Speaking of which, Lin Yi is also an old player, and he is no longer a "little white" in Taoshu, he doesn't understand any price code, and he doesn't understand any market.

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" of this kind of quality is more than 100 yuan at most on the used book network, but the stall owner's eldest brother in front of him directly asks for 208, which seems to treat him as a "chick".

Seeing that Lin Yi was stunned, the stall owner thought that his offer had frightened him, so he said with a smile: "Your book is different from those, it is the original print, which is precious!" You look at this cover, this design, this binding, a lot of people are collecting this kind of book...... That's right, it's called 'cover control'. ”

"Cover control" Lin Yi of course knows that many bookworms and bookworms who like to buy books are very concerned about the cover of a book, such as the cover designed by the master of "Zhang Shouyi" is not accepted, and the book that is not bound by famous masters is not accepted. Only accept famous, beautiful, and visually strong books, such as Wang Zengqi's "The Depths of Mushrooms", "Dinner Flower Collection", and Zhou Shoujuan's "Lotus Flower Collection", so that books can enter their eyes and become their dishes.

However, the stall owner uncle in front of him can know the "cover control", which is even more difficult.

The stall owner deliberately played with it, and he talked a lot of nonsense, and then said: "If this book "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is placed in the used bookstore in front, I don't ask you to screw my head off for three or four hundred...... Look at this quality, this paper, how can the new book be compared now, either the paper is bad, or the spine of the book is falling apart, spend more money to buy a satisfactory one, this is better than doing anything...... What can two hundred and eight do, a good cigarette, a few hamburgers, at most let you eat another McDonald's, and it will be gone in the blink of an eye; If you buy a book, you can take it home to read, learn cultural knowledge, understand customs and customs, and this is called earning! ”

Lin Yi was completely convinced, this stall owner uncle is not an ordinary person, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, saying so much, even if he doesn't want to buy this book, he is a little embarrassed.

For the first time, Lin Yi had a feeling of being defeated. However, Lin Yi will not be wronged by this, not to mention whether this book is necessary or not, and he does not collect this kind of "printmaking book".

Seeing that Lin Yi didn't seem to be very "enthusiastic" about this book, the stall owner who just said that "two hundred and eighty-one cents can't be less" took the initiative to reduce the price, and finally sold for 150 yuan.

It's not good to buy a book, as long as you have a price with the other party, you have to buy it, otherwise you will be very embarrassed. Lin Yi is in this situation now, regretting what price he made with the stall owner just now, and he didn't really want this book. But there is no regret medicine sold in this world, so he had to helplessly take out two pink Grandpa Mao, and reluctantly handed them to the stall owner, with a smile on his face and a voice in his mouth: "Thank you".

The stall owner grinned so beautifully, took the money and looked at the sun, and distinguished the authenticity, so he quickly asked Lin Yi for 50 yuan, and then took the initiative to introduce, "There are a lot of valuable books here, if you like it, just read it, like this one, I will give you a cheaper one." ”

Lin Yi was speechless, this is still cheap, people sell 100 and you sell 150, just be slaughtered by you once, I'm not really wronged.

So he smiled and said, "I bought too many books, next time." ”

The stall owner was more cordial, "What are you afraid of, knowledge is power." Knowledge is wealth, you are storing strength and wealth, and with these foundations, you will develop sooner or later. ”

Lin Yi saw that the stall owner began to spray wildly again, and he was afraid that his head would be hot and he would be encircled again, so he was about to get up and leave, at this time, the little black dog next to the stall owner began to bark at him again, and stared at the black eyes, as if to say, don't go, look at it for a while.

The stall owner patted the little black dog on the head and said to Lin Yi with a smile, "It looks like you are really a good customer, Xiao Hei likes you, and I welcome you - just take a look at it again, there are many good books!" ”

If this is not a dog but a person, Lin Yi even thought that they were playing double reeds, this dog is too smart, he actually knows how to "be anxious about the master's urgency", he was about to go, but his steps couldn't move, not that he was really moved by the dog's loyalty, but because Lin Yi saw that leaning on the foot of the stall owner's motorcycle, there was a big fruit box, and in this box, there were some old books that were cheap to deal with for three yuan a piece.

Lin Yi only cared about reading the books on the bookstall before, and didn't pay much attention to the inside of this box, since the stall owner and his dog are so "enthusiastic", then, let's take a look again.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi walked over, squatted down, and began to look through these old books......

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After a cursory look, most of these books are some outdated children's books, or some old books in real estate marketing, not to mention the big road goods, they are simply garbage that no one wants, the quality is too poor, tattered, and I feel panicked when I look at it.

Just when Lin Yi felt very disappointed and felt that he hadn't found anything with so much effort, his hand under the box actually took out a book with a color cover, and when he looked closely, it actually said "Li Zicheng" on the cover.

"Li Zicheng" is not a set of eight books, how can it be only one, Lin Yi was unwilling, so he touched it down again, and this time he touched out four copies of the same version of "Li Zicheng", and at a glance, it turned out to be a set of five books, the first volume up and down, and the second volume upper, middle and lower.

Lin Yi was a little dumbfounded, because he had been searching for books for so long, and he had never seen this version of "Li Zicheng" in the second-hand book stall in the bookstore, with colorful covers, bright but not cheesy, the upper and lower covers were bright red Chuang Wang Banner, and the covers of the upper, middle and lower three books were dark green Chuang Wang Banner, which looked unique...... Inside, there are very beautiful color page illustrations, but the font is still a simplified version, and then look at the copyright page, it reads: Published by Joint Publishing Hong Kong Branch, 1979, one edition and one printing.

This turned out to be the Hong Kong version!

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To be honest, Lin Yi is very familiar with the historical novel "Li Zicheng". When he was unemployed at home, he read many books when he had time, among which he first read Xiong Zhaozheng's "Zhang Juzheng": when reading Xiong Shu, I felt that as the winner of the Contradiction Literature Award, he wrote very well; Later, I read "Li Zicheng" written by Yao Xueyin, and suddenly I felt that I had climbed Mount Tai and was small in the world.

The book is good, in short, the whole book is magnificent and the pen is strong. is called "Li Zicheng", but at that time, the events of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties were all written. However, for Lin Yi, what has impressed him so far is that the description of the separation between political figures in this book is very profound, and they are obviously murderous, but they still talk happily.

The dialogue between the characters is particularly expressive. There are different characteristics among the civil ministers, between the military generals, and among the leaders of the peasant army. The large dialogue between Wenchen is antique and has the charm of the times. Among the leaders of the rebel army, some folk proverbs of the time will be quoted, which is very in line with the characters of the book.

In addition, the depiction of war is also very unique. For example, in the third attack on Kaifeng, 500 peasants were captured and forced to send grain to the official army. At that time, the city was besieged for several months, and there was very little food, and after catching these farmers, Hao Shaoqi said that now the food is insufficient, and these farmers can't stay, so they can kill them directly, and Li Zicheng directly agreed. Later, after Tian Jianxiu's persuasion, he knew that these peasants were helpless to send grain to the officials and soldiers, and agreed to spare their lives, but ordered each of them to cut off one hand and then let them go. Although Tian Jianxiu felt that it was inappropriate, at this time, the two were not as heart-to-heart as they were at the beginning, and they couldn't advise again. As a result, these peasants returned to Kaifeng and were all killed by the official army.

In addition, Mr. Yao does not hesitate to use large texts to reflect the overall pattern of history through the depiction of small cultural relics. Lin Yi's deepest impression is still the fate of Zhang Chengren and Li Xianglan's husband and wife and their neighbors Wang Tiekou and Huo Pozi when the city was besieged for the third time, which makes people really sad.

Before reading about the destruction of Beijing, I saw the panic in the Forbidden City, and I was overwhelmed with emotion, and I could hardly sleep.

Overall, after reading the novel, I can really appreciate the cruelty of the war and the changes in the entire Ming Dynasty.

This book seems to be rarely mentioned in the history of literature today, for many reasons. However, Yao Lao has been sharpening his sword for 40 years, and he has completed this masterpiece, which is enough to be passed on to future generations. Lin Yi's personal feeling is really the pinnacle of Chinese historical fiction since May Fourth.

In today's literary history, there are not many editions of this set of books, mainly two versions: People's Literature and Chinese Youth. The most famous of these is the 1977 China Youth Edition, which consists of three volumes and eight volumes, divided into hardcover and paperback.

Among them, the most common is the paperback, and the print run is also relatively large, with one, two, or even eleven prints, which shows how large the sales volume was that year.

One of the editions is a paperback without color illustrations, and a set of eight books is worth 120 yuan; with color illustrations, worth 300 yuan; Hardcover with color illustrations is as high as 1,600 yuan.

In addition, on July 1, 1963, the Youth Publishing House published the first volume of "Li Zicheng" in a set of two books, 32 large open, one edition and one printing, with color illustrations, the cover is different from the later editions, it is the cover and illustrations made by Wang Xuyang and Ben Qingyu, only 30,000 copies are printed, and now the price of the good quality of the nine five products is as high as 1,200 yuan.

According to the logic of the above version of "Li Zicheng", these five sets of "Li Zicheng" with color pictures in the Hong Kong version of the Sanlian Hong Kong version are definitely collectible.

It's just a pity that the product is a little weaker, especially the top and corners of the book have been eroded by the dust deposited by the years.

Playing with the collection of old books, in addition to the age and content, what you play is the condition. Books with poor quality, unless they are rare books, will be greatly reduced in value.

In this regard, Lin Yi sighed a little, and finally came across a good set of books, but unfortunately the quality was too poor, he flipped through those books casually, thinking about whether to buy them, and at this moment, a page fell out of one of the "Li Zicheng".

Lin Yi's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly scooped up the page in his hand, and when he took a look, it was a letter written with a brush, written to the editor-in-chief of Sanlian Hong Kong Branch, and the signature seemed to be "Yao Xueyin".

At this time, Lin Yi's brain was buzzing a little, and he felt a little disobedient, so he quickly took advantage of the inertia of his thinking to re-clip the letter paper in the page.

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The letter paper is very thin, just a simple page, sandwiched in a thick book, and if you don't look through it carefully, you can't see it at all.

Thinking of the amazing letter from Yao Xueyin just now, Lin Yi was in a frenzy, and when he was impulsive, he wanted to pay 15 yuan to buy this Hong Kong version of "Li Zicheng".

Just as Lin Yi was about to stand up and go to this stupid action, his heart twitched violently and secretly shouted: No. The lesson of his failure to buy books in the past taught him that if he passed recklessly in this way, he might be detected by this frightened bird, causing his horse to stumble and miss this treasure of letters that has not been encountered for thousands of years. In the end, the bamboo basket was empty. In the end, it is better to end up seeing each other than being nostalgic.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi hurriedly implemented the next countermeasure, and the solution was very simple, that is, he picked up five old books to make ten copies to distract the bookstall owner.

This method really worked, the stall owner saw that Lin Yi spent three yuan a book at once, and he was going to take it to sell waste paper after buying so much, and he was so excited that several snot bubbles appeared, and a pair of small eyes flashed with joy, and he said to Lin Yi busily: "Don't look at these books in bad condition, they are a little old, but they are all good books, and the knowledge contained in them is not discounted...... Hey, what are these books? As the stall owner spoke, he pulled out the five copies of "Li Zicheng" that Lin Yi deliberately put underneath.

Seeing the stall owner's action, Lin Yi's heart chuckled, and then he hung up, and his heart said, no, it was discovered, and now he can only pray to God to bless him so that he does not discover the secret contained in the book.

The stall owner took the Hong Kong version of "Li Zicheng", looked left, right, then looked at the book, then looked at Lin Yi, and finally shook his head, but he didn't move to turn it in.

Lin Yi pretended to be calm, squeezed out a smile and asked him, "What's the matter, isn't this set also three yuan a piece?" ”

Only then did the stall owner speak: "No, it's wrong, this set of books is a good book, although the quality is a little different, but it is a historical masterpiece, Yao Xueyin's masterpiece, and I don't know why it's stuffed in this box-" His eyes rolled and he said to Lin Yi: "Of course, if you really want it, I won't ask you for more money, you can give 50 for this set alone!" ”

As soon as Lin Yi heard this, his heart fell to the ground, and he said with a smile: "Okay, 50 is 50-" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pick up the book.

The stall owner laughed and handed him the book without hesitation.

Lin Yi was even more relieved, handed over 50 yuan, and said, "Help give me a bag." ”

The stall owner was stunned for a moment, looked at the ten broken books that Lin Yi was about to cover just now, and asked, "What about these?" ”

Lin Yi smiled, showed his snow-white teeth, and said, "With this set, those don't want it!" ”

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Lin Yi walked away with two large plastic bags of old books.

Behind, the stall owner sat on the pony, touching the little black dog's brain with his hand, and was happy.

Boy, I still think how good you are, look at you find out that set of "Li Zicheng" with your eyes shining, I know that you like this set of books, originally three pieces, I will give you ten pieces, don't kill who you slaughter! Boy, you're still a little tender when it comes to reading books!

Barking! The little black dog was also barking happily. (To be continued.) )