Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 906: Chapter 907 The Torn Book

”Are you all right? Classmate.”

During Chiang Xiao’s moment of confusion, the man asked Zheng Ruyi another question.

This remark made Chiang Xiao even more certain that he was an outsider, not even from another county in G Province.

Although Zheng Ruyi’s shoulder still hurt from being bumped into, seeing that he was quite polite, and being a kind and gentle person herself, she shook her head and said, ”It’s fine.”

”Sorry about that.” Upon hearing her say it was fine, the man hurriedly went to the counter to pay for his book. He turned his head to glance at Chiang Xiao before leaving.

This did not surprise her; Chiang Xiao’s features were quite striking, and she was used to attracting a lot of attention and stares wherever she went.

”Chiang Xiao? What’s wrong?”

Seeing her staring off into space, Zheng Ruyi waved a hand in front of her eyes.

Chiang Xiao snapped back to reality, ”Oh, nothing. Ruyi, could you pick out a classmate record for me too? I want to check out some books over there.”

She pointed to the nearby bookshelf.

The shelf had a label indicating the category: History, Ancient Books.

”Sure, I’ll pick one for you.” Zheng Ruyi nodded knowingly. She was aware that Chiang Xiao was more interested in books than in student records.

Chiang Xiao walked up to the row of bookshelves.

The man had just found the Huaming County Records there.

She was simply curious, wanting to flip through the Huaming County Records to see if there was any mention of Peace Town.

After searching for a while, she finally found another copy of Huaming County Records.

It was the last one left on the shelf.

Chiang Xiao pulled the book out and casually opened it, only to be shocked.

Many pages had been torn out of the book!

At least a few pages were missing!

And the book was quite thin, with only about thirty or so pages left. She skimmed through them briefly and didn’t find anything particularly noteworthy.

However, she did see a record about Mingchen Studio.

Of course, the place was not named Mingchen Studio in the book; it was called the He Residence. The book recounted the ancestral deeds of He Jin. The He Family had produced many talented people and was regarded as a notable family in Huaming County; naturally, He Jin was considered a descendant of a prominent family.

The book was compiled fifteen years ago, and the printing was quite crude, with some of the fonts barely legible.

In addition to the He Family, there was also the Fu Family.

Fu Mingfeng’s great-grandfather was also a well-known person in Huaming County.

Beyond these locally famous figures, the book mostly documented the county’s mountains and rivers. Mountains were prevalent; Huaming County had virtually no notable waterscapes.

Chiang Xiao had heard of about half of the mountains listed; classmates would mention them, and some they had even organized trips to climb and enjoy the scenery. Others were located in towns and villages under the county administration but didn’t have much written about them. At most, there were notes about good feng shui on a particular mountain, where the tombs of local gentry ancestors were located.

To Chiang Xiao, this county record didn’t seem very significant.

But perhaps some old people might be interested in such a book.

What made her curious was why that man would buy such a book?

Also, what was written on those missing dozen or so pages? Who had torn out that content?

Normally, books like this would rarely even be pulled from the shelves, so why would someone tear out those pages?

After thinking it over, Chiang Xiao took the book to the counter.

”Hello, do you have another copy of this book?”

The cashier, a woman in her forties with a quite decent temperament, was once said to have a family that ran a bookstore. When Xinhua Bookstore opened, she simply switched to working here, and some of the books here were transferred from her family’s old bookstore.