Chapter 66: Meeting Qin Yi Again

When Tang returned home, she went off to sulk in her room.

Li Fang Yue knew that Tang had gone out to ask Lu Lin for money. Seeing that Tang was back, she followed Tang to her room, wanting to ask Tang about the situation.

After she was pregnant, Grandma Lu and Grandpa Lu had high expectations for Li Fang Yue, they wanted a great-grandson, Li Fang Yue held her head up high in front of Tang.

Tang was indignant that Lu Lin just caught her on the raw. She felt that her family married Li Fang Yue was really a bad decision.

Tang was so angry when Li Fang Yue asked her whether Lu Lin had given her money that she started arguing with Li Fang Yue and hit her a few times.

Li Fang Yue had been treated nicely by the elders in the family, she was shocked that her mother-in-law dared disobey the elders' instructions, she struck Tang back.

The two of them argued loudly, Grandma Lu rushed to the scene. Li Fang Yue left Tang's room sullenly not long after Grandma Lu arrived.

Grandma Lu looked at Tang and said discontentedly, "Tang, what's the matter with you? Why are you venting your anger on Yue, she is pregnant with your grandson! What if, heaven forbid, anything happens to the unborn baby!"

Tang hit Li Fang Yue when she was utterly discomfited. She felt she went too far when she calmed down.

Grandma Lu glanced at the door and said sullenly, "What if she goes to her sister to complain, what if the Secretary-General get mad at us?"

When the old lady mentioned the Secretary-General, Tang felt even more bitter. She wished the Secretary-General got mad at her for mistreating Fang Yue, but unfortunately the Secretary-General didn't care about Fang Yue.

Tang didn't have the heart to tell the old lady the truth, she just kept nodding when she was scolded. Tang was pissed deep down.

......

When Lu Cheng Yu came back from the school, he heard about his mother and wife had a fight.

"Mother, why did you argue with Fang Yue? You've even hit her?" Lu Cheng Yu did not like Li Fang Yue, but he cared for their baby.

Lu Cheng Yu was not exactly young in the village. Some villagers who were at his age had already had two or three kids.

During this period of time, the Lu family had been fighting endlessly. Lu Cheng Yu felt humiliated that they were reduced to the laughingstock.

Tang said hatefully, "That damn girl, how much money we have spent to marry her, but she just wants to embarrass me."

Lu Cheng Yu wanted to hide the fact about Fang Yue's sister was just a concubine. Several days ago, Li Ru organized a meetup for Lu Cheng Yu and Secretary-General. The two of them chatted happily, and Secretary-General also agreed to help him, which improved Lu Cheng Yu's attitude towards Li Fang Yue.

Seeing his mother mentioning it again, Lu Cheng Yu said unhappily, "Mother, why are you bringing this up again?"

Although Li Ru was just a concubine, as long as she gained grace from the Secretary-General, it wasn't a big deal whether she was a wife or concubine. Lu Cheng Yu didn't want to admit that his choice was wrong.

Tang said sullenly, "I went to Lu Lin's to borrow money today. He didn't agree. He seems to know Li Ru is a concubine."

Lu Cheng Yu looked so flustered, he asked with disbelief, "Lu Lin knows? Mother, are you sure? What exactly did he say?"

Tang nodded and said bitterly, "He said, why is Secretary-General's wife's surname is Ji instead of Li?"

Lu Cheng Yu suddenly clenched his fists, his face stained with embarrassment and indignation, he dreaded to think what if Lu Lin had really found out the truth.

"Where did this damn bastard hear the news?" Tang gnashed her teeth.

Lu Cheng Yu frowned, he had to admit that Lu Lin had been very different recently. He was managing a lot of things in Sino Commercial House. He had even see Lu Lin walking into a restaurant together with a few respected managers and shop owners in town.

Lu Cheng Yu was secretly panicked. 'If Lu Lin knows about it, maybe many people know about it as well.'

......

In the backyard of Sino Commercial House.

Chen Xiao Mi's eyes widened as he saw the pile of bags, "There are so many of them."

"Because we pay our workers by the piece, everyone's enthusiasm is very high."

At the moment, there were 15 employees in the shop. However, Lu Lin didn't mind the workers taking the cloth back home and handing the finished products after they were done.

This way, the staff who received the cloth would ask their relatives to help out as well. Therefore, although there were only fifteen employees in the store in name, ther were actually more than that.

In order to make more money, all the employees had mobilized their families to join them and make more bags.

Lu Lin pondered for a moment. Those workers were afraid that they would suddenly lose their jobs now that there was a rival shop, that was why they were working so hard like there was no tomorrow, it looked like unemployment was a timeless problem!

Recently, wage had taken up a huge part of expenditure.

Chen Xiao Mi looked at the bags and said, "It seems that we need to slow down now. We are seriously overstocked."

Lu Lin nodded and said, "It seems like this."

They were indeed overstocked at the moment, Lu Lin figured he could either ask the workers to take a break or rent a shop in the neighboring town and expand their business. Even though there were peddlers who bought bags from him and sold them in the neighboring town, it couldn't solve the problem once and for all.

The more Lu Lin thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible, and he told Chen Xiao Mi about it.

"Go to the neighboring town!" Chen Xiao Mi vaguely felt that it was feasible, but he also felt that the journey might be a little too far.

If they were to go to the neighboring town, they would have to leave in the early morning, and chances were they still couldn't make it back home at night on a rainy day or so.

" There are many styles that can't be made, how sad!" Chen Xiao Mi sighed, he sounded a little worried.

Lu Lin had designed many styles of bags, but a large number of them couldn't be made for various reasons. The most common reason was zipper. There was no good substitute for zipper. A few days ago, Lu Lin had ordered a batch of fancy fabric. Lu Lin decided to wait for a while before he asked the workers to use the new fabric.

"It's fine, opening a new shop is not something we can rush. We can afford to have a rough patch. We've made a large amount of money anyways." Lu Lin said.

Chen Xiao Mi thought about it and nodded. They had already earned more than 100 taels so far. It would take them forever to earn so much money if they were still in the village. However, they shouldn't be complacent and cease to advance. After all, they had so many workers who relied on them nowr.

Lu Lin counted their savings and said, "There are 150 taels left."

Chen Xiao Mi blinked and said, "That's a lot. Is most savings from selling wine?"

Lu Lin shook his head and said, "No, mainly from selling bags."

Recently, he has gradually reduced the frequency of selling alcohol. Sweet Potato Wine was not easy to make and they didn't have enough ingredients now. and Lu Lin didn't want to sell the alcohol in his convenience store. When he met Manager Wang a few days ago, Manager Wang wasn't happy that they didn't do business with him as often as they used to.

Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi fell asleep as they chatted about opening a new branch.

......

Lu Lin got up early and walked into the shop He saw Chen Xiao Cai biting the pen with a thoughtful expression.

"You are up already?" Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiao Cai and thought, 'This child is really working hard, isn't he! He got up so early. Kids in modern society would sleep till noon on a non-school day.'

Chen Xiao Cai glanced at Lu Lin and said, "It's not that early. The rooster has crowed already."

Lu Lin was speechless, " The rooster has crowed, that's true. There was no need for you to get up right after the rooster crow though. Anyways, what are you doing?"

Chen Xiao Cai glanced at Lu Lin and said, "I'm checking our account book. Business has been less great recently, but wages are increasing, and the fabric is not cheap. If it carries on like this, we will end up losing money sooner or later."

Lu Lin was surprised to hear that from a child, he asked, "Do you have any solutions?"

Chen Xiao Cai nodded and said, "I still have to find a way to sell more bags or the business will fail."

Lu Lin pouted and thought to himself, 'Don't worry, our business won't just fail like that! Child, stop overthinking.'

" Lin Gege, the shop is losing money. Will the Big Boss be upset and fire us?" asked Chen Xiao Cai care-laden.

"The Big Boss went out on a business trip. He doesn't know whether we are losing money or not, we are safe for now," Lu Lin said.

Chen Xiao Cai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good news! However, I still feel that losing money is not good."

"Alright, alright. Follow me."

"Where are we going?" asked Chen Xiao Cai.

"You'll know when we arrive."

Lu Lin led Chen Xiao Cai towards the market.

Chen Xiao Cai followed Lu Lin and said sullenly, "Lin Gege, why are we going to the market?" He was so confused, he had no idea why they were going to the market.

"Of course we are buying snacks on the market."

"What are we buying?" asked Chen Xiao Cai.

"Let's see what's on the market. Maybe we can buy a hen, hen soup is very nourishing."

Chen Xiao Cai shook his head on hearing that, he had been worried sick about the business yet Lu Lin took him to the market to do grocery shopping, but chicken soup was indeed very yummy. Chen Xiao Cai couldn't help but lick his lips.

Lu Lin thought to himself, 'It is getting hotter and hotter. Xiao Mi has a poor appetite. He is suffering severe morning sickness, I should cook something nice for him.'

Lu Lin walked to the town and saw a group of people surrounding a man.

A young master shouted, "This bear, sixteen taels, my final offer."

"Twenty tales! At least! " The man shouted back.

" Don't be too greedy, hunter. Your bear's fur is seriously damaged, I'm doing you a favor by offering you 16 taels. Others won't even offer 12 taels."

"Twenty! At least!"

......

The arrogant young man looked at the hunter with anger filled in his eyes.

Lu Lin squeezed into the crowd to see what was going on. He was a little surprised when he saw the hunter, "Uncle Qin, it's you!"

Qin Yi was also a little surprised when he saw Lu Lin. His son Qin Lang's eyes lit up when he saw Lu Lin, and then he stared at Lu Lin like he had seen a savior.

Lu Lin spent twenty taels buying Qin Yi's black bear in the end.

Qin Yi was very grateful and he insisted on sending the black bear back to Lu Lin's house.

Lu Lin asked Qin Yi where Qin Ming-his second son-was. Qin Yi told Lu Lin that they trapped this black bear days ago, but unfortunately Qin Ming broker his leg when he approached the trap.

After Qin Yi found a doctor, the doctor said that they needed to prepare at least twenty taels of silver to treat his injuries. Therefore, Qin Yi insisted the young master should increase his offer to 20 taels.

Knowing what happened to Qin Yi and Qin Ming, Lu Lin couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the mountain people had it the hard way! They were literally risking their lives when they went hunting, and he felt like maybe Qin Yi had met a greedy quack who was only looking for money.