Paradise

Zhou Ze led Lin Yu to the counter, Zhou Ze reached out and tapped on the table twice.The young man who was dozing off behind the counter woke up from his sleep when he heard the sound. His arms slipped and his head almost hit the table.

The young man was in a hurry, stood up straight, wiped the suspicious marks on the corner of his mouth, saw Zhou Ze and the others standing in front of him and looked at him, he had a shy and embarrassed look on his face, and he stuttered when he spoke nervously , "Happy, happy, welcome two or two guest officials, small shop, what do you need?"

"Shopkeeper, we want to buy some books for enlightenment and literacy and ordinary paper and pens for writing." Zhou Ze replied.

The young man took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, he was not so nervous, and continued with courage, "I, I am not the shopkeeper of the bookstore. The shopkeeper is... my father. He is not here. I am here to help. What you said Our shop has them all, look on the shelf over there, there are some books for enlightenment and recognition, suitable for children who are just learning to read, I will take you there."

The young man looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a scholarly air, simple and straightforward speech, undefended, very enthusiastic, led Zhou Ze and the others directly to the bookshelf, and worked on each book introduce.

Zhou Ze, who is not familiar with books in this world, is very useful. He selected five books that children usually use for enlightenment, and also selected some paper and pens, all of which are the most common and practical.

Finally Zhou Ze remembered the storybook and asked, "Little brother, do you have a storybook here?"

The young man nodded, "Yes, but not many."

Zhou Ze said: "Is there such a thing as the kind where the rich lady subsidizes the down-and-out scholar to rush for the exam?"

Young man: "Are you talking about the script that Mr. Zhang is talking about recently?"

"Yes, that's the one."

"The storybook hasn't been printed yet, and it usually won't be printed until after Mr. Zhang has finished speaking." The young man mentioned the storybook, his eyes brightened, obviously he had read the storybook and was very impressed interest.

"The story in that storybook is very good-looking, and the ending of the story is also quite good."

"Didn't you say that the storybook hasn't been printed yet? Then where did you know the ending? Can you tell us about it?"

Lin Yu on the side wanted to know the ending very much. Hearing what the young man said, he immediately looked at him expectantly.

The young man looked embarrassed, and he said uncomfortably, "I can't speak well, I can't speak, my father knows Mr. Zhang, and I asked him and Mr. Zhang to get the manuscript of the script, so I know the ending. If you want to see it, I can lend it to you, but you have to return it to me after you have seen it."

Seeing the young man's innocence and defenselessness, Zhou Ze couldn't help laughing, "Little brother, you don't even know us, so you're not afraid to lend us the book. We took it and ran away. Why don't you return it?"

The young man shook his head, "I can judge people, and I'm quite accurate in judging people. I don't think you can. Even if you don't return it, it's okay. Anyway, I have read it several times, and I have memorized it all."

What a real lad!Zhou Ze sighed in his heart, but he didn't intend to take advantage of him, "How about this, since you have memorized them all, then you can write another copy by yourself, and sell this book to us. We will pay you according to the market price. you."

"How can I do that? The book is old, and I've tore it up." The young man is still a stubborn person who doesn't like to take advantage, but his brain doesn't turn around.

"You can sell it to us at a slightly lower price than the market." Zhou Ze laughed.

"Okay then." The young man thought it was fine, no one would take advantage of anyone else.

Little did he know that his actions were clearly seen by his father on the second floor across the street. Others said that his son stayed at home every day and was stupid for studying, so he dragged his son here to let him try to look after the store and exercise. He was training him, but he was worried, so he went to the second floor of the old friend opposite, and secretly watched the situation while drinking with him.

"Brother Sun, drink tea, don't look at it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, you can let him go, don't you think Qingyan is very good, he has sold several books, even paper and pens, you Didn't you always worry that he wouldn't dare to speak? Don't you think he said it well, talking and laughing with those two customers. "

Shopkeeper Sun sighed and said, "I'm afraid he sold at the wrong price. Qingyan has been studying at home for so many years, and today is the first time selling books in a bookstore..."

"Relax your mind. It's just a few books. Don't worry if you sell them by mistake. It's just a loss of money. Once you're familiar with it, I think Qingyan is pretty good."

Sun Qingyan over there didn't know that his actions were being watched by his father. He was chatting with Lin Yu at the moment about what Mr. Zhang said in the book, "What Mr. Zhang is saying now is very nice. He has said a lot before. This book, I will listen to his stories when I have time. I have all the stories he told. There are many stories in it that are very good. I like to read them, but my father doesn’t like me to read them. He thinks they are all useless. , I couldn’t pass the exam after reading it, and I wanted to throw it away several times, but I secretly hid it..."

This is the first time that Sun Qingyan has spoken so much, maybe because he met someone who also loves to listen to Mr. Zhang's storytelling, and has common interests and hobbies, so he talks a lot more than usual.

Lin Yu listened with great interest. He was very interested in what Sun Qingyan said. I've looked through it many times, and although it's a bit old, it's all in good condition.

Looking at the volumes of scriptures, Lin Yu inexplicably thought of the "Little Book" that he and Brother Liu Yun had peeked at, and the intimate things he and Zhou Ze did last night, and his heart beat a few times faster. point.

"I've read these before. If you like it, you can take it away." Sun Qingyan was very straightforward and didn't even mention selling characters. His meaning was very simple. He wanted to give the book to Lin Yu, and put all these scriptures away For a long time, his father has always wanted to throw them away, and giving them to people who like them now can also prevent these books from being thrown away.

"How much is the total, we will pay you." Lin Yu said.

Sun Qingyan said: "I will give you these. You only need to pay for the books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones. I will do the math for you. Wait a minute." The price, "a total of seven taels of silver."

Hearing the price, Zhou Ze was a little surprised. He expected to spend at least a dozen taels of silver to buy these things, because in his past impressions, ancient books and paper have always been relatively expensive, and the price of pens and inks is not cheap either. In general, it is only rich or ordinary people who can afford to study and obtain fame and fame. Now that they have bought so many things, they are less than eight taels of silver. Zhou Ze once suspected that the young man in front of him had made a miscalculation up.

"Little brother, do your calculations again, did you make a mistake?" Zhou Ze didn't want to take advantage of others, especially the young man opposite was quite honest.

Hearing what he said, Sun Qingyan himself was also a little nervous, afraid of making a mistake, so he did the calculation again, more seriously than before, and the final result was correct, the result was the same twice, naturally it was correct, and he was relieved , "That's right, I did the math again, it's just that much money, you see, the price of these books is six taels of silver a book, and this inkstone is two taels of silver..."

Sun Qingyan has a good memory. He memorized the price of each item his father told him. This time he reported the price to Zhou Ze one by one, and calculated it with the abacus one by one. The result was correct.

After confirming the price, Zhou Ze didn't hesitate, and took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and paid it to Sun Qingyan. Sun Qingyan took the silver, confused, and hurriedly said, "You paid too much, you don't need so much money."

"Little brother, the extra money is for the scripts you gave us. There are so many scripts, we have nowhere to look for them. You deserve the money. We also want to thank you."

The thank you Zhou Ze said is true. These scripts are enough for them to read for a long time. He just looked through the content of some scripts and found that many characters are similar to traditional Chinese characters. He can recognize them, so that he can slowly Tell Lin Yu about Ben's story.