Chapter Eighty-Nine: There Is a Study
The study is not too big, the dozen or so shelves are full of books, and they are placed very casually, no one came up to greet Lin Bining and Bai Yi after they entered, just as she was about to open her mouth to ask if Bai Yi's shopkeeper was not there, she found that there was a person lying on a chair behind the cabinet, with a book on his face, as if he was asleep. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Bai Yi saw that Lin Bining was still standing at the door, so he shouted: "Changru, what books are you looking for?" ”
Lin Bining returned to his senses and said: "Oh, I want to find out if there is any "New Words of the Burning Furnace" and "Incense Character Copy". There was no classification on the shelf, and she didn't know where to start.
Bai Yi walked to the cabinet, knocked on the cabinet with his fingers, and asked, "Shopkeeper, are there "New Words of the Burning Furnace" and "Copy of Incense Characters"?" ”
"Second from right." A deep voice came through the book.
Bai Yi walked towards the second shelf on the right, and Lin Bining followed, looking back at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper not greeted the guests warmly, not only did the shopkeeper not greet them, but he didn't even take the book off his face when he answered, but it was the first time she saw people doing business.
Lin Bining lowered his voice and asked, "After we came in, the shopkeeper has been lying there, could it be that his legs are inconvenient to walk?" ”
Bai Yi couldn't help but laugh and replied softly: "No, he's just lazy." ”
Lin Bining was stunned by this answer for a while, and asked in a low voice: "The name of the study is Youjian Study, could it be just because he is too lazy to name it?" ”
Bai Yi nodded: "Changru is really smart. ”
Lin Bining silently scolded in her heart, why do you want to open a study if you are so lazy?
After looking for books for a while, Lin Bining found another problem, and asked in a low voice again: "I see that there is only one shopkeeper in the study, and he doesn't look at the guests, isn't he afraid that people will steal books?" ”
Bai Yi remembered something, chuckled, and said, "I used to have this question, but one day when I was fortunate enough to witness the scene of a book thief who was kicked by the shopkeeper from the chair as soon as his feet stepped out of the threshold, I no longer have this kind of worry. ”
"You mean the shopkeeper is still a martial arts master?"
"Well, and the sense of hearing should be particularly sensitive, too."
Lin Bining was silent for a while, coughed and said, "Then didn't he hear what we just said?" Do you think the shopkeeper wants to kick us out? ”
Bai Yi hooked the corners of his mouth and said in an affirmative tone: "No, he is too lazy to catch us." ”
Lin Bining felt that it made sense, nodded seriously, and felt that it was not polite to talk about others so blatantly, so she glanced at Bai Yi and began to look for books seriously.
After reading for a long time, Lin Bining found that the books in the study were all some solitary manuscripts, just like this "The Biography of Tian Xiang", her father had been looking for many years and only accepted the first volume, but she didn't expect that there was a whole volume here, and there were many books She just heard her father mention the name of the book, and she couldn't imagine that a little-known small study also contained a lot of things.
Bai Yi saw that Lin Bining was struggling to hold a stack of books with one hand, still kept adding books to it, walked over and took some of them, and said with a smile: "Sell a book, the shopkeeper will soon copy a new one, you don't have to worry about not being able to buy a book next time." ”
Lin Bining reluctantly put down one when she heard this, and nodded: "Okay, then I'll come back next time." ”
Bai Yi took Lin Bining to find the shopkeeper to settle the bill, but the shopkeeper was still lying on the chair and had no intention of getting up, and said lazily: "How many copies?" ”
Bai Yi's eyes swept over the book: "Fifteen books." ”
"Thirty taels."
Lin Bining thought that the price was not expensive, took out her purse and took the silver, and didn't know if she should call the shopkeeper to get up and collect the money, Bai Yi took the silver and threw it into the wooden box next to her, and then said to Lin Bining: "Let's go." ”
Lin Bining walked out of the study and couldn't help asking: "Is it true that the shopkeeper won't lose money if he does this business?" "I don't even bother to collect the money, aren't you afraid that the guests will pay the bills?
Bai Yi laughed a few times: "I know that this is introduced by a friend, he has been buying books here for five years, and it should be good to think that business should be good." ”
After hearing this, Lin Bining silently sighed in her heart.
It was still early, Bai Yi didn't want to go back to the palace and be asked about the portrait by Prince Zhong, so he smiled and said: "There is a teahouse in front, the tea and snacks are good, why don't we go and sit." ”
"Okay." In order to thank Bai Yi for bringing her to a study, Lin Bining thought that she would be the host. Holding these many books was too attention-grabbing, she handed the books in her and Bai Yi's hands to Changge and asked him to send them back to the mansion first.
Bai Yi saw that Changge was struggling to hold it, so he asked Jian Ping to help send it to the Lin Mansion, and he and Lin Bining went back after drinking tea. Jian Ping was not worried about the safety of his master, watched the other party stop talking, and finally left obediently in Bai Yi's eyes that could not resist.
"The osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut powder cake in this tea house is very good, and I eat it better than the taste of the furnace tea. By the way, his candied steamed cheese is also very good, you can try it later. As Bai Yi walked, he introduced the refreshments worth trying in the teahouse with Lin Bining, and he caught a glimpse of Xiao Juncheng coming from the corner of the right oblique corner.
In view of the fact that Xiao Juncheng saw him last time, and Bai Yi didn't want to reveal his identity in front of Lin Bining at the moment, he grabbed Lin Bining's wrist and pulled the other party into the alley.
Lin Bining was suddenly pulled away, her head and feet were not synchronized, and she let out an exclamation of "ah" after running a few steps, and her right foot stepped on the stone and twisted.
Bai Yi hurriedly let go of her hand, saw her squatting down and covering her ankles, and asked with concern, "Changru, how are you?" ”
Lin Bi was so painful that tears were about to come out, she opened a pair of wet eyes, and said in a complaining tone: "My feet seem to be broken." Yun Xian, what are you doing all of a sudden running up? ”
Bai Yi saw that her tears were flashing in pain, and she felt a little reluctant in her heart, and apologized: "I'm sorry, I just wanted to avoid someone I didn't want to see, but I didn't expect to hurt you." Take off your shoes and I'll help you see if you hurt your bones. As he spoke, he reached out to take off Lin Bining's shoes.
Lin Bining covered the shoes on her feet tightly as if she were facing a great enemy, and said quickly: "I don't feel that I hurt my bones, just go back and rub some potion." ”
Although there was no one in the alley, it was a bit rude to take off his shoes outside after all, Bai Yi withdrew his hand and said, "There is a medical hall next to the study, I will take you to the doctor for some medicine." ”
Seeing her feet will definitely reveal her identity, Lin Bining hurriedly shook her head and refused: "No need, I think it's much better." Afraid that Bai Yi would not believe it, Lin Bining tried to stand up and walk a few steps. But she obviously underestimated the injury on her foot, and she wanted to cry because of the pain when she only moved slightly.
Bai Yi saw that her cold sweat hurt out, and frowned: "You are much better like this, it is not right to avoid medical treatment." Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital to find a doctor. ”