pulled out her arms and moved a few steps away: "That's not okay, you are only 14 years old and you are too young to let you go out alone. Besides, your father will definitely not agree to it." .”

With this idea in mind, Ling Xiaoxiao felt like growing grass in her heart, not just science tutorial books, she also wanted to buy some literature books to read when she was tired of doing the questions, so as to accumulate some literary literacy, so that she would not always feel that every time she wrote an essay Dry, full of words but feel unable to write.

She should also buy some English cassettes and English original texts. Only listening to junior high school listening has begun to limit her progress. She needs further listening stimulation, and the reading comprehension of English also requires the accumulation of reading volume. The best way Just read the original text more.Of course, it would be best if you can buy a professional-grade radio, so you can listen to the BBC more.

Thinking of these, she felt that the trip to Bincheng was imminent, but she was not in a hurry to convince her mother at this time, and said that it would save trouble when she went back at night when Dad Ling was there.

Xu Xiaoying and Wu Qingqing strolled around Mama Ling's shop again, each of them spotted a style they liked and prepared to come over with their pocket money when they found time.It was not too early, and the three of them went to the commercial building to eat a bowl of wontons and then went back to school, preparing for the afternoon class.

"Xiaoxiao, do you want to find time to go to Bincheng?" Wu Qingqing asked while walking.

"Yes, yes, Xiaoxiao, are you going to Bincheng?" Xu Xiaoying also asked curiously.

Ling Xiaoxiao nodded: "If you can't buy books in the county, you should try to find a way. If there is no unified examination, it's fine if the school teachers set up the monthly exams themselves. Now that you see the gap with the three major schools, you must find a way to make up for it."

"If you go to Bincheng, bring me a set of tutorial books, my family will definitely not let me go." Wu Qingqing said a little helplessly, if she could, she would go to Bincheng to pick out her favorite books.

"Buy it for me too," Xu Xiaoying said with a faint look in her eyes, "You know the situation of my family. Even if my parents agree with me, they can't afford the round-trip travel expenses and accommodation money. The sugar factory has not paid for it for several months. Salary, my mother will be envious when she comes back now, saying that many people in the factory envy your mother to come out and work alone before the production period. It is not as tiring as working in the factory and you can earn more.”

"Actually, you can ask your parents to come out and do it yourself. It's good that Xu's father will drive out to be the driver of the operating vehicle." Ling Xiaoxiao thought for a while. The logistics industry has already flourished in the south in this era, that is, the large and medium-sized ones in the north. The city has also developed for a while, and it will only get better and better in the future. If you have the capital, it is best to buy a car to haul goods back and forth.

"How could those people who have worked in the factory all their lives listen to me? That is to say, they envy your mother. If they really want to work alone, no one is willing." Xu Xiaoying sighed, she still knew her parents quite well. .

"Then there's nothing I can do." Ling Xiaoxiao knew that the change of concept was very difficult for her parents and her generation. No one would have thought that one day they would have nothing to eat after eating big pots of rice for so many years, but that's how the times are. No matter what you think or do, it will go forward according to its own trajectory and cannot be stopped.

(End of this chapter)