Bearing the blue sky

Chapter 133 Meat

"Yes, sir/madam."

The waiter, beaming, said, "Whether it's cured meat or fresh meat, we buy it—in bulk!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ge found it quite novel.

Looking at the restaurant in front of us, it was completely packed with people.

People drinking tea, selling vegetables, waiting for someone, eating—

All sorts of people crowded in here.

"But aren't there so many monsters outside the city?" Zhu Ge asked, somewhat taken aback.

"Yes!" The waiter's smiling face revealed a hint of bitterness: "But those demonic beasts are rare creatures, and the soldiers like to eat their meat."

In short, Zhu Ge understood the meaning.

The soldiers outside, brimming with youthful vigor, were clearly walking on the military path.

As a branch of martial arts, Bingdao (兵道) is incredibly voracious.

Zhu Ge himself eats dozens of kilograms of meat every day; how much do the tens of thousands of soldiers there have to eat?

"Several dishes at our Tongfu Restaurant require the meat of demonic beasts to make," the waiter sighed. "With the war going on, many people are thinking about stockpiling food at home, making it even harder for us to collect meat."

"However, many people think that if they save money all their lives, wouldn't it be a waste if they died? So they all go out and spend it."

"In short, we're buying less and less meat while selling more and more; we're really short of meat!"

Xiao Er was venting his grievances to Zhu Ge, but in reality, he was taking the opportunity to slack off.

However, some people are not happy about it.

"Little Zhuozi! Get back to work right now, don't slack off!"

A delicate shout came from inside the restaurant.

Zhu Ge looked over and saw a graceful proprietress rushing out and twisting the waiter's ear.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! I'll go, I'll go!" The waiter quickly broke free and ran inside.

Seeing this, the proprietress's expression changed, and she smiled broadly: "Sir, what would you like?"

However, Zhu Ge couldn't help but feel a flutter in his heart when he saw the proprietress.

This proprietress actually possesses the aura of the second realm?

Moreover, his actions seemed to possess a martial arts quality.

"Boss lady, I need some meat," Zhu Ge said. "I live outside the city, and lately there are monsters everywhere. I've hunted some, but I can't finish it all."

"A demonic beast? Demonic beast meat?" The proprietress's eyes lit up. "What kind of demonic beast? Bird or beast? Do you have any fish?"

"There are no fish left, and the birds are all gone, but there are plenty of wild animals." Zhu Ge smiled.

"Please come in, sir! Please come in, sir!" The proprietress's eyes crinkled into crescents. "Please follow me, sir! A seat of honor is offered!"

Zhu Ge nodded and followed the proprietress inside.

The seat of honor was actually a small private room.

"Please forgive me, sir, all our large private rooms are full." The proprietress apologized as she ordered someone to pour tea.

"It's nothing, I just came to inquire about the price. If it's reasonable—I can supply it again in the future!" Zhu Ge smiled.

There's no way around it, I'm short of money!

After leaving Zhu Family Bookstore and Shijie Pavilion, Zhu Ge deeply realized the importance of money.

He bought some things and sold some things.

Over time, the amount of gold, silver, and copper coins in the grass bowl decreased instead of increasing.

The money saved has been transformed into strength and knowledge.

However, he actually saw more areas where he could enhance his strength.

For example, there are quite a few other medicine shops and elixir shops similar to Shi Jie Ge.

Elixirs and pills are both good things that can enhance his strength.

In addition, there are actually three or four bookstores on the street.

He actually wanted to buy and read many books to improve his understanding of the world.

In short, Zhu Ge really needs money!

Money equals power!

Moreover, Zhu Ge usually enjoys fighting monsters to practice martial arts.

Before, there was a shortage of meat, but now there is so much meat that the entire valley is full of it.

Perfect! If Tongfu Restaurant can handle the food, he can go out and hunt monsters from now on.

They hunted monsters while collecting spiritual plants.

"We buy monster meat by the pound," the proprietress said. "If it's fresh meat, we can pay one silver coin per pound. If it's cured meat, then we'll have to decide based on the price."

One silver coin?!

Zhu Ge was taken aback.

It's not too low, it's too high!

"Are Spirit Realm demon beasts and Transformation Realm demon beasts the same price?" Zhu Ge frowned slightly.

Noticing Zhu Ge's frown, the proprietress's expression changed slightly, and she immediately said, "Sir, of course it's not the same price. Besides, one silver coin was before the war. Now we can offer three silver coins per pound!"

The proprietress gritted her teeth: "We can offer eighteen silver coins, or one gold coin, for a transformed demon beast!"

The demonic beasts of the Spirit Realm are actually priced at three silver coins per pound.

Zhu Ge frowned even more deeply.

He suddenly realized how much money he had spent on food!

Putting aside everything else, let's just talk about that long-fern boar in the valley earlier.

A long-bristled boar in the second stage of transformation probably weighs eight or nine hundred pounds.

Even if it's 800 jin, 800 jin is 2,400 taels of silver!

That's roughly equivalent to two hundred coins.

It should be noted that the fisherman in the straw raincoat had only about two hundred coins in total.

Even if it's one silver coin per pound, that's still tens of gold coins.

No wonder eating ranks first among eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and prostitution.

Zhu Ge knew that since this shop paid such a high price for meat, it would definitely sell it for an even higher price.

Of course, you need to hunt down a second-realm demon beast.

That's difficult too.

Like the fisherman in the straw raincoat, the aura of the three realms was like a torch in the dark night, capable of scaring away monsters from a great distance.

Zhu Ge was able to kill demonic beasts before because he was powerful, and also because he was only a human at the first level.

How could a normal first-realm human possibly defeat a second-realm transformed demon beast? It's quite an achievement to escape.

Therefore, Zhu Ge discovered a way to make money quickly.

"How much meat can you collect?" Zhu Ge's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

"How much weight can you lose?" The proprietress squinted her eyes, smiling broadly. "I could eat ten thousand pounds."

Ten thousand catties?

That is three thousand gold coins.

Zhu Ge was startled, but quickly made up her mind.

After that, he did nothing but kill monsters and sell their meat!

"I have some cured meat here. Go weigh it and check it, then give me the money." Zhu Ge stood up and took out a straw bowl.

"A storage artifact?" The proprietress's eyes lit up.

At that moment, Hua Liusha, who had been dormant in his mind, suddenly spoke: "Brother, this woman is trying to steal the things from the grass bowl!"

"Hmm?" Zhu Ge snorted coldly, and the blood energy in his martial arts heart surged forth.

"Ah!" The proprietress was startled and took a few steps back.

"The art of theft?" Zhu Ge sneered. "Does your restaurant do business by stealing?"

The Way of the Thief!

This is one of the branches of martial arts.

Martial arts is a great path that has existed since ancient times. Later, the ancient philosophers forged their own paths and developed one branch after another.

For example, gathering a large group of martial arts practitioners to fight together becomes the way of war.

For example, there are chivalrous heroes who draw their swords to help those in need, and there are also thieves who rely on stealing and robbing to master light-footed skills.

And the proprietress in front of them was none other than the Daoist thief!

"Please calm down, sir! I did not steal! This was just a spontaneous reaction of my emotions; I had no intention of stealing!"

"If I wanted to steal it, why would I wait for you to take out this magical artifact before I acted?"

The proprietress was pale and bloodless.

But the tone was genuine, and the body did not resist with any blood or energy.

"Brother, the landlady's aura just now didn't seem to be intentionally trying to invade," Hua Liusha explained. "She's right. If she wanted to steal, she should have waited until you left. There was no need to steal in front of you."

Spontaneous reaction?

It's definitely not just that.

Zhu Ge knew that if he hadn't reacted just now, the grass bowl might have disappeared by the time he left the restaurant.

However, since he still needed to sell meat, he couldn't really lash out.

"Alright, get up."

"As a fellow martial artist, your pale face looks so fake."