After sniffing the smell, send the dog away.

Only then did Zheng Qing have the mind to turn around and ponder the operation of the store.

He had long noticed the sparse 'staff' in the store today—even if there were no customers, the clerks shouldn't have been sneaking away from their workstations.

"What about people?"

The young shopkeeper twisted his fingers, tapped the wooden table of the bar, and asked Hank, who was always keeping his head in the accounts, "What about the clerks, and the cats and mice? I think there must have been three cats and four mice in vests." ”

Hank, who was born in the Qingqiu Mansion, has always cared about etiquette.

Hearing the shopkeeper's inquiry, he stopped what he was doing and politely replied, "As you can see, none of them are there today...... You can't expect some cats to stay in the store and help you with your guests. After all, they're just a few cats that can't speak...... But there is a talking yellow civet whose temper is worse than that of the eldest lady, and if it doesn't scratch the guest with its paws one day, thank God. ”

There was a hint of resentment in that.

Of course, whoever is in charge of the work in the store, the boss does not send people, but sends a group of animals to act as clerks, he has a reason to express his dissatisfaction.

"Well, when I say 'Miss', I mean it in general. Hank suddenly remembered something, and the big tail behind him bounced up like a feather duster, wiped the shelves behind him, and added, "It's not specifically ...... You know. ”

There are a few eldest ladies that Zheng Qing knows, but the only one who can make Hank so cautious is the owner of the Qingqiu Mansion.

He blinked, meaning he wouldn't chew his tongue.

"Well, since the cat is not here, what about the mice?" reminded the young public-funded student, "Those mice in vests, I remember the names are Jingle Ears and Ding Dong Ears, right, aren't they quite clever?"

"I took a temporary leave, saying that there was something in the clan. ”

"What's the matter?"

"I'm just an accountant, not their guarantor, sir. ”

“...... In other words, you are an employee in the store right now?"

Hank didn't speak, just spread his hands and looked left and right, the meaning was very clear.

Zheng Qing coughed dryly: "That...... They didn't say when they would be back?"

"Nope. After all, we never paid them or signed a formal employment agreement. Hank replied calmly, "So, when they want to leave, we don't have any right to stop them." ”

Zheng Qing nodded rather embarrassedly.

In order to save a little cost, he chose to let cats, mice and foxes help out in the store. The fox was sent by the Qingqiu Mansion, nominally to supervise the transaction with the rat clan, but in fact it was Su Shijun to prevent other people from the Yuexia Council from making trouble in the store; those rats wearing vests were sent by the rat clan and were responsible for the sale of the rat clan's goods in the store; as for the cats, they were purely a tie-off - during that time, because of a certain notice, it was common to trade rats and corpse-eating beetles in the school, and Zheng Qing asked those cats to take care of the living creatures in the store.

"If it's okay, I'll go first. ”

Lin Guo, who had been staying by the side, finally couldn't stand the boring conversation between one person and one fox, picked up his small schoolbag, and said goodbye to Zheng Qing: "There is too much time wasted outside today, I have to go back to the castle early to review my homework." ”

Zheng Qing was relieved - he didn't know how to answer Hank's sentence just now, Lin Guo's interruption was really life-saving - so he nodded solemnly: "Well, studying is still very important, go back quickly......"

Then he turned his head to Hank behind the bar and said, "I have to go back to review for the exam at the end of the next cycle, and the things in the store will trouble you." If Jingle Ears or Ding Dong Ears come back, tell them that the store is willing to sign a formal contract with them. ”

"That's really good news. The male fox grunted, nodded, and wrote down the boss's words in the account book.

Zheng Qing was worried about hearing any more trouble, so he hurriedly pushed Lin Guo and walked out of D&K.

When he left the store, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then I remembered that I had other things to do.

"Well, it's okay for you to go back to Fort Alpha by yourself. He lowered his head and pressed Lin Guo's head.

The little wizard turned his head rather disdainfully, not letting him touch it: "I've been running around between town and school since I was eight years old, and I can go back with my eyes closed!"

......

......

After separating from Lin Guo, Zheng Qing went to Gini Hut, and he made an appointment with Liu Feifei to meet at the Sakura Tavern. Because Nicholas wanted to learn the skills of using the spell mark from Colma, Liu Feifei simply arranged today's study room in an empty tavern.

Ever since Colmar became the Grand Sage of the North Side, the Sakura Tavern has never been open to the public.

And Zheng Qing looked for Liu Feifei to ask for the snake molt of her pet snake. According to Liu Feifei, the big snake had shed its skin once after entering the school, and Zheng Qing hoped that there was still a remnant of the breath of the Faceless Demon on it.

Yes, the faceless demon that has been missing for a long time, Zheng Qing also handed over the big snake to the dog to find.

Maybe it's because Zheng Qing has always been vigilant, or maybe it's just because the sky is still bright. On this trip to the North District in the evening, Zheng Qing didn't encounter any trouble all the way, and got the snake molt from Liu Feifei very smoothly.

Originally, he wanted to stop by to pay a visit to Colmar, but when he heard that she was giving lessons to wizards in the North District, he dispelled the idea.

As for the snake, Zheng Qing planned to hand it over to the dog as soon as he found the trace of the black goat. Let it not be idle, and follow itself all day long like a pervert.

......

Because Yousin searched for a long time, but he didn't find any trace of the black sheep, Zheng Qing thought that the dog would waste a lot of time this time. But on Wednesday night, when Zheng Qing and his companions returned to the dormitory from the library, they saw the dog squatting at the door of the dormitory.

Between its two front legs, there is a small tuft of black wool.

It was completely different from the black hair of the glass bottle provided by Lin Guo, but Zheng Qing could guess at a glance that it was the hair on the black goat.

"You were looking for it?"

The dog nodded.

"Why didn't you bring it back?" Zheng Qing felt that the dog could even bite a top registered wizard and bring it back, so there was no reason why he couldn't bring back a black goat.

The dog whined, his head nodded and shook, and it seemed that the meaning he wanted to convey was very complicated.

"Slow down, slow down. Zheng Qing stretched out his hand to stop its dog talking, pondered for a moment, and guessed: "You mean, you found the black goat, but for some reason you can't bring it back...... Then you can take us to find it, won't you?"

The dog stuck out his tongue and pointed his head up and down hard.

"How do you understand such a complicated meaning?!" The fat man complained behind Zheng Qing: "Didn't it whine twice just now?!I remember that you are a cat!"

Zheng Qing kept a straight face and did not answer the fat man's words.