At the turn of Mao and Chen, just as the genius was dawn, several main streets in Jiangcheng County were already bustling. Various stalls were set up on both sides of the street, waiting for business to come. Customers were already coming to the door in front of several noodle stalls and bun shops.

At this time, a young man wearing straight-calf pants ran up at a constant speed from the end of the long street. Sweat beads were already seen on his forehead and neck, and his breathing was slightly heavy. But even so, he didn't want to give up at all. He smiled at the boss and said, "Uncle Sun, give me two fried dough sticks today."

"It's Dalang, have you run outside the city gate so early?" Sun Dewang, the owner of the fried dough stick stall who had just received a guest, looked at Li Ling with sweat and said carelessly: "Don't be tired of yourself. You actually get up earlier than we do business."

When Li Ling heard the name Dalang, he felt a little awkward, and he always reminded him of a celebrity named Wu, but he still smiled and said, "It's always no harm to exercise your body. I was always sick because my body was too weak and I was ineffective before. This is not possible."

"That's right. Look, I've got it, two fried dough sticks, a total of ten cents." Uncle Sun said as he quickly wrapped two thick fried dough sticks for Li Ling with grease paper and handed them over. Li Ling thanked him and answered them, said hello to the others next to him, and then ran to the alley where he was.

Watching him leave, Sun Shucai and the stall owner beside him sighed: "I really didn't expect that Li Dalang would have such a big change, and his whole person would be completely different from two months ago. If it weren't for his appearance that hadn't changed much, I wouldn't have recognized it."

"He has no choice but to call his father... But now I heard that he is running that small bookstore business is pretty good, and finally it was his ancestors of the Li family who blessed him."

This immediately aroused the feelings of other stall owners, but Li Ling, who had already run away, couldn't hear it. In fact, even if he heard it, he wouldn't be too heartless. After all, life is for him to feel it. As long as he and Yue'er live a better life, it doesn't matter what others say.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed since the bookstore reopened. With the new methods of renting books and the attractive advertisements made by Li Ling, many scholars have really attracted the door. The large books such as the Four Books and Five Classics were rented out for fifty or sixty, and the novel books that were rented out were also rented out. Although the profit was low, the Li family temporarily got rid of the dilemma of being in trouble.

Of course, the income from renting books alone is far from being able to pay off his huge silver debt in a few months, so he has to think of other ways to make money. However, the most important thing at the moment is to let his sister have enough food and live a better life first.

When Li Ling pushed open the yard and entered the house, he saw Li Yueer pouring a small pot of rice soup into two bowls. The rice in the larger bowl was obviously multiple times that in the small bowl. Judging from her careful appearance, she obviously didn't want to pour half of the rice outside. Hearing the movement, Li Yueer hurriedly looked up and saw that it was her brother, so she smiled sweetly: "Brother, you can have a meal."

"Well, I happened to buy fried dough sticks, and we fried dough sticks are rice soup, and the meal is good." Li Ling did not point out the little move of his sister leaving more food for him, but just raised the fried dough sticks in his hand with a smile. After seeing these two huge golden fried dough sticks, Li Yue'er's eyes showed even more excitement: "Fried dough sticks, we haven't eaten them for a long time, brother, you're the best."

Li Ling put the fried dough sticks on the table, pulled Li Yue'er to sit down together, and then smiled and said, "Are you good fried dough sticks or my brother?"

"Of course it's brother." Li Yue'er naturally couldn't resist the temptation of fragrant fried dough sticks. She immediately took one, bitten it without a lady, then picked up a small bowl, took a sip of rice soup, and moaned with satisfaction: "Brother, it's so delicious. It would be great if I could eat fried dough sticks every day in the future." As she said that, she seemed to feel something was wrong and hurriedly waved her hands: "Brother, I'll just say it casually, fried dough sticks are so expensive, I'll be very satisfied if I eat them once a while."

When Li Ling heard this, his heart trembled. The little girl's requirements were so low. She was so considerate and sensible. With such a sister, she should work harder, at least she should live a better life. Thinking of this, he reached out and rubbed Li Yue'er's sparse and yellow hair, and promised: "Don't worry, Yue'er, brother promises you that it won't take too long, so we won't have to worry about food and drink."

Li Yue'er chewed the fried dough sticks in her mouth, but her head lit up quickly and responded vaguely: "Well, I believe me..."

After breakfast and changing clothes, Li Ling went out to the bookstore. At this time, the county town had completely awakened and the bookstore business came. Sure enough, shortly after he opened the door, customers came to him one after another, most of them were scholars, so most of them were only focused on the Four Books and Five Classics and their annotations. In the morning, they rented out seven or eight books.

As noon approached, two more scholars came. However, the two dresses were different from those of the guests who had visited the Li Family Bookstore. They were dressed in bright clothes, but they even held a folding fan in their hands. They looked really romantic and chic. If the weather was not a bit cold now...

"Do you two scholars have any books you want to rent or buy?" Li Ling hurriedly greeted with a smile when he saw the business coming. After doing business for a few days, he also had some research on the name. As long as he was a young scholar, no matter whether he had a fame or not, calling them a scholar would always make people happy.

Sure enough, there were smiles on the faces of the two of them. One of them opened the fan and slapped it twice, and then said, "Why are there all the books in your bookstore that are not old? Is there any brand new?"

"You two don't know that the quality of this book is not the old or new, but the content in it lies in the understanding of the readers. People like you are as talented as you, even if you read old books, you will definitely be able to go to high school in the future." Li Ling immediately answered, but cleverly avoided the weaknesses of his own books.

"You boss is quite good at speaking, interesting." Another scholar smiled and said, "But we have bought and read the classics here long ago. Today I just want to find a few books that I have never read. For example, the book Ji Zijie Chunqiu, which has been quite popular in Hengzhou Prefecture recently. Do you have it here?"

Li Ling raised his eyebrows. He had never heard of this book before, so naturally there was no in the bookstore. However, he did not give up and immediately said, "Is there such a good book? Then I will have to go to the bookstore to read it in a few days. However, in my opinion, in addition to the Four Books and Five Classics, the novels are actually the best books. You two are interested in buying a few books to read. After all, in addition to studying poetry and books, you also have to relax and combine work and rest."

"Ha, you boss is indeed good at doing business. If you don't have the books we want in your store, you will start recommending other books to us. Well, seeing that you are interesting, I will recommend two to us. But you can listen. We are both a good person who reads poetry and books. Don't use the same bad words to make excuses us."

"Yes, I have read it for many years and I'm not 100 or 80 years old. I have set up two cabinets of books at home, so it's really no less than yours."

After hearing the two of them say this, Li Ling could only smile bitterly, and looked away from him and underestimated them. However, he did not give up on the business. His eyes swept back and forth quickly on several rows of shelves, and finally flipped through a corner of the bottom floor to see a book that looked the oldest: "I guess you must have never read this book."

The two took the book from him, and when they saw the title, they were stunned: ""Shadows Through the Curtain"? I have never heard of the name of this book. Could it be that it is a book similar to the popular recent novels of talented men and beautiful women?" As they said that, the two gathered together and started reading.

After only a few pages of reading, the two scholars' faces turned red. Although the contents of this book are also talented men and beautiful women, in addition to love, they also have movements. This is obviously a new version of the ship that they have never seen before. After seeing their reactions on the side, Li Ling grinned quietly, "Little thing, can I cure you?"

However, when the two of them looked at him, he changed into a warm smile: "What do you think about this book?"

"No...not bad. Is there anything similar? Let's give us a few more books."

Li Ling had to exclaim, and he still underestimated the two of them. But this was not a problem. He immediately found a few similar books from every corner and handed them over. He said that these books were indeed popular ten or twenty years ago, but later they were banned by the government. Only a few books were kept by him, which he had been closed for many years.

The next thing was simple. The two Chu brothers had no idea of ​​bargaining with Li Ling. They directly bought five "interesting and vivid" novels at a high price of five taels of silver, and then left with excitement.

This ticket alone made Li Ling earn money that he hadn't earned ten days ago, which made him sigh that he was just taking the wrong steps and making money. However, he also knew that such a deal was hard to come by, and there were indeed few such books in the store, so if you really wanted to do a good job, you had to think of adding books in the store.

After some weighing the pros and cons, Li Ling made a decision and went to the Gujia Bookstore in the city in two days to fill in some popular books. After all, his bookstore now has a lot of customers, so he has to keep up with the trend of the times and provide better services to customers.
Chapter completed!