Starting With A Space Battleship - Chapter 250
Chapter 250: Blacksmith’s heart
Translator: 549690339
Compared to selling meat, li xiaonian preferred to go out and farm monsters.
With a divine weapon, the speed of killing monsters was extremely fast. But when he thought about how biqi was watching him, he decided to accept the mission.
Selling meat might waste some time, but he could also use this time to understand more and observe the situation in the novice village.
Ding …
“You have successfully received the task,” the system replied.
Li xiaonian received the mission, and butcher Yan said indifferently,”The price of beast meat is 1 domain dollar per kilogram. If you have the ability to sell it for a higher price, the extra income will be on you. If the income is less, you’ll have to pay for it from your own pocket. I still have things to do, so I’ll be leaving.”
Li xiaonian’s eyes lit up.
Could it be that additional income was the core reward of the mission?
He wanted to ask more, but butcher Yan turned around and left without any hesitation.
“What a cold and stingy man.”
Li xiaonian couldn’t help but complain.
At this moment, there were still about four hundred catties of meat on the stall. According to the standard food intake of interstellar residents, each person would eat three catties of meat, which wasn’t too much at all. Four hundred catties of meat wasn’t too much at all.
“Good luck. Today’s goal is to earn a few dozen domain coins.”
Li xiaonian sharpened his knife and put on butcher Yan’s apron. The apron was very big, and it looked out of place on him.
“Hey, where’s old Yan?”
An NPC Auntie carrying a vegetable basket asked li xiaonian.
Business?
Li xiaonian was instantly excited. He said,”Auntie, boss Shao has something to do outside. I’m here to help today.”
“Oh.”
The middle-aged woman nodded. alright. Give me 50 pounds of fatter meat.
50 catties?
Asking for so many at once, it was simply a good start.
“Alright, please wait a moment.”
Li xiaonian held the pig slaughtering knife and cut off a large piece of fat with stiff movements. He placed it on the electronic scale, but due to his unfamiliarity with the knife, he cut off too much. The total weight was 56.3 catties.
Regarding this, Xiao Nian was very familiar with it and said awkwardly, ” Auntie, it’s an extra 6.3 pounds. I won’t charge you for the 0.3 pounds. Is that okay? ”
It was rare for him to be a big customer, and he seemed to be an acquaintance of butcher Yan. It didn’t matter if he charged less. At most, he would increase the price later.
The middle-aged woman frowned, but she still nodded.”Alright, how much is it?”
one domain dollar per kilogram. Twenty-three domain dollars for fifty-six catties. Li xiaonian took out a rope and tied up the meat before handing it over to the other party. They would hand over the goods and money at the same time.
23 domain coins. That’s right. Take care, Auntie.
Li xiaonian threw the domain currency into the coin bank.
After the business opened, a few more NPCs came in a short time. Every one of them was a big customer. Among them, an old man bought 100 pounds in one go.
Out of the 400 catties of meat, only 100 catties were left.
Li xiaonian was so happy that he couldn’t help but whistle. it seems that I really have a talent for business. No matter what I do, I’ll definitely make a profit.
At this moment, a female human player appeared and pointed at a piece of meat that was neither big nor small. “How much is one Jin?”
“0.7 domain coins.” Li xiaonian’s bid increased by 0.2 domain credits without a trace.
“Isn’t it usually 0.5?” Qiao Sichen frowned.
“Recently, the amount of beast meat has decreased, and the price has increased.” Li xiaonian lied through his teeth.
“Alright, I’ll take 10 pounds,”
Qiao Sichen didn’t think too much about it. He bought some beast meat. This was food prepared for an expedition. When he farmed monsters in the wilderness and was bored, he would roast meat himself. It had a unique flavor.
“Alright,” he said.
Li xiaonian was secretly happy. He could finally earn some extra money.
With his experience, li xiaonian deftly made a cut and placed it on the electronic scale. It was exactly 10 pounds.
“It’s exactly 10 pounds.”
Qiao Sichen was shocked. He raised his head and looked at li xiaonian.”A new player?”
“……”
Li xiaonian was puzzled, but he still nodded. “Is there a problem?”
Qiao Sichen’s lips twitched as he pointed at the scale. “The electronic scale shows that it’s a kilogram, so this piece of meat is 20 pounds.”
“……”
Li xiaonian’s brain instantly stopped working. His neck stiffened as he carefully stared at the electronic scale. There was no unit of measurement behind the scale. beautiful lady … This … There’s no indication here. Are you sure this is a kilogram? ”
Qiao Sichen couldn’t be bothered with li xiaonian. He threw down 14 domain coins and put the meat into his bag.”Here’s the money, take your time to check it.”
“……”
At this point, li xiaonian looked at the surrounding NPCs in a daze. The NPCs gave him a feeling of evil.
Don’t be angry, don’t be angry. I’m also a person who has seen great storms. I used to be a person with hundreds of billions of assets. It’s not worth getting angry over a small amount of money.
Li xiaonian tried to cheer himself up, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. In the end, he couldn’t help but curse, f * ck, three aunties and two uncles are bullying my little brat. What’s the point? ”
“Boss, I’ll take all the meat here,” A hunchbacked old man greeted li xiaonian generously.
Li xiaonian was expressionless as he placed all the meat on the electronic scale.”200 Jin, 100 domain coins in total.”
The little old man was dumbfounded. He said angrily, ” little guy, are you trying to make me blind? it’s obviously 100 pounds and you dare to say 200 pounds. Fine, I’m going to report you to the village chief.
With that, the little old man turned around and left in anger.
Li xiaonian really wanted to catch the little old man and follow the clues to make those people spit out all the money they had scammed. However, after thinking about it, he could only admit defeat in the end.
Since the other party dared to trick him, it meant that he wasn’t afraid at all. If he went up to him, he would only be asking for humiliation.
After the little old man left, the stall suddenly became deserted. For a full two hours, there was not a single customer.
It wasn’t that there wasn’t any, but there was a little kid with a dirty face. He was about five or six years old and wore dirty, coarse clothes. He was drooling as he stared at the fat.
Little wimp wanted to step forward, but he had a look of fear on his face.
Another hour passed.
The kid still didn’t leave. Li xiaonian’s heart softened and he waved his hand.”Little friend, do you want to buy meat?”
The little wimp nodded his head excitedly, then shook his head.
There was no need to guess. He definitely had no money.
forget it, forget it. I’ve already lost more than 100 domain coins today. I don’t care about this little bit. Li xiaonian muttered to himself with a bitter smile.
He tied up a piece of lean meat, about two catties, and handed it to little wimp, ” “Little friend, what’s your name?”
Little wimp’s eyes stared straight at the piece of meat. After thinking for a moment, he replied honestly,”I’m er Niu.”
“Take it. Go back and ask your family to stew it. Eat more and you’ll be as strong as a cow in the future.”
The kid’s eyes lit up. He bit his lips and took out a female doll from his pants and handed it to li xiaonian. Then, he took the meat and ran away quickly.
[ cloth doll ]: an ordinary cloth doll with a mother’s love.
Li xiaonian was helpless.
&Nbsp; he had thought that it would be some sort of treasure, but who would have thought that it would still be an ordinary item? forget it, he shouldn’t have too many fantasies. He had a God artifact and should be content.
……
On the other side.
After killing li xiaonian, biqi didn’t get any weapons, so she immediately returned to the resurrection point in netherworld village and continued to wait for li xiaonian.
She was quite lucky. She found li xiaonian very quickly and followed him secretly.
At this moment, she was squatting in the restaurant opposite li xiaonian, eating desserts and looking at him from time to time. “Since I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time, a third time, or even more. I don’t believe that you won’t drop your weapon.”
The value of a gold-grade weapon was beyond imagination.
With it, no matter how low the level was, as long as it was not a white grade weapon, it could more or less increase one’s cultivation speed. A gold grade weapon, even if it increased one’s cultivation speed by 0.1, was still very valuable.
Naturally, she would not miss such an opportunity and would not tell anyone.
She had plenty of time, and she didn’t believe that li xiaonian would stay in the safe zone forever.
……
Night gradually fell.
Li xiaonian’s business had finally reopened. Having learned his lesson, he naturally wouldn’t be so foolish as to treat two catties of meat as one catty.
Li xiaonian continued to sell the remaining meat until dark. There were still 30 to 50 catties of meat left in front of the stall, but the surrounding stalls had already closed.
There was no point in him continuing to set up his stall.
what bad luck. The initial mission reward was dispensable, but I didn’t expect that the second mission would actually cost me money.
Butcher Yan didn’t come back, but he didn’t plan to wait for long. He put the meat in his bag, turned around, and went into the night market.
At night, the difficulty of wilderness combat had increased. Most players had already returned, and the entire novice village had become unusually lively.
Some were fighting, some were singing and dancing, some were gambling, and some were still busy with work.
However, most of the time, it was material trading. The players would sell their gains from the day on the street.
berserk beast skin. It can be used to make leather armor. It’s sold for 3 domain coins.
a level 3 dagger blueprint in exchange for a level 6 bronze longsword. Anyone interested in a deal can message me privately. I’m only asking if you’re serious.
I’m buying all kinds of herbs at a high price. You can come and have a look. It won’t be too late to compare the goods with the other three stores.
……
Li xiaonian strolled around and got tired of it.
No matter what it was, it was too expensive to afford.
I’ve lost about 160 domain coins by selling meat. I have to think of a way to earn more to make up for it. Li xiaonian rubbed his head.
160 region dollars seemed like a small amount, but when converted to star dollars, it was equivalent to 1.6 million or more. If he could top up, he would not care about this amount of money. The main thing was that star field did not have any top-up channels.
Just as li xiaonian was thinking about how to earn money, he suddenly saw a little kid running forward from the corner of his eye.
“Er Niu?”
well, since I’m free, I’ll go up and take a look. I’ll also return the doll to him. It’ll take up space in the package. It’ll be a pity to lose it.
To children, toys were the most precious things.
Thinking of this, li xiaonian quickly followed.
After entering the remote ruins, li xiaonian seemed to have lost his way. He saw a faint light in front of him, so he walked up and knocked on the door.
Tap tap tap tap …
After a few knocks, the old fence finally opened. A white-haired old woman said, ” “Young man, what’s the matter?”
“Grandma, do you know where er Niu’s house is?”
Li xiaonian asked respectfully.
“What are you looking for er Niu for?” the old woman asked warily.
From the looks of it, the old lady seemed to be er Niu’s relative. Li xiaonian immediately took out er Niu’s doll.”Grandma, this is er Niu’s toy. If he’s at home, please give it to him.”
“You’re the one who gave the meat to er Niu?” the old lady sized li xiaonian up.
“Um … I guess so.”
“Come in,” the old woman opened the fence.
“This …”
Li xiaonian couldn’t figure it out, but he still entered the room in the ruins. Out of courtesy, li xiaonian took out about 10 pounds of the remaining meat from the bag.
grandma, this is my first time here. This is just a small token of appreciation. Please don’t mind it.
The old woman looked li xiaonian up and down, then silently took the meat.
The outside of er Niu’s house was in ruins, but the house inside was intact. Li xiaonian was shocked when he entered.
At this moment, there were three players, two men and one woman, standing in er Niu’s house. The three of them were dressed in soft silk and had swords at their waists, which were obviously valuable.
The three of them stood respectfully in front of a bed, on which lay a middle-aged man who was on the verge of death.
Hearing the commotion, the middle-aged man turned his head with great effort to look at li xiaonian. “Another one? Speak, what price can you pay?”
The three players stared at li xiaonian with unsightly expressions, as if they were going to skin him alive. Just as he was about to get the treasure, he did not expect another person to come.
With one more person, the probability of obtaining the treasure had increased from one-third to one-fourth, which was very difficult for them to accept.
The old woman stood silently at the side, not saying anything or explaining anything.
“……”
Li xiaonian was slightly stunned. senior, I … I …
He didn’t know what was going on, but it seemed to be a hidden mission. Or did he encounter some amazing opportunity?
The old woman was surprised.
At first, she thought that li xiaonian had approached er Niu on purpose for the treasure. However, it seemed that things were different from what she had imagined.
Immediately, the old woman looked tired and said indifferently, ” “My son doesn’t have much time left. He doesn’t have much other than the [ blacksmith’s heart ]. If you want to get the blacksmith’s heart, you have to make an exchange. What price can you pay?”
Li xiaonian looked at the old woman, then at the man on the bed, and then at the three rich and powerful players. After thinking for a moment, he summoned up his courage and said,”Senior, whether you believe it or not, I don’t know the situation here. I came here to return second baby’s toy. Anyone would be tempted by a treasure, and I want one too. I don’t have anything right now. If senior is willing to give me the treasure, I can take good care of er Niu and raise him into a human. As for grandma, I’ll do everything I can to give her enough money to live a stable life and let her live in peace.”
“……”
“……”
“……”
Everyone was slightly stunned.
Then, dragon blade, blood grind, and snow fox smiled.
It turned out that he was a poor kid who had barged in by mistake. With these conditions, he was simply too different from them. Unless Niu Dali’s brain was rusty, he would not choose him.
Niu da li was shocked at first. Then, he fixed his eyes on li xiaonian. you have no proof. What guarantee do you have that you will keep your promise? ”
“I can’t guarantee that.” Li xiaonian shook his head.
This time, Niu Dali fell silent and looked at his mother with difficulty.
“Child, mother respects your choice,” the old woman said with a faint sorrow.