After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 133

Chapter 133: The Zhang Family Raises the Price

Xiao Xu diligently scooped some eggplant for her. “What else do you want?”

“I also want some eggs,” her little finger pointed to the plate of scrambled eggs with chili.

“Then don’t cry if it’s spicy,” Xiao Xu said, scooping a little into her small bowl.

The little one took a bite and finished it.

She squinted her eyes and smiled, “Delicious!”

“You’re not afraid of spicy food?” Xiao Xu glanced at Xiaobao, who was already crying from the spice and was now being comforted in Liu Chuxia’s arms.

“That’s strange. Haven’t you fed her chili before?” Liu Chu asked.

“We have, but it wasn’t spicy. I didn’t dare to give her this today. I didn’t expect her not to be afraid,” Ke Yan said.

After Xuanbao had finished the food in her bowl, she asked Xiao Xu to get her some more eggs.

“Xuanbao, is it spicy?”

Xuanbao shook her head. “Mommy, my tongue hurts a little after eating this, but it’s delicious!”

Hearing her say this, Xiao Xu’s chopsticks, which were holding the eggs, took a detour and went into her own bowl.

“How much does your tongue hurt?”

“A little bit. Mommy, I want it,” Xuanbao said, holding out her small hands for the eggs in her bowl.

Seeing that she was indeed fine, Xiao Xu gave her a little more.

“If your tongue hurts a lot, you have to tell Mommy, you know?”

“I know,” the little one said, eating in small bites and nodding in response.

After the meal, Liu Chuxia and the others all consciously went to the kitchen to wash the dishes and clean up.

Zhang Qingchu also wanted to join in, but was pulled by Liu Chuxia to Liu Junyue’s side.

“You child. What’s wrong with me just helping to sweep the floor?”

“Auntie Qing, you should just stay with grandmother. She’s so lonely by herself,” Liu Chuxia said and then ran off.

After cleaning up, the group took turns taking a shower, then sat at the stone table to talk about serious business.

“Hanyan and I just went to the auction house to sell the Blood Pearls. The money might not arrive so soon,” Liu Chuxia said after taking a sip of hot tea.

“You can give me the money later. My dad said he can supply you first,” Jiang Jiajia said leisurely, leaning against Xiao Nian’s embrace.

Li Hanyan frowned. “You can solve it here, but the Xiao family’s peach wood swords are not easy to get. The current family head of the Zhang family is not so easy to talk to either, especially if he knows that we are with ghosts and monsters. It will be even harder to talk to him.”

“Mom, have you talked to them about these things? For example, supplying us first.”

Liu Chu nodded. “I have, but both the Xiao and Zhang families disagreed. They said they can participate in the war, but the goods have to be paid for on delivery. Because they don’t know how much they will lose in this war, and money is a very important thing later on. They are also scared by the previous war.”

Liu Chu paused, took a sip of tea, and continued, “I guess they haven’t realized the seriousness of the matter yet. The ‘Master’s’ ambition has been very great these past few years. After she rescues her wife, she will definitely set her sights on our four great families. I guess she definitely wants to unify all the families and become the big boss.

If that happens, whatever we want to do will probably be under her surveillance, and the underworld will also be controlled by her. Then this world will be in complete chaos. In a world where ghosts and monsters run rampant, humans can’t survive. I don’t want to just hand over the Liu family’s hard work of so many years.”

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Liu Chu’s eyes. This was a side Liu Chuxia had never seen before.

“Mom, don’t worry. A family like theirs won’t last long anyway. We’ll do our best to gather the things. At least we have to make sure that the disciples of the Liu and Jiang families each have a righteous qi sword.”

Liu Chuxia said, holding Liu Chu’s arm and leaning against her.

“Mhm. With you here, I can also be more at ease.”

“Everyone has worked hard today. Let’s go to sleep first. Xiao Xu, if there’s any situation at the bookstore, call us at any time.”

“Okay.”

The night passed without incident.

Li Hanyan and Liu Chuxia got up early in the morning. After breakfast, they went to the Liu family’s sword-forging place.

“Young Lord, Senior Sister Li.”

“How is it? Are the materials still enough? We need to get things done as soon as possible.”

The woman touched her head and said with some embarrassment, “The materials are not quite enough. The production speed of the ghosts and monsters is far beyond that of ordinary people. They can make two thousand righteous qi swords in one night. The total inventory is now almost eight thousand. We’re still a little short of ten thousand. But the materials haven’t arrived this morning. I was just about to find you.”

Li Hanyan frowned and took out her phone to dial Zhang Wanfeng’s number.

“Wanfeng, why haven’t the materials arrived today?”

“The family head won’t let us provide you with materials anymore. He said that if you really need them, you’ll have to pay double the price,” Zhang Wanfeng’s face was not very good, so her tone was not good either.

Li Hanyan was silent for a moment, then frowned and still agreed.

After hanging up, Li Hanyan explained the situation to Liu Chuxia.

“He’s really shameless, isn’t he? After this ‘Master’ matter is over, our cooperation with their Zhang family will also end. Except for Wanfeng and the others, we won’t cooperate with anyone,”

“A Xia, calm down. The Liu family’s swords still need their refining spiritual herbs. We can’t cut them off completely.”

“Isn’t Wanfeng still on the spiritual herb side? I was talking about those business cooperations, such as the formations and talismans we provide for their hotels, and the various talismans developed by Xiao Xu.

Anyway, Xiao Xu and I have already developed a trace. A talisman without a trace can only be used, not copied. Hah, I can only say that the family head of the Zhang family is as stupid as a dog,” Liu Chuxia was really angered this time.

“Young Lord, then if the materials are to be twice as expensive, do we still have the funds?” the woman asked with some worry.

“We have some. You don’t have to worry. When the materials arrive later, have those ghosts and monsters speed up. We must get things done today.”

“Okay. Then I’ll go and stand guard at the door.”

“Mhm.”

After the two returned to the courtyard, they explained the matter.

Liu Junyue and the other adults were able to remain calm.

But Jiang Jiajia and the few ghosts were so angry they couldn’t stand it.

“Chuxia, I’ll go and catch that Zhang family head for you now. Son of a bitch. Ptooey. The Jiang family will have no more cooperation with them in the future,” Jiang Jiajia wanted to curse, but considering the elders here, she could only say the last sentence, holding it in.

“Jiajia, calm down,” Xiao Nian said, holding her hand with a frown.

Xiao Xu and Ke Yan were also very angry but said nothing. They also knew that saying anything now was useless.

“Let me go and talk about this,” Liu Chu said, standing up, tidying her clothes, and about to go out.

Zhang Qingchu held her back and shook her head at her.

Liu Junyue looked at her and said, “It’s no use for you to go. That child from the Zhang family must have known you would go and might have even thought of a reason to dismiss you. It’s better for you not to go. The Liu family’s business can still cooperate with them in the future. But do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Just raise the price.”

“Mom, what she did was too outrageous. Relying on her own ability, she’s become so arrogant. Now she’s even raising the price on the spot. Her materials for one sword are seventy thousand. Now it’s going to be double, which is one hundred and forty thousand for one sword. That’s equivalent to the original cost of one sword,” Liu Chu said with a frown.

“How much usable funds does the Liu family have now?”

“Four hundred million. The previous swords have already used up a lot of money, almost emptying the family’s coffers,” Liu Chu said.

“Then for the remaining two thousand swords, if it’s one hundred and forty thousand a piece, that’s two hundred and eighty million. We can still hold on,” Liu Junyue said calmly.