At that time, Chen Mu's ruthless gangster temperament from his previous life reappeared, and the customers around him were also shocked by his roll. Why did he look like a young scholar, but he acted like a bandit?
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After the crowd dispersed, Chen Mu waved his hands to his eldest brother Liu Si and the others: "What are you looking at? I'm busy with you."
Being urged like this, the three of them looked at each other and then returned to their respective positions.
"You kid, come here."
The boy who had been kicked before turned around and was about to leave, but Chen Mu suddenly stopped with a cry.
Turning around suddenly, he saw that his face was covered with bruises from being kicked, and there was a trace of blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. In addition, the thin bones of this kid's cheeks were exposed, making him look quite pitiful.
The young man came to Chen Mu and smiled shyly: "Brother Mu."
"You were insulted like that just now, why didn't you know how to fight back?" There was a hint of accusation in his voice. He didn't dare to fight back even after being beaten. Chen Mu felt that this kid was a bit cowardly.
Liu Jingtang was arranging books on the side and watching the excitement: "That's right, if it were me, I would have to slap that Guawazi a few times."
Chen Mu ignored him and still looked at the skinny young man in front of him quietly.
After a long while, he scratched his head and said with a bitter smile: "I can't afford to offend the city lord, and I don't dare to cause trouble for you, Brother Mu. After thinking about it at the time, the matter of being kicked a few times will be over..."
"Good-for-nothing!"
The more Chen Mu listened, the angrier he became. The young man in front of him could feel the anger in Chen Mu's eyes, but he didn't know what to say. He could only scratch his head in fear, like an idiot.
"Do you have a missing leg compared to the Confucian scholar just now?"
Facing Chen Mu's verbal scolding, the young man thought for a moment and shook his head.
"One more pair of eyes than you?"
"No...no."
"Then why do you act like a slave and let him insult you?"
Returning to this question again, the young man still looked as lonely as before and said: "He is from the city..."
"Do those princes, generals and ministers always have the same kind of knowledge?"
For Chen Mu, he had a heart that refused to accept being born poor, so what he said was natural. A man does not have to be determined for the world, but he must be determined for himself.
But as soon as these words fell into the young man's ears, he suddenly felt a turmoil in his heart. His ancestors had been farmers for generations, and this was the first time he heard such a sentence: Princes, generals, and prime ministers have no seeds at all.
As for Liu Jingtang, who was watching the show on the side, his heart was also shaken up and down. When he looked at Chen Mu again, his eyes couldn't help but feel a little more respectful.
These words... touched his heart so much.
"So what if you come from a lower class? It doesn't mean that you should be sad about your fate all your life, and you should be bullied by others. My destiny is mine, not the world, do you understand?"
The more the young man listened, the more excited he became. When his fathers were still alive, they had always taught him how to farm and work, but they never told him... His fate is up to him and not to others.
Chen Mu's words were like a spark of fire, burning in the young man's heart, and he was ready to kneel down and kowtow to Chen Mu.
But who would have expected that before he could kneel down, he was kicked over.
"You bastard thing, Xun Si said it for nothing. Men kneel to the sky and kneel to their parents. If you want to respect me, just bow your hands."
The young man who fell to the ground scratched his head and smiled sadly: "Yes, Brother Mu."
"This kid... got kicked again. It made me laugh to death."
Suddenly, he glanced over and saw Liu Jingtang covering his face with a book and snickering. Seeing this kid laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking and almost breathless, Chen Mu stepped forward and immediately kicked him in the butt.
"Poof!" It flew directly to the ground.
Those who watch the excitement will eventually pay the price.
"I call you a kid to take pleasure in your misfortune. Did you finish recognizing the hundred words I taught you yesterday?"
Liu Jingtang looked at Chen Mu blankly, his expression really aggrieved.
"What's your boy's name?"
"I...my surname is Han. As for my name...when my family is still here, they always call me Xin'er. Brother Mu can just call me Han Xin'er."
Chen Mu nodded: "One is Jingtang'er and the other is Han Xin'er. It's fate. Liu Jingtang is younger than you. From now on, you will be his eldest brother. Take care of him more."
After hearing this, Liu Jingtang glanced at the dumb boy and couldn't help but grin: "Hey, that's good, call me big brother!"
Han Xin'er laughed naively: "Brother."
"Eh? That's not right. If that's the case, how should I call you brother-in-law?"
Chen Mu smiled faintly: "You are not the same age as me. He calls me eldest brother as an honorific title. He calls you eldest brother. This is called brotherhood. Remember, brother."
I continued to work like this until the afternoon, when the books in the shop were sold out again.
A thousand books earned a total of fifteen thousand wen, which is almost fifteen taels of silver. After considering the cost, the net profit was about ten taels.
Money makes people happy. Money can satisfy most of people's spiritual needs. With money, people feel confident.
While it was still early, Liu Si, like a big sister, took the two children to the street to buy snacks.
As for Chen Mu and his eldest brother, they found a restaurant and ordered a few dishes.
During the glass of wine, the eldest brother took the lead in starting the conversation: "I'm telling you, kid, why are you beating up the guests today? It's fun to watch, but do you know what other guests will think of us when they see it?"
The elder brother undoubtedly thinks that this incident will cause dissatisfaction among those customers and they will never come back again in the future.
The alcohol content in ancient times was not high. Chen Mu drank a glass of wine in one gulp, then looked at his elder brother and said with a smile: "Then tell me, what should I do today?"
The eldest brother thought for a moment and then responded: "Even if you give that Confucian scholar 600 yuan, you shouldn't beat others. What will other guests think?"
"To put it bluntly, do you think customers are living bodhisattvas?"
The eldest brother took a sip of wine and did not deny it: "Without these customers, where would we get the money to open a restaurant? It's not worth it for a helper to bring bad luck to the customers."
Chen Mu ate a chopstick of cold dishes and shook his head with a wry smile: "Brother, that's not what I said. There is nothing wrong with us surviving on our customers, but we definitely don't rely on our customers to survive."
Hearing what Chen Mu said, Chen Jianghe couldn't help but stop his glass and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Let's not talk about the layout of our current store. It's too small and the owners are all employees. It's like Bi Mo Bookstore. The owner is Wang Zimo, but he has hundreds of stores under his control. The daily customer flow is not much.
Ten thousand or even hundreds of thousands, let me ask you, can he manage it by himself?"
The eldest brother shook his head.
"Will the things like managing the store eventually fall to his subordinates?"
He felt that this younger brother was very smart now, and seeing that he was talking clearly and logically, Chen Jianghe did not dare to interrupt anymore.
"For a leader, the importance of subordinates is always greater than anything else. How many dollars does it cost for a few customers? But the benefits brought by a subordinate who cares for you are huge. Even if it hurts,
Even if you act, you have to make your subordinates feel that the boss is a righteous man. If we don’t even have the same people, it will be difficult to achieve anything."
After a pause, Chen Mu continued: "Most of the money is actually earned by our subordinates on our behalf. We are doing it, and our subordinates are watching. If we don't know how to behave, the people under us will not work hard for you, and we will lose everything."
Invisibly, the human heart is more important than anything else."
Hearing this, the eldest brother couldn't help but pour a glass of wine and have a drink with Chen Mu.
"I have learned from your boy's teachings. With you here, I don't think our shop can really get bigger and bigger."
Chen Mu smiled faintly: "After a while, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble big brother to go to Bajun to check out the area."