Chapter 99 Xiaoping Shopping Mall
The white fox spirit was crying her eyes out at the door, and the other spirits also appeared at the bottom of the stairs, peeking out to see what was going on.
After hesitating for a moment, the owl spirit came out and awkwardly "looked" in the direction of the spirit's room.
"Alright." Jingjing pinched her brow. "It can't see, it can only hear what it hears."
"Don't you know whether it hates you or not after all these years?"
Just as Jingjing finished speaking, the owl spirit at the top of the stairs cooed and lowered its head, saying, "I'm sorry, Xiaobai, I can't see, so I can't imagine the scene you described, but I don't hate you."
Its voice was low and somewhat aggrieved, "If only I could see."
The white fox spirit's crying gradually stopped.
It looked at the owl spirit, sobbed, and walked over, saying, "Well, alright then. I'm not good either; I don't have the patience."
Seeing the two fluffy creatures rubbing and cuddling each other, finally making up, Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief without making it obvious. She looked towards the stairwell and said, "And you guys, still watching TV so late? Have you forgotten that you have to help the God tomorrow?"
The spirits remained upright, but the snake spirit was almost as long as a stick.
They all said in unison, "Yes, Master Steward."
Jingjing: ...
He took a deep breath and watched as the spirits quickly went downstairs, turned off the TV, and returned to their respective rooms before he felt relieved and went back to his room to continue meditating.
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There are only one hundred mulberry saplings on Jiarong Mountain that need care. The spirits are taken there by the spirit in the morning. After fertilizing and watering them, they have nothing else to do.
Jingjing returned to the mountain god's cave and placed a bowl where the nectar had dripped.
Li Chang'an believed that the Wanlingrui and Yemeiyu on the floating island north of Wolushan were enough to heal his soul injury, so he did not come to receive the nectar.
Jingjing had no choice but to do it for her.
The spirits, bored, squatted by the river watching Tianxuan build a bridge.
An array was set up one meter underwater, and the bridge was built on top of the array. It would not take up too much space in the water and would also ensure that the bridge would not be eroded by the flowing water and would not be afraid of wind and rain.
The main structure of the bridge had already been built; for Blade Spirit, it was just a matter of waving his hand.
Tianxuan, however, pursues aesthetic details and has been enriching the details of the bridge these past few days, carving on the beams above the pavilion bridge and creating openwork designs on both sides of the covered bridge.
Even the ground for people to walk on must be paved with fine stone slabs, and the cement pouring areas must be engraved with patterns. Every step has a pattern carving.
Tianxuan handled all these details by herself, and today was the time to wrap things up.
Blade & Soul, on the other hand, harvests crops above the terraced fields.
Both high-grade and ordinary vegetables are ripe, and this is another bumper harvest.
Li Chang'an selected some of each type of spirit-grade vegetable, totaling 480 jin, and asked Yuheng to come and collect them, which were then delivered to the four alliance branches with which he had traded spirit stones.
After counting the remaining dishes, we separated them into portions for our own family, Qingfengpai, and Xiaoping'an Supermarket. The rest we'll sell through a live stream the next morning.
This was the first time the spirits of Jiarong Mountain had ever tried selling vegetables via live streaming.
They got up early in the morning, ran across the completely completed bridge to check on the condition of the mulberry seedlings, and then returned to the foot of Wolushan Mountain to watch Li Chang'an sell vegetables via live stream.
After the live stream ended, they even helped pack the packages.
However, their cultivation level is not high, and they do not have the talent of mushroom spirits who know the exact amount of plants.
So the mushroom spirits separated a portion of the vegetables, took out about the same weight, and handed them over to the Golden Beard and the others to pack. This division of labor and cooperation made the process much faster.
The next day, after shipping the goods, Li Chang'an took out the spiritual essence tree branch given to him by the tea spirit and had the sword spirit lead the fungus spirits, mandrills, and golden whiskers to continue to open up the terraced fields.
He then went to Jiarong Mountain to retrieve some soil essence, along with water essence from Lingxu Fish and several branches of tea spirit power essence, and planted immortal rice in the paddy fields below the terraced fields.
These paddy fields are all made of high-quality spiritual soil, and with the addition of three kinds of spiritual essence, perhaps even more immortal rice can be grown.
Li Chang'an plans to try planting five mu this time.
He arranged the three kinds of spiritual essence, took out some immortal rice seeds, and began to cultivate the seedlings.
With the sword spirit present, turning the soil and setting up the formation was a piece of cake. As for planting the spiritual essence branches of the tea spirit, the tea spirit itself had to do that.
The next day, Li Chang'an was surprised to find that the work that would have taken him several days to complete was finished in just two days!
After he could no longer use his spiritual power, the work efficiency in Xuanling Immortal Mountain actually increased.
Li Chang'an squinted at the sword spirit and the tea spirit.
You need to have high cultivation level to work efficiently.
This time, Li Chang'an added more than 900 mu of land and bought seeds for chili peppers, bell peppers, cucumbers, garlic, corn, onions, and lettuce.
We planted 75 mu of sweet corn and glutinous corn, and a large amount of garlic, a full 150 mu. In addition to garlic, we can also harvest garlic sprouts and garlic scapes.
After planting all the vegetables, Li Chang'an used several acres of land to plant scallions, ginger, cilantro, and chives.
He also bought 100 Sichuan pepper tree saplings online and planted them on the terraced fields, which only occupied less than two acres of land.
Planning what to plant took a lot of time, but with Blade & Soul's help, the seeds and saplings were all planted in a single day after they arrived.
After finishing his farm work on Wolu Mountain, Li Chang'an received an invitation from Yang Hao, the owner of Xiaoping'an Supermarket, along with a handwritten letter.
In the past two years, thanks to the vegetables from Xianshan Farm, Xiaoping'an Supermarket has seen a surge in customers, and many tourists consider it a must-visit destination. Xiaoping'an Supermarket is almost unable to accommodate all the customers.
Just then, the Ling'an Municipal Government was looking to rent out properties in the new eastern district. There was a five-story shopping mall on the commercial street. Yang Hao saw that the location was good, gritted his teeth, and submitted a bid to rent the entire mall.
That was all at the beginning of the year. Now that the mall is finished with renovations and Xiaoping'an Mall is about to open, Yang Hao specially sent an invitation and a handwritten letter, inviting Li Chang'an to come and visit, and to cut the ribbon together.
Inviting him to the ribbon-cutting ceremony was not only because of our collaboration, but also because we considered him a benefactor to Xiaoping An Shopping Mall.
The handwritten letter was exceptionally sincere, and Li Chang'an was deeply moved; there was no reason not to go.
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On the opening day of Xiaoping'an Shopping Mall, Li Chang'an finished explaining the matters concerning Xuanling Immortal Mountain and came to the mall with Xie Xuan.
Because Xie Xuan and the other disciples of the Qingfeng Sect delivered vegetables to Xiaoping'an Supermarket every day, Yang Hao had become familiar with them and specially sent them an invitation this time.
The mall has five floors, and the most eye-catching place inside is the Xianshan Farm area.
The top of the special area features a three-dimensional logo of Xianshan Farm, and below is a circular storefront with eight doors for entry and exit. Inside, various vegetables and spirit rice from Xianshan Farm are neatly arranged.
"Mr. Li, Elder Xie, you've arrived." Yang Hao saw Li Chang'an from afar and quickly walked over.
However, the media reporters who arrived today, as well as some invited guests, also saw Li Chang'an and rushed over even faster than Yang Hao to take photos and conduct interviews. They even formed a circle around Li Chang'an, which alarmed the mall's security guards, who quickly came over to maintain order.
An excited reporter pushed his way to the front and handed over the microphone: "Hello Li Chang'an, with the expansion of Xiaoping'an Shopping Mall, will the vegetables supplied by Xianshan Farm increase in the future?"
When the other reporters saw that he had gotten there first, they quickly followed suit and pushed their way to the front, bombarding him with questions one after another.
"Li Chang'an, could you reveal the standards for cooperating with Xianshan Farm? Are there any other supermarkets or shopping malls that might have opportunities?"
"If Xiao Ping An opens branches in other cities, will Xianshan Farm still supply vegetables?"
“Li Chang’an…”
Fortunately, Xie Xuan used his spiritual power to control the situation, preventing anyone from falling.
As Li Chang'an, who was surrounded in the center, walked towards a corner, he said, "Please don't push and crowd at the entrance."
"Today is the opening day of Xiaoping'an Shopping Mall. Mr. Yang and I will answer the questions that reporters are concerned about. Please don't get excited."
Li Chang'an frowned, and after speaking, he looked at Yang Hao outside the encirclement, and then glanced at Xie Xuan.
Xie Xuan immediately understood his meaning and used his spiritual power to force the reporters to make way for Yang Hao to walk in.
The situation was brought under control.
Yang Hao smiled and let the reporters ask their questions one by one, then answered them gently:
"We have reached an agreement with Mr. Li and will cooperate further."
When Li Chang'an first expanded the planting scale and opened up terraced fields, he said that if Qingfengpai and Xiaoping'an Supermarket needed more quantity, they could just say so anytime.
"Xiao Ping An has no plans to open branches in other cities. It's enough to operate well in this city. Too many branches would be difficult to manage."
Li Chang'an said, "When the time is right, we will cooperate with supermarkets in other cities."
Yang Hao: "There's a lucky draw today, and the prizes include vegetables from the Fairy Mountain Farm area. Everyone can go to the game area to try their luck."
The two of them took turns speaking, and after a long while, they finally managed to deal with the media reporters.
After seeing the reporters off, Yang Hao sighed and looked at Li Chang'an: "Thanks to Mr. Li, Xiao Ping'an is able to have its current business."
Li Chang'an quickly added, "Without Boss Yang, I wouldn't have been able to sell all those cabbages."
At that time, he had just run into a wall at the Fresh Goods Supermarket, and Yang Hao took the initiative to come to his door and buy all his vegetables in one go, wanting to talk about cooperation. It was impossible for him not to be grateful.
Yang Hao smiled and sighed, "Speaking of which, this is all thanks to my mother-in-law."
His mother-in-law, Deng Yuqin, was Li Chang'an's first customer. Thinking about it carefully, it was also a matter of chance. If Deng Yuqin hadn't seized the opportunity, Yang Hao wouldn't have known so early on that Li Chang'an's vegetables were so good, and their family wouldn't be where they are today.
Yang Hao came to his senses and said, "I meant it when I said I wouldn't open branches in other cities."
He had some connections with Li Chang'an. Even though the original contract only stipulated that the products would only be supplied to Xiaoping'an Supermarket within Ling'an City, he could still leverage this connection to expand his business and open branches in other cities. With the ability to increase vegetable purchases at any time, he could ensure a steady stream of business.
But Yang Hao still didn't want to do that.
If mismanaged, it will not only damage Xiaoping's reputation, but also implicate Xianshan Farm.
More importantly, this would erode his trust and friendship with Li Chang'an.
In that case, what's the point of making more money?
He was already very content.
Looking at the sincere expression on Yang Hao's face, Li Chang'an smiled after a while and said, "Mr. Yang is sincere in doing business, and he will earn more and more in the future."
Xie Xuan nodded in agreement.
The three of them stood together and talked for a while before the opening ceremony was about to begin.
Yang Hao stood with Li Chang'an in the center of the entrance to Xiaoping'an Shopping Mall, with his wife and daughter standing on his other side.
Besides them, there were a few government staff members and two partners from Xiaoping An Shopping Mall.
After everyone finished cutting the ribbon, the surrounding staff immediately set off celebratory cannons.
Xiaoping'an Shopping Mall officially opened today!
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Author's Note: I was so focused on finishing my writing last night that I went straight to sleep and didn't notice that there were two missing sections when I copied it from the writing software [cheek resting on hand]. Sorry, sorry, I've fixed them now [crying][crying]
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