Chapter 11: Broken Books

When Zhuang Rui just graduated from university, Liu Chuan encouraged him to do it together, but Zhuang Rui felt that he couldn't go to college in vain for four years, and secondly, Liu Chuan's business was already on track.

"Hooligan, you are hot in the house, comfortable and happy, there is a lady outside who is avoiding the snow, why don't you let people come to the house to warm up, you kid also grew up learning from Lei Feng, how did you become like Huang Shiren now, go back and tell my mother, I promise to make your New Year bad." ”

Zhuang Rui saw through the glass door that the old lady's body was shivering in the cold wind, and he felt a little unbearable, so he spoke.

"Huh, there was no one at the door just now, I don't know, don't tell our mother, or you'll have to teach me a lesson, I'll invite someone in." Although Liu Chuan had a long face, he was actually cold and warm-hearted, and when he saw the old lady outside, he hurriedly pushed open the glass door.

"Auntie, come in and warm up, wait for the snow to light up before you leave, it's too cold outside." Liu Chuan's voice rang out, but it may be that his face is more distinctive, the old lady stared at Liu Chuan and shook her head very firmly.

Seeing this, Zhuang Rui also walked out and said, "Auntie, come in and warm up, there is still snow in here, and we are not bad people." ”

"That'...... Thank you so much. ”

After the old lady saw Zhuang Rui, the vigilant expression on her face relaxed a lot, hesitated for a moment and agreed, Liu Chuan was depressed, this store is her own, but it is Zhuang Rui who is thanked, this guy has been a good person since he was a child, it is really unreasonable.

There are outsiders in the store, Zhuang Rui and the two are not as unscrupulous as they were just now, after letting the old lady to the stove to warm up, Liu Chuan began to beat his Super Mario again, that gritted teeth, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a good person, the old lady grabbed the package in her hand tightly, and carefully moved the bench far away, it seems that keeping a little more distance from Liu Chuan will have a sense of security.

"Auntie, what are you doing here on such a cold day?Buy pets for the children at home?", looking at the old lady a little restrained, Zhuang Rui asked.

"This little brother, don't be kidding, there are not enough chickens and ducks in our village, how can we have time to raise these things, isn't this a waste of money. The old lady saw the pictures of pets posted on the walls of the store, and she knew what was sold here.

After Liu Chuan heard the old lady's words, he crooked his mouth, he didn't say what he wanted to say, but he was definitely unhappy in his heart, if it was all the old lady's thoughts, he wouldn't have to do this business.

"Then you're ......." Zhuang Rui poured a cup of hot tea and brought it to the old lady.

The old lady already had a mind, and when she met Zhuang Rui, she just poured beans into a bamboo tube and told her own things.

This old lady was originally from Jiaxiang, Shandong, surnamed Wang, according to her, her mother's family was also a big family in the past, and her ancestors had been a big official, but it fell later, and in the seventies she married to Tongshan County, Pengcheng, her man has a carpenter job, and the family is not rich but can eat.

The two sons of the family are also angry, the eldest son is in Nanjing in his senior year, and he will graduate in a few months after the New Year, and the second child was also admitted to the university this year, but in this way he has to pay tribute to two college students, and the family's economy is also tense, and he owes relatives and friends a butt of debts, and he finally got together the tuition fees of the two sons, but his man in order to earn more money, he went up the mountain to steal wood, who knew that he was found by the forest ranger, and rolled down the mountain in a hurry, and broke his leg, which not only injured him, but also fined 5,000 yuan, which suddenly made the family fall into sorrow。

When the old lady got married, her mother's family didn't have anything to marry, but she gave a few ancient books, saying that in the heyday, these books were very valuable, and the old lady kept them as if they were treasures, and her son was reluctant to take it out when she went to school, and now her wife is lying in the hospital, and I am afraid that I will not be able to save one leg if I have no money for treatment, so I hid it from my two sons, and turned out a few books pressed under the box and came to Pengcheng to see if I could sell them.

After arriving in Pengcheng, I asked a few people to know that this book should be sold in the antique market, the old lady braved the heavy snow to rush over, but did not expect that the market was deserted, went to a few shops to ask, after reading it all said that this book is not valuable, five yuan a piece, love to sell or not.

The antique market is now covered with snow on the ground, and there is no stall, and the old lady doesn't know what to do, seeing that it is afternoon, she is thinking about finding a car back to Tongshan County in a while, just standing at the door of Liu Chuan's shop is complaining about herself, the thing was not done, and it cost more than ten yuan for the ticket.

Hearing that it was an ancient family heirloom, Zhuang Rui's heart moved, how could his couplet also be a family heirloom, so he said: "Auntie, can I read those books of yours." ”

The old lady originally took the books to sell, and after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, she opened the package in her hand, took out two yellowed pages and some shabby books in the corners and handed them to Zhuang Rui.

Zhuang Rui took it carefully, in order not to let the old lady see the vision in his eyes, he held the book flat in front of his eyes, blocking the old lady's vision, and then looked at it intently, to his disappointment, the aura did not move, and he withdrew the aura into his eyes, and then began to look at the content of the book.

These two books are two volumes, the name is: "Wei and Jin Thoughts", the author is called Liu Dajie, Zhuang Rui looked at the publication date, it was published by Zhonghua Book Company in December 1939, it is not a rare book, at best, it can only be regarded as a relatively early print, some larger libraries are preserved, Zhuang Rui has no interest in these, since he can't increase the aura in his eyes, it is naturally useless, shaking his head, Zhuang Rui is ready to return the two books.

"Young man, I still have one here, those people were unreasonable just now, I didn't show it to them, you see if this is worth ......", seeing Zhuang Rui carefully looking at the book in his hand, the old lady's eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope, and carefully took out a copy from the package and handed it to Zhuang Rui.

Zhuang Rui first put the two books in his hand on the table, and then took the book handed over by the old lady, and frowned before he could read it, because the book was so shabby, the words on the cover were almost illegible, and Zhuang Rui could only vaguely see the four words "Xiangzu Penyan", which should be written by brush, and there was no payment on it. It's a bit of a TV performance of "insects eat rats, and a book is broken".

Anyway, looking at it won't consume the aura in his eyes, Zhuang Rui didn't open the book, and looked at it directly, but he didn't have much hope in his heart.