Little Sizi came to my house and became the family's darling, and Li Shimin got anxious.

Two hours later.

"Are you full?" Li Yinxun picked up the last shrimp dumpling and put it on Chengyang's plate. "If you're not full, we can order more. It's all you can eat."

The two little princesses shared the last shrimp dumpling, and upon hearing this, they shook their heads like rattles, "We're full, we want to go play."

"Lizhi, how about you? Have you eaten?" Li Yin asked Li Lizhi.

Li Lizhi put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth, and said, "I'm full too, sister. Where are we going?"

"I'll take you to the bookstore. You can see for yourself what books you want and buy them."

Although a mobile phone can handle everything, there is no electricity or internet in Datang, so physical books are more practical.

Li Lizhi's eyes lit up. "Okay, thank you for your trouble, sister."

Li Yinxun waved her hand and called the waiter to settle the bill. "Perfect timing. Sizi and Chengyang have never been to a bookstore before. Let's take them to broaden their horizons."

Upon hearing that they were going to a new place, Si Zi immediately jumped off his chair, shouting, "Quick, quick!"

The little princess is always curious about new places.

The four of them left the teahouse and waited for about five minutes before a ride-hailing car pulled up in front of them.

It was Li Lizhi's first time sitting like this, and her body was tense.

Li Yinxun understood perfectly; she had the same expression when she first rode an open-air elevator.

The driver, a middle-aged man in his forties, glanced suspiciously at the rearview mirror and asked in Cantonese, "Miss, are you feeling unwell?"

Li Lizhi looked at Li Yinxun with a questioning gaze, her head full of doubts.

The driver then switched to Mandarin to ask the oldest person, Li Yinxun, but everyone could tell where she was from just by listening.

"Hey beautiful, are you from out of town? Is this your sister? She looks like she's not feeling well."

"Yes, we're tourists from out of town. My parents work here. They're both my sisters. She just gets a little carsick, so don't worry."

When you're out in the world, you give yourself your own identity.

The driver noticed that Li Yinxun didn't like socializing, smiled, stopped chatting, and focused on driving.

The little princess and Chengyang leaned against the car window, chattering away as they pointed at the street scenes rushing past.

After driving for about twenty minutes, the car stopped in front of a huge gray building.

Pay and get off the bus.

Li Lizhi got out of the car, looked up, and stopped in her tracks.

The building in front of us is five stories high, with one entire wall made of glass, through which you can vaguely see rows of shelves that reach the ceiling.

The door is automatic, just like in the teahouse; it slides open by itself.

Upon entering, Li Lizhi was deeply moved.

Five floors in total.

It's all books.

Bright light poured down from above, illuminating the rows of dark brown bookshelves that stretched to the horizon.

The bookshelves were so tall that a ladder was needed to reach the top, and each shelf was crammed full, with covers of various colors squeezed together, making them frighteningly heavy.

This is several times larger than the imperial library of the Tang Dynasty.

"This is...the library?"

"Xinhua Bookstore, the largest bookstore in Guangzhou, is different from traditional bookstores; you can buy books here and take them home."

Li Yinxun walked over to her. "The first floor is the literature and children's area, the second floor is social sciences and history, the third floor is science and technology, the fourth floor is art, and the fifth floor is a café and rest area. If you're looking for books on aquaculture techniques, they're on the third floor."

Li Lizhi was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. Her gaze started from the nearest bookshelf, slowly moving upwards, past layer after layer of shelves filled with books, up to the high ceiling, and then down again, landing on the people quietly walking, flipping through, and searching among the bookshelves.

Looking back at the Tang Dynasty, collecting books was always a privilege enjoyed by aristocratic families.

Those willing to let outsiders in for a look are extremely rare, let alone take the books away; and the most established families even guard against their own younger generations, only allowing geniuses personally approved by them to enter the library.

"Can I read all the books here?"

"Sure," Li Yinxun pointed to a few people sitting on the steps and on the ground nearby, reading books. "Feel free to browse, and don't worry about buying anything. There's a kiosk over there. If you're looking for a book, just enter the name or keywords, and it will tell you which shelf and row it's on."

As he spoke, he walked over to a standing machine with a screen and tapped it a few times with his finger.

The screen lit up, and several boxes popped up.

"See, just like this." Li Yinxun tapped one of the boxes, brought up the virtual keyboard, typed in the words "pig farming," and pressed search.

A few seconds later, a list of book titles and location information appeared on the screen.

"Postpartum Care of Sows, third floor, section A, third row, seventh shelf," Li Yin read aloud. "Do you understand my instructions? You can use this method to find any book you want later."

Li Lizhi nodded slightly, walked to the information kiosk, and stared at the glowing screen.

"How can this object possibly know the location of all the books in the world?"

"It's not an exaggeration to say that it has collected all the rare books in the world. Like the Tang Dynasty, most of them are passed down from various schools, but the scope is wider. The bookstore has electronic archives, and all the book information is in there, so it is very quick to search."

Li Lizhi only had a vague understanding. She turned around and looked at the boundless sea of ​​bookshelves.

"Sister," Li Lizhi said in a low voice, "Could I... stay here a little longer?"

"Sure," Li Yinxun readily agreed. "You can read for as long as you want. I'll take Sizi and Chengyang to the children's section on the first floor; they won't get bored there. Once you find the book you want, come find us on the first floor, or use this..."

Li Yinxun took out another cell phone from her bag. This was her spare phone, which she could temporarily give to Li Lizhi to use.

"Here's a cell phone." She handed it to Li Lizhi. "If you can't find us, just call me. Stay where you are, and I'll come find you."

Li Lizhi accepted the phone with both hands and solemnly thanked her, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, sister. I will definitely tell Father about your kindness when I get back."

Li Lizhi became more and more excited as she spoke, wishing she could bow on the spot.

However, she always remembered that before she left, Li Yinxun told her to always remember that this was not the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty's rules could not be applied here.

"Don't mention it," Li Yinxun quickly replied. "Lizhi, we'll have plenty of time to spend together in the future. So, are you going to thank me every day? Do you still consider me your older sister? Be good, just treat me like your own sister from now on."

Princess Chang Le is her younger sister; no one would believe it if you told them.

As she thought about it, Li Yinxun became even happier.

Li Lizhi sighed inwardly, thinking how generous and kind Sister Yinxun was, and how fortunate they were to be her sister.

"Sizi, Chengyang, come on, I'll take you to see some great comic books!"

"Okay!" Si Zi couldn't wait any longer and pulled Cheng Yang to jump around on the spot.

Chengyang glanced at Li Lizhi.

Li Lizhi nodded slightly to her.

After Li Yinxun led the two little ones away, Li Lizhi walked towards the escalator leading to the third floor.

Looking at the stairs that moved on their own, Li Lizhi was at a loss for what to do.

However, she quickly calmed down.

She stood aside and observed how others did it before carefully stepping onto the escalator when no one was around.

Third floor.

She found section A by following the instructions on the information machine.

She stood in front of that bookshelf and looked up.

This shelf of books, starting from waist height, reached all the way to the ceiling.

Each layer was crammed full, with titles printed on the spines: "High-Efficiency Breeding Techniques," "Handbook for Pig Disease Prevention and Control," "Modern Pig Farm Management," "Scientific Feed Formulation," and so on.

I reached out, my fingertips tracing the spines of the books, finally stopping at "Illustrated Guide to Modern Pig Farming Technology".

She pulled it out.

The cover is hard-shelled, with a picture of a plump white pig printed on it, along with clear anatomical diagrams showing muscle distribution and skeletal structure.

She quickly flipped through a few pages.

It's full of photos of various pig breeds, floor plans of pigsties, tables of feed ingredients, and diagrams showing the steps for administering vaccines...

Clear, intuitive, and detailed.

She closed the book, hugged it to her chest, and looked at the bookshelf again.

This row and this shelf are all about how to raise pigs, chickens, cattle, and fish.

The row next door shows how to grow rice, wheat, fruit trees, and vegetables.

Next door, they talked about how to build waterwheels, how to repair irrigation canals, and how to construct houses.

Gazing at the vast sea of ​​ancient books, Li Lizhi's eyes flickered slightly.

The images of countless books reflected in my eyes transformed into a firm conviction: this was the granary of the Tang Dynasty.

She was determined to do everything in her power to assist her father and create a prosperous Tang Dynasty where granaries were full and the people were free from hunger.