Xia Shang left. Chunjiao looked at the door stupidly for a long time before regaining consciousness. Thinking of her previous demeanor, she became more and more ashamed. She asked herself secretly that she was a child of the world, how could she be so infatuated and delicate? However, she could not deny Xia Shang.
That handsome and elegant appearance is exactly the type he likes. Although he doesn't know martial arts, his calm and calm posture always gives people a sense of stability and security...
"Silly girl, what are you thinking?!" Chunjiao shook her head vigorously, rubbed her hot face, and secretly warned herself, "You are the one who protects him, isn't he just a helpless chicken?
A rotten scholar who has no power? How can I give you stability?"
Thinking about it, Chunjiao's mind calmed down a little, and she saw the black umbrella left on the table, and unconsciously looked at the window again. The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and the sky and the earth were clear. How could there be any sign of rain?
"Why is this man so pretentious? Can it really rain?"
At this time, Chunjiao recalled Xia Shang's status as the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Perhaps he really had the ability to predict the future?
The black umbrella on the table was still warm. Chunjiao played with it and looked around shyly. After making sure that no one was there, she put it on the tip of her nose and sniffed it. The smell was as sweet as honey. She secretly thought to herself: "It seems
He didn't treat me as a tool, at least he cared about me."
This is how a girl thinks. If she has no intention of being interested in someone, even if a man digs out his heart and gives it to her, she will not be tempted. If you are interested in someone, every bit of your life will reveal a different version of you.
Even a woman like Chunjiao, who was born in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, cannot escape the worries of her daughter's family. The more I think about it, the more I think about it. As soon as Xia Shang left, I missed him coming back.
Chunjiao went to the window and wanted to see if there was Xia Shang's back on the street downstairs.
After gazing for a long time but seeing no one, Chunjiao felt a little disappointed. Just as she was about to close the window, there were whispers of orioles from the other side of the river in the distance. It was the girls in the flower houses by the canal who were looking for customers. That one
As small figures, Chunjiao knew their expressions, clothes, and tone of voice without even thinking about it. After all, Chunjiao herself had done such a thing.
"Could it be that you're going to the Flower House opposite?"
Chunjiao said to herself suspiciously. Although she and her mother were both on the opposite side, Chunjiao still liked serious men.
Chunjiao felt bad when she thought that Xia Shang was being dragged into the store by those pretty girls.
This concern is not impossible. Even though Xia Shang may be polite on the surface, he is actually a lustful woman in his heart. Chunjiao firmly believes in this. There are so many inns to choose from, so why choose one surrounded by flower buildings?
Where? And as soon as he arrived, he used the excuse that he had something to do and refused to let anyone follow him!
The more Chunjiao thought about it, the more something was wrong. She simply dropped her black umbrella, jumped out of the window, and went to follow Xia Shang's traces.
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The Zhu Family Bookstore is opened not far from the canal ferry. At such an important trading port, the books that should be printed can be directly transported to the capital via the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and can also go down to Suzhou and Hangzhou. However, from the perspective of location selection, Zhu Jindou's
The kid still has some business acumen.
However, after experiencing some things that happened between the Zhu family and Zhu Wanyuan, Xia Shang decided to bring the cooperation on "Dream of Red Mansions" to an end. Regardless of whether Zhu Jindou knew what happened that day, Xia Shang and the Zhu family were finally settled.
Hatred, and a life-and-death feud!
Zhu Wanyuan wanted to put people to death regardless of the circumstances. He was so ruthless and could not be treated as if nothing had happened.
With Xia Shang's character of spending every penny, it is even more impossible for him to forget the danger in the Zhu family that day. If Long Er hadn't intervened that day, Zhu Wanyuan might have been poisoned and died. Who knows what will happen now?
If Zhu Wanyuan was not dead, Xia Shang would also find a way to kill him. Not only would it be revenge, but it would also eliminate a major worry.
Today, Xia Shang calculated that there was no danger, so he dared to go to Zhujia Bookstore alone.
This was the only and last time he came to Zhujia Bookshop and handed over the last section of "Dream of Red Mansions" to Zhu Jindou.
The Zhu Family Bookstore was only established three months ago. From a small room at the beginning to a large workshop that can produce thousands of books a day, it has developed smoothly without any obstacles. All of this is thanks to
The huge influence of "Dream of Red Mansions".
Although the development of Zhujia Bookstore is no longer just for the printing and distribution of "A Dream of Red Mansions", I heard that Zhu Jindou has reached cooperative relationships with more than a dozen authors, and has released more than a dozen novels together with "A Dream of Red Mansions", and even some
There are some old jokes from storytellers in teahouses and restaurants.
The share ratio of other books is just opposite to that of "Dream of Red Mansions". The Zhu Family Bookstore will get 90%, and the author of the novel will only get 10%. It can be said that Zhu Jindou followed Xia Shang's method against him and used it on other authors.
Although they all think it is very dark, they can’t help it, because only Zhujia Bookstore has accumulated such a large number of loyal readers to ensure sales. Therefore, despite all the black-hearted regulations, ancient novel authors still sharpened their heads to get into it.
Drill.
As a result, other books sold by Zhujia Bookstore became the top priority of their profits, and their economic benefits even exceeded those of Xia Shang's Wuliangye.
Zhu Jindou never told Xia Shang about these things, and Xia Shang never pursued them. It wouldn't be a bad thing to let this little brother catch up on the popularity of "Dream of Red Mansions".
But it's different now. Zhu Wanyuan directly caused this cooperation to end. The only reason to blame is that Zhu Jindou is his son.
Xia Shang arrived at the Zhu Family Bookstore. The main entrance was a courtyard door with four doors. The plaque was simple but antique, which was in line with the temperament of the bookstore. There was only a single stone lion in front of the door, which was placed on the left under the stone steps of the door. On the right was a
The red list contains the crowdfunding funds for the next chapter update of various books, as well as the printing time of new editions of some books, etc.
The door of the bookstore was closed, and there were no bookstore workers. Instead, there were seven or eight young men and women gathered in front of the red list and discussing.
Xia Shang passed by and heard a beautiful woman clenching her little fists with murderous intent: "Who is Cao Xueqin? It's been more than half a month since the last time, but there's still no follow-up. You see, the crowdfunding funds are already enough. Press
The request should be updated. I have been waiting for more than ten days! I have been here every day, but there is no news at all! Why doesn’t the author of such a dishonest statement die? If he is caught by this girl,
, I must break his legs so that he can't run for the rest of his life, so I can finish writing "Dream of Red Mansions" for me honestly!"
As soon as the girl finished speaking, the other, more shy and beautiful girl beside her giggled: "Sister Xue, please stop saying harsh words here! I don't understand you yet? You even call Mr. Cao's name in your dreams!"
If I really see Mr. Cao's true appearance, let alone breaking his legs, I'm afraid my whole body will become weak and I won't be able to stand up, right?"
"Xiao Nizi! What are you talking about?! This girl remembers someone whispering that she would give her first time to Mr. Cao!"
"Sister Xue, this is outside..."
"Kekeke..."
That girl Fang is so lively!
After Xia Shang heard this, he immediately became energetic. (To be continued)