Travel to Xiamen, rare opportunity to visit some bookstores. Because I planned to revisit the old place, I mainly found some bookstores around Xiamen University. I searched the map on my phone and excitedly found a Xiaofeng Bookstore, just down University Road. University Road hasn't changed much, but the small shops on the side of the road are much more refined. At that time, at the school, except for the "photosynthetic" bookstore not far from the main entrance, I was not deeply impressed by other bookstores. Probably the books in the school library were enough for me to drink a pot, and I would never think of buying books again. Unexpectedly, today, when online book shopping has become a common habit, There are still some used bookstores scattered on University Road in Siming District, which are like weathered old people, clinging to an old time and space with dense rattan and dappled shadows. Now pick up a few bookstores I met that day.
Xiaofeng Bookstore
Xiaofeng Bookstore is an old brand of Fujian Bookstore. Xiaofeng in Xiamen, Fuzhou, and Quanzhou had been in care for many years. In Fuzhou, Xiaofeng Bookstore opposite Cangshan Normal University and Xiaofeng Bookstore on Guping Road are the most representative private bookstores, and Xiaofeng has supported Fuzhou for many years, which can be described as magnificent. During the previous few years of work, in order to support Xiaofeng, who was already in danger and on the verge of closure, a monthly magazine "Reading" that I often read insisted on buying in Xiaofeng, Pingshan, and Bought it for about two or three years, and the bookstore finally could not hold on. Therefore, I had an inexplicable affection for this Xiaofeng Bookstore in Xiamen, and I went in next to the school to find out.
After reading it for a long time, I didn't find any books I wanted. After about half an hour in the store, only another person visited, and after a few glances, he left. Because he received an urgent call in the middle of the way, he had to leave in a hurry. On the way, I saw a bookstore called "Small Fishing Island", ready to come to the next time to look for books, but perhaps it was fate, and soon I received a phone call saying that it was urgent to solve the problem, and there was no need to rush to come. So he happily turned back and went straight to the "small fishing island".
Small Fishing Island Bookstore
The store refused to take pictures, so only the front of the bookstore was photographed. The owner is a middle-aged man who is sorting things out on the computer while greeting guests. I picked out a few books in the shop, and the shared bicycle that stopped outside the door (ready to go, so it was unlocked) was "harassed" twice. Once it was a city cleaner, who directly carried it on a small cleaning car and pulled it away. The owner quickly reminded me, I rushed to the outside of the store to retrieve the car that had been "checked" for a distance, and said in a loud voice that the car was parked for a short time and was ridden away immediately...
The street cleaner muttered not to park randomly, but still returned the car to me. It was not easy to return to the car, and suddenly felt that the urban environment governance in Xiamen was strict, and the usual urban management department should directly instruct the cleaners to use "practical actions" to eliminate random parking. The second time was almost being ridden away by a tourist. In a state of shock, I made up my mind to buy a book and make a quick decision. I learned that Xiaoyudao Bookstore has a membership system of 200 yuan, some books can be discounted by 25%, and you can borrow books in the store for a month with your phone number, two books at a time. I live in Fuzhou, Xiamen can not go twice a year, but in order to support the bookstore, resolutely bought books for 200 yuan to open a bookstore membership card.
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Hongdu Old Bookstore
Hongdu Old Bookstore is located on Daxue Road, not far from xiaoyudao Bookstore, and was also discovered by accident when cycling past. The shop is not big, and the books are basically stacked haphazardly, so it seems very cramped. The owner is a middle-aged couple, about fifty years old. Inside the store, I found a lot of old books in foreign languages, mainly in English. I simply glanced through it and didn't want anything. But suddenly I saw a copy of the "Zodiac Zhou Chronicle Writings calligraphy and painting examination", which was quite good in quality and had the author's signature, and I loved it. Because he was recently copying the calligraphy of the Zodiac Zhou and admired this Hokkien moral article from Zhangzhou, This is one of the few scholar-type officials among the Fujian people who has entered the Confucius Temple to accompany the temple. So he bargained with the owner and his wife for a long time.
Hongdu Used Bookstore Online Bookstore
I picked up the set of two books and asked, "How does this book sell?" ”
"360 yuan." The hostess replied.
I didn't answer the phone and went on my search for other books. After a long time, I came back to pick up this set of books and said: Boss, can you be cheaper?
At this time, the boss who was busy at the door of the store spoke, "This is a good book, you are very knowledgeable." This book was picked up by a professor at Xiamen University. You see, the book also has the author's signature..."
I said that the author's signature does not make much sense, not to mention that this author is not a celebrity.
The boss said: "This is the director of the Taiwan Research Institute of Xiamen University, a famous scholar, this book was signed by himself to his teacher, this set of books is very good, it has long been out of print, and now it is very rare on the market, and it is sold very expensive, five or six hundred seven or eight hundred." As he spoke, he picked up his phone and brushed it up, opening the price of the book on some online bookstores to show me.
I said that this is like the listing price of commercial housing in Xiamen Island, there is no market, this kind of reference value. Not to mention that I went to the "Zodiac Week", and I was not interested in the author's signature.
I asked, is there a set of books without the author's signature? How much?
"There is a set, but not here, in the accommodation, and the price is only 30 yuan cheaper." Then the hostess interjected.
I didn't say anything, put the book aside, and looked at the other books while looking around, while slowly moving out the door.
At this time, the boss at the door seems to be in a hurry to go out: This way, this set of books to see you so sincere, just 300 yuan for you, can not be lower, if you want another set of unsigned, we will also go immediately to get, but the price is similar, only 30 yuan cheaper.
I repeatedly checked the details of the book's appearance, and I loved the Zodiac Week too much to resist its temptation, and finally I "threw" 300 yuan into my pocket.