"Of course I'm here to see you!" Xiangling placed the food box on the table next to her and opened it, "The snacks I brought you, try to see if my craftsmanship has deteriorated!"
Looking at the exquisite lotus cakes in the food box, Grandma Ping smiled and said, "No hurry, no rush."
She looked at Hutao behind Xiangling and asked, "Who is this?"
Xiangling pushed Hutao to the front, "Master, this is my good friend Hutao!"
"Hello, grandma!" Hu Tao greeted very politely, "I am Hu Tao, the seventy-seventh generation master of the Past Life Hall, and I came here specially to visit you."
With that said, she put the greeting gifts she had prepared on the table.
Although she usually has many evil ideas, likes to scare people, and always acts as a hands-off shopkeeper, she is still very serious when it comes to business matters.
"The Hall of Rebirth..." Grandma Ping had obviously heard of this place and the name of Hall Master Hu.
"I wonder how Mr. Zhongli is doing lately?"
"Mr. Zhongli, he is very good..." Hu Tao rolled his eyes when Grandma Ping asked about Zhongli.
Is there some kind of story between Mr. Zhongli and Grandma Ping? Otherwise, why not let her say that he introduced her?
The first thing she thought of was love-hate entanglement, but her age obviously didn't match it.
Zhongli is still young, but Grandma Ping is obviously over fifty and has silver hair.
Zhongli doesn't look like someone who can do such a thing.
"Are Grandma Ping familiar with Mr. Zhongli?" she asked curiously.
"We know..." Grandma Ping smiled kindly, as if she was just asking casually and didn't intend to say more.
"Does Hall Master Hu come to see me, an old man, for something this time?" She smiled, obviously having figured out Hu Tao's plan.
Now that it was seen, Hutao stopped beating around the bush and went straight to the point, requesting openly: "Here's the thing, I plan to make a magic weapon. I heard that you can make it..."
She briefly explained the cause and effect of the incident, but omitted Zhongli.
Grandma Ping still liked this straightforward little girl, so she thought for a while and gave a direct reply, "It's not difficult to do this, but the materials are hard to find... and it would be too wasteful to bind each magic weapon to one person.
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After thinking for a while, she said again: "Let's do it this way. You help me find the materials and I will only charge you a small fee for the craftsmanship."
Hu Tao's eyes lit up, "Thank you so much!"
She originally thought that this matter would require some twists and turns, and that she would have to make several trips to find someone who could make this magic weapon, but she didn't expect it to be so easy.
Sure enough, it’s good to have acquaintances. Add chicken drumsticks to Zhongli tonight!
Grandma Ping made a list for her. There were more than a dozen hard-to-find utensils written here and there, some of which she had never heard of.
Hutao frowned, and sure enough things were not that easy...
Grandma Ping smiled and said, "You can just come here directly after you find these things."
After bidding farewell to Grandma Ping, Hutao and Xiangling returned to Wanmin Hall with a sigh.
"It's difficult...it's really difficult..." Where is she going to find these things?
Although magic crystal mines and top-quality night-poor stones are hard to find in the market, the warehouse of Shengsheng Hall does have some stocks that Zhongli once gambled on stones. It would be enough to buy some more.
But she had never heard of things like solid topaz, basalt sand, Kongtong Bailing jade, and Sifang Zhenpo.
However, these things that I have never heard of are still the most important...
There is a long way to go to develop this business.
"Why are you in a hurry? This business doesn't have to be done now, just take your time!" Xiang Ling comforted her.
"Lulu~" Guoba also tilted his head.
"That's right..." Hu Tao is too lazy to bother with this. When the time comes, he will go to the warehouse and look through it. The existing materials will be put away first, and the ones that are not available will be collected from the market.
There was also Zhongli at home, so if she really couldn't ask him where to find these things, she could always find them if she went outside to look for them.
"Wait for me. I'll prepare a few dishes and then go to Shengshengtang with you." Xiangling still remembered that she wanted to see Jiang Bai.
Not only out of curiosity, but more out of sympathy for this poor man.
"Okay~" Hutao sat on the steps at the door, dragging his cheeks and waiting for her.
In the hall of rebirth.
Jiang Bai, who received Hu Tao's advice, went to visit Zhongli in the courtyard early in the morning.
Hutao sent a message asking him to ask Zhongli for advice, and he now had a legitimate reason to harass this gentleman.
Zhongli did not go out today, but planted flowers in his small courtyard.
Zhongli's small courtyard is quite elegant. Although it is not big, it is full of scenery.
Various precious flowers, green plants, and rockeries are arranged harmoniously throughout the courtyard. Red carp jumps in the pond, and the splashing water glows with golden luster in the sun. Emerald green bamboo grows beside the wall of the courtyard, making it graceful.
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Zhongli alone lives in such a carefully arranged courtyard, which is enough to show Zhongli's status in the Hall of Rebirth.
Zhongli was pruning the branches and leaves of the flowers and plants in the courtyard. The scissors in his hand would cut off a twig from time to time, with a very serious look on his face.
Jiang Bai knocked on the courtyard door, attracting Zhongli's attention.
"Mr. Zhongli, have you had breakfast? I'm here to bring you breakfast." Jiang Bai raised the food box in his hand and walked in from the door of the courtyard.
Even though I'm here to visit, I still have to find a good reason, and sending breakfast seems very nice.
"Not yet, my little friend, let's come too."
Zhongli put away his scissors, swept up the dead leaves on the ground, straightened his clothes, and after washing his hands, he walked to the pavilion and sat down.
Seeing Zhong Li's flowing movements, Jiang Bai couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Pay attention!
Jiang Bai opened the food boxes one by one and took out the breakfast inside.
He went to the kitchen to get this breakfast specially. He didn't know what Zhongli liked to eat, so he brought a little of each kind, along with a bottle of sake.
Looking at this early opportunity, Jiang Bai had a new understanding of the economic strength of Shengshengtang.
If you are not financially strong, how can you afford such a sumptuous breakfast?
Jiang Bai once again lamented that joining the Rebirth Hall was really a good decision...
"I heard that Mr. Zhongli asked the master of the hall to bury me, so that I would not be turned into ashes before I woke up... I have no money, and I don't know how to thank Mr., so I can only do some small things.
Don’t be offended, sir…”
The food and chopsticks have all been laid out on the table, waiting for just two people to enjoy it.
"It was just a casual mention, no need to be polite." Zhongli picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip.
"It's you, I wonder how much of the past memories you still remember?" Zhongli looked at the young man with white hair and a gentle smile in front of him with an inquiring expression.
Jiang Bai scratched his head, "I don't know very well... When I see something, I can instinctively know its function... I can also pick up some common sense of life... But I can't remember anything about my own memory.
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"Mr. Bai Shu said it might be the sequelae of suspended animation, but I can't figure it out..."
Zhongli put down his wine glass and asked casually, "Oh? Do you think this is your original world?"