In the evening.
There are more than a dozen book stalls in the alley.
Some of them were spread onto the ground with a piece of plastic paper and placed a book.
Some are mobile trolleys, which are filled with all kinds of pirated books, pirated tapes, CDs, etc., and you can also see small radios.
It’s not dark yet, and there are already guests like Lin Sheng and Shen Yan wandering around in the alley. There are not many, but they are quite popular.
Many customers lingered, and some squatted in front of a book stall to read books.
There is a unique light source above the alley, a high-power light bulb without a lampshade. It is estimated that there are 100 watts, which makes the entire alley below illuminate.
Shen Yan was mixed with the sparse crowds and rushed to the first book stall with great enthusiasm to scan.
She is very experienced. In order to hide in the book stall, she often does not place Xiaohuang's books in the most conspicuous position.
But she can lock in the hidden points of these small books as quickly as possible.
Lin Sheng ignored her and slowly scanned the large dictionary on the book stall alone.
He had just swept the first book stall halfway, and Shen Yan had already run to the third stall.
Lin Sheng was not in a hurry, and glanced over and didn't find the dictionary of Guren's writings, so he moved to the second stall.
He remembered that there should be stalls here, and various translation dictionaries, although they are pirated, they can definitely save a lot of money.
One by one, I swept over the stalls, and soon, in front of a book vendor on the ground, Lin Sheng found the dictionary of Guren's writings.
"How to sell this?" Lin Sheng squatted down and pulled out the dictionary from a bunch of messy old books.
"Fifteen, no bargaining." The stall owner wore square glasses and a gray cloth mask, and seemed to want people to know his appearance.
"You don't know the words clearly. You can't print them well. I'll get one for five dollars." Lin Sheng bargained.
"You can't get five yuan. At least ten yuan. It seems that the little brother comes often. You should know the market conditions here." The stall owner said quickly.
"Ten pieces..." Lin Sheng shook his head, stood up and wanted to leave.
"Anyway, five yuan is five yuan." The stall owner decided decisively.
"Give it." Lin Sheng quickly took out the change from his pocket, counted a piece of five yuan and handed it to the other party.
After giving the money, he picked up the book and flipped it out again.
This dictionary has clear handwriting and good reprinting, with a thickness of about the same as a brick.
For pirated books like this, the general price is at least twenty, after all, the genuine ones are about forty.
The reason why it is so cheap is that the books are too unpopular, and there are very few things to buy in Guren's dictionary.
There is only one book in the hundreds of books in the stall owner.
And the key is that there is a lot of wear and tear at the corners of this dictionary, and the whole book is extremely loose and seems to fall apart at any time.
"No matter what, as long as it can be used."
When Lin Sheng recalled the recorded words, he couldn't wait to go back and translate them. Five dollars is his pocket money for more than a day, so he saves a little. Although it hurts a little, if you go back and sew it manually, this book may still appreciate.
Soon, Shen Yan in front of him also mysteriously brought a bag of books and came close.
"How is it?" she asked in a low voice.
"I bought this dictionary." Lin Sheng raised the book in his hand. The red-skinned dictionary and the small yellow book in Shen Yan's bag formed a sharp contrast.
"You are..." Shen Yan stared at Lin Sheng with a distorted face, as if she had known him for the first time.
"I'm going back to rest if I have nothing to do." Lin Sheng said calmly.
"Pretending like it!" Shen Yan curled her lips. But she also knew Lin Sheng's temper. This guy has always been like this. This is also one of the reasons why she likes to pull Lin Sheng out to cover up.
"Okay, I have picked three books here. We will score equally, one book, four yuan, three book, twelve yuan, you can just give me six yuan." Shen Yan whispered.
"No money." Lin Sheng was speechless. He used to be willing to buy it, but it was used to rent it to others to see and make some money.
After all, most students in school are unwilling to spend several yuan to buy books, and it’s good to read these kinds of books. If you really want to buy them yourself, it’s hard to hide them.
Therefore, the best way is to spend a few cents to rent and read. You don’t have to collect books yourself, and you spend less money. Moreover, there is less content in the small book, so you get tired of reading it after a few strokes. You can also change to other books.
Another reason why Shen Yan pulled Lin Sheng was because she was a girl and it was difficult to rent it to others. So she asked Lin Sheng to be the lessor.
"If you don't pay, then rent this time..." Shen Yan became entangled.
"You can rent it to girls." Lin Sheng said calmly.
"......... Girls don't have the money they make from boys!" Shen Yan was a little crazy. Lin Sheng had cooperated before, but now he suddenly changed his mind.
"You can resell. I have something to do recently and I don't have time to do this." Lin Sheng really doesn't want to continue renting books.
If it was normal books, it would be fine, but if you rent Xiaohuang books, it would be too bad.
"It's several yuan a day, you really won't do it?" Shen Yan was speechless.
"I don't want to do it anymore." Lin Sheng shook his head. "You are a girl's family, so it's not good to do it. Don't do it for the time being. It's not good to get it out."
"Isn't you blocking this?" Shen Yan was helpless.
"I can help you transfer the book to Yao Daiyu." Lin Sheng mentioned.
Yao Daiyu is a student who is also a book renter in the other class, and he also collects small notebooks. He will definitely be happy to buy and give it to him, so he saves himself from coming over to choose.
"Okay..." Shen Yan was still a little unwilling.
Seeing her like this, Lin Sheng knew that this guy was unwilling to accept it and probably wouldn't listen to him.
But even if he was a friend, he had already said enough. It was her business to decide.
The two separated in the alley of the book stall and went back to their own houses.
When Lin Sheng returned home, his parents left a note and went to the hospital to take care of his grandfather.
Only two plates of cold dishes were placed on the kitchen table.
A plate of scrambled eggs with cucumbers and a plate of shredded red peppers.
Lin Sheng heated up the hot rice and ate the cold dishes quickly. Then he hid in the bedroom with the dictionary excitedly and began to study the text I remembered in his dream.
His bedroom is both a place to sleep and a study where he studies and does homework.
In the evening, the darker the night becomes.
Lin Sheng turned on the desk lamp, and just the light yellow light, he searched the phrases of the Guren text one by one.
About half an hour later.
"Interesting!" Lin Sheng quickly translated the two words on the cover based on the basic grammar recorded in the dictionary.
"It's really a standard Guren text! I've obviously never been exposed to this language system before, and except for a little curvature style, these two words are not wrong at all!"
Lin Sheng stared at the two phrases in front of him, not knowing how to describe them for a moment.
It's obviously just what appears in his dream...
"Then, these two words are translated...the general meaning should be..."
Swish, he slowly wrote the translations under the phrases one by one to the dictionary.
‘Sharp weapon, long sword, method, notes, notes’
"Yeah? Let's connect... Could it be... swordsmanship notes?!" Lin Sheng was stunned and suddenly reacted.
Guren's text is a translation of single characters. The basic grammar is not complicated. Often, a letter may contain several meanings.
Chapter completed!