"Owner, owner." In the evening, Liu Man'er was about to rest for a while after eating, but just out of the hall, Han Shixin ran over from outside in a hurry.

"What's wrong?" Liu Man'er stood up and asked, "We didn't wait for you to come back so late, so we ate first, and we left you food in the pot." ”

"No, I ate out today." Han Shixin said with some embarrassment: "President Chen, he invited me to dinner. ”

"Just him?" Liu Man'er asked casually.

"Well, it's still a business thing." Han Shixin scratched his head and said, "President Chen asked us to help him print 30,000 copies in seven days, and the price is still 1,000 taels." ”

"Do you think we'll be able to print it in seven days?" Liu Man'er raised an eyebrow and asked.

"If you let the guys fight hard, it won't be a problem." Han Shixin estimated the manpower of the printing workshop and said seriously.

"Then take it." Liu Man'er nodded and said, "Let him pay the money first, and the guys will pay them according to their work, as long as they have money, I'm not afraid that they won't work hard." ”

"But the problem now is that this time President Chen said that he would not be able to give the money until he received the goods." Han Shixin said with some embarrassment.

"Then there's no need to talk about it, it's not printed." Liu Man'er waved her hand and said, "I don't have money to print wool." ”

"However, President Chen is still reliable." Han Shixin still doesn't want to give up this business easily, in his opinion, after all, President Chen has also had several transactions with them, and he is still reliable, not to mention, President Chen's family business is here, but he is not afraid of him cheating.

"My rule is to pay first." Liu Man'er frowned.

If it's someone else, she'll just pay it back, and if it's President Chen, there's no money to talk about.

She guessed that he should have wanted to use this batch of goods to pay for the goods first, and only after getting the payment from the other party did he come to settle his own payment, eh, she just didn't let him get his wish, and let him know the consequences of offending himself.

"But......" Han Shixin still wanted to speak for President Chen, and he was really reluctant to give up this big business.

"My Uncle Han, your heart is really broad, last time he wanted to steal our printing shop, but it was just a profit of a few hundred taels of silver, you forgot it so quickly." Liu Man'er glanced at Han Shixin, didn't say much to him, and went to the study to get busy.

Han Shixin stood in place, and sighed after a long time, knowing that this matter could not be done, he did not hold grudges, but he just heard what Liu Man'er said, and he did not see Liu Man'er and others make new moves, so for a while, he left this matter behind.

So, when President Chen came to Han Shixin again the next day, Han Shixin remembered Liu Man'er's words and rejected him.

As a buyer, President Chen was originally high-minded and hard-hearted, but this time when he saw Han Shixin's firm position, he had to plead softly, and Han Shixin relented several times, but in the end he still did not compromise.

On the way home, Han Shixin thought about these white flowers and silver taels, and he was still a little reluctant, and he sighed until he got home.

Liu Man'er saw that Han Shixin kept sighing in front of her all afternoon, how could she not know Han Shixin's thoughts, but she didn't break it, she just said, "Uncle Han, do you have nothing to do this afternoon?" ”

"There's nothing to do, the guys in the printing workshop are idle, the teahouse is taken care of by Feng Yongkang, and I'm also idle, thinking that these guys will delay a lot of wages for a day, I feel distressed."

Knowing that Han Shixin said this on purpose, Liu Man'er smiled helplessly: "Uncle Han, you don't have to make such a gesture to persuade me, if the workers in the printing workshop have nothing to do, you can let them print books, anyway, since President Chen is going to come over to buy books, then there must be a market, print more, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to sell them." ”

"Okay." Seeing that Liu Man'er already knew his thoughts, Han Shixin didn't bother to talk any more, the owner was right, even if he didn't sell it to President Chen, he could sell it to others, not to mention, if he printed it first, maybe he couldn't find a buyer by then, and the owner would change his attention.

Thinking of this, Han Shixin is not sad, he is a person of action, and after having a goal, he will no longer waste time, walk out of the study, and go to the printing workshop to be busy.

Seeing his back, Liu Man'er shook her head helplessly, counting the days, it is only the end of April now, and the money she owes must be paid off in the near future.

Continuing to be busy with her own affairs, after this period of time, her writing speed is getting faster and faster, after thinking about the plot in her head, under her full attention, the pen is even more dragon flying and phoenix dancing, like divine help.

Everything else is secondary, her words are important, as long as they are there, she won't worry about making no money, she finished writing a chapter, looked at Ye Feng and others, they were all doing their own things seriously, Liu Man'er's heart swelled up again, in order to give these children a better future, so that they can do what they like wholeheartedly, they still have to work hard.

In the past few days, Liu Man'er has been writing books seriously, and Han Shixin is also busy with the affairs of the printing shop, so he didn't bother her anymore, but President Chen, now he is in trouble, and the books are burned, and finally he can't hide it, and the other shopkeepers of the book store know about this matter, and they are sitting in the hall of his house at the moment, looking for him to ask for an explanation.

After all, this business belongs to everyone, and the money is also put together by everyone, and it was burned here, so he should be responsible.

At this moment, in the spacious hall of President Chen's house, everyone is arguing, and the shopkeepers who used to be gentle and polite outside and pay attention to their faces are no longer concerned about their image at this moment, and their faces are red and their necks are thick.

"I said, Governor, this book was burned in your house, and you should be responsible."

"Although it was burned at the old man's place, but the old man didn't expect such a thing to happen, that day there were thieves outside who entered and deliberately burned our books, the old man was also very uncomfortable, and the old man was also a victim, but you persecuted like this, where did you put our previous friendship?" President Chen said in a good voice.

"President Chen, my brother still settles accounts, you are the president, we all believe in you, so we put the book here for safekeeping, but now, you said that the book was burned, just this sentence sent us away, so our money was wasted." A middle-aged man with a goatee stood up and said:

"To put it mildly, you said it was burned, but who knows whether it was burned or not, in case some people stole it and then disguised it as a fire, this is also possible."

"Shopkeeper Wen, what do you mean by that?" As the president of the bookstore, President Chen can be regarded as highly respected in this circle, and when the shopkeeper surnamed Wen said this, his face naturally couldn't hang up, and his whole face turned black.

"It's not interesting, it's just that whoever loses our book will compensate us." Shopkeeper Wen said coldly.

For their own interests, everyone is not afraid of offending this President Chen, anyway, the president of the book store is elected by everyone, and it is a big deal that the book store can be replaced by a new president, and there is no fear of this President Chen.

"Smack!" Seeing such a bad attitude of this shopkeeper Wen, President Chen slapped the table heavily, stood up, and glared at him angrily, Shopkeeper Wen faced his eyes without fear, and after a while, Shopkeeper Wen snorted coldly and said to everyone:

"Everyone, let's talk about it, isn't that the reason? No matter what the reason is, in short, the matter happened here with President Chen, is it true that the losses caused by President Chen to us should be borne by everyone? ”

"That's right, President Chen, we asked you to be the president of this bookstore because you have a responsibility, but now that such a big thing has happened, but you didn't tell us all about it, after we knew it, you still shirked your responsibility, is this the responsibility that a president should have?"

"That's right, the original plan was that we would each invest one hundred taels, and each person could also get a profit of one hundred taels, but now I think I'm unlucky, the profit is gone, you just give us the principal of one hundred taels."

"yes, at least you'll have to give us the principal!" Someone chimed in.

Originally, everyone thought that they must ask President Chen to return the principal and profits to everyone, but now there is really no way, and everyone only thinks about getting their principal back.

"Everyone, it's not just everyone who has lost this time, the old man has invested the most, and the loss is also the greatest." President Chen stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be calm, and said: "I have already told Shopkeeper Han to give him 1,000 taels and let him print 30,000 books within seven days, and respond to emergencies first, otherwise, when the merchants from other places come, we will not have the goods delivered." ”

Hearing Governor Chen's words, someone immediately said: "Governor Chen, this is your business, and we don't care about the follow-up, as long as you return our principal to us." ”

"Don't be impatient, the principal will definitely be returned to everyone, but I have to wait until this batch of goods comes out and the merchant gives the money, and then I will give the money to everyone."

"This can't work, we want the principal, what if we wait until this goods arrive, and then it is burned by fire?" Someone immediately said: "In the future, our bookstore wants to sell this book, we still have to find the shopkeeper Han to buy it ourselves, it is more expensive, and as for the business on the merchant's side, we will give it to President Chen." ”

As soon as these words came out, the people present responded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes!" ”

"Everyone, you insist on this, and the old man has no choice, so let's treat this principal as if I borrowed it from you, and I will return it to you in two months."

"No, President Chen, you are also doing this business, you should know our suffering, everyone is a small business, this one hundred taels of principal is not a minority for us, President Chen said to borrow it, so how can it be done? If President Chen insists on refusing to repay our principal, then we can only see the government! ”