A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 329: Manager Liu is making trouble again

On the day of the Lantern Festival, the famous Li from Jiangnan displayed five new cloths in various cloth shops in Qile City. These new cloths were all developed and dyed by Ma Ming alone in Lijia Farm. The majestic and unique beauty of mountains and rivers on the cloths could not help but make people shine. Therefore, these new cloths attracted the attention of many customers in just half a day.

Years ago, after Li Xingyuan's small auspicious ceremony, Li Yunye and Mu Liang were pleasantly surprised when they saw the new cloth dyed by Ma Ming himself. Two days later, Li Yunye could not wait to ask Li Guanshi to take Ma Ming out of the farm and arrange for Ange to go to Li's dyeing workshop. He also asked Liu Guanshi of the dyeing workshop to help Ma Ming dye the new cloth in preparation for the new goods to be put on the shelves for the Lantern Festival.

The new cloth became a hot seller as soon as it was launched, and some regular customers have already booked it until the Shangsi Festival in March. Ma Ming's superb and unique tie-dyeing skills have made Jiangnan Mingli break away from the traditional Jiangnan water village style and reach a higher level. Although all this was within Li Yunye's expectations, he couldn't help but be ecstatic when he heard his brother who had just returned from the shop outside tell him about the hot sales in various places.

"It's only the first day today and we've achieved such results. In five days, we will have to ship it to shops in various places in batches. You have to keep an eye on the dyeing workshop during this period to make sure no accidents happen." Although Mu Liang was happy to see his brother-in-law, he had to remind him to take precautions.

After all, the dyeing factory is of top importance, and a single move can affect the entire body. A previous fire caused the famous Li family in Jiangnan to fall into crisis, which is still fresh in our memory.

"I will go to the dyeing workshop myself tomorrow morning to take a look at the dye reserves." After hearing Brother Mu Liang's reminder, Li Yunye put away the smile on his face and nodded in agreement.

"I'll go with you." Mu Liangwen said with a smile as he held the kettle to refill his tea.

"No need. You've been busy in the shop for most of the day. You should have a good rest tomorrow. I'll tell you if you have any questions when I come back." After drinking half a sip of tea, Li Yunye shook his head.

"After all, you're one year older now, and you know how to feel sorry for your brother." Li Yunye's words warmed Mu Liang's heart. He immediately smiled with joy.

"What? Didn't I feel sorry for you before?" Li Yunye rolled his eyes and said to him angrily, but soon realized that what he said was inappropriate, so he immediately lowered his eyes to hide his panic.

"Brother Yunye has grown up and learned to face things on his own." Mu Liang laughed and explained hurriedly.

Seeing that Brother Mu Liang didn't mind what he said, Li Yunye secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he just raised his eyes and glared at him without saying anything else.

Manager Liu, who was in charge of the Li family dyeing workshop, had mixed feelings when Ma Ming suddenly came to the workshop with the new cloth he had dyed by himself. Later, when he saw the young master's special regard and care for Ma Ming, he couldn't help but become worried.

It was known long ago that the young master was training new people. One of them had been successfully promoted to the shopkeeper of Yujiang City, and the other two also stayed with Shopkeeper Yuan. Every day, they would go around the shops in the city to handle affairs. On the surface, they said they were helping Shopkeeper Yuan share the burden, but in the eyes of Manager Liu, wasn't this the young master trying to sideline Shopkeeper Yuan and let the newcomers take over? However, he naturally didn't dare to say what he was thinking in front of Shopkeeper Yuan, after all, Shopkeeper Yuan was still loyal to the Li family.

It was not his place as a dyeing workshop manager to interfere in the affairs of Shopkeeper Yuan, but as Ma Ming brought his new tie-dyeing skills to the dyeing workshop, Manager Liu began to worry that his position as manager might be in jeopardy. The attention that the young master paid to Ma Ming made him even more jealous, so he pretended to deal with the young master's instructions, but turned around and made things difficult for Ma Ming, often bringing up old matters in front of him in a sarcastic manner.

The other guys in the dyeing workshop were naturally close to Manager Liu. Seeing that Manager Liu disliked Ma Ming, they often bullied this honest boy.

Ma Ming worked for the famous Li family in Jiangnan, and although he didn't understand why Manager Liu made things difficult for him, it was the Li family that gave him and his grandmother a place to live, and it was because Manager Mu took them away in advance that they were able to escape the tragedy in Ma Village. Ma Ming was grateful for the Li family's kindness to him, so he could tolerate the bullying and exclusion he suffered in the dyeing workshop, but he couldn't tolerate being ridiculed for coming to the Li family's dyeing workshop to steal the craftsmanship at the instigation of Village Chief Ma.

As soon as it got dark on the day of the Lantern Festival, the lights in Qile City were already bright and the music was resounding. The Li Mansion did not celebrate the festival because it was still in the three-year mourning period. It was still quiet as usual.

But since Old Zhou was an outsider, there was naturally no need for him to observe mourning. So he slipped out of Li's house without even having dinner and disappeared.

"Master, Master Muliang, Ma Ming is here."

Just as Li Yunye and Mu Liang were discussing future new products in various places and other related matters in the study, the housekeeper An Ge walked in and reported.

"Ma Ming? Why does he come to the city during the holidays instead of going shopping and admiring the lanterns? " Li Yunye asked curiously upon hearing this.

"Ma Ming said he has something important to report to you, young master." An Ge still answered respectfully.

Suddenly seeing Ma Ming entering Li's residence on a festive night and seeing his distressed look, An Ge naturally asked him about it, but he just shook his head and sighed without answering.

"Bring him in." Li Yunye first turned his head to look at Mu Liang who was sitting next to him. Seeing that his brother did not say anything, he gave instructions to Ange.

An Ge went out in response, and soon brought Ma Ming into the study.

"Ma Ming greets the young master and greets Manager Mu." Ma Ming still lowered his head and bowed respectfully to Li Yunye and Mu Liang in front of him.

"Ma Ming, what do you want to go back for?" Mu Liang asked first.

"Sir, Manager Mu, I have now handed over the dyeing method of new cloth to other masters in the dyeing workshop. Even if I am not here, it will not affect the production of new cloth, so I...can I go back to the farm early?" Ma Ming hesitated for a moment before speaking nervously.

"Today is the first day that the new cloth is available, and it's only in Qile City. It will be shipped to other places in five days. During this period, there will inevitably be customer complaints or other emergencies. Since you are a tie-dye master, you should stay to deal with them." Li Yunye rejected Ma Ming's request immediately, but he was also puzzled in his heart. Although Ma Ming was young, he was not a willful person. He had already made it clear to him before. Why did he ask to go back to the farm when the new cloth had just arrived today?

"Ma Ming, did something happen in the dyeing workshop?" Ma Ming looked depressed after being rejected by Li Yunye. Mu Liang saw it and asked again.

Ma Ming, who did not want to complain, saw that the young master decisively rejected his request. However, he did not want to go back to Li's dyeing workshop. He had no choice but to tell the truth about how he had been bullied by Manager Liu in the dyeing workshop during this period.

"How long has it been? Has Manager Liu started to become restless again? He probably doesn't want to stay in the Li family anymore if he causes trouble at this critical moment!" After hearing what Ma Ming said, Li Yunye became furious. He slammed the table and started pointing out the window angrily.

Mu Liang, who was still calm beside him, understood what Manager Liu was thinking after listening to what Ma Ming said. He disliked Ma Ming because he thought that Ma Ming's return to the dyeing workshop with his superb tie-dyeing skills would threaten his position as manager. It was understandable that people took care of their own interests, but Manager Liu should not have used such a cunning trick, especially at a critical moment when the new cloth of Jiangnan Famous Li was put on the shelves.

Although Mu Liang was also quite angry about this, he calmly let Ma Ming go back to the dyeing workshop first, and then persuaded Li Yunye to stay. He said that at a time when the famous Jiangnan Li Shangxin was making new changes, it was not appropriate for internal conflicts to occur. Even if he met Manager Liu tomorrow, he had to appease him first.