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Chapter 168 Where is your bookstore? 【Please customize, part 2】

Chapter 168 Where is your bookstore? 【Please customize, the second update】

"How do you sell it?" The old man smiled slightly, "Isn't the retail price written on the back of the book?"

Behind the book?

Xu Wan was stunned, isn't the retail price at the back of the book that year?

She subconsciously picked up the book in her hand and turned it to the end.

Sure enough, the retail price was written on the corner: Lu Yuan Wu Jiao.

Six five dollars?

Xu Wan was stunned, took the book in her hand, and looked at the old man strangely, she thought there was a new price tag on the back, but there was no.

It is also the price at which the book is sold after printing.

Jiang Hong also saw the price, and raised his head to look at the old man, "Old man, do you mean that this book only sells for six dollars and five dollars?"

The old man nodded with a smile.

"Yeah, otherwise how much can you sell?"

Jiang Hong was in a daze, staring up and down the book.

"Old man, it can be seen from the preservation of your book. You must have put a lot of care in your daily life. It has been preserved for so many years, and it must be treasured."

"Combined with the inflation over the years, the value of the currency has dropped again and again. It is not an exaggeration to add ten times the price of the [-] yuan back then."

"How could it be possible to only sell it at such a low price? I think at least 100 yuan is more appropriate?"

The old man smiled again. "You young man is really strange. It's normal for customers to bargain, but shopkeepers like us raise the price. Why did you raise it dozens of times for me instead?"

Jiang Hong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Xu Wan also thought that the old man saw that they were more eye-catching, so he lowered the price for them, "Old man, you don't need to deliberately lower the price for us. What kind of price are these books?"

The old man laughed directly. "Hehehe, do you think I deliberately lowered the price for you two because I saw that you two children are young and like to read books, so I lost my temper?"

Both Jiang Hong and Xu Wan had expressions of "Isn't that so?"

The old man shook his head.

"Of course not. All the books that come to me to buy, I sell at the retail price on the back of the book. It's the same for everyone."

"Because these books, not many people are willing to read them now. If I raise the price again, will anyone still be willing to read it? Will anyone still be willing to buy it?"

The old man shook his head with a smile, turned around and sat on a small bench next to the stall, and continued.

"One thing, you are right. These books are indeed an important asset to me. I am reluctant to sell them. But, these books... It is a waste to keep them at home."

"Among my juniors, none of them like to read books. They are also dirty when they are placed at home. Only a bad old man like me treats them as treasures all day long."

"In the past few years, the number of people in my family has become less and less, and it has become more and more deserted. I can't live in a big house anymore. I can't stand that deserted house, and I don't have any popularity."

"After the next year, I plan to find a nursing home to live in. Why do I use so many books? If I keep them, my children will change hands and sell them casually."

"Rather than that, I might as well say goodbye to these books myself."

The old man turned his head and saw that there were tens of thousands of books densely packed in his bookstall, and there was a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

Perhaps it was because he really felt that these two young men were very tempered, as if they were talking to themselves, but also as if they were whispering to the two of them.

"I remember when I was young, I had a serious illness and stayed in the hospital for a long time, unable to get out of bed."

"My wife will buy me all kinds of books and give them to me. Her preference~ I don't like it, but she still buys me books according to her preference every time."

"She also said to me, 'You, if you want to read the book you want to read, you should leave the hospital as soon as possible, and we will go buy it together!'"

"That illness, I have been ill for a long time, so long that I have gradually fallen in love with the books she likes, so long that I almost forgot how many books I have read."

"Some of these books were bought back then."

Jiang Hong and Xu Wan looked at me and I looked at you, and slowly held hands together, showing a knowing smile.

"Old sir, you and your wife have a really good relationship."

"Yes." The old man turned his head, still smiling at the hands they held tightly.

The eyes gradually became gentle, and the corners of the mouth were grinning, smiling.

"Later, she also had a serious illness, so I bought many, many, many more books that she liked, and gave them to her."

"I want to watch her, with these books, get better."

Speaking of this, the old man didn't continue talking, but just looked at the "Paradox" in Xu Wan's hand, hehehehe laughed, and his wrinkles huddled together.

"Then, what happened later...? Has your wife recovered from her illness?" Jiang Hong subconsciously asked.

Xu Wan gently pulled Jiang Hong.

Jiang Hong suddenly realized something, and immediately closed his mouth.

The old man seemed to have accepted this fact long ago, and said with a smile.

"The book stays, she's gone."

"So, these years, every time I see a young couple with a good relationship like you, I always think of my wife."

"These books...meaning to me is like recording the years of youth between my wife and I, but unfortunately, youth will eventually pass."

"I don't know what the price of the current books should be, and I never thought that one day I would sell them. But the reality is like this, and I can't help it at all."

"I'd rather they find a better owner than my sons and daughters sell these books casually. In fact, I was also thinking before, what is the right price to sell?"

"These are my priceless treasures. How could I just sell them casually? But if I increase the price, I feel it is an insult to these books, and I don't want to rely on them to make money."

"So simply, I bought it for as much as I spent at the beginning, and now I sell it for as much as I bought it, no more, no less, just right."

"Well, see if you have fate, you come in with me."

The old man stood up from the bench, Jiang Hong subconsciously wanted to reach out to help, but the old man stubbornly avoided it.

"Hehehe, young man, I'm not too old to walk, so I don't need to help, thank you."

Jiang Hong could only nod his head.

Many old people are like this. People don't accept their old age. As long as their hearts are not old, they are still young.

The old man waved to them both.

"Come in, come in, see you two have a good temper, and recommend a few books for you, all of which were my wife's favorite books back then, maybe you will also think it is good."

Jiang Hong and Xu Wan walked into this bookstall one after the other, knowing that they couldn't get out.

It's not that the painting style suddenly changed to a horror story...

Instead, I was deeply attracted by these different kinds of books.

Just now, Jiang Hong and Xu Wan were outside the outermost desk, but they only saw the tip of the iceberg of this bookstall.

There are many good books here.

Jiang Hong felt that he had directly transformed into a scumbag, the kind who would fall in love with a book when he saw it, and couldn't put it down.

Xu Wan also seems to have entered an ocean full of love and tenderness, almost lost in countless books.

The old man was at the side, taking the initiative to act as a guide, introducing the two of the books that were most worth reading over and over again.

Immediately.

Jiang Hong and Xu Wanbing split into two groups and started a "sweep" in the bookstall.

Divide the bookstall into two parts, one on the left and one on the right, and start a careful inspection respectively, picking out all the books they like and want.

However, the two estimated that there were too many.

If you pick them all out, the stack of books may be overturned, so the two took some small sticky notes, and put a small sticky note on any book they like.

Easy to record.

That's when the raid started.

At the beginning, I couldn't stop it.

After an hour and a half, the two stopped with sweat on their faces.

Small sticky notes are posted on almost every corner of the bookstall.

The old man stared at both of them the whole time, looking at this and that.

Occasionally, he would introduce two sentences about a certain book's story, and even help them paste small sticky notes together.

Very enthusiastic.

Also very cute.

It's a lovely old man.

After picking out the books, the two got together again and looked at each other.

Jiang Hong said a number: "914".

Xu Wan also said a number: "1218".

Both of them were slightly taken aback.

"Together, this is more than 2000 books. If we both bought them...how can we take them back?"

Jiang Hong covered his face helplessly. "I don't know how to restrain myself when I see what I like. I accidentally chose so many. It's true... I can't take it back, and I can't fit it in the trunk..."

Xu Wan thought for a while, "How about reducing it?"

Jiang Hong pursed his lips, a little confused. "It seems that this is the only way to go... But I don't want to give up any of these books. I just struggled for a long time during the process. If there were fewer books, I wouldn't choose so many."

The old man on the other side laughed.

"You two young people, why are you not as clear-headed as an old man like me?"

He handed over a blank sheet of paper and a pen, and handed them in front of the two of them.

"Well, if you believe me, these books will be kept first."

"The books you two have chosen are all labeled. I will add the prices together for you afterwards. Write me your name, phone number, and address, and I will find someone to deliver it to your door." .”

"When the time comes, we'll just pay cash on delivery."

Jiang Hong nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, this is the best, then thank you! Mister!"

He froze and wrote the message on the white paper.

Xu Wan said, "Old man, why don't you leave us a phone number, so that if there is any problem, you can call us at any time."

The old man took out his elderly phone and handed it to Xu Wan.

Xu Wan used the old man's mobile phone to call Jiang Hong, left the number, and then handed the mobile phone back to the old man.

"Then thank you, old man, thank you very much. When we came, we didn't expect that today's harvest would be so great!"

The old man shook his head again and again. "No, I should be the one thanking you. You can also see that I purposely found such a quiet place to set up a stall. The center of the book market is too noisy, and it's not suitable for a bad old man like me."

"I thought that in the past three days, the book market would not sell much. I didn't expect that you would give me such a large deal just after it opened, ha ha ha."

"Reading makes people wise. You two young people, since you can still maintain the good habit of reading, in the future, you must persist and don't give up halfway!"

"These books... are in your hands. It can be seen that you are all book lovers, and you will not lose these books. In the future, you guys, if there are any books you want to read, I can't find them. , just tell me, I might be able to find it for you.”

Jiang Hong wrote down the information, then took out his mobile phone to check the phone number, and asked casually.

"Old man, I haven't asked, what's your last name?"

"Miangui's surname is Feng, and Shuima Feng." The old man replied with a smile.

Jiang Hong changed the remarks, and then asked again.

"Then, I'll call you Mr. Feng, Mr. Feng, how did you preserve these books so well? Can I learn a bit? If we buy these books back, if we can't preserve them properly, wouldn't I be sorry for you? Today's order?"

"Here, let me teach you some methods. First of all, find a sunny day every month, and dry your books in a place where you can see the sun..." When it comes to this, Mr. Feng seems to be very good at it. The two talked freely.

He said that Jiang Hong picked up the memo on the phone and started recording.

Remember to be very serious.

"... That's it. If you want to preserve books, you don't need to be as complicated as me. You can use two or three of the seven or eight methods I just mentioned."

"With only two or three kinds, the book can be preserved very well."

Both Jiang Hong and Xu Wan nodded repeatedly.

"In that case, then we...don't bother, let's go first. Feng Lao."

Feng Lao seemed to suddenly think of something, raised his head to look at Jiang Hong, and asked.

"Hey, young man, wait a minute."

Jiang Hong and Xu Wan turned around strangely.

"What's the matter? Old Feng, please tell me."

"I remember when you first came here, it seemed that you were planning to open a bookstore recently? Besides, there is still a place in the bookstore where people can read books for free? Are you planning to display these books for people to read for free?" Old Feng asked with a smile.

Jiang Hong glanced at Xu Wan, then nodded.

"Yes, Mr. Feng, we do have this idea. Do you think... these books are not suitable for more people to read, but only for collection?"

"If you think so, you are the original owner of these books after all. I respect your idea. We can read these books by ourselves."

Old Feng smiled and shook his head. "No, no, on the contrary. The reason why books exist is for people to read them. You can give the books you bought for free for people to read. I think it's a great thing for you to do! "

"Although, these books may not be read by many people, but I am really pleased that you can understand and love books."

"You also went in to read some books just now. I only have one book here. After you bought it, if I want to read it in the future, I may have no place to read it."

"So I want to ask, where is your bookstore? Can I read books in the future?"

Jiang Hong replied seriously: "Of course, old man, anyone who likes these books can read them, and of course you can too! It's our honor that you can come."

"The address of the bookstore is at No. 6 Anfeng Street. It is still under renovation and is expected to open in late January."

　Second more.

　　I figured it out. When I broke the update, I subscribed in a hurry.

　　Now there are fewer updates, and all follow-up subscriptions have risen back.

　　The co-authorship is not because of my quality, but because the daily articles are not worthy of explosive updates?

　　Ok.

　　Fortunately, I plan to double open.

　　This book should not explode in the future, and stable updates are king.

　　good night.

(End of this chapter)