Chapter 023: Fang City
The Fang City of Diancangcheng was not far from the place where Mu Changning rented, asked for directions, and walked north for a quarter of an hour to arrive, and heard the noisy voices in the distance, the density of monks increased greatly, and there were almost no mortals to see.
On both sides of the road, there are all kinds of hotel teahouses, row upon row, the aroma of wine and meat is far away, and there are all kinds of shops, selling pills, talismans, formations, or magic weapons and spirit animals.
Mu Changning didn't go to these shops to see more, only went to some stalls on the ground, after all, the prices of goods in those shops were much more expensive, and in the eyes of everyone, it was not something that she could afford as a half-grown child.
Mu Changning turned around twice, and finally bought some spiritual vegetable seeds from a woman, and another fifty catties of spiritual rice from an old man.
The old man was withered, dark-skinned, mute and unable to speak, and the location of the stall was not good, so few people came to do his business, and it seemed that he only came to this market every day to pass the time.
Mu Changning has changed his appearance now, his appearance is delicate and pleasing, and his speech is sweet, which makes the old man very happy, and the old man grinned silently, uh-uh, ahhh
She couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, she had to look at her face everywhere, if it was her previous ordinary and ordinary face, I was afraid that it would be useless to laugh, and it would make people feel bored.
No wonder Ling Qingwan has always scolded her for being a little wild seed.
Indeed, compared to the outstanding appearance of Ling Xuanming and Ling Qingwan's brother and sister, Mu Changning was like a wild girl picked up from outside...... However, who would have imagined that Ling Sanye's soft and weak concubine was actually a monk, a waste and ugly girl who was looked down upon on weekdays, and it turned out that she didn't look like that at all.
The matter of the Ling family, she didn't think about it for a few days.
Perhaps she should be grateful for the past ten years, which have sharpened her heart and made her peaceful and hard-working...... That place, as my mother said, really has nothing to be nostalgic for, Ling Xuanying and Ling Qingming, who have a slight friendship, I am afraid that they will not recognize her when they stand in front of them in the future.
If so......
If there is a fate in the future, she must repay the kindness of helping that day.
Mu Changning's thoughts wandered for a while, and after saying "business is prosperous" to the old man, he left the stall.
On the way back, she saw a grocery store called Tao Ranju, with the word "recruitment" written on the door, and she suddenly thought of a question.
Although there is no shortage of spirit stones at the moment, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing for half a year, but in the eyes of outsiders, how can a little girl with no income afford to pay half a year's rent? Not to mention that there are other cultivation skills, she has to find some tricks to hide people's eyes and ears.
But if you want to work in the store, you have to see if the store is suitable first.
Mu Changning thought of the materials he had gotten from the fish monster earlier, which could just be used to test the character of the shopkeeper.
There are not many people in Tao Ranju, and the shopkeeper is a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties who is at the ninth level of Qi refining, who is wide-hearted and fat, and amiable. However, a person's character is not seen by appearance, and the group of villagers in Shuiyue Village is a lesson from the past.
Mu Changning specially kept an eye on it, and did not take out all the materials in one go, but only took out ten fish scales and two fish teeth and handed them over.
Each fish scale is the size of Mu Changning's palm, and its defense ability is average, but it faintly flashes cyan streamers in the sun, it looks good, and it can be added to the body armor as a decoration, and the fish teeth are very sharp and the shape is good, which can be used as a low-level weapon.
The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and glanced at the little girl and said, "One fish scale fifty spirit beads, fifteen fish teeth and one lower grade spirit stone." ”
Spirit beads are also the currency of the cultivation realm, one lower-grade spirit stone is equal to one hundred spirit beads, then converted, these materials are worth thirty-five lower-grade spirit stones.
Even if Mu Changning doesn't understand the market, these things are sold for thirty-five low-grade spirit stones, which is actually good, especially seeing that she is a single child without an adult accompanying her, and she can still offer such a price, which shows that the shopkeeper is trustworthy and fair.
Mu Changning lowered his head and thought about it, and the shopkeeper said when he saw this: "The price I set here is already very fair, and it may not be such a high price to go elsewhere."
Mu Changning nodded: "Thank you for the shopkeeper." ”
The shopkeeper took out thirty-five spirit stones and handed them to her, and after the silver was gone, Mu Changning did not leave in a hurry, but stopped talking.
"What, what else is there to sell?" asked the shopkeeper with a smile, his voice soft.
Mu Changning paused and said, "I saw a recruitment notice at the door, I want to ask, are you still recruiting?" she raised her head and asked, her round eyes were black and shining.
The shopkeeper reacted now that this little girl was here to recruit workers.
Are the previous materials just throwing stones to ask for directions?
Thinking of this, the shopkeeper raised his eyebrows, what an old child, why a bunch of hearts?
"These things were given to me by my mother, our mother and daughter were originally going to come to Cangcheng to participate in the recruitment of the Cangtong faction half a year later, but I met robbers halfway, and my mother and I were separated......"
Mu Changning knew that the shopkeeper was suspicious, so he made up a story at random, his voice was low and deep, and he clenched his hands and looked a little helpless, "I can't find my mother, I finally came to Diancangcheng, there is nothing entangled in my body, and I don't even have much money left to rent a cave......
The shopkeeper's heart is clear, thinking that the little girl's mother is afraid that she will be more auspicious.
It's common to meet robbers outside, and both of them are women, so it's easier to be targeted, this little girl can come to the city, it's not easy, no wonder you pay attention everywhere.
"But little girl, we don't hire child labor here. "Although the shopkeeper has pity, the rules cannot be abolished.
Children are small and have little strength, and the grocery store does all the tiring work of moving up and down, even if it is a monk, Tao Ranju does not accept children under the age of fifteen, especially girls.
Mu Changning was slightly disappointed, this shopkeeper was actually not bad.
But since there was no room for negotiation, Mu Changning didn't dwell on it much, thanked him and turned around to leave.
The shopkeeper suddenly stopped her: "Little girl, Tao Ranju will announce a commission every half a month, you can come and see if there is a suitable one, if you complete the commission, there will be a corresponding spirit stone reward." ”
Mu Changning was overjoyed, and the shopkeeper continued: "This commission has been handed over, and the next time will be in seven days, and you can come and have a look." ”
She thanked her again and again, and felt that the time was really just right.
For seven days, you can cultivate first, adapt to the environment, and then come here to take the commission, after all, it is not a good thing to just blindly cultivate, and occasionally you need to change the way.
Back in the rented courtyard, Mu Changning closed the prohibition at the door, and after entering the bamboo house, he flashed back to the space.
The aura of the space is much richer than that of the courtyard outside, and Mu Changning plans to cultivate in the space, so that he can get twice the result with half the effort.
However, he was still pouting and unhappy, Mu Changning had to roast him another thirty skewers of barbecue, and now the goods were finally normal, and he said very stinkyly: "Since you have to ask me to eat, then I will reluctantly help you eat." ”
Mu Changning glared at him, and made a grimace when he saw through it.
I took out the pot and cooked a pot of porridge with the spiritual rice I bought, and cut a few pieces of fish into it, and after a while, it was fragrant. Looking at the barbecue, I felt tired, and when I smelled the sweet and refreshing taste of Lingmi porridge, my index finger suddenly opened.
Mu Changning filled the bowl himself, and then served him a bowl, and the two of them drank all the pot of porridge one by one.
There are few impurities in the spiritual rice, and it contains a small amount of spiritual power, Mu Changning only feels that the spiritual rice porridge is soft and sweet, and after eating it, he can still feel a faint warm current slowly rising from the stomach, slowly spreading to the limbs and hundreds of remains, although it is subtle and slow, but there is an indescribable comfort.
While he was full of food and drink, he sat down to absorb spiritual power, and when he was satisfied, he lazily leaned on the edge of the tree and took a nap.
After a whole night, Mu Changning woke up from her cultivation state, and she was startled when she looked at a pair of eyes that pierced through the black sky: "What are you doing!"
looked through the deflated mouth: "You still say that if you don't wake up, I will starve to death!"
"Aren't you a spirit, where are you starving to death?"
"I don't care, I'm just hungry! You make me food!" Wangshou grabbed her sleeve and didn't let go.
He didn't know that the food that humans ate was like this, but now that he knows the taste of the marrow, he can't leave it for a day, even though he doesn't really need it to fill his stomach.
Mu Changning still had something to do, so he threw him half a basket of spiritual fruits given by the old man, "Eat some fruits first, and then cook after I finish planting spiritual vegetables." ”