Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 529 Old Books on Sale

Guan Xiaoxiao looked at the huge poster and felt a little pity: "Such a big poster should put Uncle Dong's photo on it."

Yu Haiguo nodded wildly at the side: "Yeah, sister Xiaoxiao is right, but I have to put my dad on it."

Yu Hua looked at her son with a smile: "Forget that I didn't love you in vain, I'm still thinking about your father."

"Uncle Dong is too thin. There must be a lot of space for the photo to be put up. Dad is fatter, so it's just right to put it up."

"You kid—"

Yu Hua made a gesture to hit Yu Haiguo, but the boy quickly ran to his mother's arms to hide.Yu Hua looked at Yu Dong and the others angrily, "Am I fat?"

"It's not fat, it's just a bit fat." When Bi Feiyu said this, he was still staring at Yu Hua's belly.

Yu Hua lowered her head to look at her slightly protruding belly, took a deep breath, and took the belly in.

Jin Yi's life is too carefree, not only him, but Mo Yan has also grown a little fatter than before.

……

New York time, on the night of August [-]th, it was already the morning of August [-]th in China.

Chen Mobai got up early in the morning, washed up briefly, and then tore off the calendar page hanging by the door.

The calendar of August [-]th has long been marked by him with a red pen. Today's "Old Book" is released, which is a very important day for him.

After going out, Chen Mobai quickened his pace and rushed towards the bookstore in front of the school.

At [-]:[-], he arrived at the door of the bookstore. He thought the bookstore hadn't opened yet, but when he got there, he found that the door of the bookstore was already open, and there were already many people inside.

He met two classmates at the door.

"Li Chao, Hu Hai, are you here too?"

Li Chao and Hu Hai saw Chen Mobai, and said with a smile: "Nonsense, don't look at what kind of day it is."

Seeing that each of them was holding an "Old Book" in their hands, Chen Mobai couldn't wait to ask: "How is it, is the new book good?"

"We just got it, and haven't read it yet." Li Chao looked at the bookshelf, and tugged at Chen Mobai's arm: "You go and buy it, or it will be gone in a while."

Chen Mobai was taken aback, "No way, Fenglin Bookstore has always been fully stocked."

Hu Hai rolled his eyes, "No matter how much you stock up, you can't keep up with the crowds. It's only early eight o'clock. How many people have already come?"

Chen Mobai also looked at the crowd in the bookstore, quickly talked to the two of them, and went to buy books.

The owner of Fenglin Bookstore really didn't expect so many people to come today, but they have prepared [-] copies of "Old Books", even if they don't sell enough today, they can deal with it in the morning.

Chen Mobai bought two books, and because the bookstore was crowded, he didn't stop and rushed home.

But before he got home, when he passed by Jinghu Park, he couldn't help but find a bench and sit down.

He has been waiting for this new book for too long. He got the book first, and he really can't wait to go home to read it.

On the morning of August, the sun was scorching, but there was a camphor tree standing beside the bench, which covered the sun and left a shade. The breeze blew across the lake, climbed up to the shore of the lake, pushed Chen Mobai's fingers, and put the "Old Book" open.

When he saw the title of the chapter, Chen Mobai couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"Border town? Is it Shen Congwen's border town?"

He couldn't help turning to the chapter table of contents again.

Chapter 1, Border Town.

Chapter 2, Alive.

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Chapter 8, a letter from a strange woman.

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Each chapter is the title of a book.

Why is that?
With his mind full of doubts, Chen Mobai turned to the first page of the text and started his journey of reading the new book.

After only reading a few paragraphs, Chen Mobai probably understands why the title of the chapter is "Border Town", because this chapter has a lot to do with the novel "Border Town".

A newspaper reporter accidentally received an old edition of "Border Town" and found a paragraph of text on the last page of the book.

This text tells that the owner of this "Border Town" met his wife when he went to a bookstore to see it more than 30 years ago.

"I probably got dizzy from reading the book. When I looked up and saw a woman in a blue dress, I thought it was Cuicui who jumped out of the book..."

When he saw this passage, Chen Mobai patted his head, "I'll go, the sense of the picture will come up."

After patting his head, Chen Mobai couldn't help feeling that Yu Dong's ability to tell stories is really too strong. Just a few paragraphs of text hooked the readers' hearts, making readers like that reporter, couldn't help wanting to Know the story behind this "Border Town".

When I saw reporters struggling to find out the story behind this book.

Chen Mobai couldn't help shouting: "Brother, go!"

He knew that the reporter must be going, otherwise the story would not go on, but he was still anxious.

The reporter finally went, and he followed the book's footsteps to a small town.

In that small town, there was a bookstore, and the book "Border Town" flowed out from this bookstore.

The owner of the bookstore is a paralyzed woman, exuding the aura of not being close to strangers all over her body. She is unwilling to tell the reporter too much, but the reporter still got an important news from her, the original owner of "Border Town" is no longer around.

Getting such bad news is not nothing. At least the reporter knows that the owner of the bookstore knows the original owner of "Border Town".

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As he continued to read, Chen Mobai discovered that although "Old Book" is not a mystery novel, there are puzzles buried everywhere. Questions are solved one by one.

While uncovering the past between the original owner of "Border Town" and his wife, the past of the bookstore proprietress also emerged step by step.

She told reporters about her past as if she was telling someone else's story. Her parents both fell into the water and died when she was 12 years old.

Later, when she was working in a factory, she fell and became paralyzed.

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When Chen Mobai finished reading the whole book, the shadow of the camphor tree behind him had become very short, and the sun hung high above the camphor tree, emitting a strong brilliance.

The wind blowing across the lake has also become hot and dry.

The stories of two time-spaces and two couples of lovers kept reverberating in Chen Mobai's mind.

The storytelling technique of this novel is too good and appropriate, and it closely connects four people who have been separated by decades.

Now Chen Mobai looked back at the titles of the chapters in the table of contents, sighing non-stop. He had read all these ten books, but now that he had read "Old Books", these ten books were more special to him. meaning.

A sudden urge came to him, wanting to find out these ten books and read them again.

(End of this chapter)