When the two Bao families walked to the commercial area of the city, it was still morning, the sun was half hanging in the sky, and the sun was not strong.

Now the specific point is not clear to Bao Guowei, and when he gets the money from Chu Ze, he must have a watch - and he has to change his clothes for Lao Bao.

If there is no watch, first, it is not convenient to see the time, and secondly, the watch is not only used to see the time, but also acts as a decoration, a symbol of status and status.

A good dress can cost twenty or thirty yuan, but a good watch is different......

During the Republic of China, watches were basically imported goods, that is, imported goods from foreign countries, positioned as high-end luxury goods, and the price was very high, even the most ordinary mechanical watches cost more than five silver dollars.

And the price gap between watches is much bigger than between head oils:

Although the prices of "Si Dangkang" and "Shuangmei Brand" can be seven or eight times different, they are nothing more than spending two more oceans, and watches are often hundreds of yuan, which is enough to buy a house.

In particular, the price of Swiss watches can even be sold for thousands of dollars, which can be used to support the rich who have too much money to spend to show off.

……

Lao Bao came to the street that made him a little uncomfortable again, looking at the tall and spacious shops on the street, people in clean and neat clothes walked by, and they were still discussing very powerful topics in their mouths.

He was a little nervous.

Especially when he sees the young people here, Lao Bao will always feel a little scared, afraid that a classmate of Bao Guowei will appear inside, pointing at himself - you are Bao Guowei's father! Look at this hunchback! Why is there a torn cotton shirt hidden in it!

As soon as he thought of this scene, Lao Bao's heart felt as if he had been whipped down, and the back of his neck was cold, so he hurriedly urged Bao Guowei:

"Guowei, this ...... Where do I buy the book? ”

"There is a New Culture Book Club next to the school, and there are a bunch of practical books in it, just go there and buy them."

There are not many bookstores where you can buy chemistry books, but fortunately, Bao Guowei has been prepared.

The "New Culture Society" is the designated bookstore of the new school, or the teacher personally sells it, and it still continues the habit of bringing a student ID card to get a discount, but it can only be discounted.

I just don't know if the faculty members have eaten rebates?

According to the location of the instructor, sure enough, there is indeed a bookstore after walking a few hundred steps west of Xuetang North Avenue.

The location is very conspicuous, and the black top signboard reads white cursive, which is the "New Culture Book Society".

The library is a two-storey building, about five meters high, and it is still a rare wooden building in the center of the city, built according to the shape of the attic, revealing an antique atmosphere.

As soon as you enter, you can smell the smell of books, and there are several rows of bookcases inside, and a few fashionably dressed customers are picking up books inside.

The proprietor, who was about fifty years old, with white hair, was an old pedantic figure, with a pockmarked face and round glasses, was sitting on a stool on the inside of the wooden counter by the door, reading a book.

Seeing someone coming in, he took a look: one was dressed okay, and he was very extravagant at a glance, and the other was leaning on his back, thinking that he was an old housekeeper.

Strangely enough, the two men looked a little similar between their eyebrows, but now that they were sure that it was a rich man, the shopkeeper lowered his head again, turned the next page of the book and continued reading.

If both the old bag and the small bag wear this tattered cotton suit, I am afraid it will not be so easy to enter this door, and even if they enter, they will be stared at like a thief.

……

The first floor of the bookstore is very large, about seventy or eighty squares, lined with four or five rows of bookcases, filled with books of various colors.

Bao Guowei turned around a little and found that most of them were science books, but they were also mixed with literary and artistic works such as villain books.

After figuring out the area of chemistry books, Bao Guowei walked inside and selected, and Lao Bao followed behind, behaving a little restrained, like a thief.

Lao Bao looked at these books, and only felt that there were many more than the study of the young master of the Qin family.

He carefully took down a book, turned a page and looked at it:

This time, I don't understand at all, what kind of gas is this? It seems that Mr. Qin Family's private school has taught it, probably the word lazy, but how can the air be lazy?

So Lao Bao carefully put the book back on the bookshelf and continued to follow Bao Guowei.

After some selection, Bao Guowei selected four or five books, such as "New Theory of Organic Chemistry", "New Theory of Inorganic Chemistry", and "General Theory of Chemistry", but he also noticed that half of the chemistry books in the library were from Oriental publishing houses.

But when you think that Suzhou is now a treaty port for the Orientals, it makes sense: there are many people from the East, and naturally local books are easy to bring and translate into volumes.

"Buns!"

Bao Guowei was flipping through a book when he suddenly heard someone behind him calling his name, and someone patted him lightly on the shoulder.

This voice was a little familiar, and when I turned to it, it turned out to be my classmate Xu Weiye, and it was still the face that looked like a bully.

He is wearing a new black suit today, with fairly white skin, and a few villain books in his hands, which does have a noble appearance.

This person Bao Guowei was very impressed, and he was the first to give himself a nickname and a hawthorn slice, but it had already entered Chen Jinhua's stomach, and he also paid Chen Jinhua five yuan in advance for medical expenses......

It's a kind-hearted person.,It's just that the personality seems to be a little out of tune.。

"I'll just say, you must be secretly studying in private! By the way, who is this? ”

Xu Weiye saw a few chemistry books in Bao Guowei's hand, made a joke, and noticed that Bao Guowei also had an old man, who looked a little similar to Bao Guowei, and asked casually.

When Xu Weiye first spoke to Bao Guowei, Lao Bao was already very nervous, ready to walk away, but he was afraid that it would be self-defeating - too conspicuous.

Now Xu Weiye's words made Lao Bao's body tremble—as if he had jumped into a pool of cold water and entered an ice cellar, and his whole body was a little cold.

This question made Lao Bao's mind completely confused, he looked at Bao Guowei, and there was only one thought in his heart - I can't teach people to know that Bao Guowei's father is me.

Lao Bao had forgotten the rehearsal in his heart before, the corners of his mouth began to tremble, the short beard on it trembled, and he said a sentence tremblingly:

"No...... Irrelevant. ”

After saying this, Lao Bao regretted it a little, and should say that I was a housekeeper or a ......

"This is my dad."

Bao Guowei patted Lao Bao's shoulder and said to Xu Weiye with a smile.

"Ahh......h I know. ”

Xu Weiye smiled a little embarrassedly, he looked at the old bag's hand, which was covered with calluses, and then looked at the old cloth shoes, and he already understood a little in his heart......

……

"Guowei, I'...... I ......"

"Dad, you don't have to do this job anymore in the future, I'll let you be the master."

(End of chapter)