Considering Mrs. Lin's mood, Zhang Chu's speed was not too fast when he returned to the city, and one car after another whizzed past him.

"That's right, safety is the most important thing. Mrs. Lin said with great satisfaction, she looked at the streets around her that were not very familiar, and the words Han Lin Xuan appeared impressively.

Zhang Chu carried the old lady's luggage upstairs, at this time Chu Lan was busy in the kitchen, Zhang Bowen saw Mrs. Lin and immediately smiled and said, "Mom, can you still eat after you take the car now?"

As the saying goes, it's not for nothing that the next generation is the next generation.

Mrs. Lin glared at Zhang Bowen, "Of course you can eat, he drives much more smoothly than you." Your bookstore looks completely different from before, why don't you go back to your hometown for the Chinese New Year?"

It wasn't clear on the phone, and her anger didn't come out until now.

This is an eight-story house, the Hanlinxuan bookstore is on the first floor, and the Zhang Chu's house is on the second floor, and there are only two clerks in the bookstore at noon.

Zhang Bowen was very aggrieved, he defended: "It's not this one, it's the one on the edge of Delong Square." I'll take you around when I'm done eating. ”

Fortunately, at this time, Chu Lan walked out wearing an apron, and she said with a smile: "Mom, are you hungry? ”

"Hurry up and fry, Zhang Chu was yelling to eat when he was driving just now. This is the time for him to grow his body, how can he write an article without a full stomach?"

Zhang Chu, who had his grandmother's backing, had already left the lowest status in the family, and now he turned his head to Zhang Bowen and asked: "Just now I was helping my grandmother stick the door god in my hometown, and I saw the gods, is there a mountain and sea classic upstairs in our house? Or do you have to go to the bookstore below to find it?"

Zhang Bowen was inexplicable, "What do you do with the Classic of Mountains and Seas? There is no one in the study, it seems to be only available in the bookstore downstairs, and I haven't sold a copy for a long time." ”

Zhang Chu was originally thinking about what to write, but now he was a little inspired by this god, he wanted to look at this ancient work to find a feeling, maybe a new book would come out of it.

"Since it's downstairs, it's good, I'll buy it later, and by the way, I'll go and see the Romance of the Gods. ”

Writing history is not within Zhang Chu's consideration for the time being, what he wants is to write some Chinese mythological stories, so "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Romance of the Gods", "Journey to the West" and so on.

Even if it is your own bookstore, the transaction must be transparent, otherwise the accounts will not match.

"If you want to write about these strange things in your new book, you can also take a look at Gan Bao's "Sou Shen Ji", which records a lot of strange stories about the gods. Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" is available in the study next to it, as well as "The Legend of the Miracle", "Naturalist", "Postscript to Sou Shen", "Collecting Memories", "Returning to Tibet", "Pillow Notes" and so on, do you have time to read it?"

Zhang Bowen said in one breath that so many books and works have come out, and he hopes that his son's new book can go to the next level!

There are so many references, Zhang Chu is also a little numb, "I still read them one by one, and some other books are not easy to find on the market, and now that online shopping and express delivery are on holiday, I can't really find it, so I can only buy it after I go to Yanjing or borrow it from the library." ”

Quickly ate up the two bowls of rice, Zhang Chu got up and left after taking a sip of the stewed mutton soup, and the little light in his head must be grabbed as soon as possible!

Mrs. Lin was chewing and eating slowly, and after seeing Zhang Chu leave the table quickly, she asked in surprise: "He always eats so fast? ”

"I don't usually do this, but I guess I want to look for a book at this time. ”

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The business of the old Hanlinxuan store near the Spring Festival is very miserable, which is very different from the new store, where it is so busy that even the meal time has to be shortened, and the mobile phone has to be charged several times.

Zhang Chu didn't pay attention to this, he said to the cashier in the counter: "Sister Tan, you can help me search for it, and see where the books "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Sou Shen Ji", and "Romance of the Gods" are. ”

There are a lot of books in the bookstore, and ordinary people used to have no idea where to put the books.

Tan Hong pointed to the side near the warehouse door, "The second row over there." ”

"Thank you, Sister Tan. ”

Zhang Chu took the three books in his hand, and after paying the money, he quickly returned to the second floor, entered the study and began to flip through them.

The so-called Zhiwei is one of the classical forms of China, with the main content of narrating the stories of gods and ghosts, which was produced and popular in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods, and most of them came from the strange theories of wizards and monks.

After the Han Dynasty, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism gradually prevailed, and the superstitious preaching of ghosts and gods was widely spread, so there were many books on Zhiwei.

The legend of the Tang Dynasty was first multiplied and expanded on the basis of the Zhiwei, forming a fictional and grotesque novel, and now many networks have actually absorbed the essence of the Zhiwei.

Television, movies, literature, and theater have never disappeared, but they have been created and innovated by authors!

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is probably the original work of Zhiwei, scholars are recognized as the middle and late Warring States period to the early and middle Han Dynasty, there are 18 existing articles, mainly the geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, Daoli, ethnicity, products and so on.

Many popular ancient myths, legends and fables such as Kuafu's day by day, Nuwa mending the sky, Jingwei reclamation, Dayu's water control, etc., are circulated from this book!

"The Yellow Emperor fights Chi You?"

Zhang Chu flipped through the pages of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", and the idea gradually emerged in his head, if he reinterpreted these classical mythological stories and wrote them in a way that modern readers are familiar with and liked, this popularity should not be low.

Thinking of this, he directly stopped turning the book, this way is similar to the appeal of neo-mythology, the sinicized oriental fantasy is rooted in traditional Chinese culture, absorbing nutrients from mythology, history, and traditional fantasy culture, so as to blend history and fantasy for recreation!

The so-called new mythology pays attention to the form of works quite diverse, including science fiction literature, as well as anime, film and television, video games, etc., which requires the return and revival of mythology, witchcraft, magic, animation and other primitive fantasy worlds.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the creation of neo-mythology has formed a sweeping trend in the world of literature and film and television, but there are no signs in China!

Retelling myths and reconstructing them is extremely difficult, and authors who lack expertise in this area are often overstretched when it comes to their imaginations, and are unable to inject enough cultural content into their works.

Zhang Chu wants to challenge this novel way of writing now!