When discussing with the Liu family and his son, Chen Mu carefully asked about Liu Jingtang's condition.
This boy was brought home by the Liu family when he was about five years old. His father died in the army. I heard that his mother was quite beautiful. However, not long after his father died, he was raped by local gangsters and he could not bear the humiliation.
Hanged himself.
His life experience was quite miserable, and the Liu family really felt sorry for him before taking him home.
It was not like what Chen Mu saw when he came, that all the heavy work in the family fell on him alone, but it was a show that this kid had deliberately staged in advance.
A few days ago, he recommended himself to Old Man Liu and asked him to hoe the grass in the field. As for the Liu family and his son, who were busy with the provincial examination next year, they didn't pay much attention to it.
His purpose is to let himself and Liu Si see each other and gain sympathy.
Liu Jingtang stared at Chen Mu for a long time. At this time, he finally stopped showing the naive expression on his face before, and then knelt down and knocked his head to the floor.
"Brother-in-law, I admit it! I really miss my sister too much. In the past...my sister treated me the best at home, so...that's why..."
Only halfway through his words, the boy actually started crying, really like a child who had been wronged.
However, Chen Mu not only did not relent, but actually kicked him to the ground.
While he was still swallowing, Chen Mu knelt down in front of him, and then said in a cold voice: "Since I have this relationship with your sister, how come your sister has not been here once since she was married to Lihe Village for five years?"
Liu Jingtang looked at Chen Mu with a look of horror, wiped his tears and sobbed: "Uncle Liu... won't let me go!"
Seeing that this boy still refused to acknowledge him, Chen Mu firmly grabbed his collar and said in a deep voice: "Boy, I'll give you two chances. If you keep trying to cover up and treat me like a ball, you won't be able to stay here!"
"I...I really..."
"One more chance!"
Chen Mu could never make a mistake in judging this boy's character. During this time in the Liu family, he always felt that this boy seemed familiar to him.
When he left the village, Chen Mu realized that this boy was no different from his younger self.
He is a person who desires desires to the extreme, but he just pretends to be honest and honest, deceiving others into trusting him, and then rises to the top. He is really called a wise man like a fool.
Finally, under Chen Mu's repeated revelations, Liu Jingtang's crying suddenly disappeared. He stared at Chen Mu for a long time, then smiled bitterly, stood up and bowed.
"Brother-in-law is really great, but my little tricks are really not good enough. I did have the intention of taking advantage of him before, so I apologize."
Seeing these star-like eyes mixed with various expressions, Chen Mu slowly sat on the chair, squinted and listened.
It can be said that this kid is even better than he was back then, and his control and judgment of human nature are extremely good.
When he heard the Liu family's father and son complaining all day long about the money they received from the Yamen, the boy was sure that he would return to the Liu family in the next few days.
As for why, he firmly believed that a poor man who suddenly became rich would be extremely happy to show off. Now that he saw it, he was indeed right.
I also expected that Liu Si was an extremely soft-hearted person, so there was a scene of this guy hoeing several acres of cornfield by himself on a hot day.
But there was one thing he misjudged. He was really afraid that Liu Si would be sad, not because the poor always wanted to save face, so he spent money to buy his freedom.
Hearing this, Chen Mu was not too angry. He slowly came to Liu Jingtang and said word by word: "This is the first time and the last time. You are very smart. There are so many people in the world. You can cheat at will, but
It’s just me and your sister, understand?”
Liu Jingtang stopped scratching his head and just smiled faintly: "I'm convinced. My brother-in-law is indeed very wise. He is not an ordinary person. I should be able to do things with you."
"Flattery!"
After saying that, Chen Mu threw him a bunch of copper coins and headed out the door.
Although he is young, he has so many selfish ideas that make people feel numb, but this is generally the case for people who can achieve great things.
Loyal, obedient, smart, and capable. There is no such thing as a person with all the moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and physical qualities.
For an excellent leader, knowing people and utilizing them well is a compulsory lesson.
By the time Chen Mu and Liu Si returned to Lihe Village, it was already dark.
Along the way, Chen Mu was wondering how much his elder brother had done with this wooden movable type. After all, it took a long time, which was not a good thing.
However, when I returned home, I didn't see my eldest brother. It wasn't until the beginning of Haishi that I saw my eldest brother entering the hospital.
Under the moonlight, seeing that he was carrying a large backpack, Chen Mu couldn't help but wonder, has he finished it all? How could he finish carving more than four thousand words in just one day?
"How many times... how many times have you carved?"
Chen Jianghe said with a face of joy: "It's all done, but we didn't use wooden blocks. We felt that wood carving was too slow, so we and Carpenter Zhang replaced it with clay. Look."
Seeing a basket full of dried and carved movable type, Chen Mu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It's amazing, brother, your method saved me a lot of time!"
Chen Jianghe scratched his head: "Hey, hey, they are all born to the same mother. You are so smart, how can we be different?"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, we have prepared the printing paper, don't sleep tonight."
With that said, Chen Mu pulled Chen Jianghe towards the main room. There were movable calligraphy for printing. In almost one night, the two of them were able to copy many books.
Maybe we can prepare for the opening tomorrow.
As for Liu Si, she had just washed herself and was ready to wait for Chen Mu to return to the house. Now she was gone with her elder brother. She sighed deeply in front of the window and had no choice but to put on her clothes and go to help.
Dawn breaks.
Chen Mu made a hunch and printed the last chapter.
"Brother, count... how many copies are there?"
Chen Jianghe also looked tired. He rubbed his dark circles and said, "About...a little over four hundred."
After working hard all night, he found that he only had more than four hundred books. Chen Mu couldn't help but look helpless. If the bookstore became large-scale in the future, even if it happened every night, the demand would exceed the supply.
After all, it is taking the low-end volume route. If the production volume cannot keep up, it will basically be a loss.
But now Chen Mu is too lazy to think about it so much. He will first try the water with these more than 400 books.
After the eldest brother and Liu Si went back to their houses to rest, Chen Mu had to inscribe these books one by one.
In addition to the four characters "A Chinese Ghost Story", Chen Mu also needed to write a name on it.
I originally thought that I would just use my real name, but in order to create greater public opinion, I thought about it and wrote next to the title of the book - Xishu Yibai.
The literary giants of the Longxia Dynasty all came from Jingyang and other areas of the Eastern Plains. Among them, five top calligraphers were known to the world as the Five Whites of the Central Plains.
This is also the origin of Chen Mu's name Xishu Yibai.
He was already scolded by those scholars, but now he compares himself to a person like Wubai of the Central Plains, and the effect can be imagined.
Just scold him, Chen Mu can guarantee that these people will be scolding him while reading this book in a short time.
After everything was done, Chen Mu was exhausted both physically and mentally. He threw away the pen and went back to his room to sleep.