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"Sister Zang, the tables and chairs have arrived." Li Xingzang was checking the newly arrived seasonings and sodas in the backyard when she heard Shi Yi and Shi Shan, who had just helped to order the goods, carrying new tables and chairs to the backyard.
"Is this the last batch?" Looking at the brand new tables and chairs, Li Xingzang took out the small notebook in which he kept his records.
"Well, that should be it." Shi Shan was more careful than her sister Shi Si. She remembered every shipment that was unloaded.
Li Xingzang looked at the overflowing warehouse. Most of the items, including tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks, large iron pots, and packaging boxes for wine and paper towels, were already prepared. They only needed to wait for the signboard of the small building to be completed and disinfection to remove the odor before they could officially open for business.
"Hey, that's not right!" Li Xingzang looked at the two small stones, and suddenly clenched his right fist and hit his left hand.
"What's wrong?" Shi Yi asked curiously.
"The new little stones can't transform into human form yet. You have to help give baths to the human guests. I have to hire some people!"
I almost forgot about this! Although He Yishu has a strong resentment, she is a ghost after all and cannot appear during the day. Even if she can appear, Li Xingzang can't let her serve dishes. What if she scares the guests?
Shi Yi and Shi Shan exchanged a glance and said, "We can talk to Master and his wife and try to spare one person for the time being."
Li Xingzang shook his head and said, "In winter, the bath center's business is better than before. You can't move for the time being. I will hire someone else." There are many little monsters who have become spirits, but the hardest ones are those who can transform stably and have certain experience in human society. Such monsters already have their own places to go, and it is not so easy for them to come to work for her.
Li Xingzang's eyes turned and he looked at Zidane who was silently eating melon seeds on the side, "Uncle, do you have any good ideas?" According to his personality, he would shout for help when he heard about this. Why is he so silent now? There must be something fishy!
"What can I do?!" Zidane shuddered at her words, dusted off the crumbs on his hands, and stood up. "I'll go check the front desk. There seem to be quite a few people there." [1]
Li Xingzang dodged, his long arms blocking Zidane's way. "Auntie Guan and Aunt Shi are both at the front desk, and there's Xiao Wang and the others too. They'll definitely be busy." Otherwise, how could you have the time to slack off here? "You're the lobby manager of our Baishan Bath Center! Recruitment is your forte! There's definitely a way, right?" Li Xingzang deliberately lowered his voice and looked at him sweetly.
"Don't give me that!" Zidane lowered her voice, as if she really didn't intend to help her.
Shi Yi and Shi Shan were worried. Manager Zidane seemed easy to talk to, but he was actually the strictest. Not only to them, but even Aunt Guan, the store manager, had been scolded by him. Would Sister Zang be scolded too?
"Uncle~" Li Xingzang continued to call sweetly.
"Oh! That's enough!" Zidane irritably smoothed her newly-made celebrity-style hairstyle, "He's calling my soul!"
He glanced at Li Xingzang's pursed lips and said, "That's all you can do!"
"That worked!" Li Xingzang knew his goal had been achieved and laughed even more wildly. [2]
Zidane sighed and said, "There's a pet shop in front of the Forest Park. You can go there and have a look." After thinking for a moment, he said, "Don't say I said that!"
A pet shop? Li Xingzang glanced at Zishuang's slightly weathered figure and asked, "Do you know that pet shop?"
The two little stones shook their heads. They had been learning from their master, and the farthest they had been was only three blocks away. What's more...
"Sister Zang...we don't recognize each other..." Shi Yi scratched his head a little embarrassedly.
Li Xingzang looked at the two siblings who had always been steady and blushed, and couldn't help laughing, "Can't you absorb the power of the earth? Why don't you find the way?" Monsters are different from humans. They have always sensed through breath. How could they not find their destination?
Shi Yi thought for a moment, then pointed to the small building next to him that was about to open and said, "If the earth is Sister Zang's restaurant, we might be a speck of dust on it, or perhaps not even a speck of dust. Although we can absorb its power, we can't tell where the other specks of dust are."
Li Xingzang thought about it and understood. Social changes, tall buildings, they were all once part of the earth, so Shi Yi and the others couldn't sense them.
"In our world, the aura of the bathing center is like the big sun at night, guiding us to find this place. But if we are too far away, the power of the earth will interfere with us, so we dare not go out." Shi Shan's face was calm, but Li Xingzang's heart tightened.
I heard from the old men and women that Xiao Shitou and his friends have been here for four or five years. This is enough time to measure the Snow City clearly, but they have never gone beyond three streets.
"Where are your cell phones?" Li Xingzang suddenly asked.
The two looked at each other, and Shi Shan was the first to hand over the phone.
"This..." Li Xingzang was stunned looking at the mobile phone in her hand, "Has someone deducted your salary?" As far as she knew, the salary at Baishan Bathing Center was not low, and it was considered high in Xuecheng, a city with friendly prices. Why were they still using mobile phones for the elderly?
Thinking back to the other little monsters I saw during this period, although they were not dressed in high-end brands, they also pursued some human trends. Only these four were dressed simply. Now, seeing this old-fashioned mobile phone, Li Xingzang, who has been immersed in the workplace for many years, had his radar flashing.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. As the largest bathing center in Snow City, there are not only human guests, but also many monsters and ghosts who come to consume. With too many employees, the environment will not be too pure.
"Someone bullied you?!" Seeing that the four little stones are usually silent, have they experienced workplace violence?
Shi Shan and Shi Yi looked at each other and shook their heads, "No?"
"Then what's going on?" Li Xingzang blurted out all his questions, and was already thinking in his heart, if someone really bullied them, how would she help them get back at them?
Labor arbitration? No, monsters don't necessarily need to abide by labor laws. Ask their supervisors directly? Those old men and women aren't that kind of people. Perhaps they've been fooled, too. Ask the uncle for help, have the employees point each other out, and have one-on-one conversations?
"What is this for?" Li Xingzang was confused and pointed at the lustrous white jade in her hand.
"Ah——!" She looked at Shishan's actions in astonishment. She actually ate the white jade!
Shi Yi said with a bit of embarrassment, "We want to improve our cultivation. Besides gaining popularity during our daily work, the most important thing is to absorb the power that comes from the same source as us. However, the power of the earth is not something that we little demons can easily obtain, so we came up with this idea."
This method...eating jade?
"And this!" Li Xingzang asked carelessly, and saw Shi Yi also took out a stone. Hehe, it was green and looked very valuable.
The clown turned out to be me! Li Xingzang listened to the two of them "crunching" the stones and tried to raise the corners of his mouth.
"Did you spend all your wages on these?"
The two nodded, and Shishan was a little distressed. "These things have absorbed some of the essence of the earth, and by chance they have gained power, but it's not always like that. Sometimes we buy ten pieces and not a single one is useful. We can only change our taste. But they are very popular with humans, so they are a bit expensive. We can only work harder to save money!"
Thinking back to their salaries and then thinking about her own savings, Li Xingzang's smile was a little difficult to maintain. Would she go bankrupt before she even started to make a profit?
"Well... don't worry. You guys can work at the bath center now. When the little stones are able to work on their own, come over and work for me!" That way, she'd still be paying their salaries; every penny she could save was a penny she could save. "I'll go check out the pet shop Uncle mentioned. You guys go practice first." Li Xingzang waved his hand. Despite trying to slow down, he vanished in a flash.
In the main room, Baishan, who had been knitting while watching a Korean drama, burst into laughter.
"Pet shop...pet shop..." Li Xingzang followed the navigation and finally saw it in a remote corner.
It can't be considered remote, but it is close to the entrance of the forest park, with an endless sea of forest behind it. It is indeed not close to the center of Snow City with its tall buildings. No wonder the little stones have never been here.
"Excuse me..." Li Xingzang pushed open the mirror-like door, and the pleasant sound of wind chimes startled the people deep inside the pet shop. "Welcome--" Before he finished the four words, the people inside were stunned when they saw Li Xingzang sticking his head in.
"Vampire?" The low voice awakened Li Xingzang who was immersed in the fur. Her red pupils stared at the tall man in front of her who seemed to be a mixed-race. It was hard to say whether she would rush out and bite off his neck in the next second.
"Hehe..." The man laughed, "You are the child raised by the mountain god, right?"
"Do you know me?" Li Xingzang felt his breath. It was a big monster, but the smell was different from his uncle's and was more aggressive.
The man nodded and said, "Come in and talk."
Honestly, Li Xingzang didn't really want to go in. Although she usually interacted with great demons and dragon gods, she had been raised by them since she was a child and was already familiar with their auras. This person was the first person she felt threatened by since entering another world.
But since he revealed her grandmother's identity, it proved that he would not do anything to her. To be frank, the entire Snow City was protected by her grandmother and Uncle Li. No matter how powerful this man was, he would not dare to do anything to her.
Li Xingzang swallowed his saliva. He was raised by the Dragon God and the Mountain God, so he must not show his cowardice!
She remained calm, about to walk into the pet shop with her head held high, when a flash of yellow light suddenly appeared before her eyes. His hands were quicker than his mind, and before she could react to the attack, Li Xingzang had already completely subdued the "suspect."
"Ah~" Looking at the struggling little guy, Li Xingzang endured for a long time, but finally stretched out her claws.
Golden fur, dark markings, and bouncy pads!
It's "Big Cat!" and it's "Little Big Cat!"
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