The old man stood by the roadside wearing hemp fiber and asked Li Qingzhao, "Are you lost standing here alone?"
Li Qingzhao replied: "No."
The old man asked again, "What is the sadness in your heart?"
"No."
"Practice here?"
"No."
"Oh ..." The old man nodded as if he understood. "So, you must like this thing?" He said, and took out a parcel from his pocket and handed it to Li Qingzhao.
Li Qingzhao inexplicably took a look, and it was a blue cloth pocket. She opened the blue cloth, a red cloth bag, a red cloth bag, a yellow cloth bag and a book. When Li Qingzhao looked at the cover, she suddenly brightened up-she had been looking forward to this book for many years!
"Uncle, this book ..."
"This is a treasure book handed down from my family for three generations." The old man said with a smile, "I didn't continue studying, so it's no use keeping it. I want to find another owner for it. " Take it if you like. "
Li Qingzhao was very happy and immediately led the old man home. As she poured tea, she said, "Uncle, this book is great. Make a price. "
The old man looked at Li Qingzhao's piles of books and felt very satisfied: "It seems that you are the most suitable owner of this book! I want fifty taels of silver, half for sale and half for free. "
Li Qingzhao said, "Thank you!" Turn around and withdraw money. When she opened the small box containing money, she was shocked: it was empty! It turns out that her husband Zhao Mingcheng hasn't sent money back for more than two months. But how could she give up this book?
"How far is your home from here?"
"Ten miles."
"Well, the snowy road outside is very slippery. I will clean a room for you. You can stay and give you money tomorrow, ok? "
The old man hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes."
After arranging the old man, Li Qingzhao returned to her room. She quickly opened the jewelry box, but she couldn't find the same precious jewelry. Then she opened the suitcase. There were no valuable clothes in it. What should I do? She frowned and wandered around the room when she suddenly saw the "Seven-Star Sword" hanging on the wall. This is a gift from her father when she got married. Yes, she thought, just change the sword into money!
Early the next morning, Li Qingzhao came to the pawnshop in the city with a sword. Who knows that the pawnshop has closed down, so she has to come back to discuss with the old man: "Uncle, you can stay one more day and give you money tomorrow, ok?" The old man agreed.
The next day, it was a meeting, and Li Qingzhao came to the meeting to sell swords. She put her sword on the side of the road and stood alone. However, it was very cold that day and there were few people. No one came to ask for the price until it was dark. She had no choice but to go home and beg the old man to stay one more day.
That night, Li Qingzhao tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Before dawn, Li Qingzhao got up and ran to Woniu Spring, ten miles away. Here, people come to practice martial arts every morning. People who practice martial arts will definitely like swords, she thought.
Holding a sword, Li Qingzhao walked up to a girl practicing boxing and asked, "Little sister, do you like this sword?" The girl hurriedly took it, pulled out the blade and looked at it: "Good sword! Good sword! " While praising her, she danced a sword flower with a smile and asked, "Do you sell it?" Li Qingzhao said sincerely, "I need fifty taels of silver to buy a book. If you like ... "The girl is very clever and promised to give her fifty taels of silver. Then, she said awkwardly, "My father is not at home, and I won't have money for you until he comes back."
Qingzhao saw that she couldn't let go of her sword, thought of her mood of buying books, and saw that she was honest, so she agreed. The girl asked Li Qingzhao's address and said, "Sister, I will send you the money when Dad comes home." Qingzhao settled the "business", breathed a sigh of relief and went home happily.
But when she got home, she heard that the old man who sold books saw her for three days and left with the book. I almost cried when I heard this. She plunged into bed for a whole day and night, so sad that she didn't think about tea and rice.
She didn't go to bed until dawn the next day. In her sleep, a beautiful girl happily sent a blue cloth bag. She opened the blue cloth, which was a red cloth bag, opened the red cloth, which was a yellow cloth bag, and opened the yellow cloth. Ah, it turned out to be a long-awaited "treasure book"! She was so excited that she put the book on her chest! This lid woke me up. I opened my eyes and saw: Ah, there really is a blue cloth bag in my hand.
She hurriedly got up, opened the blue cloth, which is also a red cloth bag, opened the red cloth, which is also a yellow cloth bag, and then opened the yellow cloth-there was nothing but the book! Li Qingzhao was overjoyed, but how did this book come from?
Suddenly, she found a figure flashing outside the window, so she ran to the yard and saw a girl walking away. She caught up with the girl who bought the sword yesterday.
Only after asking did I know that the girl's father was an old man selling books. The old man went home to listen to the story of his daughter buying a sword and asked the seller's appearance, dress and address. Only then did he understand why, and immediately asked his daughter to send the book. Just now, the girl saw that Li Qingzhao was sleeping soundly and didn't bother, so she quietly put the book beside Li Qingzhao.
Hearing this, Li Qingzhao took the girl and shouted "Little Sister!" Since then, the two have become good friends.
It is said that when Li Qingzhao died, there were few books left around, but this book was among them. But this book can't be found now