[Pride and Prejudice] Sky Bookstore

Mr. Darcy stood at the door of the Sky Bookstore again without taking a few steps.

The time of his arrival today is almost the same as yesterday.But Mr. Darcy, who was still holding the bread in his hand, still didn't know where the confidence came from. He thought that he could buy the books he needed today, and quickly left this place that gave him a headache.

The first time I opened the bookstore, I was surprised that I didn't find the owner's voice in those pillows.Mr. Darcy attributed it all to the fact that the store was too dimly lit.

In fact, this is the biggest difference between the bookstore and the previous one.When Claire was here, the light holes at the top of the bookstore were all open, almost as long as there was light from the outside, the inside of the bookstore was bright and tidy.But now the light controls on the four walls of the bookstore have been plugged with bricks, leaving only some gaps, and only weak light can penetrate.

This approach completely wastes the good location and well-designed lighting mode of the bookstore.People have to feel the terrible situation that a poor successor will lead to.

Mr. Darcy walked around the bookstore, but there seemed to be no one there.

He hesitated between several rows of bookshelves, and finally decided to look for the books he needed by himself.

It is a heart-wrenching thing to find a book in a pile of dust.The young Mr. Darcy unbuttoned his cuff buttons, carefully rolled up his sleeves, and lowered his head to rummage in the bottom few rows.

He thought it was a huge project.Because the bookshelves of the bookstore are all customized to the largest size at present, the thick solid wood bookshelves visit the store, and almost every row can hold no less than a dozen books.In the case of some large books whose spines are not clearly marked, he is likely to pull out one by one and then put them back in place.

But when he really started to operate like this, he found that things were not as troublesome as he imagined.

Although there are no labels or reminders on the book, the years of the books below are closer to the present, and the names and contents indicate that it is not a very noteworthy book.Most of these books are unsalable books within 20 years.The only difference is that other bookstores like to put this kind of book outside, hoping to sell it as soon as possible, but here it is hidden so deep that I wish no one would read it forever.

On the contrary, the higher the bookshelf is, the more interesting books you can see.There are a few books on the shelf at Darcy's eye level, which contain the works of Montesquieu that he needs.

It can be seen from this that Darcy raised his head, looking forward to some books on the top shelf.

He tiptoed slightly, leaning on the bookshelf, trying to reach the books on it.

At this time, someone in the corner sighed faintly and asked gloomyly, "What are you doing?"

The sound matched the environment in the bookstore, as if it was some kind of tentacles protruding from hell. The back of the listener's neck felt cold, and many goose bumps could not help but appear.

Darcy didn't believe that there was such a thing as a devil. He was just startled by the sudden voice, and the next moment he realized that it was a mysterious shopkeeper who was speaking.

And because he was too focused when recruiting books just now, Mr. Darcy also ignored other customers who had already arrived in the store.But the shopkeeper was just saying that to him.

"Obviously, I was looking at the books on the shelf."

"But as you can see, my shop is not open." The shopkeeper walked quickly to Darcy's side, and under his cold gaze, he grabbed a few books and put them back to the original place without hesitation. go up.

"But you entertained other guests."

"Yes. That's right, you're just not welcome." Skye put the books back to their original positions without even looking at the order of the bookshelves. "It was you who went to find Anna? Stolen her book? And scared her to tears?" Skye was also furious.

She went to Anna's shop in the afternoon, hoping to see Anna seriously reading, so that she could move a stool to sit beside Anna and explain the contents of the book to her.But when she got there, she saw Anna in a daze in front of the bread oven. After asking her, she realized that the book had been snatched by a man from outside.

As for who this person was, Anna also gave a precise description—a bastard with good looks, quietly exuding air-conditioning, arrogance and no respect for others, rich but scary.

Skye easily locked onto the man in front of him.Mr. Darcy still held Anna's bread in his hand, which was the most recognizable mark.

At this time, the guest next to him came over to Skye.He held a popular book in his hand.Skye glanced at the cover of the book. It was the last batch of books that the old shopkeeper brought in.It's about French warblers or something, there's always someone who likes that type of stuff.

"I want the book. How much?" The intruding visitor was completely unaware of the confrontation between Mr. Darcy and Skye.He rubbed his hands eagerly, waiting for Skye to say the price of a book.

"Fifteen shillings." Skye said a price casually.

This is not too biased.After all, books, like French fashion, are luxury goods.People who buy books will not cherish the books they get if they don't pay some money as a price.Besides, what is sold in the store are not those popular chapter books 1.

The guest hesitated a little when he heard the price.He glanced at Skye tentatively. Due to the lighting problem, the shopkeeper's expression seemed unfathomable: "I said, can it be cheaper? Twelve shillings?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he lowered the style of the book to the same status as the salted fish in the market.There may not be such expensive salted fish in the market, but bargaining is still not very popular for book sales.

But no one said that bookstores can't bargain, right?If you come across a reasonable shopkeeper willing to take care of book lovers, you are in luck.

Skye is clearly not such a shopkeeper.Eager to teach the presumptuous Mr. Darcy a lesson with words, she had a very bad impression of this bargaining guest.

"It's okay." She took the money from the guest, and at the same time hinted maliciously: "The most exciting part of this book is on page No.30. The heroine finally recruited the first guest... ·”

The unspoken thing between all booksellers and book buyers is that behind these seemingly high-end titles, they are still small pornographic books.For profit and the needs of customers, this kind of thing has never been interrupted, but once it is said, especially in front of other guests...

The bargainer blushed all of a sudden, he stammered and wanted to argue, opened his mouth, and finally left with his head shrunk.

Skye sneered, expressing her disdain for such a person.

She threw the money she had received into a jar somewhere in a dark corner, and there was a clang between the tin jar and the coins.

Now, there were only her and Darcy in the bookstore.

"You took Anna's book. I don't think you have any reason or right to do it without her consent anyway, sir, if taking the property of a weak person makes you feel great If so, then you are really a despicable person."

Mr. Darcy frowned. Listening to the sharp words of the bookstore owner, he picked out the two books he found without saying a word.

"I want these two books, you can quote a price."

"What I'm telling you now is about the Shakespeare collection." Skye's tone was taken for granted.She gritted her teeth and repeated her question.

But the answer I heard was: "She doesn't have the ability to appreciate this kind of books. I don't think your behavior is reasonable."

"Then you didn't pay Anna what she should have, and didn't ask for her consent." Skye insisted.Even so, she had a vague premonition that this gentleman already had his own set of fixed thinking patterns, and she might be so dry that it would be impossible to convince him.

"I put the corresponding money on the locker. If you didn't see it, I can only apologize for your observation skills. As for my behavior, I don't think it's a problem.  … Now, Please set a price for these two books."

Darcy didn't want to dwell on a book of Shakespeare.He has been here for an extra day.That means he will miss the start of this year's fall hunt.This is completely unplanned.

"You may be rich, but there is no law that stipulates that I must sell these books." Skye glanced at the book cover, and was a little surprised that the man in front of her was not without judgment, but she really couldn't Understand how a person who reads these books grows up to be an inconsiderate jerk.

"Of course, if you apologize to Anna, then this matter may turn around." Skye, who was counting on her, took a reluctant step back.

Darcy confirmed that he had never met such an unreasonable person-difficult and deliberately difficult.He didn't give enough courtesy from the beginning and interfered with the guest's decision without authorization.This kind of person was able to take over the bookstore, and it has not closed until now. It is really the strangest thing in this century.

"I confirm that I will not apologize."

"There is no book without an apology." Skye refused bluntly.

She was a little nervous to see Darcy take a step forward.People with roughly long legs have this advantage. They can shorten the distance between the two sides infinitely in one step. What's more, although the guy in front of him has a bad personality, he has legs almost from the neck down. Most people envy... At the same time, it is also very threatening.

The shopkeeper looked down at his hands, then at the man in front of him who was a head taller than her, and finally realized belatedly that he was actually in danger of being violently beaten.

She took a step back nervously, and she finally spoke less clearly than she did at the beginning.