A fast-paced transmigration story set in a historical fiction era: The fox spirit is enjoying happin

Chapter 55 The Convenience Store Owner x The Blind Nouveau Riche Who Has Regained His Sight

"I've asked a few friends' relatives these past few days, but we haven't reached an agreement yet," Xiao Liu said somewhat embarrassedly, as he hadn't finished the process.

"If there are any in the city, you can ask around, especially near the factory," Li Jiaojiao thought to herself, looking at the people at the exit of the station.

More and more people will head south to work, so she needs to speed things up, and land prices will rise higher and higher in a while.

She heard that a small private factory was going to be built in the next village, and that the land in the village might increase in value then.

She suddenly remembered something. "Tuotuo, you can keep an eye on the convenience store, right?"

Tuotuo: "Sure, host, you can get the remote monitoring function for 5 points."

"Activate it!"

Villagers might help her watch the shop when they have free time, but most of the time they are too busy.

I'd rather keep an eye on things myself than feel at ease.

I happily created a split-screen mode after receiving the points.

Li Jiaojiao bought a seat ticket, and it only takes an hour to get to the provincial capital.

"Brother Mingrong, this window is huge!"

Shen Mingrong only realized that the person next to him was Xiao Liu after he sat down.

Where is Jiaojiao?

"Across from you," Li Jiaojiao replied.

Shen Mingrong got up to sit across from him.

Xiao Liu only hesitated for a moment before continuing to look at the scenery outside the window.

Shen Mingrong leaned against her and whispered in her ear, "Why didn't you sit with me just now?"

Just now? She likes to sit alone. If she had said earlier that he liked to sit with others, she would have sat with him.

However, she certainly wouldn't say that to his face.

"I'm used to sitting by myself now; we'll sit together when I come back."

Not long after Li Jiaojiao and the others left, Aunt Shen Liu started pacing around the village entrance.

When people ask her what she's doing, she always replies, "I'm free, so I'm just taking a stroll."

The man squinted, somewhat disbelievingly: "You've finished clearing out the water rats in your field?"

There are a lot of rats in the fields at this time of year.

"What's it to you? Are you interrogating a criminal like a police officer?" Aunt Shen replied irritably.

It's so annoying that I get questioned every time I go out for a stroll.

The man didn't speak, he just stood there watching her.

Aunt Shen, who was described as "mentally ill," left cursing.

As she walked to the edge of her own field, looking at the burrows of the water rats, an idea suddenly came to her mind.

And there's no way anyone can catch her, plus it'll be a good opportunity to annoy Shen Ajiao.

"I'm such a smart girl!" Aunt Shen ran home to get her medicine.

Aunt Shen's husband was sleeping in late at home when he suddenly heard a noise and thought a thief had broken in.

"That damned stinking dog, I want to see which scoundrel broke into my house!"

He stood in the corner holding an iron hammer.

"Are you crazy?!" Aunt Shen jumped back in fright. "What...what are you trying to do with that hammer?"

Only after he saw that it was his wife did he drop the hammer and lie down on the bed to continue sleeping.

Aunt Shen muttered a few curses at him under her breath and continued searching for poison to kill the rats.

She was sweating profusely as she ran around in the fields spraying poison to kill rats, and other villagers gathered together and whispered among themselves when they saw this.

"Shen Liu has changed his ways? He's actually so diligent now?"

"Who knows what she was up to today?"

"See? He's been lazy for decades and can't change."

Everyone in the village saw through her, and even the elders of the Shen family couldn't persuade her.

Aunt Shen and her husband were both known as lazybones in the village, which is why the two of them were able to get together.

Aunt Shen was in a great mood and had no time to care about the stares of those around her. "I'll just wait until tomorrow."

Li Jiaojiao quickly completed all the formalities with the things Dr. Qi gave her.

During the check-up, she paid for a private hospital room and told Xiao Liu not to let it slip.

If Shen Mingrong asks, just say it's a temporary rental.

Xiao Liu was a little embarrassed: "Isn't this taking advantage of Mingrong's inability to see?"

“If he could see this, it wouldn’t be our place to bully him,” Li Jiaojiao said with a wry smile.

"I pray that Brother Mingrong will recover soon," Xiao Liu prayed devoutly.

The test results won't be available until tomorrow, so the two helped Shen Mingrong to the ward.

To avoid being noticed, they walked around a few more times.

There is a cafeteria in the hospital. You can buy groceries and get meals there after registering with your hospital admission slip. The prices are cheaper than outside.

The next day, at the appointed time for the consultation, Li Jiaojiao and Xiao Liu took the person there, as usual taking a few extra detours.

Although Shen Mingrong is blind, he has gotten used to his blindness and has his own ways of finding his way.

After walking the path a few times, he can remember roughly which step is when to turn left or right.

Li Jiaojiao had taken an extra route and turned directly into the clinic.

Shen Mingrong had a vague feeling that today's departure was different from yesterday's.

The provincial hospital is packed with people every day, and even if they make appointments in advance, there's always a long line ahead of them.

I expect to have to wait another two or three hours today.

Shen Mingrong spoke up first: "Xiao Liu and Jiao Jiao, how about we go for a walk outside the hospital? We've come all this way to the provincial capital, don't waste your time on a blind man like me."

Xiao Liu repeatedly refused: "I'm not going, Brother Mingrong, don't talk about yourself like that."

Li Jiaojiao also refused: "I'm not going either. I'm too tired to move these past two days. I'll go sightseeing in the provincial capital when I get back."

The three sat in silence on the chairs.

"Tuotuo, don't you think something's off with Shen Mingrong?"

Tuotuo shook his head: "Host, I'm just an intern system and I can't recognize human emotions from facial expressions yet."

I really want to feed all the information in my head to the system.

"Is Shen Mingrong, number 17, here? Number 17..."

Xiao Liu immediately stood up: "Yes, yes, nurse, we're here."

This time he knew that the person in the clothes was a nurse and the person in the white coat was a doctor.

It turned out they were number seventeen in line; they thought they were number 30 or later. All the chairs outside the consultation room were full, and many people were standing.

"Go, go."

Shen Mingrong came out in less than ten minutes. He had the prescription written by the doctor, but he did not hand it to Li Jiaojiao and Xiao Liu.

Xiao Liu went to the hospital cafeteria to get lunch, and when he returned, only Li Jiaojiao was there to support him.

Li Jiaojiao's memory isn't great, and the hospital has many twists and turns. She had already walked around once, but she hadn't realized that Shen Mingrong had already confirmed it.

Shen Mingrong asked, "Jiaojiao, shall we take a different route?"

"No? It's the same as the previous two times," Li Jiaojiao said, somewhat puzzled.

"Hmm, it's alright, let's keep going."

Xiao Liu was incredibly fast at getting his food; he returned in no time.

This single room was originally a three-person room, with the other two beds occupied by Li Jiaojiao and Xiao Liu, one each.

After finishing his meal, Shen Mingrong said, "You guys go out and have some fun, I want to take a nap."

"Is it because you feel sleepy after taking the medicine?" Li Jiaojiao asked worriedly.

Shen Mingrong: "I think so."

"I'll go out for a stroll for an hour and be right back." She wanted to see what the differences were between this provincial capital and the provincial capital of the previous small world.

Shen Mingrong said calmly, "Let Xiao Liu go with you."

Xiao Liu and Li Jiaojiao exchanged a glance: "Brother Mingrong, I think I'll stay here and take care of you."

"No need, I'll be fine while I sleep. I'm just blind, but I'm not sick," Shen Mingrong refused.

After leaving the hospital, Li Jiaojiao headed straight for the nearest department store.

She put the money the original owner had saved and the more than 14,000 yuan that Shen Mingrong had given her last time into the system's space.

That way, no one can steal her money.

That's why she dared to make such a boast in front of Shen Mingrong that day.

Shen Mingrong waited until the footsteps disappeared and everything returned to silence before getting out of bed and tentatively moving his body.

Before long, he touched some things that shouldn't belong in a rental apartment.

Tuotuo suddenly noticed something unusual on the surveillance footage.

"Host, host, someone is throwing trash into your house."

Throwing away trash? Who's so inconsiderate?! She checked the security camera footage.

A minute ago, a furtive figure approached.

It's the hottest and most scorching time of day, and there's not a soul on the road.

Aunt Shen carried two bags full of dead rats and threw them all into the Shen family's yard. Some of the dead rats fell to the ground, and some crushed her plants.

Aunt Shen hummed a song as she threw away the dead rat.

"Let's see how you explain this food hygiene issue this time."

After watching the whole thing, Li Jiaojiao was speechless. How could there be such a stupid and vicious person?

She'd be less angry if she threw a dead rat into her house, but instead scalded her money tree in front of her door with boiling water.

"No way, I'll teach her a lesson when I get back!"

Li Jiaojiao sneered, "Doesn't she like mice? Then let the mice keep her company day and night."

The weather has been hot these past few days, and the corpses of those dead rats will soon rot and stink. By the time she gets back, the maggots from those rats will be crawling all over the ground.

That's disgusting! Aunt Shen is a truly despicable person.

"Okay, is there any way to get rid of these dead rats?"

Tuotuo's voice was somewhat dejected: "I'm sorry, host, Tuotuo doesn't have the ability to touch the items in the small world."

Li Jiaojiao sighed. She had to get used to being self-reliant, since she no longer had any demonic or spiritual power.

Seeing Aunt Shen's disgusting behavior, Li Jiaojiao lost her appetite and stopped shopping. Xiao Liu watched the kids playing games in the arcade on the second floor.

Upon seeing Li Jiaojiao's building, he immediately ran over: "Sister Jiaojiao, are you going back?"

Seeing the bright smile on his face, Li Jiaojiao knew he was especially happy here.

"If you want to play a little longer, you can leave later."

Shen Mingrong should still be asleep, having only been out for a dozen minutes.

Xiao Liu quickly shook his head: "I don't want to play, I just think that if I could get this stuff to town, I could definitely make money."

Before leaving, Li Jiaojiao glanced at the colorful arcade machines a couple more times.

"Isn't there an arcade like this in town?"

Xiao Liu: "There are a few, but there are very few machines inside, and very few games to play. They're also usually occupied by people who call themselves 'bosses,' so if you don't acknowledge a 'boss,' you basically can't play."

He had no desire to acknowledge any of those dimwits as his elder brothers; none of them could compare to Brother Mingrong.

Li Jiaojiao thought for a moment: "Come play with me."

前台柜子前贴了一个大大的公告“5毛4个币,1元9个币,5元40个币”

Li Jiaojiao handed over one yuan and exchanged it for nine coins.

"Little Six went to play on the most popular machine."

"You really want me to play?" Xiao Liu looked at her in surprise.

Li Jiaojiao generously gave him the coin, keeping only one for herself.

There are 15 arcade machines in a row in the arcade, and there are six rows of them here.

Basically, each arcade machine has different games. Only games that are popular with a large number of players will be repeated on arcade machines.

Xiao Liu is playing "Street Fighter X2 Edition".

This is a game where you can choose to play solo or duo. Just as Xiao Liu was about to choose solo, he was stopped by the person next to him.

"Hey bro, wait a minute, let's play two-player mode together."

"No, I want to play by myself," Xiao Liu refused.

The stranger pressed the two-player button when he wasn't looking, his movements were very practiced.

It's obvious at a glance that this is a seasoned pro at forcibly taking over someone else's game.

Once it's confirmed as a duo, it can't be changed to a solo. Xiao Liu stood there calling out, "Sister Jiao Jiao, come quick!"

Li Jiaojiao wasn't far from him; she was watching others play arcade games nearby, though she hadn't played any herself yet.

After hearing this, she went over and asked, "Xiao Liu, what's wrong?"

"Hey, beautiful lady? We can play together. My name is Qiao Dong. You can come to my house to play later, hehe." The man who was trying to freeload off her laughed lewdly and clung to Li Jiaojiao with his eyes gleaming.

"Fuck your grandpa!" Xiao Liu angrily punched the man's cheekbone, knocking him to the ground.

Xiao Liu couldn't stand Qiao Dong's behavior at all. He straddled the man and unleashed a barrage of blows to his face, turning him into a pig-headed idiot that his whole family wouldn't recognize.

None of those who could follow Shen Mingrong were cowards; they were all formidable fighters.

Qiao Dong dodged left and right, but he couldn't dodge the dense, rain-like punches at all.

Qiao Dong tried to beg for mercy, but Xiao Liu punched him so hard that he felt his teeth were knocked out and he couldn't speak at all.

Xiao Liu angrily retorted, "Haven't you ever seen a woman before? Isn't your mother a woman? Why don't you say the same thing to your mother?"

"Ugh... I was wrong," Qiao Dong said, his eyes filled with tears and blood from his nose, looking utterly miserable.

Xiao Liu wouldn't pity him; he's a man, so of course he knows what Qiao Dong meant.

Li Jiaojiao is not a good person. If Xiao Liu hadn't taken action, she would have chosen a nice burlap sack for this person herself.

The people around were still engrossed in watching the arcade game, completely oblivious to the fact that someone next to them was being pinned to the ground and beaten, just like the boxers in the game.

The receptionist just glanced at them twice and then went back to doing her own thing.

It was as if no one in this world cared about Qiao Dong, who had been beaten.

It wasn't until Li Jiaojiao saw that Xiao Liu's fist was bleeding from the man's teeth that she stopped Xiao Liu.

"Alright, hitting me again will only hurt yourself."

Li Jiaojiao went to the front desk to ask for a band-aid, and the front desk staff looked at her blankly.

Huh? We also need to help that bastard Qiao Dong stop the bleeding and treat him?

"Hemostatic patch," Li Jiaojiao repeated.

Receptionist: "Oh... okay, you'll need to pay one cent later."

He said weakly, "I bought it with my own money." The receptionist seemed a little unsure of himself, worried that the man might beat him up later.

Li Jiaojiao promptly handed him a piece: "Give me the whole box."

"Oh... here's your change of six mao (0.6 yuan)." The receptionist clasped her hands together as she gave her change.

"Here you go, you can't hit me after you hit Qiao Dong, okay? I didn't rip you off."

Li Jiaojiao looked at him in confusion. What nonsense was he talking about?

"Xiao Liu, give me a band-aid. Put it on your hand to stop the bleeding first, we'll deal with it at the hospital later."

Xiao Liu stood up, lowered his head, and took the bandage.

Li Jiaojiao grabbed a handful of band-aids and threw them at Qiao Dong's face.

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