Jianbao Lingyan

The stalls in the ghost market vary in size. The big ones can occupy half of the street, while the small ones may only be as wide as two people.

Two young men, wearing clothes similar to factory uniforms, could be seen as brother and sister, sitting not far from Xu You, with a small open box in front of them.

Xu You was attracted by the halo overflowing from the box, and walked over.

There are more than a dozen books in the box, among which the halo of three books is very strong, which has formed Baoguang Current, and the words on the pages seem to come alive, turning into villains, running around in the box, Very interesting.

The remaining ten or so ancient books also have a light blue halo, soft and tough, like green bamboo.

Xu Er picked up an ancient book with Baoguang's current status, and carefully flipped through it, but on the surface, he looked as if nothing had happened and was bored.

This is a "Miscellaneous Affairs Collection of the Southern Song Dynasty". If Xu Wei's judgment is correct, it is a Song block edition, which records some miscellaneous notes and poems of celebrities in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Xu You glanced roughly, and saw several very familiar names on it.

Not only that, but on the pages of the book, Xu You also saw several inscriptions, including those from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there was even an inscription from the period of the Republic of China, which definitely means orderly inheritance.

"How do you sell these books?" Xu You squatted next to the box, and looked at other poems that were basically haloed, a "A Chinese Ghost Story" from the Yuan Dynasty, I don't know if it is the author's original manuscript, Xu You just flipped through After reading it, I didn't look carefully for footnotes or other recognizable places. The only thing I can be sure of is that this collection is indeed a manuscript.

"2000 yuan for a copy. If you want all of them, you can give me a little cheaper." The boy was a little shy, and it was the girl who spoke, with a crisp voice, with a hint of frankness.

Xu Wei raised his eyebrows, and counted the ancient books in the box. There were 8000 books in total. If he bought them all, it would cost [-] yuan. This price is actually not high, which made Xu Wei feel a little embarrassed to return the books. price.

But the price still has to be paid back. If the other party treats it as a big advantage, or thinks that what you have is good and deliberately raises the price, then the loss outweighs the gain.

"It's too expensive, let's make it cheaper. I want all 2 yuan, how about it?"

"Here, brother, your house is the two-year salary of our brothers and sisters. If you think it's too expensive, can I give you this box together?" The little girl in work clothes said immediately, although her mouth I said so, but my heart is not happy.

"Twenty-three thousand, look at your book, it's all eaten by moths." Xu Er pointed to one of them, looking for a reason to lower the price.

"That's [-], brother. You see, we met here because of fate, and we hoped to sell the books to help pay for my younger brother's tuition."

The little girl in tooling was smiling, but she refused to lower the price too much.

"Collect tuition for my younger brother?" Xu Wei asked suspiciously.

"Yes, our younger brother is smart. He was admitted to Kyoto University this year. He will be a doctor after graduation. Working in a big hospital is amazing." The little girl in work clothes doesn't know, even if she graduated from a medical school, if she didn't pass the exam, she would be a doctor. A medical license does not count as a doctor.

"Where are your parents?" Xu Wei saw that the two of them were not very old, they were only in their twenties, how old was their younger brother, and he was admitted to university?

"Our parents went there when we were very young, brother, our younger brother was only nineteen, and he was admitted to Kyoto University, and he was the first university student in our town to be admitted to Kyoto. My brother and I want him to be famous These books are all things handed down from our hometown, and they are definitely old things."

"You were admitted to university at the age of 19? Are you from the north?" In the south, people are usually admitted to university at the age of 20 or 19, just like Xu Wei, who was [-] when he took the college entrance examination, although he is relatively young in the class Small, but the smallest in the class, and not one or two.

On the other hand, in the north, it is customary to send children to school when they are seven or eight years old, so they will be relatively older.

"Yes, brother, we are from the Northeast." This time it was the guy in work clothes who had been silent all this time, and he knew that the other party was from the north just by hearing the accent.

"Say it's my little brother, I don't think you guys are very old." This is where Xu Wei was puzzled. If the other party didn't give an explanation, Xu Wei would definitely lower the price to the lowest.

"I'm 21, and my sister is nineteen, who grew up with my younger brother." The boy in work clothes looked very simple and honest, and answered whatever he asked.

"[-], I bought them all, how about it?" Xu Wei added a little more, but it was still not the price offered by the other party.

"Okay, we need cash." Hearing this, the girl in overalls quickly agreed.

They have set up a stall here for two days, and they will start working tomorrow. If they don't sell today, they don't know when they can come back.

Xu Wei got up, took out the wallet from the backpack, counted two and a half bundles of banknotes, handed them to the other party, and greeted Chen Zhibei.

Chen Zhibei came over with a big hiking bag on his back, just enough to put the dozen or so ancient books in it.

As for Xu Wei, naturally he continued to go shopping empty-handed. Anyway, Chen Zhibei is a tall man with plenty of strength, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

With such a mood, Xu You happily walked ahead, while Chen Zhibei, looking at Xu You who was walking briskly in front of him, even humming a little song, could only look helpless and doting on his face.

After leaving the tooling brothers and sisters, Xu Er found that there was nothing particularly attractive to him on the street.

Occasionally, Xu Wei just stopped to look at one or two things with a faint white halo, and asked the price, which was a bit beyond Xu Wei's heart, so he just looked at it and admired it. start.

Near five o'clock in the morning, people in the ghost market began to leave one after another. After two hours of searching, Xu Wei finally had to accept that he had nothing to gain today except for the few ancient books at the beginning.

So Xu Er could only calm down and drag Chen Zhibei back home.

But when the two turned their heads to leave, Xu You habitually took a look at the last two stalls in the ghost market, and found something very special.

It was a wooden board, and it was said to be a template because there was no carving on it at all, it was just a flat wooden board.

In terms of shape, it even looks a bit like a coffin lid.

But these are not the places that attract Xu Wei. What attracts him most is the so-called coffin lid, which has Baoguang's current one on it.

The reason why Xu Wei only saw it now was because the thing was originally used as a backing board and placed under the stall.

Now the stall owner was packing up his things, and the thing that had been placed under the stall was exposed, just in time for Xu Wei to see it.

"Brother Beizi, do you think our house is short of a wooden plank that can be used to grow flowers on the balcony?" Xu You dragged Chen Zhibei to the booth and asked nonchalantly.

Chen Zhibei raised his eyebrows, as if he had discovered some new continent, "That's right, there is indeed a lack of a board."

"What do you think of that board? Is it enough?" Xu Er pointed at the board, as if he had just noticed it.

"Well, it's a bit long." Chen Zhibei said cooperatively.

"It's not long, you two. The board is very strong, and it's no big deal if it's long. It's better to saw off a piece. It's better than short. If it's short, you may not be able to match it."

The stall owner heard the conversation between the two and quickly stepped in.

"However, this piece of wood looks dark, and it doesn't really look good." Xu Wei said with a look of embarrassment, that is, he likes this piece of wood that is more suitable in size, and feels a little sorry for the wood's appearance.

"What's the matter, you two, it's because the light is dark so it doesn't look good. In fact, the wood has patterns when you look carefully in the sun. It looks very good. It's 200 yuan, which is not expensive at all." The stall owner tried his best. Recommend, looks like it would be very tempting to sell this board.

"One hundred and two, I'll take it." Chen Zhibei joined in at this time and began to bargain.

After going back and forth, the two finally settled the deal for 150 yuan, and the other party helped to transport the planks to the home.

After the man left, Xu You immediately ran to the side of the board, looking at the board obsessively.

His fingers lightly slid across the broken snake scales on the wooden board, as if he was afraid that the paint leather on it would come off with a little force.

This is the body of a guqin, Xu Wei guessed it when he saw the precious light that no one else could see.

Countless guqin scores are turning around in front of Xu You, the fiery red light source is flying in and out, and then slowly going away, like a Shi Shiran hermit, he is there, but you can't leave to his face.

Although he looked obsessed, Xu You still noticed that the tail of Qin was slightly burnt, which made Xu You feel very sad.

Xu Wei guessed that it was a good thing that the stall owner did and didn't keep the guqin properly, but even if he tried to come, the other party couldn't tell what it was.

Xu You carefully placed the guqin on the coffee table, because he paid too much attention to the piano, but did not notice the small vase on the coffee table.

Fortunately, Chen Zhibei took the vase away with quick eyes and quick hands. Otherwise, what would happen would be easily predicted.

"Be careful." Chen Zhibei reminded helplessly, but the other party ignored him at all.

Looking at this posture, Chen Zhibei guessed that if he didn't resort to thunderous means, he would probably have to sleep in the guest room again these days.

Chen Zhibei looked at this unremarkable wooden board, as if thinking of something, and then gave it a very hateful look.

Regardless of what it is, Chen Zhibei already thinks it is something that gets in the way anyway.

"What's for breakfast?" Chen Zhibei asked, "How about steamed buns and preserved egg porridge?"

"Whatever, I don't want to eat it, you can eat it yourself." Xu Wei said something casually, and then sent Chen Zhibei away, while he himself was still concentrating on studying the broken lines on the piano.

"Old Guo called yesterday and asked you to go to school to find him later, remember?" Chen Zhibei saw that the food couldn't impress Xu Wei, so he came up with a trump card.

As a good student who respects his teacher, Xu Wei respects Mr. Guo very much, and always does what Mr. Guo tells him to do without compromise.

When Chen Zhibei reminded him like this, Xu You also remembered the matter that Mr. Guo asked him to go to school today.

Xu You looked at Guqin with a tangled and reluctance, and thought about Mr. Guo, who was not good enough for him. In the end, Mr. Guo had a slight upper hand.

Xu You got up, planning to eat first and then go to school.

As for this guqin, we can wait until we come back to study it.