Three days later, when asked about finding a match merchant, Juan said anxiously: "Our factory is famous, and those merchants know that we have offended the Japanese and the British, and they dare not receive the goods." ”

"It's a real problem." Zhuang Yuncheng sat on the chair behind the table, pondered for a moment, suddenly raised his head, and asked, "Can you find some small consignees?" ”

"Yes, yes, but those vendors can't take much."

"Don't do that," Fluttershy interrupts, "the Japanese are watching our every move, what if you hurt the vendors?" ”

"Yes," Zhuang Yuncheng nodded deeply and said, "But every day is producing, but the goods are piled up, and it is not a way to keep going, is it really going to stop work?" ”

"Let's stop at the end of this month, there is a big risk of hoarding goods, and this account, if it drags on for too long, it will only make ends meet." Zeng Fu also said.

"Okay." Zhuang Yuncheng said, "There are still a few days, and there is really no way to stop first." ”

Ju An and Zeng Fu went out, and Zhuang Yuncheng said to himself: "If you encounter such a little thing, you can't go on?" ”

"It's fine." Fluttershy reassures, "We're prepared, let's figure it out." ”

"I'm fine, but I just think that Chinese businessmen are too weak in front of these foreigners, so I have the talent to be put on the face today."

"What can be done, they have the industrial revolution, they have technological progress, we don't have any."

"Hey......" Zhuang Yuncheng sighed in a low voice.

"Or, consider my thoughts." Fluttershy says, "Let him disappear sooner sooner and we can be open for business." ”

"Not yet." He still shook his head.

Fluttershy pouted, "I'm afraid that at that point, the Nantian regime has bullied us to the fullest." ”

"No, this is the bottom line, if he dares to go further, I can't bear it, but I think they are all human beings, and they have to leave a way for others to live, but if he doesn't take the way to live, it's another matter, in this situation, I also hate him, but he really hasn't reached the point of death," Zhuang Yuncheng sighed with appreciation and ridicule: "You, you are really ruthless and cold-blooded." ”

"I have no feelings for the wicked, you know."

Zhuang Yuncheng pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "I know, but I have deep feelings for me, right?" ”

"You're molesting me again?"

"Nope."

"Where's not?" Fluttershy laughs, "You're getting worse and worse, and it's tickling my heart to say these things all the time." ”

"Definitely not, it's just to ease your emotions, huh-" Zhuang Yuncheng asked suddenly, "That old man has been in peace lately, right?" ”

"I'm honest, I'm just lazy, Jue An said that he sometimes doesn't work, and he always steals time."

"He doesn't change his life, and I don't have a problem, wait for two days to stop work and see what he does."

"But be careful, if he finds Chen Qi'er again, Fujita and Rong Cangsuke can't spare him." Fluttershy says, "Those two are more heartless than I am." ”

"When Chen Qi'er is free, take her over and let her decide for herself."

"Okay."

Zhuang Yuncheng was stunned for a while, feeling that there was nothing to do, and thinking that the factory was going to shut down again, his mood suddenly became depressed.

Fluttershy leans back on the table and thinks about something.

"Fluttershy, come with me to see the warehouse." Zhuang Yuncheng slowly got up.

"Okay."

In this office area, you can still hear the screeching sound of the wood cutting machine, out of the door, to the left, there is the factory area, divided into wood cutting and processing area, match skin production area, match head fuel production area, warehouse, etc.

Juan has become the head of these districts, the introduction of timber, the introduction of chemical raw materials...... It's all through his hands.

Zhuang Yuncheng and the two walked towards the warehouse, and Ju An happened to arrange for someone to transport the finished matches in.

"Young Master." When Jue An saw it, he hurriedly walked over.

"Well," Zhuang Yuncheng said, "let's go to the warehouse and have a look." ”

Jue An led the two of them in, and several workers were carrying them, and when they saw them coming, they all stopped what they were doing and greeted them with a smile.

"Everyone does their own thing, I'll just come and see." Zhuang Yuncheng said.

The workers went on working.

"It's all such a big pile." Zhuang Yuncheng looked at the large boxes that were piled up higher than people and said.

"Yes, after the expansion of the plant, the newly recruited workers got started quickly, and the conditions of our factory are so good, everyone is very energetic."

Zhuang Yuncheng smiled with satisfaction, watching the workers in front of them spare no effort to carry the boxes up, they worked together, shouted together, unloaded together, and cooperated very well, sweat flowed down their faces, but they wiped it casually, without the slightest complaint and dissatisfaction.

"I remember," Zhuang Yuncheng asked, "I only thought about stopping work at the end of the month, and I didn't think about how much of the raw materials I bought were left." ”

"It's not much, and it may not last at the end of the month." "Because I had to stop working, I didn't buy it again." ”

Zhuang Yuncheng looked up at the pile of boxes and stared at them for a long time.

"I don't want the workers to lose their jobs."

Juan followed Zhuang Yuncheng's gaze and was silent.

"Brother, I have a solution." Fluttershy says.

"What's the solution?" Zhuang Yuncheng's eyes flashed.

"If the merchant won't take it, we can sell it to other match producers," says Fluttershy, "and they won't be able to get it if the price is lower." ”

"Huh-" Zhuang Yuncheng's eyes lit up, and he thought about it and said, "Maybe it's okay." ”

"Young master, I also think it's feasible, do you want me to contact other factories." Juan asked.

"What do you think, Fluttershy?" Zhuang Yuncheng said, "I'm confused, I don't have any ideas." ”

"Let's just do that," Fluttershy instructs, "Juan, you stay here, I think this should work, maybe the factory doesn't need to shut down, and you can continue to buy some raw materials." ”

"Okay, do what Miss said, then you won't stop working, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and there will always be a way." Zhuang Yuncheng said a little excitedly.

"Okay." Juan laughed.

Zhuang Yuncheng and Fluttershy walked out of the warehouse, and said as they walked: "Yesterday, I heard from Ah Fu that I didn't make money in the past five months since it opened, but I still lost a lot, but this is only the money spent on building the factory and buying machinery and equipment, and the production of matches is still profitable." ”

"It's just that the time is too short, if you can keep going, you will return to the basics in one or two years."

"But the foreigners don't do it anymore."

"Yes, if we go against the grain, how can everyone understand." Fluttershy asked, "But brother, as long as you're happy, don't you say?" ”

"Yes, although there is a lot of pressure and difficulties, I think it's good, I think before, I was a carefree young master, and I just felt like a walking corpse." Zhuang Yuncheng smiled, "But fortunately, Yun Yun often circled around me at that time, so it wasn't too boring." ”

"What's the matter, Yunyun doesn't revolve around you now?" Fluttershy asks.

Zhuang Yuncheng smiled sadly and said, "She has grown up, studied again, made friends, and now she even has someone she likes, and she no longer relies on me." ”

"Lost?" Fluttershy teases.

"No, it's just that it feels very unpleasant to suddenly have one less person around me, and my relationship with her is not ordinary......" Zhuang Yuncheng was stunned, turned his head to look at Fluttershy and smiled, "I'm far away, she hasn't married yet, alas, but I don't know what will happen when she really gets married?" ”

Along the way, the two didn't say much, and when they got home, they felt tired, so they rested.

Fluttershy ponders, "What does it feel like to have one less person around, but ...... I should have experienced it, because I did. ”

She pulled out a small box from the drawer and slowly opened it, which contained a photo of Shinobu Miyazawa and the dagger he had gifted.

"Senior brother, it's been more than a year, how are you?" She was still thinking about Miyazawa's asthma, and asked silently: "Is your illness better?" ”

She twisted the photo of Shinobu Miyazawa between her fingers, paced to the window, the wind and the sun outside the window also dimmed, and the gray clouds in front of her seemed to converge into the image of Shinobu Miyazawa, she smiled, then shook her head, found that it was unreal, and then muttered to herself: "It turns out that this is the feeling of missing a person around me, it's really uncomfortable." ”

She wanted to write a letter, but she had a very trance feeling, she felt that the Japanese experience was very illusory, and at this time, even Miyazawa Shinobu became illusory, as if the two were no longer from the same world, her heart sank violently, and there was a sudden pain.

"Sister." Yun Yun suddenly appeared at the door, leaning on the door frame and leaning into the room.

"Huh." Fluttershy puts the photo away and asks, "What's the matter?" ”

"I have something to tell you."

Fluttershy is curious when she sees her playful and lively appearance, and asks, "What's the matter?" Have you told your brother? ”

"No, I can't tell him about it."

Fluttershy frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and asked with a smile, "Something to do with Chen Rundong?" ”

"Uh-huh." Yun Yun frowned and nodded.

"Okay." Fluttershy is freed from her melancholy thoughts, and Yun Yun staggers over, a cheerful laugh and a big smile that shows her little excitement.

The two sisters were talking upstairs, Zhuang Yuncheng was downstairs, because he didn't see them, he felt bored, so he wanted to sell the accumulated goods to the question of who to sell, and a name burst out in his mind - Yang Aomin.

He is the most suitable person, Zhuang Yuncheng had asked him some questions roughly when opening this factory, so he learned some of his situation, his father was a former Western-style official, so he came into contact with a lot of Western technology, so after the failure of the Westernization movement, he still independently prepared to establish a match factory, and now he is old, everything is taken over by his son Yang Aomin, who inherited his father's resolute and domineering temperament, His tough tactics and deep background enabled him to maintain some of his position under the aggression of foreign capital, so as not to become a puppet of foreigners. Zhuang Yuncheng thought that he might be able to ask him to help him.