After wearing the book, I was with Bai Yueguang

This week's weekly exam was scheduled for Friday, and when Lao Zhang informed him of the news on Thursday, the classroom was filled with lamentation again.

Because the get out of class bell had already rung, some students boldly asked, "Mr. Zhang, this exam will not be as difficult as last week!"

Last week's weekly exam, because it was too difficult, the score difference between Xu Qing and the second grader even exceeded 130 points, and almost reached 150 points.

Old Zhang smiled, "Normal difficulty, normal difficulty."

After hearing Lao Zhang's answer, the students invariably breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere in the classroom returned to the cheerfulness it should have been during get out of class time.

In the evening, after answering Gu Xiao's doubts about homework, Xu Qing sent a text message that had nothing to do with answering questions.

【do well on the exam. 】

Looking at Xu Qing's initiative to send text messages to cheer her up for tomorrow's exam, Gu Xiao's cheeks flushed slightly, and his eyes sparkled.

【I will~】

She combed her long hair with her hands, took a piece of paper and put it on the desk. Tomorrow's score must be controlled.

Not too good, not too bad.

At least let Xu Qing feel that his teaching is worthwhile.

For Xu Qing, the weekly exam was as easy as the usual class. After he finished the exam questions as usual, he spent the rest of the time observing Gu Xiao.

This time Gu Xiao didn't ask for leave anymore, and finished the four papers steadily, but Xu Qing found that she still had a little too much time to think when doing the questions, and her writing was a little stagnant.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, after the English test was finished, Xu Qing didn't pack her schoolbag immediately, but got up and followed Teacher Zhang to the office.

Teacher Zhang put the papers away, sat down in the office chair, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Teacher Zhang."

After Xu Qing said hello, he paused for a while before continuing, "I want to take out Gu Xiao's test paper, and I will correct it."

Teacher Zhang hummed suspiciously, "Our grades will be released on Monday, and we will explain the papers that day."

"I know."

Xu Qing slightly bent the index finger of her right hand that was hanging by her side, "But Gu Xiao and I made an appointment to study in the library on Sunday. I want to sort out the test papers for her."

Teacher Zhang understood, "Well, that's fine, you can turn over her paper yourself. After grading the paper, you can send me her score, and Li Sinian can give it to me."

He watched Xu Qing look for the test paper, and took out a piece of paper from the messy documents on the other side, "This is Gu Xiao's previous school report card, you can take it."

"Okay, thank you Teacher Zhang."

Xu Qing found Gu Xiao's English paper, and held it together with the previous report card, and got Gu Xiao's remaining three papers from other teachers in the same way.

Seeing Xu Qing leave the office door, Teacher Dong at the next table stopped grading papers, and turned to chat with Teacher Zhang, "Old Zhang, your mutual aid group is well arranged."

Teacher Zhang smiled, "Xu Qing has always been serious in his work, so I can rest assured that I will leave it to him."

"Isn't it?"

Teacher Dong agreed, and then talked about what he saw the evening before yesterday, "I saw him, Li Ersan, Gu Xiao, and Ji He on the basketball court on Wednesday afternoon."

"Oh?" Teacher Zhang was a little surprised, "He played with Ji He?"

"That's not true." Teacher Dong denied, "He and Li Ersan are watching from the sidelines."

Teacher Zhang said with a smile, "It's okay, it can be regarded as an improvement. I have also noticed that Li Sinian and Ji He are getting closer these days. It's good that he can bring Xu Qing together."

The big lamp on the ceiling was on, and Xu Qing turned on the desk lamp extra, and solemnly corrected the paper with a red pen, marking it with circles from time to time.

Gu Xiao's text message arrived as scheduled.

[Gu Xiao: Can I still have extracurricular tutoring this weekend? 】

[Well, yes. 】

[Gu Xiao: Still come to my house?Sunday? 】

I'm going to the bookstore to buy books on Saturday.

Xu Qing replied in the affirmative.

[Sunday. 】

[Gu Xiao: I'd better ask the driver to pick you up. When you wake up, just go to the school gate and find the license plate number that was issued to you last time.] Xu Qing remained silent for a while.

[Is the driver familiar with the road conditions?If not, I can go there myself. 】After seeing this text message, Gu Xiao was also subtly silent for a while.

[Gu Xiao: I have arranged for him to familiarize himself with the road conditions, at least he will not miss the road from school to my house qwq] [Okay. 】

After grading the test papers, Xu Qing wrote the homework and fell asleep early according to the normal bedtime.

I don't know if I can find the same book in the bookstore tomorrow.

If you can't, you have to go to a few more places to see.

Saturday was a cloudy day, neither rain nor overly hot golden sun.

Before going out, Xu Qing stood by the table and hesitated for a while.

He has the photo of the book cover that he took last night in his mobile phone, should he take the original book with him?

After thinking twice, Xu Qing still picked up the book and put it in the bag properly.

There is nothing else in the bag except this book, keys, wallet, and water cup.The wallet and keys are placed in a separate small bag, which will not press the book; the water cup is placed on the side of the backpack, and the lid is tightly screwed, so that the water will not leak out and wet the book.

After checking what was still on the table and making sure nothing was missing, Xu Qing went out.

The first stop is the Chuhua Bookstore which is the nearest to the school, and it only takes 10 minutes to walk there.

At this point, the underground passage had just opened, and there was still the stuffy smell that had been lingering all night, which was not pleasant, so Xu Qing only walked through the underground passage when he needed to cross the road, and immediately went to the ground after crossing the road.

The shops along the street are basically open, but there are still few people, and it is a bit deserted for the time being.

There were not many people in Chu Hua Bookstore.

As soon as he entered the bookstore, a shopping guide lady came up to him, "What book do you want to buy?"

Xu Qing said the title of the book: "Is there any "Yujia Grass Paper"?"

"Yes."

The shopping guide kindly agreed, and led him to the foreign literature section, and took out an example book from the shelf for people to read, "Look at it, isn't it?"

The name is right and the author is right.

But the cover is wrong.

Xu Qing thought for a while, took out her mobile phone, and found the photo taken last night, "Do you have this version?"

The smile on the face of the shopping guide froze, "Let me ask you."

She led Xu Qing to her superior, checked for more than ten minutes, and regretfully said to Xu Qing, "Sorry, the version on your photo was from seven years ago, and now this version is no longer printed. Can you take a look at our new edition here? It was newly printed this year, and you can get a [-]% discount for buying books now."

"……Feel sorry."

Xu Qing refused, "I only want to buy this version."

He left the bookstore, walked to a nearby bus stop, and planned to take a bus to find another bookstore.

He has been to most of the bookstores in Mingcheng, and he drew up the most time-saving route in a few seconds.

Neither did other bookstores, however.

They are all selling him the newly printed version this year, or other novels by this author.

Uncle Qin is the owner of a bookstore that has been open for 30 to [-] years. He is deeply impressed by Xu Qing who always comes to the bookstore to read.

This child has appeared in his bookstore since he was seven or eight years old. He was worried about the child's safety at first, but after a few weeks of careful attention, the child is bold and cautious, but he doesn't like to talk very much, so it is not a big problem.

He watched Xu Qing gradually grow from a small man of seven or eight years old to ten, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen or seventeen years old.

Watching the school uniform on his body change from elementary school to junior high school to high school.

He thought that Xu Qing was also here to read the book today, but it wasn't.

"...I don't have it here, this version is too old."

After Uncle Qin finished speaking, seeing the light in Xu Qing's eyes gradually dimming, he couldn't bear it, and stopped him who was about to leave, "You only want to buy this version?"

"……Um."

Xu Qing nodded.

"I've been looking for it for a long time."

Even though it was a comfortable and cloudy day, he was full of restless heat.

"……Yes."

Xu Qing lowered her eyes, "Uncle Qin, do you know where it is?"

Uncle Qin smiled, "Go to this store and look for it. It specializes in used books and old books. If he doesn't have it, there probably won't be any physical bookstores in Mingcheng."

He flipped a business card from a drawer and handed it over.

Xu Qing took it, thanked her, and went to the address printed on the business card.

The bookstore specializes in second-hand books, and even the address is unique.

After Xu Qing saw the real location of the bookstore, she knew why she had never been to this bookstore.

The alley is crooked, and the bookstore doesn't even have a signboard in its early years. If it weren't for the "No. 98" printed in thick white lines on one wall, he wouldn't be sure that this was the bookstore he was looking for.

He carefully opened the shutter door, "Hello?"

The old man was dozing off in the rocking chair behind the counter. When he heard his voice, he opened his eyes slightly, "What's the matter?"

"I'm here to find books."

"Oh."

The old man sat up slowly, with gray and white hair, full of energy, "What book are you looking for?"

Xu Qing directly handed over the phone this time, "Is there any version of "Yujia Grass Paper"?"

The old man narrowed his eyes and looked, "I'll look for it for you."

The books on the other side of the bookcase were arranged in a disorganized order, but the old man was confident, so he went directly to the innermost bookcase to search, and after a while, he took out the book.

"it is this?"

The book is even preserved in plastic, although the plastic is a little dusty.

"it is this!"

Xu Qing happily took it with both hands, "How much?"

The old man glanced at him, "I only accept cash, not electronic transfer."

"It's okay, I'll just pay in cash."

Xu Qing took out his wallet from his bag.

"Seeing how young you are, I'll give you a discount to round it up, fifty."