Soon a month passed and it was time for Yu Qun to bring the account book of the books that Su Wan had given to him to sell at his publishing house. The entire Lin family was excited to see what kind of sales the books that Su Wan had come up with made. Because of this, they all did not go to work instead they waited for Yu Qun to arrive at their house with the account tally.
" Where is he? Is he going to come or not?" Lin Chen who was pacing in the living hall could not help but question as he peered out of the door. He wanted to see the sales of the books!
Su Wan on the other hand was really calm, she took a sip of her tea and then remarked, " He might be a lot of things but he is not a liar. He said that he would come then it means that he would come to no matter what, anyway there hasn't been a single person born who can eat my hard-earned money." Su Wan snickered.
" But still it's already afternoon, and he hasn't been here, did something happen?" Lin Rui questioned worriedly. The books were indeed a bit coarse, what if Yu Qun was beaten up after he was done releasing those books? He had seen many of the scholars being condemned because they drew explicit images.
Though Su Wan knew what happened she did not say anything instead she told her husbands to stay calm and not make a fuss. Yu Qun lived in the city and there was no way he would run away because of a few shares no matter how large they were.
Even if the priest tried to run away, the temple couldn't run! His publishing house was well established in the Big Ocean City where would he go?
Around one in the afternoon when Lin Chen was running out of patience Yu Qun finally appeared. However, when they saw him, it was as if they had seen a ghost. Yu Qun was not only thinner than he was before but he looked like he did not have a good night's sleep for days.
He rubbed his eyes to wipe the tears that were on the verge of spilling and then looked at Su Wan before saying, " Tell me, County Magistrate Su. You knew that the books would perform this well right? You deliberately said those things to make me believe that they will not sell well."
Su Wan rolled her eyes and then replied, " But I also told you that there was a chance that they might do well but you did not listen to me. What can I do if you do not listen to me?"
Yu Qun wanted to say something more but he did not get a chance as Su Wan waved her hands and then said, " All right there is no need for you to cry like this, if you continue helping me then there will be more chances for you to earn money like this." She paused and then asked, " What is the profit?"
Yu Qun's heart which was burning with anxiety earlier calmed down a little when he heard Su Wan say that there were more chances for him to earn more money. He then sat down on the couch and pushed the three boxes that his servant brought with him in front of Su Wan along with the account books before replying,
" The entire month's turnover was fifteen thousand taels which means that the share that belongs to Madam Su is twelve thousand taels, I have already deducted the shares that belonged to my publishing house and brought the rest," he patted the wooden box that was in front of him as Sy Wan checked the account books.
When the Lin family heard that the profit was twelve thousand taels they were stunned. They could earn so much money by selling just two manuscripts. How was that possible?
Lin Yan turned to look at Yu Qun and asked, " Are you sure that there is no mistake?" How was it possible to earn so much money by selling books? If it was that easy then wouldn't the scholars earn millions of taels in just a few months?