"Okay, Yang Ling invited guests to dinner and sang K today, where are you now?"

Sun Ruiqi's sudden call made Zhang Chu a little stunned, and he almost completely forgot about these things.

On Wednesday, Yang Ling said about this matter, and invited his friends to dinner on his birthday on the weekend, but Zhang Chu forgot it directly!

So he hurriedly stood up, walked to the entrance and began to change his shoes, "Come on, you send the address, I'll come directly." ”

"We've already ordered food at the barbecue shop in Simon, so if you come over, you can order what you want. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll be over soon!"

Zhang Chu took the key in his bag, he gently closed the door and headed towards the elevator.

This morning, I participated in the award of the knight of literature and art in France, and in the afternoon, I went to Hanlin Culture Media to follow up the progress of the company, and I really forgot Yang Ling's birthday.

He decided to go to the cake shop and buy a finished cake directly, maybe go to the bookstore and buy an out-of-print book.

He also ordered takeout before, and at this time, everyone else had already taken the order and made it, so Zhang Chu could only ask the delivery staff to leave the takeout at the door.

He didn't go directly to the barbecue restaurant, but drove to the relatively old Great Bell Temple nearby!

The owner of this bookstore is very knowledgeable, a pedantic character, extremely high in speech, narcissistic in selling books, and extremely high prices.

But the books here are very complete, and they are all very collectible and interesting to read.

Zhang Chu had stumbled into it by mistake when he was wandering around Yanjing City before, and he collected a lot of good books in one go, so this time he went straight to the bookstore.

For bookworms, the joy of finding a good book is indescribable, especially since the book has been extinct in the world for many years!

This feeling is like Alibaba inadvertently opening the robber's treasure hole, what an ecstasy!

Of course, this kind of out-of-print good book is not a rare book of the Ming and Qing dynasties or a high-end collection of books by Gu Pi Huang Ba, after all, these are the VIPs at the auction, and they are not something that ordinary people can covet.

The out-of-print books in this bookstore are all baffles that the owner of the bookstore has spent all his energy searching for, plus luck has the best of luck.

There are three unique books in the collection of ancient books, namely Gu Pi, Huang Ba, and Mao Copy.

The so-called Gu criticism is Gu Qianli's criticism of the school, Huang Pilie's inscription and Mao Jinji's ancient pavilion manuscript.

"Boss Liu, do you have any new goods here?" Zhang Chu asked as soon as he entered the door, he had spent a lot of money in this bookstore!

Those who are engaged in collecting have to be willing to spend money, so Zhang Chu, a young man who looks like a fat sheep, once bought several out-of-print books here and put them home.

Zhang Chu has a wide range of knowledge, and when he was in Jiangcheng before, Zhang Bowen collected old books for a period of time, so he also has a simple understanding of the value of these books.

The bespectacled bookstore owner raised his gaze from the yellowed book, and only after he saw Zhang Chu's appearance did he speak: "There are a few books that have just been collected, one is "How Steel is Made" printed in 1952, and there is also a "Collection of State Banquet Recipes", and the "Adventures of Little Butou" over there. ”

Zhang Chu carefully picked up this book full of characteristics of the times, for fear of damaging the paper, "How Steel is Made" is a well-known red classic throughout the country, which has influenced several generations of Chinese.

And the special thing about this out-of-print book is that it is the first Chinese translation issued after the founding of the People's Republic of China, at that time it was still a vertical version of traditional characters, and the cover and illustrations of the book are very contemporary, and it can be seen that it has been some years!

As for the collection of recipes for the national banquet, it was published in 1984 by the People's Congress, and it was still distributed in-house, and the number was quite limited.

This collection contains hundreds of recipes for state banquet dishes in detail, and there are also 10 commonly used menus for state banquets, Zhang Chu liked it at a glance, and these pictures look like they are all colorful, flavorful!

For an invisible foodie, it is interesting to collect such a weighty recipe, and he thinks that in the future, he can find a chef to help him cook some food every day according to the above method.

You can eat one dish a day for more than a year!

It's just that some of the ingredients are hard to find, such as bear paws, shark fins and civets, and some things are illegal.

"This book must be taken!"

Every food lover will not miss it, whether it is a collection or a good choice for cooking.

The price is second here, isn't Zhang Chuxin's hard work to make so much money just to be able to buy and eat happily?

At this time, the bookstore owner handed over another book, the title of which was written in art on the brown paper, "The Adventures of Little Cloth Head", and the dark blue ink looked like a lot of wasted effort.

"Hey, it's not printed, is it?"

After Zhang Chu opened the page, he saw that the title page was written in pencil with the words "Manuscript, no loan", and at the bottom left was a "1962" inscription.

"This is a one-of-a-kind book, born in the 60s of the last century, with a manuscript created by a group of six children. There are nearly 100,000 words on 182 pages, all of which are hand-copied by pen, these are the names of their six children, and they should be called old man now!"

Zhang Chu casually flipped through the content of the back, some of the handwriting was neat and beautiful, some were immature and lame, obviously there were many copyists.

The most eye-catching thing is the more than 100 pencil hand-copied illustrations in the book, although they are not meticulous, but the expressions and movements are very vivid, and they are very talented in painting!

Zhang Chu guessed in his head, maybe one day in 1962, several children saw a fairy tale book called "The Adventures of Little Butou", but the book was not theirs, so they each chose to copy a part of it and read it together.

"Wrap these three books for me, how much is the total?" Zhang Chucai asked magnificently, this type of commemorative work is still quite interesting.

One book was given to Yang Ling as a birthday gift, and the other two were collected by himself.

The boss smiled, he liked such a simple customer, "The first book is 20,000, the second book is only 500, and the third book is 4000." ”

The recipe turned out to be the cheapest, and the hand-copied fairy tale book was a bit expensive, and the most expensive was how the steel was made, but it was worth the number.

Zhang Chu hurried to the barbecue restaurant to eat, he pointed to the QR code on the cash register of the bookstore and said, "I'll scan it, right?"

"That's right, you must keep it after you buy it. ”

Leaving a book out for a long time will attract small bugs, and smudges on the book will also shorten the life of the book.

"Don't worry, these books are not placed on the shelves, they are placed in a bookcase with glass, and occasionally taken out and turned over. ”

Books that have just been bought from a bookstore cannot be put directly into the bookcase, and must be disinfected and disinfected.

Don't look at Zhang Chu's age, but he is actually a leader in the middle, and he is clear about these processes.

The reason why he didn't doubt the authenticity of these books was because he had obtained a beginner antique appraisal skill during the systematic lottery, and now it finally came in handy here!

The system skills can be used directly to distinguish the authenticity, and the books themselves are not too old, so it is quite easy to identify.

Zhang Chu divided the books into two bags and packed them before carefully placing them in the passenger seat, and then galloped towards the barbecue restaurant.

However, at this time, it happened to be the rush hour, obviously the distance was not far, but the speed of the car was very slow, and it could have been reached in ten minutes, but it was delayed to half an hour!

"I thought you were stuck in traffic and we were discussing what kind of bottle you need. ”

Zhang Chu sat down with the wrapped book, and he said contemptuously: "I know that you definitely need mineral water bottles, and I should need milk tea cups here." ”

In the past, others said that the pulsating bottle was about the same, but it turned out that this product directly rose a few dimensions!

"Isn't it true that you have a large intestine with a crossed waist and a large intestine?milk tea cup, why don't you talk about the basin!" Anmi laughed very unkindly, "No wonder you don't look for a girlfriend, so that's the case." ”

Yang Ling handed over the menu, and he said with a smile: "We have all finished eating a round, and there is basically no meat left, you can order some more meat and let go of your belly to eat today." ”

Zhang Chu was not polite, he was really hungry, there were quite a lot of people in this stone pot barbecue, and the smell made his mouth water.

He ordered a plate of prawns, fresh beef, pork belly, hand-cut fresh mutton and sauerkraut pork belly, and he really didn't want to help Yang Ling save money!

The sizzling pork belly is fried on the stove and makes a little oil splash, which makes people's fingers move.

"By the way, today we are double happiness, Lao Yang's birthday today, Zhang Chu got the knight's medal today, let's have a drink!" Sun Ruiqi held a beer glass.

Zhang Chu and the four of them clinked glasses, and he said to Shou Xinggong: "Happy birthday, next time you have your birthday, we can still get together to eat and drink." ”

A few people raised their heads and drank the cold beer in the cup, and it was fate to get together!

While eating barbecue, they chatted.

"We were a little surprised when we saw you receive the Knight Medal in the morning, we didn't expect you to receive so many honors. Where is this medal, and is there any practical use for it?"

Zhang Chu shook his head: "The medal is at home, when can you go over and take a look." As for the actual effect, it seems that there is nothing, there can be no fiefdom, and meals cannot be discounted. I guess it was the last news. ”

"Sounds awesome anyway, the French should really thank you. Anmi nibbled on the freshly baked chicken wings, "My mother's unit organizes a trip abroad in December, and it is said that someone suggested going to France, and it was too influenced by your part." ”

"Yes, I have a classmate who runs a small travel agency at home, and he sends links in the circle of friends every day, and the most recently posted is the Da Vinci Cryptographic Culture Tour, which makes me want to sign up for a group. ”

Yang Ling said at this time: "Report the group, let's go together." Don't go home during the winter vacation, let's go directly to France for a tour, I don't know if it's too late to apply for a visa now!"

Zhang Chu ate the roasted mushrooms in his mouth, and said vaguely: "If you go to France, I can give you a phone number, the São Paulo publishing company has cooperation with me, and you can contact them if you have anything." ”