Uncle Li brought a bag full of books to Duan Hongxuan. When Duan Hongxuan saw the way Uncle Li lifted the bag, he knew that the bag was quite heavy. He quickly took it over and opened it. He saw that the bag was full of books and it was not from modern printing.
Book.
Duan Hongxuan curiously picked up one by one and looked through it. Unexpectedly, these books were all kinds of things, including poetry collections, Chinese medicine works, story novels, Confucian theoretical works, and finally Taoist books.
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The other books were just returned. Although they were considered rare ancient books, Duan Hongxuan was not interested in the so-called value of antiques. He was more interested in the content of the books.
Although his former master did not become a monk and officially became a Taoist, he still learned all his skills from Taoist priests. Therefore, Duan Hongxuan had read some Taoist books since he was a child. Later, when he went to the world of high martial arts, these Taoist books that looked like gods had a profound impact on him.
A little help!
Duan Hongxuan had forgotten this matter for such a long time, but now he suddenly remembered it when he looked at these Taoist books, so he read them carefully. At this glance, Duan Hongxuan suddenly discovered that the Taoist books contained
Some theories about cultivation, especially some seemingly magical spells, have made new discoveries in Duan Hongxuan's eyes.
With Duan Hongxuan's current state of mind, he found that although some of the contents in the Taoist books in his hands seemed confusing, if you think about it more carefully, you will find that there is a lot of knowledge in them. The more Duan Hongxuan thought about it, the more he felt that these books were not simple.
But now is not the time to ponder these books. You have to spend time to figure it out slowly, because the things in many Taoist books will be confusing to normal people. The writing methods in them are mixed with many code words. If no one gives you
In terms of explanation, most people simply don’t understand what is written. Even if they try to understand the meaning literally, they may end up going the wrong way, and the understood meaning is not the original meaning of the book at all.
Therefore, now is not the time to study these. Duan Hongxuan raised his head and smiled and said to Uncle Li: "Uncle Li, I want all these books!"
"Oh? Want them all? Haha, okay, find someone good to save my old man from having to carry such a heavy book again!"
"Uncle Li, I wonder if you can continue to help collect these books, or do you know someone who has a larger collection of books like this? Can you introduce me to it?"
"Oh? What, you are very interested in these books?"
Duan Hongxuan nodded: "Well! These are the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients. If they are accidentally damaged, the loss will be great!"
Uncle Li glanced at Duan Hongxuan in surprise: "I didn't expect you to have such an awareness at such a young age. Yes, including these ancient books, like other old gadgets, these are the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors. Every item
The gadgets all contain some information from that era.
It’s great that you have this kind of awareness!
Okay, I’ll save some for you later and help you inquire about it!”
"Uncle Li, please help me pay more attention to ancient books on history and religion in the future!
By the way, Uncle Li, please pay attention to books on divination, fortune-telling, astrology, spells, etc. especially in Taoism!"
"Divination and fortune-telling and Taoist charms? Why are you so interested in these? Aren't these feudal superstitions? You don't think I am engaged in this industry, but in fact I don't believe in these myself. I heard that you are very good at studying.
Okay, you are so young and don’t study your knowledge or science, how come you are still interested in these feudal superstitions?”
"Haha, Uncle Li, this is just a personal interest of mine, just pay attention to it!"
Uncle Li looked at Duan Hongxuan seriously, then nodded: "Okay, I won't ask about you anymore, I will get you some books later!
There are several books about this in bookstores, which were brought to the store by others for consignment. I remember that there was a Song version of "Plum Blossoms Yishu" and a Republic of China version of "Gua Zha Liuqin". The others are not available for the time being.
, but I know that someone has the Tang version of the "Book of Changes" and some other related old books. If you are interested, I can help you ask!"
"Oh? "Book of Changes"!" Duan Hongxuan was of course interested: "Uncle Li, I am very interested in this. Please help me ask if he is willing to sell the old book in his hand. The price is easy to negotiate!"
Uncle Li nodded: "I'll ask you later!
But if you are really willing to pay more, I guess it won't be a big problem, but if you want to wrap all the books in his hand, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money!
It turned out that he was an old man and a young man in the imperial city. He didn't have any other skills. He liked to study the "Book of Changes" and the like since he was a child. He also liked reading books, so he had a lot of books in his family!
Later, these old and young people fell into decline, and he himself had no ability to make a living to support his family. Fortunately, he had a relatively strong family background in the past. After his parents died, he lived by slowly selling off his family property.
By now, the parents have almost sold out, and life is tight. There are not many valuable things left at home, only a lot of books.
Given their current situation, if you are willing to pay a little more, maybe I can cover half of their house's books for you!
To be honest, most of the paintings and calligraphy in their house are left now, and these paintings and calligraphy are not valuable now.
But if you really want to cover most of their house's paintings and calligraphy, I'm afraid you'll have to spend a lot of money, even tens of thousands of dollars won't stop you. Do you have that much money?
Don’t put all the wealth your parents left you on this, it’s not worth it!”
"Tens of thousands?" Everyone in the room gasped. In this era, let alone tens of thousands, it was a big deal for anyone to have a savings of thousands of dollars.
Qin Jingru is the housekeeper of the family, and he knows best how much money there is. When he heard that Duan Hongxuan had to spend tens of thousands to buy books, he quickly reminded him: "Brother Hongxuan, our family doesn't have that much money now!"
Duan Hongxuan smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, the money in your hand is for living at home. You don't need to use your money to buy books!"
"Ah? You, you still have money in your hands?"
Duan Hongxuan glanced at Qin Jingru, chuckled but did not respond, and then looked at Uncle Li: "Uncle Li, please discuss with this guy. There is not much money and food stamps. Can you see if he can get other things?"
"Something else?" Uncle Li looked at Duan Hongxuan: "You mean...?"
Duan Hongxuan looked at Han Dazhuang and Ran Qiuye on the side, thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, other things, such as jewelry and jade, if not gold bars, you can!
But if he has gold bars, he must pack all his paintings and calligraphy works for me!"
"Hiss! Jewelry, jade and gold bars?" Uncle Li looked at Duan Hongxuan in surprise: "I didn't expect your kid to have such good things!"
"Hahaha! This doesn't belong to my parents. They don't have these things either. These are all left to me by my master!"
Uncle Li nodded: "I said so!
But if you exchange jewels, jade and gold bars for some books and paintings, even though they are some ancient books and celebrity calligraphy and paintings, I think it’s not worth exchanging jewels, jade and gold bars for these. You kid, think about it!
And another point is that jewelry, jade, and gold bars are easy to preserve, not to mention that they are hard currency. Ancient books, calligraphy, and paintings are not easy to preserve, and it is hard to say whether they will be valuable in the future. The key is that one day you are really short of money and want to take these.
I’m afraid there won’t be any jewelry, jade or gold bars to exchange for money, so you have to think carefully!”
"It's okay, Uncle Li, I know everything!
Don’t worry, you can just help me ask. Also, I need your help in negotiating the price!”
Uncle Li nodded: "Okay! Since you have thought about it, I will help you ask tomorrow. I will look at his half of the house of paintings and calligraphy and then help you negotiate the price. I will try my best to help you negotiate the price!"
"Then please leave it to Uncle Li!"
"Haha! It's nothing, but we have to talk about it. If I help you with this matter, how can you thank me later?
Don’t say you’ll give me any favors, don’t try to trick me with money, and I don’t care about the jewelry, jade, gold bars, etc. that your master left for you!”
"Oh? Then how do you want me to thank you?"
"Haha!" Uncle Li looked at Duan Hongxuan with a smile and said, "I'll help you get things done later. Just give me more of your good tea. How about it?"
Duan Hongxian smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Li, you are really good at choosing!"
Uncle Li glared: "Why, I have been working hard to help you with things for a long time. Look at what month it is now. It's such a cold day that I help you run around. Is it possible that you can't bear to part with a few taels of tea?"
Duan Hongxuan nodded helplessly: "If you give it up, why don't you give it up! Don't talk about tea, I will give you another jar of wine later!"
"Hahaha! Okay, that's what we have agreed upon! Since I am so generous to you, I will definitely help you handle this matter properly!"
