It is said that independent bookstores especially reflect the taste of the owner, but Ah Xi Bookstore is different, because my grandfather has always insisted that we are a second-hand bookstall, the role is that more people can read more books, and a book is not useless after reading it once, it circulates, people can read more books at a cheap price, which is the reason why he began to set up a bookstall in the Temple of Literature in the 90s.

In my opinion, my grandfather just likes to read, he reads everything, he can't say that he has a unique taste, and he can't be regarded as a "learned" person, he just likes to read, and reading books makes him happy.

As for my grandfather, a retired employee of the Pudong Freight Company who had neither a university nor a degree, I don't know why he began to like to study.

My grandfather never told us the story of his relationship with books, which became a little mystery in my mind.

"What kind of books are you looking for?"

The boy didn't speak, so I had to ask again.

"I'm looking for a book that my classmates lent me, our class will have a book exchange activity every semester, I just take a book to school for each person, exchange a book with other students, this semester is coming to an end, tomorrow I want to bring the borrowed book to the school to return it to the original owner, I just remembered to look for it today, but I can't find it."

"What kind of book exactly? You always remember the title of the book! Beanzi asked.

The eyes of the three searched aimlessly in front of the bookcase, and although they spoke, no one looked at anyone.

"It's a book about food, I don't remember the title."

"Food? It won't be the kind of food magazine, it's really a needle in a haystack. Beans lamented.

To confirm whether it was a food magazine, I gestured to the boy named Zhou Xiaotong.

Xiaotong shook his head, "It's not that big, I know the magazine, the magazine is about the same size as my language book, but the classmate's book is small and full color." ”

Full color.

This is a useful clue that I silently keep in mind.

"Then you tell my sister what size book it is, and you can find a book of about the same size on the bookshelf and show it to me."

Xiaotong nodded obediently, and quickly took out a copy of "Memories Make Me Can't Help It" on the bookshelf and handed it to me.

This is a 32-carat book, I asked Xiaotong, are you sure it's this size?

Xiaotong replied very affirmatively, it was such a size, but that book was thinner than this "Memories Make Me Can't Help It", and it was in full color.

Xiaotong also found a book on the bookshelf with a translation of Keats's Selected Poems in English-Chinese.

"The cover is a bit like this one, and the colors inside are a bit similar."

I leaned close to Xiaotong and looked at the book in his hand.

"So it's a book with an orange cover, right? Is it the same size as the one just now? ”

"Yes, but it's thinner than this one, and it's smaller than this book with an orange cover."

Douzi looked at me blankly, "Lixia, can you find the book this way?" ”

I did have some ideas in mind, and although there weren't many clues, it was clear that it wasn't a food magazine, and that the style of the pictures on the coloring pages should be hand-drawn.

I already have the answer in my heart for such a book.