ugly duckling don't cry

Keep in mind our website and wish you all a happy reading!Don't forget to spread the word.

Lian Ersheng felt for the first time that he was so close to her.

☆、Chapter 49

The east gate of Nanda is not far from Xinjiekou, about 10 minutes by bicycle.Lian Ersheng was carrying Tan Yurong, the speed was not fast, firstly, he didn't want accidents, and secondly, he selfishly hoped that the journey would be longer.But there is an end to the road, and soon, a beautifully decorated storefront appeared in the sight of the two.

"It's here." Lian Ersheng's tone was cheerful and proud.

My mother's store looks very eye-catching on this old street full of the style of the Republic of China. It is decorated in a modern European style and the signboard is white on a black background.Since this place was originally an old bookstore, the store area is very large, twice as wide as that of the left and right neighbors. The four characters "Wandering Time" are made into a three-dimensional shadow shape with artistic fonts, giving people a low-key, simple but fashionable and modern feeling.The front walls of the store are all made of floor-to-ceiling tempered glass. The entrance is a thick double-opening glass door. When you open it, a smell of coffee beans mixed with the smell of books and ink comes to your face.

Stepping over the magnetic induction anti-theft device into the store, the first thing you step on is the dark wooden floor, but the walls on all sides are adjusted to bright colors, with warm light, and the contrast of color difference makes the completely dark wooden floor not so beautiful. Depressed, on the contrary, it gives people a feeling of instant precipitation and tranquility.On the right hand side of the entrance is the bar, where customers order and pay.The store provides a variety of beverages and Chinese and European snacks, as well as book lending and selling services.Going further inside, you can see rows of long tables that imitate ancient desks and wooden chairs that look like grand master chairs arranged in the store. On the other side, rows of antique bookshelves instantly occupy people's sight.There are various calligraphy and paintings of famous artists hanging on the wall, which is particularly clear and meaningful under the support of the light.There is a back garden in the back of the store, which is carefully decorated by the gardener as an exquisite courtyard, with small bridges and flowing water, and of course greenery. When guests are tired from reading, it would be a good choice to relax and enjoy the garden scenery for a while.

The decoration theme on the first floor is Chinese style, and the books on display are also books related to traditional Chinese culture, ancient masterpieces, historical classics, etc.There are books that are only borrowed and not sold, and there are books that are sold and sold.After going up the wooden stairs to the second floor, the style instantly changes to European style.The whole decoration tone has not changed much, but there is a wonderful feeling of coming from ancient China to modern Europe all of a sudden.There is no bar on the second floor. The original bar was occupied by a circular stage. The stage is not big, and a grand piano almost takes it up, and there are two music stands.Next to the stage are some round tables and chairs with a sense of design, colorfully arranged in all directions. The appearance of the bookshelves is not much different from that in foreign libraries. There are small sliding wooden ladders fixed on the bookshelves to climb up and down, which is convenient fetch books.The books here are mostly foreign masterpieces and works of many modern writers, and there are classification labels on the bookshelves to choose from.Each book is stamped with the official seal of "Walk in Time" and is pasted with a barcode, which will never be confused with the books brought by the guests.

"Wandering Time" opens at 06:30 in the morning and serves breakfast, mainly Western-style breakfasts such as coffee, milk, bread or cake.Many white-collar workers, students and teachers living nearby will come here to buy breakfast.It closes at 09:30 p.m., and it will be extended to [-]:[-] on weekends.Mother temporarily hired two baristas, two pastry chefs, and three waiters, a total of seven employees.Two of the three waiters are college students. They work part-time here, and their working hours are rotated, so the variability is relatively large.The other is a long-term worker, she looks like she is only in her twenties, a girl wearing glasses, with double ponytails tied loosely, she looks beautiful, everyone calls her Ah Qing, she looks like a literary girl, but she is only middle-aged. With a college degree, he majored in art design, and came to Ningxia from his hometown to work, as if he was preparing for the adult college entrance examination.

At this moment, there are people sitting in almost every position in the store. The whole store is very quiet, with light music playing in the store, and the customers are all concentrating on reading books. There are some drinks at hand, or coffee or tea, some People even ordered some desserts.Of course, there are also some people who are not reading, but come here to work and study with their own laptops. If you choose a seat with a socket, you can spend most of the day here.

Tan Yurong fell in love with the atmosphere here almost instantly, she tried her best to keep her footsteps as light as possible, and walked around the store like a butterfly wearing flowers, her beautiful eyes looked around, her face was full of novel expressions.Lian Ersheng followed behind her with a smile, without speaking, but silently admiring her appearance.

When passing through a row of bookshelves, Aqing, the long-term worker who was arranging the books, saw Lian Ersheng, put down the work in hand, stepped forward, and said hello shyly:

"Boss, you are here."

"Sister Qing, I've said it many times, don't call me little boss, and don't use honorific titles to me, I've got goosebumps..." Lian Ersheng complained with a smile.Then Tan Yurong was introduced to Ah Qing:

"This is my classmate Tan Yurong, and this is sister Qing, the foreman of our store."

Seeing Tan Yurong, Ah Qing was amazed:

"Little Boss's friends are all beauties."

Hearing this sentence, Tan Yurong was suddenly a little curious. Has anyone else been to the store besides her? She remembered that Lian Ersheng originally planned to invite everyone to come together on the National Day, but she came here alone in advance today.Turning his inquiring eyes to Lian Ersheng, Lian Ersheng said in embarrassment:

"My mother brought Yanxin here before, and Ouyang also came with me once."

"Okay, I didn't expect that I would be the last one." Tan Yurong immediately pouted.

"No, I...I just didn't...uh...no..." Lian Ersheng was sweating profusely, no matter how good her eloquence was, she couldn't complete a sentence in front of the princess at this moment.

"Okay, I was joking with you, so what are you doing seriously?" Tan Yurong saw that she was in such a hurry, and she couldn't help but break her feigned unhappiness, and said with a smile.

99/275 First page Previous page 979899100101102103104 Next page Last page Lian Ersheng secretly heaved a sigh of relief, then changed the subject and asked:

"Sister Qing, where is my mother? She went out after lunch today, so she should be in the store now."

"The boss is in the office on the third floor." Ah Qing replied.

So Lian Ersheng took Tan Yurong upstairs, and they were not in a hurry to find Lianyu, because Tan Yurong seemed to prefer to wander the second floor of time.Especially when I saw the grand piano, I couldn't put it down instantly, touching the shiny and reflective black body and sighing:

"A beautiful piano."

The price of this Yamaha cf6 is as high as 95 yuan. Even a mother with a lot of money can only get this piano by paying in installments.This piano is not placed here as a decoration. In fact, my mother also hired a pianist, who often came to play a few songs. The so-called pianist is actually a young boy, unknown, but with superb skills. Come here to have a meal.He didn't come here every day, and even Ersheng didn't find a regularity for this young boy to come here, but he would take away 500 yuan from his mother for one performance, and his mother had lost her money.

"Want to play?" Lian Ersheng asked her with a smile.

"Hey, can I play?"

"Of course, if you want."

"Then I won't be polite." She eagerly sat down in front of the piano and stretched her fingers.Lian Ersheng suddenly slapped his head and remembered that the soft music in the store hadn't been turned off, so he said to her:

"Wait for me, and play again when I come back."

After speaking, she hurried to the third floor. The third floor is basically her mother's private office. At the same time, there is also a radio room with a very traditional vinyl record player, which is used to play some classic vinyl records.Lian Ersheng walked into his mother's office first. At this moment, Lian Yu was facing the notebook and didn't know what he was busy with. Even Ersheng walked in without knocking on the door, which surprised her.When he looked up and saw his daughter walking in bluffing, he immediately complained: