The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

Old man Sun found a big box and packed all the books in it. At first, he didn't dare to put the books in the house, so he put all the books in a big corner in the yard.

His place is a scrap yard, so it's normal to have one or two boxes of books here. He doesn't have to worry about those people using this to deal with him.

Also since last year, those people rarely came to the scrap yard, so Old Man Sun hid all the books under his bed.

If Tian Tian hadn't come today, he wouldn't have taken out all these books just to get textbooks for Tian Tian.

"I just can't bear to part with it. I couldn't even afford this book when I was a child, and now I just want to burn it. Isn't this a waste of things?" Old man Sun said with regret as he flipped through the book.

Tian Tian looked at the books in the box. There were several novels with names that are now familiar to her, and there were also several novels whose names she had never even heard of.

Half of the remaining books are Chinese poetry, and the other half are foreign books.

Tian Tian could only tell that a few of the books were in English. She could barely understand a few English letters. One was an English dictionary, and the rest should be reference books.

"Grandpa Sun! Can you sell these books to me?" Tian Tian asked, pointing at the novels and English dictionary.

She had never read many classic novels before, and she only read online novels. After the end of the world, there was no Internet and no electricity. Her mobile phone and power bank ran out of power, so she could no longer read online novels.

Buying these novels can help kill time.

Old man Sun was stunned. He didn't expect Tian Tian to ask for these books. Nowadays, these books are banned. If they are discovered, it will be a big deal.

Tian Tian noticed the hesitation of Old Man Sun and said, "Grandpa Sun, my home is remote and no one has been there since the movement. Don't worry. Our home is safer than yours."

"What's more, my family has been poor peasants for three generations, and we have a good family background. No one would go to my house for nothing. But Grandpa Sun, can you sell me these books at a lower price? I don't have that much money." Tian Tian looked a little embarrassed at the end.

Old Man Sun didn't think that Tian Tian was lying to him.

He had long felt that Tian Tian's family was not well off, otherwise she would not have come to the scrap yard to look for unused notebooks. Even her junior high school textbooks were found by him.

As for why she has the money to go to school because of her good conditions, it may be because Tian Tian has good grades and her family members dote on her.

"There's no use for me to keep these books. If you want them, you don't have to pay me, just take them away. But it's not easy to carry so many books! How are you going to get them out of the city?" Old Man Sun asked worriedly.

These books are going to be burned. It doesn't matter whether you pay or not. But these books are neatly arranged and you can tell at a glance that they are books. There are people patrolling the streets now. What if someone stops you and you try to read them?

This is indeed a problem. Tian Tian looked around and saw a backpack in the corner. Her eyes lit up.

"It's okay. Isn't there a backpack? Grandpa Sun, please lend it to me first. I can put the books in the backpack and some notebooks and other things. I won't walk along the main road. I will definitely avoid them and take the alley!" Tian Tian said.

She could put the book in the shell; there was no safer place than there.

Having said that, Old Man Sun was still worried about letting Tian Tian go out alone with the books.

"How about this? I'll go out with you. If we meet anyone, I'll tell them you picked up these books and plan to take them to the scrapyard to burn them. Is that okay? You don't have to return the backpack. Who threw it here? It's useless. Just take it back."

Now it was Tian Tian's turn to hesitate. If Old Man Sun was not there, she could find an empty alley entrance as soon as she exited the scrap yard and put all the things into the shell.

If I really go out with Old Man Sun, wouldn't it be more dangerous?

Tian Tian tried her best to dissuade him, "Grandpa Sun! There's really no need for that. I'm just a little girl, and no one will pay attention to me when I go out. Besides, no one knows me, a little girl from the countryside. You've lived in this city for so many years, so many people must know you. It would be troublesome if someone runs into you and wants to chat with you."

Old Man Sun thought about it and it made sense. His family lived in a small courtyard not far from the scrap yard. There were many people around him who knew him. It would be very convenient for him to meet people and talk to him.

"Then you must be careful when you go out by yourself. I'll put some more notebooks on top of the books for you, at least to help cover you up." As he said this, Old Man Sun went out and brought back the broken backpack. He put all the books that Tian Tian wanted in it, and also took out a lot of blank notebooks that he had collected over the years and put them on top of the books.

After Old Man Sun finished, he tried to carry Tian Tian on his back again. He felt relieved when he felt that Tian Tian could do it.

"Grandpa Sun, can I go to the yard again to see if there is anything I can use?" Tian Tian looked at old man Sun hopefully.

She just saw a lot of large pieces of wooden furniture in the yard, and she wondered if there would be precious wood inside like in the novel.

"If you want to see it, just go and have a look." Old Man Sun said nonchalantly.

The yard was basically filled with broken furniture and other things. There were too many things and he had never sorted them out. They were all piled there for several years.

These things were all confiscated during house searches. People who usually like to go to the scrap yard to get some things back now don't dare to come here for fear of getting into trouble. So over the years, not only has the amount of things not decreased, but it has increased instead.

Tian Tian took a look at the yard and was a little disappointed. She saw that it was mostly filled with large furniture. Even the very delicate carved dressing table could not accommodate her little shell.

There were so many things in her shell that she could barely walk through it, but there was no way she could move the furniture. Moreover, all the furniture had been split open and was missing some parts.

More importantly, she had no idea what wood the furniture was made of or whether it was valuable.

Tian Tian sighed sadly. It was probably because she had too little experience that she couldn't recognize the good things in front of her.

Other people also had a lot of miscellaneous stuff, like pots, pans, and utensils, which were just household items. It was hard to tell whether they were valuable or not, and they were all broken.

Tian Tian picked and chose among the pile of things for a long time, and finally saw a carved box, the size of a palm, which looked like it was quite valuable.

Tian Tian couldn't tell what wood the box was made of, but it looked smooth and round. Anyway, Tian Tian liked the box very much, so she didn't care whether it was valuable or not.

Tian Tian took the box to Old Man Sun to pay.