Chapter 2: The Book Thief
The next day, Ma Feifei got up a little early, why he got up early, because he pressed his arm, but it hurt.
After washing up in the courtyard, he opened the door of the bookstore, picked up the little pony and sat in front of it, listless.
"Huh, the Wonder Bookstore?"
Ma Feifei, who was dozing off, suddenly heard someone mentioning his 'magic bookstore', and immediately came to his senses and opened his eyes.
This is a man who is not wealthy, dressed in a shabby long shirt, although clean, but the blue long shirt has been washed and faded, and the most important thing is that this person is barefoot, and he can't even afford shoes?
Looking at looks.
Yes, a face was completely smeared with mud, dirty, and could not be seen clearly. Those eyes are quite spiritual, and the water is bright.
Subconsciously looked at the Adam's apple and chest, Ma Feifei came to the conclusion that it was a girl.
What's with what, these important things don't matter at all.
"How about it? Would you like to go in and have a look? Our store opened today, and all the books in it are free to watch today. "This is the first customer, and it's up to this girl to complete the reading.
"Oh?" seemed to be attracted by the word free, and the girl's eyes rolled, and she stepped into the shoes without shoes.
"The mission is going to be completed!" Looking at the back, Ma Feifei was a little excited.
Suppressing his excitement, Ma Feifei didn't even want his little Mazha and followed in.
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"This is what you call 'all the books in the store?'" Zhao Xiaodao pointed around the shop, and finally stopped at the "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" and said.
Ma Feifei's face flushed, he smiled, and said, "The new store is open, and the books are still on the way to be shipped, so it will be fine in a few days." ”
Zhao Xiaodao nodded casually, took down the "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" on the shelf, and the exquisite cover made her eyes light up, as if she could speak, and told Ma Feifei that she liked this cover very much.
"Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales?" Zhao Xiaodao read softly, frowning slightly, as if he had never heard of this book.
"The new book, which has never appeared on the market before, is very good, why don't you sit down and read it slowly?"
The shop is not big, about 20 square meters, in addition to the bookshelves around, there are also four long tables horizontally placed in the hall, two meters long and 80 centimeters wide.
In the center, there is also a sign that reads: Magical Bookstore, only look at it, don't sell it, read books every hour '1 spirit crystal'.
Zhao Xiaodao saw it, his eyelids jumped, but he didn't speak, followed the footsteps of Ma Feifei and sat down at a table, and opened the book "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" with his hands of dirt and slag.
Ma Feifei held back a little excitement and returned to the door, his eyes flicked to Zhao Xiaodao from time to time, a journey of a thousand miles began with a single step, and he finally took this step.
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This morning, Zhao Xiaodao watched energetically, and Ma Feifei also watched energetically.
It's just that Zhao Xiaodao reads books, and Ma Feifei looks at the amount of reading in the system.
However, after reading it all morning, the reading volume still did not change from 0/1 to 1/1. Ma Feifei guessed that it might be estimated that he would have to wait for the girl to leave.
As for reading this book, what are you kidding, don't look at the book in Zhao Xiaodao's hand that doesn't seem to be thick, but in fact, the book "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" has a word count of millions of words, although it is not clear how this book holds millions of words, but Ma Feifei has also opened and read it, there are many stories in the prologue, and when Zhao Xiaodao finishes reading it, it is estimated that he will starve to death.
Thinking of being hungry, Ma Feifei's stomach was really a little hungry, and after glancing at Zhao Xiaodao, who was still concentrating on reading in the house, Ma Feifei got up and ran to Daddy Wang's steamed bun shop diagonally opposite to buy two steamed buns.
Although it's free to read, it's my first customer after all, so let's share one of the two buns.
Ma Feifei, who was full of kindness, took the hot bun and didn't even step into his bookstore, when he saw a plate of roast chicken and a pot of wine on the table where Zhao Xiaodao was sitting.
seemed to feel Ma Feifei's gaze, Zhao Xiaodao glanced at him, nodded lightly, and seemed to say hello to him?
Ma Feifei felt that this gaze was full of malice, he silently turned around, sat on the pony, looked at the bun in his hand, and took a hard bite.
"I heard that a plate of roast chicken costs ten yuan, and if you want to blanch a pot of wine, it will be even more expensive. ”
Thinking of this, Ma Feifei suddenly wanted to cry.
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In the afternoon, Ma Feifei leaned in front of the door and had a dream, in which he ordered a lot of food, and the whole banquet of the Manchu and Han people came out, looking at the delicacies that could not be named but exuded a fragrant taste, Ma Feifei's saliva flowed out.
Then, Ma Feifei was woken up by hunger.
Vaguely, Ma Feifei saw a blue shadow floating in front of him.
Wiping his eyes, Ma Feifei subconsciously glanced at the shop, and found that the people inside were gone!
The book is gone!
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Today is a day full of magic and guilt for Zhao Xiaodao. The magic was because she found a very good book with a story she liked very, very much, and the guilt was because she liked the book so much that she took it with her!
"It's all to blame on the black-hearted boss, who still has 1 spirit crystal per hour. Zhao Xiaodao touched this "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales", after reading it all day, she only read a little, if it was calculated according to the rules of that store of 1 spirit crystal per hour, she might not even be able to pay for this book.
"When I'm done, I'll send it back, and I'll give him a piece of spirit crystal. Zhao Xiaodao thought.
"Two pieces at most, not more. The last time I participated in an escort mission, it took me a month to get only ten spirit crystals, and I should be enough to compensate him with two spirit crystals for reading a book. When Zhao Xiaodao thought of this, the guilt in his heart slowly decreased.
Looking down at the book, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and he snorted playfully.
"That tomboy in front, you stop Lao Tzu. Behind, with an angry roar, Zhao Xiaodao was frightened, and he didn't look back, and ran away barefoot.
It's already dark in Watanabe Town, the sunset has passed, and night is coming. The moon hung high in the sky, and the moonlight sprinkled on this border town was a little more desolate.
Ma Feifei stood panting under a big tree, holding his abdomen with his hands, looking up at Zhao Xiaodao on the treetops, his teeth itching with hatred.
A book is really nothing to him, but the problem is that the system has not prompted him to complete the task so far, and the reading volume is still stuck at 0/1; if this book is going to be stolen by Zhao Xiaodao today, then Ma Feifei feels that his golden finger may be about to fly, don't think about the peak of life, and even living is a problem.
So even if you give up your life today, you have to get the book back!
So, he chased Zhao Xiaodao for more than 20 miles and chased out of Watanabe Town.
Zhao Xiaodao on the treetops was also a little gasping at the moment, he had some injuries during the last escort and had not yet healed, but it seemed that he had recovered quite well today, and he did not aggravate the injuries by using his body technique, but his cultivation seemed to have recovered seven or eight points. However, after running for more than 20 miles in a row, and also using cultivation, his breath is unstable, which will be tiring enough.
Looking at Ma Feifei under the tree, Zhao Xiaodao, who was as smart as her for a while, didn't know what to do.
He is obviously an ordinary person who is powerless, and it is destined that he will not be able to do anything to him, not to mention that he seems to be at a loss in this matter; although this store is so expensive to read a book, and he is black-hearted, people do not force him to read it! Not to mention that he even allows himself to read it for free for a day.
I stole other people's books directly, which seems to be a little bad.
Zhao Xiaodao really has no way to take Ma Feifei.
As for returning the book to others, Zhao Xiaodao was reluctant to give it to others.
So, the two stared at each other like this, neither of them spoke, and looked at each other quietly.
"What the hell do you want. Finally, Zhao Xiaodao couldn't help but speak.
"Give me back the book. When Zhao Xiaodao jumped up the tree with a light jump, Ma Feifei understood that it was unwise to fight, but the book would definitely be taken back, so the only way now was to fight her to the death.
"I'll give it back to you after reading it, okay?" As soon as he talked about the book, Zhao Xiaodao's tone weakened a little.
"No, I can't. Ma Feifei doesn't trust her 10,000 times, not to mention that books are made by the system, and now the system doesn't have any prompts, if you don't get the books back today, tomorrow the system will directly wipe you out?
Zhao Xiaodao stared at Ma Feifei's eyes and looked at Xiaohui, and she saw the words 'no discussion'
"But I love this book. Zhao Xiaodao still softened.
"I like to be able to go to my bookstore every day. The moonlight was too light and the visibility was too low, Ma Feifei couldn't see Zhao Xiaodao's expression clearly, but he could hear from her tone that she seemed to have given in a little?
"I ......" Zhao Xiaodao opened his mouth to say something, but finally swallowed it back.
'Brush'
Zhao Xiaodao jumped down from the treetops.
Hand the book "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" to Ma Feifei.
Ma Feifei froze for a moment, hurriedly took it, and didn't wait for Zhao Xiaodao to react, turned his head and ran.
"Wait a minute. ”
Ma Feifei ran two steps, but still didn't hold back his curiosity to hear what she said, stopped, and turned his head to look at Zhao Xiaodao.
I saw a small stone glowing quietly in Zhao Xiaodao's palm, which looked crystal clear under the illumination of the moonlight.
"No, here you go. ”
Ma Feifei stretched out his hand and took the spirit crystal, which was a little cool, but very comfortable.
It can be seen that Zhao Xiaodao is very reluctant to use this piece of spirit crystal, and his eyes are staring at it from time to time.
"This spirit crystal should be regarded as reparation, I'm really sorry. ”
Zhao Xiaodao left, leaving Ma Feifei with a dashing back.
Ma Feifei looked at the spirit crystal in his hand, then at Zhao Xiaodao, and then at the surrounding environment......
Which way home is it?