It's been a cold winter.

The sun after the snow did not bring much warmth, and the city was covered with snow, a gust of wind blew, and it was bitterly cold.

People came and went in a hurry, and small traders and vendors craned their necks and hid behind their stalls, stomping their feet and rubbing their hands from time to time.

A bearded man pulled a cart in the cold wind and strode through the streets of Fangshi.

The cart was loaded high and bulged and covered with linen, and a faint smell of flesh and blood emanated from it.

This bearded man is naturally Qin Ziling.

The cold wind was howling, blowing head-on, cold and cold, but Qin Ziling pulled the cart, but his heart was hot.

The day before yesterday, in the valley, he made a lot of money. Needless to say, the exercises and pills and the like also got a total of about 3,000 taels of silver silver tickets and gold tickets, a young python of the Eight Desolations, and an adult of the Eight Desolations of the Python.

Of course, in addition to the harvest in the valley, after seven days of hunting on the periphery of Wuyang Mountain, Qin Ziling also harvested fierce birds and beasts worth nearly a thousand taels of silver.

The flesh and bones of these fierce birds and beasts are all great supplements for those who practice martial arts, and in normal times, Qin Ziling will definitely keep some of them for himself and Liu Xiaoqiang to eat and tonic, and some of them for silver money to buy the required pills and medicinal materials.

But the adult Eight Desolation Blue Python, although the essence was almost absorbed by the three bronze corpses, the remaining dried meat was still far superior to the flesh and blood of fierce birds and beasts for martial artists in their realm, and the body was nearly thirty meters thick, and the amount of dried meat was very large, enough for Qin Ziling and Liu Xiaoqiang to eat for a long time.

Therefore, taking advantage of the years ago, Qin Ziling still deliberately transported most of the fierce birds and beasts he killed this time, ready to sell them to Shanye Suju.

In the store, even though it was winter and there was not much business, Shopkeeper Zhu still dutifully buried his head in the abacus and looked through the accounts.

It wasn't until the sound of the heavy wheels of the car pressing down on the street in front of the store came to his ears that Shopkeeper Zhu subconsciously looked up.

Looking up, Shopkeeper Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly put down the work at hand and walked out of the counter.

"Mr. Qin, I haven't seen you for a few days this time." Shopkeeper Zhu said with a look of surprise, and as he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the board car curiously.

"It's been a few days, how is Shopkeeper Zhu doing?" Qin Ziling smiled.

"It's very good to have Mr. Lao Qin in mind, very good, very good." Shopkeeper Zhu hurriedly bowed his hand, and then pointed to the high-raised cart, rubbed his hands and said, "I don't know what good things Mr. Qin brought this time?" ”

Qin Ziling smiled and lifted the cover.

As soon as the cloth was lifted, the shopkeeper Zhu suddenly stared at him, took a big breath of cold air, and then walked around the cart with an excited face, and his old face in the winter became ruddy.

"Good skills, Mr. Qin, you are really good skills! These big things, especially this blood-haired bear, have thick skin and strong flesh, and are infinitely powerful, and it is said that they can directly uproot the big tree when they surround it.

With a slap, a tree with such a thick thigh can directly stop and break my waist, even if the strength martial artist wants to kill such a big guy, it will take a lot of effort! Shopkeeper Zhu said while rubbing his hands, looking at Qin Ziling's gaze involuntarily with awe.

Before, Qin Ziling hunted and killed a cloud-stepping musk deer that ran like a cloud, and couldn't even catch up with flying arrows, and it could be said that there was an element of luck, but the cloud-patterned white tiger and the blood-haired bear in front of him were all real beasts in the mountains, and they would definitely not be able to hunt and kill without real skills!

Qin Ziling smiled noncommittally, and then, as usual, said very simply: "Shopkeeper Zhu give a price!" ”

"This, this, I've got to think about it. Or, if you wait, I'll ask the proprietor to give you an answer. Shopkeeper Zhu's heart jumped heavily when he heard this, and said.

"There's no need to be so troublesome, you just look at it and give an estimate, I can trust you!" Qin Ziling said.

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll weigh these big guys and give you a quote." When Shopkeeper Zhu saw Qin Ziling say this, his old face became more and more ruddy and shiny.

Soon, a few guys weighed the big guy brought by Qin Ziling, and the shopkeeper Zhu carefully checked the quality of the wild things, wounds, etc., and then took the abacus and pulled it for a while before saying to Qin Ziling: "Mr. Qin, I can call the shots and give you a quotation of one thousand taels." ”

"Shopkeeper Zhu, one thousand taels is a lot of money, who gave you the power to make the bid without authorization?" Qin Ziling was just about to nod when he heard this, when a rather sharp female voice suddenly came from behind him.

Then, Qin Ziling saw a woman appear at the door of the store.

The woman was about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a silver embroidered skirt with a vertical collar, with a white face, a pointed chin, and a sharp gaze with a lofty posture.

Behind the woman, a luxury carriage was parked, and the carriage was engraved with the character "Xiao".

Shopkeeper Zhu obviously didn't know the woman who spoke, and when he saw a woman in a skirt suddenly appearing and lectured at him, he was a little puzzled, but when his eyes crossed the woman and saw the luxury carriage that stopped at the door at the door, he suddenly changed his face, and hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "I don't know which lady of the Xiao family is doing things with, what should I call you?" ”

"My name is Xiaotong, and I am Miss Xiao Liu's maid." The woman saw that the attitude of the shopkeeper Zhu was not bad, and her face eased slightly.

"It turned out to be Miss Xiaotong, there was ...... in that car" Hearing this, the ruddy color on his face, which had not yet faded, suddenly faded completely, even with a hint of paleness, and asked cautiously.

"It's my young lady! I came to ask you to come over to meet my young lady and report the business and accounts to her. ”

"As a result, I saw a business of 1,000 taels of silver before I even entered the door, and you actually quoted without authorization!" Xiao Tong interrupted in a stiff tone, and when he said that his pretty face was tense again, he had a tendency to be blamed.

"Ah......" Shopkeeper Zhu was shocked when he heard this.

"Ahh Xiaotong stretched his pretty face again.

"Miss Xiaotong, our owner has never mentioned this matter to me, can you ...... it?" said Shopkeeper Zhu with an uneasy expression.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, is your brain in water? Your owner is a member of our Xiao family, don't you know? Now, the eldest daughter of our Xiao family head has personally come to inquire about the accounts and take over the business, can you also push back? Xiaotong scolded.

"I didn't mean that, but there's always a rule for everything, isn't it?" Shopkeeper Zhu's face became a little paler when he heard this, but he still had the courage to explain.

"Speaking of procedural rules? I still want to ask you, what is the business of this thousand taels of silver? With such a large amount, your hosts are at your disposal, but do you ask? Xiaotong asked with an angry look on his face.

"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people! Since I hired Zhu as the shopkeeper, I must believe in his ability. Besides, even Mr. Qin believes in Shopkeeper Zhu so much, doesn't I, the proprietor, believe him? At this time, Xiao Jing walked in with Xia Yan and said calmly.

"That's right, in case the shopkeeper Zhu and the customer collude with each other, then ......" Xiao Tong saw that it was Xiao Jing who came in, and at first showed a hint of panic, but soon remembered that Xiao Jing was now sunset, and he was even going to be sent out like goods, so he immediately regained his composure and retorted.

"Presumptuous! Who are you? Dare to talk to Miss Xiao Jing like this! Before Xiaotong's voice fell, Xia Yan, who usually seemed to be charming, had already stepped forward, and said with a cold face, the qi and blood on her body surged, and there was a fierce and powerful momentum towards Xiaotong.

Xiaotong was shocked by Xia Yan's momentum, and she was only a maid after all, so she couldn't help but turn pale with fright, and looked at the carriage outside the door for help while retreating.

"Xiao Jing, Xiao Tong's words are not wrong. Now that I'm in charge of this business, the rules must be changed. The curtain opened, and a young woman wearing a pure white fur coat with no stray hair, delicate and fair skin, and a melon seed face walked down.

"Miss!" When Xiaotong saw Xiao Liu coming down, she hurriedly greeted her, bowed, and when she straightened up, the whole person regained her spirit.

"Xiao Liu, before I make a formal decision, it will not be your turn to meddle in my business, nor will it be your turn to talk about the rules." Xiao Jing watched Xiao Liu come in, and still said calmly.

"Xiao Jing, what do you mean by that? Don't you know that the family has already made a decision......" Xiao Liu showed a hint of shame on his face when he heard this.

"Even so, whether I want to do it or not is ultimately up to me! Don't forget, seven years ago, when I was only sixteen years old, I dared to risk my life to stay and fight the killers of the Nether Sect, and now that seven years have passed, you don't think I have the courage to fight to the death, right? It's just a question of whether I'm willing to do it or not!

So, don't annoy me now, or you won't be able to explain to your father and family!" Xiao Jing casually stroked a few strands of black hair that had fallen down, and interrupted lightly.

"You ......" Xiao Liu's face changed several times, but in the end, he glared at Xiao Jing helplessly, turned around and got into the car and left.

Seeing this, Xiaotong hurriedly followed.

"Mr. Qin made you laugh!" After Xiao Liu left, Xiao Jing said apologetically.

"It's okay, it seems that Miss Xiao Jing hasn't been in a very good situation lately?" Qin Ziling waved his hand.

Xiao Jing didn't answer, just smiled noncommittally, and then said, "Mr. Qin is really a big gain this time!" It's a pity that we can't work together anymore. ”

"Owner, is it ......" The shopkeeper Zhu on the side changed his face when he heard this, and said uneasily.

"Shopkeeper Zhu, don't worry, you have been working with me for many years and have been diligent, I will definitely arrange everything for you, so that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life." Xiao Jing looked at the shopkeeper Zhu and comforted him.

"Thank you, I know you won't treat me badly, but I'm worried about your ......," said the shopkeeper Zhu.

"You don't have to worry about my affairs, it's useless to worry." Xiao Jing interrupted with a smile.

Seeing that Xiao Jing was obviously suppressed in the family, he could still comfort his subordinates and consider them everywhere, at this moment, Qin Ziling really admired the demeanor of the woman in front of him.

"By the way, Mr. Qin, after today, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to cooperate and meet again, if you don't have anything important, how about we have a few drinks in the backyard?" Xiao Jing turned to Qin Ziling and smiled.

"I am very honored to invite Miss Xiao Jing!" Qin Ziling said.

"Mr. Qin is serious, please."