At the turn of the day, just after dawn, several main streets in Jiangcheng County have been lively, various stalls have been set up on both sides of the street, waiting for business to come to the door, and several noodle stalls and bun shops have also been visited by customers.

At this time, a young man wearing straight nose pants ran at a constant speed from the end of the long street, with beads of sweat on his forehead and neck, and even his breathing was a little heavy, but even so, he didn't have the slightest intention of giving up, until he ran to a stall where fried fritters were frying, and then said to the boss with a smile: "Uncle Sun, bring me two fritters today." ”

"It's Dalang, you ran outside the city gate so early?" Sun Dewang, the owner of the fritter stall who had just finished receiving a guest, looked at Li Ling, who was sweating, and said with concern: "Don't be tired of yourself, you actually got up earlier than we did business." ”

Hearing the title of Da Lang, Li Ling still felt a little awkward, which always reminded him of a celebrity surnamed Wu, but he still smiled and said: "There is always no harm in exercising your body." I used to be sick because my body was too weak and I didn't exercise, which didn't work. ”

"That's right. Oh, take it, two fritters, a total of ten cents. While Uncle Sun was talking, he had quickly wrapped two rather thick fritters for Li Ling with oiled paper and handed them over. Li Ling thanked him, said hello to the others on the side, and then ran towards the alley where he was located again.

Seeing him leave, Uncle Sun and the stall owner on the side sighed: "I really didn't expect that this Li Dalang would have such a big change, and the whole person is completely different from two months ago." If it weren't for the fact that his appearance hadn't changed, I wouldn't have recognized it. ”

"He can't help it, who calls him Dad...... But now I heard that he runs that small bookstore, and the business is quite good, and it is finally blessed by his Li family ancestors. ”

These words immediately caused a burst of emotion from the other stall owners, but Li Ling, who had already run away, couldn't hear it. In fact, even if you hear him, you won't take it too seriously, after all, life is for you to feel, as long as you and Yue'er are living better, it doesn't matter what others say.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed since the bookstore reopened, and relying on the new means of renting books, coupled with Li Ling's rather attractive advertisements, it has really attracted many readers to the door. Fifty or sixty books such as the Four Books and Five Classics were rented out alone, plus the small talking books that were rented out, although the profits were low, but it also allowed the Li family to temporarily get rid of the dilemma of having no access to everything.

Of course, this income from renting books alone is far from being able to pay off the huge debt of two hundred taels of silver in a few months, so he has to think of other more ways to make money. But the most important thing at the moment is to let my sister have enough to eat and live a better life.

When Li Ling pushed open the courtyard door and entered the house, she saw Li Yue'er pouring a small pot of rice soup into two bowls, the rice in the larger bowl was obviously many times that in the small bowl, looking at her cautious appearance, she obviously didn't want to pour half a grain of rice outside. Hearing the movement, Li Yue'er hurriedly looked up, and when she saw that it was her brother, she smiled sweetly: "Brother, it's time to eat." ”

"Well, it just so happened that I bought fried dough sticks, and let's have a good meal of fried dough sticks with rice soup." Li Ling didn't break his sister's small act of leaving more food for himself, but just smiled and raised the fritters in his hand. And after seeing these two golden huge fritters, Li Yue'er's eyes showed excitement: "Churros, we haven't eaten them for a long time, brother, you are the best." ”

Li Ling put the fritters on the table, pulled Li Yue'er to sit down together, and then smiled: "Is the fritter good, or is my brother good?" ”

"Of course it's my brother." Li Yue'er naturally couldn't resist the temptation of fragrant fritters, so she took one immediately, took a big bite without a ladylike appearance, picked up a small bowl, drank a mouthful of rice soup, and moaned with satisfaction: "Brother, it's so delicious, if only I could eat fritters every day in the future." As he spoke, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, so he hurriedly waved his hand: "Brother, I'll talk about it casually, fritters are so expensive, and it's very satisfying to eat them once in a while." ”

When Li Ling heard this, his heart trembled, this little girl's requirements are really low, and she is so considerate and sensible, with such a sister, she should really work harder, at least let her live a better life. Thinking of this, he reached out and rubbed Li Yue'er's thinning and yellowed hair, and said with a promise: "Yue'er, don't worry, brother assures you that it won't be too long, and we won't have to worry about eating and drinking." ”

Li Yue'er chewed the fritters in her mouth, but her head nodded quickly, and she replied vaguely: "Well, I believe my brother ......"

After breakfast and a change of clothes, Li Ling went out to the bookstore, and at this time, the county town had completely awakened and lived, and the bookstore's business came. Sure enough, not long after he opened the door, there were guests coming to his door one after another, most of them were readers, so most of them only paid attention to the Four Books and Five Classics and their commentaries, and rented out seven or eight books in one morning.

Near noon, two more scholars came. It's just that the dress of these two is different from the guests who came to the Li Family Bookstore in the past, not to mention the bright dress, they actually carried a folding fan in their hands, and they really looked a little dashing, if the weather is not still a little cold now......

"Do you have any books you want to rent or buy?" Li Ling saw that business came to the door, and greeted with a smile. After a few days of business, he also has a certain amount of research on salutation, as long as it is a young scholar, whether it is famous or not, it will always make people happy to call them a showman.

Sure enough, there were smiles on the faces of the two of them, and one of them opened the fan and slapped it twice because it was too cold, and then said: "Why is your bookstore full of half-new books, but are there any brand new ones?" ”

The two of you don't know that the quality of this book is not the old or new, but the content in it lies more in the comprehension of the person who reads it. A talented and intelligent person like the two, even if he reads old books, he will definitely be able to make the gold list in high school one day. Li Ling immediately replied, but he skillfully avoided the weakness of his own books.

"Your boss is quite good at talking, interesting." Another scholar smiled and said, "But we have already bought and read many of the classics you have here, and today I just want to find a few that we have never read." For example, the book Ji Zijie Spring and Autumn Period, which has been quite popular in Hengzhou Mansion recently, do you have it here? ”

Li Ling raised his eyebrows, he had never heard of this book, and naturally there was no one in the bookstore. However, he did not give up, and immediately said: "Is there such a good book?" Then I'll have to go to the bookstore in a few days. However, in my opinion, in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, in fact, the novel is also the best book, and the two of you are interested in buying a few copies to take a look at them, after all, in addition to reading poetry books, you also have to relax your mind and combine work and rest. ”

"Ha, your boss really knows how to do business, and if you don't have the books we want in your store, you start recommending other books to us. Well, seeing that you are interesting, just recommend two copies to us. But you can listen well, the two of us are full of poetry and books, don't prevaricate us with the words of the ordinary bad street. ”

"Yes, I've read over the years, and there are not a hundred or eighty books, and there are two cabinets of books at home, which is really no less than yours."

Hearing the two of them say this, Li Ling could only smile bitterly, seeing that he still underestimated these two people. However, he did not give up the business, his eyes quickly swept back and forth on several rows of shelves, and finally turned to a book that looked the most old from a corner of the ground: "This one must not have been read by the two of you." ”

The two took the book from his hand, and when they saw the title of the book, they were really slightly stunned: ""Shadow Movement Through the Curtain"? I really haven't heard the name of this book, isn't it also a book similar to the recently popular book of talented and beautiful women? As he spoke, the two of them looked at it together.

After only reading two pages, the faces of the two scholars were a little red, although the content of this book is also talented and beautiful, but in addition to love, there are also actions, this is obviously a new version of the ship that they have never seen. After Li Ling saw their reactions on the side, he grinned quietly, Xiao'er, I can't cure you anymore?

However, when the two peeked at him, he changed to a warm smile: "What do you two think of this book?" ”

"No...... Not bad. Is there anything similar? Give us a few more. ”

Li Ling had to admire, he still underestimated the two of them. But this also couldn't help him, and immediately found a few similar ones from the corner and handed them over, saying that these books were indeed popular ten or twenty years ago, but later they were banned by the government, and only a few of them were kept in a small bookstore that he had been closed for many years.

The next thing is simple, the two junior brothers didn't even have the heart to bargain with Li Ling, so they directly bought five "interesting and vivid" novels at a high price of five taels of silver, and then left with an excited face.

This vote alone allowed Li Ling to earn the silver that he hadn't earned in the previous ten days, which made him sigh that he still had more money from the sword. However, he also knows that this kind of business is hard to come by, and there are indeed few such books in the store, so if he really wants to do a good deal, he has to think of adding more books in the store.

After some weighing, Li Ling finally made a decision, and in two days he would go to the Gujia Bookstore in the city to make up some popular books. After all, his bookstore now has a lot of customers, so he has to keep up with the trend of the times and provide better services to customers.

"Does Ji Zi solve the Spring and Autumn Period? I don't know if the popular books in Fucheng can be ordered in our Jiangcheng County? Also, what should I buy for other novels or something? Li Ling immediately began to plan.