Starting from a thatched cottage, the farmer embarked on the road to wealth through imperial examina

There are few educated people in the Miao area, which has a lot to do with local conditions. There is not a single decent bookstore in the entire Youshui City.

There was no good quality paper in the Miao land, and there was no one to hire printing craftsmen. The books that Sang Li learned were all bought from Shengguo County, which was near Youshui City.

So Sang Li suggested going to the bookstore to buy some books and paper and pens.

Shuyuan Street is more than half a distance closer to Shigu Lane than the Imperial College, so they came to Shuyuan Street.

Sang Li was very excited when he saw that the entire street was filled with shops selling books and stationery.

A few of them casually walked into a shop selling stationery. There were a wide variety of stationery in the shop. Sang Li quickly picked out a set of five brushes. When he asked the price, he found that it was more than half cheaper than the ones in Youshui City, so he paid for it.

A few people came out of this shop and walked towards a large bookstore next door.

As soon as they entered the bookstore, Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng were shocked.

In the most conspicuous place in the bookstore, there was a poster with big red letters saying that the latest chapter of "White Snake" has arrived, the quantity is limited, so hurry if you want to buy.

When Ye Changyan saw the poster for the first time, he was shocked.

Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng looked at each other, and then Ye Changyan asked the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any copies of White Snake?"

"Gentlemen, this White Snake is out of stock. The latest chapters have arrived in three batches, and they are always sold out as soon as they are put on the bookshelf."

As the shopkeeper spoke, he looked at Ye Changyan and the others. He felt that they looked unfamiliar. He searched his memory for a long time and confirmed that these three people did not look like students from the three major academies on this street.

Moreover, one of them was dressed strangely and looked more like a foreigner. The shopkeeper was very considerate. When he saw Sang Li holding a complete set of pens in his hand, he greeted them warmly.

"Gentlemen, please come in. Our bookstore has received many new books recently. If there are any that you like, I will give you a 20% discount. Just consider it as making friends!"

Seeing the shopkeeper being so enthusiastic, the few people didn't hesitate to walk into the bookstore, stood next to different bookshelves, and started looking for books.

Ye Changyan took a look and found that most of the books in the bookstore were classics, history, and literature, which were commonly used by students, as well as some books similar to the teaching aids and real exam collections in his previous life. Then, in the corner, he found a bookshelf with some anecdotes, miscellaneous talks, and geographical records.

Ye Changyan searched around but couldn't find a place where legendary books like "White Snake" were placed.

"Boss, don't you have any legendary stories or something?"

When the shopkeeper heard Ye Changyan's question, he hurried over and pointed to Ye Changyan. He saw a bookshelf next to the anecdotes and geography books. In the bottom two rows, there were several sets of legendary stories.

Ye Changyan then squatted down and found that these legendary stories had been placed in this corner for who knows how long. There was a thick layer of dust on them. He flipped through them casually and found that except for classic stories such as "Records of General Jin's Expedition" and "Records of King Wu's Northern Expedition" that promoted national prestige and eulogized the country, and some legendary stories with clichéd plots, the rest were some books often told by storytellers in teahouses and taverns.

"Boss, are there no other legendary books?"

The shopkeeper felt a little strange when he heard Ye Changyan's question, but when he saw that the young man dressed as a foreigner was holding a large pile of books in his arms, he said to Ye Changyan with a smile on his face.

"Sir, the books in our bookstore are the most abundant and complete on this street. Except for the out-of-stock "White Snake", all other legendary stories in circulation on the market are in stock in our store. They are all on the bookshelf in front of you."

Ye Changyan was shocked. He had never paid much attention to these legendary books before. He had been to several major bookstores in Yuzhou Prefecture several times, where anecdotes, geography and legendary books were displayed, but he usually just passed by and went directly to look for some books that could be used for his studies.

Looking back now, it seems that the bookstores in Yuzhou Prefecture, except for the absence of "White Snake", had almost the same legendary stories as this bookstore.

Ye Changyan had an intuition that apart from the legendary stories in front of him and "White Snake", there seemed to be no other legendary stories in the world.

From what the shopkeeper said just now, this "White Snake" is a super best-selling book in this bookstore. Ye Changyan seemed to realize that a huge business opportunity was in front of him. From the thousands of novels, movies and TV dramas in his previous life, any two of them would be like a dimensionality reduction attack.

Thinking of this, Ye Changyan had a sense of sitting on a treasure trove without knowing it.

Seeing Ye Changyan standing there in a daze with a flushed face, the shopkeeper smiled knowingly, fumbled under the counter for a while, and then tiptoed up to Ye Changyan.

The shopkeeper looked mysterious. He patted Ye Changyan's shoulder gently, then secretly took out a book from his sleeve and whispered it into Ye Changyan's ear.

"Brother, are you looking for this book?"

When Ye Changyan saw the shopkeeper raising his eyebrows at him, he stuffed a book into his arms.

Ye Changyan just felt that the shopkeeper's behavior was a little strange, but he saw an expression of "I understand" on the shopkeeper's face.

Ye Changyan picked up the book that the shopkeeper stuffed into his arms, but saw that there was no name of the book on the cover. When Ye Changyan was puzzled, he opened the book casually. Ye Changyan was stunned on the spot.

Liang Jingcheng walked around the bookstore and saw the shopkeeper and Ye Changyan whispering for a long time. Liang Jingcheng stood not far behind Ye Changyan. From where he was standing, he could just see the shopkeeper with a smug smile on his face.

Liang Jingcheng was curious, so he took two steps behind Ye Changyan, stretched his neck, and looked at Ye Changyan's hand.

When Liang Jingcheng saw the open book in Ye Changyan's hand, his face turned red.

"Ye Changyan, you actually went to the shopkeeper to buy a pornographic picture album!"

Liang Jingcheng was shocked and lowered his voice and shouted to Ye Changyan.

After hearing Liang Jingcheng's shout, Ye Changyan came back to his senses from his shock, and his face turned red to his ears.

In a panic, he stuffed the erotic album in his hand back into the hands of the shopkeeper, who had a smug smile on his face.

"That's not the case, Jingcheng, you misunderstood."

Ye Changyan was so ashamed that he was about to explain to Liang Jingcheng when he saw the shopkeeper's face showing the same "I understand" expression as before.

"Sir, don't be shy. I've been around for a while. We have the most complete collection of books on this street. I still have several copies. If you don't like this one, I can exchange it for something else."

Seeing that the misunderstanding had become serious, Ye Changyan was afraid that the situation would only get worse, so he grabbed Liang Jingcheng's hand and rushed out of the bookstore.