Shang Lin released Qiu Niang and Huang Li. Qiu Niang was still wearing ancient clothes, but Huang Li was wearing a modified version of work clothes that she had made. The little boy looked adorable and was no different from an ordinary child.
However, the way these two were dressed gave Shang Lin a feeling of temporal distortion. It seemed that if Qiu Niang hadn't specified what clothes or fabric she wanted for this shopping trip, she should just buy some for her herself. After all, they were women; who didn't love to look beautiful? It was one thing to not have the means before, but now that she did, wasn't she?
Upon seeing Shang Lin, Huang Li obediently greeted him, "Sect Master."
Despite his cute appearance, Huang Li is very mature for his age. He speaks and acts with a serious and methodical manner, exuding an air of authority even though he is young.
"Okay." Shang Lin replied to Huang Li while extending his hand to Qiu Niang, "Give me the list you wrote."
Qiu Niang immediately placed the paper in Shang Lin's hand, "Neither She Jinxing nor Hu Tangdi have returned to the tower, so they must not be home. I'll go with the sect leader today."
Shang Lin put away the paper, picked up the almanac, and said to Qiu Niang, "It's inconvenient for you to go out during the day, so let the almanac come with me. Just find a way to separate me from Old Man Chai, so that it won't be inconvenient for me to go shopping. After all, there's no way to explain so much money to him."
Qiu Niang glanced at the almanac, "You must protect the sect leader."
Huang Li immediately puffed out his little chest, "Don't worry, although I'm young, I still have some skills."
Shang Lin quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, at least it's perfectly fine to use illusion magic on ordinary people."
Huang Li nodded seriously, "Yes."
The next day, when Shang Lin went out, Old Man Chai saw that he was still carrying his schoolbag and asked curiously, "Why are you still carrying your schoolbag?"
Shang Lin wanted to say, "It's over 200,000 yuan in cash. It's inconvenient to carry it without a backpack."
But when she opened her mouth, she said, "I want to go to the bookstore in the county. Although I studied in the county before, I never had the chance to go."
Old Man Chai reminded him helplessly, "We're here to see a doctor."
Shang Lin smiled and said, "I know, but we can't stay in the hospital all day. Besides, I feel fine and there shouldn't be any major problems."
Shang Lin's complexion was indeed better than yesterday, and his mental state was also good. However, Old Man Chai was very worried that this was just a facade, and he wouldn't feel at ease until he went to the hospital to have a check-up.
The village's rideshare service is actually just a dilapidated eight-seater minivan that leaves the village at six in the morning and returns at four in the afternoon. Sometimes it's full, sometimes there are only one or two people. Li Hongjin's tractor is also occasionally used for rideshares, but very rarely.
So living in a remote mountainous area is really not easy! But in another six months or so, Shang Lin is convinced that he will be able to leave here. Although the provincial key high school is not in the provincial capital, it is still in the city, and there will be more opportunities to make money.
The bus to the county wasn't delayed by half an hour today, so everyone got up early to catch it. As a result, during the 40-minute journey, everyone except the driver was drowsy, and Shang Lin was no exception.
After sleeping for a while, everyone in the county looked energetic. Old Man Chai and his family went straight to the hospital. The doctor saw Shang Lin's condition and thought he was fine, so there was no need to waste money on unnecessary tests.
So Shang Lin took Old Man Chai to have his eyes checked again, because the doctor had told him after the surgery that he would need to get glasses in six months, and now the timing was just right.
Grandpa Chai's eyesight was basically fine, but he did need glasses, so they went to the hospital for an eye exam and got their glasses. While waiting for the glasses, Shang Lin and Grandpa Chai went shopping.
The villagers couldn't come to the county empty-handed, so Old Man Chai wrote a list, but it was all for household items, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soap, and laundry detergent.
On the way, Shang Lin met his classmate "Su Jinghang" and made an appointment with Old Man Chai to meet at the hospital at 3 pm. Then he went to the bookstore with him.
Because of the limited time, Shang Lin and "Su Jinghang" divided the work and tried their best to buy everything that everyone needed. Before parting ways, he did not forget to ask Huang Li, "How long can you maintain this youthful appearance? Don't let any sudden changes scare people."
Huang Li smiled and replied in a low voice, "Sect Master, don't worry, I've been recuperating well in the Dragon Spirit Tower recently, and I can last for most of the day."
"Okay, then you should be careful too."
"Yes, Sect Master."
As soon as he parted ways with Huang Li, Shang Lin headed straight to the mobile phone store. Not to mention the variety of mobile phones in the store, the quantity was also very limited. The better phones were only available as demo units, and you had to pay a deposit before you could pick them up a few days later.
Shang Lin suddenly felt a headache coming on. Moreover, the shop assistants didn't want to talk to him because he was young, and naturally they didn't believe he would buy an expensive phone. How could he possibly buy more?
In the end, Shang Lin only bought a mobile phone priced at 1,500 yuan that was in stock, and then went to get a SIM card. Getting a SIM card at the service center went smoothly, but the plan was a bit expensive.
The main problem is the high cost of data. As for the cost of several hundred minutes of phone service, Shang Lin thinks he'd be lucky to use even a few tens of minutes. However, the initial investment is necessary to make money.
After leaving the business hall, Shang Lin rushed to the bank. He couldn't buy anything online without a bank card, so to avoid arousing suspicion, he only deposited three thousand yuan after getting the card.
In such a small place, let alone a minor like Shang Lin, even adults would probably rarely deposit three thousand yuan at once. He dared not be careless. Fortunately, there were two banks here, so he went to the second one to open a bank account and deposited three thousand yuan there as well.
Then two hours passed, and Shang Lin suddenly felt that time in the human world and time in the cultivation world were completely different. It was too fast.
Shang Lin hurriedly went to buy supplies for drawing talismans. Although he had money now, he still didn't buy everything, but the quality was better than what he had bought before.
Buying these things took even more time, so in the end, Shang Lin only managed to buy a foreign language dictionary within the time agreed upon with Old Man Chai before hurriedly returning to the hospital.
But when Shang Lin returned to the hospital, he didn't see Old Man Chai. He went to the ophthalmology department to ask if the glasses had been picked up, and they said, "They're ready. You can pick them up with the receipt."
It's obvious he hasn't returned. Shang Lin hurried to the hospital entrance. Although Old Man Chai also wanted to buy things, he definitely wouldn't buy more than he did, no way...
What happened?
Given that Old Man Chai had gone to his registered residence to study and was beaten up by his former colleagues, Shang Lin always felt that the other party was hiding many things from him, which made him think the worst whenever something happened.
However, when Shang Lin arrived at the hospital entrance, he first saw Hu Tangdi and She Jinxing, and their expressions were not good.
Upon seeing this, Shang Lin knew things were going badly, but...
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