Chapter 41

At 6:30 in the morning, Lin Jie opened his eyes in the sound of the alarm clock, and started his ordinary day as usual.

Three years as one day, get up, dress, wash.

"It feels more and more that something is wrong..."

Lin Jie looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't help complaining.

Although the general appearance has not changed much, it is still so deceptive... No, it is convincing, but it is completely different in the subtleties.

Can't see where it's different.

It's as if someone opened a modifier for him and forced him to say that on the basis of the original, his temperament has become more like a pyramid scheme leader.

This is not derogatory, but it means that he might have to chat with others first, to enlighten him, and then show a standard business smile, before the other party feels that he is shining like a life mentor.

And now, to exaggerate, if someone hired him to be a missionary priest, probably all he had to do was put on a priest's robe and smile.

"Maybe someone will repent on the spot, or maybe someone will repent on the spot."

Lin Jie teased himself, and rubbed his cheeks with a headache, he could feel the contours of the extra teeth inside.

He is still very confident in his eyesight and memory, and he is sure that his feelings are not wrong.

Although it is said that teeth are indeed a very important factor in a person's appearance and even temperament, suddenly there are eight more teeth, and he naturally has expectations for the current situation.

But the problem is that the appearance of teeth is also very problematic.

In Buddhism, there is a saying of "thirty-two appearances of Tathagata", and one of them is "forty teeth appearances".

The beautiful and delicate teeth symbolize the softness of the Buddha's speech, and treat the world with kindness like a father.

In addition, in some wild history rumors, it is said that Lao Tzu also has forty teeth.

Forty teeth are the symbol of "perfect man".

Lin Jie, who is a Ph.D. in folklore, is of course not ignorant of the meaning of the eight extra teeth.

It's just that he habitually doesn't delve into these things.

Just like when he studies folk customs and conducts field research, he often encounters some strange and incomprehensible things.

But Lin Jie just watched it for fun, recorded it and made material and it was over.

He is studying folklore, not approaching the science column group.

"But isn't that a little too much?"

Lin Jie sighed, and went downstairs: "When Xiao Hei comes out next time, ask him."

After much deliberation, only Xiao Hei might be able to answer his question.

He didn't know a few people in this world, and most of them were his guests.

All of them have to be filled with chicken soup by him, as their spiritual support and life mentor. If you ask them questions, won't they indirectly destroy their psychological sustenance.

And how do you tell people about this situation? Could it be that you suddenly grew eight extra teeth?

Aha, sure to scare people.

forget it.

In order not to cause some inexplicable troubles to others for no reason like that brat Melissa.

Lin Jie shook his head and smiled, went to the counter to tidy up the countertop, and turned on the electric kettle by the way. Before it boiled, he heard a knock on the door.

He turned around suspiciously.

Usually at this time, there are usually no guests coming to the door.

Besides, with the current weather conditions, no one would be willing to get up so early and go to such a dilapidated bookstore.

Thinking about it this way, there is a high probability that it should be an old customer.

Although the sky was as dark as ever, he could still see the silhouettes of the guests outside, which felt very familiar.

"Old Wang?"

The figure outside the door responded with a low voice, put away the umbrella with a bang and bent down to put it down.

Lin Jie walked over and confirmed it a little later. He opened the door and said habitually: "Welcome..."

He thought to himself, why did Lao Wang come again so soon?

There have been three trips in almost half a month, which has already caught up with half of the past two years.

Calling it a diarrheal visit would not be an exaggeration.

Lin Jie didn't think that in half a month, Lao Wang could fully integrate his book "Rituals and Folklore" and add it to his research field, or in other words, this was actually impossible.

After all, if you have crossed two civilizations, if you don't learn from the basics, it will be like studying ancient times in modern times, and you can only understand roughly.

But according to what he said before, this book gave him a lot of inspiration.

It should be because of this, I have learned by analogy in my own research field, and have new insights or research directions.

According to Lin Jie's general experience, at such a time, one should take advantage of this momentum to immerse himself in research and quickly come up with the research results.

The old Wang did the same a few times before.

That's why every time after borrowing a book, there will be at least a few months of disappearance, and a few months later they will appear to borrow books again.

It has only been a few days since this happened, and there is no doubt that something is wrong.

Could it be that something happened?

"jingle."

Lin Jie opened the door with doubts, and it was Lao Wang standing outside the door.

The iconic black top hat and neat old suit, the folded black umbrella is placed by the door, dripping with water.

Wilde raised his head to look at Lin Jie, his eyes under the mask showed respect as always, he took off his hat and bowed slightly, saying, "Good morning, Mr. Lin."

"Good morning."

Lin Jie smiled back, and then opened the door completely to let Lao Wang in first.

Then he turned around and went to the counter to turn off the kettle, poured a cup of hot water and handed it to Lao Wang.

"Is there something urgent? If I'm here so early, if I'm still in the dream, you, Old Wang, will be frozen outside the door. At your age, there is a high chance of accidents. Remember to be careful next time. "

"Nowadays, many people are cold-hearted, and even the elderly are unwilling to help them, for fear of causing trouble."

"Well, we can't really blame them, Old Wang... Have you heard the story of 'The Farmer and the Snake'?"

Chatting with guests is also part of building a relationship.

Moreover, I must be a little tired to come here so early in the morning, and it would be too cold to go directly to the main question and ask "Do you want to borrow a book?" It is better to tell a short story to warm up the scene.

Wilde shook his head, expressing his ignorance.

"The story is simple, but also very memorable—"

"In a cold winter, a farmer returning home from the market found a snake on the side of the road. He thought it was frozen, so he put it in his arms."

"The snake was frightened, and when it was fully awake, it instinctively bit the farmer, and the farmer died."

Lin Jie nagged and poured himself a glass of water, smiled and said: "However, if you fall at my door, I will definitely not refuse to save you. After all, we are old friends and have a relationship."

Of course, a qualified teacher will never forget to arrange interactive homework after class.

Lin Jie asked, "Old Wang, do you think in this story, is it the fault of the farmer or the snake? When the farmer dies, will he blame his own ignorance and weakness, or the snake's cruelty and indifference?"

Wilde looked up and saw the meaningful eyes of the owner of the bookstore, his body shook, and the water in the glass in his hand almost spilled out.