The taxi driver saw that Zhang Zi'an's expression was wrong, and thought he was in the wrong place, so he asked, "What's wrong, is it here?"

Zhang Zi'an nodded stiffly, took out his wallet and paid the fare, "Master, let me inquire, when did this library be renovated?

The driver gave him change and replied: "I heard that the new leading group of the municipal party committee made it, demolished the old library, and just built this new one a year ago, saying that it is to abandon the backward policy of rejuvenating the city through industry and build Binhai City into a new type of harbor city oriented by culture and ......tourism."

Zhang Zi'an was not interested in listening any further, took the change, thanked him, and waited for the taxi to leave, and then looked at the newly completed library again.

The library is flat and wide, with a post-modern architectural design, and suddenly looks like a bookcase with overturned shelves, panes of various sizes like open books, and open doors like inviting visitors into a sea of books.

Outside the library was a small fountain square, around which there were benches for people to rest, and a few pigeons cooed and jumped in the square, pecking at the bread crumbs and other food that the girls fed them, and they did not seem to be afraid of people. Despite winter, the fountain lifts the water into the air, creating a brilliant rainbow in the sunlight and a few bright red grass goldfish swimming leisurely in the pool.

This situation and this scene are refreshing and pleasant, and I unconsciously relax my nervous mood.

But Zhang Zi'an didn't have time to appreciate it, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it, the library was indeed within the range of the light cluster, and he didn't know if it was an illusion, he vaguely felt that the light cluster seemed to be even more dim than before, like a fire of life was being extinguished.

He just observed in the taxi, there are basically only two main buildings on this street, one is Dongfeng Park, the other is the library, but the scale of these two places is very large, in the case of Dongfeng Park, it is estimated that it will take half a day to walk around, so there is only one chance to choose. He could only hope that the elves did appear in the library, otherwise if the light was really dimming as he thought, he might not have time to go to the second location.

Although he was in a hurry, he first held his mobile phone and walked around the library quickly, and there were indeed no elves outside, and then he came to the entrance.

The entrance to the library is a pair of tall floor-to-ceiling glass doors that resemble an open book. On the left and right sides of the door hangs a brass-colored metal plaque, which is engraved with large black italics like a couplet - "The Book Mountain has a road and a diligent path" and "Learn the sea without ends".

From time to time, people come in and out of the museum, ranging in age from teenage and half-old children to white-haired old people, some holding new books with the fragrance of ink in their hands, some are empty-handed, but their expressions are filled with the satisfaction of dying at the end of the day, and some people are like Zhang Zi'an, who have just arrived with apprehension, looking up at this mountain of books with awe.

The library seemed to surround itself with a mysterious magic, which made everyone who came here unconsciously relax their steps, for fear of disturbing the silence.

"Store Manager Zhang?"

As he hesitated, a somewhat familiar voice came from behind him.

Zhang Zi'an subconsciously looked back, and standing behind him was a middle-aged man with a polite manner. With all his mind on finding the elves, he was stunned for a moment before he remembered who this man was.

"Teacher Meng?"

The middle-aged man was Meng Li, who had bought a cocker spaniel from Zhang Zi'an, who was a teacher at Binhai University, but Zhang Zi'an did not know what subject he taught.

Because the clothes he wore in winter were relatively thick, Meng Li looked at Zhang Zi'an's back from behind and felt a little familiar, but he wasn't sure if it was him, so he tried to scream, but he really didn't admit it.

Meng Li was wearing a long black woolen coat, almost down to his knees, with a shirt and cashmere vest inside, and two thick books under his armpits, and said to Zhang Zi'an gently: "Store Manager Zhang, what a coincidence, I was able to meet you here, and you are also here to borrow books?"

It feels good to meet acquaintances, although Zhang Zi'an is not here to borrow books, but he still cheekily admitted: "That's right, isn't there such a sentence, books are the ladder of human progress." Even if I'm just a pet shopkeeper, I have to live to learn. ”

Meng Li didn't know that he was talking nonsense, and said happily: "Store Manager Zhang, don't be presumptuous, you have a specialization in the art industry, and it is not easy to be the top in any industry." This is the era of knowledge explosion, and we must recharge it from time to time, otherwise we will soon fall behind the times, especially if we are teachers. ”

Zhang Zixin nodded absently, his eyes fell on the book under Meng Li's armpit, and asked, "Teacher Meng came to return the book in person, why don't you let your graduate students do it for you?"

If he remembered correctly, Meng Li should have liked to support his graduate students to do chores, such as walking the dog.

"The borrowing time of these two books is about to expire, I want to return the books first, then borrow the books, and then read the books by the way - I don't know if Store Manager Zhang feels the same way, reading books in the library is particularly feeling, reminds me of the days when I was in school, I don't have to think about anything, just immerse myself in the ocean of knowledge. Meng Li took out the book from under his arm and motioned it to Zhang Zi'an.

Zhang Zi'an said that I didn't understand the world of Xueba, and I was not interested, but Meng Li handed over the book, and he glanced at it politely.

“D...... D...... D...... Dio...... "He stared at the title of the book in a daze, and for a long time he couldn't spell out the word completely, like a stuck old-fashioned tape recorder.

The book Meng Li is holding is pure English, it is well cared for, it is no different from a brand new one, there is a barcode label bound by the library on the side, the title of the book is huge, Zhang Zi'an can see the IQ of catching chickens, it is estimated that there are more than half of the words in the title alone. Underneath this book is another, thicker book in English, with a longer title.

"Oh, this is Diophantine Approximation on Linear Algebraic Groups, and I've been getting some interest in this lately. Meng Li couldn't bear to see him continue D, and saved some face for him.

Zhang Zi'an scratched his head, slapped his swollen face and explained fatly: "Actually, I have been researching genetic engineering recently, and my English has fallen behind a little, so I must make up for it when I have time." ”

"Oh, store manager Zhang is still interested in genetic engineering?" Meng was skeptical.

Zhang Zi'an nodded matter-of-factly, "Well, I am mainly interested in modern genetics." ”

Studying the breeding lineage of Abyssinian cats should be the direction of modern genetics, right?

Meng Li is a person who is dedicated to learning, and he didn't know that Zhang Zi'an was fooling him, so he didn't believe it a little more, and praised: "Store Manager Zhang is diligent in learning, no wonder he still comes to the library on the morning of the New Year's Day holiday." ”

"Hehe, each other. If he continued to talk about it, he was going to show his timidity, Zhang Zi'an hurriedly diverted the topic, "By the way, is your cocker spaniel eye okay?"

Zhang Zi'an forgot whether he sold Meng Li an English cocker spaniel or an American cocker spaniel, but both English and American cards may have eye problems, and they are prone to progressive retinal atrophy or hereditary cataracts, so he avoided the important and asked in general terms if there was any problem with his eyes.

Meng Li smiled and replied: "Thanks to you, there is no problem for the time being, I have been taking it to regular physical examinations, even if I don't have time, I will let the graduate students take it there, and the current condition is good, there is no sign of illness." ”

is really an almighty graduate student, Zhang Zi'an smacked his lips, is Nima a graduate student or a little nanny?

"That's good...... By the way, it's the first time I've been here, and I've always been to other libraries before, so what's there to pay attention to?" Zhang Zi'an pointed to the library door behind him, and almost said, "The old driver took me".

"It's similar to other libraries, the first time you come here, you have to go to the service desk to get a library card, let's go, anyway, I'm going to return the books first, and I'll take you over." Meng Li said enthusiastically.

"What's so embarrassing about delaying your precious time...... Then let's go in, it's cold outside!" Zhang Zi'an was upright, and urged Meng Li to hurry up and go in while refusing, and don't rub outside.

Meng Li seemed to have just remembered something, pointed to Zhang Zi'an's mobile phone and said: "By the way, in principle, the borrowing room is not allowed to use mobile phones, and if you really want to use it, you must mute your mobile phone, otherwise you may be invited out by the staff." ”

Zhang Zi'an: "...... Well, it's impossible not to use a mobile phone, so let's go silent. ”

He muted his phone, followed Meng Li into the library gate, and plunged headlong into the mountain of books.