Lin Yi knew that this dilapidated "Juehou Zen" was a veritable treasure, so he suppressed his excitement and asked the old man who sold books: "How much is this book?" ”

The old man was busy sorting out the old books in his hand, so he smiled and said, "If you buy some more, I'll give you this book!" ”

Lin Yi was taken aback when he heard this. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Giving it away for nothing, won't it?

You know, if this book is repaired by your own aura, it may be worth hundreds of thousands, or even millions, and it will be given away for nothing?

Lin Yi felt that he was really lucky in the past few days, maybe he saved the country in his last life, and his character exploded, the last time the stall owner who sold books gave a copy of "Shuangzhaolou Poetry Manuscript" in vain, and this time the old man wanted to give this rare Ming magazine "Juehou Zen" in vain.

The world is so wonderful, and you love me so much. Lin Yi was a little moved and almost cried.

The old man was sad when he saw Lin Yi holding the broken book that was almost torn by himself and wiped his buttocks, so he said: "Young man, are you here to buy a book, or to come to read a book, hurry up, I have also helped you find a lot, old man, you can pick more." ”

Lin Yi hurriedly cleaned up his mood and said: "Cheng, I'll pick it, you will always be busy with yours first." In a hurry, Lin Yi was like a war, and in order to repay the old man's kindness for his free gift, he picked up a few books: "Zhuzi Integrated Supplement" (ten volumes) (missing the first volume); "Journey to the West" (upper and lower commentary); The Collection of Books (2, 3, 4); "He Youzhi Draws 360 Lines"......

Among them, except for the "Zhuzi Integrated Supplement", the old man took out this set of books from a green iron cabinet, which was incomplete and the first volume was missing. said that it came from the home of a military reporter in his 80s, and Lin Yi took it in order to show his gratitude.

Although the book "He Youzhi Draws Three Hundred and Sixty Lines" is not expensive, it is Lin Yi's favorite, and it is a necessary album for studying the old city and old industry in the Republic of China, from the album you can see many occupations that have disappeared, such as "grabbing scissors, sharpening kitchen knives", and "shaving heads, geldings", "selling goods, blowing candy, pinching clay people" and so on.

Lin Yi bought all these books in one go, and when he counted the accounts, he saw that it was 550 yuan again.

The old man was happy, and said that he was really lucky today, and the two transactions were five hundred and five.

Lin Yi was a little unhappy, because he had no money in his pocket.

Last time, Lin Yi took out 5,000 yuan from the ATM, of which 3,000 was given to Huang Rong to pay a month's rent, and only 2,000 yuan was left in his hand. In the past few days, almost all the money in his pocket has been bought into old books, and now there are only 300 yuan left, and he still owes the old man 250 yuan.

Just when Lin Yi felt embarrassed, the old man smiled and said, "It's okay, you take this book first, and you can return the remaining two hundred and five to me when you find time." ”

Seeing that the old man was so cheerful, Lin Yi was a little embarrassed, so he said, "It's better to put these books here first, I'll go get the money, and I'll come back later." ”

The old man said, "No, no! Isn't it just two hundred and five, and there can't be a difficulty in being a man. ”

Lin Yi then said thank you, left 300 yuan, left the old man's phone number, and said that he would contact him after taking the money.

The old man said, don't be too anxious, I won't urge you here, you can return it when you have time. Although the old man said so, Lin Yi knew that it was strange that people were not in a hurry, they were originally doing this kind of small business of setting up stalls, and one hundred and two hundred was also a lot of money for others.

So after leaving the old man's house, Lin Yi was busy putting the old books he bought back to his place of residence, and on the other hand, he went to the ATM to withdraw 5,000 yuan.

After taking the money, Lin Yi took a taxi and went straight to the old man's house, for Lin Yi, he could owe money on credit for acquaintances to buy books, but he and the old man only had a one-sided relationship, so he was embarrassed to owe others.

Because the old man led the way when he went for the first time, Lin Yi didn't remember much of the way, and it was quite difficult to touch it by himself at this time, especially since the surrounding houses were almost the same, and they were densely packed with streets, so Lin Yi called over.

The phone was connected, but no one spoke, Lin Yi heard from the phone that the old man seemed to be arguing with his wife.

The old woman said to the old man: "You are a two-five, if people don't pay back, you will be ugly!" ”

The old man muttered, "Anyone who likes to buy books is a reader, and the reader is very well-behaved and will pay back." ”

Muttering, the old man took the phone and asked, "Who?" ”

Lin Yi told the old man loudly on the phone, "Uncle, I'm here to pay back the money!" ”

……

When I saw the old man, I was very happy to see him, probably in front of the old woman.

When Lin Yi saw him, he gave the money to the old man first, and then chatted casually, and wanted to leave. The old man grabbed him and said, "Don't hurry up, I've found some more books, do you want them?" ”

Lin Yiwan, this old man is really getting better and better. Anyway, when he came, he was empty-handed, and besides, he picked up such a big bargain--- at least it was a big leak of hundreds of thousands, Lin Yi was embarrassed to refuse, so he said: "Okay, let's go to your house again--- but is it convenient?" I heard Grandma arguing with you just now. ”

When Lin Yi mentioned this, the old man blushed, knowing that the words on the phone were all listened to, so he coughed and said, "What's inconvenient!" In fact, I don't dump her for a lot of things at home! An old lady, what do you know! ”

Lin Yi followed the old man to his residence again.

Lin Yi paid attention this time, and saw that there was a couplet written on the door door, the upper one was "three meals and four meals mixed with food and clothing", and the lower one was "five branches and six leaves for the rest of his life".

Asked what is "five branches" and what is "six leaves", the old man said that the five branches are because there was a bridge in the body before, there are five brackets, and the six leaves are a kind of saying that the locals are unreliable and similar to "stupid", and he laughed at himself.

Lin Yiwaner, it seems that this old man is quite optimistic.

Entering the house, Lin Yi saw the grandmother, different from the phone, she was very enthusiastic when she saw Lin Yi, handing cigarettes and pouring water, it was hard to imagine that she was the dog who scolded the old man just now.

The old man scolded the old woman to go to the side, and he took Lin Yi to choose a book again. The old woman said in the back, "Choose more, young man, I'll let our old Zhao give you a cheaper." It seems that she also regards Lin Yi as a good customer for buying books.

Lin Yi had already been here once, and there were really no books to choose, but in order to meet the occasion, he still picked a few at random.

When the old man saw this, he said that he would take Lin Yi to take a look at his collection. It turned out that the old man's surname was Zhao, and everyone called him Master Zhao. There is a son and a daughter under his knees, but they don't live with them, Master Zhao usually doesn't have any hobbies, and he doesn't have dogs and cats, so he feels lonely and lonely, so he hides some books and other things, and he usually fiddles with them when he has nothing to do, and entertains himself.

There is a pair of calligraphy hanging in the back room, I heard Master Zhao say that it was a calligrapher surnamed Zhang in Nanjing who wrote "tiger", and then he didn't know where to find four pairs of tiger paintings, and he framed them and hung them on both sides of this character. In the bedroom, there is a single bed that is only about one meter long, and there are a few books in a messy book on the inside of the bed against the wall.

On the wall next to the clinical director hangs a large black-and-white photograph of a beautiful mother holding a small child in her hands. Later, when we chatted, I learned that the photo was his mother and him when he was one year old. At the end of the bed was a color photograph of five brothers of his generation, no sisters. At home, he is the second in line.

Master Zhao usually plays with pipes, ancient coins, and also pulls erhu, and there are three pianos hanging on the wall, one erhu, one flat hu, and one banhu. It has been more than 50 years.

There was a newspaper rack on the ground that resembled a newspaper, plus a dozen pipes.

There is a narrow wall with a picture of "Liu Tianhua". It is estimated that he is his music idol.

There is a desk at the head of the bed, and there is a pen holder on the desk, and several pieces of ancient jade are hung on the pen stand.

There are also some small items made of purple sand on the cabinets in the corners of the house.

In the place of the balcony, there are also some daffodils, and there are also rain flower stones.

Although the whole house is not big, it is full of fun and fun.

Sure enough, Master Zhao's collection is very good, with a dazzling array of five large boxes, all of which are thick cardboard boxes.

There are picture albums, comic books, wire-bound books, manuscripts, and some rare calligraphy and paintings. Lin Yi was dazzled.

"These are all things that I have been buying and selling used books for so many years, and I have worked hard to collect them, and they are not sold." Master Zhao seemed to be afraid of which book Lin Yi would like, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to make a statement in advance.

Lin Yi nodded, indicating that he understood.

But after he admired these books, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, among which Lin Yi's favorite manuscript "Dream of Red Mansions Poems", looking at the age should be the Republic of China period, the brush characters, the handwriting is graceful and elegant, and it is a little aura. The red pen is pointed, adding a bit of charm.

Lin Yi gritted his teeth, endured his blushing and asked if this book was sold, and if he sold it, he could pay a high price.

It's a pity that Master Zhao also likes this hand-copy very much, and he is reluctant to sell it even if Lin Yi gives a price of 1,000 yuan.

Well, it's hard to buy a favorite, so Lin Yi won't force it. It's just that at the end of his life, Master Zhao said to Lin Yi, "Xiao Lin, if you come to me a few more times, I might sell it to you." ”

Looking at the lonely gaze in his eyes, Lin Yi seemed to understand something.

When leaving, Lin Yi glanced back, in the black light, Master Zhao was still waving at the door, maybe for him, how much he hoped that there would be a young man at home, what if he raised children, it was better to raise a dog if he was not around.

Loneliness is the most unbearable pain of the elderly, it is silent, but it is unbearable.

In the past, we often said that the son wanted to raise but the parent was not there, but now, it should be the son who wants to accompany but the parent is not there---

Lin Yi suddenly remembered his mother who was still in the countryside, yes, after this trip to Nanjing, he should go back to see her. (To be continued.) )