"Do you have anyone to recommend?" Xu Lin asked.
"What do you think of Li Jingjing?" Zhou Pin asked.
"How could I forget Jingjing? Okay, okay, I'll go find her tomorrow."
The next day, Xu Lin went out with Zhou Pin as usual. Zhou Pin went to work, and Xu Lin went to find Li Jingjing.
Sun Wei has already rented a house in the residential area. I heard about this from Minister Sun the day before yesterday. Xu Lin asked for the exact location, but she has never been there.
Following Minister Sun's directions, Xu Lin found Building 28 and knocked on the door of Room 101. They had rented a first-floor apartment for convenience.
Li Jingjing opened the door and was delighted to see Xu Lin. Grandma Wu and Sun Wei were also there. After Xu Lin explained her purpose, Li Jingjing immediately agreed to work at the bookstore, and Sun Wei and Grandma Wu also expressed their support.
Li Jingjing's main injury was to her face, which is already healing and scabbing over. She did not wallow in self-pity because of this, thanks to her strong mentality and Sun Wei's unwavering love for her, which gave her confidence.
Unaffected by the operation, Li Jingjing immediately wanted to start working with Xu Lin, and Xu Lin naturally did not refuse. It was as if they had returned to the days when they were busy working at the Beijing base.
Xu Lin first discussed the bookstore's business strategy and future development direction with Li Jingjing, and they made a plan. They wanted to open within a month, and today they went to the Ministry of Culture's book warehouse to select books.
According to the contract, 5,000 books were allocated in the initial phase, and Xu Lin could collect 200 books from the library every quarter. Since the books were not printed for a specific purpose, some books might have dozens of copies, while others might only have one copy.
The library was a large warehouse behind the government building, where resources salvaged from the apocalypse were stored. The two men showed their identification to the staff and explained their purpose.
The staff member who greeted them was a young woman in her early twenties. She was dressed very fashionably, and although she was wearing a uniform, her shoes were from a major brand, which made it clear that she was not an ordinary person.
"I have an electronic version of the catalog here. Just check the boxes and I'll pack it up for you," the young woman said businesslike.
"Can we see the actual product first?" Xu Lin said.
"What do you mean? Don't you trust my character? Would I give you substandard products? Besides, how can anyone just walk into the place where the books are kept? What if you get bad intentions and damage the books!" The little girl was unhappy.
"Miss, you've misunderstood. We need to customize bookshelves and cabinets, so we'd like to see the book dimensions first. We also need to promote some popular books, so we need to know about them in advance." Seeing the young woman's dedication to the library, Xu Lin quickly explained.
"Oh, I see. Okay, come with me." The girl's attitude immediately improved, leaving the two a little confused.
"Miss, what's your name? Will we come to you every time we need to pick up our books?" Xu Lin began to try and get closer to her.
"My name is Xie Yao, Xie as in Xie and Yao as in Yao. You can just call me by my name," the little girl said.
"Okay, your name is very good. It's a combination of your parents' surnames, right? It's very meaningful." Xu Lin continued to flatter, while Li Jingjing felt inferior.
"Yes, by the way, what are your names?" Xie Yao asked.
The three chatted as they walked to the book storage area, and soon found themselves talking at length. Two and a half years into the apocalypse, to find a job as a librarian at the base, dressed in fine clothes, led Xu Lin to conclude that Xie Yao's family background was extraordinary. Having just learned yesterday that the Minister of Culture's surname was Yao, Xu Lin couldn't help but think further.
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