Who sings the song of Hangzhou, ten miles of lotus flowers and three autumns of osmanthus.
Who knew that plants and trees are so heartless that they stir up sorrow for thousands of miles along the Yangtze River.
After Miaofengtang withdrew from the Hangzhou book market, the people of Qiantang and Renhe also complained.
But they soon adapted to the days without Miaofeng Hall, and along with it disappeared the once popular "Journey to the West".
After all, life has to go on, with the daily necessities of life, such as rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Although there is less entertainment after meals, life still goes on as usual.
About ten days later, when people were about to forget about this short-lived strange book, someone was surprised to find that "Journey to the West" had appeared again in Zhouji Bookstore.
And it’s not the first fifteen chapters already on the market, but a sequel.
In no time, the news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and the news spread throughout the streets and alleys of Hangzhou.
Zhouji Bookstore suddenly became bustling with people flocking to buy the newly released chapters.
Those who bought it were beaming with joy and showing off to their friends and relatives.
Those who didn’t buy anything were very disappointed and had to come back early the next morning.
Someone with "inside information" revealed that after Miaofengtang withdrew from the book market, the Zhou family spent a lot of money to poach the author of this rare book, the owner of Huayang Dongtian, which allowed "Journey to the West: The Legend of the Evil" to see the light of day again.
Of course, for fans of Journey to the West, it doesn't matter who publishes the book. What matters is that the book can continue to be published.
For them, as long as the price of the book does not rise too much, they are willing to read it.
Whether it is the Xu family or the Zhou family, they are all booksellers.
Who is it that you are looking at?
The once stagnant Hangzhou book market suddenly came alive again.
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Sun Xiaoyi, a student at Qiantang County School, was fortunate enough to buy the newly published five-chapter version of "Journey to the West: The Legend of the Evil Spirit", and he was in a very good mood.
After he reported for duty at the county school, he took half a day off, preparing to go home and savor the new chapter.
Before reading, he specially brewed a pot of West Lake Longjing tea, moved a chair under the old locust tree in the yard, and sat down happily.
Picking up the teacup and smelling the fragrance of hot tea, Sun Xiaoyi felt extremely comfortable.
He took a sip and put the teacup down.
Good tea should be savored slowly, just like a good book.
He usually read the Four Books and Five Classics and the writings of the sages. After reading for a long time, he felt a headache.
Only by reading this kind of book under the moon and flowers can one feel happy both physically and mentally.
He carefully took out "Journey to the West: The Legend of the Evil" and stroked the cover of the book carefully.
I have to say that the "Journey to the West" printed by Zhouji Bookstore is extremely exquisite. The high-quality bamboo paper is their specialty, and it smells of a faint fragrance.
The thin booklet made each chapter seem extremely precious. Sun Xiaoyi gathered his emotions and then opened the first page to read.
Although it had been more than ten days, he still remembered the previous events clearly. This was the advantage of being a scholar. Although they could not remember everything they saw, they could at least remember most of it.
Sun Xiaoyi read slowly, absorbing every word and sentence. But as he read, he frowned, wondering why this new chapter of "Journey to the West" didn't have the same flavor.
Maybe the owner of Huayang Cave is not in good condition?
Sun Xiaoyi comforted himself and continued reading.
But the more he read, the more he felt something was wrong. Why did the style of the book change?
The writing style, layout, word choice and sentence structure of these five new chapters are completely different from the previous fifteen chapters!
"What a lousy sentence! It's completely nonsense!"
Sun Xiaoyi, who is usually gentle and polite, actually cursed, which was enough to show his anger.
Sun Xiaoyi felt like he had been cheated! At this moment he felt incredibly angry!
In his opinion, there are only two possibilities.
First, this new chapter was not written by the owner of Huayang Dongtian at all, but was written by someone hired by Zhouji Bookstore.
Secondly, this was indeed written by the owner of Huayang Cave Heaven, but he was only thinking about making a living and did not put his heart into writing the book.
Although both possibilities exist, the former is obviously more likely.
After all, the owner of Huayang Cave Heaven rose to fame thanks to his book, "Journey to the West: The Evil's Evil Savior." He should have carefully polished the subsequent chapters to build on his reputation with this book. Why would he ruin his reputation just to make a buck? Even if he made money with this book, what about the next one?
With this analysis, we can infer that the Zhou family was tempted by money and hired someone to continue writing "Journey to the West".
The key is that you just continue writing, can you please put in some effort?
It's so poorly written, isn't this deceiving the feelings of the majority of readers of "Journey to the West"?
This way of eating is really ugly.
The more Sun Xiaoyi thought about it, the angrier he became. Finally, he could no longer bear it. He stood up, flicked his sleeves, and rushed out the door.
He wants to go to Zhouji Bookstore to denounce the evil deeds of the unscrupulous booksellers and demand an explanation!
Sun Xiaoyi's home was not far from Zhouji Bookstore. When he rushed to the bookstore, he was stunned.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of Zhouji Bookstore, all denouncing the unscrupulous booksellers.
"Give me back my money! I want it back!"
"What kind of rubbish is this? How dare you use this to scam people out of money?"
"This is bullshit, someone else should write it, right?"
"Black-hearted bookseller, unscrupulous businessman!"
"Do you have any conscience? You ruined such a good book!"
Sun Xiaoyi's eyes were slightly red, and he thought to himself that it seemed that everyone still had feelings for "Journey to the West". He couldn't bear to see such a wonderful book being ruined by unscrupulous businessmen.
After thinking for a moment, he stepped forward and joined the army of condemnation.
"Black-hearted bookseller, give me an explanation! Give me back Journey to the West!"
"Give us back our money, or we won't leave today!"
"Everyone teach them a lesson!"
The clerk at Zhouji Bookstore had never seen such a scene before. He was so scared that his legs were shaking and he instinctively wanted to go forward and close the door.
This action further angered the people who came to seek justice.
If you don't feel guilty, why would you close the door in broad daylight?
They rushed into the bookstore and beat up the Zhouji Bookstore employees, and even tore some newly printed fake books into pieces.
For a moment, the scene in the bookstore was in chaos, with people falling to the ground in a mess.
A startled clerk, realizing that something was not right, slipped out through the back door and went straight to find the manager, Zhou Dafu.
Zhou Dafu is not in the bookstore at the moment, but taking a nap at home.
Hearing someone knocking on the door, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, got up impatiently and went to open the door.
Seeing that the visitor was a bookshop clerk, he spat in anger and said, "You blind idiot, don't you know I'm going to take a nap? Can't you wait until I go to the shop in the afternoon to discuss what's going on?"
The clerk complained, "If it weren't for the urgency, how could I have dared to disturb your rest? The store is really in chaos."
Zhou Dafu frowned and said, "What did you say? What happened in the store? Tell me clearly!"
The clerk then described the miserable situation in the store to Zhou Dafu with exaggeration.
Zhou Dafu felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.
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