The wood was brought and sent directly to Rui Bin's house on the mountain. Xiang Jin counted the quantity with Dengwei's father and the others, then paid the balance and went straight home to shell the corn.
Just when they were halfway done, Yan Chen came over with a thick stack of books.
Looking at the neat books wrapped in thick kraft paper, she slowly stood up from the stool, looked at him and said, "What are you doing?"
Yan Chen said nonchalantly, "Some time ago, my family sent me something, and then I asked them to send me some of these books. They just arrived yesterday, so I will bring them to you today."
Looking at the book handed to him, Xiang Jin raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "Did you really let someone send it?"
Yan Chen said casually, "It's not intentional, it's just a matter of chance."
Xiang Jin nodded, reached out and took it, then squatted down to unpack the package, then picked up the top book and briefly looked through it, "Hu Sansheng's annotation?"
Yan Chen nodded, "There is a vernacular translation of the Populus euphratica version, but I think the annotated version by Hu Sansheng is better."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's true. The book I read before was also by Hu Sansheng."
Yan Chen said, "There are twenty volumes in total of this paperback edition. My family only sent me five volumes this time. You read it first, and after you finish reading it, I will find the following volumes for you."
Xiang Jin said, "It will take me a long time to read these five volumes, so there is no rush. Oh, by the way, how much will it cost, I will give it to you?" She turned around and entered the house.
Yan Chen grabbed her, turned to Xiang Jin and looked at him, "Is there anything else?"
Yan Chen shook his head, "No, you don't have to pay me for this book, I'll give it to you."
"Send it to me?" So much, it will cost a lot of money, right? Xiang Jin thought in his mind.
Yan Chen seemed to see what she was thinking, and then a faint smile appeared on his lips, "Don't worry, it doesn't cost much. A very close classmate of mine owns a bookstore at home, so we can get the goods at cost price."
"Very close classmates? How close can we be?" Xiang Jin approached him and asked with a teasing look on his face.
Yan Chen said, "I grew up in a military compound, and we have been classmates from kindergarten until now."
"Oh, you're too young?" Xiang Jin nodded suddenly.
"Well, more or less," Yan Chen also nodded, and then added, "Anyway, if you want to buy any books in the future, you can come to me and I will buy them for you."
Xiang Jin said, "I'm so sorry that you owe someone a favor."
Yan Chen said, "It's nothing. When I buy books from them, they are always at cost price."
Xiang Jin nodded, responded politely, and then said, "Wait a moment, I'll go in and get something."
Yan Chen nodded, turned to Xiang Jin and went in, then came out quickly. She had a pen in her hand and handed it to Yan Chen, "Sign your name for me."
"Ah?" Yan Chen was surprised.
Xiang Jin said matter-of-factly, "You gave me a book, so of course I have to sign it with your name."
"When I give you a book, I have to sign it with my name?" Why does he think her reason is far-fetched?
Xiang Jin said, "Actually, it's not necessarily true, but I think your handwriting is so beautiful that you should still leave some traces on this book."
"Oh, okay then," Yan Chen smiled helplessly, then he took the pen from her hand, opened a book, and started to write, Xiang Jin quickly reminded, "Sign every book.
Ha, also write down the date of payment, a certain day of a certain year and a certain month."
Yan Chen looked up at her for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth curled up, and then he started writing. Then Xiang Jin saw that he had written the five words "Yan Chen presented to Xiang Jin" on it.
Every book has five words like that.
"Okay," after signing the last one, he handed the book and pen to her.
"Well, it's really well written. If you become a famous painter or calligrapher in the future, my book will be worth a lot of money," Xiang Jin reached out to take it and couldn't help but tease.
Yan Chen said, "Then you will be disappointed. I can't be a painter or a calligrapher."
Xiang Jin said, "You can be a scientist, but in short, you can be a celebrity!"
Yan Chen stared at her for a moment, "So this is why you asked me to sign?"
"That's the autograph of a celebrity. How can it be of some value? If I can meet your kind of crazy fan, I'm sure I can sell it for a good price. Then I can count on these books to make a fortune.
Got rich."
Yan Chen said, "Then I have to thank you for looking up to me, but I still have to tell you the truth, these books really won't be of any useful value by then, so you'd better keep them for yourself and read them carefully.
Bar."
"Hey, you belittle yourself," Xiang Jin rolled her eyes at him angrily.
The corner of Yan Chen's mouth curled up slightly, "Also, this book is not worth buying, so you'd better not give it to others."
Xiang Jin felt strange, "Didn't you say last time that this book was easy to buy in the provincial capital? Why is it not so easy to buy now?"
Yan Chen said, "It's easy to buy, but there are too many editions. This edition of the book is often out of stock. Last time you said you wanted to find this book, so you called me when I got back. Then he asked them to look for it at home."
It took me several days to find all five volumes, so it took me so long to give them to you."
Xiang Jin thought for a while, as if it had been a long time, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, don't worry, I will read this book myself. Besides, I don't think many people are willing to read this kind of book."
Yan Chen laughed, then said goodbye and went back. After Xiang Jin took the book back to the room, she continued to sit down and peel the corn. There was still half of it. She had to try her best to peel them all today and tomorrow.
Because her grandma said that after the corn poles in the field were cut down, the sweet potato vines were exposed. At that time, they would have to turn over the sweet potato vines, and then pull up the weeds in the field.
Xiang Jin thought to herself, and at the same time she was very upset. She had become a farmer once and for all. She had never stopped doing farm work since she came here.
Things like weeding pigs, feeding pigs, chickens and ducks, herding cows, chopping firewood, breaking corn, chopping corn poles, collecting firewood, etc., etc., were things she had never touched or heard of in her previous life.
In just over a month of life, I have experienced enough.
She really misses the big bright air-conditioned office, the big conference room, her car and the bungalow in her previous life, as well as the "huge sum of money" lying in her bank card, and the special delicacies from various places.
So in this life, she still has to go back to the big city to live the life she wants. She doesn't want to stay in this remote mountain nook where birds don't poop and be a country girl who deals with mud or dust all day long.