Standing behind the door of a study, Luo Qingluan looked at the mess on the street, and a smile appeared on his lips.

No matter how much Xiao Ningyu is a princess, she can't resist dozens of chases. Debt merchants and hawkers, not to mention that not everyone knows her identity. In addition, there are only two entourages around her, this Xiao Ningyu is being pulled on the street, and she scolds angrily without an image, not only can she not be found, but she is entangled by countless people.

"Hmph, you deserve it!" Xu Lian pouted excitedly and amusedly: "Who made her dare to provoke Miss without knowing what to do." "She was the one who contributed just now, otherwise Luo Qingluan alone would not be able to make the situation so intense.

Xu Wei wrapped his arms around him and did not speak. He doesn't care what happens outside, as long as the princess who can protect him is thorough, let alone a princess, even if the emperor comes, he is not afraid.

Slowly, the farce on the street began to disperse, and the group of people chasing Xiao Ningyu also ran away, and they didn't know what the ending was. The people around are either chasing after them, or they are taking care of their own business and continue to be busy. Passers-by also restrained their moods, and they were still busy with what they should be busy with.

I've seen the excitement, but I still have to take care of my own business, right?

Finally able to be quiet, Luo Qingluan turned his head and casually looked at the study that had just let him avoid Xiao Ningyu.

There was a plaque hanging on the wall, on which were written 'Baiwei Study' with a few gilt words, and after calming down, Luo Qingluan suddenly smelled the smell of ink, as well as the special smell of paper in the air.

There are all bookshelves, each bookshelf is full of books, at least no less than a thousand copies, some are blue covers, some are kraft paper covers, and even simple bamboo slips, I feel that this study has been open for many years, and it has a lot of years.

Unconsciously interested, Luo Qingluan walked the threshold and picked up a book to read.

There is nothing special about this book, the content is some poems and songs, the author's name she doesn't know, but from the quality of the poems, she can guess that it is estimated that it is the usual work of some students who are famous and want to make money, and sell them here for money. The paper is snow-white, the handwriting is clear, and there is a clear smell of ink, which is estimated to have just been printed.

"Miss likes this kind of poetry collection?" An old man's voice came from behind him, Luo Qingluan looked back, and an old man with gray hair looked at her with a smile, with kind eyebrows, and pointed to the one in her hand and said: "These are not good, if Miss is really interested, there are some better ones among the contemptible people." ”

It seems that he is a little infected by the surrounding environment, this shopkeeper did not go to the theater just now because of the noise on the street, and he didn't come out until this meeting, and it seems that most of them are not nosy. Looking at his appearance, although his face was full of wrinkles, there was a hint of wisdom in his eyes, and he was obviously somewhat knowledgeable.

For such a person, Luo Qingluan also has a good impression, she smiled faintly, put down the book in her hand: "I don't know what books are sold in the old man's study?" ”

"Poetry and songs, astronomy and geography, agriculture and medicine, music and chess scores, biographies...... As long as the young lady says it, there are some contemptible people here. The old man smiled gently, but his words were full of pride.

Luo Qingluan's eyes lit up: "Doesn't the old gentleman's study have everything?" ”

"Not really, but it's pretty much the same." The old man said lightly: "My Baiwei study is the largest and most complete in the whole Dongwan, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sometimes comes to sit with me." ”

"Oh?" Saying this, Luo Qingluan was even more interested.

Originally, she was just temporarily hiding from Xiao Ningyu, but now she accidentally found such a well-equipped study, so why should she go shopping. Thinking of her dark house business in Xichu, she used to earn the first pot of gold by selling pamphlets, which couldn't help but make her a little closer.

"Does Miss want to buy a book?" Xu Lian on the side asked.

The old man smiled and said: "Even if the young lady doesn't buy it, it's okay to borrow it and read it, the rent is very cheap, and a book is only twenty wen." ”

"The old gentleman's books here can still be rented?" Luo Qingluan was surprised when he heard this. There are so many bookstores and bookstores in Xichu, they only sell books, and she has never heard of renting books, she used to think that this era has not developed this model, but she didn't want to see it in Dongwan.

The old man saw that Luo Qingluan was really interested, so he invited her in to talk in detail, and asked the guy to bring tea, with a long sigh. After he said it, Luo Qingluan understood what was going on.

"I see." She nodded, smiling. It's not that other people don't think of it, but it's not so easy to start a business.

"My Baiwei study can be regarded as having received funding from His Royal Highness the Prince, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to hold up at first. Later, when I had more money in circulation, I was able to buy more books, and of course the customers came to me to buy books. Even if it's a borrowed book, people want to choose more and more types, right? The old man said with emotion, with a look of joy.

I didn't expect Xiao Yuqi to be such a person, and he was able to take the initiative to sponsor an ordinary old man to open a study, which shows that he is kind and helpful. The old man is also a grateful person, although he knows that he is a commoner, and he can't help Xiao Yuqi at all, but from then on, whenever Xiao Yuqi came to visit him, he never took him a penny, and even occasionally got an out-of-print book, he sent it to him as soon as possible.

The more he knows, the more Luo Qingluan knows about Xiao Yuqi, and his good impression of him is also true. Of course, this is definitely not the love between men and women, but the appreciation and sympathy between friends.

But now, Luo Qingluan's mind is still on this Baiwei study.

There have been so many things that have happened in the recent past that she has no time to calm down and read books, remembering that in her previous life she had read countless contents from the ghost doctor, including some top-secret versions and classics, otherwise how could she be where she is now?

Luo Qingluan's conversation and insight also made the old man refreshed, he has always treated guests like this, but he rarely meets someone as wise and full of aura as the woman in front of him. Not only did she talk about some of the contents, but she also kept up with his topic completely, and even sometimes she said a sentence or read a poem, which he had never heard, but it was wonderful.

Is there a book in the world that he hasn't read?

Thinking about it like this, the old man felt more and more that Luo Qingluan had an extraordinary background. Even if she is not from a wealthy family, she is definitely a scholarly family, otherwise she would not be able to raise a beautiful daughter like her.

"Sir, this store is really big, I don't know how many books there are?" Luo Qingluan asked.

There are more than ten bookshelves in the lobby of the study, she saw that there was a second floor, she came too close just now, she didn't notice if there was a third floor, she didn't expect to see so many books in a study room, she had a feeling of returning to the library in her previous life.

"There are a total of sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty-five books in the study today," Speaking of this, the old man engraved it in his mind like a mold, and his memory was quite clear: "In addition, the young lady also lent out thirty-eight books before she came, and there were three copies that were ordered, and it is estimated that the guests will come to get them in the next two days." ”

For the old man's memory to be so clear, Luo Qingluan couldn't help laughing.

The two chatted for a while, Xu Lian and Xu Wei had been staying behind Luo Qingluan, and after a while, other guests came to the study one after another, and the old man confessed and went to work again. With the addition of the two guys hired, it's just right.

Seeing that Luo Qingluan was so interested in this study, Xu Wei couldn't help asking, "Since Miss wants to read books, let's buy them and go back." ”

Reading is indeed a little interested, but Luo Qingluan knows that he is busy, and he is afraid that he has very little time to be free. If it weren't for the fact that this special study attracted her, she was afraid that she would not have stayed so long.

From some of the information that the old man said just now, Luo Qingluan learned that the profit of the entire Baiwei study in one month was about five hundred taels, although it was more than the income of ordinary people, but it was a bit of a loss for such a large store to make such a little.

If it weren't for the fact that this shop itself was an old man, I am afraid that Xiao Yuqi would have secretly funded it, and it is estimated that it would have been impossible to make ends meet. Luo Qingluan has always had a good impression of people who love books, she used to write those words and books just to make money, and she really didn't want to see her. But this time, she did move the mind of helping this old man.

Even if it's to repay the kindness that made her avoid Xiao Ningyu just now, right? Even if it was unintentional, she admitted.

Waiting to send off the guests in the store, the old man looked a little tired, and walked over slowly with his waist bent, and when he saw that Luo Qingluan was still in place, he was a little surprised and embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I was a little busy just now, and I didn't care about greeting Miss." If you like the books here, why don't you pick one and count it as a gift to you. ”

"Sir, please take a seat, I have something I want to ask you." Luo Qingluan said seriously.

"I heard the old gentleman say just now that the income of this store in a month is only about five hundred taels of silver, but I read so many books, it should be a good business, right? Why is the income so small? ”

Thinking of the first bookstore she met in Xichu, although Luo Qingluan did not run it herself, just those pamphlets she sold, she could make a profit of several thousand taels a month, and she could get at least more than a thousand per month. But this Baiwei study, although the content is so complete, why is the income not even half of that of an ordinary bookstore?

Hearing Luo Qingluan ask this, the old man shook his head, looking emotional, Luo Qingluan thought that it involved commercial secrets and couldn't say it, so the old man said the reason: "It's not that people are stubborn and don't want to make money, I still have three children and eight grandchildren in my family, and the living expenses of the family come from here." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has received some help from time to time, but the contemptible person has already received so many favors from His Royal Highness the Prince, why are they embarrassed to ask for his money? ”

Although there are many books in the study, most of them are patronized by students and scholars who read, and occasionally there are talented dolls who are brought to buy books by their elders, but these alone are just able to mix food and clothing.

"For example, the Four Books and the Five Classics, if you buy a book, you can read it for seven or eight years, not to mention that some poor people can only borrow from each other, or buy a copy together for everyone to read. In this way, how can Xiao Lao'er's business be as good as the business of other stores? ”

Speaking of this, the old man suddenly became solemn: "However, even so, contemptible people will not do that kind of dirty business like some bookstores. ”

Luo Qingluan was suddenly surprised, he was so angry, what kind of business did other bookstores do? Still dirty?

As soon as he asked, the old man remembered that Luo Qingluan was a woman, and laughed a few times: "This kind of thing is not good to use to pollute Miss Fang, it's just something that some people look at, it's just a world style, it's insulting, it's better not to mention it." ”

It's all said so obviously, Luo Qingluan didn't react anymore, and he was a little stupid.

What this old man said, is this the one she made in the dark house?

Little Yellow Book? Spring palace map? Hehe, it's embarrassing enough!