Chu Chen was wearing a moon-white Confucian robe and holding a folding fan, strolling through the busiest streets of Baihe Market Town.
He has a bookish air about him, and he is quite like a scholar. He perfectly blends into the atmosphere of the small town outside Baihe Academy.
"Senior brother, it's great that you serve as the first-class deputy class leader. You can also come out to play. It's so interesting."
The little devil was lying on Chu Chen's shoulder, looking around, feeling the scholarly atmosphere in the bustling and noisy surroundings. It didn't realize it, and was quite happy.
Chu Chen ignored the little devil, he was not here to play.
This small town is adjacent to Baihe Academy and has a prosperous literary atmosphere. Among other things, there are bookstores and painting shops just a few doors away.
He was not picky, he casually entered a bookstore and browsed.
There are not many people in the bookstore, only twos and threes.
After the other guests had left, the bookstore owner came over with a smile.
"Sir, do you want to buy books or paintings? Our store has everything."
The shopkeeper is tall and thin, with a short beard and a sharp mouth. He looks like a shrewd person at first glance.
"I'll take a look at it."
Chu Chen responded to the shopkeeper seriously, glanced at the bookstore casually, and saw that there were no other customers. He immediately folded his folding fan, coughed, lowered his voice, and said to the shopkeeper:
"Shopkeeper, do you have any new goods in the store?"
The shopkeeper was stunned and pretended to be confused:
"Sir, what's new?"
"It's that...that..."
Chu Chen showed an ambiguous smile of "you understand".
The smile disappeared briefly, and soon returned to the solemn and serious look of a "serious scholar".
"Oh~hehe~"
The bookstore owner understood it immediately, and said with a meaningful smile: "It turns out that the young master is also a member of the same group. You told me earlier, why are you still making riddles?"
After saying that, the bookstore manager called the boy to look after the store and led Chu Chen to the back room of the bookstore.
"Sir, you look quite unfamiliar. Is this your first time in our Baihe Town?"
"Well, I bought it in the city before, but the search there was very tight, so there wasn't any good stuff left."
Chu Chen responded casually.
The shopkeeper smiled and was quite proud: "Sir, you have found the right place. There are no bookstores and art shops in the city as good as our Baihe Town. From now on, you can just come here. You can find all kinds of good things, even our small shop No, I can transfer it to you."
While talking, the shopkeeper brought Chu Chen to the backyard.
Most of the shops in the small town have a front store and backyard layout.
Business is done in the front store, and people live in the backyard.
The shopkeeper asked Chu Chen to wait in the main room where the guests were waiting.
Not long after, the shopkeeper came back with a stack of books and picture albums.
There are books such as "The Treasure Book of Appreciating Flowers", "Shadows of Flowers Behind the Curtain", "Nine-tailed Turtle" and so on.
In addition to various color miscellaneous books, there are also various picture albums.
Soon, he found the "Beauty Picture Album" among the ordinary picture albums.
Under the deception, this beauty picture album turned into an ordinary color book, unremarkable.
However, Chu Chen possesses spiritual eyes and supernatural powers, and at a glance, even small blind tricks cannot escape his eyes.
Chu Chen was not at all happy when he got the thing, but was a little surprised.
The "Beauty Picture Album" is too easy to get.
This thing is much more harmful than ordinary color books.
The harm caused by being so easily circulated and sold in the market can be imagined.
"Shopkeeper, this is the only one. How much does it cost?"
"Two pieces of money."
Chu Chen was stunned, this was too expensive.
Ordinary books can be purchased for dozens of liters, or even hundreds of liters.
These two dollars are a bit of a waste.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper explained: "Sir, there is nothing we can do. The superiors have been tightening inspections recently. We are taking risks by buying these things, and the purchase is also expensive..."
"okay!"
Chu Chen waved his hand and did not bargain with the shopkeeper.
Speaking of which, he has a lot of money in his monthly salary.
It's just that as a monk, he rarely uses silver money, so he didn't care much and just threw two pieces of money to the shopkeeper.
After buying the "Beauty Picture Book", Chu Chen took it home and studied it carefully.
When Chu Chen went out, he met a group of people led by Xiao'er to the back room.
However, as it always happens, there are acquaintances among the crowd.
Although the little Confucian scholar looked panicked and covered his face with his sleeves, Chu Chen's spiritual consciousness was strong and his spiritual eyes were magical, so there was no way he could escape his discernment.
Chu Chen got angry when he saw this little "Confucian scholar".
Good guy, who else could it be if it wasn’t my younger brother Chen Pengju!
It is enough to buy books in front of the store. Everyone knows what they are doing in the backyard.
The younger brother Chen Pengju avoided seeing Chu Chen.
Chu Chen did not stop him on the spot to save him face in front of his classmates. He just pretended not to see him and passed by his younger brother Peng Ju.
When Chen Pengju, the younger brother, saw that his brother did not recognize him, he breathed a sigh of relief. His face was full of joy for surviving the disaster, and his heart was beating wildly.
However, before he had taken a few steps, he heard a familiar voice from the divine consciousness.
"Pengju, I'll wait for you at the teahouse in front."
Chen Pengju: "..."
...
Baihe Town, elegant teahouses.
"Brother...brother...I..."
The younger brother Pengju entered the private room quite anxiously, and looked at Chu Chen who was drinking tea alone. Somehow, inexplicable pressure swept over him, making him a little breathless.
"sit!"
Chu Chen looked calm and asked his younger brother to sit down, but asked casually:
"What were you doing just now?"
"Buy...buy books."
"If you want to buy any books, you have to go to someone's backyard to buy them. I'll go to the backyard to handle the case. Don't tell me that you stopped reading and went to work as an errand in the county government and the Department of Ghosts and Gods."
Chu Chen looked at his younger brother Pengju meaningfully.
The younger brother Chen Pengju was thin-skinned and his fair and tender face was flushed. He hesitated and said: "I'm not going, it's my classmates who are going. Who knows what kind of books are there like "The Nine-Tailed Turtle"? We just want to When you buy picture books, you don’t want to buy those messy books.”
Chu Chen nodded slightly and suddenly said abruptly: "Picture album, beauty picture album?"
"Brother, you also know?" My younger brother Pengju was quite surprised. Then, he got a little excited and lowered his voice: "So, brother, you also know about this kind of magical picture album. It's great."
Chu Chen remained calm: "Brother, of course you know, I'm here to do this too."
"Brother, have you found it?"
"No!"
"Brother, it's normal that you can't find it. This kind of book is quite precious. The book spirit will be born in it. It's so magical."
When it comes to topics that interest him, his younger brother Pengju is quite talkative and talks endlessly:
"Brother, I accidentally bought a volume a few days ago. The book spirit in it is a gentle and considerate sister. She is amazing. She knows everything about poetry, lyrics and songs. She is better than me. I have benefited a lot from talking with her. .”
"In the past, I studied hard in the cold window and was lonely. With the companionship of Sister Shuling, I was full of interest in reading late at night and made great progress..."
After the topic was broached, my younger brother Pengju lost his restraint and embarrassment and became really happy and eloquent.
At a young age, he seemed to have found a confidant who could resonate with him, and his life suddenly became more colorful.
Speaking of these, younger brother Pengju's eyes were shining.
