On Saturday, the ninth day of the ninth month of the solar calendar, Zhuang Yan casually picked up lunch and prepared to go out.

When he walked to the living room, Zhuang Yan saw Chen Jiaqing taking Xiaoying to watch TV on the sofa, and he smiled and said to them: "I won't come back to eat at night, you can eat by yourself at home." ”

"When will you come back?" asked Chen Jiaqing.

Zhuang Yan nodded, "There is something wrong, and I'm not sure when I'll come back." ”

Chen Jiaqing nodded to indicate that he understood, but Xiaoying looked at Zhuang Yan with a blank eye, pouted and said, "Uncle Zhuang Yan can't tell me a story tonight." ”

Zhuang Yan smiled and comforted her: "You don't have to go to school tomorrow, I'll give you a little more talk during the day tomorrow." ”

"Really?" said the little girl in surprise, "Then I'll wait for you." ”

Children are just coaxing, just say a word.

After appeasing the little girl, Zhuang Yan went downstairs to pick up the car and drove towards Xinjiekou. The signing session started at three o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still two hours to go, so of course Zhuang Yan would not be late.

However, the bookstore had been calling him to come early in order to see the venue layout and familiarize himself with the process of the event in advance, but Zhuang Yan refused, firstly because he was lazy, and secondly, he felt that it was unnecessary.

The process of the signing meeting He told the other party that it was best to keep it simple, don't engage in too much foreplay, just start signing directly, he is the same as those book friends, he likes to climax.

When Zhuang Yan arrived at the place and parked the car, he saw a large group of people crowded at the door of Xinjiekou Bookstore from a distance. In fact, the scale of this Chinese bookstore in Xinjiekou is not very large, and it is not as big as the Chinese bookstore near Zhonghua Gate.

The reason why I chose this place is entirely because of the very good geographical location, it itself is in the downtown area, and it is also under the Jinling Book Building.

However, because it is in the middle of the city, the place in front of the bookstore is very narrow, only about four or five meters wide. If it weren't for some police officers maintaining law and order, maybe the crowd would have spread to Zhongshan Road.

Zhuang Yan stopped the car and came out, and the line had already lined up under the signboard of the Tianfeng Building next to him, and if he wanted to enter the bookstore, he had to squeeze through the crowd. He looked at the crowd and frowned, the crowd was too dense to squeeze in.

But it can't be done without squeezing, so he can only slowly walk into it, but his behavior immediately aroused the disgust of the people next to him.

A middle-aged man grabbed him from behind and said in an unkind tone: "Young man, don't you see so many people queuing up, it's not good to cut the queue like this." ”

Yes, being thought that he was cutting in line, Zhuang Yan turned around with a smile and said, "I'm sorry, big brother, I'm a staff member of the bookstore, and now I'm going to work in the store." ”

The middle-aged man frowned, "Who are you fooling, the staff doesn't have a brand?"

"I forgot to bring it, I forgot to bring it. Zhuang Yan said.

At this time, an elderly aunt next to her smiled and said, "Young man, you are backward in this trick, it won't work, you better go back and line up." You're also an adult, and you don't want to abide by this social order? Let me tell you, all the people who are here today are Zhuang Yan's book lovers, and many of them have come from all over the world, so you are not very authentic. I heard that your accent should be a native of Jinling, as a local, then you should set an example, so as not to let the book friends who come from other places leave a bad impression of Jinling......"

Zhuang Yan looked at her and raised her hands with an embarrassed expression, "Okay, Auntie, I know, I was wrong, I'll go to the queue now." ”

After speaking, Zhuang Yan retreated to the back of the line with his aunt's satisfied gaze.

There were two girls at the back of the line, one big and one small, and the two of them could see clearly in the back what Zhuang Yan had been taught just now, so when he went over, the two girls looked at him with disdain.

Zhuang Yan shook his head, took out the phone from his pocket and dialed the manager of the bookstore, "Hey, Brother Xu, does your bookstore have a back door or something, I ...... it"

Ren Lian and He Xiaoya set off from Yanjing to Jinling in the early morning, and it was still a long time before three o'clock when they arrived at the place, but there was already a long queue at the door of the bookstore, and the line was not only long, but also very thick.

I thought it was early enough, but I didn't expect to be a step late and be so behind.

In this case, the two girls were already in a bad mood, and when they saw someone wanting to cut in line, they were even more irritable.

He Xiaoya looked at the young big boy standing behind them, and disdainful in her heart, this young man looked at the eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but he didn't expect to cut the line, it was really a bad day.

Suddenly, she saw the young man take out his mobile phone again, although the other party's voice on the phone was as low as possible, He Xiaoya still heard it.

He Xiaoya had a hot temperament, and as soon as she heard the words back door, she grabbed the other party's arm and shouted: "You, you, what the aunt said just now is that you are in the left ear and out of the right ear, and you didn't cut in the queue, and now you want to find the back door?"

Zhuang Yan was pulled by someone, looking at the girl in front of him with a confused expression, he wanted to ask the store manager if there was any other special passage for him to enter, but he didn't expect to be misunderstood to be going through the back door.

The girl's voice was not small, and the people next to her looked at her with disgust, and the look in her eyes made Zhuang Yan furious.

However, Zhuang Yan didn't have time to take care of people's homes, because the phone in his hand hadn't hung up yet, so he hurriedly put the phone back into his ear and said, "It's just some special channels or something." ”

"Shout!"

He Xiaoya saw that the young man was so arrogant, and she could continue to say when she was caught, she snatched the other party's mobile phone, and then pressed the hang-up button.

"You're really hopeless, can you still have a face?"

Zhuang Yan was really stunned at this time, he looked at the mobile phone in the girl's hand, and was stunned and didn't know what to say. After a while, he said: "Woman, I was wrong, you give me back my mobile phone, I'll leave now, I promise not to cut in line and go through the back door." ”

He Xiaoya held her mobile phone and didn't let go, "No, you promise to be good now, maybe you will have to go through the back door again when you turn around." ”

Zhuang Yan really couldn't say anything, so he could only say with a bitter face: "Woman, woman, don't worry, I will never make mistakes again, so let's do it, if you see me cutting in line again, going through the back door or something, you will come up and beat me, and I will never fight back." ”

"No, it's illegal to hit someone. He Xiaoya said.

Zhuang Yan rolled his eyes, it is illegal to beat someone, you will not break the law if you grab your mobile phone?

But at this time, Ren Lian next to He Xiaoya spoke, "Xiaoya, give the phone back to others, everyone has their own way of life, some people are willing to fall, why should you care." ”

"But—"

"Give it back to him, or it'll be a big fuss later. ”

Ren Lian said this, and He Xiaoya only reluctantly handed the phone to Zhuang Yan again.

Zhuang Yan took the phone happily, "Thank you, thank you." ”