Chapter 16: It's This Fat Man Again
"Look at this one, a seventeenth-century Bologna binding, half as light as the Venetian one. The pen and fun pavilion are also beautifully bound www.biquge.info, and Camilla's head leather, with the shading inlaid with the tail scales of the Aegean mermaid, is dipped in the flower mouth, and the story of Poseidon and the four cherubs is on it. The back of the book is ridged with five gold threads, and the symbol that can be engraved on you is left on the head. The title page is Athena's prayer and Khatifa's linen paper, which is refreshing to the touch. ”
"How much?"
"Twenty-three jade coins. Manager Xiaoyuan was about to smile a flower on his face.
"It's too expensive, it's too expensive. Zheng Qing carefully returned the book.
"This one, the eighteenth-century Ashmolean bound book, is simple and heavy, with a delicate touch and a golden mouth, continuing the pale blue aftertaste of shark skin, simple and clean. Ice silk bookmark tape with translucent fishskin paper inside, perfect for recording spells frequently. ”
"How much?"
"Benefit fifteen jade coins. ”
"I always feel like the smell of blood is too much. Zheng Qing reluctantly touched the cover and returned the book.
I read a few sample books one after another, and the prices are a little staggering.
The number of scholarships is very limited, and not all of them can be used in a single law book.
He decided to pick and choose.
Following the shopkeeper around a bookcase, Zheng Qing saw a familiar figure.
The fat man in Yun Xiangyi.
At this time, the fat man did not hold the roast chicken in his hand, and the blanket hanging from his shoulders seemed to be much cleaner.
He was frowning, and with a bored expression, he followed the clerk to choose the law book.
Zheng Qing didn't like this guy with an ostrich egg head.
He stopped his feet and planned to go around to another cabinet stand.
But the ostrich egg moved and saw Zheng Qing's figure.
"Yo, I'm here on public scholarship. The fat man used his loud voice to break the quiet atmosphere in the bookstore: "I forgot to ask just now, are you a first-year student this year?"
The guests who were originally leisurely picking up books in the bookstore raised their heads one after another and set their eyes on Zheng Qing.
Zheng Qing seemed to hear some whispers.
"Yes. He replied briefly.
His ears were a little hot.
He felt embarrassed.
The experience of seeing a doctor as a child made his personality a little sensitive. He hates being different, he hates being a maverick, he hates people looking at him differently.
After reading, one of his favorite words is 'with the light and dust', the water benefits all things without fighting, and its light, with its dust, the world can not compete with it.
However, the fat man's loud greeting showed Zheng Qing under the scrutinizing gaze of everyone, which was a bad feeling.
"No wonder you don't have a law book. My brother was also a publicly-funded student at the First University, and the school gave him a stack of paperback books as a prize every year. It's the one I just used. He patted his jacket.
Zheng Qing remembered his bulging earthy soft book.
Stacking three soft books on top of each other will perfectly restore this fat man's chin.
Thinking of this, Zheng Qing's mood was slightly better.
"But I want a new book. When you're out of the house, you can't take a softback book at all. I told my brother that he must always have a hardcover classic version of the law book so as not to lose his face. You know, he's also a government scholarship student. As if there was no one around, the fat man continued to shout in his loud voice: "He entered the school last year, and only five of them got full scholarships in that class, unlike this year." Do you know how many full-funded students are taking full government scholarship this year?"
Zheng Qing shook his head and did not speak.
The interested eyes around him still roamed around him, and he felt very uncomfortable.
"I don't know. The fat man grinned: "I'm actually just lying to you." It seems that government-funded students don't know much more than ordinary students. ”
There were a few chuckles around him, and he seemed to think that what the fat man said was funny.
Zheng Qing tried to ignore these distractions.
He's here to buy a law book.
He needs to use his intuition to choose a suitable Dharma book for himself.
This book will accompany him for a long time to come, and it is one of the basic conditions for him to successfully survive in the wizarding university.
He took a deep breath and looked at Xiao Yuan, the bookstore manager next to him, with a smile.
Manager Xiao Yuan came over with great interest, pointed to a gorgeous law book in the cabinet and asked, "How about this book?" As far as I know, every year, there are publicly-funded students who buy this law book. ”
Zheng Qing tightened the soft leather gloves on his hands and took the sample book handed over by Xiao Yuan.
"This is a nineteenth-century Parisian binding, flashy, relatively close to modern opulence. Although it is a two-layer skin, the Romanian dragon skin has always been very thick, and five or six layers can be cut, and the second layer has just the right feel and texture. It is also the Chrysostom, and above it is the seventh chapter of the New Testament Matthew - Enter through the narrow gate. For there are many people who go in the wide gate road, which leads to destruction, and few people are found in the narrow gate path, which leads to eternal life. He sighed in a deep tone.
"How about I buy this book?" The fat man squeezed to the two of them, grabbed the law book in Zheng Qing's hand, and shouted: "I remember that my brother had a classmate who also bought this book." How much does this cost?"
"Thirteen jade coins. Xiao Yuan smiled happily and praised the fat man's unique vision.
The fat man's original shopping guide manager looked gloomily at the customers who ran away halfway and did not speak.
Zheng Qing pursed his lips and did not speak.
He doubted that the fat man would be able to enter the narrow gate, as the Gospel says.
And he felt that this sloppy fat man, no matter how gorgeous the law book was, in his impression, he looked like he was holding a bulging earthy yellow soft book.
"Which college are you from?" Watching the manager of the bookstore packing the Parisian bound book, the fat man suddenly turned his head and stared at Zheng Qing with small eyes: "I almost forgot to ask." ”
"Nine have the Academy. Zheng Qing replied quickly.
He hoped that the fat man would disappear from his sight soon.
"I guess too, nerdy academy. The fat man nodded, with a really like this expression: "Look at your dress, it's definitely not Alpha and Atlas." If you were from the Starry Sky Academy, you would have rushed over with your fists even if you didn't have a law book. ”
Zheng Qing silently looked at the other heavy sample book in his hand, unsure whether to throw it over and smash it on the three layers of chin.
"My brother is from Atlas, but I was sorted into Alpha Academy this year. The fat man was still chattering: "Relatively speaking, it's tolerable." After all, Alpha Academy is full of well-educated students. If I were to be admitted to Jiuyou Academy, I would rather drop out. My brother once said that a wizard who is strong in the exam is not a wizard who is really strong. ”
"Then you must be doing badly on the exam. Zheng Qing nodded affirmatively.
The fat man frowned, always feeling that Zheng Qing's answer logic was a bit problematic.
"Hello, guest, your law book has been packaged, please check it out. The clerk in the bookstore invited the fat man, who was struggling to think about it, to the front desk.
Zheng Qing put the Western-style hardcover book in his hand in the display case, and turned to look at Manager Xiaoyuan.
"Is there a Chinese-style calligraphy? These Western styles still feel a little impetuous. ”