Chapter 39: Behind the Scenes

Xing Shan County is just this big, if there is such a powerful person they can’t possibly not know about it.

“It shouldn’t be someone from Xing Shan County, but I can’t think of who exactly for a moment.” Wei Mingting was also observing the raw-faced male just now, but didn’t remember who it was.

Yun guessed, “It wouldn’t be the nobleman who lives in the meditation room of Fahua Temple, would it?”

Xing Shan County rarely has big shots come, it’s impossible to be so coincidental to come two at once.

“It’s possible.” Wei Mingting felt the same way.

“Then Husband, will Your Excellency be angry with our family because of what happened that day and the fact that Yi Chen won the competition today?” Yun’s worries intensified.

“Don’t think about it so much, if you are really angry because of these trivial matters, I have nothing to say. Besides, looking at that gentleman’s behavior just now, he doesn’t seem like a narrow-minded person.” Wei Mingting said.

He has done a good job, the court wants to punish him for the unfavorable crime of fighting against the Japanese, he admits, but if he is disposed of because of such a small matter, then it is really unfair to the heaven.

After exploring the identity of the brocade-clothed gentleman to no avail, Wei Yi-chen hands Wei Ming-ting the ink treasure he won back from the Hidden Forest Jushi.

Wei Mingting refused, “Keep it for yourself, my father knows that you like this Hidden Forest Dweller very much, and have even always had the idea of worshipping him as a teacher.”

Wei Ruo, who was about to get on the carriage, turned her head to look at Wei Yichen when she heard these words, but soon she turned back, got on the carriage, and nibbled on the preserved fruits as she hugged them.

Wei Qingwan, who was sitting opposite Wei Ruo, looked at the outside through the gap in the car window in a thoughtful manner, unable to stop the appearance of the gentleman just now from floating in her mind.

He also thought of what his parents had just said, that the gentleman was most likely the nobleman from that day in the Fahua Temple, and worried whether he had left a bad impression on the other party that day.

If it is really a nobleman in the Dharma Flower Temple, then it is a member of the royal family, why on earth would a member of the royal family come to such a small place as Xingshan County?

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Chu Lan didn’t leave immediately after the competition ended, he also had his entourage go and queue up to buy paper back.

Holding the papers in his hands, Chu Lan was more and more certain that these papers were much better than those sold in the capital.

Lu Yuhong also saw that the paper Chu Lan bought was not quite the same as what they usually used, thicker, whiter, and more delicate and smooth.

“I really can’t see it, this store is really a bit famous, not only will it do some tricks to attract customers, but the things it sells are also better than those in other places. This store opened in this place, it’s a bit of a waste. It should be opened in the capital! The business would definitely be a hundred times better than this!” Lu Yuhong commented.

“Brother Yu, going to the capital to open a store is not that easy.” Chu Lan said.

“Oh, that’s right, being in the capital is not like this small place.” Lu Yuhong nodded.

Said Lu Yuhong jokingly to Chu Lan: “Your Highness, since their family’s paper is so good and so loved by the literati, you say, if I go to find their boss to talk, see if I can provide me with a source of goods, I’ll help him to open a store in the capital, so that I can also earn some silver!”

No one would mind having too much silver, even a son of a family like Lu Yuhong.

“You can try, just don’t be taken for a pushover.”

“That must not be, do I look like that kind of asshole? If I were to oppress the people, my grandfather would be the first to whip me to death!”

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The contest is over and today’s copy of the paper is sold out.

Boss Jia closed the store, and then entered the small courtyard at the back of the store, where a stout-looking, naive crop man stood.

When Boss Jia came in, the cropper was chopping wood.

Boss Jia walked up to him and reported to him about the competition held today as well as the store’s sales.

Overall, it was very successful. Just with a pair of ink treasures from Zanglin Jushi and a small competition event helped Sibaozhai to publicize itself in Xingshan County and successfully sold seven thousand two hundred sheets of paper.

“Okay, okay, hard work.” Xu Zhushan agreed with a silly smile on his face.

Looking at Xu Zhushan’s naive appearance, Boss Jia didn’t know for the umpteenth time that he felt incredulous that someone who clearly looked quite mute had so many ideas.

For example, this method of soliciting business today is what Xu Zhushan taught him, and he, the shopkeeper, just followed it.

Boss Jia couldn’t decide if their boss was faking it or just being a big wise ass.

After a short period of inner emotion, the shopkeeper continued to say to Xu Zhushan, “In addition the party came to the store with a gentleman, asking me to inquire about you boss, I answered according to the words that you had explained before boss, saying that our boss does not see guests.”

“Ohhhh, good.”

“That gentleman also said that he came to seek cooperation from you, boss, and wanted to take goods from you, boss, to open a store in the capital as well. I remembered that you, the boss, had also mentioned that because of the limited daily goods, you would never engage in cooperation with others or provide others with a source of paper, so I repeated the boss’s meaning to that man.”

“Yeah, yeah, just say it.” Xu Zhushan nodded.

“Boss, pardon my curiosity, we only sell this much paper per day, are we really strapped for supplies?” Boss Jia really couldn’t hold back his curiosity.

“Yes.” Xu Zhushan replied.

Immediately after Xu Zhushan thought of an important thing: “Right, starting tomorrow, you can’t sell paper alone, you have to …… have to ……”

Said half, Xu Zhushan stuck, seriously pondered for a while, before continuing, “to buy with the store inside the pen, ink and inkstone before giving to buy, specifically there is a piece of paper, I take it to you!”

Xu Zhushan ran back to the house, not long after running back with a piece of paper in his hand, which is densely written a page of words, the handwriting is not very good, green like a seven or eight year old child’s words.

Jia Boss took the paper and looked at it, and exclaimed wit in surprise!

The four treasures of literature sold inside their store, only the paper is special, the other three are ordinary goods that all other stores also have to sell.

This also led to the fact that only paper sold the best inside the store, and very few other things sold.

Like today they sold out of paper, while the three items of pen, ink and inkstone combined sold four pieces.

But Xu Zhushan gave him the paper but wrote on the future purchase rules of the store, to implement the “matching system”, directly buy paper, at most can only buy twenty, but with the store together with other things to buy, then you can buy fifty, or even eighty sheets of paper.

After reading it, Boss Jia still had doubts in his mind, “Boss, if we sell it like this, will it cause those people to refuse to buy it?”

“It’s fine, just sell it, we don’t force it, those who don’t want to, can still buy twenty of them.” Xu Zhushan said.

Boss Jia nodded, “Then I’ll sell according to this tomorrow. I’ll take my leave for today and come back tomorrow.” Boss Jia said goodbye to Xu Zhushan.

“Fine, you’ve worked hard.” Xu Zhushan nodded.

Xu Zhushan collected the account book, ready to go to pick up his mother-in-law, mother-in-law these days every day busy mountain things, the whole person has lost weight, the night has to kill a chicken to make up for her.

Xu Zhushan laughed nervously while carrying the bamboo basket in the yard, which can help his daughter-in-law carry things, and also cut some pig grass back if there is pig grass by the roadside.