Chapter 9
Ji Mingqing has been feeling a little lonely lately.
Because Xiaowan hasn't appeared for a long time.
A few days ago, Ji Mingqing received his first official income and was excited all night.
When Lu Jiyao came back that day, he said to Ji Mingqing, "The six people today were very satisfied with their meal and paid very quickly. They even asked you if they could subscribe for a month, but I refused." Lu Jiyao said with a wave of his hand.
After listening to them, Ji Ming suddenly felt anxious, but he still patiently asked, "Why did you refuse? Is there something wrong with them?"
"Don't you usually have to give up some profit on a monthly subscription? They're very wealthy and can afford to pay by the day."
Ji Mingqing was a little amused and said, "Thank you very much, but a monthly subscription is also possible. I don't want to make a living solely from this." In modern terms, he is now in the stage of primitive accumulation of capital, so naturally he wants to earn as much as possible.
Lu Jiyao scratched his head and said, "That's fine. I'll talk to them tomorrow." Then he took out seven fairy beads and placed them in Ji Mingqing's hand. "This is for today."
Ji Mingqing looked at the handful of fairy beads in his hand and felt excited. He carefully put the fairy beads into the storage bag, then handed over the meals ordered for the next day to Lu Jiyao, and then trotted back to his room, took out all seven fairy beads and admired them slowly.
He had already spent the fairy bead that the Palace Master had given him on buying kitchen supplies and other daily necessities. Now, he could save the seven fairy beads in his hand as savings, or he would not have to worry about needing money in the future.
Because he now has seven fairy beads!
Ji Mingqing placed these fairy beads on the table and observed them carefully. The fairy beads were truly extraordinary. Even without a light source, they still emitted bright light in the dim room. They were so beautiful, who wouldn't like them?
It was late at night and time to rest. Ji Mingqing put six of them back into the storage bag. He carefully admired the remaining one before going to bed, then held it tightly in his hand and fell into a sweet dream.
The next morning, Ji Mingqing came to his house early, wanting to share his joy with Xiaowan first, but he didn't expect Xiaowan was not there.
This situation even lasted for several days.
At first, Ji Mingqing was a little worried that Xiaowan had encountered some difficulties or dangers, but in a moment he started to "Pooh, pooh, pooh". Xiaowan was very agile and no one could trap him.
However, his mood continued to be low, but then he began to comfort himself, thinking that Xiaowan must have his own things to do, and he couldn't trap a little fairy cat.
However, in his free time, Ji Mingqing still missed Xiaowan a little. He had always wanted to make a gift for Xiaowan to thank her for always being with him.
As a result, Xiaowan didn't come because the gift was not ready yet.
Ji Mingqing felt a little sad, but he was still knitting the small toy for Xiaowan quickly.
He had seen a kitten playing with a wicker ball in a pet shop before, and he wanted to make one for the kitten out of bamboo first, but he was afraid that the bamboo was too hard and would scratch the kitten, so he kept putting it off.
I didn't expect that I might have missed the opportunity to give the gift away.
Ji Mingqing sighed as he looked at the woven wicker ball in his hand, then said self-deprecatingly, "The kittens in the fairy world have seen everything. Maybe they don't like it at all."
Although he said this, he would still serve Xiaowan's portion and place it in front of him every time he ate, hoping that Xiaowan would be attracted by the aroma of the food and come out.
Half a month passed like this, and Ji Mingqing had a lot of money in his hands. Five immortals hired him for a month, and he decided to charge thirty immortal beads every month. If it reached thirty-one days, the extra day would be considered as a gift from Ji Mingqing, and no one had any objection.
Most of the rest may order once every two days or three days. After all, gods don’t need to eat every day. However, Ji Mingqing’s business is still getting more and more popular.
The most orders were sixteen per day, and Lu Jiyao only had twenty colleagues in the same area of the fighting arena.
In half a month, the Spirit Gathering Fruit will be ripe. Ji Mingqing takes good care of it every day, and recites the spells that help it grow every day. Ji Mingqing compared his Spirit Gathering Fruit with the one on the jade slip, and he even felt that his Spirit Gathering Fruit grew better than the example on the jade slip.
Ji Mingqing calculated that if he continued like this, it wouldn't take more than a year to earn back the 500 immortal pearls he had spent on the land. At the time, he had actually thought it would be difficult to earn 100 immortal pearls in a hundred years.
Although the pressure suddenly decreased, Ji Mingqing relaxed for a moment. The next moment, he thought of the immortal weapon worth 600,000 immortal stones in Yuexian Pavilion.
The span is huge and the difficulty increases suddenly.
However, Ji Mingqing immediately became optimistic. Half a month ago, he would never have thought that his "hundred-year plan" would find a direction within just one month, and the goal of 600,000 fairy stones might be achieved soon.
Just as Ji Mingqing was counting on his fingers, he suddenly felt that there seemed to be an uninvited guest outside.
The nightly practice made his five senses sharper. He immediately put down what he was holding and rushed out the door, but he didn't expect to see Xiaowan coming back!
Ji Mingqing was ecstatic. He immediately forgot that he was still sad about Xiaowan leaving him. Unexpectedly, the moment Xiaowan came back, he threw all his previous thoughts out of his mind.
Bai Cangze has caught a few parasites from the fairy world these days, but he didn't expect that following the previous line, he would find someone secretly selling supplies from the fairy world to the demon world. Fortunately, he discovered it early and it didn't become a big deal.
Two days after resolving this matter, Bai Cangze sat at the table and opened the record book written to the Father God and the Mother God. After opening it, he flipped through it and found the record of Ji Mingqing's visit a few days ago.
Bai Cangze, who had already ordered his men to investigate Ji Mingqing, finally withdrew the order and prepared to investigate with his spiritual sense every day.
It was not until noon when he saw Ji Mingqing, who knew he was not there but still left a meal for him, that Bai Cangze hesitated for a while, and finally turned back into his cub form and returned here.
He didn't even dodge when Ji Mingqing ran towards him.
"Xiao Wan! Where have you been these days! Fortunately you are not hurt!" Although Ji Mingqing had some complaints in his heart before, his heart was filled with great joy the next moment.
He ran to Xiaowan and subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch Xiaowan, but when his hand was about to touch Xiaowan, he immediately came to his senses and retracted his hand.
"Xiao Wan, I bought some Cantonese chicken today. Do you want some?" After asking, without even waiting for Xiao Wan to answer, Ji Mingqing immediately took out a large food box from his storage bag. "I was worried that you wouldn't have anything delicious when you came over, so I've been preparing it for you. Come and eat."
Bai Cangze didn't know how to describe the feeling in his heart. He was now very glad that he was just a cat in Ji Mingqing's eyes.
This time, when Bai Cangze was eating, Ji Mingqing did nothing but chatted with him attentively.
“…The Spirit Gathering Fruit is about to ripen.”
"I made a little money, but apart from the fish, I have to buy all the meat myself..."
…
"...I even made you a present."
After hearing this, Bai Cangze felt a secret excitement rising in his heart, and he was even a little curious about what Ji Mingqing would prepare for him.
"These are the little vine balls I made from the leafy vines I found these past few days. One has two spirit beads inside it, and when you spin it, you'll hear a 'ding-dong' sound. The other has no spirit beads inside, so it's just an ordinary little ball."
Ji Mingqing brought it to Bai Cangze like he was presenting a treasure. Bai Cangze squatted on the table, speechless.
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he bumped into Ji Mingqing's eyes, which were shining with anticipation. His heart softened involuntarily, and he raised his paw and casually pushed the small ball in front of him.
"It turns out that Xiaowan likes things with sound!" Ji Mingqing smiled happily when he saw Xiaowan pushing the vine ball with the spirit beads inside. These two spirit beads were not wasted!
Bai Cangze didn't understand why he was so happy. If Ji Mingqing knew his identity, it would be fine. Countless beings in the immortal world would be ecstatic because he accepted their gifts. But in Ji Mingqing's eyes, he was just a cat.
"Dong Dong Dong"
At this moment, a knock on the door interrupted their thoughts. Ji Mingqing thought it was Lu Jiyao, so he stood up, turned around and shouted to the outside, "I didn't lock the door, come in, Yuxi *Team*."
"Hello, are you Master Ji?" The person who came was not Lu Jiyao, but a person with a fair complexion who looked pampered and completely opposite to Lu Jiyao.
Ji Mingqing had never seen this person before, and asked with some confusion: "Excuse me, who are you..."
"My name is Cui Ding. I came here to ask if you need any help."
Ji Mingqing was a little confused. Although he had been too busy recently to buy groceries and cook meals, take care of the spirit gathering grass, and plan the land outside, and was planning to hire someone, he was sure that he had not told anyone.
Could it be that the gods could really hear one's wishes? Ji Mingqing suddenly panicked.
What Ji Mingqing didn't notice was that Bai Cangze, who was standing behind him, had his eyes become sharp the first time he saw Cui Ding.
Didn’t this person receive the order to cancel the surveillance on himself?
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