Xu Ling hypocritically smiled and asked, "So does that mean Old Lady Lin is not planning to take into account the old relationship between the two families and be a bit more lenient?"

  Lin Qingwan glanced at him and said, "I didn't say no to compromise, I just said no to cutting in line. However, your tone of voice makes me very unhappy, so I'm thinking about whether or not to take back the compromise as well."

  Xu Ling's smiling face stiffened again. As a young master, he also had pride, how could he lower his face to please others again?

  The atmosphere was momentarily frozen.

  Lin Run stood at the door and saw, couldn't help but cough lightly, Wan Jie's temper was acting up again. She was clearly a flexible person, but sometimes her temper was very stubborn, refusing to give in.

  "Wan Jie," Lin Run called out to her, finding them a way down, "being an old customer, we should give you even better treatment."

  Xu Ling's expression also eased, and he stood up with a smile: "Lin auntie please forgive me, I was being naughty, if there's anything that made you angry, I hope you can tolerate it."

  Lin Qingwan pursed her lips and asked, "Just now at the door, didn't Lang Jun see me?"

  "Hmm..." Xu Ling didn't know what to say, and was still thinking of a reason when Lin Qingwen laughed and said: "Can't you see I'm fine? I didn't refuse your offer to let Lang Jun cut in line because of that."

  "Let Lang Jun know that at Lin's Bookstore, no matter who comes, they have to queue up. This is the rule set by my father when he was alive and has never been changed."

  Xu Ling twitched his mouth, but that's the same. Lin's Bookstore used to have more carved editions than others, so most people who came here were ordering books.

  There are fewer people who order books in large quantities, and the printing process takes a long time anyway, so waiting a little longer doesn't matter.

  Because some of the books ordered have overlapping parts, they are all printed together. Often, the book in front of them is already printed, and this one is also done.

  So little time is spent queuing.

  Now they are buying bamboo paper, which is produced in batches and is now sought after by many people, so there are many people queuing up.

  Making a batch of paper may take only two or three days, but queuing up for it would require two to three months. Who is willing to wait for two to three months?

  It wasn't until two or three months later that I finally got the bamboo paper, but the yellow flowered vegetables had already gone bad.

  But he didn't want to say these words to Lin Qingyan. Some things can only be understood and not spoken, which is also one of the reasons why he doesn't like to discuss business with women.

  If it were Lin Run, he would have many options for side attacks and temptations, but if it were Lin Qingyuan...

  "What's the 'Tong Rong' method that Old Lady Lin is talking about?" Xu Ling felt that he couldn't possibly send Lin Qing a beautiful woman, nor was it good to drag her out for drinks, so he could only ask directly.

  Lin Qingwan slightly turned her head and looked him up and down before asking, "If I were to help you out, what would be in it for me?"

  Xu Ling opened his mouth and asked after a while: "What's good about it?"

  "Right, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt," Lin Qingyan tapped her finger on the table and smiled: "If there's no benefit, why would I bother to help you?"

  Lin Run couldn't help but let out a light cough, Lin Qingyan lowered her eyes and remained silent.

  Xu Ling looked at her and then at Lin Run, finally hesitatingly saying: "Give more silver?"

  Lin Qingyan smiled and shook her head.

  Xu Ling furrowed his brow, "Then what do you want?"

  Lin Qingwan looked at Liu Guanshi, who bowed his head in thought for a moment before leaning over and whispering in her ear: "Miss, the Xu family's brush..."

  The voice was neither loud nor soft, just loud enough for Xu Ling to hear.

  Lin Qingwan didn't retell it either, and instead turned her head to look at him.

  Xu Ling twitched his mouth and said: "In the future, Lin's Bookstore can increase their orders by 30%, and then Wan Shu Ge will order bamboo paper from Lin's Bookstore..."

  "Alright," Lin Qingyan nodded and said: "Our two families have been cooperating for many years, we are all trustworthy of each other. In the future, the orders from the Lin family to you will also increase by 30%."

  Now, Xu's pen and Lin's paper are both scarce commodities, so each order has a limit.

  Increase the quota by 30%, and there will be quite a few.

  Lin Qingwen was very satisfied with this, as it was a mutual improvement. Xu Ling was also very satisfied with this.

  "Lin's grandma said it makes sense..."

  "Every ten days the workers at Lin's bookstore and paper shop have a day off, so your goods can be delivered on their rest day," said Lin Qingwen, looking at Liu Guan Shi.

  Liu Guan Shi immediately said: "The next break is in three days. There are many orders at Wan Shu Ge, so it will take at least two days."

  Lin Qingyan nodded, "Arrange it for fifteen days later, you can come and collect the goods then."

  Xu Ling let out a breath of relief, glanced at Lin Run and smiled: "I've long heard that Madam Lin is formidable, I didn't expect her to be so formidable. It seems that this young man had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai earlier. I hope Madam Lin will forgive me."

  Lin Qingwan also took a glance at Lin Run, and smiled: "Different winds blow in different places, let alone the distance between Beijing and Suzhou. Your Xu family is accustomed to obeying the clan leader with their lives, I won't blame you for that. However, my Lin family has always been open-minded, and my fifth brother is also warm, kind and rarely interferes with other families' affairs."

  "Right, can Mr. Lang make decisions on this deal?" Lin Qingwen smiled and asked: "Do you want to write a letter to ask your clan leader?"

  Xu Ling's servant behind him was wiping cold sweat, he didn't know if Lang Jun had succeeded in driving a wedge between them, but this Lin lady had definitely made Lang Jun angry, hadn't they seen Lang Jun clenching his fists behind his back?

  Xu Ling was still angry, but his face was also smiling, and he chatted with Lin Qingyan for a while before getting up to bid farewell.

  The smile on his face remained until he got into his own carriage.

  Xu Ling was very angry, and his family's steward advised in a low voice: "Lord, why bother to see her as an equal? She is just a woman..."

  Xu Ling looked down at him with a glance, blocking all his words in his throat.

  "Girls? That's even more capable than you, calling you to buy a bamboo paper, and looking at it for so long without even a list." Xu Ling was furious, "If you couldn't take it down, would I have to come here to suffer?"

  "Lang Jun, the Lin family's business is not doing well, and we've tried every method..."

  "Alright, alright," Xu Ling waved his hand impatiently and leaned against the car, sulking. He was actually intimidated by a woman.

  He fell silent for a moment before starting to laugh again, stroking his chin and saying: "I remember last year someone came to unite our Wan Shu Pavilion against Lin's Bookstore?"

  "Yes," said the steward nervously, "but Second Master refused and explicitly ordered us not to interfere. Third Master, if Second Master finds out that we're taking advantage of his misfortune, I'm afraid..."

  Xu Ling gave him a glance and said, "Who says I want to deal with Lin's Bookstore? I just remembered that at the time, didn't you say that the person who was secretly colluding was from the Zhao family?"

  "Yes," the housekeeper lowered his voice and said, "Now the Lin family and Zhao family are just pretending to be on good terms, but everyone is secretly saying that the closure of the Zhao family's Piaoyu Building last year was actually done by the Lin family."

  Xu Ling smiled and stroked his chin, saying: "This is also good. I don't like that Lin lady very much, but I dislike Zhao Sheng even more. Let them find fault with each other."

  Guan Shi curled up his mouth and didn't expect Sanlang Jun to think for half a day and come up with this idea.