The words "Qing Nang Shu" came into view, but Li Mingxi's literary accomplishment was not very deep, and she really didn't know what kind of book this was.
She flipped through a few pages and saw some beautiful small characters with some flowers and plants drawn on them. She couldn't understand them at all, but seeing how tattered and worn it looked, she guessed that it was probably some ancient book and took it out directly.
I flipped through it again and found that there were quite a lot of ancient books. I remembered that my history teacher in my previous life talked about this period of time and said that many precious ancient books were destroyed.
Some of them don't even have the chance to be seen by future generations. Thinking of his teacher's regret at the time, Li Mingxi thought that since he has come to this era, he should do his best to protect these books.
Therefore, Li Mingxi made a bold decision. No matter what, she had to buy all these books. Looking at her cousin who was squatting beside her looking for books, she spoke slowly.
"Brother Sanmao, I like books like this. Please help me find similar ones!" He said as he shook the book in his hand.
When Sanmao saw the title of the book written in calligraphy, she was shocked. She thought her cousin was too young to understand, so she tried to persuade her.
"Xiao Xi, why do you want a book like this? This kind of book is banned, you can't have it!"
Of course Li Mingxi knew that she couldn't accept such books, but as a Chinese, she had the responsibility to protect these inherited ancient books, so she had to act coquettishly and cutely.
"But I just like books like this, Brother Sanmao. Don't you think these books are particularly valuable? They're all written in calligraphy, and they're the precious treasures our ancestors left us!"
Sanmao certainly knew that this book was very valuable, but the problem was that the times did not allow it. He had already collected some ancient books.
But living in the county town, he would be reported from time to time, so he could only let it go. However, thinking that his cousin should be fine living in the countryside, he agreed without hesitation.
"Okay, I'll find it for you, but you have to put it away properly. Otherwise, if someone finds it, it will be over!"
Li Mingxi hurriedly assured, "Don't worry! I will definitely keep it safe!" Then he stood up and walked away.
Sanmao was afraid that her little cousin would want something else. Books were fine, but if she really wanted bottles or something, that would be a big no-no. She quickly stood up and asked, "Xiaoxi, where are you going?"
Li Mingxi knew his cousin was afraid, so he replied, "I haven't been to the scrap yard yet, I'm just looking around!"
"Okay, you can take a look, but don't touch or take those old things, or you'll be reported!"
"I understand," Li Mingxi said and walked towards the pile of old things.
At a glance, Li Mingxi found a three-legged bronze wine cup lying on the ground. If he didn't look closely, he wouldn't be able to find it. He thought it must be real at this time.
So she tried it as her teacher had said, that bronze objects would make a subtle and crisp sound when gently tapped, and surprisingly, it was true.
Now, Li Mingxi was so excited that he quickly threw this thing into the space.
In addition, Li Mingxi threw into the space several porcelains that looked like they were made in Ru kiln. Although the other things were also old items, they were all relatively ordinary.
The rarer ones were probably hidden away, and she was lucky to have picked up these! Besides, there probably weren't many valuable items in their small county!
After she finished all this, Sanmao also found a lot of old books for her. Seeing that half of the bag was filled, there were probably some left that had not been read. But it was noon and time to eat. Besides, it would not be good to take too much. So, the two of them went to pay the bill, carrying the cloth bags.
Li Mingxi was afraid of being discovered, so he put his math, physics and chemistry books on the scale. However, the security guard didn't even look at them and just took the scale to weigh them.
I thought this bag of books would cost at least five or six dollars.
Who knew that when they calculated it, it was only one dollar, which was really beyond her expectation. She paid the money neatly and the two left.
They had no idea that the security guard was staring at their backs for a long time.
When they came out in the morning, Li Aidu gave them money and food coupons and asked them to go directly to the state-owned restaurant for lunch.
But now that she had packed up this bag of ancient books, it was impossible for her to go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner, so Brother Sanmao said he would take her home for dinner.
Unexpectedly, they met a group of Red Guards on the way, who were clamoring to check their cloth bags. This scared Li Mingxi to death. After all, the two of them were really there, and it would be bad if they were caught!
"Open it quickly, hurry up, what are you taking so long for? Are there any contraband?" a small, ruffian-like boy yelled.
Brother Sanmao stepped forward to negotiate, "Comrade, there are really no contraband. Here are just some information books. If you don't believe me, take a look!" Then he opened the cloth bag and let the man see.
Unexpectedly, this man had no intention of letting them go and insisted on checking. For a moment, the two were extremely anxious and wanted to stop him, but they were afraid that this would arouse more suspicion.
Seeing this person about to lift the bag and pour out the books, he said, "Stop, what are you doing?"
When the man heard this, he stopped what he was doing.
Following the sound, I saw Simao walking towards this side, followed by a young man with a red armband.
Unexpectedly, the ferocious Red Guards immediately became respectful upon seeing this man, "Chairman, why are you here?"
Song Weidong nodded and then asked, "What is this for?"
The man answered honestly, "Captain, I suspect these two have contraband books and am about to check them!"
Song Weidong said casually, "Forget it, why bother checking? These two are my brother's family members, how could they make mistakes?"
"Since they are the chairman's family, how could they make a mistake?" The man then turned around and told Li Mingxi and the other person to leave quickly.
Seeing that everything was fine, Simao quickly thanked Song Weidong, then looked at Li Mingxi and the others, "Brother, I won't be home for lunch, so you don't have to cook for me!"
"Okay, then you should go home early in the afternoon." After saying this, Sanmao got on his bike and took Li Mingxi with him.
Seeing the two people leave, Simao also led Song Weidong and the other two away. Li Mingxi sat on the bicycle and looked at the backs of the two people disappearing. She was confused, but she didn't know how to start.
They stayed silent all the way until they got home. Li Mingxi couldn't hold it in any longer and asked, "Brother Sanmao, why is Brother Simao so close to that Chairman?"
Sanmao explained, "They were originally classmates. I heard from your brother Simao that there was a time when Song Weidong was bullied and he helped him. Since then, their relationship has become even better."
"Then why is that man now the chairman of the Red Guards?"
Sanmao said as she cooked, "Because his uncle is now the chairman of the Revolutionary Committee, those people let him take the position just to curry favor with him."
Li Mingxi got to the bottom of it, "So he's a bad guy? And has Brother Simao also become bad?"
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