Of course, the reason for this situation is also Xu Yang's intention.

Judging from his performance a few days ago, Jia Bufan has already shown considerable malice towards him, how stupid should Xu Yang be to guard against the other party?

So in the past few days, he has never added ingredients from the system to the food he cooks for Jia Bufan, even if it is a grain of monosodium glutamate.

Of course, at this time, Xu Yang didn't have time to pay attention to this guy who was temporarily hiding in the shadows and trying to calculate him.

Because just a moment ago, the system issued a task to him.

System task: As the saying goes, the old does not go to the new and does not come, due to the damage of the tables and stools in the store, please replace all the tables and stools in the lobby with more beautiful and durable Nanmu furniture within a month.

(Note: A mid-level treasure chest will be rewarded for completing the task, and 5,000 spicy points will be deducted for the failure of the task.) ）

At this time, Xu Yang was quite excited, this was the first task released to him by the system, it didn't seem difficult, and the reward was quite rich.

A primary treasure chest can open something as ungodly as [Enlightenment Pill], you can imagine, what kind of treasure can be opened from an intermediate treasure chest?

Of course, the penalty for failing the mission is also very heavy, and 5,000 spicy points is not a small amount.

It's just that when Xu Yang found the carpenter in the town to understand the situation, the excitement suddenly disappeared without a trace.

According to Carpenter Xu, due to excessive logging in the past few years, there are still some nanmu growing sporadically on the territory of Taiping Town, which is also in the west of Matou Mountain.

Moreover, those nanmu that have not been cut down are basically grown in relatively remote and difficult places, and it is very difficult to organize people to cut down these nanmu immediately in the mountains.

More importantly, the wood used to make furniture is not directly cut and used, it has to be dried in an air-drying process.

And this air-drying process takes at least several months.

Xu Yang couldn't help but be disappointed.

Before that, he didn't know that it was so difficult to make some nanmu furniture.

The duration of the mission is one month, and even if you find someone to go up the mountain to cut down the trees now, when the wood is dry, even the daylily will be cold.

"Uncle Xu, don't we have any dried nanmu in our town?" Xu Yang asked with some reluctance.

Carpenter Xu's answer made his heart completely cool.

"Don't say we don't have it in the town, it is estimated that within a radius of dozens of miles, you can't find a ready-made nanmu, such a good wood, if there is, it would have been made into furniture long ago. ”

Xu Yang walked out of Carpenter Xu's house with a depressed face.

What's more, this time it's a dark loss for the system, and the 5,000 spicy value has been deducted.

As soon as I returned to the street, I happened to meet Liu Xishui.

Seeing Xu Yang's dejected look, this Li Zheng from Taiping Town suddenly asked in surprise: "Hey, Brother Yang, what's wrong with you? Could it be that you lost your wallet?"

These days, the business of Xu's liquor store is quite prosperous, this kid should have earned a lot of silver taels, how can he put on this half-dead appearance today?

"Alas, Uncle Liu, don't mention it, the tables and stools in my store have just been smashed, and I wanted to find Xu Carpenter to make some Nanmu furniture, but he said that there is no ready-made Nanmu, and this matter is in vain. Xu Yang couldn't help but sigh.

Since the system was in place, he has earned more than 6,000 spicy points by working hard, and now the 5,000 spicy value is gone, and he feels that his heart hurts.

"You kid is really floating, you just want to make Nanmu furniture as soon as you make some money. Liu Xishui smiled and slapped Xu Yang's head.

Immediately afterward, he changed his voice, "But if you really want to, I know that there is a place where there is a dried nanmu. ”

Xu Yang was suddenly overjoyed, "Uncle Liu, where is it?"

It's just that Liu Xishui's answer was like pouring cold water on his head.

"Last year, I asked someone to cut down a nanmu in Matou Mountain, and put it in the small temple on the top of the mountain for almost a year, it should have been air-dried, but the small temple is now occupied by robbers in Matou Mountain, and it is probably a little difficult to get that nanmu. ”

Hearing this, Xu Yang's face immediately collapsed.

Nima's, white happy.

The fifty-two strong men two days ago had confirmed that the current Matou Mountain was not something he could remember.

Coming in a hurry and returning in defeat is what Xu Yang used to describe the Shahe Gang before.

And now this sentence can be applied to his own head.

For the spicy value of 5,000 points, which was about to be confiscated by the system, Xu Yang was depressed for a whole night.

Early the next morning, Xu Yang picked up the kitchen knife and waved it in the backyard, wanting to take the opportunity to vent the depression in his heart.

After practicing a set of basic knife techniques, the depression in Xu Yang's heart was finally removed a lot.

"Poof......" There was a laugh behind him.

Xu Yang turned his head to look, and it turned out to be Qin Ruoyu covering his mouth and snickering.

"Shopkeeper, your knife technique is really unique. Qin Ruoyu said with a smile.

Xu Yang's old face was slightly red and said: "The small skills of carving insects are difficult to get into the hall of elegance, which makes the girl smile." ”

Although the girl in front of her lives in his shop, she either stays in the room or goes out alone, except for eating every day, Xu Yang doesn't see her much, and there are fewer opportunities to talk alone.

Now that he was suddenly bumped into by her, Xu Yang felt a little impressive in his heart, after all, the image of him practicing knife skills with a kitchen knife is indeed a bit non-mainstream.

Hearing this, Qin Ruoyu was embarrassed to laugh anymore, she clenched her fists and arched slightly: "I'm sorry, it's the first time I've encountered such a unique knife technique, so I didn't hold back for a while, but forgive my clumsiness, Canglongmen doesn't seem to have this kind of knife technique, you are an ancestor?"

Although she is not very old, in the past few years, Qin Ruoyu has followed her father Qin Tianbao to the north and south to see some of the world, and the people of Canglongmen have also come into contact with it, but it is the first time she has seen a kitchen knife as a weapon.

"I practiced it blindly, and this time I was in a hurry, I forgot to bring a knife, and I didn't have any weapons at home, so I could only use a kitchen knife. Xu Yang explained.

The ancestors of their Xu family have never heard of a martial artist, how can there be any ancestral sword skills?

Of course, if you forget to bring a knife back, you are purely putting gold on your face, after all, in front of beautiful women, you still have to leave some decency.

The predecessor of this body spent most of his time working in the kitchen of Canglongmen, and even if he was asked to bring a knife back, it was estimated that he could only bring a kitchen knife.

Because at that time, his predecessor was just a Xibei who couldn't practice martial arts, even if he was given a dragon slaying knife, it was useless.

"It's a pity, if it's in Xuzhou, I can lend you a knife, and I can't help here. Qin Ruoyu said with some regret.