Upon returning home, Shang Lin immediately began sorting through the mountain produce. Old Man Chai, seeing that he had returned early, didn't say anything else, only asking what he had gathered.
Shang Lin smiled and said, "We don't think it's anything special, but that person liked it a lot yesterday. I'm thinking of not going to the market anymore, but going to the mountains every day to collect some mountain products, and then finding some channel to sell them at a high price."
Old Man Chai nodded, "Alright, I'll go with you after my surgery."
"Okay, but we have to wait until Godfather's eyes are fully healed."
After Shang Lin finished sorting through the mountain produce, he went to make dinner. They would eat some tonight, send some into the Dragon Spirit Tower for Qiu Niang and Huang Ying to plant, and there wasn't much left. Old Man Chai's eyesight wasn't very good, so he wouldn't ask where the food went; if all else failed, he'd just say they'd eaten it.
So, during the week that Old Man Chai was waiting for surgery, Shang Lin and Li Hongjin went into the mountains every day, having already gathered almost nothing left to collect in the vicinity.
Li Hongjin decided to go deep into the mountains, but Shang Lin refused, saying, "Not now, my godfather needs surgery."
Living in a mountain village means you'll never have a moment of peace unless you're lazy. Even if you're not gathering mountain produce, you still have to collect firewood. There's a mountain of chores to do both inside and outside the house, so Li Hongjin agreed.
Shang Lin filled his herb garden to capacity this week, leaving him with very little stock at home. But he wasn't worried; the herb garden was the priority. Besides, the mountain produce from the herb garden was sure to be better than the original mountain produce.
Now I need to figure out how to find good sales channels. It's obviously not going to work in their small county town where they have their market; we need to go to bigger places and create a really good marketing campaign. Also, I've been stuck in this little mountain village for three years since I came to the human world, and I know absolutely nothing about the outside world. I need to go out more…
Sigh, without money, let alone going out to see the world, even raising two non-human creatures is difficult. It's really tough for them.
However, the most important thing right now is Grandpa Chai's surgery. The surgery itself was not very long, and no medication was used afterward. They just gave him two bottles of eye drops, a whole page of post-operative instructions, and a follow-up appointment in a week. That was all.
Shang Lin didn't expect it to be so simple, but they still splurged on a different mode of transportation when they got home, which naturally cost them a lot more than taking Li Hongjin's tractor.
Old Man Chai felt a little sorry for the expense, but Shang Lin said it was a small amount of money well spent. After all, the tractor was bumpy and dusty, and it wouldn't be suitable for normal use after surgery. It would be a loss if they lost more than they gained because of the small expense.
Old Man Chai thought about it and realized it made sense, so he stopped feeling sorry for her. However, he felt a little guilty that he had to rely on Shang Lin for everything, since he had completely covered his eyes. "You've suffered since you came with me, and now I have to burden you with taking care of me."
Shang Lin smiled indifferently, "I won't have to work so hard once Godfather's eyes are better. Besides, I'm so young, there will always be opportunities for us to have a good life."
Old Man Chai smiled and said, "Okay." But he felt a mix of emotions inside.
Old Man Chai is basically inseparable from others now, so Shang Lin naturally can't go into the mountains and is busy with things at home, while also having Qiu Niang and Huang Ying take care of the herb garden. Since it's the first time using it, he also has to figure it out and observe.
However, Huang Ying was very puzzled by what Shang Lin was doing and said bluntly, "Why would someone as capable as you go through all this trouble?"
After saying that, she looked at her little paws covered in mud and almost cried. Did she do this? No, is this the opportunity she was looking for?
Shang Lin spoke frankly, "Making money? I'm struggling to make ends meet right now, and that's without any illness or disaster. Besides, you all suffer because of me."
Qiu Niang hurriedly said, "Don't worry, benefactor, I can help you earn money. My embroidery skills are very good..."
"No need." Shang Lin refused instantly. "I don't lack things to sell, but due to my age, I can't get a good price for them. So recently, our income has only come from selling mountain products. I'll think of another way later. You've already worked very hard helping me with the farming, so you can't neglect your rest and cultivation."
Huang Ying was a little puzzled. "Adults may be restricted because they are young, but you still have your godfather. He is not young anymore. Won't he be restricted when he goes out to do business?"
Shang Lin smiled helplessly, "Have you ever thought that everything I possess and everything I know is completely beyond the reach of ordinary people? What if it frightens my godfather? His health isn't very good, especially his eyes."
Qiu Niang, who always put her benefactor first, immediately said, "I will do whatever my benefactor says."
Huang Ying, however, asked again, "Does the adult have no one else in his family? No relatives either?"
Because he didn't have the original owner's memories, Shang Lin could only explain simply, "My godfather and I are outsiders. He mainly brought me here to recuperate. Even if we had relatives, they would be too far away to help us in our immediate needs. Besides, we were so poor in the deep mountains that we had no relatives at all."
Huang Ying looked at Shang Lin with her big, bright black eyes and said, "My lord, you are quite pitiful too."
Shang Lin found it somewhat amusing; in just a few days, the human, the demon, and the ghost had actually begun to get along harmoniously.
However, besides the medicinal herb garden in the Dragon Spirit Tower, there was also land at home to cultivate, but not much—just a small area around the house where you could see the edges at a glance. Moreover, their village was a mountain village, and while other families had more land than them, it wasn't the kind of vast, boundless land they had.
The small plot of land at home is naturally not suitable for growing grains, only vegetables. But the only ways to preserve vegetables are drying and quick-freezing, and oh, we can sell some of them. However, since we don't have a refrigerator, quick-freezing is impossible, so drying is the only option.
A week passed in the blink of an eye. Shang Lin and Old Man Chai went to the county for their follow-up examination as scheduled, but they still didn't dare to ride in Li Hongjin's tractor, which was another mode of transportation that made Old Man Chai's wallet ache.
Follow-up appointments also require queuing, but the number of people queuing is negligible compared to the initial queue. However, this time Shang Lin didn't dare leave Old Man Chai alone by her side the whole time.
Outside the doctor's office, there were two nurses maintaining order and directing patients in and out. While waiting, they would chat for a bit, but their voices were so low that no one noticed.
Shang Lin let Old Man Chai sit down and rest while he waited in line, so he could hear what the nurses were saying fairly clearly. He just didn't know what the nurses had said before, but from what he heard, it sounded like they were talking about something related to removing freckles and whitening skin.
Shang Lin couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. Women, no matter where they are, relentlessly pursue beauty, and this pursuit has absolutely nothing to do with age. Indeed, men and women differ in many ways…
Shang Lin suddenly paused, wondering what he was thinking. This was a business opportunity! He didn't know what the effects of whitening and blemish removal were in the human world, but it was definitely nothing in the cultivation world.
The maids inside all liked to get some to apply, and although he, a grown man, didn't have any, he still knew what was needed to make such a thing. It's just that right now he had nothing...
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