"996 is a blessing! You should thank the company for giving you such a good platform! Working overtime is also to improve your abilities! Only by increasing your core competitiveness can you serve the company better!"
On the outskirts of Xiazhu City, a black-hearted enterprise.
Liu Xiao sat in a small, hot, cramped and airtight office, enduring waves of spit from the manager.
Two hours later, after drawing the pie, the manager happily announced that Liu Xiao would still be on night shift tonight and would work overtime to organize the warehouse...
Liu Xiao wiped the saliva from his face and shouted in his heart: "Why is it me again~~~!?"
As dusk fell, Liu Xiao was the only person left in Nuo Da's company warehouse.
While taking stock of the Chinese patent medicines on the shelves, he grabbed the cordyceps and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them.
"Damn... Damn manager... why do you always stare at me and exploit me? Is it because I have no connections? I'm not the boss's brother-in-law? I don't have beautiful legs with black stockings? I can't flatter you? Damn it.
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Liu Xiao has been working at this traditional Chinese medicine sales company for five years and has worked overtime for five years.
Of course, I never received a penny of overtime pay.
Fortunately, the company's warehouse is big enough, so sleeping here every day saves money on rent.
He quickly took inventory of the newly collected medicinal materials on the shelves, and also devoured the cordyceps, ginseng, Liuwei Dihuang pills, etc.
After burping, Liu Xiao turned on the computer, put away the toilet paper, and prepared to enjoy the fierce movie downloaded last night.
However, at this moment, he suddenly heard a soft sound coming from deep in the warehouse.
The sound was like the "squeak" of an old wooden door being opened.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Liu Xiao put down the toilet paper, picked up an electric baton and a flashlight at hand, and walked in his slippers to find the sound.
He is very familiar with this warehouse. Since it stores all Chinese medicinal materials and its location is remote, almost no one would pass by here, let alone thieves.
Is it a mouse? A wild cat?
Turning on the flashlight, Liu Xiao walked to the direction of the sound and turned around, but found nothing unusual.
Just when he thought he was hallucinating, his steps suddenly stopped.
He mechanically turned his head to look at the side where the wall was supposed to be, and found that there was an unexpected wooden door there!
"When...when did a door be installed here? Why didn't I know?"
This is an arched double door with densely carved wooden doors with intricate patterns on the edges.
Liu Xiao is here every day. It is impossible for someone to install a door under his nose?
Moreover... this door is worth a lot of money at first glance, and their hapless boss will not be willing to buy it.
Liu Xiao was a little confused. Looking at the wooden door that had opened a gap, he pushed it gently.
"Crunch~"
The wooden door opened on its own with this push, and Liu Xiao was instantly enveloped in the white light emitted from the door.
"Ah!? What happened?"
When Liu Xiao reacted, his eyes kept widening, and he felt like he was in a dream.
The original warehouse is gone.
At this moment, he is surrounded by beautiful mountains and clear waters. Everything in front of him, behind him, under his feet, and above his head is green! Dark green, green, light green and other colors are layered on top of each other, giving people the illusion of being in a green ocean!
He turned around suddenly and looked! Fortunately, the door was still there.
"Is this... could it be... that this is the legendary 'time travel'? These negative oxygen ions... there is no haze... there is a faint earthy fragrance in the air..."
Liu Xiao, who was taking oxygen with his eyes closed, suddenly became startled, and then looked forward along a muddy path.
"Damn...! Is there anyone there?"
He heard the sound and pushed aside the branches and walked over. At the end of the path, he saw a market where many people gathered.
"My mother... what kind of monsters are these?"
These "people" walking in the market are all kinds of strange things, including orcs, dwarves, goblins, humans, etc., just like in movies and TV shows.
Liu Xiao, who was wearing a vest and big pants, didn't attract anyone else's attention at all.
Maybe there are people who are weirder than him, and they have long been used to it.
"Hey~ It's so new~~ People in this other world also speak Chinese? I wonder what they are selling in the market?"
Old God Liu Xiao clasped his hands behind his back and began to browse the street stalls among the crowd full of alien monsters.
"Salted fish, salted fish~~~Home-made salted fish~~One shell and one shell~~~Take it home to improve the food for your children~~!"
“Bamboo mat and bamboo basket~~~first-class quality~~~one shell per shell~~!”
"The best animal skin skirt~~~Plucked from the body of a mana boar~~~Wearing it is definitely a symbol of your status~~!"
"Ingredients for making recovery potions~~~! A must-have for adventurers~~! Three shells for each~!"
"Flint and steel~~~The best flint and steel~~"
Liu Xiao was spinning around and suddenly stopped in front of a stall selling "flint and steel".
He stared at the palm-sized, crystal clear red stones, but he didn't think they were flints.
"This is...are you sure it's flint? Isn't it a ruby or a diamond?"
Although Liu Xiao does not sell jewelry, he can still distinguish the basic value.
The owner of this stall is an amphibian orc with a lizard head and a rag sheet.
Although its appearance is a bit scary, its eyes reveal numbness and humility that cannot be concealed.
Don't ask Liu Xiao how he knew this, because he had seen it in the eyes of the employees born in the 1980s in the company.
"Boss~How do you sell this flint and steel?"
Liu Xiao picked up a stone as if nothing had happened and looked at it closely.
When the lizard man saw Liu Xiao asking about the price, he hurriedly bowed and said: "One...one shell per piece! It's especially convenient for making fire!"
"shell?"
Liu Xiao slightly raised his eyebrows, secretly wondering why the people here are so primitive? They even use shells as currency... He doesn't have any shells himself...
"Well...I'll take a look again."
He said and put the stone down.
Seeing Liu Xiao, the lizard man put the stone down again, with undisguised disappointment on his face.
"You walk slowly..."
Although Liu Xiao did not buy it, the lizard man still bowed to see the guest off very politely.
Liu Xiao was a little surprised, but after comparing his own attire and looking at the people around him who were wearing animal skins and wearing leaves, they looked like the clothes of rich people.
He didn't want to miss this opportunity and planned to sell some of his belongings and exchange for some gems.
Liu Xiao had just noticed that in this market, there was a shop that not only had tables, but also had a carriage parked next to it.
Putting this kind of scale in a market like this would definitely exceed the specifications of a listed company!
He is going to make a deal with the owner of this stall.
"Boss~ Do you sell medicinal herbs here?"
Liu Xiao walked to the stall, reached out and picked up a plant that looked like a weed, and recognized what it was after just one glance.
He has worked in a black-hearted medicinal company for five years. What kind of raw materials has he not seen?
What’s on display at this stall are the isatis roots littering their company’s warehouse~!
"Hey sir, this is a very precious material for making potions! You can't touch it directly with your hands!"
The owner of this stall is an elderly human being.
He was wearing fairly normal cloth clothes and boots, with a decorative pendant hanging around his neck.
"A very precious pharmaceutical material? Isatis root?"
Liu Xiao was a little dazed, wondering when the isatis root found on the street could be called "precious".
But he soon figured out the key.
This is a different world, so naturally it cannot be compared with Earth.
Liu Xiao smiled to himself and took out half of the leftover wild ginseng roots from his pocket.
"Boss, how can yours be considered precious? Mine is the only one that's precious~~Look, do you recognize it?"
The boss was stunned for a moment when he saw the half of wild ginseng in Liu Xiao's hand, then rubbed his eyes and his expression suddenly changed.
"This...this...this is the magic whisker root necessary for making magic potions!? You...how do you have such a precious thing?"
"Demon whisker root? So it's called this name here..."
Liu Xiao remained calm on the surface, but lowered his voice and said: "Shh~~~ Keep your voice down~ Don't be seen by others... What do you think, boss, are you interested? I can give you half of the magic whisker spirit root~
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"This...give it to me? Really?"
The boss looked around, hurriedly grabbed Liu Xiao's arm, and hid behind the carriage together.
"Sir, please don't take out such a precious material easily, or you may be targeted by evildoers! It's just that this magic whisker root... is too precious... I'm afraid I can't eat it by myself..."
"Um?"
Liu Xiao was startled, and then his eyes moved to the cargo of the other party's carriage.
This old gentleman is already considered a "listed company", but he actually said he couldn't eat half of his wild ginseng?
this....
Liu Xiao suppressed the excitement in his heart and said magnanimously: "Haha~~ I think the boss is quite popular, and the price is easy to negotiate~~ Can you first tell me how much you can pay?"
The boss's eyes lit up, he thought for a while and said: "I only brought thirty shells today...even if I add all the goods..."
Liu Xiao secretly thought that this boss was really honest.
"It doesn't matter~! Just because you reminded me to be careful of evil people, boss, I'll sell you half of the magic whisker spirit root at a low price!"
Liu Xiao waved his hand generously and continued: "Your goods... To be honest, I really don't like it. How about... thirty shells plus your carriage...?"
When Liu Xiao told him this plan, he couldn't help but blush.
But who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, the boss excitedly held his hand.
"Really?! This gentleman! You...you are so generous! What should I call you? If possible, I would like to do business with you, sir!"
Liu Xiao raised the corners of his mouth, stretched out his hand to hold the horse's reins and said, "Call me Mr. Liu~ If you still want to trade precious materials, please wait here for me at this time tomorrow."
Leaving a dashing figure behind, Liu Xiao led the carriage and ran to the lizard man stall selling flint and steel.
Looking at the expectant lizard man, Liu Xiao took out ten small, white shells.