Obtaining a 0-ring spiritual beast, the golden-belly black carp, is really an unexpected surprise for Duke.
Although the price of spirit beasts, especially this 0-level quasi-spirit beast, is not outrageously expensive, it can still be considered a small fortune, which can help subsidize the family.
He currently has three sources of income.
One is the fixed card repair income of Little Sam’s card repair shop. After excluding material fees, wages, and the card repairer’s commission, the net profit is about 50 Silver Dragons a month.
One is the service fee for purchasing agents. Now the scale has expanded. In addition to Levin, he also hired a big and honest man named Harper, who can basically earn 120 silver dragons a month.
The other one is to search for cards at scrap card stations, repair and renovate them and sell them as second-hand cards. With the help of Xiaoyi, you can earn about 80 silver dragons a month.
Add, add, subtract, the total income of two golden dragons a month.
Of course.
After the end of the year, the business tax paid by Old Sam will expire. Then he will have to pay the tax himself, as well as the expenses for the relevant agencies in the town, and he will have to prepare one or two gold dragons a year.
"Let's go home!"
Seeing that it was already getting late, Duke rushed home with a bucket.
Returning to the familiar Erzhu Street, acquaintances immediately greeted each other: "Oh, little boss Duke, are you going fishing again?"
"Yeah."
"Boss Little Duke is so happy. How was the harvest?"
Duke responded with a smile: "Not to mention, I really happened to catch an injured golden-belly black carp, and Boss Abraham came to take a look."
He handed the bucket over.
In addition to a few small miscellaneous fish, there was a golden-belly black carp with half of its tail knocked off. Now it was no longer bleeding and its breath was very stable. It was obvious that the physique of a spiritual beast allowed it to successfully withstand the gunshot wound. "Ouch!" Boss Abraham exclaimed, "It's really a golden-belly black carp, your luck... tsk tsk!"
After watching the fish.
Duke then said: "By the way, Boss Abraham, I'm going to order a few more sets of summer work clothes. Can you come back and help our clerk measure the size?"
Abraham is the owner of a nearby tailor shop. Hearing this, he immediately smiled and said: "Okay, I'm fine. I'll go there when I get back and get the measuring tape."
"See you later."
"Well, you are busy first."
Back at Little Sam's card repair shop, Aunt Abby has already prepared dinner. Except for the three card repairers who have gone home from get off work, the other shop assistants are eating in the yard.
Today, Little Sam's card repair shop has nine employees, excluding the card repairman and Duke himself.
Before Duke traveled through time, the soybean oil processing factory he opened only had these few workers.
However, the income of the Little Sam Repair Card Shop from 20 gold dragons a year is equivalent to 200,000 yuan, which is not as good as the income of the processing factory. In the good two years, Duke relied on the soybean oil processing factory to make a living.
Earn three to four million a year; in normal years, you can earn a guaranteed three to four million a year.
Even if he didn't make money, he wouldn't be willing to become a senior member of the Falcon Shooting Club, so he would practice shooting in his spare time.
"Boss, let me serve you some rice." Aunt Abi stood up.
"Don't worry, I'll go work for a while, just leave some for me." Duke waved his hand.
After saying that, I took the bucket and went to the converted warehouse in the backyard.
"Jiji!"
As soon as I entered the bedroom, a plump squirrel jumped over to me. It was the two-month-old long-haired mongoose cub, Xiaodou.
Little Kabuto is very timid. If Duke doesn't take him out, he will hide on the ceiling of the bedroom.
Quietly, basically making no noise.
"Are you hungry, Xiao Dou? There are minced fish pieces in the bucket. Do you want to eat it?" Duke took a piece of minced fish meat from the bucket and handed it to Xiao Dou.
Xiao Dou sniffed it, then picked up the broken fish pieces with his paws and started to nibble on them.
It can now eat meat.
Duke moved the fish tank he just bought - he had planned to raise some small fish when he went fishing - and after filling the fish tank with water, he put the golden-bellied black carp in the bucket.
Neither eaten nor sold.
He chose to raise the golden-bellied black carp first, which is a kind of romance for an old man - after all, his soul is not young anymore, and it is time to like raising fish and planting grass.
The golden-bellied black carp entered the fish tank and felt a little uncomfortable. It leaned against the corner and gasped for air.
There is no oxygen pump.
Duke was a little worried about whether the golden belly black carp could adapt, but considering that it didn't even belch in the bucket, it showed that as a 0-ring spirit beast, it has a strong ability to survive and adapt.
The fish tank should be able to survive.
"Little Dou, keep an eye on it, it will be your companion from now on." Duke said, and moved a pot of grass on the desk to the side of the fish tank, "Spirit fish paired with spirit grass, this Feng Shui will not take off!
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The grass is the orchid that was shoveled home before.
After finishing these tasks and leaving a few broken fish pieces to Xiao Dou, Duke went to the yard to eat.
Sally at the counter had finished her meal, and when she saw Duke coming over, she chatted and said, "A few more mercenaries came to the store today to repair cards. Their accents sounded like they were not locals."
"Did you ask them where they came from and why they came?"
"I asked, but they didn't say anything. They just said they came here to explore and find some scarce resources. But I didn't feel like they were explorers. I heard one of them say what house had been rented...
Boss, if they come to explore and leave in a few days, there is no need to rent a house, they can just stay in a hotel."
Duke nodded.
Deliveryman Dutland then added: "When I went to deliver the goods, I also saw a lot of new faces wandering on the street."
After hearing this, Aunt Abi said worriedly: "Maybe we are really going to launch a pioneering war? Oops, I don't know how many people will die now!"
"It has nothing to do with us." Apprentice Dieter said nonchalantly.
"How can it be okay?" Sally said, "We are really going to open up a war. Our little Sam's card repair shop will definitely be very busy. How many people will come to repair cards by then."
There was a pause.
Sally said again: "Boss, I'm a little worried."
"What are you worried about?"
"I'm worried that Best Card Repair Shop will not be closed down. Although there are few people repairing cards there now, once the Pioneering War starts and more people repair cards, Best Card Repair Shop may be able to survive."
"Yeah, it's really possible." Deliveryman Steve nodded.
Duke frowned. If the pioneering war started and Best Card Shop took the opportunity to come back to life, it would definitely be an unpleasant thing for him.
Best's betrayal almost led to the pornography of Little Sam Card Shop.
Nowadays, the popularity of Best Card Repair Shop is extremely bleak, but Best is a card repairer after all. He has accumulated a fortune over the years and can still survive.
He must have heard the news about the pioneering war and wanted to persist.
"You don't have to worry about this. Regardless of whether the Pioneering War will start or not, Best Card Repair Shop will have to close down sooner or later." Duke reassured everyone, "Besides, even if Best Card Repair Shop survives the Pioneering War, so what.
There is no card repair shop on Second Vertical Street that can compete with our Little Sam card repair shop!"
"This is, this is!" Dutland nodded.
Others also nodded, believing this.
After everyone had finished dinner and Aunt Abby had washed the dishes, Sally closed the shop door and left.
Duke was the only one left in the huge Little Sam card repair shop. He did not go back to the bedroom to practice "Universal Blood Refining Method" or read books to expand the database as usual.