In the next few days, Lin Yi regained his spirits, put aside all the clutter, and began his favorite book shopping trip, and one of the most important stops was the used book market in Shanghai's City God Temple. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Anyone who is familiar with the history of Shanghai probably knows that the City God Temple is the city god of China and the capital of foreign countries. The City God Temple was built by foreigners who paid for it, and let the Chinese burn incense to worship the Buddha. There are always many, many people who go there every day, and their purposes are different. Some brought their children, bought incense and candles, and went to the Bodhisattva to ask for wealth and blessings. Some people go to buy bargains because it is a department store and the price is very reasonable. Others, it can be said that they are bored, running to relax, drinking tea, smoking, and eating melon seeds. As for foreigners, of course, they also have to go, especially if they are new to China; They want to study the customs and habits of the Chinese people here, and also to see the results of what they have done in China. Therefore, when Ryunosuke Wasagawa described the "City God Temple", he paid special attention to the turtle of the Jiuqu Bridge and the charm of Chinese peeing everywhere, and wrote it very artistically.

Compared to the City God Temple in other places, the City God Temple in Shanghai is more famous because it has the largest used book market in Shanghai, almost on a par with the Temple of Confucius. However, now the Confucian Temple has become a tourist attraction, and many stalls have been driven away from buying and selling used books, all of which have become shops of high-end jewelry and jade, less quaint and more secular, in contrast, the City God Temple is still so authentic and down-to-earth.

Lin Yi is also a well-known bibliophile now, and he is familiar with the used book markets in various places. In the past few days in Shanghai, in order to search for books, I also specially researched the used book market of Chenghuang Temple.

According to the situation of the second-hand book market that he mastered, Lin Yi first took a taxi to the vicinity of Jiuqu Bridge, and then saw the quaint buildings of the City God Temple.

Get off the car, pay, enter the temple, and then walk out of the gate from the main hall of the temple, at first it is nothing, just some ordinary scenic spots, but continue to go inside, it is a bright eye, only to see that in front of it is a huge department store shopping mall--- there is a large antique shop, calligraphy and painting tablet shop, bookstore, book stall, storytelling field, portrait shop, calligraphy and painting exhibition, so that the library, not only have, but also a lot, and has another kind of fun.

Unlike other used book markets, there are used book stalls that buy and sell used books, and almost all of them are old shops, and this is also the characteristic of Shanghai Tang, everything is in order, and you can't mess around. Look at the propaganda banners hanging next to it, which read: "Stressing hygiene, stressing civilization", and then "Strive to be a newcomer of the times and build a harmonious society together"......

Lin Yi is not interested in politics, but he can't walk when he sees second-hand bookstores and second-hand bookstores. At a glance, he saw a second-hand bookstore called "Treasure Pavilion". Walking into the store, the left wall is piled up to the subset of the scriptures and histories that reach the floor; On the right wall are the classics of the East and the West, so much so that the advertising book; At the back, there are some old Chinese miscellaneous books: magazines, books and newspapers from the past 20 years, and many important and unimportant documents, all placed on a long platform in the store, which stretches all the way to the door; At the door, there is a large wooden box, and there are also a lot of books, with paper sticks inserted on it--- "5 yuan a book".

Lin Yi looked through the big wooden boxes, most of them were old books from the seventies and eighties, the most of which were Lu Xun's novels, "The Scream", "Hesitation", and "Morning Flowers and Sunset", etc., Lin Yi had already collected a set of these books, about 20 or so, like this kind of book stall are two or three yuan, and five yuan are sold here, which shows that the price of books in Shanghai is still slightly expensive. However, if you think about it, you can understand that in a place like Shanghai, where every inch of land is expensive, and the rent of shops is scary, and it is understandable that the things sold are a little more expensive.

Lin Yi flipped through the book very quickly, and sometimes he knew if there was something he liked in it at a glance.

Lin Yi looked at another large wooden box, and saw that almost all of them were magazines, and they were all old. In the process of "flipping", Lin Yi saw many books and magazines that he had never seen or heard, such as "Shanghai Electric", "Huaxing", "Shanghai Tang", "Art World" and so on, so he reviewed many fragments of modern history as if he were passing by.

Lin Yi belongs to that kind of cover control, and the covers of these old Shanghai magazines are even more distinctive, so he picked 36 magazines in one go, and there are all of them, the most of which are "Art World" and "Shanghai Tang".

I roughly calculated in my heart, 5 yuan for a book, and 180 yuan for 36 books. It's not a lot of money, so it's fun.

After turning over these big wooden boxes, Lin Yixin said to look at other places, so he didn't pay, and then went to find the old books on the table, where there were many sets of books, such as the bound edition of "Creation Monthly", the first volume of "Oriental Magazine" throughout the year, "Russian Opera Collection", etc., all of which were in good condition. So Lin Yi picked a few more, namely the Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House with a price of 30 yuan, and the 87 edition of "Selected Chinese Classical Novels"; The price is 50 yuan, the 84th edition of the People's Publishing House "Guben Pinghua Novel Collection"; There is also the first edition of Shanghai literature and art in 59 years, Hua Sanchuan, Cheng Shifa and other famous exquisite color illustrations "A Day of the Great Leap Forward in Shanghai" hardcover, this store price is 200 yuan, Lin Yi feels a little high, according to the Internet price, about 100 yuan is enough.

However, Lin Yitao has been searching for old books for so long, but he understands a truth, that is, no matter where he is, the pricing of old books is unreliable, he "opens the sky", you must "pay back the money on the spot", and slowly "scrutinize" with them.

So Lin Yi was not in a hurry to bargain and pay immediately, but continued to look for books, because the more books, the more initiative he had when bargaining. In particular, the sentence "You see I have bought so many books, cheaper" is very lethal.

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In second-hand bookstores, it is not enough for the apprentices to work on flipping books, because their books are not necessarily kept outside. You have to ask, "Boss, do you have any kind of books?" Or, "Boss, what kind of book do I want to buy?" the shopkeeper remembers his own book, and if there is, he will find it for you. If not, you can also ask him to find it and leave him a correspondence office.

However, what we are talking about here is a new book, and if it is a good edition, or even a rare thread-bound book, it will not work. Because these books are only available to those who know them, and ordinary shopkeepers don't take them out. The reason is simple, this kind of book is so precious that it can be damaged if you turn it casually, not to mention that the price has always been very high, and there are few people who can afford it.

Of course, Lin Yi knew the mystery, so although he had those rare books in his heart, he knew that he couldn't just open his mouth, and he had to find a good excuse---

Soon, Lin Yi had an idea.

When he flipped through a modern printed lithographic version of "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing", he couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's a pity, it's a paperback, if it's a lineback." ”

The voice was not loud or small, just enough for the shopkeeper to hear, and kept smacking his lips.

The shopkeeper was an old man in his forties, who was fighting the landlord on his laptop, and when he heard Lin Yi's words, he looked up at him and said, "What, friend, you like wire-bound books?" ”

Lin Yi nodded and said, "Yes, the thread-bound book is full of content, and there is that kind of ancient flavor." ”

"Very few people read that kind of book now, they all use it for collection." The old man said deliberately.

"I'm also a collector, and while I look at it, I collect it at the same time." Lin Yi said with a smile.

The old man looked Lin Yi up and down again, "But those books are very expensive, do you want to read them?" ”

Lin Yi was waiting for this sentence, so he smiled and said, "If I can, I really want to take a look." ”

"Hehe, okay, you just wait a while, I'll take out that baby." The old man couldn't care about fighting the landlord anymore, and began to go into the back room with a smile and turn over the cabinets.

Lin Yi was nervously looking forward to it outside, saying that this Shanghai Beach was a treasure, and he didn't know how precious the old books here were. I also heard that Lu Xun and Hu Shi bought rare books here during the Republic of China, and I don't know if I had that luck this time.

Nervous, it's like a blind date! (To be continued.) )