I studied abroad in modern times

The next day, the market.

Senior Sister Yuan strolled among the stalls and looked at the prices of the goods in the store from time to time.

She wore a veil on her face, and her eyebrows and eyes were hazy behind the veil, making it difficult to see the truth, and even her figure looked a little different.

As the manager of the market, she actually cared about this responsibility very much, and would come to the market every day to inspect.

On the one hand, it was for entertainment, and on the other hand, of course, it was to see if there was any bullying in the market.

Wearing a veil was also to prevent someone from recognizing her identity and cheating.

Today's market made her feel a little bit wrong, as if there was something more than usual.

As for what was wrong, Senior Sister Yuan didn't understand it for a while.

"Golden Armor Talisman! Xuan-grade Golden Armor Talisman!"

"Drawn by Junior Brother Zheng, who is the best in talisman techniques in the past ten thousand years!"

"Even if you don't use it after buying it, it's good to observe and learn!"

Hearing the three words of Junior Brother Zheng, Senior Sister Yuan couldn't help but look towards the place where the shouting came from.

Next to a somewhat remote stall, Han Qi was standing upright, shouting hard to attract customers coming and going.

The two followers beside him were also like this. The passionate voices of the three people combined actually drowned out the shouts of other people in the market, and attracted a lot of attention in the noisy market.

Not to mention the customers, even the other vendors on the side looked at the three people.

There were quite a few customers in front of the stall of the three people.

Especially compared with the deserted scene in front of other talisman stalls, the business of Han Qi and his three people seemed better.

Sister Yuan finally understood that there were many extremely passionate shouts in the market today!

She couldn't help but get closer.

The stall of Han Qi and his three people was not all filled with Xuanpin talismans painted by Zheng Fa.

They got some not-so-valuable Huangpin talismans from somewhere to sell together.

"Buy a Xuanpin talisman, we will give you three Huangpin talismans for free!"

Han Qi shouted to the onlookers.

The customers around whispered for a while, and they were obviously tempted.

"A Xuan-grade talisman drawn by Junior Brother Zheng! You can get three more Huang-grade talismans!" Seeing them like this, Han Qi increased his strength in his mouth: "If we didn't treat you brothers as family, we wouldn't offer this price! If you miss this village, you will never see this store again!"

I don't know whether it was because of Zheng Fa's reputation or because of the three Huang-grade talismans given as a gift, a cultivator couldn't help but buy three Xuan-grade talismans.

Han Qi happily put away a spirit stone, and when he looked up, he saw Senior Sister Yuan standing in front of him.

"Is there anything this fairy wants?" Han Qi greeted enthusiastically: "Look, they are all painted by Junior Brother Zheng, the most famous genius of our Jiushan Sect!"

"Is this your stall?"

"No!" Han Qi shook his head, half explaining and half showing off: "This is Junior Brother Zheng's stall, otherwise how can we get Junior Brother Zheng's talismans?"

"So you are helping him work?"

"Of course! Fairy, what talismans do you want to buy?"

Han Qi answered loudly and asked another question.

"...You work so hard for him? The whole market can hear your shouts!" Looking at Han Qi who still had a little pride on his face, Senior Sister Yuan snorted.

"?" Han Qi thought something was wrong with this and looked at Senior Sister Yuan carefully.

Senior Sister Yuan took off her veil.

"Yuan..."

"Shut up!" Putting on the veil again, Sister Yuan frowned and looked at the three people: "You three, don't do this when you work for me."

"..."

"Selling a book, you raised the price without authorization!"

"Doing something, you make excuses!"

"Don't commit big crimes, but make small mistakes all the time!"

Senior Sister Yuan became more and more angry.

Han Qi and the other two all hung their heads and dared not speak.

"If you had done this earlier, I could... forget it!"

Sister Yuan paused at this point, and waved her hand after a long while, feeling that it was meaningless.

She just felt that these three people changed a little too quickly, which made her seem unpopular and couldn't compare to Zheng Fa.

Han Qi raised his head and asked earnestly: "Then Sister Yuan, do you want to buy a talisman?"

"?"

...

Zheng Fa always felt that Sister Yuan's eyes were a little wrong when she looked at him.

As soon as he went up to the second floor, he felt that this senior sister was staring at him from time to time. In addition to the faint anger in her eyes, there was actually some rare thoughtfulness - it was rare because Zheng Fa had almost never seen the word thinking on her face.

"Senior Sister Yuan? Is there something wrong with my face?"

He couldn't help asking in confusion.

"It's not that you are wrong, but I am about to be wrong!" Senior Sister Yuan seemed to come back to her senses and curled her lips: "Teach me quickly!"

"Ah?"

"Ah what? Didn't Han Qi tell you? Senior Sister Zhang is coming to check the accounts tonight."

"I know about checking the accounts." Zheng Fa was stunned: "I have sorted out the account books."

He came to the market every day this month to help Senior Sister Yuan with the accounts.

This account book is just a little heavy, but it is not difficult. Zheng Fa felt that he had calculated it quite clearly.

"Senior Sister, are you checking the accounts? That's checking me!" Senior Sister Yuan looked a little depressed: "Senior Sister didn't take care of the accounts before, and said that I was incompetent as the manager of the market, and wanted to change someone."

Zheng Fa couldn't help but nod slightly.

"...Why are you nodding?" Senior Sister Yuan's eyes widened for a moment, and then she seemed to remember that she was asking for help, so her tone softened: "I boasted to you that I could easily handle these account books!"

"...So?"

Zheng Fa understood what Sister Yuan meant.

"So I didn't tell Sister Zhang that you helped me with the accounts... Sister Zhang thought I was in charge of the accounts."

... I was an outsourcer?

But Zheng Fa didn't mind it much. This job was indeed a bit tiring.

But compared to the salary of five spirit stones a month, it seemed very easy.

Han Qi once told him that if a shop in Fangshi hired a cashier and could get one spirit stone in three months, it was generous.

To make a not very appropriate analogy, it was probably that street cleaners were indeed very hard-working, but if the monthly salary was not 3,000 but 30,000, not to mention being a little tired, they could even have a sense of professional honor and call themselves city beauticians.

In terms of spirit stones, Sister Yuan not only did not treat him badly, but gave him too much!

Zheng Fa decided to return the favor.

"So what does Senior Sister mean?"

"Tell me all the important numbers in this account book..." Senior Sister Yuan begged, "Because if Senior Sister Zhang asks me later, I won't know anything and will be exposed."

It turned out that she wanted to cram before the exam.

"This is easy."

Zheng Fa took out a few account books, spread them in front of Senior Sister Yuan, and showed her some important data for this month.

Senior Sister Yuan remembered very quickly - for a cultivator, mathematics may not be very good, but memory is not bad.

Zheng Fa's generous teaching gave Senior Sister Yuan a great confidence, and she seemed to think that she would not make a fool of herself in front of Senior Sister Zhang.

"Okay, you should leave early later!" She patted Zheng Fa's shoulder and reminded him, "Because Senior Sister Zhang will see it and get suspicious."

"What are you afraid of seeing?"

Senior Sister Zhang's voice came from downstairs.

Zheng Fa felt that the muscles of Senior Sister Yuan's palm that patted her shoulder were stiff, and it hurt her.

She looked at Zheng Fa anxiously, with four words on her face - act according to circumstances.

Senior Sister Zhang walked up the stairs slowly.

She glanced at Zheng Fa, but there was not much surprise in her eyes. She just turned to Senior Sister Yuan and said, "Is there anything that I can't see?"

"..." Senior Sister Yuan laughed dryly, and suddenly thought of a way: "I'm afraid that Junior Brother Zheng will come here to play and let you see it. After all, this place is where the account books of the market are located. Ordinary people should not come in..."

Senior Sister Zhang looked at Senior Sister Yuan deeply, and glanced at Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa sighed in his heart, but still nodded under Senior Sister Yuan's uneasy eyes.

"Have you sorted out the account books?" Senior Sister Zhang did not pursue it, but just asked Senior Sister Yuan.

"Senior Sister, you came a little early." Senior Sister Yuan muttered, and then took credit, "But I have sorted out the account books!"

After that, she brought all the account books that Zheng Fa had sorted out and placed them in front of Senior Sister Zhang.

Senior Sister Zhang lowered her head and turned the pages one by one at a fast speed.

Senior Sister Yuan on the side secretly glanced at the expression on her face.

"Well done." After reading a few books, Senior Sister Zhang put them down and nodded to Senior Sister Yuan with a gentle expression.

Senior Sister Yuan showed a happy look on her face.

"How much is the income of the market this month?"

"One thousand two hundred and thirty-six spirit stones."

Senior Sister Yuan said with a happy face, with a kind of joy on her face that she had guessed the question correctly.

"How much is the rent?"

"The rent is 955 spirit stones, including 230 for the stall rent, 270 for the market rent, and 455 for the big shop rent."

Senior Sister Yuan answered fluently, and her voice became more and more confident.

Zheng Fa was also thinking about the meaning of these data in his heart.

There are about 600 to 700 stalls in the market, about 100 small shops, and at least a dozen big shops opened by major sects.

But the bulk of the rent is contributed by those big shops.

An ordinary stall, such as the one Zheng Fa is currently using - only costs about one spirit stone in three months.

But a shop costs an average of two or three spirit stones a month.

The rent of a big shop is even more expensive.

In addition to rent, the income of the market also includes transaction tax, and the tax rates of various commodities are different - but compared with the store rent, it is a small amount.

Senior Sister Zhang nodded slightly, seeming to be quite satisfied: "You have put in a lot of effort."

Senior Sister Yuan couldn't help but smile with pride.

"How is the income of the market compared to last month?" Senior Sister Zhang asked again.

"Ah?"

Senior Sister Yuan turned her head and looked at Zheng Fa blankly.

Oops, I didn't review the data of last month!

"You tell me."

Senior Sister Zhang pointed at Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa thought for a while and said: "Last month, the income of the market was 1,295 spirit stones, and this month, the income of the market dropped by about half."

Senior Sister Zhang didn't say anything, just looked at the two of them quietly, and Senior Sister Yuan's face was full of guilt.

"You will be in charge of the market in the future." She suddenly pointed at Zheng Fa and said.

When Zheng Fa heard that Senior Sister Zhang wanted to give him a promotion, his first thought was - refuse!

Just kidding, Senior Sister Zhang thought whatever she wanted, regardless of the consequences.

How could he, a Qi training level 2 disciple, convince these disciples in the market?

Senior Sister Yuan curled her lips and lowered her head slightly.

She found that after Zheng Fa came, everyone seemed to like him more.

Han Qi and the other two became more hardworking.

Senior Sister Zhang obviously trusted Zheng Fa more this time.

Although she knew that she was lazy.

She also knew that Zheng Fa had extraordinary talent, so she was actually willing to take care of him more.

But she was still a little disappointed to be compared with Zheng Fa twice in one day.

This Junior Brother Zheng... Could it be that he practiced the art of charm?

"Sister Zhang, actually these data were told to me by Sister Yuan when we were chatting before." She suddenly heard Zheng Fa's voice and looked up suddenly, and saw Zheng Fa saying to Sister Zhang: "Sister Yuan was just tested by you, Sister Zhang, and she was too nervous to remember it."

Sister Yuan looked at Zheng Fa and always felt that this face, which was not very handsome to begin with, became more and more attractive the more she looked at it...