Chapter 16 Rent a bookstore in Hu Guoba
The sun shone brightly on the concrete floor, like a layer of white mist. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At noon, there were not many pedestrians on the streets, and the owners of the shops were all huddled in the shops to enjoy the coolness, and the only people who could run around the streets and even make loud noises were the energetic teenagers.
There is a bookstore for rent on the right side of the entrance of Shimizu Middle School.
The walls of the store are connected with many ropes, and the ropes are covered with comic books. When his mother went to work on his own business, he was alone in the store reading the comic books, and the villains and stories in the comic books were so magical and unforgettable to him.
At that time, reading a comic book was a penny.
His mother would only leave a dime, enough for him to look through ten comic books.
He reads books very quickly, and the ten comic books are quickly finished. At this time, the owner of the bookstore would always let him continue to look through the books without charging any additional money.
It didn't take long for him to finish reading the comic strips in the store.
The owner of the bookstore is an old man in his sixties, surnamed Cheng Mingkai, a native of Hunan, who was recruited by Zhuangding in Cheng Qian's army when he was seventeen years old. After the peaceful liberation of Hunan, it became the People's Liberation Army as soon as it turned around, and then followed the Erye into the southwest, and after arriving in Yuzhou, he took off his military uniform and worked in the local area.
Retiring in the late eighties, he opened this rental bookstore in his spare time.
After reading the comic strip, Gu Xinyan knew more words, so he began to flip through the novel.
There is a row of bookcases in the rental bookstore, and the bookcases are full of novels, basically all romance and martial arts, and like most boys, he doesn't like romance, he only likes to watch martial arts.
The names Jin Yong, Gu Long, Wo Longsheng, and Sima Ling are so familiar and familiar to him, he has read the novels they wrote more than once, and he almost never gets tired of reading them.
He always fantasizes that he can be like the protagonist in the novel, walking the rivers and lakes, hoeing the strong and helping the weak. Of course, the most important thing is that when the father beats the mother, he can stand up and teach him a lesson, and not be as powerless as he is now. Later, he learned that the martial arts and stories written in it were all fake, and there were only cold rules in the real world.
Of course, Gu Xinyan's thoughts are different now.
The martial arts in the novel may be fake, but there are similar powerful forces in reality.
After leaving the school gate, I walked down a few steps, turned right, and came to the door of the rental bookstore, and Gu Xinyan walked in.
"Buzz ......"
The ceiling fan overhead shook rhythmically, sprinkling a not-so-cool breeze.
There were no people in the house, and there were only two or three guys sitting on low benches, and most of them would borrow novels to read at home.
Hu Guoba sat on a stool, with his back against the wall, flipping through a martial arts novel, with a smile on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.
Old man Cheng sat on the rattan chair, closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard footsteps, he opened his eyes.
Seeing Gu Xinyan, he had a smile on his face.
"Gu Xinyan, rare guest! How long has it been since you've been here? ”
Gu Xinyan smiled and didn't speak.
One summer vacation, he was doing things with his second uncle Luo Ping, and when he had nothing to do, he basked in the sun in the yard of his home to recuperate, and rarely came to the town.
"There are a lot of new books here, there is a newcomer surnamed Wen, this book of the four famous earthquake Kanto is very good-looking, it happens to be in the store, do you want to read it?"
Gu Xinyan smiled apologetically and said softly.
"Someone is looking for me, I'll borrow the book later......"
At this time, Hu Guoba heard his voice, hurriedly stood up, and walked over.
"Old man Cheng, I'll take this book with me."
Gu Xinyan glanced at the cover.
The joyful hero written by Gu Long.
He has read this book, which describes friendship, human nature, and some inconspicuous ordinary stories, which is very beautiful. His favorite person is Wang Dong, who is so poor that he has no pennies and is still very hospitable, and he also wants to be as open-minded as him, so full of friends all over the world, however, he knows that he can't do it.
Perhaps, everyone subconsciously wants to be the person they can't do, right?
After registering his name on the loan book, Hu Guoba grabbed Gu Xinyan's arm and pulled him out of the rental bookstore, with a mysterious face and a somewhat serious expression.
The two of them went out into the street and stood outside a shop with a pergola above the door to block out the sun.
The shopkeeper was lying on a chair inside, shaking a fan, looking like he was about to take a nap.
"What's the matter?"
"My fifth master has something to ask you!"
"You fifth master? Please? ”
Gu Xinyan looked at him with a smile.
Hu Guoba blushed, but because his complexion was too dark, he didn't show it.
Hu Guoba touched his head, laughed dryly a few times, and said with some embarrassment.
"He didn't say anything, and I don't know what happened, but it must be something that gods are talking about, so I can't help it, so I beg you!"
Gu Xinyan smiled.
Purely by appearance, he is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, although he knows that he has real skills. However, this is a world of face-seeing, and I am afraid that few people will regard him as a real Yin-Yang Taoist, expecting him to solve those strange things that modern science cannot explain.
"Your fifth master believes in me, a reading baby?"
"My fifth master absolutely believes in you!"
Hu Guoba said with an oath.
Then, he looked around, leaned into Gu Xinyan's ear and whispered.
"He has seen the talisman you drawn, the power of that talisman is so domineering, he is not blind, naturally he sees it all, if he doesn't believe you, he won't ask me to invite you to ......"
After a pause, he swallowed and continued.
"My fifth master is a contractor, and the wall of the soap factory is the work he took people to do, and I heard that the town is going to build another bus station, and that project seems to have been handed over to him? He has money, if you can solve that matter, there will definitely be a lot of benefits, and when the time comes, I can also drink soup if you eat meat! ”
Hu Guoba knew that Gu Xinyan was a person with real skills.
The reason is simple.
One day last semester, everyone was studying in the classroom at night, and Gu Xinyan skipped class and stayed alone in the dormitory.
He draws talismans in his dormitory.
There are dozens of adolescent boys living in the dormitory, and the smell can be imagined, coupled with the humid environment, there are snakes, insects, rats and ants, living in it is actually a kind of torment, especially for Gu Xinyan, who has become exceptionally good because of the secret method inheritance.
Therefore, Gu Xinyan secretly drew talismans in the dormitory.
Purifying charms, which can dispel moisture and remove odors, are very suitable for use in dormitories; Insect repellent charms can drive snakes, insects, rats and ants outside, so that they have no place in the house.
Of course, it was impossible for Gu Xinyan to draw a talisman on the yellow rune paper, and then paste it in the dormitory brightly.
He can only secretly draw talismans under the bed board, although the effect of preserving spiritual power is not as good as that of peach wood and jute paper, after all, it still has an effect, but the shelf life is not long, and spiritual power must be replenished from time to time.
That day, he was adding spiritual power to the runes on the bed board, and he happened to be seen by Hu Guoba, who had something to do and returned to the dormitory.
In fact, the magic of the dormitory where Gu Xinyan is located has long been spread throughout the school, although everyone can't find the reason, but it is also counted on Gu Xinyan.
Who called Gu Xinyan has always been weird, and what kind of yin and yang Taoist priest is his second uncle.
On the surface, everyone said this, but in fact, few people thought that these miracles were caused by Gu Xinyan, and only Hu Guoba really broke them.
Later, Gu Xinyan couldn't survive Hu Guoba's stubborn fighting, so he drew an insect repellent charm and a pure charm and gave it to him.
Of course, he also warned Hu Guoba not to show it around, and the other party also nodded in agreement, however, it was useless.
During the summer vacation, Hu Guoba worked as a small worker in his fifth master, Hu Zengwu, the foreman of the contractor, to earn tuition and living expenses, and lived in Datongpu, where the taste was stronger than that of the student dormitory, and the environment was even worse. One night, everyone sat on the shop and set up a dragon gate array, talking about whether there are demons and monsters in this world, and whether those Yin Yang Taoists really have the ability.
Many people say that Yin Yang Taoist priests or something are deceitful.
Hu Guoba was naturally unconvinced, not to say that some Taoist priests have real skills.
One guy raised the bar with him and asked him if he had actually seen it.
Hu Guoba swore that he had seen it, but the guy didn't believe it and laughed at him for bragging.
In a fit of rage, Hu Guoba took out the two talismans and pasted them, and recited the incantation as Gu Xinyan taught, at that time, several fat mice ran out of the house like being chased by cats, and mosquitoes, ants, spiders, caterpillars, and so on also scrambled to leave.
All the people in the room saw it with their own eyes, and their hearts were numb.
Among these people is his fifth master, Hu Zengwu.
Hu Guoba didn't say that these two talismans were painted by Gu Xinyan, saying that a certain passing Taoist priest gave them to him when he saw his bone Qingqi, of course, no one believed his nonsense.
Some time ago, Hu Guoba went home to prepare for school.
Hu Zengwu came to the door and said that he had something to ask the master who drew the talisman.
So, Hu Guoba shook Gu Xinyan out, and on the first day of school, he pulled Gu Xinyan out, ready to take Gu Xinyan to see his fifth master.