The five-day military training officially ended in heavy rain.

In the evening, Tao You went back to the dormitory to change his clothes and said goodbye to the two people in the dormitory, and then took the bus home.

There were so many people at the bus stop that Tao You couldn't squeeze in the first few buses. When she got on the bus, she hit the evening rush hour again.

When she got home, Tao's mother was already cooking at home.

"Mom, I'm back." Tao You closed the door to change his shoes, tilted his head and saw Tao's mother holding a spatula in her hand, standing at the entrance with an apron, looking at her in a daze. The movement on her feet slowed down a few beats, and the smile on her face froze, "How... What's wrong? ”

Tao You put the doubts in his heart on his face, and with an inexplicable face, he slowly squeezed past Tao's mother, staring at Tao's mother with both eyes, for fear that she would suddenly make a big move.

She threw her schoolbag on the ground, opened a piece of candy and put it in her mouth, and as soon as her buttocks touched the sofa, she was scrutinized by Mother Tao from behind. Tao You was startled by the sudden approaching face, and the whole candy was swallowed like this.

Tao You covered his throat with one hand, hammered his chest with the other, and waited for the sugar to basically slide down before he spoke: "What's the matter, why do you look at me like this?" I was so scared that I swallowed the candy directly! The dish is mushy! She smelled a burning smell.

Tao's mother hurriedly ran back to the kitchen, finished processing the pot of dishes, returned to the living room, took a glass of water to Tao You, and sat down on the sofa on the other side: "I thought, I sent you to No. 1 Middle School, remember correctly." ”

Tao You felt even more puzzled, slowly picked up the water cup, put it to his mouth and took a sip, his eyes turned left and right, inexplicably a little uneasy, hesitantly nodded and said, "That's right, it's a middle school." ”

"yes." Mother Tao looked Tao You up and down and sighed, "Oh, tsk, looking at your color, I thought I sent it to the wrong place, which coal digging plant with the same name was sent to you." ”

Tao You reacted at this time, laughed dryly, rubbed the wall of the cup with one hand, and touched his face with the other: "It's good to raise it back." It's not a big deal. ”

Mother Tao glanced at her, stood up and went back to the kitchen: "Raise it back, it's easy to say, you were like your father when you were a child, with dark skin, do you know how hard I spent to help you raise it back!" Just a week, a week! You'll give it all back to me! Hmph, just take our words as the wind in your ears, when you regret it in the future, I won't care about you this time, you can raise it yourself! ”

Tao You pulled his lips and raised his eyebrows, very helpless.

Dad Tao came home from work, and was stunned for a few seconds when he saw Tao You, and finally just comforted Tao You and said that she could recover slowly, and asked Tao's mother to teach her some whitening experience, such as drinking lemonade or something, food supplements, very attentive, as if she was afraid that she would be sad to tan. Tao You was moved by this.

It wasn't until she heard Tao's father whispering to Tao's mother in the kitchen in a voice that everyone could hear: Why is our daughter so dark, it really shocked me, I thought she had gone to Africa; It's okay to look at when it's white, but it's not good when it's black, and it's definitely going to come back white.

Tao You sat at the dining table, holding his cheeks, pursed his lips, and kept rolling his eyes.

Family affection or something is a floating cloud! It's so damaging!

On Saturday, the sky was clear, with only a few faint clouds drifting. Because of yesterday's rainstorm, although it was still sunny, it was not so hot, and autumn was coming.

Tao You got up early in the morning, cleaned up, and matched several sets of clothes in front of the mirror to find the one that was more satisfactory.

While I was washing, I was still wondering if it was time for me to go buy a few clothes.

After breakfast, Tao's father and Tao's mother cleaned up the house as usual, and Tao You went out to the bookstore in Laoxiang on the pretext of buying books.

Tao You took a serious look at this bookstore for the first time.

There is a plaque hanging on the top of the door of the bookstore, with gold characters on a black background, and three big characters are written upright in the font of Founder Dali - Jian Lanxuan. As a bookstore, it is a very unique and quaint name.

There is a string of shell wind chimes hanging by the door, some years old, but it can be seen that it is well protected.

Tao You sweated a lot along the way, the whole person was hot, and the cool breeze in the bookstore blew, which was indescribably comfortable.

The interior of the bookstore is dressed up to match its name. Most of them are made of wood, which should be regularly maintained and glow with a warm luster under the light. The shop is filled with cypress incense, and the quiet and quiet fragrance penetrates the tip of the nose, soothing the impatient heart.

On the right side of the bookstore are rows of bookshelves, there are more than a dozen columns, with different books in different categories, neat and orderly, and there are staff pushing carts between the shelves. On the left is a small book bar with a bar serving drinks and snacks.

On the second floor, there are private rooms, connected by a staircase behind the bar. The middle is hollowed out, and there is only a narrow corridor on all sides for people to walk, and you can clearly see the scene of the first floor.

Tao You wiped the sweat from his forehead and saw that there was no one at the book bar, only two waiters sorting out utensils and food at the bar. Only then did he walk to the aimlessly looking for books in front of the rows of bookshelves.

She was slow, pausing for a long time in front of each of the shelves, as if to read the titles of all the books, and more often than not, she turned her eyes to the door.

However, when Tao You finished shopping through all the bookshelves, the people he was waiting for still didn't come, and a sense of loss surged in his heart.

looked at his watch, and seeing that it was still early, Tao You took the book and walked to the book bar, sat in the position where Song Yimian sat last time, opened one of the pages and began to read.

On weekdays, Tao You can always quickly calm down and devote himself to the book, but this time he can't do anything.

The cypress with the function of calming the mind and calming the nerves is more like the meradonin hormone at this time, secreting too much, stimulating Tao You's nerves, and the whole person begins to become irritable.

As soon as the door opened and the wind chimes rang, she would look up, and then lower her head when she saw that it was not what she expected, and it was a long time before she turned the book once.

I don't know how long later, a glass of lemonade appeared in front of Tao You's eyes.

Then, a person sat down opposite.

Tao You looked up, it was a man, about the same age as her father, brown skin, his face was full of furrows, deeply embedded in the skin, and he was weathered. Those small eyes are bright, black short-sleeved with beach pants, and a smile on the corner of his mouth. Looks gentle and honest. It's easy to get the feeling of 'he's a good guy'.

"Look you've been sitting here for a long time, drink some water." The man spoke first, "I'm the owner of this bookstore. As he spoke, he pushed the water cup closer to Tao You, "Recently, I conducted a small survey in the bookstore, what is your impression of this bookstore, and is there anything that needs to be improved?" Tell me your opinion. ”

Tao You noticed that the hands, the nails were trimmed clean, without a trace of wrinkles, and they were well maintained, more like the hands of a young man. She looked at her hand with a little barb, ashamed of herself, and sighed in her heart that the boss attached great importance to her hand, but she didn't know if it was insured.

"Hello, it's my first time here, and so far, I'm feeling pretty good." Tao You really didn't have any suggestions, and besides, before giving her opinion in front of the bookstore owner, she was not too embarrassed, "That, I'll buy the water myself." ”

Of course, the boss knew what Tao You was thinking, and motioned to her not to: "Just feel satisfied, as a boss, I am very happy to hear such a comment, thank you." This water is for you, you can continue to read books, it doesn't matter. As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face, the wrinkles were squeezed together, and his small eyes narrowed into a slit.

Tao You was still very restrained, picked up the water next to him and moistened his lips, but did not drink it: "Thank you." ”

"Make a friend, my surname is Tong, artificial Tong, you can call me Uncle Tong. What do you call it? The boss suddenly started introducing himself.

It was the first time Tao You encountered this surname, and it took a few times in his mind to realize which word it was.

She didn't know what the boss's purpose was, she was still very vigilant in the face of strangers, she didn't know whether to tell him her real name, her hand was tightly clutched at the corner of the book, and the corner of her mouth was slightly pulled: "Just call me Xiaoyou." ”

"Xiao You, a nice name. You're about the same age as my daughter, and your temperament is similar, and I think of her when I see you. The boss's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he raised his hand to wipe his eyes, "I'm sorry." See smiled. It was the first time I had met a girl who looked so much like my daughter, and I was a little excited. ”

Tao You shook her head slowly, she really didn't know what to say in this situation. After thinking about it for a long time, he came up with a sentence: "Then where is your daughter studying now?" ”

Boss Tong was silent for a moment, and then replied: "She is not by my side, I divorced her mother a long time ago, I haven't seen her for many years, and I won't see her in the future." ”

Tao You realized that his problem had poked at the sore spot of others, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry." ”

Boss Tong shook his head: "It's okay, I'm used to it." My daughter loves to read as much as you do, and when she was young, she always yelled for me to take her to the bookstore to read, sometimes staying all day. He always secretly told me that his dream in the future was to open a bookstore, a bookstore with all the books in the world. ”

"Later, I divorced her mother, and then I opened this bookstore to keep a memory. If you need any books in the future, come here to find them, if not, tell me, I'll find them for you, and I'll give you a discount when the time comes, and you can give them for free. Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I just miss my daughter. ”

As he spoke, his eyes stared fixedly ahead, as if he had fallen into some memory.

Tao You wanted to refuse this sudden benefit, but when he saw him say this, he fell silent. I thought I wouldn't come here to buy books in the future.

Boss Tong sat for a while before leaving, and went to the library to sort out the book list.

Tao You waited for him to leave, and quickly relaxed his long-tense body.

There were more and more people in the bookstore, the tables around me were almost full, and the neck began to pantothenic acid after lifting it too many times, but the people who were waiting for me still didn't come.

It was almost noon, and Tao's mother also sent messages to urge her several times. She sighed silently, she didn't have a chance to meet Song Yimian today.

Tao You put the book back, or went to the bar to pay for the glass of water, and then went out.

In the blind spot at the corner of the second floor, a small inconspicuous camera was hidden in a large pot of lush monstera, following Tao You's figure, flickering.

Tao You stayed at home for an extra night, and only took the bus to school early Monday morning. Although this time period is not the morning rush hour, it is better than the morning rush hour.

Tao You forgot that it was the official start of school, and the day students in the three grades of high school and some boarding students all came to school at this time. Tao You sat uncomfortably in the car, shaking his feet, frowning, and looking at the long dragon convoy in front of him helplessly.

Watching the minutes tick by, the convoy moved even slower than the seahorses moved.

Tao You was entangled in every way, discussed with Tao's father who was driving, and decided to get out of the car and run to school.

When Tao You ran to the school gate with his schoolbag, it was exactly seven o'clock, and the morning reading bell rang. There are not many students left at the school gate.

Before Tao You could calm down, the school gate behind him slowly closed, and he saw the teacher on duty coming from the teaching building to catch the late students from a distance.

The students at the school gate are running as hard as they can, and the students who have been locked out are still trying to get in through the cracks in the door. Tao You was knocked a few times, and quickly put on his schoolbag and went straight to the classroom.

"Little You, you're finally here." Hong Xiqi came the day before and arrived at the classroom very early, "I thought you were going to be late again." ”

Tao You threw the schoolbag on the table, sat down, opened his mouth slightly and panted, tried to speak, and found that he couldn't say a complete sentence at all, so he could only give up waving his hand and respond to Hong Xiqi.

"Hi, there. What a coincidence. A man patted Tao You on the shoulder.

Tao You turned his head and saw that it was Gu Yi, he paused for a moment, a little surprised that he was also from this class, and he didn't seem to have seen military training.

Out of politeness, he responded, "Hello." ”

Gu Yi showed a sunny smile: "My name is Gu Yi, it's not that intentional, it's Gu Yi, easy Yi." ”

Tao You nodded, glanced at Hong Xiqi who was sitting next to him, and felt that the names of these two people were quite compatible, and they were both very rare and funny: "My name is Tao You." ”