Tang Quan was very attentive to what Shi Jinxiu commanded.

When the weather turned cooler, he arranged for the Shi family to move into the renovated Bluestone Lane mansion.

Different from the small mansion rented before, there are seven or eight large and small courtyards in this bluestone lane mansion alone, and those few places are really collapsed badly, and they were changed into a dilapidated courtyard of the garden by Lin Sanye.

Shi Nan and Xu Li still live in the outer courtyard as before, and Shi Yan finally has her own yard, instead of having to crowd together with her father and mother.

It's just that Jane can no longer be as idle as before, but like the housekeepers and wives in various houses, she has to show her mothers-in-law everywhere every day.

At the same time, the Surabaya bookstore in Shigang was newly opened amid the sound of firecrackers.

According to Yu Wenyan's idea, before the bookstore was opened, Shigang had already found some readers to copy the books, and under the contact of Lin Sanye, he even found a printing office, in addition to the four books and five classics that readers love to buy, they also printed a lot of popular miscellaneous books and books.

Those bosses and shopkeepers in the capital who had some friendships with Shigang couldn't help but come to congratulate them, and the sound of congratulatory firecrackers naturally sounded from time to time, which seemed to be very lively.

But the sound of firecrackers one after another annoyed Qi Changhong, the dean of Egret Academy at the end of Bluestone Alley.

The reason why he opened the academy outside this eastern city was that the eastern city was "quiet" well, and there was no frolicking sound of warblers and swallows, nor the shouts of peddlers and pawns.

On weekdays, there will be weddings and funerals, but those don't last long, and the patience is over.

I can't remember how many times this firecracker was fired, Qi Changhong finally couldn't bear to find it from the end of the bluestone alley, and just when he was angry and wanted to find trouble, he found that the new one here was actually a bookstore.

Qi Changhong is a book lover, and after seeing that the new one was actually a bookstore, his anger disappeared by half.

But what made him feel dissatisfied was that this place of reading and buying books should be pure, and how could such a noisy person calm down.

Therefore, he still had a straight face and walked into the Surabaya Bookstore in Shigang.

There are a lot of people in the bookstore today, but there are many people who congratulate and few people who buy books.

Because of this, most of the visitors gathered around the tea table prepared in the courtyard, and few people entered the study.

Shi Nan and Xu Li, who came to help, were in this study room, helping to sort out the books that had not yet had time to be put on the shelves.

Therefore, when Qi Changhong walked into this study room, he saw two young men in light gray scholar's uniforms holding a book and discussing something intently.

One of them asked, puzzled, "Is the interpretation of this sentence copied by mistake?" I remember Xuezheng didn't say that. ”

"I don't think I need to get too caught up in that." The other replied, "Xuezheng is not wrong, and there is no mistake in the book!" It makes sense that the same sentence has different interpretations in different contexts. ”

Qi Changhong, who heard this, nodded in agreement.

He saw that the two teenagers were in their prime, so he stepped forward to talk: "Old and talented, a little concise, I don't know which sentence the two just discussed?" ”

Shi Nan followed the sound and saw an old man with slightly chubby, gray hair and beard standing there talking to himself and Xu Li.

"Makes you smile." Shi Nan waved at the old man, and then handed over the book in his hand.

Qi Changhong took the book with a smile, but after taking a glance, the whole person was shocked.

It was the "Governing Policy" written by the sages of the previous dynasty, but it became a fragment after it was passed on to this dynasty.

A few years ago, he had the privilege of reading the fragment at a friend's house, and he benefited a lot, but he didn't expect that what he had in his hand today was the whole book.

Qi Changhong suddenly became a little excited.

Thinking that the place where he was staying was a bookstore, he tentatively asked, "Is this "Governing Policy" also sold?" ”

"Of course sell!" Shi Nan laughed with him, "It's just that the price of this book is a little higher......"

"Oh? How much? Because he knew that good books were hard to find, Qi Changhong, who sincerely wanted it, looked at Shi Nan with burning eyes.

This made Shi Nan embarrassed.

"II...... Twenty taels of silver...... "He replied very unconfidently.

In the capital, the annual expenses of ordinary people are only twenty or thirty taels of silver, and this book will be sold for twenty taels.

Qi Changhong didn't make a sound when he heard it.

The scene suddenly seemed a little awkward.

Seeing this, Xu Li quickly took over the topic: "Old man, the book you asked about can be regarded as a rare treasure on the market, and our book is a full manuscript, and we can only copy one book a month...... So the price is ......"

"I think the two of you have misunderstood!" Hearing this, Qi Changhong finally understood, "I just didn't expect that such a book that was almost about to become a unique book would only sell for twenty taels of silver!" You know, this is a great book that is hard to find! ”

Yes?

As soon as these words came out, the two teenagers were stunned.

Do you think this book is sold too cheaply?

"I wonder if you have any other books here?" If Qi Changhong was full of complaints when he came, he had already become in a good mood at this time.

"Yes!" Shi Nan took out a bibliography, which was a list made by Shi Jinxiu after sorting out the books in Yu Wenyan's study.

After reading that book, Qi Changhong's eyes became shining.

"Do you have all the books on it?" He couldn't believe his eyes, just a casual glance just now, he found several books that had long been handed down from generation to generation.

"Yes, yes, but they all have to be copied on the spot." Shi Nan scratched his head, "Our bookstore is just new, there are many books that have not yet had time to copy, if you are sure to buy it, as long as you pay a deposit in advance, we can arrange for someone to copy the book you want first." ”

Qi Changhong, who heard this, was very moved.

He picked two books on the list, paid a deposit of twenty taels of silver bills in advance, bought the "Statecraft" for another twenty taels, and then left full of joy.

Shi Nan informed his father Shi Gang of this, and Shi Gang did not dare to slack off, and quickly arranged for the copying of the book.

What everyone didn't expect was that since the second day, people have come to ask about ordering books, and the bookstore's business has become extremely hot, so that Shigang has to hire more readers to copy books for him.

Since then, the Surabaya Bookstore has made a name for itself in the capital and has become one of the favorite places for literati and artists.