Earlier, there was a bookworm who kept buying books in his twilight years. Not only that, he also agreed with the bookstore owner that he planned to reserve a sum of money in the bookstore and entrust the boss to burn some new books for him every few days after his death so that he could read them correctly in the underworld. It is rare for a bookworm to love books before his death and never forget them.
Ding Cong, a famous cartoonist, had a hobby before his death, that is, he was addicted to books. If you go into a bookstore and don't buy books, Ding Cong will feel a little sorry for the bookstore and himself. So he continued to buy books. As a result, books are piled up in the corridor, books are piled up in the corridor, books are piled up on the sofa, books are piled up on the coffee table, books are piled up on the square table where he eats, and even there are books in the study, drawing and small table in the bedroom. Ding Cong's study is called "Shanhaiju", which was inscribed by Huang Miaozi. What do you mean? Ding Cong explained: "Mountain" means that the study is in a mess, books are piled up like mountains, and "sea" means that looking for something is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Once, Hua asked how to find a book and replied, "The best way is to go out and buy another one."
Lou Shiyi, a famous modern writer, once told a story about reading. In the late 1920s, Lou Shiyi was imprisoned after taking part in the revolution. In prison, friends often circulate some books, on the one hand, to pass the lonely time, on the other hand, to seize the time to study and prepare for better participation in the revolutionary struggle in the future. One of his cellmates was sentenced to death. When a book reaches the prisoner, it is already the dawn of a day, and this day happens to be the day when he will be executed, but the prisoner will still take the time to read it until the prison guard calls his name to take him away. Coincidentally, there used to be a noble in Hungary named Duke of Charleston, who was humorous by nature and loved reading. He was guillotined during the revolution. On the way to escort, he walked and read, as calm as usual. When his neck was on the guillotine and he didn't need to look at the road, he calmly took out a pen and made a mark under an epigram he had just read, which was read before the knife fell. A foreign woman, whose name, nationality and race are unknown, only knows that she went to Zurich, Switzerland, and asked for euthanasia for a dignity association that "lives and dies with dignity". As the deadline approached, she asked the staff of the association to give her some time to finish reading a book at hand. Three hours later, she finished reading the last line of the book, rang the doorbell and passed away. These stories related to books make people want to cry, but there are still people who love books so much!
Gorky, a great writer, loves books as much as his life. Once, his room caught fire, and his first reaction was to pick up the book first. He almost died in a fire to save those books. Someone asked him afterwards: Why did you save the book regardless of your life? He said: "Books enlighten my wisdom and soul and help me stand up in the muddy pond. If it weren't for books, I would sink in this muddy pond, and I would be drowned by stupidity and filth. "