Lihe Antique City, located in the suburbs of Nandu, 360 days a year, 357 days of business bleak, bleak to what extent, even those bosses to fight the landlord, but often three missing one, the only three good days of business, is the three-day assembly in September.

In the past three days, in order to attract those who set up stalls and form a large-scale thrift trade rally, the antique city even gave the stall staff a fee of 20 yuan a day, and managed a boxed lunch at noon, which was not very good, only white rice and green vegetables and tofu.

No way, this place is too remote, few people usually come, in order to bomb the market, the person in charge of the antique city can be regarded as trying his best.

In fact, every large-scale gathering will attract the participation of antique sellers in the entire urban area and even in the surrounding provinces and cities, antique furniture, four treasures of the study, ancient books and paintings, agate jade, Chinese and foreign coins, shadow puppet masks, religious tokens, national costumes, "cultural revolution" relics and even daily necessities, in addition to arms, drugs, and population, as long as you can think of valuable items have been put on the shelves.

For Lin Yi, he was not very interested in those who sold antique jade, he only had books in his eyes, in contrast, Cao Yidao and Guo Zixing had the idea of picking up everything around them, so as soon as they arrived at the antique city, the two of them directly separated from Lin Yibing and went to Taobao separately.

Huang Jiaotou still followed Lin Yi's ass like a shadow, and Lin Yi was also used to his follow, so he just said to him: "If you have anything you like, just go and see for yourself, leave me alone." ”

Huang Jiaotou didn't answer, but occasionally glanced at the daggers, badges, and military supplies on the ground.

Lin Yi came to the second-hand book area with great interest, and when he looked around, he saw that the entrance of the second-hand book area was selling miscellaneous books, novels, magazines, literature and art, comprehensive, sports - as long as you are willing to squat down and flip through it, you will always find what you like. Most of the bookstalls are neatly stacked, and occasionally there are stacks of books for 2 yuan each.

Walking through dozens of bookstalls in a row, you will see a fork in the road, which leads to the antique market. Next to the fork in the road is to sell calligraphy ("Xingshu Daquan" and the like), the packaging is relatively intact, and the price is relatively expensive. Further on, there are more people selling calligraphy and paintings, as well as stamps, old books, and old newspapers. There are many books such as "Shuowen Jie Zi" and "Kangxi Dictionary", many newspapers during the Cultural Revolution, as well as pamphlets issued by army soldiers during the Japanese invasion of China, and Wen Jiàn during the liberation and Cultural Revolution. Further on is the end of the second-hand book market, where there are a bunch of ancient coins selling calligraphy, paintings, jade, and related books.

There are two long rows of stalls on the left and right of the used book business area, and the ground is densely packed with books, only showing rows of book spines. The books are neatly arranged, and most of them have been classified by the stall owners, including other people's labor, and the asking price is naturally slightly higher. There are also some shopkeepers who are too lazy to tidy up, or because their inventory is too varied, they dump the whole bag of books on the floor covered with plastic sheeting, sit on the pony and cross their legs, shake their fans and shout "two yuan a book", and smile at the bookworms squatting on the ground, turning the books around with anticipation. When business isn't bad, this pile of books can be turned at least dozens of times a day.

In a large gathering like this, there are generally only two kinds of people, the buyers, and the sellers. I talked about the people who sold books, and then I talked about the people who bought books.

There are only two kinds of people who come to the second-hand book market: the first is to make up their minds to buy a certain book (such as philosophy, history, fantasy, masterpieces, comics), these people have a purpose, and if they can't see their favorite book at a glance in front of the bookstall, they will generally ask the shopkeeper: "Are there any books?" "If the owner happens to have a stock, he will smile and be enthusiastic, and he will strongly recommend his own exclusive collection of old books, and bargaining is not a problem. When bargaining, the shopkeeper will not be soft, because they know that this kind of buyer must have enough silver in his pocket, and he will not hesitate to buy it if it is expensive, and he is afraid that he will not be able to buy it. As the so-called Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, so the transaction price of these books is generally higher.

The second type of buyer belongs to the leisurely stroll type, stop here and there and flip through, and bargain with the shopkeeper when they see a book that is pleasing to the eye, and achieve success, not leave, and can afford to put it down. Prices in the used book market are generally lower than many people think, so the second type of bookworms never worry about going home empty-handed.

In contrast, Lin Yi does not belong to the first type of person, nor does he belong to the second type of person, he belongs to the kind of professional book reader who specializes in "picking up leaks", so his vision is higher than everyone else, and he doesn't pay attention to small leaks like three or five, seven or eight, or even ten or so yuan. However, if you come across a book that interests him, he no longer thinks about picking up or missing them, but buys them whenever he can. Anyway, there is Huang Jiaotou, the royal attendant, behind him, and no matter how many books he buys, someone will help him get them.

No, not a few steps in the second-hand book area, Lin Yi saw a set of "Sherlock Holmes Detective Collections" published by the Mass Publishing House in one edition and one to five volumes that were brand new and close to ten grades.

The old lady was wearing a Mickey Mouse sun hat (presumably her little grandson's), fanning a fan, asking for 50 yuan, Lin Yi gave her 40 yuan, the old lady waved her hand very resolutely and said: "Every time my wife goes to the bookstore to buy books, she buys them home after thousands of choices, and some books have not even read him." Because I used to borrow it in the library of the unit, I finished reading it. Buying a new set is for the concern in my heart. If you don't buy them back home, your heart will always be like a shortcoming, and you will never be able to fall down. I secretly took out these books for him to sell. If he hadn't been bedridden, he wouldn't have dared to sell them even if he had killed me. ”

As soon as Lin Yi heard the old lady say this, he knew that the other party was a veteran, what old man was sick in bed, and secretly sold it, which is a trick used by many sellers, but he didn't break it, and directly smiled and took out 50 yuan and handed it over.

The old lady was very happy, she fanned hard with a pu fan, and the old face showed a bright smile, of course, when the delivery was made, she did not forget to take 50 yuan and looked at the sun, and identified whether it was true.

Lin Yi said with a smile: "Don't worry, the money is absolutely real, 50 yuan can buy you happy and I will be happy, this is more cost-effective than anything else." ”

The old lady praised Lin Yi for being young and able to speak, and said that she was a problem, and no one could believe it when she was doing business now.

Lin Yi nodded, recognized the old lady's words, turned around and handed the book to Huang Jiaotou, turned his back to his hand, and continued to look for the book.

didn't go far, Lin Yi saw a set on another stall, volumes one to four, the Shandong version of "Vernacular Liaozhai", this is one of his favorite books to read when he was a teenager, I didn't expect to meet it here, it's really fateful.

Since it is a book that Lin Yi likes very much, of course he wants to take it, and when he asked the male stall owner the price of this set of books, the stall owner replied that it was 50 yuan. returned a price, and finally 30 yuan pocketed this set of "Liaozhai".

I went to a female stall owner and saw a copy of Ma Zhitu's work. The hardcover of the eight or five products, the first edition of "Qingjiang Zhuang Song". The female stall owner thought she was shrewd and asked for 20 yuan, but Lin Yi bought the book without counteroffering. If you remember it well, it was written in the Taoshu notes that this paperback version of "Qingjiang Zhuang Song" is nothing unusual, about 10 yuan, but the hardcover is a strange commodity to live in, at least two or three hundred oceans.

Just when Lin Yi was complacent about his good book fate, and this trip to search for books was not in vain, there was a commotion not far ahead. Some of the "bookworms" were no longer busy buying books, and one by one they followed behind a person's ass with blank faces, walking aimlessly.

When Lin Yi saw this situation, he felt strange, and what was even more strange was that the group of people were rushing towards him in a chaotic manner.

Evil, what's wrong?!