Chapter 107: Guest of Lihen Bookstore

In this way, Matthew Wickfield stayed at Lihen Bookstore.
　　 And he will spend more than two months here.
　　 During the day, he is an employee in the bookstore, but at night, he needs to take on accounting work in a small room in the basement.
　　 A very simple small room, except for a bed, a desk, and an oil lamp, almost nothing...
　　 And the environment in the basement is very humid, with a lot of mosquitoes; in the corners of the walls, even a few spiders pop up from time to time.
But this is the turn of Matthew’s pet, the black-eyed toad to show its skills; as Matthew opened the toad’s cage, the bugs quickly disappeared, and a bunch of breadworms were saved... …
　　 It is the first time for Matthew to feel the benefits of having such a unique pet.
　　 Although life was a little bit difficult, after all, he was just a "homeless" little wizard, so Matthew didn't really care much.
　　……
　　 Lihen Bookstore is not busy at work.
　　 Because there are not many customers here, but there are a lot of shop assistants.
　　 Most of the time, there are more shop assistants than customers.
　　 Most of the guests are Hogwarts students and their parents; just ask them for their grade level and hand them the cardboard boxes with textbooks packed in them.
The work of keeping accounts at night is not too difficult, because in general, except for Hogwarts textbooks, the entire Lihen Bookstore can only sell 20 to 30 books a day...and those textbooks have already been Gewarts had finished purchasing and there was no need to keep accounts; for Matthew, the remaining work was a small matter that could be done in a quarter of an hour to half an hour.
　　 The shop assistants are generally very polite to Matthew, especially Mr. Shafik, the manager of the bookstore, who rarely dominates Matthew to do heavy work... It is probably because he is afraid that Matthew will deliberately miscalculate the accounts and cause him heavy losses.
　　 Matthew naturally does not do that kind of thing. He does his duty every day.
　　 But the price of books is much more expensive than Matthew imagined.
　　 A random paperback book, starting with 2-3 gallons; those hardcover books, starting with 5-10 gallons...
　　 Matthew also saw a leather hardcover book that was as big as a paving slate. The price was 50 gallons, which was more than a month’s salary for an adult wizard.
　　 Matthew can suddenly understand why the Weasley family in another world is so embarrassed...
A random set of textbooks may add up to thirty or fifty gallons; at the same time supporting four or five children to study at Hogwarts, or a single-income family, Mr. Weasley's salary at the Ministry of Magic should not be too high. High; maybe every year just the book fees will cost their family's half-year income...
　　 Of course, Hogwarts in this world does not need to bear this high cost.
　　……
　　 And the reason why Matthew chose to come to Lihen Bookstore is also for his purpose.
　　 That is, he wants to find out the origin of the book that has been with him for almost a year!
　　 After all, the first time I saw the book was at the bottom of the bookcase in Lihen Bookstore...So, the source of the book is probably related to this bookstore.
　　 It's a pity that some days are not fulfilled.
　　 After nearly a week of side percussion, open and unannounced visits. Matthew still has no clue.
In fact, as the clerk who received Matthew last year said (now that clerk has probably left because Matthew has not seen him during this time)-Lihen Bookstore is not a second-hand bookstore, it usually only sells New book, no old antique...
　　 And Matthew carefully checked the accounts for most of the past six months, and found no record of the purchase of "used books".
　　 This even made Matthew a little suspicious of himself for a time
　　 Could it be that the origin of that book really has no connection with Lihen Bookstore?
　　 Is it just a coincidence that it appeared at the bottom of the bookcase in Lihen Bookstore?
　　……
　　 Time passed day by day, and the weather became hotter and hotter.
　　 Matthew has run into his acquaintances at Hogwarts many times in this bookstore.
　　 They seem to be surprised that Matthew Wickfield actually worked as a clerk here during summer vacation...
　　The explanation given by Matthew is that he prefers to stay with books; working as a clerk in Lihen Bookstore, he can have a lot of time every day to read those interesting books...
　　 This also made some acquaintances more "admired" Matthew.
　　 In fact, this is a complete lie.
　　 Lihen Bookstore is not Xinhua Bookstore. How can such expensive books be allowed to be read frequently by little wizards?
　　 Even if it’s a customer~EbookFREE.me~ after watching for a long time, there will be a clerk who used to drive him away lukewarm...
　　 Not to mention the clerk in the store.
　　 This is just an excuse.
　　 Also, Matthew has never met his "friends" at Hogwarts.
　　……
　　 Until one day in mid-July, the weather was extremely muggy.
　　 Matthew shrank under a bookshelf to enjoy the cool.
　　 Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.
　　 "Dad, I invited Matthew Wickfield to my house before..."
　　 is the voice of Draco Malfoy, he walked into the store, followed by another man...
　　 That man could only be his father, the same pale and pointed face, and the same indifferent gray eyes.
"You have told me about Matthew Wickfield at least ten times~EbookFREE.me~Mr. Malfoy took a look at his son and stopped him from talking: "I want to remind you, let him go How talented and charming... But if he was a mudblood, then he and us would definitely not be the same! "
　　 Matthew blinked slightly.
　　 He was going to say hello to Malfoy, but now he has given up the idea.
　　 He quickly hid behind the bookshelf to prevent the father and son from discovering himself.
　　 "I am not allowed to say this word on campus..." Draco Malfoy whispered.
"Then you say it in your heart." Mr. Malfoy said coldly, "You have to remember, Draco; the conflict between our noble pure-blood families and the mudblood group is actually never reconcilable. of……"
　　 Just then, Mr. Shafik, the manager of the bookstore, has already walked over.
　　 "Mr. Malfoy, what a rare guest!" Mr. Shafik said in a rather slick tone: "I still remember when you came to me a year ago, but you brought me a big deal..."
"Yes, Shafik, you earn a lot of money!" Lucius Malfoy lowered his voice and said viciously, "Then you lost me the most important one of those books. ..."
　　 Matthew behind the bookshelf couldn't help blinking.
　　 He felt that he seemed to have a clue.
　　PS: New book monthly ticket list is very important for a book. So, sir readers, ask for a monthly pass...