It seems that people always have a quirky hobby of collecting things, such as the older generation likes to collect stamps, sparks, calligraphy and paintings, and even mahogany furniture...... Nowadays, young people still like to collect figures, comics, and various limited editions...... It's all a pit anyway, and once you want to collect the whole set, you will find that not only do you need to spend more money, but there are always one or two things that you will never receive.

"Liu Min, this idea is really not talented, the current price of a full set of grid books is not 750 yuan."

The senior persuaded Liu Min earnestly, and there was a bitterness in his words.

"How much does that cost?" Liu Min was unwilling to be persuaded to retire like this, so why should he ask the price.

The senior stretched out a hand and shook it in front of Liu Min's eyes.

"Five thousand?"

"No, no, no."

"Fifty thousand?" Disbelief in his eyes and in a tone of disbelief, "No, wouldn't that cost an average of five hundred books?" But Lixia said that there are only five yuan a lot. ”

Liu Min couldn't count it, and asked me for help, I shrugged helplessly, "The senior is right, it is indeed so expensive, if the whole set is purchased from the bibliophile, it must be a five-digit price and may not be able to buy it all, the version of each of the 149 books is different, and the price may be different, and moreover, when a single book is collected into a complete set, the price is not calculated according to the cumulative price of a single book." ”

"Generally, if you buy a book online, the price of a complete set will be lower, compared to the total price of a single book after buying it separately."

"This is not necessarily.,Borges's new two sets of complete works,I bought a single book.,After the single book is added up, it's counted as a full reduction.,The price is cheaper than the whole set......"

"So there is still such an operation?" Liu Min pursed his lips, a little unconvinced by my words.

"Well, it still depends on the discount of the online platform, but it is not too different."

"But 50,000 yuan is too expensive."

Liu Min was a little unwilling, picked up and put down a few "grid books" taken out of the table, a little uneasy.

"Does Liu Min want to read the contents of these books or just want to collect this series?" The senior asked, "If you just want to read the content of the book, in fact, you don't necessarily need to buy this version, these books have many good editions to choose from, and many publishing houses have published them, such as "Aeneid", the grid book may cost 100 yuan, and the new books of other editions are only about 30 yuan, and the new books still have the benefits of new books, one is clean, and the other is not expensive. ”

"But ......" Liu Min wanted to say something, but endured it again.

I guess she was trying to say that she liked the grid book, and I did, but I never thought to collect the whole set because it was really expensive and I really didn't have the confidence to be able to collect it.

Not to mention...... Since running the bookstore, my feelings for books have changed slightly, I don't like any book to leave me, every time I sell a book, I have an inexplicable sense of loss in my heart, as if a punch machine has punched a small hole in my heart, silently, but this hole always takes some time to heal, there is a light rain in the hole, and a cool wind, like a leaf falling in a pond, after all, it leaves the branch where it lives.

Although the tree is still a big tree, with lush branches and vigorous life, no passerby will notice that a leaf is missing, but it is indeed missing.

Grandpa never seemed to be troubled like this, but I did.

But I'm a second-hand book owner, do all books have to be so sad after selling them to readers?

Although I couldn't change it instantly, by selling books in the market for three days in a row, my mood did change a little, and I was no longer so stunned.

Perhaps the root of the question is that I need to ask myself, what do I lose when I sell a book?

Liu Min eventually bought "Four Tragedies of Shakespeare," "Five Kinds of Shakespeare's Comedies," "Moby Dick," and "Disillusionment," and she returned the Aeneid to me, saying that she planned to buy a new copy of the book at the advice of her seniors.

"Okay, then I'll put this one back on the shelf."

Almost relieved, a sense of happiness that had been lost and regained instantly came to my heart, and I "hidden" the book back on the bookshelf under the strange gaze of Douzi and the senior, and then happily took the cash that Liu Min gave me.

"I brought cash, how to say, I feel more ritual to buy second-hand books with cash."

"Really." The senior echoed, "Liu Min is still thoughtful, and buying second-hand books in cash is really more ceremonial." ”

Thinking of the sense of ceremony, I ran to the desk, took out a receipt book, and wrote a receipt for Liu Min.

"This is for you, if you find anything wrong with the book after you buy it, you can come to me with this receipt." I smiled and handed the receipt to Liu Min, who tucked it into the book and put it one by one into the canvas bag she carried with her.

I took out a few more of my newly bought clear book covers, "I'll help you put the books together, so they won't break down easily in the bag." ”

After Liu Min finished buying the book with satisfaction, the senior was still empty-handed, and then I realized that he probably didn't come to buy the book.

And Liu Min may have just accompanied her seniors to my store at first, but she actually bought the book, which is really interesting.

“书店的环境真不错。” The senior praised.

"Huh? After tidying up a little, the group is asking me for coordinates, and I think I'm going to meet you sooner or later, so I've sorted it out a little, and it's actually quite messy before. ”

"Have you ever thought about holding some small reading activities? The reading activities of the Literature Club are looking for an off-campus venue, and if Lixia agrees, how about the last reading party before the summer vacation be held in Lixia's bookstore? ”

This is? People from the literary club are coming to my bookstore?

Do a book club activity?

I have never participated in the activities of the school literature club before, the reason is that everyone sits together and talks about literature~ The picture is so beautiful, I dare not imagine, all the big guys in the literature club, the kind that knows everything, Lixia I, a little girl who has read some books purely for personal hobbies, I don't dare to imagine a place like the literary club full of talents.

"Next Sunday from three o'clock in the afternoon to about six o'clock in the evening, if Lixia does not object, it will be decided, I will post the confidence of the event on Weibo, the number of people is controlled within 12 people, and the cost is ......"

Expenses?

I looked at the beans, and the beans motioned for me to listen.

"In terms of cost, Lixia can prepare some simple tea, such as mineral water or drinks, and they will bring some food themselves, even if the venue fee is 30 yuan per person, does Lixia think it's okay?"

"30 yuan? 12 people? That's not? ”

The senior smiled at me, very captivating.