library clerk

Chapter 2 Director Xu

This was the first time Song Jiang went to the vegetable market to watch the pork stall owner cut meat, because he always wanted to experience what it was like to "cut human flesh by hand".Of course, Song Jiang didn't do this because he was a pervert with a strong taste, but because he simply wanted to find some creative inspiration.

In the past, in order to find inspiration, Song Jiang would often go to some well-known haunted holy places on the Internet. Unexpectedly, once he secretly followed a supernatural anchor, but unexpectedly caused him to run into the present tense of a murder case, and because of this, he was arrested by the police. Bureau...Since that lesson, Song Jiang never dared to go to any haunted holy place easily, and finally had to switch to the harmless vegetable market.

At this time, I saw the boss unscrew half of the pig with a knife in his hand. His technique was skillful and his movements were clean and neat. At first glance, he looked like a knife expert with many years of experience. Maybe the pork stall owner was getting a little impatient with Song Jiang's stare, so He looked up at him and said, "Handsome guy, do you want meat?"

Song Jiang blushed after hearing this, and said a little embarrassedly, "I don't buy meat, I just want to see how you cut the meat, boss..."

The owner of the pork stall yelled in displeasure, "What's so interesting about cutting meat?! If you don't buy meat, don't stand in front of me and delay my business!"

Song Jiang was a little embarrassed at once, but he said a little bit unwillingly, "Boss, do you think there is any difference between cutting pork and cutting human flesh?"

The owner of the pork stall was furious when he heard it, but he was about to curse but was stopped by the wife behind him and said, "Cutting your meat, there are a lot of neuropathy these days, he wants to see his, but he doesn't know how to read it." Throwing you a piece of meat?!"

The owner of the meat stall looked like a rascal at first sight. As soon as the wife spoke, she immediately lost her temper, and obediently continued to cut the meat with her head down... Seeing that the owner of the pork stall seemed to have a bad temper, Song Jiang had no choice but to be sensible walked away.

Since Song Jiang couldn't support himself by writing novels, the aunt who had watched him grow up really didn't want him to waste any more time, so she tried every means to help him find a job, but the job she introduced to Song Jiang was either an insurance company or a room. Intermediary, this is a painful torture for Song Jiang, who has always felt that he is underappreciated.

So whenever Song Jiang finds various reasons to deliberately fail to apply for the job, his aunt would be so angry that he would jump up and scold, "If it weren't for the sake of your dead parents, I wouldn't bother to care about you!"

Song Jiang also knew that going on like this was not an option. Although his parents had left some savings for him when they passed away, he had to do something. Coupled with his aunt's hard and soft tactics, Song Jiang finally agreed to go for an interview. A job slightly related to his ideal - librarian.

In Song Jiang's view, this job is nothing more than arranging books and tidying up the bookshelves every day. In fact, it is a waste of life for him, but what he did not expect is that the challenge of this job is far beyond his imagination. .

This morning, Song Jiang rushed to the address given by his aunt, and found that it was a very old library. Song Jiang only came here once with his late father when he was in elementary school. I thought it was already closed down here.

Pushing open the door of the library, the situation inside is similar to what Song Jiang remembered. What is even more tragic is that if he is not counted, there is almost no guest here...

The sunken old building is more like its own air conditioner, which makes people feel a little cold when they enter. The decoration style inside is still in the 90s, which more or less makes Song Jiang feel like he has traveled back to the past. .

After entering, Song Jiang stood in front of the service desk for a while, but no staff came out, so he asked loudly, "Hello, is there anyone here?"

But in the empty hall, except for his own voice, no one came out to respond to him... Song Jiang looked at the dim environment around him, as if he had walked into an old photo that had faded, and suddenly I felt a little panicked for a while.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a cough suddenly came from an office not far away, and then a voice like a leaking bellows was heard saying, "Is this Song Jiang who is here for an interview? Come in Bar!"

Song Jiang heard the words and glanced at the dark red wooden door with some peeling paint, but there was no light shining through the crack of the door, as if there were two worlds inside and outside the door...

For some reason, Song Jiang, who has always been bold, suddenly got a little scared to go in.But it’s already here, if you don’t go in, you will inevitably have to listen to the endless nagging from your aunt in the future, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk over.

When he came to the door of the office, Song Jiang just wanted to knock on the door, but saw that the old wooden door opened by itself with a "squeak". When he looked inside, he saw a desk in the room, and a man with some hair The gray old man sat inside, looking at him with a smile...

"Hello...my name is Song Jiang." Song Jiang said awkwardly after walking in.

The old man pushed the thick glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked up and down carefully at the young man in front of him, and then said with a pleasant smile, "Song Jiang, right? I am the director here, Lao Xu! From now on, you will call me Uncle Xu Bar!"

As soon as Song Jiang heard it, he hurriedly said politely, "Hello, Uncle Xu..."

After hearing this, Lao Xu was very satisfied and said, "Well, yes, he is a polite young man! But I have to explain some things to you in advance... Our salary here is not high, but it is relatively leisurely, I heard from your aunt that you write novels, so this place is very suitable for you to write. You only need to do your job well every day, and you want to read and write in the rest of the time!"

After hearing this, Song Jiang asked curiously, "Uncle Xu, when I came in just now, I saw that there were no customers in the restaurant, so how do we usually make money?"

After hearing this, Director Xu smiled and said, "We have a membership system here, and only customers who have obtained a reading card can come in to read and borrow books. You will know it later! Come on, I will show you around now... ..."

Director Xu first took Song Jiang to familiarize himself with the environment in the library, and introduced the scope of the work area. To be honest, Song Jiang looked at the old books on the bookshelf that he didn't know when they were published. Will someone come here to apply for a card to study?

"Uncle Xu, besides the two of us... are there any other employees here?" Song Jiang asked tentatively.

(End of this chapter)