Chapter 21 Qingyao Library
As the year approached, the progress of the whole fortification slowed down, and the quarry was much more idle. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoMany workers have already paid their wages early and returned to their hometowns for the Chinese New Year.
Dacheng's hometown is at the junction of Yanyang City and Yaoguo, if strictly speaking, it should be Yaoguo, but that is the most remote place in Yaoguo, not rich in minerals, and relatively poor, most of the strong men there come to Yanyang to make a living. Before Dacheng returned to his hometown, he invited Tie Niu to go back for the New Year, because Zhan Ying was a prisoner and could not leave Yanyang, Tie Niu resigned, planning to stay in the camp to accompany this very close sister, Dacheng packed his bags and returned to his hometown.
Today is the eleventh day of the lunar month, Zhan Yingmu is on vacation, she is going to go out to inquire where Yanyang City has the richest collection of books, and she is going to take the annual vacation of the work camp immediately, she wants to find a few books to study well and enrich her knowledge. It occurred to her that there was one person, if she was very knowledgeable and wide-ranging, but she had known one so far.
She went straight to the West Market, the noodle stall was still there, she asked Boss Li where Lu Zhen lived, it was a little difficult to find, and she finally saw Lu Zhen's low and dilapidated bungalow all the way. She slammed on the door a few times, and then saw Lu Zhen's dirty head coming out from behind the door, and he was a little surprised to see Zhan Ying.
As soon as Lu Zhen let go, Zhan Ying went into the house. Seeing that Lu Zhen's house was really messy, there was paper or cloth on the floor, on the table, on the couch, and on the wall, and all kinds of lines were drawn with carbon or ink, which should be a map drawn by Lu Zhen or a planetary chart and something like that. Seeing Zhan Ying looking around, Lu Zhen was not embarrassed, a person like him who was obsessed with research had always been informal. He picked up a picture, the symbols and lines on it Zhan Ying couldn't understand, Lu Zhen pulled her:
"Miss Zhan Ying, you see, I figured it out, I figured it out, the next solar eclipse is on the grassland of the Yak Clan, hahaha, this is interesting, the Great Sun Mother God that they believe in is the sun in the sky, the last time they had a solar eclipse was 400 years ago, it coincided with a once-in-a-century snow disaster, and a lot of cattle, sheep and horses died, so they thought that the eclipse was the punishment given to them by the Great Sun Mother Goddess, and there would be a disaster, which is interesting." Lu Zhen laughed, very proud.
Zhan Ying was also infected when she saw him so happy, she didn't know much about this kind of thing, but seeing Lu Zhen so happy must have made a major breakthrough in his research, and she was also happy for him. "Mr. Lu, I came today to inquire about something, where is the richest collection of books in this Yanyang City? Especially ancient books, unique books and other books. ”
Lu Zhen stroked his dirty beard, "That's naturally Qing Yao, people say that there is a richer collection of books than Ouchi, just because Qing Yao's rules are different." ”
Zhan Ying never expected that Qingyao was actually a bookstore, and it was still a very famous bookstore on the Yuzhou continent, and there was such an independent Qingyao bookstore in the more prosperous places of various countries.
"What special rules does Qing Yao have?" Zhan Ying asked.
Lu Zhen replied seriously: "I haven't been able to borrow books from Qingyao yet. The pavilion master of this Qing Yao stipulates that books can only be borrowed and not sold, and the conditions for lending are also different according to the type of books borrowed. I went to borrow a book on calendar arithmetic, and my requirement was to hand over a text with a unique view of the calendar or arithmetic first, and I handed over the shopkeeper several times and returned it, maybe this time I calculated the law of the eclipse, and I could borrow the book from Qingyao in the future. ”
Zhan Ying said in his heart, this is really in line with Jingshang's character, this condition seems simple, but it is actually very strict. I don't know what kind of conditions she will offer for the book she wants to borrow.
When I arrived in Langfang, I arrived at the door of Qingyao after a short time under the guidance of passers-by. She looked up at the three-storey building, which stood lonely in the bustling Langfang, like its owner.
At a glance, the appearance of this small building is simple and elegant, and there is a black plaque hanging on the door, on which the word "Qingyao" is written vigorously and powerfully. Unlike other shops in Langfang, there is no one at the door of Qingyao. The door opened small, and there was a screen blocking the doorway, adding a touch of mystery.
Zhan Ying bypassed the screen and entered, and the situation inside made Zhan Ying smack. Three floors are filled with bookshelves with countless books, and it looks spectacular.
On the first floor, there is a desk, on which is placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a half-person-high stack of bibliographic lists, and no one is at the desk at the moment.
"Anyone?" Zhan Ying called. At this moment, a middle-aged uncle wearing an ordinary blue cloth kaftan came out from behind the bookshelf, and he knew that he had read a lot and was quite stylish. The uncle walked to the desk and stood, looking at Zhan Ying, "What book are you here to borrow?" ”
Zhan Ying replied sincerely: "If you want to borrow a few books of the organ type, it is best to have a single ancient book." ”
The uncle nodded: "There are quite a few, but you have to exchange things for them." ”
Zhan Ying was already prepared in his heart, and it depends on what the other party asks, "Please speak." ”
The uncle picked up a booklet and looked at it, then looked up and said, "You make a small object with a mechanism, or exchange it for a book that is not available in the Book Pavilion." The books you bring will return to the Library, but the books in the Library must be returned after they have been borrowed. ”
Zhan Ying secretly smacked her tongue, this first one is not easy to do, and the second one is not difficult in the past, but now she has a lone ancient book to exchange.
After thinking for a moment, she suddenly had an idea.
"I don't have any rare books at hand right now, but I've read a lot, so I'll give one to your library, okay? It takes about three days. ”
The uncle looked at her suspiciously, this silent book is not for everyone, and it must have a memory beyond ordinary people.
Seeing the uncle's suspicious face, Zhan Ying simply memorized the titles of the row of books she had just read on the bookshelf behind her, and the uncle's expression went from doubt to surprise as she recited more and more titles, and finally memorized more than 30 books without mistakes, omissions, and the order was exactly the same. It turned out that Zhan Ying actually had the ability to never forget.
At this moment, there was a light snap sound on the wooden wall behind the desk, and the shopkeeper turned to the back of the wall, came out from behind the wall for a moment, and stretched out his right hand to Zhan Ying behind the wall: "It turned out to be the pavilion master's distinguished guest, but I have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, please bear with me." The Pavilion Master is invited. ”
Zhan Ying arched his hand to the uncle, raised his leg and went back.
As soon as she walked around the wooden wall, there was a corridor behind her, and a small scholar in a blue cotton jacket led her way.
I really didn't expect that there is a cave behind this Qingyao Pavilion, the corridor of Jiuqu is built on the pool, the end of the corridor is a large plum forest, and there is a courtyard with green tiles and white walls in the depths of plum blossoms.
The scholar took her to the gate of the courtyard and stood still, signaling Zhan Ying to enter.
Zhan Ying raised his leg into the circular arch, and Jing Shang was treating the wounds of a puppy with a broken leg. He was so serious, his movements were gentle and fast, and the puppy did not bark or call or move under his hands, comfortably enjoying the care of Jingshang.