king x king

Chapter 66

Although the strange king told King Jin to wait for his reply, there was no sign of reappearing until the leaves were all yellowed by the sun.

King Jin, who had originally made up his mind to guard against himself, couldn't help but relax a little bit as time went by—although he didn't have a formal job at the moment, his illustrated stories had begun to emerge gradually, and different editors began to negotiate with him ; Although the film of Rhodes and Lin Ling received sharp reviews from some film critics, it was very popular. When he was not in a hurry to finish the draft, King Jin picked up his bag and ran around with the big stars again, just to "stop letting the perverts There is an opportunity to take advantage of."

City L has only two seasons a year, winter and summer.There is never room for people to adapt between these two seasons. It seems that it became cold overnight. King Jin got up in the morning, and as soon as his feet stepped on the floor, he was shrank by the chill and quickly retracted his feet.

Liang Haofei has always been used to getting up early. When he came back from morning exercises in the small park next door, he brought back boiling soy milk. When King Jin came downstairs, he saw Lance, who was neatly dressed, reading the newspaper while holding a cup of soy milk. Without the languid breath of just waking up, it was obvious that he hadn't slept all night.

"Did you come back in the morning?" King Jin scratched his head.

Lance nodded: "I've been a little busy recently."

Tao Chuan's injury has already healed. According to Lance, Qin Rui came to the door to apologize later, and gave a "ghosts believe" explanation, saying that the thing that offended Tao Jia was someone's own initiative. The Qin family and the Tao family Still a good friend Yunyun.

King Jin yawned, and Liang Haofei motioned him to share the soy milk.

"It was predicted a few days ago that the weather would change, and it was really cold this morning. I'm afraid the baby won't want to get up." Liang Haofei said, "I'd better call him in advance."

Lance doesn't drink soy milk, but he seems to enjoy the heat in his hand. At this time, he also stood up with a cup and went upstairs to catch up on sleep.

Before Rhodes got up, King Jin had just eaten the second fried dough stick when he saw Liang Haofei leading Tang Le downstairs.

Tang Le had already put on the bright blue socks with stars, but she was wearing Liang Haofei's slippers, pattering down the stairs as if stepping on two boats, the corners of her eyes were still a little red.

Liang Haofei followed behind him with an embarrassed expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" King Jin carried Tang Le onto the chair.

Tang Le was speechless.

Liang Haofei coughed dryly.

Today is the 8th anniversary of the establishment of Pea Miao Kindergarten. A few days ago, Lin Fang sent a notice for Tang Le to take home. Liang Haofei completely forgot about it, and today he dug Tang Xiaole up. It was only after I was fully dressed that I saw the list posted on the closet - at this time Tang Le was completely woken up, so I felt very wronged, and I lost my temper just now, and the little slippers were kicked under the bed.

Liang Haofei's big slippers were dangling on Tang Le's feet. King Jin peeled an egg for him and touched his head.

Liang Haofei, who was wronged, coaxed and persuaded him to cede the land and pay compensation to force the child to stop pouting. The condition is that Liang Haofei will take him to work today.

Today, the kindergarten was on holiday, Lin Fang sent Lin Ling over early, and after the manager picked up the fish and the cat, the two met to go to the pet supermarket.

Although the little rabbits and pigeons raised in the kindergarten are not under the care of Lin Fang, there is only Lin Fang and a male teacher in the kindergarten besides the old principal, so Lin Fang is still responsible for the feed supply.

The young boss still wore a bright red apron, and his eyes curved like crescent moons when he smiled. King Jin noticed that there was also a red bird embroidered on his apron today.

There is still cat food at home, so King Jin didn't plan to buy more, but bought two cat teasers when passing by a shelf of cat toys.

Lin Fang himself also left his hometown to work in L City. He took care of King Jin who went to the city alone. After shopping, he took King Jin off the road and walked into the depths of the street.

Carrying the cat food, King Jin followed Lin Fang all the way to look at the places hidden in the depths of L City, where the bus routes would not pass, and some road sections were even from the gaps left between two old houses. Lin Fang was wearing a shirt and a gray vest Walking in such a background, there is a sense of time-space confusion, and King Jin who is following him can't help but feel a little dazed.

King Jin followed Lin Fang and turned a corner of a street planted with redbuds, and a gust of cool wind rushed straight in. King Jin adjusted his glasses and found that the road had come to an end, and further ahead was an abandoned pier. The sparkling river.

A small red brick building sat quietly in front of them. It only had two floors. The balconies were densely covered with green vines, and the six green wooden doors were only half opened.

"When I first came here, the signboard was still visible." Lin Fang smiled and said to King Jin, "Now it's completely covered by leaves."

When Lin Fang said this, King Jin noticed that this small building was still a shop, and a corner of a wooden board could barely be seen under the balcony on the second floor, but what was written on the board was completely invisible.

After entering the door, King Jin saw that it seemed to be a bookstore. Near the door was a long table used in primary schools, with a huge teapot on it.

There are tall bookshelves on three sides of the store, with a round table and a few small square stools in the middle.

I don't know if it's because of being too remote, King Jin felt suddenly quiet now.

"The boss is probably at the back. Now that there are fewer customers, he is not willing to guard the door anymore." Lin Fang motioned King Jin to put the things on the round table and let him look around.

The bookshelf with the books looked very old, completely different from his bourgeois grandfather's study room, and there were even some traces of smoke and insects on it, but the corners had been smoothed.

None of the books on the shelves were new, and King Jin noticed that some books had been re-stapled with white cotton thread—exactly the way bookstores in the countryside do.

But it is different from the bookstores in small towns that are full of romance and martial arts novels.

King King picked up a book at random, with a publication date of 1963 on the back.

Lin Fang stood beside him and smiled: "They are not young, so be careful."

King Jin was a little surprised. The books in this bookstore were very miscellaneous. From thread-bound books to comic books, they were all carefully placed on the shelves. Just by looking at them, you could feel that these books had been covered with a layer of dust over the years.

On one of the bookshelves, the King of Jin found two collections of fine brushwork paintings. They were the last collections of paintings by the old painter that Papa Jin admired most during his lifetime. They are now out of print. King Jin only heard about this name from Papa Jin. I saw the artist's works, but even Papa Jin had never seen such a collection of paintings.

There are three albums in total, and there are only two in this store—but in King Jin's eyes, this is already a remarkable achievement.

Lin Fang saw King Jin's eyes and touched his head.

"Last time you took a serious look at the gallery, I guess you might like it here too." Lin Fang said. "There are some out-of-print painters' works..."

"I like it very much." King Jin whispered. He had never seen the artist's original work, but in that farm campus, the original carp painting that Papa Jin copied over and over again from memory was now displayed in front of him.

King Jin didn't know how to describe his feelings at this moment. Papa Jin and Mama Jin said they were thrifty, and they didn't have much left behind. But standing here and looking at this carp picture, the fragrance of ink on Papa Jin's body seemed to penetrate the paper. Leisurely floated up.

The owner of this store was beyond King Jin's expectations - he originally thought that the owner of such a second-hand bookstore should be a white-haired old man with eyes.

So when the bear-like bearded boss came out from behind holding a cup, King Jin was stunned for a moment.

Lin Fang seemed to be familiar with the boss too, and introduced them to each other with a smile.

King Jin then found a set of comic strips about Black Jack, the special agent, that his father read to him when he was a child. This set of books was bought by Jin's father before he got married, and was later read by the children who came to play at home I borrowed it clean, and most of them couldn't get it back later.

He couldn't afford the out-of-print picture book, but although this kind of comic book is rare, it is not too expensive. King Jin was a little tempted and wanted to buy it back as a souvenir, but Lin Fang quietly stopped him.

"The books in the store are only for reading and not for sale, and you can drink tea but not eat." Lin Fang said softly, "I don't lend it out, so I can only come over if I want to read it. There are stools and tables, and the boss makes tea by himself, and you can bring cups. "

This store charges by time, but it is not very expensive. During the period, another middle-aged man wearing glasses came, and without saying hello to the boss, he took a book and dragged a stool from under the table and sat down.

"The charge is based on the time. I think the boss is not in the store all the time. How do you time it?" Jin Wangwang and Lin Fang stayed in the store for nearly two hours. Later, there were a few elderly customers, and there were not enough stools. They quickly settled the bill and gave up their seats.

"Isn't there a clock on the wall?" Lin Fang's collar was washed very white, which made his smile even more clean: "Customers keep the time by themselves. Most people who will go to that store to buy money will not be reckless. .”

"When I first arrived in L City, I didn't know how to use the bus. Once I got lost and couldn't find my way. I found this store by accident. I used to come here every week." Lin Fang said: "But Later, when I entered kindergarten, I had occasional jobs even on weekends, so I gradually came less often.”

There are also many big bookstores in L City, but King Jin never went in.

At first, it was because of my lack of money, but now books are not cheap.

Now there is no need to worry about income, but the family already has a large and magnificent study, so King Jin has never entered a bookstore.

But sitting in that old bookstore today, King Jin suddenly felt as if something was awakened by the smell of dust between the old pages.

"This bookstore has been in operation for three generations, isn't it incredible?" Lin Fang said to King Jin: "The current boss learned root carving when he was young, and he took over the bookstore when the previous boss passed away. Therefore, the price of reading books has not changed for decades. I dream of opening a bookstore like this.”

King Jin stopped involuntarily and looked at Lin Fang.

A long, long time ago, Papa Jin once stood behind the no longer clear glass counter, pointed to the shelves behind him and said to Little King Jin: "If all these oils, salts, sauces and vinegars were sold as books, it would be great if I settled accounts like this." You must not be distracted and make mistakes, and your mother will not be angry. Go and coax your mother, okay?"