Before passing the book stand, put the dishes aside and look down to see if there are any books you need. In fact, I just want to see if there are any old medical books. I have a soft spot for medical books, but only publications before the 1980 s. Now there are books on the same subject published in the market, and there is a lot of nonsense (probably related to vernacular Chinese), which is not rigorous and extraordinary.
Glance at the books on the ground. Near the corner of the boss's stool, there are some medical books, most of which are counseling books for western medicine. They are uninterested and incomprehensible.
I dug up more than a dozen Chinese medicine books from that pile of medical books, one by one, and put them aside. Then I read the things worth leaving one by one, which are basically teaching materials, but the publication year is different. I chose some old textbooks published in the 1980s. In fact, similar textbooks have existed for a long time, but the publication time is different. Let's compare the differences between those published in different years.
Put the book on the stall and rummaged through it. Then, go to the pile of books in the back of the tricycle and see if there is anything worth reading. I saw a book "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" among famous books. I have heard about this book for a long time, but I was secretly surprised that I didn't have a chance to read the selected book.
I picked it up and looked through some anthologies. The pattern and realm of great men are really unusual. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with ideas, opinions and ways to solve problems, and it is impeccable!
I decided to buy this book "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" and go home and read it carefully. I'm worried that the price offered by the boss is beyond my ability. If the boss knows its value, the price will not be cheap. So pretend to be casual and ask a way:
"Boss ... how much is this book?"
The boss took a look at it and said, "This book is a bit expensive. It hasn't been published yet, and it is rare in the market now."
It seems that the boss knows its value and can't take advantage. The price is acceptable and he still wants to buy it. Knowledge is priceless.
Me: "I just heard that Mao Xuan is good and worth seeing. I have never seen it." I am curious about what I said! " "
Boss: "Get dozens, and sell more than one hundred outside."
The boss may think that a young man like me won't read this book even if he buys it. It's a bit wasteful, and he didn't give a specific price.
I asked, "How much is it?" He added very clearly: "Why is it so expensive?"
Boss: "80 for you. Now all the old books can't be sold at the printing price at the back of the book (the printing price of the book is 0.78 yuan). There are more than one hundred books outside, and this book is rare. They are all old books left over from the past. "
Of course, I know that the printing price of books published before the 1980 s is basically less than one yuan, which is a few cents! But usually old books are more expensive than similar new editions.
I want to reduce the price for my boss, but I'm sorry. Thinking of simply picking more books, the boss gave a discount together, so he crouched down and reluctantly picked a few dispensable Chinese medicine books from the pile of books on the ground.
Finally, I bought eight books together, but the boss didn't give me a discount and gave me a health book worth 10 yuan. Alas! This is not to give me a discount, but to increase my "burden". I don't know when I began to dislike "health preserving" books.
At first, you can basically read those health books when you are not exposed to the essence of orthodox cultural knowledge. With the increase of knowledge storage, I realized that there are good and bad books.
For example, taking health books as an example, it is also uneven. There are promotional products or popular publications and books specially launched by merchants as "gifts" for customers and consumers.
Maybe it's because I'm biased against the word "health"! In recent years, all kinds of "health preservation" have been played badly, and now almost all the things related to "health preservation" are played as derogatory terms by merchants, and publications are no exception.
To be continued. . .