Look back to the present.

In the midst of Dr. Xiao's complaints, the young public-funded student finally gave up continuing to supervise the preparations of the dressed rats, stretched out the wrinkles caused by the squatting of the new robe, and hurriedly ran out.

In fact, he likes to observe the details of an unfamiliar civilization, and if it weren't for the current situation, he would definitely have squatted around this group of rats for an afternoon with his notebook in his arms.

Maybe after today's opening ceremony, you can try to re-mention the idea of visiting their rat colony to Ding Dong Ear, isn't it that there will be a big man in the rat clan today, and when the time comes, the big man will be complimented, and his wish will come true.

With this little caution, the public scholarship student lifted the corner of his robe and crossed the threshold.

There was less than a quarter of an hour left.

Even in the middle of winter, the sun has to climb out of the horizon, revealing its slick appearance, hanging in the gray-white sky, shedding a few faint shades of sunlight.

Although it was faint, it was sunlight after all, and the dazzling feeling made the wizard squint slightly.

The sound of joy from the neighbors, mixed with the hustle and bustle of the commercial street, reached Zheng Qing's ears, making the corners of his mouth involuntarily tear apart, revealing a bright smile.

The stimulation of the light faded, and the wizard opened his eyes and immediately noticed the early arrival of the guests.

"Welcome, welcome, welcome," he said, smiling as he took two steps closer - according to the rules, as the legal representative of 'Ding Ding Financial and Pest Control Company', only he was qualified to greet guests - and said to a thin old man in a blue-gray robe, "You came here so early!"

The thin old man who approached him was none other than D&K's neighbor and the owner of the shop at No. 98 Pedestrian Street, Mu Mingzi.

Whether you move to a new home or open a new store, neighbors will inevitably have to deal with each other. Zheng Qing also sent people early to send invitations to several shops around D&K, inviting them to attend the opening ceremony this morning.

Whether others come or not is someone else's choice.

But whether to send invitations or not is a question of whether or not to do business.

"No, not sooner," Mu Laodao waved his hand, although he was here to congratulate him, his face was not a little happy, he looked like a piece of sun-dried and cracked wood, and his expression was a little rigid: "...... Yesterday I sat at Granny Crystal's place for a while, and she said that you guys will be very lively here today, come early, make a time difference, and it will be easy in a while. ”

These words, when said with Mu Mingzi's expression, have the feeling of 'early death and early superbirth'. gives people the impression that he is not here to congratulate, but to add to the blockage.

Zheng Qing caught a glimpse of Zhang Jixin's somewhat flushed face, immediately glared at him, and then said to a figure behind Mu Mingzi's old road, "Granny Crystal, you are also here......! On the first day the shop opened, there was nothing to entertain, and every guest could receive a standard level 'meditation talisman', only a hundred, on a first-come, first-served basis!"

"You two have come out on top!" Xin Fat Man also shouted on the side, congratulated him, and at the same time hurriedly handed over two red envelopes wrapped in rune paper, and then turned around and greeted the elf: "Tea!"

Granny Crystal is the owner of the shop at No. 96 Walking Street, and runs a shop specializing in divination and psychics.

Although she claims to be her mother-in-law, she is only thirty or forty years old at most. With a goose egg face, curved eyebrows and blue eyes, coupled with fair skin, she looks a little delicate.

When Zheng Qing visited this neighbor for the first time, he directly regarded this young 'mother-in-law' as a clerk and made a joke.

I don't know if it's influenced by Mu Mingzi, the one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black, or it is a common problem of soothsayers. Granny Crystal's personality is also a bit introverted. There was always a fist-sized crystal ball floating in front of her, and no matter when and where, most of her attention was on it, and her gaze was always a little cautious when looking at people, and she was always touching and leaving.

"Thank you. After receiving the red envelope from the fat man, she lowered her head and thanked her softly, and then followed Mu Mingzi and slowly came to Zheng Qing's side, reaching out and stuffing a small wooden box into the arms of the male witch: "Gift." ”

Zheng Qing hesitated for a few seconds, and then directly opened the wooden box according to the habit here.

Inside the box was a fist-sized light blue crystal ball. The spherical surface is smooth, and there is not a single blemish visible. In sunlight, the surface of the crystal ball appears as three bright intersecting lines, dividing the whole ball into six parts of equal size.

"Hey, you've made a lot of money!" Mu Mingzi's surprised voice came from the side, obviously, he didn't expect Granny Crystal to give such a valuable gift.

Xiao Xiao was also attracted by the movement here.

He held the wooden box, looked at it, and then explained with a serious expression: "This is the beryl crystal ball that is the favorite of the old-school soothsayers, and it is very well polished...... So we can see those staggered rays of light up there. If I'm not mistaken, such a crystal ball is worth more than thirty jade coins on the market. ”

Hearing this price, Zheng Qing's hand shook and almost knocked over the wooden box held by the doctor to the ground.

Thirty jade coins!

As a publicly-funded student, his scholarship for a year is only ten jade coins!

Even the shop behind him only has forty-five jade coins for a whole year!

And the standard talisman he gave to Granny Crystal was sold at a wholesale price of one golden bean per piece in the wandering bar. In other words, one of his golden beans turned into three hundred golden beans in the blink of an eye.

Snatching money doesn't get any faster than that.

The happiness was so sudden that the wizard had a flickering second, and the first thought in his mind was to sell the crystal ball, open another shop, and hold another opening ceremony - this time, he was going to sprinkle invitations all over the pedestrian street.

Of course, this delusion was repressed by his reason in the blink of an eye, and sank into the deepest abyss of consciousness.

As the saying goes, no merit is not worth nothing.

In addition, they are courteous for no reason, and they are either traitors or thieves.

Although Granny Crystal doesn't look like a traitor and a thief, out of the ivory tower, facing a strange society and strange neighbors, Zheng Qing feels that he should be more attentive.

"This gift is a bit too expensive!" he closed the box and stuffed it into Granny Crystal's arms, "It's a big shame for us to be here today... What a gift? ”

"Really, then I don't have to give gifts?" next to him, Mu Mingzi asked with a wooden face—Zheng Qing felt that if his expression was more vivid, the effect might be better.

Of course, several young wizards didn't pay attention to Mu Mingzi's old 'cold quips', but looked at Granny Crystal with blank eyes.

"Gifts. Granny Crystal didn't take the wooden box, but quietly slid a step back, letting go of Zheng Qing's outstretched arm.