Chapter 8 Pawnshop
Used bookstores are rarely frequented, but today the two girls came again, supposedly high school students at the school not far from the alley. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Boss, is it still the same price?" The girl with long hair and chubby boobs asked.
"yes!" The boss looked at the ancient book she was holding in his hand, stretched out two fingers at her, and shook it.
"You're not going to suffer, are you?" Another skinny girl also picked it out and brought it to checkout, "These books are very old at a glance." ”
"Oh? Isn't it good to sell you cheaply? "The owner was very interested.
At half past seven in the evening, it was not yet dark in the town, but the second-hand bookstore was about to close.
"It feels like I'm taking advantage of it, and I feel uncomfortable." The fat girl said.
"Yes, and boss, you're so old, I don't see your children come to see you. And you're in the middle of nowhere, no one comes, and you sell it so cheaply, and you don't make a profit. The skinny girl said.
"Hahaha, good girl, good girl, I don't want your money for this book today." The dull feeling in my heart for a few days suddenly disappeared, and the boss became happy.
"No way!" The fat girl put the money of the two on the counter and pulled the thin girl out with her.
The boss watched them walk away, then straightened out the money on the table, shook his head with a smile and said, "These two girls." ”
It's ten dollars more than the price of the book.
"Boss, my boss, you are a living bodhisattva who saves suffering, you help me, I want to be reincarnated." When the boss was about to close the door, he felt a sinking in his left calf, his face darkened, his mouth moved, and a transparent object appeared on his left leg.
"Boss, I can't get on the extradition boat, it took me off......" The object's voice was sad, and it seemed to be climbing up.
Even if it was the boss, he couldn't help but shiver and pulled it off his lap in disgust.
"Can you talk well?" The boss closed the door and sat behind the counter with his hands on his chin and starry eyes staring at the ghost sitting cross-legged at the counter. A lean old man, grinning at him, with only one front tooth left in his mouth.
Isn't that more human-like? I'm in my seventies and eighties, and my teeth are still neat, which is not normal. The boss thought that he had been getting less and less serious lately.
"Don't you have something to say?" Being laughed at by a fool, the boss frowned slightly.
"You're hating people, I won't say it." The ghost's voice was full of anger, but it had the unique naughtiness of the old man, as if he was coquettish with the juniors.
The boss felt his gills open.
"Alas, you can bear with the old man, young man, I want to ask you something, you ask me!"
"Hehehehehehe." There was a burst of laughter from behind the boss, and the boss turned around to see Bai Sang holding an ice basin in one hand and chopsticks in the other, eating ice fruits.
"You ask me!" The ghost continues to be coquettish.
"Fun, fun, fun!" The hand of the white sauna chopsticks covers the stomach, and a person giggles there.
At this time, there was only Bai Sang's laughter in the bookstore, and the boss pursed his shriveled lips, speechless and choked, he was angry.
"You mean!" Bai Sang looked at the boss's unhappy face and pretended to be serious and shouted.
"Boss, boss, I'm going to be reincarnated!" The old ghost was stunned for a moment, and immediately cried and pounced in front of the boss.
"What's going on?" The boss took a few deep breaths before suppressing the urge to hit someone.
"I've been a pawnshop all my life, and who wants to receive something like that. It's so hard that I'm dead, and I'm still worried about it. "The old ghost sits cross-legged in front of the boss, don't say, this guy has the potential to be an old talker, a story, tell a story.
That year, the old ghost was still a child with a corner.
Of course, at that time, the total angle was no longer called the total angle. The world was still in turmoil, and the thieves were still running rampant, and money was valuable at that time.
The old ghost's father is the owner of this pawnshop, large and small pawnshops are everywhere, this pawnshop is not big, there is only one standing counter, two workers.
The old ghost, who was still a child, was a small man, standing behind the counter, with a stool underneath it, before revealing himself.
"It's a pawn shop, right?" An old man with a white beard holding an old woman stood in front of the counter, and on the counter was a red hardcover book.
"Eh, old man, even if this is a pawnshop, we don't pawn books, look at your book, whether it's new or not, whether it's old or not, it's not worth a few dollars, if you want me to say, you turn a corner, there are a lot of old books on that street, how many can you sell!" Don't look at the old ghost at that time, he was young, his tongue was quite forgiving, and he said a bunch of beautiful things, and one sentence had to be broken down into two or three sentences.
The woman looked at him, suddenly smiled, and said: "This little brother is very good at talking, our couple is in a hurry, and we can't sell old books for that money, you can be accommodating, you can borrow us, we will return you in two days, this book is very important to us, and we will never say that we don't want to think about it." ”
"Ah, grandma, look, where do we have the extra money to do good deeds? If so, I will borrow you, where is the need for you to be a book? Everyone is begging for life, each other has difficulties, I understand you, but you also have to be considerate and considerate of us! The child touched the cover of the book, "Look at this chaotic world, everyone is in difficulty, today we understand you, tomorrow there are people who want us to understand, and there are people who are more considerate than you the day after tomorrow, how can we live in this small shop?" ”
"Little brother, what you said is that, so we picked up our most valuable things to be us, as long as one big head is enough for us." The old man spoke, looking a little embarrassed. The old face was red.
"Old man, it's not that I'm mean, you see, the street is full of readers, who doesn't love books? Even I, a kid, also envy those who study, but those who learn, it's useless not to go to school, saying that this sells things at a price, those gentlemen, it's not as good as me, a kid. What you are precious may not be what we ordinary people who smell of copper value. ”
"This ......" The old woman also blushed, and said, "Brother, you can be accommodating, and we will come to pick it up tomorrow." ”
"Hey, grandma, I also want to be accommodating, my father is not here today, and the gentleman who stands at the counter is also out, I can't touch the money and things in the store, how can I help you?"
"Little brother, this is a red leaf, which is less valuable than that book, but my wife likes red leaves the most." The old man looked at his wife who was pinching the petiole and took it gently, "This is the most iconic leaf we have found this year, or I am adding this red leaf, even if I borrow it from you, you borrow us a big head, and I will return it to you tomorrow!" The old woman frowned, and did not speak for a long time, but the blush on her face that had appeared due to embarrassment had faded.
Somehow, the old ghost actually agreed, but he made a snack, took out some loose money from his pocket, made a big head, and lent it to the old man.
The next day his father came back, and the old ghost found a time to tell him about it, and his father did not scold him, but said, "My son is good!" Then he took a large head and gave it to him.
The old couple never appeared again. The old ghost felt embarrassed, after all, it was his first time doing business, and he was still thinking that his father would probably not hand over the shop to him.
The war spark splashed into the city where the pawnshop was located, the pawnshop was closed, and the old ghost followed his father to many places. Since then, the book has followed the old ghost from north to south, and of course, he never thought to read it.
Later, when it was too peaceful, my father also went, so the old ghost picked up his father's business and opened a pawnshop that was not big or small, which was not as good as those who were engaged in finance, and this was still a traditional pawnshop. It has been open for decades.
"It was last year, I felt like I was going, not to mention that I felt pretty accurate." The old ghost held his face and looked at the boss, "When I was packing up my things, I found this book, it's not easy, it's still good after so many years, so I took a look." ”
"After living for so many years, I have also seen many things through before I know what is most precious to the couple." The old ghost sighed, "Should this be the letters they exchanged since they could write, or did they just pick up meaningful and organized a book?" That red leaf is a real sign, I have lived for so many years, this leaf is really the most beautiful. ”
"But what does it have to do with you?" The boss was finally able to interject a sentence.
Bai Sang also felt that this ghost was noisy.
"Then I couldn't sleep at night, trying to find them or their children and grandchildren and give them back the book." The old ghost sighed, "If I had read it earlier, I would have started looking for them early and returned the book to them." ”
"Your canoe has appeared, hasn't it?" The boss asked about the old ghost, but his eyes saw Bai Sang.
"Yes." Bai Sang nodded, and the old ghost pouted, his shriveled lips wrinkled, quite terrifying.
"You're asking me to find you the couple?"
"How is it possible, I'm not stupid, I think I'm going to give this book to someone who can be trusted, such a good relationship must be known."
"You old devil still knows romance." Bai Sang leaned back in the chair, and the boss slapped him, and he sat upright.
"That is, my wife just left early, otherwise I would be like that old man, taking her to many places, eating a lot of food, and seeing a lot of scenery." The old ghost proudly promised, "My old woman is much better looking than that grandma, but she has an aura." ”
"Come on, just your mouth, how many people's things can be pit to maintain your shop?" Bai Sang pouted.
"The conscience of heaven and earth, I don't dare, I do business seriously." The old ghost points to the oath of heaven.
"Where's the book?" The boss interrupted them to grind.
"At home." The old ghost said solemnly.
Bai Sang looked at the silent boss and pulled the old ghost, "Let's go, I'll send you to the ferry first." ”