Time is a gentle hand hidden in the wind, which slips away when you are distracted or in a trance.
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Li Yu has decided to set up shop with everyone. After selling roujiamo in the morning, the family will go for a stroll around town and wait for Lin He to finish school that afternoon before returning home.
Li Yu’s novel “The Peak of Cooking” will be on the shelves tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the day for the family reunion. Li Yu does not plan to be there, and she does not want others to know that the book was written by her, so she plans to go and take a look today.
When they arrived in town, Li Yu asked Lin Hai and his wife to take Lin Jiang to set up a stall. She took Xiaobao and Lin Mei to the bookstore.
When they arrived, all the staff in the library were there.
In fact, there are more than just Chen Zongwen and A Hu in Yunshang Book Pavilion. There are also three copyists and a shopkeeper who travels outside all the time to collect unofficial history, interesting story books, and various miscellaneous books.
This world was different from Li Yu's modern society. Back then, if a good book was published, it would be known to the entire internet within two days. But in this ancient world where information was lagging behind, one could only slowly search for it on their own.
This shopkeeper was often out and about. Li Yu had never seen him before. This was the first time he met him today. He looked different from Chen Zongwen. He was very serious and tall.
When talking to Chen Zongwen, he didn't show any humility as if he was the second in command. It was as if this library belonged to him.
When he saw Li Yu, he didn't show the same admiration that Chen Zongwen showed her. He just bowed to her expressionlessly.
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Li Yu is most afraid of dealing with this kind of people because you have no idea what the other person is thinking.
Seeing Li Yu come in, Chen Zongwen stepped forward warmly and said, "Sister Li, now that you're here, I guessed you'd be coming over in the next few days. Didn't I mention to you before that we have another manager in Yunshang Bookstore? Look, that's him." He pointed at the other person and introduced him to Li Yu.
"Yes, because tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and my youngest son will be back from the academy and may not have time to come. I also don't want others to know that I wrote this book, so I came to take a look today." Li Yu said, and then pointed at Lin Mei and Xiao Bao and introduced them to Chen Zongwen: "This is my youngest daughter Lin Mei, and my eldest grandson Lin Yaozong."
Lin Mei saluted Chen Zongwen, and the little kid followed suit.
Chen Zongwen gave a thumbs-up and praised: "Sister Li, your grandson is well-behaved and your daughter is pretty and generous."
Chen Zongwen invited them in and asked Ah Hu to serve tea and snacks.
After shouting, he gestured to the second shopkeeper to come over, and said as he gestured: "A Xiang, come here."
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Ah Xiang?
Li Yu felt like she was hallucinating. A man so tall, almost 190cm tall, was called A Xiang?
Seeing Li Yu's shocked expression, Chen Zongwen laughed out loud: "Hahahaha, sister, you don't need to make that expression, you didn't hear it wrong. His name is Ah Xiang, also known as Qu Xiangbai. So, it sounds like a good name, right?"
It was obvious that Qu Xiangbai hated being called "Ah Xiang." He walked over with an even uglier expression.
The fact that Chen Zongwen could call him by this nickname without getting angry was enough to prove that they had a good relationship.
Li Yu quickly bowed to Qu Xiangbai and said, "Greetings, Second Shopkeeper. My name is Li Yu, and my husband's surname is Lin. From now on, you can call me Li Yu, Mrs. Li, or Sister Lin."
Qu Xiangbai said to her, "No need to be so polite. I'm the same as Chen Zongwen. I've read the storybook you wrote. It's very good."
Li Yu was even happier when he was appreciated by another leader.
He said with a smile: "Since the listing time has been confirmed, it has nothing to do with me. You guys can do your own things and don't worry about me. I will transfer and leave."
The library is indeed busy because there will be new books tomorrow and everyone is checking for any mistakes.
Li Yu felt embarrassed to stay any longer. Not only could she not help, but she also had to wait on others, delaying their work. After sitting for a while, she felt that time was almost up and Lin Hai and his friends should be closing up soon, so she took Xiaobao and Lin Mei out of the bookstore.
Chen Zongwen also understood, so he didn't keep them for long.
As soon as they left the house, Lin Mei excitedly grabbed Li Yu's arm and jumped up: "Mom, is what you just said true? Did you really write a storybook? And let this bookstore sell it? Mom, you are so unkind, you didn't even show it to us. My brothers don't know either. Humph!"
Li Yu helplessly tried to free his arm while answering her, "Alright, alright, you're going to pull my arm off. Only your second brother knows about this; he was the one who accompanied Mom to the meeting last time. As for why I didn't show it to you, it was because Mom didn't know if it could be sold. Now you know."
Lin Mei was still not satisfied: "I haven't even read the storybook, let alone it was written by you, mother."
Li Yu agreed to her on the spot and said that he would go to the bookstore to buy a copy on his way home and then they could read it together. Only then did Lin Mei feel happy.
What Li Yu didn't know was that what happened next made her forget about buying the storybook.
Xiaobao also asked: "Grandma, what is a storybook? Can it be eaten? Is it delicious if there is meat?"
Li Yu was speechless and didn't know what to say.
Lin Mei picked him up and pinched his face while saying, "You only know how to eat. You want to know if anything is edible before you put it in your mouth. As for what a storybook is, grow up well, study hard, and you'll know in the future."
"I know." Xiaobao said dejectedly.
My aunt is so fierce.
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