The damp on the window pane was heavy, and the deep cool invaded the body, and my grandfather drank a bowl of corn soup, and the room was less damp and more sweet.

Grandpa's knees were still sore, but his attention was not on his sore knees, but on the clouds of gray that were piled up beside the white bookshelves.

"There is too much rain this year, I have the impression that there has not been so much rain in any year, I just arrived in Shanghai when I was still a student at the dock, in today's words, it is called a part-time job, wearing black rain boots, the kind of high, wearing a black raincoat, carrying goods to others, sometimes it is a box of fish, after moving a fishy smell, it will always be wet, but it is not like this year, everywhere I feel moldy."

"When the weather is clear, I'll be in charge of drying the books." I volunteered to be relieved of my heart.

I rarely hear my grandfather talk about his youth, and I remember that the first memory of him is almost after he was in his forties, when it was nearly the 90s, when my grandfather began to set up a bookstall in the Temple of Literature, and would also sell new books and magazines under the eaves of the old house. He also often runs long distances, and should be regarded as a driver in terms of his job, and on his days off, he becomes a bookstall owner.

At that time, many bookstall owners in the Temple of Literature had their own jobs, and I had the impression that there were painters, train attendants, and workshop directors of factories, and at first there seemed to be no full-time book sellers, but later, at the age of my grandfather, he opened his own small shop in the late 90s, a comic book shop specializing in comic books, an ancient book store specializing in ancient books, and so on.

My grandfather's later job was naturally that of course, he was a bookstall owner.

I love his job, which allows me to spend enough time with books since I was a child, and although I am not a book-loving person, I am also grateful for the happiness and satisfaction brought to me by my grandfather's bookstore and these wide variety of books.

Smelling the fragrance of corn, I suddenly thought, maybe God is really extremely fair, I was like an insect scratching when I was a child, but I was born in a home with books on all sides, and I inevitably deal with books on weekdays, and over the years, it really alleviates the problem of not being able to read books.

It has a bit of the miraculous effect of "fighting poison with poison".

In college elective classes, the teacher said that there is a kind of therapy called "systematic desensitization", which is mainly to induce the patient to slowly expose the situation that causes anxiety and fear, and to combat this anxiety through a state of psychological relaxation, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating anxiety or fear.

I didn't quite understand the second half, but I barely understood that I was unwell while reading, and then my grandmother handed me corn, and my grandfather chatted with me about books from time to time, and I was slowly cured.

Thinking of this, what kind of work is there to remove mildew and cleaning, it is simply a good medicine for diseases.

"Look, Lixia has really grown up." Grandma said to her grandfather.

"It's not, I'll just say that Lixia is most like me, but it's not eccentric."

Grandpa's laughter was loud, and if there was more mold in this laughter, there would be a place for it to cling.

Finally, when my grandfather talked about his youth, I thought about it again and wanted to ask my grandfather why he set up a bookstall in the first place, when there seemed to be a knock on the door outside the house.

Is it a book seller at this time? Maybe you have a good relationship with your grandfather and know the house number of your grandfather's house?

Suspicious, I ran to the door, opened it, and there were two people standing in front of me, who were somewhat familiar and certainly not known.

The two guests were about the same age as their grandmother, perhaps a few years younger.

When I opened the door, one of them asked, "It's the Axi family, right?" ”

I saw that the guests had kind faces, holding a long-handled flower umbrella in their hands, and it was still dripping with rain.

"Yes, yes, it's the Axi family."

The other party asked me in Shanghainese, and I answered her in Shanghainese.

"Who?" Grandma asked in a loud voice, and the sound of kicking and trampling slippers stopped behind me. "Isn't this Aunt Liu from the neighborhood committee, why do you come to us on a rainy day? Didn't my old man pay the party dues? ”

"It's been paid, how could Ah Xi not pay the party dues, he has never been less than once, nor has he been late once, he is definitely very good, don't get me wrong, grandma of the Yuan family."

"Then come in and come into the house and talk."

Grandma greeted the two aunts, listening to them chatting like this, I suddenly, no wonder I feel that the two aunts are familiar, it turned out to be the neighborhood committee, there is a lot of community work on weekdays, garbage classification volunteer managers, environmental protection publicity, civilized courtesy volunteers......

Wearing red or green vests and caring about the food, clothing, housing and transportation of community residents are our neighborhood committee aunts.

"I'll get you some corn, it's delicious." Grandma turned around enthusiastically and walked to the kitchen, but Aunt Liu stretched out her hand to stop her grandmother, "No, no, we have to go back to work after we finish delivering things, and there have been a lot of things in the neighborhood committee recently, mainly because the flood season is coming, and there is too much rain this year." ”

I don't understand what the rain has to do with the neighborhood committee, and I don't understand why these two aunts came in the rain today, no wonder my grandmother is a bit like a child who has done something wrong, and she wants to ask but doesn't dare to ask, which is very cute.

Grandma grew up in a wealthy family, but unfortunately she didn't read any books, but she still did not lack the temperament of everyone's ladies, and at the same time there was everyone's ladies' nervousness, especially when she encountered things she couldn't understand, grandma's eyebrows would bulge slightly and quietly, until she figured out what was going on.

"Who is this?" Aunt Liu glanced at me and asked, "Is it my little granddaughter, is this a college graduate?" Why don't you go to work today? ”

Work!

Grandma hurriedly took over, "Isn't this helping Ah Xi look at the bookstore?" ”

Unconsciously, I lowered my head and looked at the slippers on my grandmother's feet, the pink bear slippers, which my sister gave to my grandmother last year.

This brand is not cheap......

"Oh, the neighborhood committee also recommends youth employment here...... Aunt Liu's aunt was also kind, and her grandmother's face suddenly couldn't hold back.

"Who?" Grandpa came to the living room with an empty bowl.

"The people of the neighborhood committee!" My grandfather was walking leisurely, compared to my grandmother's restraints, I was obviously in my own home, but my grandmother was more shy than the guests.

It's me...... The reason?

Although the words of the people are not finished yet.

My grandfather handed me the bowl with a flash in his eyes, it was really imperceptible, but it happened to be captured by me.

"Oh, I'll send the bowl to the kitchen, grandma, I'll get it first...... Kitchen to go. ”

I understood and was grateful to my grandfather for saving me from thorns.

Grandma also seemed to relax, she didn't have to worry about anything with her grandfather by her side, and when I walked to the kitchen, my grandmother's laughter came from behind me, "Work, the bookstore is now run by Lixia, and I don't understand the things in the bookstore. ”

I chuckled to myself, the kitchen smelled of Manuka honey.