In other words, at the end of 1957, Mao Taizu issued an initiative to the whole country through the "People's Daily" to "let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend." In response to this call, the whole country made a great leap forward. During the Great Leap Forward, China's workers, peasants, soldiers, and intellectuals released many satellites.

What is a "satellite"? It's hard to define, let's give an example: for example, a village released a satellite with a yield of 7,320 catties of wheat per mu, which made the front page headlines of the People's Daily; A professor at a university in Beijing wrote a textbook of hundreds of thousands of words in a few days; A film studio made a feature film in ten days......

Such "satellites" are not very good. There are also some "satellites" that are better, for example, several teachers of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, within a few days, wrote the violin concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", which became a classic; The Great Hall of the People was built in the capital in nine months.

Here I would like to focus on a "satellite" put by Mr. Guo Moruo - he wrote more than 100 poems in one breath with the theme of flowers and speaking for flowers in ten days.

These poems officially began on March 30. In 1956, I made three poems (peony, peony, spring orchid), and in addition, it took a total of ten days to blow the east wind and bloom.

That is, he wrote 102 poems in ten days.

The author kept three poems from 1956 and removed the other four poems written by Da Yue-Jin, and the collection of "A Hundred Flowers Blooming" contains a total of 101 poems. The author thought, "It is common to say that 'hundred flowers' is a flower that contains everything, and only a hundred kinds of flowers are selected to write, that is, there are only a hundred kinds of flowers, and no other flowers are included, so the meaning of 'hundred flowers' changes." Therefore, I wrote a special song, 'All Other Flowers', as the 101st song. ”

"A Hundred Flowers Bloom" was first published in the "People's Daily" and then published by the People's Daily Publishing House in July 1958. There were illustrations when they were published in the newspaper, but they were omitted because they were incomplete. Comrade Liu Xian's 'water lily' was retained as a cover painting. Guo Moruo inscribed the title of the book himself.

The book was originally available in paperback and hardcover, with a larger print run of about 50,000 copies and only 2,000 hardcover. Later, in 1960, Comrade Guo Moruo handed over these 100 flower poems to Rong Baozhai. In the same year, Rong Bao Zhai invited three famous flower and bird painters Yu Feizhi, Tian Shiguang and Yu Zhizhen to accompany each poem with a painting, and used the traditional woodblock watermark technology to print. The biggest improvement over previous works such as the Ten Bamboo Zhai Paintings was the "artistic effect of the faint colors on the page and the stamens protruding from the paper", which was an important breakthrough at the time. This book is also praised by Mr. Feng Pengsheng, a woodblock watermark expert of Rong Bao Zhai, as "the printing is fine, the labor is huge, and the "Hundred Flowers Poetry and Painting" is recommended". It represents the highest level of Rong Bao Zhai's wooden board watermark before the Cultural Revolution. Because of its huge labor and excellent printing, the quantity is very small, and it is difficult to see it on the market.

At this moment, as soon as this set of two volumes with letters and heavyweight albums was put there, these "bookworms" all rushed to surround it and rushed to read it.

At that time, the quick-eyed "Lao Yuan" was reluctant to let go, and later when he heard Zhao Sanpao talk about the price, the hot mood of these "bookworms" who wanted to buy cheap books was half cold. Zhao Sanpao directly asked for 30,000 yuan. He said categorically, no one can take a penny less.

In this way, the mood of these "bookworms" who want to spend a small amount of money to buy a big book is beaten by the price of the 30,000 yuan book.

Poor "Lao Yuan", who has always only bought local chronicles, loves a book so much for the first time, as if returning to his first love era, at this moment, he is in his fifties, with a bitter face, he has to hold the book for a long time, in his arms, reluctantly, but helplessly put it back in place.

During this period, only one dealer who played with tapes gave Zhao Sanpao 3,000 yuan very violently. The result is self-evident, it must have been a fart that was bounced back into the wall. Next, these "bookworms" were like grasshoppers tied to a rope, and they went to Zhao Sanpao's stall every once in a while, and looked at them unwillingly.

In the end, "Lao Yuan" made a final effort, and immediately took out his mobile phone to his wife, and after a hard begging, he had always bought books for a maximum of 50 yuan, but he gave 5,000 yuan for the first time, but his "sincerity" was also unprecedentedly collapsed, the price was too little, and it was still in vain. Then the real buyer finally came.

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When Lin Yi walked here, Zhao Sanpao's entire bookstall had been blocked by people, and under the allocation of Huang Jiaotou's big hand, Lin Yi was left with a way to get over.

Lin Yi went over to take a look, and then saw the set of two Rong Bao Zhai watermark "A Hundred Flowers Bloom".

He rubbed his nose and smelled a faint fragrance coming out of the album, it had been a long time since he had smelled such a good smell of books.

Lin Yi rubbed his nose a little comfortably, and then reached out to touch the two albums.

"Don't move, what if you break it!" Zhao Sanpao said impatiently, his temper was very bad at this time. I originally thought that this rally was rare, and I came all the way to bring the baby, how much I could sell it for a high price, and then went back to show off to my wife, but these people handed over some-prices, either 3000 or 5000, not even tens of thousands, and thought that the people of Nandu were rich, and there were many big guys who played old books, and it seemed that they were wrong, and the people in this place were also poor ghosts.

Faced with Zhao Sanpao's reprimand, Lin Yi didn't care, still looked at the book with a smile, then looked at Zhao Sanpao, and asked kindly: "Is this book yours?" ”

"It's not mine, is it still yours?" Zhao Sanpao's tone was very horizontal, in his opinion, Lin Yi's whole appearance was that of a poor scholar who likes to visit bookstalls but can't afford to buy books - don't you see him empty-handed, such a big gathering but nothing is sold, it's not because he has no money; Look at him again, he is not well dressed, white shirt, jeans, light-soled casual shoes, no matter how he looks, he doesn't look like a broad guy.

It's no wonder that Zhao Sanpao sees people as low, and he often deals with all kinds of people in his business, whether he is a rich man or not, whether he can afford to buy his books, he can see at a glance, like the "old Yuan" who bought books just now, at first glance, he is afraid of his wife's master, he likes books, and he has to call his wife to ask for instructions, and he is as distressed as 5 million yuan when he pays 5000 yuan.

In addition, Zhao Sanpao was really annoyed by these silk book fans, he had no money, and he wanted to pick up the leaks, how could there be such an easy thing in the world, so he didn't have a good look at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi still looked very kind and smiling, not angry at all, and said to Zhao Sanpao: "Then can I take a look?" ”

Zhao Sanpao's face softened slightly, maybe Lin Yi was too gentle, and his tone was so polite, so he said: "Of course you can, I sold this book, but be careful, it's not easy to tear something for 30,000 yuan." ”

Lin Yi smiled, nodded, and then took the two copies of "A Hundred Flowers Bloom", and then looked at the bookworms around him, all of them stared at themselves with wide eyes, both envious of Lin Yi for having such an opportunity to see it, and was frightened by the price of 30,000 books, at least he didn't dare to ask to come over to see the treasure book like Lin Yi.

Lin Yiwaner, when these "bookworms" in front of him usually talk about books, they are like Ye Gong good dragons, they say that it is called a spitting float, and the head is the way, but when it comes to the critical moment, good books are really placed in front of them, and they are also accompanied by good prices, these "bookworms" are like Ye Gong meeting a real dragon, and they have already been scared to get under the table.

Shaking his head, Lin Yi put his mind back on the book, he gently opened the pages of the large open book with his hand, the movements were gentle and soothing, and it could be seen that he was full of caution and caution - as soon as the painting was opened, it was the bright Rong Bao Zhai watermark flowers.

Speaking of Rong Bao Zhai's watermark technology, it is absolutely second to none at home and abroad, and many valuable calligraphy and painting gifts given to foreign friends, presidents, kings, and princes are basically arranged by Rong Bao Zhai.

Especially those old books and old picture albums, as long as they are slightly related to Rong Bao Zhai, they are basically tens of thousands.

Lin Yi looked through it very carefully, and the degree of carefulness made Zhao Sanpao a little suspicious of his attitude just now, could it be that this is really a big buyer?

So as soon as Lin Yi's eyes moved away from the album, Zhao Sanpao took the initiative to say: "These two sets come with foreign letters, but they cost 30,000 yuan, can you afford them?" Try to keep your tone as low as possible, but there is still a hint of contempt.

Lin Yi raised his head, a warm smile appeared on Junyi's face, and he said, "I can't afford it, I didn't bring that much money." ”

"Lean, I can't afford you to watch for most of the day, I thought you were Allah!" Zhao Sanpao muttered in disappointment.

Those around who knew the details of Lin Yi's identity, including Lao Yuan, were all waiting to see the excitement; As for those who don't know Lin Yi, they think that this young man is too ignorant of the rules, you can't afford to buy it and still take other people's things and watch them for a long time, isn't this a blind delay.

"Go, go, don't mess around if you don't buy it, go to the side, don't delay my business!" Zhao Sanpao lost his favor for Lin Yi and directly picked up people.

Lin Yi was also a little embarrassed, to be honest, this time he came to the antique city to Taobao, he really didn't bring so much money, he only had seven or eight thousand yuan on him, I thought there was no treasure here, but I didn't expect to meet Rong Bao Zhai's "A Hundred Flowers Blooming".

"I can't afford it, but he can." Lin Yi suddenly pointed to a person.

The big guy looked in the direction of Lin Yi's finger, but saw that the person was none other than Huang Jiaotou, who had been following Lin Yi's buttocks, and seemed to be his follower.

Huang Jiaotou has money on him, Lin Yi knows it, unlike Lin Yi, Lin Yi likes to keep all the money and cards at home, and he doesn't like to carry it with him very much, because he feels very uncomfortable, like every time he brings a safe to the street.

Huang Jiaotou is just the opposite, as a veteran, he has nothing, only a crippled old lady, and the tens of thousands of yuan that Lin Yi gave him, those are his most precious things, so he has always carried the money with him.

At this moment, Huang Jiaotou was holding a bag of books in his hand, although he was pointed at by Lin Yi, he still looked cold.

"Him?" Looking at Huang Jiaotou, Zhao Sanpao's eyes widened.

The others also thought it was funny and looked at Huang Jiaotou in disbelief. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a person who can afford 30,000 yuan and can afford to buy books.

"Are you kidding, brother?" Zhao Sanpao's face was unhappy.

Lin Yi still smiled and said, "But your price is a bit high, if it is 20,000, I am sure that he will pay immediately." ”

"20,000?" Zhao Sanpao's face changed.

asked for 30,000 yuan, but only handed over 3,000 or 5,000 yuan, do you want to take it all the way back? I didn't earn a penny for such a trip, and my wife didn't say that she was dead. When I think of my wife's sharp mouth, I shudder.

Gritting his teeth, Zhao Sanpao glanced at Lin Yi, then at Huang Jiaotou, and said, "It doesn't matter what you say, let him speak." ”

Lin Yi glanced at Huang Jiaotou and said, "Do you believe me?" ”

Huang Jiaotou didn't answer, but directly took out 20,000 yuan from his arms and said, "Here you go." ”

Lin Yi nodded, turned back to Zhao Sanpao and said, "What do you think?" ”

Zhao Sanpao roared: "Deal!" ”