Siheyuan starts from a better life

Chapter 13, Cheats

Grandma, what happened to the one next door to us as soon as it entered the yard? Has no one lived in it for a long time.

That yard!It’s been a long time since anyone lived there. That courtyard was originally a separate courtyard in our courtyard. It used to be the place where the young master lived. I remember it seemed that my father-in-law sold it to someone else at that time. It was originally connected to our backyard, just your house. There is still a previous door on the wall next to it, but it was sealed after it was sold.

What about their households!Anyone else?

Grandma Lu heard Jiang Yan's words, thought for a while, and then said, where did they move to Houhai? I don't know the exact place, but why did my grandson inquire about that yard today.

I wanted to see if I could buy it. Jiang Yan thought about it for a while, and directly told Grandma Lu about his plan.

That yard is not cheap, but grandson, we don’t need to buy it, and I will leave all the house after me to you, which is enough to live in.

Not grandma, I think so, you see, what we do is a dangerous job after all, I think we have to leave a way out for ourselves, I think the other courtyard in the back is very good, I will buy them , I secretly made a basement during the renovation, we can hide in it if we have anything to do, otherwise we are opening a door, it is convenient to go out to do business at night, isn't it?

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, Grandma Lu didn't say a word, she bit off the mending thread with her teeth, and then spoke.

It's okay for you to think about it this way, and wait for grandma to get you the money.Get ready to stand up.

Hearing Grandma Lu's words, Jiang Yan quickly pulled her and said, "I don't need grandma, I have money, I really do."

Before my master left, he left a large sum of money and hid it in a certain place. After two days, when the situation is stable, I will go and get the money back. Grandma, let’s keep your money!You see, you have spent a lot of money these days.

You monkey bastard told grandma that my money is your money, and he patted Jiang Yan on the head after speaking.

Feeling the old lady's intimacy, Jiang Yan could only chuckle.

However, this also dispelled Grandma Lu's purpose of giving Jiang Yan money, but the old lady forced the box of legal currency into Jiang Yan's hands, saying that it was money for buying furniture.

Jiang Yan, who was speechless, slept very comfortably in the new house. What he didn't know was that the old lady next door was worried when she was asleep, and she came to see Jiang Yan several times.

Early the next morning, Jiang Yan, who had eaten, was ready to go out for a stroll, and stopped by to buy medicine for Grandma Lu.

When I was about to go out, I heard my grandma tell me to go to Baicaotang to buy medicine, and I staggered in fright.

Why Baicao Hall also popped up.What kind of world did I cross over to?

But then all these were forgotten by Jiang Yan, and he was wandering around the street stall in Liulichang.

Liulichang Street is located outside BJ Heping Gate. It originated in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, most of the candidates who came to Beijing to take the imperial examination lived in this area. Therefore, books, calligraphy and paintings were sold here. In the Ming Dynasty, the prosperous Qianmen, Dengshikou and The Town God's Temple Book Fair in Xicheng was gradually transferred to Liulichang.Booksellers from all over the world have also set up stalls, built rooms, and sold a large number of books here.The bustling market and convenient conditions have formed the "Place for Elegant Tours in Kyoto", making Liulichang gradually develop into the largest book market in Beijing, forming a cultural market where people gather together, culturally related pens, inks, papers and inkstones, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc. It also developed accordingly.

Jiang Yan squatted in front of a bookstall and flipped through the books on it. Almost all the books here were old-fashioned thread-bound books, and the covers on them were also in traditional Chinese characters. Jiang Yan was no stranger to this font.

Hey, there is no kitchen in leisure time, the imperial pharmacopoeia, Jiang Yan was secretly surprised when he saw these books, and then he opened the book of medicinal recipes. It is not a printed book, and it is written in lower case by others. Carefully written books, holding a book fan, can smell a scent of ink.

Open it again and take a look, the inside of the book is very clean, it looks like it has been cared for carefully.

This made Jiang Yan secretly pleasantly surprised, but he didn't show it on his face. Jiang Yan also found seven or eight such packaged books in this bookstall.

Seeing these books, Jiang Yan put it down and decided to buy them all.

Where is Liulichang? It is a place where all kinds of antiques gather. According to Jiang Yan’s calculation, these books are also ancient rare books. Their cultural value is immeasurable. If I don’t buy them sooner, I will regret it. .

Boy, do you want to buy it?Don't rummage if you don't buy it. Before Jiang Yan could speak, the owner of the bookstall was not happy.

Buy, of course buy, I don't know how this book sells.

As soon as he heard that Jiang Yan wanted to buy it, the owner of the bookstall immediately changed his face, looked at Jiang Yan and said with a smile on his face.

This little brother really has a good eye. To be honest, these books are all books sold by an old man from the previous dynasty. Almost all of them are orphans. If you miss it, you will not have this good opportunity. For a person who loves books, I don't want too much. I can choose any books in it. If I want to take them all, it's not a problem. For 2000 million French currency, you, Lao Liu, can pay for it.

The stall owner is a man in his 40s. He looks very sloppy, but the fabric on his body is not bad. It is made of expensive silk, but it is a bit dirty and the original color cannot be seen. Pale, looking completely malnourished.

What Jiang Yan didn't know was that the stall owner had been setting up a stall here for several days without selling a single book, and the few people squatting on the bookstall were almost all the owners of these books. Squatting here is nothing more than to add a little popularity to this bookstall.

But Jiang Yan naturally heard the meaning of the book stall owner. Originally, he only wanted to buy a few books that he valued, but he didn't expect that the boss wanted him to round up the books in the book stall.

I looked at the books I found, and then I looked at the books on the other side of the book stand. Those books may be due to maintenance. They are a bit worn out, and some of them have signs of being bitten by mice.

However, when Jiang Yan asked the price, he also noticed that when the boss told the price, the people who were squatting here to read all looked at Jiang Yan in unison. Their eyes were green, as if they wanted to eat people.

Immediately, Jiang Yan understood in his heart that these people were probably hired by the boss. Jiang Yan, who originally wanted to buy these books, saw the cause and effect after seeing the clothes worn by the boss and the bosses.

If I didn't make a mistake in my prediction, these people are the old and the young as the boss said.

The virtues of people like them, Jiang Yan, couldn't be more clear. Ever since the hard-core crops fell, these leftovers, old and young, who can eat whatever they want and do whatever they want, have sold their cultural relics and antiques in this Liulichang. It is estimated that these books are just like what they said. I only cared about the books with the same material as those few books before, and I basically didn’t read the others. I saw that the paper was yellowed while holding the books. Yes, maybe you can really buy a lot of good things from it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan became aware of it.So he opened his mouth and said to the stall owner.Your price is really quite expensive, the boss could see that my little friend is fooling me, if not, let me tell you how much each book sells for!

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, the owner of the bookstall waved his hands quickly, no, no, I don't have this idea, my book is indeed worth the price, and I didn't want it randomly.

How dare the boss admit it!But he did have this kind of thought in his heart, and he was ready to fool Jiang Yan when he was young.

However, when Jiang Yan exposed it, he still denied it.

(End of this chapter)