After the pruning, the old trees no longer looked so gloomy. After removing the dense twigs, the thick and mottled branches looked energetic and had a unique charm.
Especially after Jia Lan asked the carpenters to build some small wooden house-style bird nests and moved the original bird nests in the woods, the birds that were startled by the large number of gardeners pruning the branches flew back again and occupied the small houses hanging on the branches without courtesy. The melodious bird calls made the place full of vitality.
Jia Lan was very surprised by the change in atmosphere brought about by this subtle change in the environment. Before this, the birds' calls sounded eerie and shrill.
The old tree branches were thick enough to bear a considerable weight, so Jia Lan asked the carpenters to build spiral wooden ladders around the old trees, and lay a small platform of wooden boards between the branches, and put tables and chairs on it to make a peculiar reading seat.
As for those old trees that were thick and huge enough, Jia Lan simply asked carpenters to build tree houses of varying sizes on them. Soon, the originally gloomy and terrifying library forest became a beautiful and peculiar place like an elf tribe.
Although most places are still under construction, the book sheds and round table areas in front of the main entrance of the library are already ready for use. The faculty and students who have come to borrow books during this period are very curious about what the new librarian is going to do.
The college even sent people to check it out, but because the project did not involve the main body of the library and did not destroy any of the original environment, it was just a tidying up, so there was no reason to stop it. This was within the librarian's job rights.
However, some people have seen the new librarian's intentions for those small round tables and wooden sheds. He seems to be planning to move the reading area originally inside the library to the outdoors.
No librarian in the history of [Komo University] has ever done this, so there is no school rule that prohibits this, so the fire management can only wait and see how things develop for the time being.
The main reason why the school could not interfere was probably because the renovation of the college's library did not cost the school a single copper danding... The library's funds had not yet been allocated, and all the expenses were paid by the administrator himself.
The most interesting thing was that the staff sent by the school to check it out found that the cost of the seemingly huge project throughout the library area was actually surprisingly low!
Ten gardeners were hired, with a daily salary of 5 silver jims, so only 5 gold jims were needed per day.
Ten carpenters were hired, with a daily salary of 1 gold jims, and the total of 100 apprentices they brought only needed to be paid 1 silver jims per day, so a total of 20 gold jims were needed per day.
The materials used were branches that the gardeners trimmed from the ancient woods behind the library, because they were thick enough, and after being split, they were enough to make wooden boards for assembling wooden sheds.
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And those small square tables were even more crude and outrageous. Simply split the branches of different thicknesses in half, nail two wooden strips and a few table legs with small branches and leaves without even peeling off the bark, and polish the tabletop to make it smooth, and it became a small table that exuded the fragrance of trees.
This kind of wooden table without any paint looks as ugly as the building blocks that children put together at random, but when placed in the arranged environment, it is filled with the original natural atmosphere and is unusually harmonious.
In particular, the plant fragrance of the wood that has not been stripped of its bark makes people feel relaxed and happy in the quiet nature when using it.
Calculated in this way, the new administrator's expenditure is just the salary of hiring carpenters and gardeners. Although the tree houses in the ancient woods behind the library are still under construction, the investment is not expected to be too large.
Just when everyone was wondering what the new librarian wanted to do, a strange cabin run by a group of girls opened. They hung a small wooden sign outside the cabin, which read [Science and Magic Book Bar] and a series of price lists.
The girls changed out of their light blue magic robes and put on black puff-sleeved tops, short skirts and pink aprons, and wore hairpins decorated with furry ears. Their cute appearance immediately attracted many male magic apprentices who came to borrow books.
One of the bold boys came up and asked with a grin, "Schoolmates, what are you doing?"
"Hello, seniors! This is a new service provided by the library. This reading area can be used as a reading place for everyone. It also provides drinks such as black tea, milk tea, coffee and fruit tea, as well as some snacks. In addition, if you come during breakfast, lunch or dinner time, we also provide some light meals..."
The girl who was asked smiled sweetly and bowed politely, "By the way, if you want to borrow any books, you can also tell us the title or number of the book and we will get it for you. If you don't plan to borrow the books when you leave, just hand the books to us directly, and we will handle the other borrowing procedures for you."
This new service model surprised the students. Although students of [KoMo University] can borrow books freely with their school badges, it is a bit troublesome to handle the borrowing procedures. Having such gentle and lovely schoolmates to serve kindly on their behalf, whether it is convenient or not, at least it will make people feel good.
Moreover, the library did not provide tea and meals in the past. During lunch time, students who came to borrow books often had to return the books first, then walk a long way to the college restaurant for lunch, and then walk a long way back in the afternoon to go through the borrowing procedures again, which was very complicated.
It happened that [Komo Book Bar] opened at around 11 o'clock in the morning, and it was almost lunch time. The boy who asked was very interested and planned to try it, so he asked curiously: "Then please help me borrow the book "History of the Jilargo City-State Era". I don't remember the book number. Also, help me get a simple meal and a cup of milk tea as you said."