Sun Dawu had previously run all the private schools in this area in order to find a school for his two daughters, and only then did he find a tutor Mr. Li who was willing to accept a girl, but it happened that because Mr. Li's own daughter wanted to study, he allowed the eldest girl and the second girl to enroll together.

Therefore, he knew the situation of the nearby colleges and universities well, and said: "There are seven schools in Mengxue, all of them are small halls, and each family has ten or twenty children. ”

Huai'an nodded: "You go again, give each teacher an invitation, and welcome them to bring their children to visit the bookstore tomorrow to understand the book printing process and immerse themselves in the hard-won books." ”

Sun Dawu silently wrote down Huai'an's words, took a small stack of invitations and went out.

The guys were busy coming in and out, the couplets were all written by Huaiming in his hand, and they had already been hung up, and He Wen and He Wu were stepping on the ladder and hung the plaque covered with red silk cloth outside the gate.

"It's crooked, it's a little higher on the left."

"No, no, it's a little higher on the right."

Changxing and Xiwa stood under the wall directly opposite the gate, you say a word to me.

He Wen wanted to curse when he heard it: "If you two fight first, whoever wins will listen to whom?" ”

The neighbors all came to watch and discussed: "The Hao family bookstore has changed its owner, what has it been called?" ”

"Oh, it's covered with a red cloth, and it will be revealed tomorrow."

At noon, Huai'an, Ronghe and Chen Yong were eating with everyone in the courtyard, and Sun Dawu came back, sweating all over his face.

Huai'an hurriedly beckoned him to wash his hands and face and eat.

Sun Dawu was excited, and couldn't wait to say: "Five of the seven private schools are willing to bring schoolchildren to visit our bookstore. ”

Huai An'an was overjoyed, and asked rhetorically: "How many people are there?" ”

Sun Dawu took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and calculated: "There are eighty-two children and five gentlemen." ”

Huai'an just asked, but he didn't expect that he had already counted it in advance, and when the boss met such an employee, he should really be secretly happy.

"More than eighty people, not too many, you meet Changxing after dinner and see how you receive it tomorrow." Huai'an Road.

……

Before dawn the next day, Huai'an got up, this time he didn't need to be called, with the help of Hao's mother, he dressed up, his beard was neatly combed, and his clothes were also newly made in spring, and the pine green silk shirt lined him with white and handsome.

He tossed around the courtyards like a spinning top, called all his brothers and sisters, and finally united Huaiming to tiptoe through his father's house, went to the warm pavilion and stole Sister Peng'er, and left a note on the small bed: "Borrow it for one day and return it in the evening." ”

Several people ran out desperately with Sister Peng in their arms, and the tense and exciting atmosphere made Sister Peng giggle excitedly.

Mother Hao and Mother Wang staggered behind their little feet, where could they catch up with the children, panting and standing in place, watching the young masters and young ladies run out of the gate and disappear at the mouth of the alley.

"It used to be just one," Wang's mother held her thighs and couldn't breathe, "how can I ...... now?" One by one...... It's all so crazy......"

Haojia Hutong has now been renamed "Shufang Hutong". There are lion dancers at the mouth of the alley, stilt walking, a piece of blowing and blowing, lively and extraordinary.

Sister Peng likes to watch this kind of performance the most, but she is still young after all, and she doesn't go out often.

Recently, the weather has been good, and it is a comfortable season to be lukewarm, so Huai'an discussed with his brothers and sisters that he would steal her out no matter what.

At the end of the lion dance, the auspicious time has arrived, and I saw He Wen and He Wu carrying a bamboo pole, and on the bamboo pole was a long hanging whip.

The sound of crackling firecrackers resounded throughout the alley, deafening and filled the air. Sister Peng jumped up and down in Huai'an's arms excitedly, and Huaiming hurriedly covered her ears.

Sun Dawu pushed aside everyone and ran to Huai'an's side: "Boss, unveil the plaque!" ”

So Huai'an handed Sister Peng into her brother's arms and sat on He Wen's shoulder. As soon as the tall man stood up, he could easily grasp the red cloth on the plaque and pull it hard.

I saw that on the sandalwood plaque, the six big characters of "Dandelion Children's Bookstore" were displayed in front of everyone.

Everyone suddenly realized that the new bookstore was dedicated to printing children's books.

Sun Dawu shouted: "Guys, it's open, cheer up!" ”

The guys stood in a row: "Honest and trustworthy, tenacious struggle, work together to create good results!" Yes! ”

He didn't even know about this paragraph, and the guys shouted in his ear, scaring him.

It was the first time for the bookstore owners, neighbors, and melon-eating people who came to watch the ceremony to see such a battle, and they were stunned at first, and then they all applauded and cheered together to congratulate the opening of the new store.

A couple of gentlemen from a nearby private school led the children to the museum as promised, and Huai'an warmly invited them to visit the children's bookstore.

A group of more than 80 children divided into two teams and entered in turn, only to see that the once dilapidated Hao Family Bookstore had been renovated. The doors, windows, tables and chairs are clean, and all kinds of utensils are neatly placed in their respective places, and the guys are in their places to demonstrate the printing process for the children.

The children prefer to watch Master Hao carve words, because Master Hao's technique is too fast, and the afterimage will be released quickly. The children surrounded him curiously and asked long and short questions, Huai'an was afraid that the old man would be starved of oxygen, so he hurriedly called Changxing and Sun Dawu to beckon the children to see the binding.

Sun Dawu has always dared to dare to do things, but at this time, he suddenly rubbed the corners of his clothes and became cramped and uneasy. Nowadays, children who can go to school and study will not have a bad family background, so that the classmates of the eldest girl and the second girl will definitely laugh at them when they see that their father is just a bookstore guy.

So he quietly shrank back, intending to find something else for himself to do, pretending not to know his daughter.

"Daddy!"

Before he could slip away, the eldest girl and the second girl saw him from the crowd at a glance, rushed up and took his hand one by one.

Sun Dawu's whole body froze.

"Sun Daya, Sun Erya, is she your father?" A Meng Tong asked.

The eldest girl unabashedly admitted generously: "Yes, this is our father!" My family lives in this courtyard, in the third courtyard. ”

The children gossiped, "Your home is so interesting!" I envy you so much! ”

Sun Dawu smiled crampedly and beckoned the children to drink some tea.

In the negotiation room, the owners of several bookstores in the capital were invited to visit and were standing in front of the bookshelves flipping through sample books.

"Is it all Mengshu?" Someone asked.

"Yes, it's all Mengshu." Chen Yong was receiving them: "You can choose one of these sample books to take away." ”

Several gentlemen sat around the round table drinking tea, and Mr. Li suddenly sighed: "The three little sons are the same age as these children, they are still in school, and the three of them have already opened a bookstore." ”

Rong He sighed dissatisfiedly: "Actually, we also have to go to school......"

Huai'an also sighed together, when can I grow up, I don't have to go to school when I grow up.

Another gentleman also said, "Thank you for giving the children the opportunity to visit." ”

Huai'an smiled and waved his hand, and said casually: "No thanks, just don't let them write their impressions after watching them." ”

Several people looked at each other: "How do you feel after watching?" What is that? ”

"Uh......" Huai'an wanted to slap himself.

Under the repeated questioning of several gentlemen, Huai'an had no choice but to explain: "After the visit, there is no need to write about the feelings and revelations in an article, and there is no need to ......."

"Sounds good...... Putting feelings into brushstrokes, you can realize more truths, the so-called prudent thinking, discernment, and practice. That's pretty much what it means. ”

The corners of Huai'an's mouth twitched when he heard this, and the so-called fact that he had been drenched in the rain and had to tear other people's umbrellas probably meant the same thing...... But he didn't mean to!

Mr. Li twisted his beard and smiled: "This method is very good, and it can be commonly used in the future." Little boy, I didn't expect you to have so much wisdom at such a young age. ”

Huai'an looked at a group of innocent children outside the door: dolls, there are unjust debtors and owners, don't blame me!

Chapter 100

Sister Peng played with ink on her face outside, and Huaiying Huaiwei washed her for a long time before she could barely wash it and sent it to the negotiation room for her to read.

Huai'an originally asked Hao's mother to sew a "lazy sofa" for her "Ge You's paralysis", and at this time it was just taken out to place her sister.

Sister Peng sat cross-legged on the sofa, reading books with relish, and there were also piles of "Illustrated Thousand Character Text" and "Miscellaneous Words" around her.

These books have been kept in Huai'an's room, never given to her, just two and a half years old, eyesight has not yet fully developed, it is not good to hold a book every day, or should be brought out to play, to see the mountains and rivers, to watch the dragon and lion dance, to contact the world, to contact the color, to taste the food.

What kind of books does a baby of this age read, just be happy!

A pot-bellied bookseller didn't pay attention to his feet, stepped on the corner of the sofa, and found a little girl with red lips and white teeth sitting on the thick cushion, wearing a silver-red shirt, her hair was coiled into a bun, and red agate beads were falling.

"Such a small doll can also read?" He asked.

"It's mainly about looking at paintings." Huai'an explains: "Our children's books are suitable for schoolchildren of all ages, such as my sister's The Three Character Classics in Pictures, which is now used by Mengtong children in the Jiangnan area to enlighten their minds. ”

The booksellers' eyes became serious, and each of them picked out a sample book to take away.

At the end of the visit, each child was given a bookmark as a souvenir, and the delicate little figures on the bookmark were lifelike, but everyone was different, they compared with each other and exchanged their favorite patterns, and they were very happy.

But they soon found out that there was a tiger head doll card that was different from the others, with eight characters on the back, while the regular model had only one word on the back, and the number was very small, and more than 80 children found only one.

"That's a hidden one." The big girl who knew the inside story explained to them: "In the future, you can draw bookmarks when you buy books from our bookstore, and you can exchange the hidden money for a full set." The schoolchildren sighed and exclaimed: "That's how it is!" ”

So a child took the hidden bookmark and walked towards Sun Dawu under the envious gaze of everyone, and really changed to a full set of bookmarks.

Everyone asked the eldest girl, "Where can I buy the books in your bookstore?" ”

The eldest girl said proudly: "The owner has asked my father to go to major bookstores to discuss business, and it shouldn't be long before I can buy it at the book market." ”

One of them stood up and said: "My family runs a bookstore, I'll go back and talk to my father first!" ”

"Zhao Jie, you won't secretly hide the hidden money, right?" Someone quipped.

Zhao Jie's face was hot: "I'm that kind of person!" ”

"Each bookmark is sealed in a small envelope. ”

"Oh—" The crowd suddenly realized.

Seeing that it was time to end school, the gentlemen announced their homework for tonight on the spot and wrote a review of today's visit.

The children squeaked and screamed, first of all, today was a holiday, and they came to school out of curiosity about the bookstore; Secondly, they are not very old, they are still studying, and they can't write articles.

The gentlemen said that they would not be asked to write an eight-strand article, but to directly record what they saw and heard during this visit, as long as they had real feelings, they did not have to stick to the format.

The children were on the verge of breaking down, they were playing all day, and most of them didn't take the engraving process to heart.

In this era, children go to school nearby, and there is almost no one to pick them up. Therefore, the gentlemen disbanded them on the spot, and the chaotic and noisy bookstore instantly fell silent.

I saw the eldest girl and the second girl like two soft-footed shrimps, walking back from the gate dejectedly.

Sun Dawu thought they were being bullied, and nervously asked why.

The eldest girl was older and articulate, and complained to her father: "I don't know which gentleman came up with the idea, so we have to write about the aftermath, we live in this bookstore every day, and I really don't know what to write." ”

Sun Dawu scratched his head, because he had never heard of such a thing.

Behind her, Huai'an crept past.

"The owner." Sun Dawu stopped him.