Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Although he was not with his family, Dong Jialin came to the lantern festival after dark. There was no other reason, it was just because he had made an appointment with someone.

He passed through the crowd and went straight to the bridge. After a closer look, he found the figure standing under the tree.

"Brother Lu——" Dong Jialin walked over quickly, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

Lu Siheng turned around and said, "It's okay, I just arrived."

When he said this, Lu Siheng looked behind him, "Who did you come with?"

"Oh, they don't like places with too many people. I'm the only one here."

"That's it..." Lu Siheng looked away, with disappointment in his eyes.

But he quickly returned to normal, raised his lips and said, "Okay, then I will take you to the lantern festival that only happens once a year."

Dong Jialin followed him staggeringly.

"As expected of a capital city, it's really lively." Dong Jialin was dazzled along the way.

On the contrary, Lu Siheng said boredly: "If you like excitement, there are many such games, I can arrange them for you in the future."

"Then I'd like to thank Brother Lu first. I want to expand my business in the future, so it's not a bad thing to get to know more people."

"You're still thinking too far," Lu Siheng turned to look at him, "Is the book shop doing well?"

Dong Jialin scratched his head and said, "It's just so-so. No matter how good the book store's business is, it still has limitations. I'm going to do other business when conditions permit."

"Very good, I have an idea." Lu Siheng patted him on the shoulder, "I support you. If you need help, just ask. If nothing else, I still know a lot of people everywhere, and I can Say a few words."

"I know what Brother Lu is capable of, but I still try not to trouble anyone. I want to make a career on my own." Dong Jialin said firmly.

"Good boy, have ambition!"

At this time Yue Qi suddenly appeared, "Boss, something happened——"

Lu Siheng's eyes flashed and he said to Dong Jialin, "Sorry, I have to take a step first."

Dong Jialin said hurriedly: "Business matters, Brother Lu, go and do it quickly, I will take a walk by myself."

"Okay, I'll have a drink with you another day." After speaking, Lu Siheng left in a hurry.

Dong Jialin continued to walk forward for a while. Seeing others gathering in groups of twos and threes, he began to feel bored and turned around and walked back.

When he was about to walk out of the lantern festival, there was an exclamation from the crowd watching the juggling on the roadside. Dong Jialin couldn't help but turn his head to look. He didn't notice that he suddenly bumped into someone in front of him after taking a few steps.

Dong Jialin quickly turned around and saw a fair girl he bumped into.

"Do you know how to read the road?!" a maid-looking person next to the girl scolded.

"Sorry, I was distracted just now..." Dong Jialin apologized quickly.

The girl didn't seem to hear anything and didn't even look at him. After she stood firm, her expression changed and she immediately squatted down.

Dong Jialin looked down and saw an exquisite river lantern on the ground.

The girl carefully picked up the river lantern. The river lantern was slightly deformed due to the bump and fall, and the girl's expression became sad.

Dong Jialin felt sorry, "I broke your things. Whatever the girl likes, I'll buy a new one to compensate you."

"What do you know? Our girl made this lamp herself. It took several days of work. How can you compensate me!" The maid was anxious and angry.

Dong Jialin became even more nervous when he heard this, "I'm sorry, I..."

"Forget it, it seems to still work. Let's go there quickly." The girl's voice was like water.

The maid glared at Dong Jialin and continued walking forward while protecting the girl and the lamp in her hand.

Dong Jialin felt guilty and thought for a while to follow silently.

He followed the girl to the river and watched from a distance as she piously put the lamp into the water. He did not stand up until the lamp floated far away.

Seeing the girl coming this way, Dong Jialin looked around and picked a beautiful lantern from a stall on the roadside.

When the girl came over, Dong Jialin handed the lantern to her, "I'm really sorry. I can see that that lantern is very important to you. Although this is not as good as the one you made by yourself, I think it is my apology. I hope the girl will accept it." "

The girl's eyes moved from the lantern to his face, "The river lantern is not broken, sir, don't worry too much, I can't keep the things."

The girl lowered her head slightly, walked around him and left.

Dong Jialin stood there for a while, then returned home and gave the lantern to Dong Jiafu.

"Thank you, second brother, for still thinking of me." Dong Jiafu didn't know the inside story and was very happy after receiving the lanterns. "But why did second brother come back so soon?"

Dong Jialin smiled guiltily, "Originally, Brother Lu was with me, but then he left in an emergency. I was bored by myself, so I came back."

"Master Lu is also here?"

"Yes, Brother Lu came when the bookstore opened. We talked about the lantern festival, so we made an appointment." Dong Jialin took a sip of tea, "By the way, I also talked about business with Brother Lu tonight. I want to do some other business.”

"Afu, can you help me think of a good business?"

"What do you think, second brother?" Dong Jiafu didn't rush to answer, and wanted to understand his interests first.

"I want to open a restaurant or teahouse, and an inn can also be considered." Dong Jialin thought about it.

Dong Jiafu thought for a moment before speaking: "The three mentioned by the second brother all require a lot of investment in the early stage."

"Yes," Dong Jialin couldn't help but sigh when talking about practical issues, "The money earned from the bookstore alone is definitely not enough. I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve within a year or two. I just want to think about it first."

"Actually, it's not impossible..."

Dong Jialin perked up after hearing this, "Afu, do you have an idea?"

"I think a teahouse might be possible," Dong Jiafu said bluntly.

"Tell me in detail."

"The tea house requires less capital than the other two, and it doesn't require too many manpower in the later stage, and it can also be linked with the bookstore."

Dong Jialin was a little confused when he heard this, "What is linkage?"

"It is to connect the business of bookstores and teahouses, influence and promote each other, and create greater value than two independent stores." Dong Jiafu explained.

"Can the bookshop and the teahouse still communicate?" Dong Jialin seemed to understand, "What should we do?"

"For example, we can hire a storyteller in the teahouse to talk specifically about the books in the bookstore, and he will tell one section at a fixed time every day. This will not only attract favorite customers to come often, but some people can't wait and may go to the bookstore to buy them. Read the words as they are.”

"Wonderful!" Dong Jialin clapped his hands excitedly, "In this way, both of us will make money!"

Dong Jiafu nodded, "You don't have to worry about customers buying storybooks and not coming to the teahouse to listen to books. After all, not everyone likes to read storybooks. Some people just like to sit in the teahouse and drink tea while listening to the vivid stories of books." narrate.”

"Yes, we can also arrange two sessions a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with the same content, to take care of different guests, so that they will not be unavailable at a certain time. If you miss one session, you can come again Listen to another one.”

Dong Jialin's mind was quick and easy to understand, and he quickly thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Second brother is indeed suitable for business. The teahouse has not yet opened, but he has thought so carefully."

"No way, you are still smart and came up with a wonderful way to link it. I just followed your words." Dong Jialin became more and more excited as he thought about it. He stood up and said, "Such a wonderful idea must be realized as soon as possible. It is best to be able to Before you finish writing your last story, open the teahouse."

"Unfortunately, I don't have enough money now."

When it comes to money, Dong Jiafu is also full of ambition but not strong enough. The little money she has is nothing compared to opening a teahouse.

Dong Jialin was an optimist and immediately comforted himself: "I will think of a way to deal with the money. If I have a good idea, I won't be afraid of running out of money!"

"Second brother is right." Dong Jiafu said with a smile.

"I'm going back first, I have to think about it carefully." Dong Jialin turned around and left impatiently.