Chapter 2. A wisp of book fragrance floats
"What does this taste like? Banana, pineapple, cantaloupe? No, it's the smell of peaches." A peach tree appeared in front of Lin Yi's eyes. Where were the two watery peaches hanging, and their beautiful colors made him unable to help but reach out to grab them.
Well, why is it soft? Is it so mature?
"Bang!" A crisp slap woke Lin Yi who was immersed in the dream.
Lin Yi opened his eyes and found that he was still in front of the antique stall. To be precise, he was lying on the ground. He had a charming and charming face in front of him, with shyness and anger in his eyes, and he was looking at him.
Next to him, the fat man had a dark face and looked at him, and his eyes were even more filled with fire.
The stall owner Li Laoshu and the others had even more strange eyes, as if they had seen something strange just now.
"Little brother, you are so good. Pretending to faint, I will take advantage of this beauty... High, really high!" Li Laomo gave a thumbs up and bared his big teeth.
Lin Yi: “…”
The people next to him showed even smirks. They could see clearly just now that this beauty pinched the man and rescued the fainted guy. Unexpectedly, this guy was not honest and actually reached out to grab the beauty's breasts. It's amazing. The young people nowadays are so fierce that even their husbands dare to take advantage of him.
Lin Yi understood and was about to say "I'm sorry", the fat man pulled the woman up and said angrily: "I'm not leaving yet, don't you lose enough?" He lined up and left angrily.
Seeing this, Li Laomao said intimately, "Dog said, I want to throw the mess to me, but I have no way."
Now Lin Yixing has woken up. Although Li Laofu said first that he pretended to be dizzy in order to take advantage of the beauty, a discerning person could tell at a glance that it was related to the snuff bottle just now. Now it’s okay, but who knows if there are any sequelae. What if there are three longs and two shorts?
The fat man also knew this, so he endured the anger of his wife being taken advantage of and hurriedly left the scene.
Li Laoshu was also a figure who had become a stinky figure in the world. Seeing this, he started to shout, "Little brother, since you are fine, it's okay, but my snuff bottle was broken by you. What do you think you should do?"
Lin Yi's head was still a little drowsy. He didn't understand what happened just now. He just felt a little uncomfortable, especially his nose was sour and uncomfortable. When he saw that the snuff bottle on the ground was indeed broken, he said a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, boss, I smelled your snuff bottle just now, and then..."
"Don't tell me these things, who can't find any reason? The problem is that we sellers rely on sellers to make a living. Now you have such a expensive snuff bottle, what do you think you should do?" Li Laomao put his hips on his hips and raised his eyebrows, looking vicious.
Lin Yi scratched his head, but felt his nose become more and more sore, and sour tears flowed out again, his steps were floating, and he seemed to be a little unsteady when he stood.
Originally, he wanted to ask for an explanation, but he blamed him for losing money and saw that he looked like he was afraid and said, "Okay, I'm unlucky, I won't bother with you---you go!" He seemed particularly generous.
"Oh." Lin Yi scratched his head again and left the stall.
Li Laofu breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, maybe this guy had something big happen to him, and he would have fainted a few more times, and he might have cheated me on him. It would be better to leave the thirty-six strategies first. So he pretended to be unlucky and sighed, "This business can't continue. It's really bad for eight lifetimes---it's better to roll the bed and go back to sleep." He packed the stall with his hands and feet,
Not far away, Lin Yi looked at Li Laomo who was about to pack and sneak away, and a cunning smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
In fact, it was true that his nose was sore just now, but his feet were floating and unsteady, but he did it. Unexpectedly, this trick really scared Li Laoshu away.
After touching the 20 yuan in his pocket, Lin Yi sighed again. If he hadn't been unemployed recently, he wouldn't have been so pretentious. After all, he broke other people's things and was still an antique-level gadget...
Lin Yi is not from Nandu City. He comes from the county town. He is 23 years old this year. He has been graduating from high school for just three years. When he was taking the college entrance examination, he was gloriously obsessed with the serious degree of subject matter, good Chinese, and bad mathematics and English. His family's financial conditions were not good, so he didn't have the heart to retake the exam, so he came here to find a job. But now he is not easy to find a job. He is a casual job and even many college students can't find a suitable job, let alone a high school graduate. He has no academic qualifications, experience, background, and interpersonal relationships. As a result, he can only serve as a security guard for others, either working in a hotel or a waiter in a KTV. It just froze. Three years have passed.
Three years can temper a person. Although Lin Yi is young, he has already seen all the eyes of the world, especially in the lower class work, he has come into contact with more people and things, and he has better understood the meaning of "class" and "hierarchy".
From a class perspective, Lin Yi felt that the stall owner Li Laoshu belonged to the same level as him, and was both poor and deserted proletariat. It was not easy to do business. He was afraid of being caught when selling fakes, and he couldn't make money by selling real goods. He shot another place. He couldn't do business in the cold weather, and couldn't set up a street stall when the weather was hot. He had to move the place when it was windy and rainy, and he suffered even more... In short, it was not easy for people like them to make money.
If he had money, Lin Yi would definitely compensate the snuff bottle, regardless of whether it was because of his own fault.
Unfortunately, he has no money.
After sighing, Lin Yi habitually walked towards the old book stall he knew and was able to seize the time to read a few books. For him, who had no copper in his pocket, this was a great happiness.
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There are about seven or eight stalls in the old book market in the Temple of Wealth, but four stalls are often set up here, which is called the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the old book market.
The first person was named Liu Qingyuan. In his early years, he played stamps with millions of assets. Then he learned to trade stocks with others. He lost everything overnight. He had no choice but to set up a street stall to sell used books. He often brought white wine in mineral water to the Temple of Wealth Temple to set up stalls (Wine is prohibited in the Temple of Wealth Temple). He sucked a few sips from time to time. He was more dizzy when he was sober, but less dizzy when he was sober. Then he talked about his glorious history of assets of millions of dollars back then, and was nicknamed "Liu Sanliang".
It is very interesting that Liu Sanliang sells books. He never reads books with his appearance, thickness and content. When he only reads books, his era is becoming more and more valuable. For example, the thread-bound books and the red documents of the Republic of China period are all considered by him as good books like "awesome Boombo".
The second one selling books is Wang Yongsheng, nicknamed "Wang Heizi". He is also a shady person. He dares to ask you for a sky-high price. He is also very smart in selling books. He often doesn't like to put books neatly, but piles them together, allowing people to pick them up on their own, giving people the desire to pile books on Taobao. Occasionally, one or two books you like from under a pile of books. Book buyers will like them very much. They think they have found a flaw, but they don't know that these things are deliberately piled underground by Wang Heizi, with junk on them, and the good things are below. This is exactly, "Although thousands of strokes are hard, you can only get gold after blowing up all the sand." In this way, those scholars will take the initiative to patronize his book stalls to Taobao.
The third name is Dong Jianming, nicknamed "Dong Yanjing". He is ungrateful and often sloppy. The books he sells are quite special. He likes to sell some qigong supernatural books. He often lies in front of the book stall, performs lying in a reclining Buddha posture, holds the arm, and takes the book to study. He only reads the content of the books, and as long as it is qigong, it is very expensive.
The last "Heaven King" is not a man, but a female book vendor named He Ying, Hua Xin Nianhua, although she is not very beautiful but coquettish. She is a famous "He Xiangu" in the book market. She often "savors all living beings" after setting up a stall, and contacts "feelings" with some regular customers or big bosses wearing gold and silver. Therefore, she never lacks money to spend, and selling books has become a side job.
The behavioral code of "He Xian Gu" made the other three kings salivate. Unfortunately, one of them was "dirty wine", one was "black tree bark", and the other was "sloppy", and the other was "sloppy". He Xian Gu didn't even see it. However, on the surface, He Xian Gu still gave face, just saying that "rabbits don't eat grass beside the nest", but he didn't know that the three guys would rather be "dog tail grass" than "great grass beside the nest".
The books He Xiangu sold are all children's books or magazines such as "Readers" and "Special Attention". She has learned ink and brushwork and occasionally sells the flowers and bird figures she paints. A painting is four or five hundred, and sellers are flocking to it. Of course, after buying the painting, she will definitely ask for advice humbly and go to a hotel to find a room to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the painting.
In addition to these four larger book stalls, Lin Yi also likes to stroll around other small book stalls, but he still looks familiar with these four. Although he often reads books, he is polite and handsome, and is not disgusting. So when he sees him coming again, the four of them will take the initiative to say hello to him.
Lin Yi squatted in front of Dong Yanjing's book stall. It was not that he liked the qigong books on this stall, but because he felt that his nose seemed to be a little wrong.
At the beginning, his nose was just sour, but now, it seems that something has opened up all the channels of his nose, and countless smells are coming in, and his sense of smell has become extremely sensitive. No, it is hundreds or thousands of times more sensitive than usual. He can smell all the smells of the entire Temple of Wealth, sweat odor, feet odor, perfume odor, sandalwood odor, and even the smells emitted by the plants planted in the yard.
Lin Yi's breathing was rapid and his face was flushed. His sudden sense of smell made him feel like he was possessed by evil spirits and was very uncomfortable.
Why is this happening? Could it be that it was just now---
Lin Yi's face was gloomy and he seemed to understand something.
Dong Yanjing, who was watching "The Essence of Life" in a reclining Buddha posture, heard his breathing rapidly, and looked at him sideways, "What's wrong? I feel uncomfortable?"
"Oh, it's okay, but my nose is a little... a little sour." Lin Yi wiped his nose.
"You've caught a cold. I've asked you to learn two tricks with me. There are many ways to treat and prevent colds in Qigong, such as this trick that can be used to massage the acupoints..." Dong Yanjing opened the conversation and blew his understanding of Qigong.
Lin Yi had no intention of listening to this. He rubbed his nose hard, and his head became dizzy, and his sense of smell recovered a lot, as if everything was just a dream, but at this moment, a ray of books slowly floated from Dong Yanjing's book stall to his nostrils.
The fragrance was very thin and light, and it seemed to be vague. Following this fragrance of books, Lin Yi looked at the book stall, but saw a brand new set of comic books piled up on the side of Dong Yanjing's book stall. Judging from the name, it turned out to be "The Saint Seiya of the Goddess".
Although Lin Yi was only 23 years old, he was familiar with this set of books. The famous Japanese comic book adapted into an animated film is "Saint Seiya". The "Tianma Meteor Fist" and "Lushan Shenglongba" in the book are even more popular.
But...how does this set of books have such a strange fragrance?
Chapter completed!