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Under Baoger's "supervision", Xiao Li never forgot to eat lunch again.

Baoger only stays at home in the morning every day, and goes out with Lincao after lunch.

In just a few days, Xiao Li finished writing the first short story on the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

After Baoger saw that he had finished writing, he asked what he had written. When he found out it was a story, he acted coquettishly and said he wanted to hear it, so Xiao Li told him.

After hearing this, the little guy clenched his fist and said, "Sun Wukong is so powerful! I want to be as powerful as him in the future!"

Xiao Li didn't laugh at his unrealistic fantasy. He patted his head and affirmed his thoughts, "Well, Baoer will definitely be as powerful as Sun Wukong in the future."

After getting the affirmation, the little guy jumped for joy and went out to find his friends excitedly.

The next day, Xiao Li took the manuscript out, intending to give it to Shen Congzhou so that the storybook could be printed as soon as possible and the bookstore could resume business as soon as possible.

After all, reputation is something that should be built sooner rather than later. Who knows what the future holds when disaster strikes? If not now, when?

As soon as I went out, I saw Lu Yuan squatting under a tree with a frustrated look on his face.

The boy looked up at him when he heard the voice. He raised his eyebrows, closed the door, turned and walked towards the boy.

Lu Yuan stood up when she saw him, "Are you going out?"

"Yes!" Xiao Li looked him up and down, and when he saw what he was holding in his arms, his brows frowned almost invisibly.

Those were a pair of shoes, and judging by the size, they should be for men. If I'm not mistaken, these should have been prepared for him by the young man.

Xiao Li didn't know what the customs were like in other places, but in Nan'an County, girls and boys would only give their sweethearts or engaged partners hand-made shoes.

Here, shoes can be used to express feelings or as a token of love.

The boy had never had any interaction with his original self, so it was obvious who the shoes were for.

Xiao Li's expression gradually became complicated.

All in all, the boy had only been with him for a few days, so he naturally didn't believe the other person's words about how much he liked him.

But now...

Lu Yuan looked down at the ground and shyly handed him the shoes in her hand, "This... is for you."

Xiao Li didn't answer, but looked at him gravely, "You should know what giving me shoes means, right?"

He nodded, "I know."

Because of nervousness, Lu Yuan stuttered when he spoke.

Xiao Li didn't say anything, but stared at him, something struggling in his dark eyes.

Time passed by little by little, Lu Yuan's hands were almost sore from holding the things, but he still didn't take the things, and his eyes gradually became red.

He was about to take the item back and said angrily, "Forget it if you don't want it!"

"No, I don't want to." Xiao Li took his hand, sighed, and took the shoes. "But have you really thought it through?"

"What have you thought of?" The boy's eyes were clear, and it was obvious that he didn't understand what he wanted to express.

And his eyes are red, like a rabbit, and he looks a little pitiful.

Xiao Li has never been a soft-hearted person, but he is very clear that he must have had a hand in the boy giving him shoes.

He was the one who provoked it first.

Looking down at the finely crafted shoes in his hands, Xiao Li felt confused for the first time.

"Forget it, it's okay."

"Oh."

Lu Yuan felt that he was a little strange, and he didn't smile like before. She couldn't help but secretly look at him, but unexpectedly, her eyes met his the next moment.

he:! ! !

He turned his head hurriedly and said, "I'm going to do the laundry."

After saying that, Lu Yuan ran away. Xiao Li quickly grabbed him and took out a bag of candied fruits from the space.

"Go slowly, don't rush."

"I know, I know!"

Lu Yuan didn't pay any attention to what he gave her, she just wanted to leave here quickly.

After the others left for a while, Xiao Li rubbed his fingers lightly twice and walked towards the city absent-mindedly.

In the Nan'an Bookstore, Shen Congzhou is sorting books.

His legs are almost healed. If you walk slowly, you can't tell there's anything wrong with his legs unless you look closely.

After working for an hour, he finally finished organizing the remaining books. He was about to close the door and return to the Xiao residence, but he saw Xiao Li approaching from afar.

The other person was wearing a dark robe, with long hair half draped behind his back. There was no expression on his handsome face, and he looked cold and unapproachable.

The "medicine" was almost finished, but his legs had not yet fully recovered to normal, so Shen Congzhou was waiting for him to come.

However, the other party seemed not to see him and was about to walk past the bookstore, so he quickly called out to him.

The absent-minded Xiao Li finally came back to his senses and looked at him coldly. His dark eyes were calm and still, which made Shen Congzhou stunned.

He had only seen such eyes in his grandfather when he was young. It was a kind of calmness that came from having witnessed the vicissitudes of life, and also the calmness of being able to plan and strategize.

Xiao Li had already walked past him into the bookstore. Seeing that it had been tidied up, he nodded and praised, "Well done."

I don't feel like I'm wasting my talent at all.

"..." Shen Congzhou didn't think there was anything to brag about if it was something that could be done with hands.

Xiao Li looked around and found that not only the bookstore in front had been tidied up, but even the courtyard at the back had been renovated.

I have to say, it is comfortable to have a subordinate who can do things. He just needs to pay the money, and someone will help him implement the specific matters.

Returning to the bookshop in front, he found a chair and sat down. "Have you bought the printing house?"

Seeing that he wanted to talk about serious matters, Shen Congzhou went to close the door first, and then came back to report to him what had happened in the past few days.

"I bought the engraving shop for five hundred taels. Most of the engravers there left with the previous owner. The remaining two engravers, one in his forties and the other in his early twenties, are a father and son. They are now living in the back house of the Xiao residence, along with their wives and children.

The plaque that the young master wanted is already hanging on the door. It was made by the best carpenter in Nan'an County, who used ironwood.

Three young and strong men and a middle-aged couple were bought and also arranged to live in the back house.

The three men were responsible for guarding the house. The couple used to be housekeepers and kitchen helpers in a wealthy family, and now they were responsible for the food in the house.

......"

Xiao Li nodded to show that he understood, and then gave him the manuscript of the first volume of Journey to the West.

"This is the first volume of this storybook. Give it to the engraver to carve the blocks, and then print it. When there are 3,000 copies, the bookstore will reopen.

Two engravers are still not enough. We should find a way to poach a few from other engraving workshops. We should not be afraid of them asking for money. We should first get them here and let them work. If they don’t work out, we can let them go once we have trained them.”

Shen Congzhou frowned, "Isn't three thousand too many? The storybooks at the Lanqing Bookstore next door have always sold well, and people in Nan'an County are used to buying them there. I heard that there are new storybooks ready to be put on sale recently. If we rashly prepare so many, I'm afraid..."

He didn't say the rest, but his meaning was obvious.

If they compete with Lanqing Shusi, which has a basic foundation, they are likely to be no match.

Xiao Li didn't promise him anything, but tapped the manuscripts with his finger and said, "You can take a look at what's written in the storybook first."

"it is good."

Shen Congzhou is very clear about his position. He is now one of Xiao Li's subordinates. He can remind the other party but will not try to influence him.

However, he couldn't stop reading and flipped through the papers one by one. When he finished reading the last paper, he looked up with a sense of unsatisfied desire.

"Sir, three thousand books..." Is that too few?

There was no trace of Xiao Li here, he didn't even know when he left.

On the counter, a piece of unfolded rice paper was pressed down by an inkstone, on which was written instructions on how he should promote the storybook.

Find someone to spread the short story of Journey to the West, and when it spreads widely enough, spread the news that Nan'an Bookstore is about to sell Journey to the West novels.

Moreover, unlike what he thought, the 3,000 storybooks were all printed in ordinary woodblock prints. Xiao Li asked him to find an artist to draw some pictures that fit the story, and then put them in exquisite wooden boxes to make 500 hardcover copies.

The two thousand copies will be printed and sold directly, just like the old storybooks. The remaining five hundred will be made using the cheapest paper and ink. The price should not be too high, as long as the cost can be recovered...

Shen Congzhou didn't know much about business, but he couldn't help but admire this.

Xiao Li was not here, so he had no way of knowing the sequel to Journey to the West, so he looked up who the author of the story was.

Below the first piece of paper "Journey to the West" were two words written: China.

Among the storytelling masters he had investigated, there was no one named Hua Xia, and he didn't know where Xiao Li found him from.

The "Huaxia" that he was curious about was standing on the street at this moment, looking at the girl standing in front of him with an expressionless face.

Lu Youfu touched his earlobe casually, and the gold earring on it sparkled in the sunlight.

She looked at Xiao Li with embarrassment, "Fourth Brother Xiao, I thought you had truly forgotten me, but I didn't expect that after just a few days, you would actually..."

After a pause, she lowered her head shyly and whispered, "You know, I have someone in my heart. It's impossible for us! Don't do this again in the future."