As soon as March, the weather was warmer day by day, Ji Qingling spent several days of hard work, went to the street to buy saltpeter, cloth, bamboo paper, paste and palace sand and other items, and took Qiuyue to move things home one by one.

In the past, the tools for making ancient books at home were specially created by Ji's father, but when he arrived here, naturally there was no such condition, so Ji Qingling could only grope for simplicity. She tinkered in and out of the room for more than half a month, and took out four thick butterfly folded books.

She put the book in front of Gu Yanzhang and said with a smile: "You see how this book is." ”

In the past ten days, Gu Yanzhang has witnessed how Ji Qingling made bamboo paper old, how to decorate books with cloth, saltpeter, sulfur and other materials, pasted paper, and how the dragon flew and phoenix danced on it to make books, and he actually used this messy pile of materials to make a few ancient books, and he was very curious. He hurriedly turned the page, and the first page was a self-description, saying, "Young Cheng Yifang, late in the evening." The brightness of the candle is not divided into ambitions. Sleepy and learned, described as a chronicle. Shen Ning Su knows. ”

This is a beautiful cursive handwriting, turned backwards, the handwriting is scribbled or neat, the font is inconsistent, the paper is still stained with spots, ink, water stains.

Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but exclaim: "This is Shenning Jushi's "Chronicle of Sleepy Learning"? ”

Ji Qingling smiled: "Doesn't it look like it? ”

Gu Yanzhang carefully flipped through it for a long time, and studied it carefully for a long time before he said: "I haven't seen the original, and I can't recognize any celebrity calligraphy and paintings, but this book looks like it has been stored for a hundred years, how did you do it?" ”

Ji Qingling couldn't help laughing.

She used to memorize a lot of rare books, all of which were found by Ji's father with great effort, borrowed from colleagues, and even read and rewrote from the palace. Ji Qingling was afraid that he would be too reckless and cause an incident, so he deliberately considered it for a long time, and finally deliberately chose this one's book to imitate.

The original author of this "Chronicle of Sleepy Learning" is named Wang Yinglin, a great Confucian during the founding of the Jin Dynasty, alias Shenning Jushi. He was upright and outspoken, but he was deposed for repeatedly offending powerful ministers, and then resigned and returned to his hometown, and died depressed.

Wang Yinglin dabbled in hundreds of schools of history, astronomy and geography, long in research, is an unborn genius, many works handed down, but because he was expelled to Guangnan West Road, on the way encountered the Pennsylvania rebellion, bandits prevailed, he and fled, most of the works were scattered, many manuscripts were lost.

This great Confucian is only a hundred years away from this time, and in the case of incomplete tools and unsatisfactory materials, it is easier to make old ones, and because of his life experience, it is more convenient to want to talk about the origin of ancient books.

And there is a reason why I chose this book. Wang Yinglin has more than 600 volumes, more than 20 kinds of books, only this one is the right length, not long or short, and it is a codex note, as long as the key details are done, it is easy for people to feel that this is true at first sight.

Even if you make it, you have to sell it. Taking advantage of the good weather on this day, Ji Qingling packed the book in a small wooden box, and then used a loose bag, planning to take it out early in the morning and go back to the bookstore.

Gu Yanzhang didn't worry that she would go alone, and insisted on accompanying her, Ji Qingling had to agree, but before going out, he specially instructed: "Fifth Brother Gu, when the meeting arrives at the place, don't say a word, what's the problem, let's discuss it when we come back, okay?" ”

The two set off early, and when they arrived at the place, the bookstore was able to hold up the door, Ji Qingling took the burden from Gu Yanzhang's hands, and explained: "Fifth Brother Gu, don't talk too much for a while, if you spoil my big thing, I won't be done with you!" ”

She was dressed in plain clothes, dressed as a boy, her expression was rich and cute, she looked very lively, and although her tone was delicate and tricky, it made people not feel hateful at all. Gu Yanzhang couldn't help laughing, and admitted: "It won't hurt you in a big way, but you shouldn't go too far, no one else is a fool." ”

Ji Qingling glanced at him, whispered a "hum", and muttered, "Just look at it!" ”

After speaking, he raised his legs and entered the door.

This bookstore is worthy of being the largest in Jixian County, covering an area of nearly one acre, and there are all kinds of books in different categories. After Ji Qingling entered the door, she went straight to the bookstore at the back, she put the burden in her arms, and said to the guy: "Little brother, I have ancient books for sale here, I wonder if you can look at the price?" ”

She hadn't changed her voice at this time, and lowered her voice slightly, which was not much different from that of ordinary boys.

The guy behind the desk was not the same as the one Ji Qingling asked last time, he glanced at Ji Qingling suspiciously, and then looked at Gu Yanzhang who was standing behind, obviously felt that the other one was more reliable, so he asked Gu Yanzhang: "This is your brother?" Do you want to sell books? Are there any adults in the house? ”

Compared with Ji Qingling, who was still a child, Gu Yanzhang was much more mature, so the guy picked him to question.

As the saying goes, there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm, Ji Qingling and Gu Yanzhang, one is eight years old, and the other will only turn eleven in the summer, although Gu Yanzhang looks calm and not like his actual age, but no matter what, he is just an immature teenager, although the guy focuses on Gu Yanzhang, he still has to chase him and ask if the adults in the family are there.

Gu Yanzhang nodded, bypassed the other two questions of the other party, and replied, "Yes, we want to make a book, please ask the little brother to help you estimate the number." ”

The guy thought that the two of them were joking, but when Ji Qingling opened the baggage, lifted the book with his feet, and came to him, his face immediately became cautious.

He wiped his hand on the hem of his shirt, gently picked up a book, only flipped through it slightly, and quickly put the book back in Ji Qingling's hand, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go find someone to come over." ”

After a while, the guy came out with a middle-aged man, the other party was wearing a scarf and robe, which was a common scribe dress in this Ji County, and he still had a three-point literary and ink atmosphere on his body. He was obviously more than one level higher than the guy he greeted before, and when he saw Gu Yanzhang and Ji Qingling, he did not despise the age of the two, but greeted them politely and thoughtfully, and then asked: "The contemptible surname is Xie, who is the person in charge here, I heard that the two of you have ancient books to sell?" ”

Ji Qingling responded and lifted the burden in his hand.

Xie Zhang took a slight look at the cover of the book beforehand, then took out a glove from his sleeve and put it on his right hand, and then carefully flipped through it. He didn't read it for long, but he went through every book.

After a period of delay, there were more pedestrians outside, and many scholars began to come in to choose books, and the desk was soon fenced off. Xie Zhangshi seemed to feel a little noisy, so he said to Ji Qingling and the others: "Please stop the two of you, there are people coming and going here, and it is not convenient to talk." ”