Chapter 44: The Book Buying Turmoil

Lin Yi hurriedly said: "Brother Anping, I want to go to the flyover to play, it must be lively there." ”

Fat Dun had the same idea: "yes, yes, let's go to the flyover, there's a lot of fun there, I want to see the juggling, and I want to see the monkeys." ”

Yuan Anping deliberately teased him: "You see juggling and you don't have money to give to others, didn't you watch other people's performances in vain?"

Fat Dun argued, "Yes, but no one else gave me any money." You don't have to pay for it. ”

Huo Xiaohan asked curiously: "Do you have to pay for juggling? I don't have any money." ”

Lin Yi felt that these two people were so stupid, so he explained proudly: "Watching the juggling is called a reward, or you can not give a reward, don't worry, no one will say anything about us." Brother Anping must have deliberately teased you when he said this. ”

Huo Xiaohan looked at Yuan Anping with inquiring eyes, and Fat Dun directly rolled his eyes at Yuan Anping to express his dissatisfaction.

Yuan Anping twitched the corners of his mouth, he was just joking, didn't he look like he was joking? Why did one take it so seriously, and the other ...... Despise me?

Yuan Anping patted the fat dun: "What kind of expression do you have?"

Fat Dun smiled, and thought to himself, "I won't tell you what it means." ”

Lin Yi looked at it and covered his mouth and snickered.

Yuan Anping said that he was not as knowledgeable as two children, and took Lin Yi's hand and said to Huo Xiaohan while walking: "Tianqiao is a very lively place, I have been there once before, juggling, singing and storytelling, selling all kinds of gadgets, and there are many stalls selling food, many people like to go there to play." However, the weather is relatively cold today, and I don't know if it will be as lively as before. ”

Huo Xiaohan heard him say this, and he was looking forward to it: "I haven't seen juggling, singing and storytelling, I have a chance to take a good look at it today." Isn't it all interesting?"

Yuan Anping looked at the two small ones: "You ask the two of them, they know more." ”

As soon as the two little ones saw that there was a chance to perform, they immediately said what they knew.

Lin Yi preemptively said: "I like to watch juggling, they are so powerful, they can spit fire, but they breathe fire in their mouths, isn't it very powerful? Also, there is a very long bamboo pole, they can all climb up." They can also be stacked one on top of the other, stacked so high and high. ”

Huo Xiaohan also listened incredibly, and asked Lin Yi with wide eyes and disbelief: "Spit fire, how can people spit fire?"

Lin Yi nodded affirmatively: "I can really spit fire, I saw it with my own eyes, I saw it twice!"

Fat Dun hurriedly said: "I also saw it, I also saw it, they really vomit fire! I just didn't see how they swallowed the fire, did they eat the fire? and then spit it out." ”

Huo Xiaohan felt that something was wrong: "How do you eat fire? It hurts to burn people!"

Lin Yi said: "So they are very powerful, we are ordinary people so we can't eat fire, they are powerful, they can." ”

Fat Dun also nodded approvingly: "Well, we are different from them." ”

Huo Xiaohan easily accepted this statement: "Also, ordinary people don't breathe fire. ”

Yuan Anping, who knew the truth about Spitfire on the side, didn't have the slightest sense of superiority, but he couldn't bear not to destroy the feeling of surprise in their hearts. It's like magic, it's not interesting to debunk it, it's better to keep the feeling of shock. Just by the way, he said: "Juggling, it's some dangerous things, you children can't follow along, you know?"

Two little obedient points.

Huo Xiaohan couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother Anping, do you know why they are so powerful?

When it comes to kung fu, Lin Yi is the most interested, he also looked at Yuan Anping and asked curiously: "Brother Anping, did they practice any magic skills?"

Yuan Anping felt that he should still explain to them: "The jugglers have indeed practiced, but it has nothing to do with the magic skills you think. They have their own housekeeping skills, but they have nothing to do with any heroes or martial arts masters. Just look at the novelty, don't follow it, a lot of juggling is more dangerous. ”

"Oh. Lin Yi was a little disappointed.

"I'm not going to learn. Fat Dun continued the previous topic and said to Huo Xiaohan: "I like monkeys, little monkeys, so smart, I think they may be the grandson monkeys that Brother Anping told us." Brother Xiaohan, you will definitely like it when you see it later. ”

Lin Yi was in a bad mood and deliberately poured cold water on him: "There may not be a monkey today." ”

Fat Dun was very distressed when he heard this: "What should I do then?"

Huo Xiaohan smiled and said to him: "It's okay, I can't see it this time, you can wait to see it next time, it's not that the overpass is very lively, and if you don't play monkeys, you can see something else." ”

Yuan Anping felt that Fat Dun's distress was nothing at all: "When you get to the place, you will have fun." ”

Huo Xiaohan didn't understand: "What's the fun?"

Yuan Anping realized that he had used an anachronistic idiom: "It's nothing, I mean that when he talks about the place, he will be happy and forget all his troubles." When he saw a seller selling fried sugar cakes not far away, he asked them, "Do you want to eat fried sugar cakes?"

Fat Dun first said: "I want to eat!"

Lin Yi looked at the fried sugar cake stall: "I want to eat it too." ”

Yuan Anping looked at Huo Xiaohan, Huo Xiaohan hurriedly shook his head: "I don't need it." ”

Yuan Anping led a few of them to the other party's stall and asked the price, because sugar and oil are used, this fried sugar cake is not cheap, one costs eight cents and is the size of a fist. However, it is generally bought by adults for children to eat, and you can see that business is not very good when you look at this deserted stall. Thinking of eating something hot on a cold day, he didn't care about the price, so he asked for four. Because they want to bomb it now, they need to wait for a while, Yuan Anping saw that there was a bookstore not far ahead, so he said to Huo Xiaohan: "I'll go to the bookstore to have a look, you lead them to wait here." Saying that, he handed the money to Huo Xiaohan, "I'll go buy a book and I'll be back soon." ”

Fat Dun advised: "Brother Anping, you have to come back quickly." ”

Lin Yi followed and said, "Yes, we still have to go to the flyover to play." Don't stay in it and forget to play, my grandfather said, scholars love to read, what can forget to sleep and eat. ”

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon. Saying that, he told Huo Xiaohan: "You take care of them, don't let them run around." ”

Huo Xiaohan stretched out his hand to hold the hands of the two children: "Okay, I will take care of them and won't let them run around." ”

Lin Yi said to Yuan Anping with some dissatisfaction: "I'm not a disobedient child. ”

Fat Dun nodded: "I'm also obedient." ”

"It's good to be obedient, and I'll buy you two candy people later. Seeing that they were honest, Yuan Anping went to the bookstore with confidence.

Yuan Anping entered the bookstore, and unlike others who looked through various classics, he went to miscellaneous books. Ghosts, strange tales, various travelogues, wild history and myths, etc. are his favorites. As for those famous classics, he has not yet had the heart to read them, not to mention, he may not be able to understand those obscure scriptures.

The bookstore is different from other places, the store is quiet, the people who read the books read the books, the people who pick the books pick the books, and even the conversation is low-voiced. Yuan Anping felt that the atmosphere was really good, and he picked out two books, and when he was about to pay to leave, he saw a few scholars coming together. Talking and laughing, one by one looks high-spirited. Yuan Anping didn't pay attention to their appearance, but when he saw that they were all holding folding fans in the winter, and they looked very high, he had no interest in talking.

Yuan Anping came to the counter with two books and put the books on them: "Excuse me, how much are these two books?"

When the people in the bookstore were about to count the money for him, among the several scholars who came in, the person in charge looked at the book that Yuan Anping put on the counter, reached out and picked up a book, and asked the people in the bookstore: "Exotic Chronicles, I have been looking for this book for the past two days." Do you still have one here?"

The person from the bookstore replied very politely: "Zhang Gongzi, it's really unfortunate, this is the last one." It will take more than 10 days to restock. ”

"I don't want to wait that many days. Zhang Shiming said and looked at Yuan Anping, "This benevolent brother, can you give me this book?"

Yuan Anping didn't have a good impression of this Zhang Shiming who picked up the book he picked up very casually, not to mention that although this person was in a consultative tone, he had a demeanor that he was going to decide, and the arrogance in his bones couldn't be covered. However, he naturally wouldn't put his dislike on his face for this person's dislike, so he smiled and said in a very kind tone: "I'm sorry, I've been looking for this book for a while, and it's really hard to bear the pain of parting love." In fact, he is generally interested in this book, but he is naturally not willing to give up to people who he doesn't like to see.

A scholar who came with Zhang Shiming said: "Do you know who this son is? He is the young master of the Zhang family, and the master Zhang that everyone in our city knows is his uncle." So, you'd better think about it before you say it. ”

"Master Zhang? Isn't that Zhang Linyi? I didn't expect the other party to have a nephew about the same size as him. Yuan Anping thought secretly in his heart, looking at Zhang Shiming with a hint of smugness in his eyes, he arched his hand and said: "Master Zhang's nephew? But......" he said with a smile, "I have wanted this book for a long time. Hope Zhang Gongzi Haihan. ”

Zhang Shiming raised the corner of his eyes and looked at Yuan Anping, he didn't expect the other party to be so ignorant. Zhang Shiming smiled, opened the folding fan, and asked: "In my eyes, everything has a value, are you willing to give it up just because the price is enough?"

Yuan Anping narrowed his eyes slightly, still smiling, and thought to himself: "After all, this book hasn't been paid for yet, so it's not mine." And this person obviously wants to smash with money, shouldn't he sigh, he really deserves to be Master Zhang's nephew, and he is wealthy. In fact, according to Yuan Anping's character, he really doesn't care much about the length of earning, and for this kind of thing when someone smashes him with money, he may hope that the silver will be smashed more violently in the past. It's just that I suddenly thought that I still have plans to take the merit test, so I can't have this kind of thing to bend my waist for money today. Even if you want to show generosity at this time and don't want the other party's money to give him the book, it's better to say it before Zhang Shiming's identity is revealed, but if you give it to him at this time, others will think that he is stammering the other party. Yuan Anping thought secretly: "It seems that I have to offend this person today." ”

Seeing that Yuan Anping didn't speak, Zhang Shiming asked the people in the bookstore: "How much is this book?"

The people from the bookstore hurriedly replied: "One tael and five hundred and thirty texts." ”

Zhang Shiming looked at Yuan Anping: "I'll give you ten taels of silver, is Brother Tai willing to cut love?"

Yuan Anping knew that this person wanted to take money to humiliate him, because he didn't know the times. He smiled, put ten taels of silver on the counter, and then said to the people in the bookstore, "Please find money." ”

The people in the bookstore looked at Zhang Shiming, who had lost the smile on his face, and then looked at Yuan Anping, who was smiling at him, hesitating and not knowing what to do. Although he can also say that he will not sell the book to Yuan Anping in order to curry favor with Zhang Shiming, it's just that if he really dares to do this, if he lets the boss know about this matter, he will be removed. After all, the bookstore owner doesn't have to look at the faces of the Zhang family to do things. Therefore, the people in the bookstore quickly found money for Yuan Anping.

After Yuan Anping put away the money, he smiled and said to Zhang Shiming: "I'm sorry, I can't bear to let Zhang Gongzi spend money in vain." Why don't you wait for another ten days, or there should be more than one bookstore in this city. ”

The people from the bookstore also hurriedly followed: "Master Zhang, you can go to the Ink Dyeing Pavilion to have a look, there should be this book there." ”

Zhang Shiming didn't pay attention to the person in the bookstore, he stared at Yuan Anping, and then smiled: "Dare to ask Brother Taizun's surname?"

"I'm just a country man, and my name isn't worth mentioning. Sorry, there are still people waiting for me, go first. Yuan Anping walked out of the bookstore and said in his heart: "Tell you your name? Do you want to find the door of the house? I'm not stupid." ”

Zhang Shiming looked at Yuan Anping's departure with a bad face.

A scholar said: "I don't know where the mountain and wild horsemen come from, this kind of person has no knowledge, and he doesn't know how to lift up." ”

Another scholar said: "What Brother Sun said is that when I look at this person's behavior, he must be a shallow person, and Brother Zhang doesn't have to be as knowledgeable as him, wouldn't that be too exalting him." ”

"What Brother Zhao said is very true. Others agreed.

Zhang Shiming said with a cold face: "Let's go, go to Qunfang Pavilion." ”

Those scholars were all in high spirits when they heard this, and they walked out of the bookstore with some talking and laughing. After going out, Zhang Shiming instructed his entourage: "You go and inquire about the origin of that person." ”

The attendants were ordered to depart.

Yuan Anping naturally didn't expect Zhang Shiming to let people follow him. He came to the sugar cake stall where Huo Xiaohan and the others were waiting, and happened to see the sugar cake coming out of the pot, and he said in a good mood: "It's really better to come early than to come by chance." As he spoke, he helped pick it up and handed it to the two little ones.

Huo Xiaohan smiled and said, "You're lucky." ”

Yuan Anping divided the sugar cake, one for each person, and said to Huo Xiaohan: "Take it, it's not good for us to eat it for you to watch." ”

Huo Xiaohan took it embarrassedly.

Lin Yi looked at the book in Yuan Anping's hand and asked curiously, "Brother Anping, do the books you bought have a lot of stories?"

Yuan Anping thought about the content of the book, and said, "There are indeed many stories. ”

Lin Yi suddenly realized: "Oh, no wonder you tell so many stories." I also asked my grandfather to buy books and let him tell me stories. After thinking about it, he shook his head, "I still don't buy books, if I let my grandfather buy books, I will definitely buy more scriptures." ”

The fat dun who didn't speak on the side took a bite of the sugar cake: "Ha-it's so hot!"

Huo Xiaohan hurriedly looked over: "How is it?

Fat Dun hurriedly shook his head: "No, I only took a small bite." ”

Lin Yi hurriedly taught him his experience and said: "The sugar water in the sugar cake is very hot, so you can't eat too much. When it cools a little longer, you can drink the sugar water inside, which is particularly sweet. ”

Fat Dun was taught, "I know, I stutter a little." ”

When Huo Xiaohan heard Lin Yi say this, he also gained experience, and took a small bite, because he didn't eat anything sweet, but he felt that it was very fragrant.

As for Yuan Anping, he used to have steamed buns, fritters and occasional sugar cakes for breakfast, so he was naturally full of experience. He was not afraid of eating hot, and became the first to finish eating. Then I sighed in my heart: "Sugar is expensive here, and there is no sugar water at all." "There's a little bit of a pity.

The author has something to say :ps: The twin children in the text do not refer to the two sexes, but only to a gender that can have children and look like men

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