"Because this old bookstore hasn't sold a single book in decades."

Bai Qin's eyes widened: "Is this old bookstore private?" ”

"It's private."

"Is that the implementation of hourly charges, how much you have to pay for how long you look in the bookstore?" Bai Qin guessed.

"No, there's no charge for that bookstore." Lu Shen shook his head, did not say the reason immediately, and looked mysterious.

Bai Qin was a little puzzled: "This bookstore neither sells books nor charges fees, so how can it make a profit?" It can't be that it's a bookstore on the outside, but it's actually selling other unrelated things, right? ”

Lu Shen laughed out loud because of Bai Qin's brain hole: "Your imagination is really rich. ”

"Nor is it?" Bai Qin tilted his head.

"Well, the book house is indeed a serious book house, and it is not profitable, because the owner of this book house is the owner of the self-built house where it is located."

Bai Qin suddenly said: "It turns out that I am the landlord, so I don't have to pay rent and other expenses." Then he felt inappropriate: "But you still have to pay the utility bill or something?" ”

"Yes, but the landlord has been asking people from nearby or other places to read books in his library at his own expense for decades, and there has always been only one requirement, that is, no damage to the books, and no loans."

"Mm-hmm, that's totally understandable."

"I used to like to go there to read books in my free time, and I spent an afternoon watching it, and I got to know the owner of the house more and more."

"He told me that half of these books were left to him by his father, and because of his father's influence, he also liked to read and collect books from below."

"The other half was slowly collected by himself over the decades, and after a long time, more people came here to read books, and more people knew about it."

"There are many people who also like to read, so they will take the books that they have read many times, but the book house does not have yet, and put them away and share them with others."

Bai Qin listened very carefully.

"His father died quite early, and one of his unfulfilled wishes was to open a free bookstore." Lu Shen looked ahead and continued to speak.

"The owner of the house planned this dream when he was in his thirties, with a stable job and a happy family, and the family knew that it was a wish shared by his father and him, so they were very supportive."

"Before retirement, the owner's library was always open from 6 to 11 p.m., but a few years ago, when the owner retired, the opening hours were changed to 7 a.m. to 10 p.m."

"That's a good ......"

As he spoke, a house that looked no different from an ordinary self-built house appeared in front of him, and the only special feature should be a simple plaque on the wall.

The four big characters in the book 'settle in the bookstore', the pen is vigorous, and you can see the kung fu.

Lu Shen saw Bai Qin looking at the plaque on the wall, and introduced it cooperatively: "This is written to the owner of the house by one of the book friends who came here to read books, who is very good at calligraphy. ”

"That's right."

The door was hidden, and it opened with a slight pull, and Bai Qin noticed that there was a glass door inside.

Through the transparent glass, Bai Qin could already glimpse one of the corners, and everywhere he could see was a neat row of books.

Pushing open the glass door and entering, Bai Qin seemed to have stepped into a small world full of books, perhaps because of Sunday, there were all young and old inside, but they all kept quiet, reading intently, and no one paid attention to who was coming.

Bai Qin couldn't make a sound to disturb, and sighed in his heart, the atmosphere here was really fantastic.

There is a feeling that when you step here, you are entering another world, where time seems to slow down, and the pressure and urgency are fading away.