Chapter 35 The Unique Copy
Although the restaurant was small, its business was very good.
There was a small sedan chair at the door, with its blue curtain hanging neatly. Although it was not exactly grand, but how would people with sedans come to such a place to eat?
Su Jiujiu lay on Wu Xiyuan's back, looked curiously at the sedan chair, and then was carried into the restaurant by him.
The restaurant was almost full except for the table by the window.
There were only two men at that table, a master and his servant. An older man with beard was sitting on the stool, dressed in coarse cloth, but he looked extraordinary.
Because Su Jiuyue had trouble with walking at that time, and was not able to go upstairs, so Liu Cuihua walked over and asked, "Sir, do you still have anyone else to sit with here?My daughter-in-law suffered a foot injury, would you mind sharing a table with us?"
Although there was serious expression on the man's face, he nodded slightly to show his permission.
Liu Cuihua waved to Wu Xiyuan , giving him the sign to carry Su Jiuyue over.
When the three sat down, Wu Xiyuan then took out his precious book from his arms and turned it around. Instead of reading seriously, he behaved actually like a child who had got a novelty.
The man opposite looked at the family with three members inadvertently. When the book came into his sight, his face changed.
"Hey chap, where did you get this book?"
When Wu Xiyuan heard someone ask him about his book, he immediately clasped the book to his chest. "This is my book! My wife bought it for me!"
The man then also found something wrong with him, and said with a gentler voice, " Boy, can I just take a look at your book?"
Wu Xiyuan was still reluctant. Liu Cuihua thought that man even agreed to share the table with them, and he just wanted to take a look at the book, so they should not be too stingy.
This man didn't look like an ordinary person, and presumably would not rob them of a poor useless book in broad daylight.
Then she tried every possible way to persuade Wu Xiyuan until he allowed the man to read his book.
Huang Husheng took the book carefully, as if he were reading something fragile.
He read a few pages with the book in his hand. He got a more excited expression on his face and it flushed. It took him a long time to calm down, and then he said to Liu Cuihua, the oldest of the three, "Ms, can you sell the book to me?"
Liu Cuihua was not a person without social experience. Seeing his reaction like so, she knew that the book was not ordinary, and she naturally got a new plan in her mind.
"This book was given to my son by my daughter-in-law. How can it be sold casually?"
Huang Husheng thought it was really a pity for the unique copy to belong to the silly son led by a country woman.
He sighed, lowered his voice and said very sincerely, "Ms, I'll pay one hundred taels of silver for the book. Would that be okay for you?"
Liu Cuihua widened her eyes and was too shocked to close her mouth for a long time.
One hundred taels of silver?！She had never seen so much money in her life!
Such a thin, little poor book? Was it even more valuable than Ganoderma lucidum?
Su Jiuyue was no less surprised than her, because she had just bargained with someone for eight COINs to buy the book.
It was not even for two hours, the price of this book had doubled so much?
No wonder that people often said there was a golden house in the book. She bought the book at random, and it's almost like that.
If it were an ordinary object, Liu Cuihua might decide to sell it.
But this book... Since its value was so high, why couldn't I keep it for Xiyuan to read when he got well?
Not only did Liu Cuihua think so, so did Su Jiuyue.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exchanged a look, and both didn't say a word with one accord.