"Haha, I thought I was late!" Zhang Yanpi said with a smile.
The so-called promotion and wealth will lead to death.
There has always been nothing but naked hatred towards my peers.
Although he was persuaded by his words and spirit stones during the day to agree to this matter, don't let him give Chen Li a good look.
He groaned inwardly, didn't bother to say any more greetings, and stepped forward to knock on the door.
"Lady, open the door."
With a "squeak" sound, the door opened.
"Dad, why are you back so late? This uncle has been waiting for a long time." Zhang Shuniang peeked at Chen Li behind her father and said softly.
Uncle!
well!
The smile on Chen Li's face suddenly became unnatural.
"I met a friend on the road, so I couldn't help but chat a little more. Don't worry about dad's business and go back to your room!" Zhang Yan said with a smile.
"Oh!" Zhang Shuniang responded obediently and walked away briskly.
Chen Li walked into the house and looked around. The house was very clean, with various furnishings scattered but not messy. The floor was not the black mud floor of ordinary people's homes, but was paved with flat stone slabs.
Of course, none of these can reflect the wealth of a monk.
However, a talisman maker who can make "light body talismans", "arrow avoidance talismans" and "evil warding talismans", and can make his daughter wear a robe, obviously lives a very comfortable life.
"Since you paid the money to come here to study, we won't waste time, lest you accuse me of hiding something, let's go to my talisman-making room." Zhang Yan interrupted Chen Li's looking around and walked towards the talisman-making room.
As soon as the door of the talisman-making room was opened, a strong and pungent odor immediately spread out, almost suffocating Chen Li.
I saw animal skins everywhere inside.
Untreated animal skins still stained with blood,
Animal skins soaked in jars of various potions,
The hides are hung on a line to dry in the sun like clothes.
There is almost nowhere to go.
"If you stay here for too long, your life will be short." Chen Li thought to himself.
Fortunately, I don't make talisman skins myself.
Zhang Yan seemed unaware of the strange smell here, and said with a smile: "The talisman making room is crude, which makes fellow Taoists laugh."
"What the hell, my talisman-making room is not as good as that of my Taoist friends!" Chen Li said modestly, and suddenly his heart moved: "I wonder what the quality of the talisman skins you make is like, and whether you can sell it?"
"Why don't you make the talisman skin yourself?" Zhang Yan asked with a surprised look on his face.
"Too lazy to deal with it." Chen Li said.
After hearing this, Zhang Yan finally showed a sincere smile, and his attitude suddenly became enthusiastic:
"Why don't you sell them? Although the craftsmanship of the talisman skins sold by the store is acceptable, they have always cut corners and the quality of the skins is not good. They are not as good as the genuine talisman skins made by us talisman makers. They have a high success rate."
This is more than if the deal is concluded, although the profit is not much, it will be a steady stream of additional income.
The key is that the money is earned without much effort. For him, one skin is made, and two skins are also made.
"This is not bragging. Come on, let me show it to you." Zhang Yan took an uncut talisman skin and put it in front of Chen Li: "It's made of authentic monster skin. Look at this skin."
The thickness is just a little thicker than a piece of paper. Come on, touch it again..."
Chen Li couldn't resist the other party's enthusiasm and reached out to touch it a few times.
"How does my skin feel?"
“Smooth, soft, tender, good, really good skin!”
Chen Li praised that the quality of this leather was indeed better than those sold by the store.
It's just that this sounds a little weird.
"As expected of an expert and discerning! This has been processed through many complex processes, some of which are my own secret methods. A good talisman skin should feel tender and smooth, like baby skin... You
Look at this resilience!”
As Zhang Yan spoke, he tore the talisman skin hard again, until his face turned red and he breathed heavily: "Yes...isn't it? It's much better than the store's... much better!"
"Your talisman skin is indeed good, but do you know the price?" Chen Li asked: "I picked it up cheaply, it's not okay if it's more expensive than the store's!"
I felt a little helpless, just selling a talisman skin, it was too honest.
"Don't... don't worry, I won't pay you too much. The shop sells ten low-grade spirit stones for each talisman skin. I'll give you fifteen. If it's any lower, I won't make any profit." Zhang Yan said, still out of breath.
Seeing how hard the other party was performing, Chen Li couldn't bear to bargain any more.
And the price is really not expensive.
"Then give me one hundred and fifty first." Chen Li said.
"Yes, but there are not that many now. Three days... probably won't work." Zhang Yan calculated with his fingers: "Five days later, I will deliver it to you personally in five days."
There are many processes for making talisman skin, and some processes are extremely time-consuming. For example, the simplest drying process cannot be exposed to the sun or roasted by fire. You can only wait for it to dry slowly in the shade. There is no rush.
"No problem, I'm not in a hurry." Chen Li smiled.
He just bought thirty talisman skins at the market yesterday, which is enough for the time being.
"Fellow Daoist Chen is really grand." Zhang Yan had just concluded a deal and was in a great mood. He said with a smile: "Girl, the guests have been here for so long, why haven't you served tea yet? I'll hurry up!"
Chen Li didn't wait for rejection.
Zhang Yan opened the door and said, "My dear lady, pour me two cups of tea."
"Oh! Dad, should we use ordinary tea or spiritual tea?" Zhang Shuniang's delicate voice came from outside.
"Of course it's Lingcha!" Zhang Yan looked back at Chen Li and smiled awkwardly: "Haha... This girl has never had a mother since she was a child, and now she's spoiled by me!"
Chen Li also responded with an awkward but polite smile.
At this time, if you behave like an elder, you should say: My wife is innocent and so on.
If you are short-sighted, you should say something like this: It is normal to be short-sighted at this age and it is nothing important.
But when he thought about having to speak in such a middle-aged tone, he lost his mood at all.
Chen Li's awkward smile immediately made Zhang Yan even more embarrassed.
The two of them smiled awkwardly at each other.
"Why do I feel a little hot all of a sudden, haha!" Zhang Yan asked, completely forgetting that it was already winter.
"Yeah yeah!"
"It's getting late, why don't you draw the talisman now?"
“Just what I wanted!”
The two of them had just walked to the talisman-making table and stood there.
Zhang Shuniang finally came in with tea.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist Xiao Zhang!" Chen Li said politely as he took the tea.
Zhang Shuniang's face turned red when she heard this, and she glanced at him secretly. No one had ever called her Taoist friend since she was a child.
"Dad, drink tea!"
"Yeah!" Zhang Yan responded dissatisfied, with a stern father's face: "Go back to the house, dad is going to make a talisman."
"Oh!" Zhang Shuniang left quickly.
Chen Li was not interested in spiritual tea. There was not much spiritual power in it, and he couldn't taste it. He took a sip and put it aside.
Zhang Yan saw this and didn't waste any time. He put down his tea cup and said, "Let's start drawing the symbols now. I'll explain them while I'm drawing. If you don't understand anything, just ask. Is that okay?"