After arriving in the town, the two first delivered the goods and made a deposit, and then Xiang Jin went to the medicine shop to sell a bag of pinellia that Xiang Nan asked her to bring to town.
The results of the little girl's labor in the past few days are quite good. After weighing, the weight was five pounds and four taels, and it was sold for nine yuan.
The corners of Xiang Jin's mouth curled up. She took out a piece of her own money and put it back in. This made Yan Chen who was standing aside a little puzzled, "Why is this?"
Xiang Jin said, "Give her a piece of cake."
Only then did Yan Chen realize that she wanted to return the money to Xiang Nan. After nodding, he asked, "Are you going to buy groceries today?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I won't buy it today, but I will buy it tomorrow. I want to buy a book. Do you want to go?"
"Okay, what book do you want to buy?"
"Zi Zhi Tong Jian."
Yan Chen was a little surprised, "Do you like reading this kind of book?"
"What, you can't read?" Xiang Jin raised his eyebrows.
Yan Chen shook his head, "No, it's just a little unexpected."
"Why?" she asked.
Yan Chen said, "The content of Zizhi Tongjian is mainly based on politics, military and ethnic relations, supplemented by economics, culture and evaluation of historical figures. The purpose is to analyze the policies of the ruling class that are related to the rise and fall of the country and the rise and fall of the nation.
A book whose description serves as a warning to future generations.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, Zizhi Tongjian mainly talks about how to serve as an official and engage in politics. Its purpose is to teach people how to be a good official and how to handle official affairs in real life.
But who said that after reading this kind of book, you must go into politics or become an official? It can also be about doing other things, such as doing business or starting a business. As long as you understand the principles inside, it can actually be the same."
"yes!"
"You know this book very well, so it seems you have read it too?" Xiang Jin looked at him and said.
"Well, I have read it. This book is in my grandfather's study. I used to take it out and read it when I had nothing to do."
"No wonder," Xiang Jin nodded, "I wonder if this book is sold in the bookstores here?" In her previous life, once when she was out shopping on a business trip, she saw a newly opened bookstore on the street, so she
Went in.
She originally wanted to buy a few books on law, but she didn't expect that there was a bookstore that only had a collection of classics and history. Plus she was bored at the time, so she picked up a book and started browsing it.
That book was Zizhi Tongjian. The more she read it, she felt that the content in it was quite interesting, so she bought the book.
However, due to work commitments, she didn't have much time to read it anymore, so the book remained on the bookshelf in her study, collecting dust.
Now that I think about it, I kind of want to watch it.
Yan Chen said, "It's okay. If it's not sold here, I'll have someone mail you a copy from the city. It's available in our bookstore there."
"Okay, thank you in advance."
Yan Chen smiled, "You're welcome!"
The two came to the bookstore and first went to the bookshelf to look for it, but there was none. Later, the two went to the counter and asked the manager. The manager was not sure whether they had that kind of book in the bookstore, so
I flipped through the archive and checked it out.
The final conclusion was that they sold twenty copies a few years ago, but because they are a small place, there are very few people who usually buy that kind of books. They only sold eight copies in two years, and then their boss later
I gave away two more copies, and the rest were sold to another bookstore in the county at the lowest price.
Therefore, since then, their bookstore has never carried that kind of book.
Xiang Jin nodded to express his understanding, and then Yan Chen said, "I'll have someone send you a copy from the city."
Xiang Jin said, "It doesn't matter. I'm not in a hurry. I just want to take a look at it in my free time."
However, the clerk of the bookstore said, "Little girl, if you are not in a hurry, we can try to help you transfer it from the county to see if the bookstores in the county have this book."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, but how long will it take for you to give me a reply?"
The clerk said, "It won't take long, only two or three days. We will be able to give you the news by the time we are there next time."
Xiang Jin said, "Okay, I'll come back for the next show, but do I need to pay a deposit?"
The clerk waved his hand and said, "Oh, no, no, if there is good news next time, it won't be too late for you to come back."
"OK!"
Then the two of them went to choose a few books each. Xiang Jin mainly chose a few books about writing and arithmetic topics for Xiang Nan, while Yan Chen chose some miscellaneous books about anecdotes.
"Oh, come on, hurry up. Let's buy it quickly and go back, otherwise we will miss the bus later." Xiang Jin and the others had just come out of the bookstore after paying, and then she saw that they were less than two or three meters away from them.
A few meters away, a girl was pulling a tall, thin boy with his hands in his pockets and a lazy aura all over his body.
But the young man didn't want to move, and looked like he was walking slowly, so the girl had a hard time pulling.
There was nothing to gain at first. Xiang Jin would not have cared about a very loose and ordinary remark. But as luck would have it, she knew that girl Xiang Jin. She was none other than the old Xiang's man who was seduced by Mrs. Zhang.
I praise my precious granddaughter Xiang Zhen to the heavens.
In fact, Xiang Zhen didn't get anything, mainly because of the person she just called.
forward?
Haha, she has never seen what the illegitimate child between Xiang Hai and Sun Shuiyun looks like. She didn't expect to meet him here today. Haha, we really are enemies on the same road.
Seeing that she was stopping and looking in one direction, he looked over and saw an eleven or twelve year old girl dragging a twelve or thirteen year old boy towards this direction.
Came over.
The young man looked impatient and reluctant, but the girl insisted on dragging him this way. Neither of them gave way to the other, and then they were deadlocked in place.
Then he heard the girl seeming to say that the boy broke the head of her pen and now wanted him to pay for a new one.
But the boy refused, saying he had no money!
The girl said that she had clearly seen the boy's mother give him thirty yuan in the morning. Seeing this, Yan Chen lost interest, then turned his head and was about to remind Xiang Jin to ask her to go back.
However, he caught a glimpse of the faint sarcasm on her face when she looked at him.
So he asked, "Do you know them?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Yes, we know each other, but it's more than just acquaintance? And there are also quite a few festivals to celebrate." After saying that, she turned around and left.
Yan Chen looked at her back thoughtfully, and then he caught up with her in a few strides, "What's the festival?"
Xiang Jin's footsteps stopped, and then he turned sideways and said to him, "That's from the old Xiang family."
"A member of the Lao Xiang family?" Yan Chen's brows suddenly wrinkled.
"Yes," Xiang Jin nodded, "Xiang Tao's daughter and Xiang Hai's son."
"Is it them?" He knew that Old Man Xiang's eldest son had a daughter, and he also knew that Xiang Hai had a son with another woman outside, but last time he only noticed that she was quarreling with others, but he didn't pay attention.
He doesn't know other people, so he doesn't even know what they look like.
"Isn't it them?"
A helpless smile appeared on Yan Chen's lips, "I really didn't expect that I would meet them here."
"Yes, it is indeed quite unexpected, but it doesn't matter. There are just some insignificant people around."
Yan Chen nodded, "It's great that you think so!"
"Of course, I never like to embarrass myself, but I didn't expect that boy to look like that."
"You haven't seen it before?"
"Never! The incident between Xiang Hai and that woman only happened recently, and that woman is not from our brigade, and she is married to a town outside. How could I have the chance to meet her?"
The most important thing is that she is a new resident and has no knowledge or knowledge of the people and things here.
Yan Chen nodded, "I understand, okay, let's go home?"
Xiang Jin quickly stopped and said, "Oh, wait, I seem to have forgotten something."
"What's the matter?"
"In the past two days, I have always seen my grandma beating her knees. My mother said that my grandma has rheumatism and her legs often suffer from wind pain.
I guess she has had another rheumatism attack in the past two days, so I want to buy her some rheumatism-removing plasters, but I don’t seem to see any drugstore here?"
Yan Chen looked around, then took her hand and said, "Follow me!"
Xiang Jin was pulled by him across two streets, and then quickly arrived in front of a traditional Chinese medicine shop with some ancient charm, "There should be some in here."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then the two of them entered the shop together, followed by an old Chinese doctor who asked them what they wanted, whether it was medical treatment or medicine?
Xiang Jin told him that she wanted to buy some rheumatism plasters.
Then the other party told them to wait a moment, followed him and took out several brands of plasters from the counter, and then asked them which one they wanted.
Xiang Jin didn't understand this, so she didn't know which one to choose. Then she asked the old Chinese medicine doctor, and the old Chinese medicine doctor said that they were all good, which confused her immediately.
Yan Chen suggested, "How about applying two plasters from several brands? Which brand will be more effective then, and which brand will I use in the future?"
Both Xiang Jin and the old Chinese medicine doctor thought his proposal was a good one, so Xiang Jin took two plasters of each of the three brands.
After finally paying the bill, the two went straight to the station.