After Li Zicheng came out of the welfare health station, he looked at the time and found that it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and he didn't even know where the bookstore was.

I decided to go back and ask the doctor, who should know where to find such a bookstore when he works here, after all, books are the most popular thing at all times.

Sure enough, the doctor seemed to be familiar with the bookstore, and he told Li Zicheng the route there: get out of the gate of the health station, turn left and look right, go straight in the third alley, pass five alleys, turn right again, walk five alleys, turn left and pass three alleys.

"It's... Is it so complicated? ”

Li Zicheng listened a little blindly, and the doctor spoke again, but Li Zicheng still couldn't remember, and in desperation, the doctor drew him a road map, and Li Zicheng finally knew how to go.

After passing through the alleys, Li Zicheng finally saw a five-story building with a raunchy, dusty wooden sign hanging on it, on which were written in white paint in a few crooked and twisted characters: "Goddard Bookstore".

Li Zicheng approached and found that the entire building, except for this gate, which was new, was dilapidated.

When you enter the house, you find that there is a hole in the sky, and the gorgeous decoration is in stark contrast to the dirty streets outside and the dilapidated buildings.

The area of the first floor is not large, only about 80 square meters, rows of bookcases are neatly arranged, and the reading area is separated by a stone pillar carved with pictures. There is also a glittering crystal lamp hanging on each wall, and even the floor and walls are made of solid wood.

This decoration makes you wonder what kind of person the owner of this place is.

The first floor and the second floor are hollowed out, and you can see a guy in a suit on the second floor, standing by the guardrail made of solid wood, patrolling to prevent anyone from stealing books or destroying the contents of the bookstore.

There were no guards but one guy, not even the cashier, so they placed a cash box on the right side of the gate, and the sign on the cash box had the price list of the bookstore and a line that read "Honest and trustworthy".

The shop was full of people, even the stairs, and most of the people who came here to read were children, whose parents, who usually had no time to take care of them, so they gave them money to spend the day in the bookstore. The cost of studying here is not expensive, and it only costs five cents a day.

The guy standing on the second floor saw that Li Zicheng was dressed differently from others, and knew that he might be looking for the store manager, so he personally greeted him, bowed slightly and asked:

"Sir, our store manager is on the fifth floor..."

Li Zicheng was very confused when he heard this, and quickly explained:

"No, I'm just passing by, coming over to have a casual look, not to find your store manager."

"Oh, then please."

The bookhouse guy's behavior was completely different from that of the people in the slums, and he bowed deeply, turned and walked away.

"To have such a bookstore and teach such a guy, this store manager must not be from the slums, right?"

Li Zicheng looked at the guy who had just returned to the second floor, and whispered to himself:

"It's full of wizard books, maybe the store manager here knows something about wizards..."

However, he had already told the store guy just now that he was not here to find the store manager.

Li Zicheng thought about it, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and hurriedly greeted the guy who was standing on the second floor to inspect, beckoned him to come over and said:

"Can you give me a piece of paper and a pen?"

"Okay, sir, wait a minute, I'll go upstairs and get it."

After saying that, the guy trotted upstairs, took out a piece of paper and pen from a row of cabinets, and then trotted all the way downstairs and handed it to Li Zicheng.

"Hey, wait a minute, I'll draw something and let you help me transfer it to your store manager..."

Li Zicheng saw that the guy was leaving, so he waved his hand and signaled him to wait a while, just draw it for a few minutes. Then he drew the charm on the back of his hand on the paper, turned around and handed it to the fellow.

The guy didn't even look at it, so he folded it, put it in the inner pocket of his clothes, bowed to Li Zicheng again, and walked upstairs.

He walked to the second floor, asked another guy who was resting to come over and lead the class, and walked to the fifth floor himself.

After a while, the fellow came down, and in front of him was a Westerner with a white beard.

Li Zicheng was stunned, as if he knew why he was so rich, and now the only person in the West who can be as rich as him is estimated to be the person from the country known as the "last pure land in the world".

Therefore, Li Zicheng concluded that the store manager was from that country, and he opened such a large bookstore, which should only be used to cover up his tobacco smuggling.

However, seeing that his business is so good, it is estimated that he can make a lot of money just by charging these people more reading fees.

The bookstore manager walked down, took off his hat, bowed politely, and said in an awkward H Chinese dialect:

"Hello, sir! I'm the manager of this bookstore, Rick. Goddard, you can call me Rick... I just saw the pattern you draw, may I ask the person with this pattern in your hand, is it you or your friend? ”

Li Zicheng nodded after hearing this, and replied:

"It's me..."

"Oh, can you show me the pattern on your hand?"

Rick asked, slightly excited.

"Hmm... OK. ”

Li Zicheng stretched out his left hand and gave Rick a look.

The bookstore manager suddenly grabbed his palm and looked closely at the charm pattern in Li Zicheng's hand.

"Ahem... The store manager?"

The guy on the side awkwardly faked coughing, patted Rick's back and reminded.

"Oooh... I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, sir..."

Rick reacted immediately when he heard this, let go of Li Zicheng's hand in embarrassment, and quickly apologized:

"I was so excited... So, that's why I wasn't able to control myself..."

"It's okay, what do you know about this spell?"

"Hmm... There are a lot of people here, let's go up and talk..."

After Rick finished speaking, he made a gesture of please, and then led Li Zicheng upstairs.

When he arrived on the fifth floor, he found that the walls of the corridor here were full of pictures about wizards and witchcraft, and there were many spell patterns similar to Li Zicheng on the carpet.

Seeing him looking around curiously, Rick smiled and introduced:

"These wizards are my ancestors, and these charms are the wizard power they have obtained."

Li Zicheng looked at a few more of them, and found that the characters in these pictures also had charms on the backs of their hands, and then continued to follow Rick into his room.

"Come, sir, you may be seated."

Rick removed his chair and invited Li Zicheng to sit down, then continued:

"Wait a minute, I'll go pour you a glass of water..."

"Uh-huh, okay, thank you!"

It was the first time for Li Zicheng to treat others so politely, bowing and helping to move chairs, and now helping to pour water, he was a little embarrassed.

While Rick went out to pour water, Li Zicheng looked around his room and found that there was nothing but a cabinet of books, only a desk and two chairs.

After two minutes, Rick came back with a glass of warm water, handed it to Li Zicheng with both hands and said:

"I know that you Orientals drink water, and they usually drink it warm, so I poured you a glass of warm water, can you see if the temperature is appropriate?"

"Suitable..."

Li Zicheng thought to himself, even if your hospitality attitude is really inappropriate, I am embarrassed to say it.

"If that's right, can we start talking about the spell now?"

Rick asked as he unbuttoned a suit and sat down upright, looking a little serious.