Xin You knew the young man's name, Li Li, and he was a printing apprentice.
In the list compiled by Shopkeeper Hu, the craftsmen who mastered key technologies all had personal contracts. With the change of owners, the personal contracts were now transferred to Xin You. There are also some ordinary craftsman apprentices who are not the servants of the old employer Shen Ning, but have an employment relationship.
This Li Li is the latter.
The perpetrator has been found, and the place where the incident occurred has been found. The rest has to wait for the full moon.
Xin You was actually very curious as to why shopkeeper Hu appeared outside the warehouse at that time, but it was obviously unwise to ask directly.
It would be too cheap to drive someone like Li Li away directly. The best solution is to catch the thief and capture the stolen goods, and then ask him why he did this.
Are you just venting out your dissatisfaction with your co-workers, or are you accepting the instigation of others when you see the bookstore is improving?
Fortunately, tomorrow is June 14th. Keep these three days, 14th, 15th and 16th, to make the demon appear.
"Shopkeeper, does anyone have the key to the door from the residence to the printing house?" Xin You asked on the way out of the printing house.
"Except for you and the villain, there are only one at the two nursing homes and one at Manager Zhao's."
There are two managers in the bookstore, one is Manager Hu, who is mainly in charge of the front, and the other is Manager Zhao, who is responsible for managing the craftsmen in the printing shop.
The house where Xinyou lives is divided into the east and west courtyards, and the west courtyard is reserved for these craftsmen. In addition to patrolling the house, the two guards also have the responsibility of patrolling the printing shop.
"When do the two guards go to inspect the printing house?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "The printing shop is full of people during the day, so there is no need for it. I usually go there for inspection at night and once before going to bed."
"There are only two guards, and it is really hard to patrol both the house and the printing shop. Shopkeeper, you said that the stereotypes in the Classics and History Collection are very important, and these boards are all made of wood, so you can't relax the moth-proofing and fire-proofing, right? "
"That's for sure. The warehouses where the stereotypes are stored are built separately and are not connected to each other. The floors are paved with stone slabs and are specially treated for mothproofing. No one is allowed in or out except for taking and placing the stereotypes."
"I see some book boards in the hall are covered with cloth. Is there anything special about it?"
Shopkeeper Hu once again lamented the progress of the new owner, and was particularly happy to explain: "It is a fire-resistant cloth, which has a certain fire-proof effect. When the wood board paper is being carved, there are many people busy, and it is easy to catch fire, so I use the fire-colored cloth to cover it."
"Is that so?"
Shopkeeper Hu had a complicated expression: "It's no use."
Facing the new owner's confused expression, the old shopkeeper twitched his lips and said, "I don't have that much money."
Huohuan cloth is not cheap either. Which printing house puts all the plates in its warehouse using Huohuan cloth?
"That's it." Xin You suddenly realized.
Shopkeeper Hu: "..." Otherwise?
"Let's do this. Let's buy some Huanhuan cloth for the warehouse I just saw. When the account is comfortable in the future, we can use it for other warehouses as well."
Shopkeeper Hu opened his mouth to persuade, but then thought of the 20,000 taels spent by the new owner, and stopped trying: "Listen to the owner's arrangements."
In the afternoon, shopkeeper Hu reported to Xin You that Huo Huanbu was ready.
"The shopkeeper will arrange for two trustworthy people to move these cloths to the warehouse at night."
Shopkeeper Hu was stunned for a moment.
Xin You looked calm: "Our bookstore has undergone a lot of changes recently, so we should try to keep things as normal as possible in the printing house to prevent people from being upset."
"The boss is still thoughtful."
Waiting until nightfall, shopkeeper Hu found two reliable men to move the fire cloth to the warehouse of the headquarters, and covered it up without going into details.
The next day, June 14th, shopkeeper Hu found that there were fewer people coming to the bookstore to sell books. He still felt uneasy thinking about the down-and-out scholar who had left angrily yesterday, so he sent his clerk outside to inquire.
Not long after, the man Liu Zhou came back angrily.
"Shopkeeper, that poor scholar told people that our bookstore was lying to spend five hundred taels of silver to buy a story. No matter how well-written the story was, he would not buy it. It was just to attract people so that he could sell other books!"
When shopkeeper Hu heard this, he quickly reported it to Xin You.
"Master, if you let him talk nonsense like this, I'm worried that the gentleman who really writes the story with his heart will be deceived by him..."
"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I know it well."
Seeing that Xin You was unmoved, Shopkeeper Hu sighed inwardly.
He always felt that his boss would miscalculate this time.
That's all, my boss is still young and may grow faster with some training. As a shopkeeper, he cannot undermine his employer's confidence.
Xin You returned to the back room, locked herself in the house, and continued writing the unfinished story.
It was night in a blink of an eye.
The bright moon is bright, the summer heat is fading away at this moment, and the wind is blowing the flowers and trees.
It was quiet in the house. Even the patrol nurse had checked the door locks and rested.
On the road illuminated only by the moonlight, two people were walking, it was Xinyou and Xiaolian.
"Girl, be careful where you step." Xiaolian reminded in a low voice.
She didn't understand why the girl came out at this time without holding up the lamp, but the things Xinyou had done before had given her complete trust in the new master.
In Xiaolian's heart, the girl was mysterious and powerful. She even thought about whether it was a fairy who came down to the earth to avenge her girl?
"The moon is very bright tonight." Xin You looked up at the bright moon in the sky and said softly.
Xiaolian also glanced at the bright moon and echoed: "Yes, tomorrow will be the fifteenth day."
Speaking of this, Xiaolian couldn't help but think of the Mid-Autumn Festival in two months.
Until then, it would be better for her to spend time with the girl.
Does the girl have other family members?
The little maid was thinking about this and that, but Xin You walked straight to the printing shop with firm and calm steps.
Compared to the houses with lanterns under the eaves, the printing shop was even darker. Even though there was a full moon hanging in the sky, everything still looked pitch black.
Xinyou stopped and looked at the warehouse.
She could only deduce that the crime occurred after going to bed, but she could not determine the specific time, so she could only rely on the stupid method of waiting for the incident.
She had originally considered handing it over to a nursing home, but thinking about the apprentice named Li Li, Xin You gave up the idea.
She had just taken over the bookstore, and it was unknown who she could truly trust and who she had different intentions for. Since she could prevent this, there was no need to leave it in the hands of uncertain people.
Three nights, I can still afford it.
At this time, there was suddenly the sound of slight footsteps, and Xiaolian was surprised and hurriedly pulled Xinyou's sleeve.
Xin You patted her arm to signal her not to be nervous, and hid in the dark, staring at the people who were getting closer and closer.
As luck would have it, the scene seen in the picture happened on the first night.
The man looked around, walked to the warehouse door, took out the firewood, lit the firewood, opened the door and threw the firewood inside.
Just then Shopkeeper Hu appeared and shouted angrily: "What are you doing!"
Li Li's expression changed drastically, he picked up the stone hidden in his sleeve and hit Shopkeeper Hu on the head.
Xiaolian couldn't help but exclaimed.
(End of chapter)
