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Chapter 121 'Sharing the spoils' (As a humble author, please comment and send me a message

Not only were they sold out, but some people complained that they didn't make enough.

The four of them packed up their stall, and the last forty or so Qingming bamboo baskets were sold out in a confused manner.

There were originally more than ten Qingming rice cakes left that had not yet been cut for free tasting.

"How strange."

Lin Xiaoman muttered.

Gu Changsheng thought of the square-faced servant just now, "There was a servant behind a man just now, he looked familiar, as if I have seen him somewhere before."

Lin Jingzhe frowned. Why did he also feel like he had seen this before?

If one person has this feeling, it may be an illusion, but if two people have it, then there must be something they have overlooked.

Lin Jingzhe thought about it for a while, and suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "What do you think? Could it be that Yingkelai has sent someone to frame us again?"

Gu Changsheng shook his head: "Not likely. If Yingkelai wanted to frame us, why would he help us sell out all the Qingming rice cakes?"

Lin Xiaoman touched his purse which was full of silver.

No matter what the lawsuit is about, we have no clue at the moment and it's useless to rack our brains.

So he smiled and said, "Don't worry about it. It's getting late. Pack up and return the things to the shopkeeper."

Gu Changsheng nodded, "Let's rest early today. We can go around the county town if we have nothing to do tomorrow."

Ping'an and Kangtai packed up their things, and the group of six headed towards Jixiang Bookstore.

The waiter in the bookshop saw the young master from a distance and ran in quickly.

"Shopkeeper, the young master is back."

"You're back so soon? Could it be that you can't sell the books? Young Master, your first business venture was not satisfactory. Will you take your anger out on my little bookstore?"

The shopkeeper stopped calculating on his abacus and looked worried.

The waiter didn't expect the shopkeeper to think so much in just a few breaths.

"The young master and the other gentlemen didn't have bamboo baskets in their hands."

The shopkeeper was even more surprised. "Could it be that they are all sold out?"

As he said this, he put down the abacus and walked out the door.

The waiter couldn't help rolling his eyes in his heart behind the shopkeeper's back. The shopkeeper was just worrying about nothing. Why didn't he just ask the young master whether all the goods were sold out?

"Master, are you sold out?"

Gu Changsheng nodded, "Thank you for your help today, boss. Please send someone to take us to the inn where we will stay."

There is no way the young master would not respond to his order. The master sent someone to deliver the message two days ago.

Therefore, the shopkeeper did not ask anyone else to help and took the young master and his friends to the largest Ruyi Inn in the county.

Lin Xiaoman looked at the name of the inn and asked Gu Changsheng, "Auspicious Inn, isn't this also your family's property?"

"Yes, my father likes to name people with words like auspiciousness, wealth, good fortune, and peace. Bookstores and inns all over Lin'an Prefecture use auspicious words."

In modern times, he would definitely be a rich second generation.

He is a rich second generation with no bad habits and has dominated the headlines on Weibo becoming the national husband.

Mr. Gu arranged a No. 1 room for each person. Lin Jingzhe was shocked by Mr. Gu's generosity, "Isn't this... too extravagant?"

Boss Gu arranged four south-facing rooms, with Lin Xiaoman's room in the middle.

Lin Jingzhe pushed open one of the doors.

He stepped in and looked around. The room was fully equipped with beds, couches, and cabinets. The tables and chairs were furnished in simple, elegant colors. A faint aroma wafted from the copper incense burner.

Behind the wooden screen with diamond pattern is a wooden desk with a stack of rice paper on it.

"Actually, Ci'an and I can just sleep in one room. Wouldn't it be too expensive for each of us to have one?"

Gu Changsheng didn't care at all, "It's empty anyway. If you don't live here, no one will come to live here during the Qingming Festival."

Lin Xiaoman took out his money bag and said, "Brothers, are you still going to stand at the door? Shouldn't we divide the money first?"

As she spoke, she shook the purse in her hand, and the silver inside made a pleasant clinking sound.

Xie Ci'an was the last one to enter with a red face and closed the door.

Lin Xiaoman opened his purse and poured out the silver, which rolled onto the wooden table.

Lin Jingzhe quickly protected her, "Xiaoman, be gentle, don't damage the precious silver."

Lin Xiaoman looked at his brother with eyes full of silver, and said with a smile: "All seventy-two Qingming bamboo baskets have been sold, and I received thirty-six taels."

Gu Changsheng had never had to worry about food and clothing since he was a child, so thirty-six taels was nothing to him.

But this is his first time doing business.

He would be happy even if he earned one or two taels of silver, let alone thirty-six taels.

The Xie family had been officials in the court since their great-grandfathers. Xie Ci'an grew up in the capital. Even though the Xie family was a clean family, they had many servants and lived a life of luxury before their property was confiscated. A mere thirty-six taels was nothing in the eyes of Xie Ci'an.

But nowadays, even earning three taels of silver requires a lot of effort.

He spent half a year writing a book, wasting a lot of paper and ink, but still didn't make five taels of silver.

He felt mixed emotions at once, and fearing that someone would see through him, he turned his head away unintentionally, looking elsewhere.

"The carriage, inn, and materials for the paper sign were all prepared by Brother Changsheng. Four taels of silver are for your materials."

Gu Changsheng watched Lin Xiaoman push four silver coins over and hurriedly stopped her: "Xiaoman, my father arranged the carriage and the inn, not me."

Lin Xiaoman smiled and said, "Let's put it this way. If Uncle Gu doesn't prepare a carriage for us, we have to rent one ourselves and find an inn ourselves, which may cost more."

"That won't cost four ounces of silver."

Lin Xiaoman was firm, "This is a top-class room, plus we have a carriage to go back and forth, and two martial artists to drive the carriage and protect us. Four taels of silver is not a lot."

Xie Ci'an glanced at Lin Xiaoman.

I didn't expect that she knew so much at such a young age.

When doing business, you must keep things one thing at a time and not try to take advantage of everyone.

So he also advised: "Changsheng, you should accept it. Otherwise, if we continue to do business in the future, I can't let you suffer losses all the time."

Everyone said so, and Gu Changsheng accepted it reluctantly, "That's fine, I'll take this money back and return it to my father."

Seeing that he accepted it, Lin Xiaoman continued, "The remaining thirty-two taels, the main raw materials of which are red bean paste, flour, glutinous rice flour, and the fillings in the Qingming rice cakes are provided by my family, so deduct two taels of silver."

Gu Changsheng was dissatisfied: "Why only deduct two taels, but I have four taels."

Just as he asked the question, he thought about how expensive travel was these days, and they were staying in a top-notch room, and he regretted it a little, "If I had known earlier, I would have asked Dad to arrange a regular inn for us."

"The remaining thirty taels will be divided equally among the four of us, with each person getting seven taels of silver, plus five hundred copper coins. But for now, it's all silver coins, so let's discuss the details when we return to Dayi Town."

"Row."

Except for Lin Xiaoman, the other three said in unison.

I didn’t expect that our first business partnership would go so smoothly.

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Gu You, who was far away in Dayi Town, laughed out loud after receiving the letter.

He grinned and kept scolding the little bastard.

"Master, the young master made money the first time he did business under your instruction. Why are you still laughing?"

"You don't know that County Magistrate Zhen bought their Qingming baskets, and then the servant of the County Lieutenant also bought one. Do you think those cunning people in Jialin County will just sit there and wait for death? Maybe they even think that these small vendors have a great relationship with the county government."