Making the bed, washing dishes, placing daily necessities and seasonings doesn't take much effort. It took less than ten minutes to finish everything.

I can only say that the motivation for chanting is really useful.

All the places that should be arranged are ready, and Ai Liang will be considered to have officially moved into this home from this moment.

After packing up the things at home, Ailiang planned to go out and go to the bookstore in the city to take a walk.

During the day, Qianhua Market is relatively harmonious in places where the sun shines. Only at night will those idle people wander around the streets in groups.

Ailiang took the bus for more than half an hour and arrived at the city center.

In this completely unfamiliar city, Ailiang could only follow the navigation to view the location of each bookstore.

In the big information age, almost every shop, even if it is just a grocery store, will display locations on the map.

So, after Ailiang entered the bookstore in the navigation software, no information popped up.

It is now 2030, and physical book stores are decreasing almost every year.

The small bookstore with only one storefront and few rows of bookshelves in the store. The dusty bookshelf are still placed on the unpopular books that are unknown for many years.

All have been eliminated.

Those who can survive now are those high-value and multi-functional cultural and creative coffee bookstores.

On the one hand, the rise of the Internet and mobile terminals has made resources easier to obtain and read more convenient. People no longer need to buy physical books in traditional bookstores.

On the other hand, there is competition in the industry, but competition also revolves around the Internet.

The cost of opening an online bookstore is much lower than that of traditional bookstores, and there are more sales methods and home delivery services.

This further exacerbates the difficult situation of traditional bookstores.

Under the combined effect of external oppression and internal reform, the business model of cultural and creative coffee bookstores emerged.

This type of bookstore profits from selling books only one-third of the profits, or even less.

Rather than saying that this type of bookstore sells books, they sell coffee, surrounding gifts, cultural atmosphere and services, in order to meet the "style" that most people pursue.

Therefore, coffee bookstores are only in the top ten international cities of the Asian Union, or are more popular tourist cities.

The reason is also very simple and the cost is high.

The coffee bookstore sells services, not only with bookshelf, sofa, and table, but also with large venues and exquisite decorations.

Because the elements outside the bookstore are added, there is also a special barista.

Aside from cost investment, the monthly salary paid to the clerk is not a small amount.

Citizens in big cities will regard reading as a habit, and there will be many possibilities for customers in bookstores. In addition to students and young people, there will also be adults or retired elderly people.

Secondly, in popular tourist cities, such as Qianhua Market, this exquisite coffee and bookstore will be used by people who come to visit as a place to take photos and check in on friends, which will bring greater traffic to the bookstore.

Only in this way can the income be guaranteed.

This is the bookstore in front of Ai Liang.

The bookstore hall adopts a khaki decoration style, and both bookshelf and one-piece tables and chairs are brown in style, which makes people feel comfortable just by looking at the appearance.

The main reason why Ailiang chose this store is that this store has a reading room independent from the bar.

There is a special preparation for those who want to read books quietly.

It is no different from the bookstores in Neihua City, and it also adopts a membership system.

Ordinary members of 121 year can read books in the store.

Senior members of 350 high-end books can enjoy a 10% discount and can borrow books.

Ai Liang thought about it for a while, then applied for a membership of 350 yuan, and paid a deposit of 200 yuan.

Reading is one of his few hobbies, so he is willing to give up on this amount of money. The deposit of 200 yuan is only to prevent customers from intentionally damaging books, and the deposit will be refunded when the member expires.

With a happy mood, Ai Liang began to wander among the bookshelf to find novel categories.

Even if Ai Liang has the spiritual ability, he cannot see through what the characters in the novel think.

Almost every story can bring him a sense of freshness, and the burst of sincere emotions cannot bring him by reality.

After all, most of the real society is gray, and only in the story world can we promote truth, goodness and beauty for various reasons.

"So there are two volumes left in this book?"

Ai Liang's eyes glanced back and forth on the bookshelf, and suddenly he discovered the novel Yang Xingyue gave him.

Yang Xingyue gave him only the first volume, but she didn't expect to see a complete set of top, middle and lower ones here.

Ai Liang did not hesitate at all, and brought three books to the long table and sat down.

He first spent ten minutes revisiting the plot of the previous volume, recalling the general content of the book, and then gradually immersed in the subsequent story with curiosity.

It's only past nine o'clock in the morning, and there are almost no people coming to the bookstore to read books. Ailiang is equivalent to booking a room alone.

As time passes by minute by minute, the young man reading books becomes a landscape in the reading room.

Buzz, Buzz.

What awakened Ailiang from the story world was not the buzzing sound made by the phone now, but the reminder of the girl diagonally opposite.

"Your cell phone rings."

The sudden sound disrupted Ai Liang's thoughts.

After finding his phone buzzing, Ai Liang smiled apologetically.

The one who called at this time was not someone else, but one of Ai Liang's few friends - Ma Yu.

It is not convenient to speak in the reading room, so Ailiang hung up the phone and checked it for a private chat.

Generally, Ma Yu will call directly only if Ai Liang chats privately and does not reply to the information and there is an important matter.

【Hey, hey? Is Xiao Ai here?】

【Have you found a place to live?】

[After renting the house, remember to say the address, and go to your place to play with you in the future.]

【Reply to a message.】

【You won't be kidnapped.】

【See the message.】

The earliest news was last night.

There are two things that were when he was tidying up his housework in the morning, and the most recent one was ten minutes ago.

There are many other messages, all sent by Yue Qihua and Yang Xingyue.

According to the chat time, Ai Liang realized that it was almost eleven o'clock.

[I'm fine, my residence has been found, right on Huayuan Road near Qianhua Experimental Middle School. I was doing housework in the morning, but I was reading a book and didn't pay attention to the news.]

[Wow, I finally feel willing to reply to the message, why not answer the phone?]

[Bookstore reading room, inconvenient.]

[Really? You won’t be kidnapped, right? Send a photo to see.]

【…】

If you made such a request yesterday, I really can't explain it.

Ai Liang silently opened the video and turned around for half a circle, then clicked Send.

【Wait? You just arrived at Qianhua Market and hooked up with a new girl?】

Hook up with a girl? Am I that kind of person?

Ai Liang raised his head in confusion, looked around, and then found that the person sitting on his right was staring at him with a complicated expression.

Ai Liang had actually discovered someone around him, but he didn't care. It was their freedom to sit.

This is not the first time he has encountered this situation. When he went to a bookstore, people often came up to talk to him.
Chapter completed!