Chapter 289: Dead Air
For the next week, Li Changjing lived a leisurely life every day, sleeping in addition to eating every day, or moving a reclining chair, holding up a big umbrella at the door of the pharmacy, and basking in the sun with sunglasses.
On the side of Datong Town, the remaining twenty cultivators had successfully broken through the Transcendent Realm and returned to the Xu family and the Huo family one after another.
Occasionally, news came that the Du family and the Zhang family had close contacts, and the heads of the two sides met frequently, and they didn't know what they were discussing.
This made the Xu family and the Huo family very nervous, although the number of detached realms was made up, but the gap between the masters of the half-step immortal was there, so the Xu and Huo families did not dare to act rashly, let alone completely tear their faces to the Du family and the Zhang family.
Lu Li can finally stop the refining of the Realm Breaking Pill, Li Changjing feels that he has to bother him in everything, and he feels quite guilty in his heart, but Lu Li doesn't care, although his face is a little tired, but the spirit in his eyes is very good, he said that after this period of busyness, he has made great progress in his alchemy attainments, and if the conditions allow, he can even try to refine the legendary fifth-order pill.
The more Lu Li thought about it, the more excited he became, he was originally a character who would do what he said, so he simply rushed back to the northwest overnight and asked his father Lu Yun for the refining method of the fifth-order pill.
Before leaving, Li Changjing also told him to stay at home for as long as possible and spend more time with his parents, anyway, there is nothing to do here in Daye City recently, so there is no need to rush back.
That afternoon, Li Changjing received a call from Xia Keke for a long time, the girl said that she was about to have a winter vacation, and she was going to stay in Daye City this year and accompany him for the New Year, Li Changjing smiled and said no, the shopkeeper Xia called him twice in the past three days, urging him to persuade Xia Keke to go home, saying that the town is full of outsiders now, and he doesn't know anyone, if Xia Keke doesn't go back, he has to consider moving.
Xia Keke couldn't help it, so she had to change the ticket back to Datong Town, it just so happened that after more than half a year of development, the town has undergone earth-shaking changes, and she will definitely like it when she sees it.
In the evening, after the shop closed, Li Changjing asked Lin Jia to stay and asked her to take out the general ledger of the shop.
The general ledger has always been managed by Qingtan before, and it was only taken over by Lin Jia last month, which records in detail every income and expenditure of the shop, as well as the total profit for more than a year.
No matter how big or small, it's clear.
Li Changjing was very satisfied.
He took the account book and told Lin Jia that business is good this year, and he plans to raise the salary of the employees, improve the benefits, the original salary of 25,000 will rise to 35,000, and the 28th year will start to give two weeks of paid annual leave, and the year-end bonus will be better than last year.
Lin Jia is very happy, the reason why Evergreen Pharmacy has today's atmosphere, she, the deputy store manager, has put in a lot of efforts, so she is happy from the bottom of her heart to see that the employees can get better treatment.
But Li Changjing's next words startled her.
"Lin Jia, that's right, starting next year, I plan to adjust your salary from the original 50,000 to 100,000."
Lin Jia was taken aback, and said, "This ...... How can this work, the monthly salary of 50,000 yuan is already very high, I ......"
"You've been with me since the elixir shop, and you're the oldest." Li Changjing comforted: "Next year, I will open at least ten branches, and then you will be the chief deputy store manager, and the work of this position will be busier and more tiring, and the salary should be increased." What's more, you are a single mother, and you have to be responsible for Duoduo's life, she will be six years old soon, and she will soon have to go to preschool, don't you want to buy a house in Daye City? ”
Lin Jia didn't know what to say for a while, but her nose was pantothenic, so she quickly lowered her head and gently wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand.
At the beginning, she was just a wine nurse with a monthly salary of 5,000 months, working overtime until late at night every day, and entrusted Duoduo to Li Changjing, who lived downstairs in the courtyard, to take care of her.
More than a year has passed in a blink of an eye, and she has reached the point where countless people dream of an annual salary of one million, which was something that she couldn't even think of before.
The most important thing is that Duoduo's leukemia was cured, thanks to Li Changjing, a warm-hearted and kind young man, who is really a noble person for their mother and daughter, and he is also the best nobleman.
Standing at the door of the store, looking at Lin Jia who was driving away in a hurry, Li Changjing smiled warmly.
But for some reason, his expression was a little lonely.
It's full of twilight and gloomy feeling.
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The next day at noon.
Li Changjing was walking outside when he was suddenly blocked by three cultivators who had escaped the Mortal Realm, saying that they wanted to invite him to his house for a cup of tea.
Li Changjing had nothing to do, followed them into a black car, drove for nearly half an hour, and arrived at a quiet park in the west of the city.
In a pavilion in the middle of an artificial lake in the park, Li Changjing met Du Ruolin.
"Sit down, Changjing."
Du Ruolin stood up generously to greet her, she wore a goose-yellow dress today, the skirt reached to the ankles, a green carved cloth belt was tied around her waist, and a white lace-edged hat was placed on the bench next to her.
The park is deserted and the scenery is not beautiful, but there are many koi fish swimming in the lake, adding a bit of color to the monotonous water.
"What is the matter with the Du family master looking for me?" Li Changjing asked straight to the point.
Du Ruolin smiled slightly, did not answer, but made him a cup of hot tea.
Li Changjing just sat there and looked at her fixedly.
Du Ruolin sneered, "Why, you don't think I'm going to poison the tea, right?" Don't worry, although we have different positions now, I still regard you as a friend in my heart. ”
The word friend, she deliberately said it very strongly.
"We're not friends anymore." Li Changjing shook his head.
First Shui Er was seriously injured, and then the old woman Bai Mengli united with four half-steps to ascend to the Immortal and came to besiege him, how could Du Ruolin, as the head of the family, not know about these things?
"Changjing, there are many things, but they are not as simple as you think." Du Ruolin sighed and said softly: "Don't provoke the Zhang family anymore, you can't fight." ”
Li Changjing glanced at her, "Aren't your Du family standing on the same front as the Zhang family now?" What do you mean by saying these things to me, to surrender to the enemy? Treachery? ”
Du Ruolin bit her lip and said in a deep voice: "Changjing, I will give you two choices, first, immediately break off the relationship with the Huo family and the Xu family, and only sell your pills in the future, and don't meddle in anything again; Second, return to my Du family as soon as possible and completely transform into a member of my Du family. ”
Li Changjing smiled dumbly and said, "Are you a warning or a threat?" What if I don't choose either? ”
"Li Changjing!"
Du Ruolin's eyes were red, Huo Ran stood up and glared at him angrily.
"How clever you are, how can you not understand what I mean? Why do you have to be obsessed? ”
Li Changjing was silent, slowly picked up the cup on the stone table, and drank the tea.
The young man did not say a word until he left the gazebo.
It's just that his expression is even more lonely, it is obviously the sun on the sun, but the shadow cast is extremely thin and long, like the scene at dusk.
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In the next two days, Li Changjing suddenly became busy.
Sometimes I go to the bank, sometimes I go to the notary office, and sometimes I find some relevant departments to issue certificates.
Until the afternoon of late January, two men in suits and leather shoes suddenly came to the Changqing Pharmacy, and after Li Changjing invited them into the reception room, the door was closed, telling Lin Jia not to let people in, and refused all visitors.
After the two men in suits sat down, Li Changjing sat down opposite them and pushed a thick folder over.
He was silent for a moment, and was the first to break the silence:
"I want to make a will, please record it carefully."