Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 120: The Great Family's Collection of Forbidden Books (3K)

When Fangyan mentioned Le Miao, he reacted immediately.

It was really dark under the lamp, I didn't even think of her.

Since her family was able to preserve the courtyard house, of course other things could also be preserved.

The Le family was foresighted back then. They first handed over their family's secret recipe, and then carried out corresponding public-private partnership. It was precisely because of these actions that they were not greatly affected by the subsequent storm.

Because of this relationship, many things in their family were preserved.

Mr. Lu said to Fang Yan:

"The Le family also trained many doctors in the past, so there must be a lot of these things. You can go and ask her to borrow them. She should agree to do you this small favor."

Dialect nod:

"Okay, I'll go there in a minute."

As the saying goes, an old man in the family is like a treasure. The master's advice immediately pointed out a clear path for Fangyan.

After that, the two of them had their meal and Fangyan sent his master home.

Then I planned to return to Tongrentang to find Le Miao.

On the way back, Fangyan also bought two cakes. Since he was going to borrow books from others, he had to bring something as a token of his appreciation. Cakes were just the right thing to do. They were not expensive but could express his feelings.

About twenty minutes later, Fangyan returned to the store in Dashilar.

The store was deserted in the afternoon. Except for a female comrade from out of town who was looking at pills, powders, pastes and pills, there was no one else in the store.

At this moment, Le Miao was holding a notebook and doing an inventory of the medicinal materials in the store. Seeing Fang Yan coming back, she put down the work in her hands and asked:

"Why are you back again?"

Without waiting for Fangyan to come back, Jia Dapeng, who was also on duty today, ran over to Fangyan and asked,
"Brother Fang, what do you want me to do?"

Fangyan waved his hand and told him to go away:
"I have something to ask the store manager."

Then he came to Le Miao, pointed upstairs and said:
"Take a step to talk?"

Le Miao had a puzzled expression on his face, but still nodded and went straight upstairs.

"What's the matter? You want to ask for leave?" Le Miao really couldn't think of anything else that Fang Yan wanted to talk to him about.

"I need your help with something." Fang Yan handed over the two packages of pastries in his hand.

After Le Miao took it, he teased him:

"Oh, you even mentioned cakes. What do you want from me? Don't make it too difficult. I won't do it if it's too difficult."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Fang Yan smiled, then said in a low voice:
"I want to borrow your book on physiognomy."

"Physiognomy?" Le Miao was stunned, probably because he didn't expect that Fang Yan would talk about such a thing.

Seeing that Le Miao was a little confused, Fang Yan reminded her again, saying:
"It's the book on face-reading techniques that Mr. Zhu used yesterday. I think you still have it at home, right?"

Le Miao suddenly realized, and then said:
"We got rid of a large part of those books ten years ago. My uncle said it might cause trouble, so he burned them himself."

"Burned?" Fang Yan was stunned. He didn't expect this to be the result.

"Yeah, a lot was burned." Le Miao nodded.

Dialect smacking lips:
"I thought you had it at home..."

It makes sense if you think about it carefully. After all, it is highly likely that their family will not need that thing in the future. Burning it would only leave behind some medical books and antiques, which is much safer.

Thinking of this, Fangyan waved his hand:
"Forget it, it's okay. I think there are other ways."

As he said that, he prepared to look for the library warehouse.

As he was about to leave, Le Miao stopped him:
"Hey, wait..."

"What's wrong?" Fang Yan turned around and looked at Le Miao.

Le Miao shook the two snacks Fang Yan had sent him and said:
"Then I can't eat your snacks for free. Besides, I only said that most of it was burned, not all of it. Maybe I can still find the book you want in it?"

Hearing this, Fang Yan was stunned, and then he realized that Le Miao thought he had a fixed book he wanted to find, but he didn't. Now his goal was any book that could teach him physiognomy.

So as long as it’s available, it’s fine. I’m not picky at all.

Whether he is a gangster or an academic, it doesn’t matter to him at all.

So Fangyan said to her:
"It only needs to be a book that teaches physiognomy. I have no requirements as to what it is specifically."

"Ah? Any book about physiognomy will do?" Le Miao didn't expect that there was no picky dialect.

Fangyan nodded.

"Okay, wait here for a while, I'll bring it to you right away." After Le Miao said to Fang Yan, she went downstairs directly and rode her bicycle out.

"What's going on?" The person on duty in the store looked curiously at Fangyan who was coming down from upstairs.

Fangyan explained to them:
"Go to the music store and borrow some books."

After hearing this, everyone understood what was going on and wondered what was going on.

They all knew that Fangyan liked reading. During the breaks at work, as long as there was no one around, Fangyan would read various books on traditional Chinese medicine. Mr. Lu alone had given him quite a few of them, and he could be seen reading them every day. Most people were not as dedicated as he was.

After knowing that Fangyan was borrowing books, everyone lost interest and went about their own business.

About half an hour later, Le Miao came back on his bike.

She had a cloth bag in her hand, which was tightly wrapped with brown paper. I don't know how many books were inside.

She handed the bag to Fangyan:

"Here are two books that are relatively well preserved. There are some that are hard to find. I'll give them to you tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you." Fang Yan thanked her. Le Miao smiled and said:

"I can't eat your snacks for free, right?"

Fang Yan smiled and put the book away without opening it, then said:

"Okay, I'll be leaving now. See you tomorrow."

"Okay, drive slowly." Le Miao nodded and waved goodbye to Fang Yan.

Next, Fangyan got on the bus and rode all the way back home.

It’s already past two forty in the afternoon.

He had already planned to help Zhu Lin prepare dinner at 4:30 and leave for the train station to pick someone up at 6:00.

There was still more than an hour left, so he planned to take a look at the book he had obtained first.

I don’t know where the parents are taking the child at the moment. I guess they are visiting the family who promised to help take care of the child for a fee. After all, children need to drink milk every once in a while.

It’s more convenient to just go to someone else’s house.

Fangyan returned to his room, went to the desk, opened the window, and used the daylight to unfold the brown paper, revealing two books inside, one new and one old, one thin and one thick.

The old one was very thin, and one could feel the passage of time just from the cover. Fangyan looked carefully at the faded cover. The name of this old book was "Records of Yuebo Cave", and the author was Zheng Qiao from the Song Dynasty. It was written on the title page that he was from Putian County, Xinghua Army, and was a historian and proofreader in the Song Dynasty.

The whole book looks like a handwritten copy with a brush, the handwriting is very beautiful, but I don’t know when it was copied.

Opening the first page, the preface is read vertically from right to left: Medicine and divination are both skills. If the doctor's treatment is not effective, he is not a good doctor. If the divination is not effective, he is not a good divination.

Translated into vernacular, this passage means:

Doctors and fortune tellers both use skills. If a doctor's treatment is ineffective, then he cannot be called a good doctor. Similarly, if a fortune teller is inaccurate, then he cannot be called a good fortune teller.

I continued to read the text in dialect, and it was all classical Chinese.

It is divided into volume one and volume two.

The first volume is divided into:
Xianji, Jiutian Xuanwei, Mingdu, Lingyue, Youyin, Heyue, Xinyin, Guande, Yuzhen, ears are limited to fifteen years, forehead is limited to ten years, eyebrows are limited to four years, eyes are limited to six years, nose is limited to ten years, upper and lower lips are limited to twenty years, and chin is limited to five years.

The second volume is divided into:

Discussion on the eight limits, the lower lip and chin as the last limit, ears, forehead, eyebrows, forehead, nose, root of the nose, philtrum, five mountains and nine states, theory of the human body, navel, body shape, cross talk, discussion on spirits, prediction of success in the imperial examination, prediction of wealth and honor, five chapters on violence, five chapters on evil death, five chapters on illness, five chapters on premature death.

Compared with the book "Ma Yi Shen Xiang" that he had read before, Fang Yan thought that this book was more academic.

There is actually not much content in each directory, and it is all in classical Chinese, which makes it a bit difficult to read.

However, my ability to understand dialects has improved now, and I can understand it after reading it once or twice.

This physiognomy book was not very thick and was not difficult for him at all. He felt that he could understand it all in one night and then let the system help him.

Put this book down and look at another one.

This book is newer and thicker.

After a closer look, Fangyan discovered that it was a printed book published in 1931.

The title is simple and clear: "Observing People"

The book was co-authored by two people:

One is Shao Zuping and the other is Sun Zhengzheng.

The book has a total of 397 pages, mainly summarizing the discussions of ancient sages on observing people. The book is mainly used for: appointing talents, identifying treachery, selecting official positions, and self-evaluation.

This is obviously a book with obvious academic characteristics.

Like the previous book, this is an academic form of physiognomy.

After opening it, Fangyan found that it was finally not classical Chinese. Although it was in traditional Chinese, the explanations were very easy to understand, and Fangyan gradually became interested in it.

Time passed by unknowingly, and when Fangyan came to his senses, he found that it was already a little after four o'clock.

He did not forget the agreement with Zhu Lin. He quickly packed up the books and locked them in the drawer, then went out and came to the door of Zhu Lin's house in the next building.

As soon as I knocked on the door and before I could say anything, I heard hurried footsteps in the room.

With a "squeak" sound, the door was opened.

It turned out to be Zhu Lin who had been waiting for a long time.

"Come in quickly!" Zhu Lin pulled Fang Yan over and let him into the house.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." Fang Yan saw that Zhu Lin obviously couldn't wait any longer.

Zhu Lin shook his head and said with a smile:

"No, it's just the right time for you to come over."

As she spoke, she pulled Fangyan to the kitchen and pointed at the ingredients she bought today as if presenting a treasure:

"I bought a lot of your favorite dishes today. Let's quickly plan the menu for tonight!"

Fangyan looked at the pile of ingredients and found that they were indeed the things he had said he liked to eat when he was chatting with her.

Looking at the Queen's expression, Fangyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was a welcome party for his mother, but wasn't it obvious that she was trying to trick him?

Fang Yan couldn't help but touch her head and said with a smile:

"I'm cooking for your mother tonight, why did you buy all the dishes I like?"

Zhu Lin blushed at Fang Yan's intimate behavior. She shrank her neck and said defensively:

"It's your thoughtfulness that matters, and as long as it tastes good, my mom isn't picky."

(End of this chapter)