Chapter 30 More and more like the original version (two chapters in one)
"Phew, finally done."
Duan Mu wiped the dust off his face and stood in front of the building, nodding with satisfaction.
"Duan Mu, you are so beautiful at this job." The middle-aged woman on the side looked at the brand-new home in front of her, and her face suddenly showed a look of joy: "No wonder all my neighbors are looking for me when winter comes.
When you build a house, you can clearly feel the temperature of the room increasing while sitting in the house."
[Emiri’s favorability is 3, and you will gain 30 experience points. 】
"Now I won't be so disgusted with my child." A happy smile appeared on Emiri's face: "You don't know, right? I have a son who died not long ago. As soon as I saw that child, I
I like it very much.”
The corners of Duan Mu's eyes twitched. What he said... why did it sound so awkward?
However, he also understood that Emiri meant that there was a child who had recently arrived in Soul Society and was assigned to her family and became her son.
"That's really congratulations to you." Duan Mu's eyes flashed with a strange color.
to be honest……
Emiri's increase in favorability is really beyond Duan Mu's expectations. You must know that in the past, no matter how hard Duan Mu worked for her commissions, she would find faults everywhere, and then use various reasons to reduce the commissions.
fees, and sometimes even default on the bill.
Her reputation in West 7th District is also notorious for being cunning and mean. Many West 7th District residents who have a good relationship with Duan Mu have advised Duan Mu not to take the job entrusted by her.
And she was extremely stingy. Although the house was leaking everywhere, she never thought of hiring anyone to repair it. Two years ago, in order to increase her favorability, Duan Mu even told her that he could repair her house for free if necessary. As a result,
What I got in return was Emiri's extremely wary gaze!
In the end, Duan Mu simply gave up and continued to deal with him.
Originally, he thought that this year would be like previous years and that the other party would not come to him to repair the house. However, after he completed all the tasks for repairing the house, winter was about to come. Emiri actually came to his door and handed over the work first for the first time.
Commission fee.
He has truly become a completely different person.
Seeing the gentle smile on Emiri's face and the completely different temperament from Duan Mu's memory, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the greatness of the word 'mother'.
Just adopting a child can actually change a person so much.
"My little one, Xiaojie, is very smart. He is only 11 years old and can already write a lot of words and even recite a lot of ancient Chinese prose..." Emiri spoke about her child as if reciting a sutra.
Although Duan Mu was a little impatient in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he listened very carefully and interjected from time to time.
To others, the exchange between the two seemed like two middle-aged women chatting together. One of them kept talking about how her child was doing, and the other kept nodding in agreement.
"The only bad thing is that he is too squeamish." After Emiri said it, she smiled and said, "But it's my fault. I haven't done much maintenance on the house. It's normal for him to feel cold."
"He is a child after all, so it's normal to be squeamish."
"yes."
Emiri nodded, then she didn't know what she thought of, and sighed: "It's just that he always said something I couldn't understand. I asked him what he wanted, and he said he wanted to lie in the kotatsu and watch."
TV', and I also want to play that thing called a 'handheld game console'."
"Um?"
Duan Mu, who was a little impatient at first, suddenly became energetic.
Kotatsu?
television?
hand-held gaming device?
Duan Mu has not heard these modern vocabulary for a long time. People who come to Soul Society rarely talk about things during their lifetime. In addition, Duan Mu has never deliberately asked about it, so this is his first time.
I heard news about this world for the first time.
In just one sentence, Duan Mu could analyze a lot of useful information.
Television is still a modern product and was born a long time ago, but handheld consoles are definitely a modern product. Even the earliest handheld consoles only became popular in the late 1990s.
From this point of view, the day when the Seireitei undergoes great changes should not be far away.
but……
It has nothing to do with him. No matter what happens in Jingling Court, it should not affect him.
Moreover, Duan Mu had already calculated the approximate era he was in a long time ago. When he was training at the Shiba family, Sister Kūkaku said that the current captain of the 10th Division is Toshiro Hitsugaya!
"By the way, you only died in recent years, so you should know what these things are, right?" Emiri asked.
Duan Mu smiled when he heard the words: "The kotatsu is actually a '燵' that many people have in their homes, but the modern katsu does not use charcoal and carbon balls to generate heat, but uses an energy called 'electricity'; as for TVs and smartphones
The machine is a product of this world, and in Soul Society it can probably only be found in the Serenity Garden."
"It turns out to be Zhen!" Emiri said with a look of surprise on her face, "In the past hundred years or so, the world has really undergone a lot of changes."
"..." Duan Mu.
To be honest, after coming to Soul Society for nearly five years, his concept of time has become increasingly blurry.
People here talk about decades and hundreds of years at every turn, which makes Duan Mu, a young man who was no more than 27 years old in life and death, feel like he has become a baby here.
The two chatted for a while, Duan Mu looked at the sky, said goodbye and left.
As the end of the year approaches, the weather has turned cooler, and pedestrians on the street are wearing thicker clothes. Duan Mu, who is wearing his usual black work clothes, looks a little out of place.
However, this outfit has also become Duan Mu's symbol, and he can be recognized from a distance when walking on the street.
"Boy Duan Mu, is this the end of the job?"
"Duan Mu, take this pancake I just baked, take it back and eat it with Xiaoyue."
"Brother Duan Mu, when will you come to play with me again?"
"..."
Walking on the streets of West 7th District, any resident who saw Duan Mu would call him down to chat for a while, but Duan Mu was too embarrassed to refuse. As a result, when he walked out of West 7th District, it was completely dark.
Because it happened to be dinner time, he had many small cloth bags filled with food in his hands.
While walking towards home, Duan Mu counted up the experience points gained during the month of resumption of business.
"980 experience points, I actually got nearly a thousand points in a month. It would be great if I could do this every month."
Having said that, Duan Mu also knows that this is almost impossible. This month's harvest can be said to be the last peak season before the year. With winter and the Chinese New Year, many people will repair their houses, so this month's commission will be
Surprisingly many.
the most important is……
The higher the favorability, the harder it is to improve it. Many of Duan Mu's old customers have reached a bottleneck in their favorability. In this case, Duan Mu can only maintain the relationship with old customers while trying to develop new customers.
, which made his Wanshiwu business become bigger and bigger.
Recently, Duan Mu has even launched door-to-door medical services. Although most of them prescribe some herbal medicine, they rarely use Hui Dao to treat customers' injuries unless necessary.
Of course, Duan Mu did not give up his practice after work, and it can be said that he lived a fulfilling life every day.
Although the progress cannot be called rapid progress, it can be regarded as step by step.
Current experience value: 2800
In this month, Duan Mu only used less than 400 experience points, all of which were spent on areas he didn't understand in cultivation.
"When you have some free time in a few days, let's go visit Sister Konghe." Duan Mu sighed. If he wanted to gain a lot of experience points, he really had to start with Sister Konghe.
…
Back in District 38, standing outside the store, I heard a noise coming from inside.
There was no surprise on Duan Mu's face, but he opened the store door as usual, and a lively atmosphere suddenly hit his face.
In the spacious hall of the store, big men with fierce faces were sitting in groups on tables and chairs throughout the hall, drinking and chatting.
Seeing the scene in front of you, those who don’t know may think this is some kind of tavern.
although……
Today's Wanshiwu, without even realizing it, actually has the service of a tavern.
More strictly speaking...
This is more like a gathering place for dangerous people.
Of course, these people are evil people. After a month, the number has not decreased, but has increased for some reason.
When they first came here, Daao and others were afraid of Duan Mu, but as they got along for a long time, they found that the ordinary Duan Mu was surprisingly easy to get along with, and these heartless guys gradually let go.
I have lost my self and am no longer so restrained.
Although they still did whatever Duan Mu asked them to do, they would usually get together and drink in the shop.
At first, the nearby neighbors were a little afraid of Da'ao and the others, but over time they got used to this group of men with ferocious faces, but they only tried to be cruel to each other in private, and everyone wore a smile to the outside world.
I just think that these people are some rather ferocious guys, but I don’t know that these guys are real dangers. They go to the area with the number to fight every day. Recently, due to the moon, these guys are not only fighting with others.
In addition to fun, there are also financial needs...
Duan Mu did not interfere in this regard, because this is the rule that has been maintained for thousands of years in the lower-numbered areas, and except for some special cases, normal people will not choose to live in an area that adheres to the law of the jungle.
You deserve it.
As for why there are more financial needs due to the Mao month, it is because...
In addition to the waitress, Maoyue also expanded her business. She bought a batch of the worst quality wine from the wine woman, and then sold it to these evil people at a price five times higher.
Although the service is basically non-existent and the attitude of the clerk is extremely bad, these guys don't care about any of them. Instead, they often stay here for the whole day, as if they use this place as a temporary place to relax. There are even many evil people outside District 79.
The wind comes.
At first, there were some people making trouble, but Iwajiu, who had been sitting in the store, took Daou and the others to deal with it. Although Duan Mu went to the area with a lower number and killed some people, it was also the reason.
With enough deterrence, a month later, this evil gathering place managed by Mao Yue became very popular, and the money earned could almost catch up to half of Duan Mu's daily work.
Although making money is a good thing, the scene in front of him always makes Duan Mu feel that something is wrong.
"Boss Duan Mu is back!!"
As soon as Duan Mu entered the door, he saw Duan Mu sharply, and the noisy voice in the store suddenly fell silent.
"Brother Duan Mu, you have worked hard."
"I just collected some 'protection money' from the merchants in the south. They are all good wines. Do you want to drink some together?"
"..."
Duan Mu's reply to these complimentary greetings was very simple, only one word.
"roll."
"okay!!"
A group of people in the store immediately left the Wanshiwuwu in a mighty manner, and dispersed in a hurry when they went out. They divided into several groups and headed towards their own area. After all, many of them had frictions with each other.
Together they will inevitably want to hack each other to death.
However, anyone who causes trouble in areas with good security will die, and they will all die together, so it is better to disperse.
Facing Duan Mu's cold gaze, Da'ao, who was the culprit of the current situation, laughed shakily and said: "Boss Duan Mu, let's go back first." After that, he led the people and ran away without looking back.
It was as if he was afraid that he would be beaten to death if he ran too slowly.
Duan Mu did not deny that he had just had the idea of beating Da Ao to death.
"I noticed that you seem to like counting money more and more recently." Duan Mu glanced at Mao Yue, who was counting money at the bar, and said with empty eyes, "I never noticed that you like doing business so much before."
"I have never had such a stupid customer before."
Maoyue replied without raising her head: "And I'm not asking you to squander it just to make more money. If you look through your account, you've obviously spent more and more on wine and food to go with the drinks recently."
"..."
Duan Mu opened his mouth but could not refute.
Who wants to eat noodles with no oil or water every day when they can have a lot of fish and meat? Drinking wine and eating meat is better than drinking wine and eating wild fruits.
Well, I should exercise some restraint from now on.
"But this can easily affect our guests, right?"
"fine."
Uoyue smiled and said: "I called Yanjiu and Daou. Tomorrow I plan to build a staircase outside and open a door on the second floor. Later, I will move the business of Wanshiwu to the second floor, and the first floor will be used as a tavern.
"
As soon as he said this, Duan Muxia said meaningfully: "You're not going to give your stage name Dengshi, are you?"
"ah?"
"Uh, it's okay." Duan Mu said hurriedly.
Good guy...
My own Wanshiwuwu seems to be getting closer and closer to the original version.
"What about my bedroom?"
"The space on the second floor is so large, your bedroom only takes up a small amount of space, and is surrounded by an iron fence like a prison. The remaining space is completely useless." Maoyue paused and continued: "
Don’t worry, the space between the office and your bedroom will be completely sealed.”
"The Master House can only be accessed from the stairs outside, and your bedroom can only be accessed from the stairs in the tavern. Yanjiu and his younger brother have also done a lot of work with you these days. They can also do such a simple job.
So you can just work normally tomorrow."
Hearing this, Duan Mu nodded.
If that's the case, he has no problem with it, and it's good to have an extra income. After all, the number of commissions he can receive will be reduced a lot after winter.
"By the way, I received a commission with a good reward today."
Maoyue took out the commission book from the bar and handed it to Duan Mutao: "It was jointly commissioned by several companies in District 43. They want to transport the goods to Baidaomen, but since there are many robbers running around in District 43, I hope you can
Bring some people to help escort."
Duan Mu was speechless when he heard this. Is he expanding his business again?
"They seem to have heard that there are often a lot of vicious guys in our store, so they came here to entrust us."
"..." Duan Mu was silent for a moment, ignoring the flaws in this sentence, and asked doubtfully: "It shouldn't be the purchasing season for Jinglingting now, right?"
"I don't really understand either."
Uoyue shook her head: "It seems that the Fourth Division will hold a vice-captain replacement ceremony soon, so we are planning to purchase some supplies a few days in advance and hold a banquet after the ceremony."
"That's it."
Duan Mu nodded, the strange color in his eyes fleeting.
