According to the information provided by Li Dabing on Taoshu, Lin Yi didn't have to wander around this Bailang Street like a headless fly, and soon found several other antique bookstores.

The owner of one of them, Chongwen Bookstore, was a young man, wearing black cropped pants, a white tight T-shirt, sideburns and scalp, a fashionable hairstyle with long hair on it, a pointed beak and monkey cheeks, and a shrewd and capable face. Because he often participates in online used book auctions, the price of his books is higher, in the words of playing used books, he can find many useful books, but he can't find the fun of "picking up leaks" in book hunting.

However, Lin Yi is different, in his opinion, as long as there are good books here, there will definitely be "fish that slip through the net".

Compared with Li Dabing's bookstore, this bookstore is definitely decorated and strong. The hall is painted all around, with an area of about 90 square meters alone, and all four sides are large bookshelves made of yellow wood, which are divided into categories, history, politics, religion, literature...... It was full of books, and that's not all, a glass booth was made in the corner of one wall, and the booth was filled with some thread-bound ancient books.

Lin Yi approached with his hands behind his back to take a look, and saw that these thread-bound books basically carried letters, and the letter sleeves were pasted with antique bookmarks, which recorded the name, content, age, and collection value of the book, and under the letter cover, there was a price tag directly.

Lin Yi looked carefully, they were-

In the 11th year of the Republic of China, the "Pill Powder Paste Pill Self-made Method" pill secret recipe, medicine powder secret recipe, medicine cream Dan wine secret recipe, a complete set of four volumes, priced at 16,800 yuan.

Hanfen Building, Shanghai, Republic of China - four series of "Yaofeng Banknotes" 8 volumes, Jinglin Ji Writing Edition, exquisite soft characters, good inner pages, priced at 10,800 yuan.

The Republic of China Zhonghua Book Company Collector's Edition "On Balance" four books, 32 open white paper line binding 6 volumes, a complete set of good, one volume with text annotations, the price is 9688 yuan.

In 1963, Shanghai ancient books photocopied the Ming engraving book "Jiajing Hengzhou Mansion Chronicles" in 3 volumes and nine volumes, with geographical prints and landscape maps of the ancient city. It belongs to the geography of Hengyang City, telling the local ethnic history and culture, customs and people's feelings. The hometown of Cai Lun, the inventor of papermaking, is wire-packed, the content is complete, the overall 85 products, some places have a little watermark, and the price is 7800 yuan.

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Lin Yi roughly looked at these and felt that these prices were too outrageous, and it was difficult for ordinary people to afford them.

Judging by the appearance, this fashionably dressed bookstore owner placed this kind of ancient books here, in addition to display, he did not intend to sell them, and he was suspected of "fishing".

After all, these books are only from the Republic of China period, and they are all relatively common, but they are almost tens of thousands...... Especially the 1963 photocopy of "Jiajing Hengzhou Mansion Chronicles", it would be good to be able to reach thousands, but it was marked with a sky-high price of 7,800 yuan, it seems that this boss wants to not open for three years, and eat for three years once it opens.

But then again, many people who play collecting are not professional now, especially some big-money nouveau riche who like to pretend to be Sven, whether they understand it or not, just recognize a reason, as long as the thing is expensive, it is good, and the more expensive the better.

This kind of sky-high "ancient books" with indiscriminate prices are prepared for them, and only these people buy ancient books like cabbage, get them at home in bundles, and then make a big study, and put some hardcover books with bricks thick, and put them separately from these thread-bound books, which looks full of sweat. Over, here is the spiritual food of the West, and there is the collection of ancient books of the East, whoever reads it has to raise their thumbs and praise: "Niu B!" ”

Seeing this, Lin Yi shook his head, although he likes these books very much, but the price is difficult for him to accept, especially when people make it so "grand", and the labeling is clear, it is clear that only if you can afford it will be taken out to show you, if you don't buy it, you can read it through the glass.

When Lin Yi looked through the glass, the bookstore owner with the sharp beak and monkey cheeks did not take the initiative to step forward, he has seen a lot of this kind of thing, most of the people who like thread-bound books are readers, but unfortunately most of the readers are poor ghosts, they can understand books, but they can't afford to buy books, only those broad guys who wear gold and silver, he will take the initiative to introduce, and even open the counter to let them see the fragrance of ancient books.

After opening a bookstore for so many years, this boss has made his own experience, the more you treat it as a thing, the less it is a thing, on the contrary, the more you treat it as a treasure, it really becomes a treasure, and it can often catch big, big fish.

Lin Yi saw that he was rubbing back and forth on the ancient books a few times, no one took care of him, and the bookstore owner didn't even look at it, he felt bored, and he didn't bother to read it anymore, so he left the stage and walked towards the bookshelves facing the public.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, Nima, the popular books are ridiculously expensive, not to mention anything else, there is a set of Lin Yi alone, and the price is as high as 1888 yuan.

What book?

In January 1999, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing House published the red hardcover book "The First Strange Book of Ancient China: The False Words of the Aunt" in volumes 1 to 4, a complete set, and 16 large pages.

The main reason why Lin Yi likes this set of books is that this set of books is so famous, and it is difficult to find in the domestic market, and even if he finds it, it may be pirated.

Why do you say that, because this set of books is**, and it is big**, even more powerful than the ban of "Golden Vase Plum"!

It is said that this "Gu Yu Yan" was written in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty a strange book, signed "Sanhan Cao Qujing", the book is only popular in manuscripts, and has never been mentioned in Qing Dynasty literature, until the original manuscript was found in the Lenin Library of the former Soviet Union in recent years. However, at first, I thought it was written by Koreans, what "Sanhan Cao goes to Jing", it was too Smectac, and it was not until the 60s that people realized that this book was a set of magnificent books left by our ancestors, not a Goryeo stick thing, and some experts even believed that the artistic achievements of this masterpiece can be compared with "Golden Vase Plum" and "Dream of Red Mansions".

You must know that the traditional literary circles once generally believed that "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "Romance of the Gods" and "Golden Vase Plum" are all cumulative novels, and it is only with "The Outer History of Confucianism" and "Dream of Red Mansions" that there are novels created by literati independently in China. And the discovery of "Gu Yuyan" shatters this statement. It is a novel written by Cao Qujing, a native of Liaodong in the Qing Dynasty, and was undrafted in the eighth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1730), when Cao Xueqin was estimated to be still breastfeeding; Wu Jingzi is still wasting his college entrance examination years, and has not yet started to write "The History of Confucianism". "Gu Yu Yan" is the first million-word long story independently created by Chinese literati. It has a unique form, rich and detailed content, and is all-encompassing, which is of great value for the study of the history of ancient Chinese literature, cultural history, folk history and even economic history. As a result, some scholars went through the back door, got other people's books from the Soviet Union, photocopied them, and then proofread them through guò or something, and made them into "Thoughts of Innocence Huibao", which was published and distributed in Taiwan.

Later, the mainland also saw this set of books, and when I saw it, baby, it's just that the content of this baby is too much, and the description in some aspects is more explicit than "Golden Vase Plum", and it is even more jaw-dropping. The book has a million words, of which the unsightly description is 165,000 words, accounting for one-sixth of the book. Therefore, when the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing Company published the book, it had to delete all of them in consideration of the national conditions on our side, and only published a set of four hardcover clean books. Because of this, it is very difficult for you to see the original version of "Gu Yu Yan" in the mainland market, and it is even more difficult to find the full copy of this set of books.

Since Lin Yi likes to read books, of course he also knows the origin of this set of books, so when he saw this set of "Gu Yu Yan", the first thing he said was: "Excuse me, is this set of "Gu Yu Yan" an abridged version or a full version?" ”

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked bookstore owner was fiddling with his laptop at the counter, and when he heard Lin Yi ask, he looked at him for the first time, and then grinned sharply: "Friend, connoisseur!" This set of books is my favorite, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, absolutely genuine! "Avoid the important and light.

"That's an abridged version." Lin Yi judged.

"Rub, if you want to see this kind of book, you can only buy pirated copies, or you are lucky to get the Taiwan version, we only have a clean book here, and only a clean book will be published, and you dare to publish it......" The bookstore owner smiled and said, "Don't say anything else, just say that we all know "Golden Vase Plum", which has only been published a few times or three times over the years!" The owner of the bookstore raised three fingers, "It has been more than 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it has only been published three times, and it is the great leader who has given an order to dare to publish it. Therefore, although this set of "Gu Yu Yan" is a clean book, it is the first genuine book published in the mainland of our motherland, and it has a high collection value. ”

Lin Yi saw that this boss was too monkey and really regarded himself as a bookworm who didn't understand anything, so he smiled and said: "There is some truth in what you said, I really like this set of books, but is the price of 1880 a little higher?" Not to mention three or four years, I don't think even if I hide it for thirty or forty years, I don't think it will reach this price! ”

The bookstore owner raised his eyebrows and flickered: "It's not high! How can it be high. What is the price of goods now, in the past, a book in Xinhua Bookstore was only an octagonal piece, but now, you can't buy a good book without thirty or forty! How many times have prices risen according to this calculation? The original price of this set of books was hundreds, and now it has risen by more than ten times. ”

Lin Yi didn't want to rub his head with him, so he shook his head, meaning that it was too expensive.

The bookstore owner said again: "I see that you are also an expert and a person who understands books...... Don't say anything else, let's just say that the Taiwan version of "The Aunt of Thinking of the Evil Huibao" knows how much money you have? A set of ten copies, the first edition is tens of thousands of yuan, and the three editions can sell more than 2,000! ”

Lin Yi may not have known these things before, but since he officially entered the used book industry and started playing books, he has also known a little about these situations.

The Taiwanese version of "The Aunt's False Words of Thinking of the Innocent Huibao", a set of ten copies, with dark green covers and golden paper, because it is a full copy of the Taiwan version, the number of publications is extremely limited, and it has been fried crazy in China.

As for the so-called first version of a set of tens of thousands, that's a joke, there is no market, and it's strange that it can be sold, after all, it's something from the 90s, and it's not a real antique.

Lin Yi smiled at the bookstore owner's verbosity, and then looked at the four-volume set of red Literary and Art Federation edition of "Gu Yuyan", shook his head, 1880 yuan, he really regarded people as wronged, and it is estimated that even the price on the Internet is not so high. For the psychological price of this set of books, Lin Yi only sold 300, and he didn't want any more.

In this regard, of course, the bookstore owner with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks will not give in, Lin Yixin said that if he wants to spend a high price, he will go directly to buy enough books, no matter how good the abridged version is, it is lame, so he no longer considers this set of books, but after grinding with others for so long, he is embarrassed to go out empty-handed. So Lin Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and see if there were any books in his photo, and buy a few copies at random, which could be regarded as a scene.