Chapter 063 Chapter 63
Lu Chen looked at the young couple who came with their schoolbags and was speechless for a moment.
Oh heaven and earth, he would never have thought that the convenience store in his own plane could be developed for such a use.
What kind of brains do you two have? Are you academically gifted?
No wonder I can’t be a top student, Lu Chen thought silently in his heart.
In fact, as the owner of the plane canteen, he naturally discovered the secret of time standing still.
But at that time, Lu Chen’s first reaction was, wouldn’t this allow him to catch up on all the movies and TV series he hadn’t had time to watch, the games he hadn’t played, the novels he hadn’t read, etc.?
Who among ordinary people would think of using quiet time to study?
Lu Chen would never admit that he was a hedonist, and it was definitely the young couple who had problems with their brains.
He looked at the young couple helplessly and said, "Since you are here, please sit down."
After Lu Chen finished speaking, he noticed that the young couple's eyes lit up.
"Thank you, Boss Lu." Zhu Jue said.
"May the boss be a good person and have a peaceful life. The canteen is doing great business!" Ah Yan said skillfully.
Afterwards, the two of them took the initiative to sit at the seat where they had had tea last time, very familiarly.
There is a huge desk here. In addition to the tea table that occupies half of the desk, the other half can be used as a desk for studying.
Lu Chen watched as the young couple took out thick books and notebooks. He felt a headache after just one look.
Medical books, what else...exegesis?
What the hell is this?
The couple's thermos cups, which look like a pair of black and white devils, are placed on the left and right. The two of them have already sat down with pens in hand and quickly started to study.
Lu Chen:......
He just wanted to say one thing, the academic master is so terrifying!
These two people really don't look like they are pretending for themselves.
Seeing both of them sitting down to study, Lu Chen thought for a moment. According to the canteen's records, this was equivalent to getting a customer into the store. There would be no other customers coming in the next day. He was still a little sluggish after just coming back from another dimension, so it was a good time to take a rest.
Some of the goods brought back from the Zhou Dynasty last time sold quickly, but some, such as porcelain from folk kilns, were not selling well. Some of the porcelain brought back were well preserved from today's perspective, but because there were relatively many of them in existence, they were actually not worth much.
When Lu Chen saw the skirt hanging on the shelf, he remembered that the girl had tried on this skirt last month.
One month has passed and this dress hasn't been sold.
He wanted to speak, but seeing the young couple concentrating on their studies, he was afraid of disturbing them.
Lu Chen thought about it and thought, damn, the young couple really took over the business. This is his shop, why should he have to consider these two when he speaks?
However, he waited until he saw the girl drinking water from the cup before he walked over and said, "The skirt you tried on last time is still there."
A Yan drank the hot chrysanthemum tea and turned her head to look over. The goose yellow palace skirt was still there.
“No one has bought it yet.” She sighed.
Zhu Jue also stopped writing at this moment. Ah Yan looked at Lu Chen and asked, "Do you have a men's set?"
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
"Of course there is. I'll find it for you."
He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it be that the little couple didn't buy it last time because they didn't have the couple's money?
Lu Chen immediately felt that this possibility was very high and lamented his mistake.
He wore all the men's clothing, such as the straight-shou Taoist robe, which were originally custom-made in the Zhou Dynasty, and he also customized a lot of them as backup.
Lu Chen glanced at Zhu Jue. The two of them should be similar in height and weight. It would be difficult to compare the detailed data, but there should be no problem in putting on the clothes.
Lu Chen opened the door and entered the warehouse, and in the blink of an eye he came out holding a wooden box of clothes.
"They're not ironed, nor are they hanging. You can pick them out for yourself and look around."
"Straight robe, Taoist robe, long gown with cross collar, cloak, shawl..."
Ayan and Zhu Jue counted them and found that different shapes were basically matched with several colors. There was quite a lot of stock in the canteen.
Because time stands still in the plane canteen, no matter how long you stay here, you will earn money no matter what you do, so Yan doesn't feel that he is wasting his time.
I'll pick out a set for Juejue this time, and then we can consider going to the palace to take photos in the summer.
"Men's clothing is cheaper." Lu Chen added.
As for these Zhou Dynasty costumes, although Lu Chen himself customized many styles in modern times, he almost suffered a big loss after arriving in the ancient dimension.
One is the gap between the times, which leads to obvious differences in fabrics, embroidery, and shapes.
Another thing is that the traditional clothes that we often see nowadays that look handsome and beautiful are mostly not casual clothes.
To be more precise, it was not the clothing of ordinary people in ancient times.
For example, Lu Chen had round-necked robes and flying fish suits custom-made, but they were not suitable for his status in ancient times!
The various patches on the official uniform were worn by officials of a proper rank. Although he had long hair, he did not have the dignity of an official, and his face was too young.
Putting aside other things, the height of children growing up with the modern supply of meat, eggs and milk would be completely crushing compared to those in ancient times!
A crane stands out among chickens, without any exaggeration.
Thinking back to his experience in the ancient dimension, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had made adequate preparations.
After Lu Chen received the ancient guests while wearing modern traditional Chinese clothing, he realized that the strict class issues in ancient times were reflected in clothing, food, housing and transportation. He decisively observed the store secretly for a while and finally found the Taoist robes and cloth shoes he bought from the modern times.
The Taoist robe has remained basically unchanged for hundreds of years.
However, just in case, Lu Chen quickly bought these men's clothes from the local ancient clothing store to make it easier to blend in.
Finally, Ayan and Zhu Jue chose a dark green Taoist robe and put it together with the goose yellow dress. The combination of stillness and movement created a great visual effect.
After choosing the clothes, Ah Yan looked at the Plane Store with some curiosity, as it seemed to have changed a bit after not seeing it for a month.
"Will you not go to stock up on goods from the places you've been to before?" she asked, actually referring to Interstellar.
"I'm going there, but I want to develop more sources of supply right now," said Lu Chen.
In fact, after acquiring the Plane Store, he has now been to three different planes.
Calculated according to the time in the present world, a cycle is about one month, and a new plane for exploration is refreshed every month.
When Lu Chen goes to other planes to manage and explore, he follows the time of that plane, not the time of the real world.
That is to say, he left the real world to open a store in the interstellar plane or the ancient plane for a month, but when he returned to the modern world, it was still the original time.
Simply put, when traveling to other dimensions, he entered a state of time suspension on Blue Star.
One month passed in Blue Star time, but Lu Chen might have experienced two months.
Every time Lu Chenggang finished exploring a new dimension, the young couple seemed to have a sense of it and would appear with the door open.
Did the store's back office consider them VIPs? They pushed their new products to them before they were even sorted out!
Today, Lu Chen had just removed some of the original store displays, and some of the things he had just brought back were still being sorted out.
"By the way, you can take a look at those fans and other things. They were given to me as gifts."
"It would be more stylish to wear this kind of clothes and hold a fan in your hand."
When Lu Chen went to find men's clothing for Zhu Jue, he found a box of fans in the warehouse.
These things are not worth much. He had thrown them in the warehouse and completely forgotten to take them out to stock the warehouse.
Lu Chen remembered that this happened during the Zhou Dynasty. A relatively poor scholar entered a canteen and took a fancy to a watch, but he did not have enough money.
The scholar was short of money, so he asked if he could pay off his debts with calligraphy and paintings. Lu Chen originally planned to refuse.
But on second thought, a simple watch doesn't cost much money, if this poor scholar becomes a big shot in the future, he might make a lot of money.
No matter what, a piece of calligraphy and painting by an ancient person is just like a mechanical watch he bought.
Compared to others, it's still a good deal.
He bought a bunch of bamboo fans locally and gave them to the other party, and also thoughtfully gave them some brushes, ink and paint as gifts.
As a result, he waited for a whole month. When Lu Chen was about to think that the scholar had run away with the things, the poor scholar came over with the basket of fans.
At that time, the time in this plane was about to end. Lu Chen just exchanged a few words with the scholar, threw the things into the warehouse and left in a hurry.
Until now, he seemed to only remember that the scholar's surname was Dong. As a result, when he came back and searched for the surname Dong in the Zhou Dynasty, there were literary scholars, or ministers of various ranks. He did find a lot of deeds, but it seemed that there was no one who matched the scholar.
If this basket of fans with calligraphy and painting by an anonymous artist had not been unearthed this time, they might have remained in the warehouse for who knows how long.
"Free gifts!" After hearing Lu Chen's words, A Yan certainly would not miss the opportunity to get something for free.
After all, they came here to spend money today.
Isn't it normal to give some gifts as VIP customer treatment?
It took her a month to slowly transform the double-sided embroidered handkerchief she bought at the grocery store into a hand-held fan.
The folding fan in front of him was just right. He and Juejue could each have one. Ah Yan felt very happy immediately.
“There are words and pictures.”
"Eh? How about we choose a few more? Boss Lu, are these expensive?" she asked.
This kind of folding fan doesn't look worth much. It's made of bamboo, ebony, ivory or jade. When I was in high school, there was a charity sale at school. Ayan and Juejue both brought bookmarks with their own calligraphy works, and also fans with their own works.
It's good to have a few of these little things ready. One, they can be used as fans in the summer; two, they can be used for taking photos when going out; and three, they can be given as gifts to others without feeling embarrassed.
Lu Chen did a quick calculation. Based on the cost of the folding fans that he had previously sponsored the scholar, plus the cost of the pigments and the mechanical watch, with so many fans... fifty yuan a piece wouldn't be too much, right?
After all, the handwritten calligraphy folding fans sold on street stalls outside only cost twenty or thirty yuan. His was brought from ancient times after all, painted by ancient scholars, and everything from the fan frame to the paint is purely handmade. Selling it for fifty yuan is not too much, right?
"Fifty for a fan," he said.
Ah Yan touched his chin. This price was acceptable. The two of them were learning calligraphy on their own. The level of calligraphy and painting on the folding fan could be seen. It must have been the result of at least a dozen years of practice.
Although it may have been done by an anonymous person, considering that it comes from ancient times, fifty dollars a handful is simply a waste of money.
I've spent all the money on the two sets of clothes, so I don't mind this little bit of money.
One for painting landscapes, one for painting flowers and birds, one for writing poetry, and another for painting boneless flowers.
Fifty yuan a fan. Ah Yan thought that these fans were probably bought by Lu Chen at some temple fair, or he bought them from a stall selling fans for money.
From the calligraphy to the painting, it is clear that they are the same calligrapher and painter.
"I feel like, has your dormitory never delivered anything yet?" A Yan suddenly thought.
Zhu Jue thought for a moment and answered, "Indeed, Chu Shen often brings us meals, Master Xiao usually gives us massages and acupuncture, and Yuan Ye gave us tickets to comic conventions. Yuan Ye, Ye Ping An and I usually buy some fruits, instant noodles, ham and other things."
In the boys' dormitory, there is basically no distinction between you and me when it comes to snacks and fruits. All boys and girls are of the right age to eat, and in the middle of the night, the whole dormitory eats instant noodles with eggs as a snack. Zhu Jue buys instant noodles, salted eggs and self-heating hot pots by the box when he goes to the dormitory.
"Well, Yuan Ye is a cosplayer, and Xiao Ge should also know how to use a fan. Although it seems a bit strange to give gifts in the middle of winter, it's still a nice thought."
"Let's pick a few more." The two continued to pick.
While A Yan and Zhu Jue were choosing fans, Lu Chen was quietly sorting out the things he brought back from the apocalypse.
When he found a small silver-white pistol in the cargo box, Ah Yan, who had just selected five fans, couldn't move his eyes away.
Her eyes sparkled, showing her excitement at seeing something interesting, but the next moment they turned cautious.
Ah Yan looked at Lu Chen in confusion: "Boss Lu, we are not allowed to buy and sell arms here."
"Isn't the variety of goods you sell in this canteen too diverse?"
Something called a "pistol" appeared in Lu Chen's grocery store, and at first glance, it was obvious that the structure of the weapon was different from that of today's weapons. It was obviously a special product. It would be bad if it was circulated and caused any social incidents.
"This thing is just a toy for ordinary people."
Lu Chen held the small silver-white pistol in his hand. He fired a shot towards the house. A Yan and Zhu Jue only heard a sound of air bursting.
"Onomatopoeia? Starting gun?" Zhu Jue asked.
Lu Chen shook his head. This thing is called an air compression gun. In that doomsday world, it is a training item used by those who have just awakened their superpowers. They use this thing to continuously practice their superpowers and fire air bombs.
But for ordinary people, pulling the trigger just makes a noise, and it doesn't even function as a lighter.
He thought the toy looked good, with a silver-white shell that looked very technological, and the small pistol was only the size of a palm. It looked like a beautiful toy at first glance. No one wanted it in the apocalypse, but it could definitely be sold at a high price. Holding it in the hand, it was a magical tool that enhanced the quality of taking photos.
"You can have a try and try it yourself." Facing A Yan's suspicious look, Lu Chen chose to let her see for herself.
Ayan took the small silver pistol. It was a bit heavy, but not as heavy as the real guns they had played with before.
She took it in her hand, raised it with one hand, and pulled the trigger towards the door.
“Bang——”
The sound was neither loud nor soft, but apart from that one sound there was no other change.
Zhu Jue tried twice more. The small pistol was like a toy in his hand.
"So, what does this mean for non-ordinary people?" Yan asked.
"Secret." Lu Chen said.
He already has a dimension grocery store, and Lu Chen can't guarantee that there is no one else in the world who has a similar opportunity.
Besides, there are all kinds of people with special powers in novels and movies. What if you really meet one who can be used?
However, the young couple in front of him were obviously harmless and could only play along like him, but Lu Chen still did not intend to tell them the real situation.
"Aren't you two here to learn? Stop playing with pistols," he urged.
"But it's not a waste of time here with you." Ah Yan blinked. Anyway, from the moment she and Jue Jue stepped into the convenience store in the plane, the time in the outside world was still for the two of them. Even if they were dazed and fell asleep in the convenience store, it was time earned.
Of course, it would be a waste if it is only used for this purpose.
"But I have business hours here." Lu Chen said as he looked at her.
On the first day after returning from the apocalypse, he didn't expect that a customer would be brought in so soon. It turned out to be a regular customer, a regular customer who didn't need him to pretend.
A Yan and Zhu Jue stayed in the Plane Convenience Store for nearly five hours, during which time they also ordered takeout with Lu Chen.
"You can actually do takeout here!" Ah Yan was shocked.
The appearance of the plane convenience store is so elusive that it is impossible for a door to suddenly appear for the store owner to put the food in.
As it turned out, the riders from the Lan and Huang families who were delivered to the canteen had to wait for almost half an hour before receiving their meals.
Ah Yan saw the markings on the three people's takeaway orders. His and Jue Jue's orders were from the Lan family, while Lu Chen's was from the Huang family.
"Void takeaway? Has the fight between the Blue and Yellow takeaway riders reached its final stage?"
"You have a very rich imagination." Lu Chen sighed.
In fact, there is no such thing as a plane rider. The girl is just overthinking. The reason why takeout can be delivered is very simple. The door of the plane canteen can appear at any place and can replace any door in the world.
Therefore, when ordering takeout, Lu Chen simply moved the magic door to his own door, and he only needed to fill in his home as the takeout address, which was on the third floor of the old house. He could just put the cart at the door and he could just open the door and get the food.
However, Lu Chen did not explain more, as the owner of a convenience store in this dimension still needed a little mystery.
When Ayan and Zhu Jue reviewed Lu Chen's proofs in the Plane Canteen, they returned to the campus path with bags full of their gains.
Two sets of clothes, a dozen fans, and a small pistol that could only be used as a toy.
"When we go to the mountain city, we can take this with us and take photos with a sense of technology." Ah Yan found a reason to buy himself a beautiful little pistol.
Who doesn't like pretty gadgets? This is even cooler than the little pistols in those female spy movies that Ah Yan watched before!
After they discussed it, they let Juejue take the two sets of clothes back. His suitcase had more space, so they each got half of the fan.
"It's a pity that Lu Chen said the wooden door can't be found again." Ah Yan felt very sorry.
I finally discovered this time and space BUG, but it only took me an entire afternoon to figure it out.
But there was nothing they could do. After all, after Lu Chen's explanation, they realized that as long as the two of them stayed in the plane's canteen, no new customers would come if there were customers inside.
In this way, if she and Jue Jue continued to go there, it would delay the normal operation of the plane convenience store!
"We can't cover the daily turnover of the canteen now." Zhu Jue said.
Since they occupied someone else's site for a day and delayed the order, they should have been paid for the delay, but the two of them could not afford it, and naturally they could not go to the canteen to fix the bug afterwards.
"I'm very lucky to have had half a day!" Ah Yan quickly adjusted his mentality.
"What we get is what we earn, so we should be content and happy." Her mood became cheerful again.
Because they were already carrying school bags, plus the latest purchases, the burden on them suddenly increased. Anyway, the remaining review for the day had already been completed in the canteen, which was equivalent to wasting half a day. Ah Yan and Jue Jue took the things back to the dormitory.
In the girls' dormitory 320, Ah Yan was putting the small silver pistol on the table, unloading the burden from his body.
At this moment, she did not notice that Yi Zhi's eyes had been staring at her since the moment she took out the "toy pistol" from her bag.
On the other side, the boys' dormitory 414.
Xiao Qingnang was stunned when he took the folding fan handed to him by Zhu Jue and unfolded it.
The painting style on this folding fan looked familiar to him.