Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Three: The Three Saints Left Blank
Long Mei'er didn't know that Qin Yu had submitted the manuscript to the "Book of Food", and naturally she didn't know what medicine was sold in Qin Yu's gourd, so she looked at the long queue at the door of the bookstore, and her eyebrows jumped: "Hey, you won't tell me, you are here to buy the Book of Food." ”
I don't know why, Long Mei'er has the urge to kick people, and she has been tossing for so long, is it just for a copy of "The Book of Food", is this playing her?
"Of course, you have to buy the "Food Sutra", but there are more important things, let's wait here first, and you will understand later. Qin Yu didn't go to line up, but led the horse to stop under a big tree opposite the bookstore, waiting with great interest for this month's "Shijing" to be released.
"In order to avoid crowding and chaos, now everyone listens to my request to stand in two teams, the left side can be purchased directly at the door, the paperback version is seventy wen each, and the right side please go inside to buy, the hardcover version is one hundred and fifty wen each, don't mess up, don't mess up, everyone line up!"
A young man walked out of the door of the bookstore, and loudly commanded the detachment to maintain order, the team was long and orderly, and soon divided into two teams, most of the ordinary people were in the left column, and most of the wealthy people were in the right column.
In fact, there is no difference between the content of the paperback version and the hardcover version, but the hardcover printing process is higher, the quality of the ink paper is better, and it is more conducive to preservation.
Qin Yu listened to the calculation in his heart, and couldn't help grinning, the purchasing power of one or two pieces of silver in the Food Continent is equivalent to 1,000 yuan, 70 yuan for the paperback version, and 150 yuan for the hardcover version, which is really expensive enough.
And you must know that "The Book of Food" is published every month, if you buy it every month. Ordinary people really can't afford it. No wonder the road to big food is not easy to follow. The funding has already shut many people out, and God knows how many culinary geniuses have been stifled because of this, alas.
After lining up, the sale began immediately, and the people who came to the squatting point to line up last night were the first to buy it, and the drowsiness and fatigue were immediately swept away, and they couldn't wait to look at it on the spot, causing the people behind them to shout.
"Hey. Hurry up and get out of the way, or I'll throw you out!"
"Open up, I want two, give me two!"
"Tell me about it quickly, what is there this time, hey, don't look at it, you are going to say, I'm in a hurry!"
The originally orderly procession suddenly became noisy, and the people in front watched it with relish, while the people behind scratched their ears and cheeks in a hurry.
The round-faced county guard was also anxious to wipe his sweat. To be honest, he really didn't want to queue up, but as a county guard. If you even take the lead in the fork team (harmony word, 囧~), how can you still play an exemplary role?
"Lord County Guard, Ling Qianjin is also in the dining house, is it a year or two years now?" the person in front turned his head and asked with a smile.
"Yes, it's been two years, and I'm going to be promoted for three years. The round-faced county guard talked about his daughter, and his expression couldn't help but become a little proud.
"Three years promoted?Is Ling Qianjin already a first-class eater?" the man was surprised, and knew the rules of the restaurant well, because he had come out of the restaurant back then.
It turned out that the county guard's eyes narrowed with a smile: "Actually, the little girl was already a spirit eater last year, hehe." ”
The man was stunned for a long time with his mouth open before he arched his hand and said, "Amazing, congratulations." ”
The people nearby were also stunned when they heard this, and they said hello again and again, until the round-faced county Shoule's face was full of teeth.
At this time, the young man who maintained order stood on the book cart and shouted: "Listen to me, everyone listen to me, don't be in a hurry to look behind what you have already bought, just turn the first three pages!"
"The first three pages?" Hearing this, not only those who bought it were stunned, but those who were still in line were also stunned.
"The Book of Food" is different from ordinary books, it will leave three blank pages in front of the table of contents, commonly known as "Three Sages Leave Blank", which means that only articles of the Food Sage, or articles of great value and merit, which can have an impact on the entire food continent, can be on the first three pages.
Of course, this statement is just a folk name, and it has not been officially recognized by the Jixia Food Palace, and it is more or less exaggerated, but it can also be seen from the weight of these three pages.
In the last 100 years, a total of 1,200 copies of the Book of Food have been published, and only six articles have appeared on the first three pages, including one on the second page, five times on the third page, and the first page has never existed.
This shows how low the probability of landing on the Three Sacred Blanks is, and it is for this reason that buyers are accustomed to skipping the first three pages and reading the rest directly.
However, today, at this very moment, the young people actually let people directly turn the first three pages, which means that another article has appeared on the first three pages!
This is a rare event in decades!
Under the big tree across the road, Qin Yu was still a little nervous in his heart, if he hadn't been on the first three pages or even hadn't read the "Food Classic" at all, then he would really be embarrassed, and the success rate of retrieving the Tears of Stone would plummet by more than fifty percent.
The old courtyard master was also a little nervous, and a little excited, because there was no doubt that his name was on that article, and if he was on the first three pages, it would really be a glorious ancestor in his old age.
Long Mei'er looked at the other side, and then at Qin Yu and the old courtyard master, her face was full of suspicion, what was wrong?
"Ah, I'm going to hit someone, I'm going to hit someone!" "The little version of Long Mei'er in her heart began to go crazy.
After being stunned for a moment, everyone reacted, and the people who had already bought it were excited, and quickly flipped through the first three pages with trembling hands, and the people who were still queuing were in a hurry, and they really wanted to rush out of the line to look at it, but they were afraid that they would lose their position and queue up again, and they would be entangled in their lives.
Suddenly, a scream attracted everyone's attention, it was the first one to buy it, and I saw the boss who was holding the food meridian with his eyes wide open and his mouth open, and his expression was like seeing a ghost.
"What the hell is going on, you should talk quickly!"
"Call a fart, talk quickly, and the front one hurry up, I want to buy it, I want to see it myself!"
Immediately after that, there was another exclamation, it was the second person who bought it, and the expression was exactly copied from the first one, and then the exclamations came and went, and it was almost like a symphony, and all the people who had bought it made the same expression, and such expressions had only one meaning, and that was shock.
Unprecedented shock!
"Oh my God, page one, page one!" finally someone shouted.
"It's actually the first page, the first page of the article in the blank space of the three saints!"
"Is it a mistake? Let's see if there is any blank space in the front?"
"No, really no, it's really on the first page, don't believe it yourself!" someone held the Shijing high, and there was indeed an article on the first page, with a cover in front and no blank pages in between.
Everyone's eyes are focused on the home page, and they don't blink and refuse to look away, it's really the first page, the first page of the Three Saints who have never appeared in an article for a hundred years, and there really is an article!
(PS: Plus more.) In addition, there are some things that have to be said, restaurant-level food is a must, especially during the competition, but what does it mean to eat all over the world? Is it only restaurant-level food? Is food only restaurant-level? With the same ingredients, how can egg scones not be made delicious? Why does it spread all over the country? Besides, Qin Yu just passed it to the little girl on the roadside, and passed on a butter lobster she made? So please look at the food with a fair eye, maybe the price, but not the high and the low!) (To be continued......)