The only place in Yangxi County that attaches great importance to reading as a way out is Tangkou Town, a mountainous area in the north of the county, where most of the teachers in the county come from. That year, the only Liu Zhilu hometown in the county who had "Must Read for the College Entrance Examination" was from this town.

Liu Zhilu's brother-in-law is the principal of the middle school in Tangkou Town, and of course he has long since retired. And his uncle's uncle was a serious private school teacher in the old days. In this way, his grandmother can be regarded as from a scholar's family, but unfortunately the family only taught her to write the word "bell". However, the scholar's bones came to the Liu family along with her dowry.

Although Liu Zhilu's father only finished primary school due to family conditions at that time, he also had the habit of reading. When he was very young, when Liu Zhilu saw his father reading a book, he would run over and ask curiously, "Dad, what's so good about this book?"

"When you know more about reading, you'll know, and it's fun to read."

When Xiao Liu Zhilu took advantage of his father's absence, he also learned from his father to open the book and read it. But looking left and right, looking up and down, he couldn't see anything interesting. If he ran out of paper when he was playing with his friends, he would secretly tear it from his dad's book.

If Liu's father had been dripping honey on books like the Jews had done at that time, so that his son could have tasted the sweetness of books, perhaps Liu Zhilu would have developed the habit of reading earlier, instead of waiting until he graduated from junior high school.

During the summer vacation after graduating from junior high school, Liu Zhilu wanted to watch "Thunderstorm", but none of the bookstores in the county sold it. At that time, his family did not have an Internet connection, and there was no computer or other equipment to get an electronic version. Regardless of the scorching sun, he rode a bicycle to Chaoyangjiang City. After riding more than 50 kilometers, he found the book store in the city and bought "Thunderstorm" after inquiring.

It was this enthusiasm for reading that led him to be very dissatisfied with the fact that he often couldn't buy the books he wanted to read in the county bookstore. In the end, Liu Zhilu did not hesitate to choose to join the Shanghai Bertelsmann Book Club.

He has never left his hometown, let alone a person from a province or city, how did he join the Shanghai Bertelsmann Book Club? It was also his habit of reading that contributed to it. At that time, he would often buy the Reader, which would often be advertised for new members of the Shanghai Bertelsmann Book Club.

Joining the club is very simple, just fill in your name, address and phone number and other detailed personal information, and then mail it to Shanghai according to the detailed address on the "Reader" advertisement.

After seeing the advertisement, Liu Zhilu immediately filled out a personal information form and sent it, and a week later, he received a reply letter and was approved to become an ordinary member. In this way, at the beginning of each month, he would receive a book purchase order from the book club. When he saw the book he wanted to buy, he went to the post office to fill out the remittance slip and put the number of the book he wanted to buy on the list. Usually a week later, the post office will call him to inform him to pick up the book package.

As for this, Liu Zhilu's father is supportive, and he will give as much as he needs every time, but it generally does not exceed 120 yuan. Since they built a new house, their family has been in debt. He knew that it was not easy for his family at that time, even if it was the New Year's money for the Spring Festival, he handed over most of it. He rarely asks his family for money to buy clothes, he has always only worn school uniforms, even after his sophomore year of high school, his family paid off his debts, and his family's economic conditions have greatly improved. Every year, the money that is not handed in is used to buy the books you want to read.

After the New Year in 2006, the college entrance examination was going to be held in less than half a year, and Liu Zhilu did not stop buying books in the book club. The book "Must Read for the College Entrance Examination" entered his field of vision in this way, and he looked at the relevant introduction and placed an order without hesitation.