Chapter 39: Opening of Market
Chapter 39: Opening of Market (Please Read)
Tian Lin drew his sword, and then nothing happened.
He frowned, looking at the knife in Han Li's hand that originally belonged to him, and couldn't help but say: "It turns out that there is really a big gap between masters."
Han Li smiled, threw the knife back to Tian Lin, and put it back into its sheath.
As if he was afraid of discouraging Tian Lin, he patted Tian Lin on the shoulder and took Tian Lin down the mountain:
"Your power is improving rapidly, but your martial arts are too ordinary. I said that you can't kill Xiaoyue in a month, because internal skills are difficult to practice, but external skills are also difficult to cultivate!"
Speaking of Xiaoyue, Tian Lin remembered Xiaoyue's visit today.
But he has changed his mind and no longer wants to encourage Han Li to deal with Xiaoyue.
Young Master Shang wants Tian Lin to kill Han Li so that he can take over the position of supervisor. He also wants to use Han Li's head to win the credit from the Second Steward so that he can become the Second Steward's confidant.
Tian Lin didn't know why Young Master Shang wanted to gain the trust of the Second Steward, most likely to help him act as a spy.
Tian Lin also had no idea what Young Master Shang was planning on doing with the Second Steward.
But in order to gain trust and win credit from the Second Manager, it is not necessary to kill Han Li.
He only needs to ask Han Li to give up the position of supervisor to him, and then kill Xiaoyue to take credit for it. The same thing will happen to the second manager.
Although Xiaoyue is not a supervisor, she is Young Master Shang's confidant and her status is by no means lower than Han Li.
Since Young Master Shang is the Third Manager's subordinate, wouldn't it please the Second Manager more if I offended Young Master Shang than if I killed Han Li?
Even if I kill Xiaoyue and fail to achieve this goal, so what?
It's just that Xiaoyue died.
"According to what Brother Han meant, I need to practice martial arts first if I want to kill Xiaoyue?"
"You need to practice swordsmanship, and you can train your body when you have time. In addition, you also need to strengthen your internal strength."
Han Li said: "Anyway, there are still more than 20 days left until a month."
Where are the more than twenty days?
It's only been six days.
Tian Lin began to make preparations silently in his mind and followed Han Li back to the house.
The next morning, before Tian Lin left the house, Han Li knocked on the door and said to him, "Don't leave at noon. Wait for the third steward to come down the mountain to distribute the silver."
When Tian Lin came out of the house, he saw Han Li shouting under the bamboo corridor: "Today is the opening day of the market, and it is also the time for everyone to get paid, so it's a day off as usual."
There was a burst of cheers, and everyone in the corridor was excited.
Han Li's face darkened again, and he said:
"I'm not afraid that you will think I'm nagging, so I'll say it again - it's okay for you to buy clothes and food with the money you receive, but it's best not to spend it on Hua Hua Niang. Wouldn't it be better to save the money and send it back home?"
After he finished speaking, a man smoking a pipe in the corridor replied: "Boss Han, single men like us are born out of poverty. We want to send it back, but there must be someone at home to receive it!"
Another said: "I have been away for decades, and it is unclear whether there is anyone at home. Even if there is someone, we can't find anyone we can trust to bring money back for us."
Someone else said, "I've only been away for about 20 years, but my parents are probably dead, and my wife probably ran away with someone else. Should I send the money back to her adulterer?"
The group of people were chatting and laughing, and no one cared about what Han Li said. However, when it was almost noon, no one came down from the mountain.
Tian Lin said hello to Han Li and went to the kitchen.
Second Lady saw Han Li and took out two dishes from the small steamer and said, "Xiaotian, your elder brother Han said you wanted to eat Eagle Swallow and Ghost Swallow."
Tian Lin looked at the two plates of meat, pointed at the entry for [Low-quality Golden-winged Bird] and asked, "Second Mother, is this an Eagle Swallow or a Ghost-headed Swallow?"
Er Niang said, "This is an eagle swallow, just as unpalatable as a ghost swallow. The only benefit is that it can give people a good dream at night - just try it, it's not very useful but it costs four taels of silver per piece."
Tian Lin took out some silver from his pocket and placed it on the small steamer when he took the dish from Er Niang.
"I'll take it back and try it. Maybe I'll have to ask Second Mother to buy me some eagle swallows in the future."
He thanked them later and left the kitchen with Yingyan and Guitouyan.
Compared with the eagle swallow, the entry for the devil swallow is different.
[Yaoyang Pill: A low-grade elixir that contains fire spiritual energy. It is an auxiliary elixir for practicing Yaoyang Finger. It can also restore a small amount of fire true energy. It can be eaten.]
"What is the Shining Sun Finger?"
When Tian Lin returned to the house, he was not in a hurry to eat and practice, but went out to ask Han Li.
Unfortunately, Han Li just shook his head and said, "There are too many martial arts in the world. I have only heard of Shaoyang Finger and Canhe Finger, but never heard of Yaoyang Finger."
At this time, someone ran and jumped down the mountain path leading to the kitchen, shouting, "The third manager is here with the accountant!" Almost instantly, everyone in the mining academy stood up, and heard Han Li shout, "Stand up, and stand up when your name is called."
Tian Lin followed the people from the Mining College and formed seven small teams, filling the small open space.
Not long after, a slightly fat middle-aged man came down the mountain, followed by an old man in a long robe.
As soon as the middle-aged man appeared, without Han Li's instructions, a group of errand disciples all shouted, "We are here to see the Third Steward."
The fat man just glanced at Han Li and asked, "Is everyone here?"
Seeing Han Li nod, he asked again: "Did Lao Er cause you any trouble?"
Han Li hurriedly said, "The Second Manager has never come to the Mining Institute again."
The fat man said, "That's good. If he wants to take over the Shuiling Mine again, you can send someone to find me. Okay, give me the silver!"
The fat man spoke briefly and to the point, and the errand disciples all cheered.
The old man in the long robe held a scale and read out the names, then distributed a bag to each person. More or less, each person had at least a few taels of silver.
Tian Lin only worked for two days, but he earned seven taels of silver, which was a few taels more than half of the people.
Hu San couldn't help but look at Tian Lin with a sour tone: "I don't know how much advantage you have taken from everyone else with these few taels of silver!"
Tian Lin glanced at Hu San and ignored him.
Seeing that Hu San was about to say something else, Han Li scolded him:
"You gamble all day long and refuse to go to the river to earn money. Now that you see others making more than you, you become jealous. If you make trouble again, don't blame me, the supervisor, for not giving you face!"
Hu San didn't say anything else. He grabbed the silver in his hand, thought for a moment, and ran to the kitchen.
Although he worked for three days and rested for two days, his wife never slacked off in the kitchen. Today was the opening day of the market, and it was time to spend money.
After Hu San left, the errand disciples began to call their friends and discuss what to buy and where to go for fun.
Seeing that no one was talking to Tian Lin, Han Li asked Tian Lin, "Is there anything you want to buy? If you miss this opportunity, you will have to wait for half a year before the market opens again."
Tian Lin thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what I want to buy. If Brother Han doesn't mind, take me with you to have a look."
Han Li smiled and said, "Okay, but you have to wait for me for half an hour. I need to go to the mountain to withdraw some money."
After Han Li left, Tian Lin went back to his room and opened the lunch box.
The sweet aroma of elixir and the aroma of roasted meat mixed together, making Tian Lin's mouth water.
He sat on the bed and picked up a piece of 'Ghost Head Swallow'.
When you put the ghost-head swallow in your mouth, it doesn't taste like meat at all, but instead has the texture of pills.
After Tian Lin crushed the 'pill', it seemed as if a ball of fire rushed into his body along his throat.
The medicinal power broke through his Shaoyang meridian, and finally rushed out from his index finger with a "hiss", turning into a small flame that quickly went out.
The flame had no power, the only effect was that his index finger was swollen.
Tian Lin frowned and stopped eating the ghost swallow. Instead, he picked up a piece of eagle swallow and put it in his mouth.
He didn't know what the original eagle swallow tasted like, but the 'eagle swallow' he ate was clearly not as bad as Er Niang said. Instead, the meat was fresh and tender.
He felt the golden spiritual energy brought to him by this low-grade golden-winged bird, and immediately practiced the Five Elements Foundation Building Method to guide the golden spiritual energy into his first acupuncture point.
This time, the low-grade golden-winged bird only ate half a dish, and the golden spiritual energy in his first acupoint was already sufficient, so he reluctantly put the dish back into the food box.
The sun was already setting, and it should have been an hour ago, but Han Li had not appeared yet.
When Tian Lin thought about Han Li going up the mountain to collect his monthly salary as a supervisor, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
Although the Third Manager was in charge of the wages of the menial students in the mining academy, it was not the Third Manager who actually paid the monthly salaries to the supervisors.
"Okay, Brother Tian, we can set off now."
When Tian Lin was worried, Han Li's voice sounded outside the door.
He breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door.
Han Li was still wearing the same clothes he wore in the morning, but the difference was that his left face was extremely swollen and there were deep slap marks on his face.
Han Li smiled at Tian Lin and said, "If I had known it would take so long, I wouldn't have asked you to wait for me. Fortunately, the sun hasn't set yet, so we can still walk around for an hour or two."
(End of this chapter)