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Yuan Dehou raised his eyes and looked at his eldest grandson worriedly. Although he also believed that reading is very important and several children should study more, how much would it cost to buy so many books.Yuan Xia doesn't seem like someone who doesn't have a plan.

Yuan Qiu looked at his eldest brother worriedly: "Brother, why did you buy so many books? Our family has no money."

Yuan Xia pointed to these books and said, "This is where the money comes from."

Several people were stunned for a moment, and Yuan Dehou asked: "Xia Xia, are the books bought and sold?"

Yuan Xia shook his head: "Not for sale. Let's rent it out for others to see."

"Renting books?" Everyone was at a loss, this was the first time they heard this statement.

Yuanchun asked, "How do you rent books?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "A book costs a penny a day. We have hundreds of books. If we can rent out all of them, we can earn a few dollars a day. Of course, it is impossible to rent out so much in a day, but renting out a day Dozens of books are enough, and after a long time, the capital will slowly come back, and it will be net income in the future. You can still make money to read books, isn’t it a loss?”

When he said this, the whole family suddenly became enlightened, and Yuan Qiu gave his eldest brother a thumbs up: "Brother, you really have ideas!"

Yuan Xia said: "But we have to wrap these books with a cover first, otherwise the books will be torn in a few days, and it will lose money."

Yuan Qiu said, "Let me wrap the book cover."

Yuanchun said: "I will too!"

Yuan Xia said: "Okay. But instead of wrapping it in paper, I bought a plastic film, cut it and wrapped it on the book cover. This way people can see the cover and the words on it clearly, and the book is not so easy to break."

Yuan Qiu was a little puzzled: "How can the plastic film be fixed on the book cover?"

Yuan Xia said: "I'll buy a stapler later, just staple them."

Yuan Dehou stroked a thick copy of "Journey to the West" and asked, "Xia Xia, why did you think of renting a book?"

Yuan Xia said: "I saw a bookstall on the streets of Yuecheng, and many children gathered around to read books. I wondered if I could open a bookstall for you, and I would sit at home and collect money from now on. I can't send big money. Wealth, but we can definitely earn food and clothing, so we don’t have to go around trying to make money.”

The wrinkles on Yuan Dehou's face were squeezed together by a smile: "Then I won't do carpentry?"

Yuan Xia said: "Carpentry is not available all the time, but the book rental stand can be opened every day. I will go out these two days to find a suitable location and see where the book rental stand is."

Yuan Dehou said: "If we rent out the stalls, we won't have to sell popsicles in the future, right?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "There's no need to sell it."

On such a hot day, he didn't want Dongdong to go out in the sun.

Chongyang held a comic book and said, "Brother, can I read it?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "I can read it, turn it lightly, don't break the book."

"I know!" Chongyang began to turn the pages of the book, he just went to kindergarten and didn't know much, but the comic books are mainly pictures, he loves to read them.

Yuan Xia said: "Xiaoqiu and Chun'er can also take it and read it, just don't damage the book and dirty it, just take care of it."

"Hey, I got it." The little sisters happily agreed. They felt that they were so happy that they had so many books to read.

Yuan Qiu picked a book called "Dream of Red Mansions", while Yuan Chun found a comic book to read. She is in the second grade and has limited literacy, so she can barely read comic books.

Yuan Xia warned: "If you don't know the words, you should ask your brothers and sisters, or look them up in the dictionary by yourself. Don't be a scholar who knows half of the characters. It will be difficult to change in the future."

"Okay!" The younger ones agreed.

Yuan Dehou said: "Let's eat, there is still rice in the pot, and the vegetables are in the cover."

Yuan Xia washed his face and went to eat. He planned to take a nap and go out to buy a stapler and find a place to rent a book stand. Unfortunately, the car was driven by Dong Dong to sell popsicles. He will see if he can borrow a car from Ma Jianshe later.

Yuan Xia was taking a nap at home, and the children from the neighbors heard the news and wanted to borrow books to read.

Yuan Qiu stopped them from coming in at the door: "My brother is sleeping, please don't make noise. My books have not been wrapped up, so they cannot be borrowed. Wait for two days, and we will borrow them after we finish them."

Yuan Qiu didn't know whether she should take money from the people in the factory, but she knew that books should not be borrowed casually, these books were bought by her brother for business, if they were damaged and lost, it would be a big loss.

"Yuan Qiu, you can't borrow your books, so let me go in and have a look at what books are there?" The child who spoke was Wang Weidong, who was a grade higher than Yuan Qiu, and he learned that Yuan Xia bought it from Ma Jianjun. Lots of book back information.

Yuan Qiu said awkwardly: "There are too many people now, I can't let you in and not let others in, just wait."

Yuanchun was very courageous, she stretched out her hand to push Wang Weidong: "You guys go away, my elder brother is taking a nap because of the noise. If you continue to make trouble, I won't lend you books."

Yuan Xia couldn't sleep because of the noise, so he simply sat up, yawned and said, "Weidong, you all want to read books, don't you? Wait for two days, when I register the books, you can borrow them again. My book is going to be rented at the bookstall, so it cannot be damaged or lost."

As soon as Yuan Xia spoke, the children clamoring outside to read had to leave.

Seeing that everyone had left, Yuan Qiu heaved a sigh of relief: "Brother, should we borrow books for them to read?"

Yuan Xia smiled: "Take it. If you don't charge money, what if you borrow it and don't pay it back?"

The economic conditions in their factory are definitely good. These people can still afford a penny a day. If those parents knew that he was taking money, they would not blame him for taking money. After all, the whole family has no food or clothing.

Yuan Xia stretched, got up and went out.

Yuan Qiu asked: "Brother, are you awake?"

"Don't sleep anymore, go out to work."

Yuan Xia went next door to borrow a car, and Ma Jianshe and his father both took a nap at home.Ma Jianjun was flipping through the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" comic books borrowed from Yuan Xia. Not to mention, not only children like comic books, but older children also like to read them.

Ma Jianjun lent Yuan Xia his car, and he rode out to buy a stapler.

Yuan Xia rode a bicycle to the department store, keeping an eye on the streets and alleys along the way, thinking about where the rented books would be placed.

It's best to rent a storefront, but it's definitely not cheap. Let's see how the business is doing first. If it's good, then rent a storefront.

At least find a step that can shelter from wind and rain, after all, books cannot be exposed to rain.

The busiest place in the county must be Zhongxin Street, because there are department stores and the only Xinhua Bookstore here.

Yuan Xia thought about opening a rental book stall next to Xinhua Bookstore, but felt that it was not very good, and was suspected of stealing customers.

Finally, he thought of a good place to set up a stall near the Children's Palace. The Children's Palace is near the People's Park, and the County Gymnasium is also there. Primary and middle school students like to run there, and young people also like to run there.

After buying the stapler, Yuan Xia rode a bicycle around the Children's Palace, and finally settled on a place in the corridor of a house behind the Children's Palace bus station. The house seemed unoccupied, and I don't know what it is for. If someone comes to ask, then it depends.

Yuan Xia finds a good place, rides home excitedly, and wraps book covers with his younger siblings.

Yuan Dehou started to make bookshelves according to Yuan Xia's request. For convenience, he also made a detachable shelf.At this time, his craftsmanship showed its advantages, and the bookshelf he made was both beautiful and light.

Yuan Xia said: "If the business is good, let's rent a storefront, so we don't have to move around every day."

Setting up a stall on the side of the road is just a stopgap measure. It is still summer vacation, and they can help grandpa move the bookshelves and books out of the stall. When school starts, who can help him?

Yuan Dehou was reluctant to spend money: "It doesn't matter if you don't rent a shop, I can make a small cart and push it every day."

Yuan Xia couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Grandpa doesn't have any problems here."

Yuan Dehou was also a little proud: "So it's good to know the craft."

Yuan Xia said to his younger siblings: "Did you hear that? How important it is to master a skill, you don't overwhelm yourself with too many skills, you can learn whatever you want."

Yuan Dong, who came back from selling popsicles, raised his hand: "I can make a radio."

Yuan Xia nodded: "Not bad."

Yuan Qiu looked at his brothers and sisters: "I don't know anything."

Yuan Xia said: "You can write a good composition, which is not bad. You can contribute to newspapers and magazines then."

Yuan Qiu's eyes lit up: "Can I?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Of course. If you like other things, you can learn it too. If you don't have money to learn it now, you can learn it in the future."

He wants to cultivate the interests and hobbies of his younger brothers and sisters, but the current conditions are obviously impossible. In the future, they will be encouraged to learn if they have the conditions.

Chongyang raised her hand: "I can sing. The teacher said I sing very well."

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Really? Then sing it to us."

Chongyang opened his mouth and sang: "Little Swallow wears a floral dress..."

Yuan Xia was surprised to find that Chong Yang could really sing, his clear and crisp child voice was like the sound of nature, the timbre and intonation were very good, but he seldom heard him sing.

After Chongyang finished singing, Yuan Xia clapped vigorously: "Yangyang is really good at singing, it sounds good, like a lark. Sing more for us all in the future."

Chongyang was encouraged and nodded excitedly: "En."

Yuan Chun tilted his head and thought for a while: "I can kick the shuttlecock and jump the rubber band, is this considered a skill?"

Yuan Dong laughed loudly: "What's the use of that, it can only be played."

Yuanchun pouted, not very happy.

Yuan Xia said: "It's not bad, you can exercise your body. But you can also learn other skills in the future, such as singing, dancing, writing, calligraphy and painting."

Yuan Chun nodded: "Yeah." He raised his chin towards his second brother.

Chongyang said: "I like painting."

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "If you like to draw, draw more. Brother will buy you an art book. You all can practice calligraphy in the future. Brother will buy copybooks, ink and brushes for you to write in old newspapers."

Yuan Qiu said: "You don't need to buy copybooks, Chun'er School has large-character books."

Yuan Xia said, "That's fine too, but there are other fonts. I'll go to Xinhua Bookstore to have a look in two days."

After two or three days of busy work, the family finally got everything ready.

The book covers are wrapped, the bookshelves are ready, and the books are numbered.Yuan Xia also asked someone to engrave a seal, and stamped it on the side of the book and on the title page.

The seal is engraved with "Distant Bookstore", why is it called this?Because Yuan Xia remembers the saying "Life is not just about the present, but poetry and the distance." There is another wider world in the book, which can also build a bridge for the distant and beautiful future.

It just so happened that their family's surname was Yuan, and the name fit them well.

Yuan Xia also personally designed a debit book, with the title of the book on it, the date of borrowing and returning, whether it is damaged, etc., so that it is convenient to check the accounts.

All is ready except for the opportunity.Book rental booth is scheduled to officially open on July 7.

Before opening, dozens of books were rented out by the children in the factory.The conditions of the agricultural machinery factory are well-ranked in the local area. The income of the employees is relatively high. Parents also give their children a little more pocket money, and they have money to rent books to read.

In order to prevent the loss of the books lent out, the deposit is set higher than the price of the book.

For example, the deposit for a novel is a few cents higher than the price.If these books are taken away and not returned, it is equivalent to selling the books, and there is no loss.

There are many types of deposits for villain books. For example, the single volume is three cents, the upper and lower volumes are five cents, the deposit for a set of ten books is one yuan, and the full set is two yuan.

Comic books are different from novels, many of them come in sets, if one of them is lost, the whole set will be ruined and cannot be borrowed again.

But if you are reading books on site, the deposit can be cheaper, or even no deposit is required.

Despite setting up so many checkpoints, you still don't want books to be borrowed and not returned.The local Xinhua Bookstore has a limited variety of books, and many of his books cannot be found in Xinhua Bookstore.

You have to go to Yuecheng to buy it, which is very inconvenient, and it is difficult to buy such a discounted book again.

Early in the morning on July 7, after breakfast, the grandparents and grandchildren from distant families set off.

Yuandong didn’t go to sell popsicles today, he wanted to visit the bookstore, where he could earn money and sit there and read a book, how beautiful it is.

Yuan Xia didn't let Yuan Dong go either, he opened a bookstall for rent, just because he didn't want his family to walk around the streets to do small business.

Yuan Xia used his bicycle to carry the bookshelves, folding tables, mats and some books, and the rest of the books were carried by his grandfather and younger brothers and sisters. With a large number of people and strong strength, it was easy to finish in one trip.

Now that it’s summer vacation, everyone is at home and can help. If school starts, it will be difficult for grandpa to set up a stall alone. It will be even more troublesome when it is windy and rainy, so there must be a storefront.

When he arrived at the place, Yuan Xia broke off a branch, cleaned the steps, and then assembled the bookshelf. The passers-by around looked at it curiously, but no one stayed.

Finally, the shelves were assembled, and the books were placed on them in sets, and the eye-catching wooden sign that said "Rent a book for a share" was also hung up.

Passers-by finally know what's going on, this is a new thing!The first time I saw someone renting books, many people stopped and gathered around.