Li Xiao went to the center of the city and walked into a large equipment store.
When the store clerk saw the visitor, he greeted him warmly.
Li Xiao is a veteran, and the guy also behaved very professionally. The communication between the two was very pleasant.
Li Xiao quickly selected two of the most cost-effective forging tables.
The clerk was very knowledgeable and promised to give Li Xiao some tools as a gift. If Li Xiao's shop grew bigger and he came to buy again in the future, the clerk would also give Li Xiao the best discount.
Li Xiao happily came to the shopkeeper and prepared to pay. The banknotes she brought were not enough, but she had an order from the government.
Chubeicheng's government orders are guaranteed by reputation. If you can deliver the goods, you will definitely receive the money.
Li Xiao can use this as collateral to get the forging platform first and then pay in installments.
Generally, blacksmith shops that have just upgraded their level operate this way. After all, not everyone has a mine at home.
And the shopkeeper is usually willing to accept it,
Because the government wants to encourage competition, even if the blacksmith shop cannot pay for the goods for a while, the government will advance the payment and then deduct it from the price of future orders made by the blacksmith shop.
The shopkeeper was also very happy when he saw Li Xiao coming forward.
When he received an order from the government, he even praised: "Oh, my girl's shop is very good, there are good blacksmiths?"
Li Xiao's face blossomed into a smile.
However, after the shopkeeper saw the order clearly, his expression changed. He raised his head, as if to confirm something, and asked: "Are you from the Li family's blacksmith shop? The one next to the Jubao Building in the east of the city?"
Li Xiao nodded in agreement.
The shopkeeper's face turned completely dark. He pressed the order on the table and pushed it back towards Li Xiao.
"Sorry, our store does not accept mortgages."
Li Xiao was puzzled: "Why?"
The shopkeeper said: "No matter why, the sale is between you and me. If we don't accept it, we just don't accept it. You can leave."
Li Xiao was speechless.
The guy in charge of greeting Li Xiao was unconvinced. He was in charge of selling goods. He would get a commission for every forging table sold.
He and Li Xiao had a good agreement, and it was reasonable for Li Xiao to use the government order as a mortgage. Why didn't the shopkeeper accept it?
So, the clerk said: "Shopkeeper, this is wrong! We just sold a few mortgages..."
The shopkeeper glared at the waiter and shouted: "Shut up!"
The guy's face turned red from holding it in, but he didn't dare to refute.
Li Xiao was not stupid. She could see something fishy through the change in attitude of the shopkeeper.
She put down a tael of silver and pushed it in front of the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper's face was still ugly, and he said coldly: "What are you doing?"
Li Xiao said: "Thank you for your hard work, shopkeeper. It's our first time meeting you. I mean it."
The shopkeeper's brows relaxed a little. He liked the sensible girl Li Xiao a little bit.
He dropped the one tael of silver on the counter, and then said: "Girl, you can't afford to offend some people, you know what I mean..."
Li Xiao's heart immediately went cold. How could she not understand?
She understands so well that there are many people she can't afford to offend.
And there is only one family that would take the trouble to get her.
She asked again: "Uncle shopkeeper, is there any way we can go?"
The shopkeeper shook his head: "It's useless. Even if the store didn't receive the warning, they sold your goods, but after those people know about it, they will be forced to carry the goods delivered to your store back.
Go back, girl, not only can you not afford to offend those people, but we also cannot afford to offend them..."
Li Xiao was still struggling: "Then what if I pay the full amount?"
The shopkeeper was helpless and said: "We sell your goods because of money, but we don't sell your goods because of money..."
Li Xiao walked out of Dianmen in despair. She asked several more restaurants, but the result was the same.
People were enthusiastic when they saw her coming to buy goods, but as soon as they saw the name of Li's blacksmith shop, their faces changed again.
Li Xiao smiled bitterly: "To become a good blacksmith, you don't have to look at people's faces? Am I really too naive?"
Without enough forging tables and tools, it would be impossible for her to complete the government order within the deadline.
If the first order cannot be completed, their store will be disqualified and will never be used again...!
Li Xiao felt like she had lost her soul. She didn't know how she returned to the shop.
When we arrived at the store, an even more desperate news came.
Brother Bin went to recruit people, and Li Xiao went to buy equipment.
Uncle Wu, on the other hand, chose simple things to do, such as buying vegetables and cooking.
However, even the people in the market stopped selling their vegetables and meat.
The small shop has grown rapidly, and there are also people who are jealous of them. Those people all look at Uncle Wu with gloating.
There are some merchants who have good relations with the store, but they don't dare to sell vegetables or meat to Uncle Wu, and they keep sighing.
Uncle Wu was so excited that he reacted faster than Li Xiao and Brother Bin: "The Nalan family is so narrow-minded. They don't even let us eat?"
Uncle Wu didn't buy the vegetables and meat for the day, but there was still some leftover in the kitchen. With eggs and some dry goods, it was not difficult to make do with a meal.
But I can get through it today, but what about tomorrow?
They can live without eating vegetables and meat, but what if they also finish eating rice?
They are not cultivators, they cannot do inedia.
Do you really want these blacksmiths to farm and hunt and be self-sufficient?
The whole room was filled with sorrow and misery. None of them told the other two about their experiences.
But we have lived together for so long, and we can see every change in our expressions. Who can really hide it from others?
Everyone looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and then sighed again.
At this time, a loud female voice sounded from the door of the shop: "What are you doing? What are you doing? Everyone seems to have eaten dead flies. You are a good blacksmith, shouldn't you be lively and happy?
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The three of them followed the sound and saw Spinach Lotus with her hands on her hips and a cheerful smile on her face.
Brother Bin said feebly: "You're here? Sit down and eat together... Hey, I'm too embarrassed to leave you to eat with these cold leftovers."
Spinach Lian stepped forward, took a piece of egg with her hands and ate it. She said, "It's delicious. Where are the leftovers?"
Brother Bin shook his head.
The whole world knows that their shop was suppressed by the Nalan family, how could Spinach Lotus not receive the news?
They came here to comfort them.
Li Xiaodao: "Sister Lian, you should go back first. If people from the Nalan family see you with us, I'm afraid you will also be implicated."
Spinach Lian snorted coldly, and anger immediately appeared on her face: "Nalan family? Others may be afraid of these bitches, but I am not afraid! Come! A Bin! Look what I have brought to you?"
Spinach Lotus looked behind her, and several people followed her gaze.
It turned out that Spinach Lotus used a pole to pick up two large bamboo baskets. One basket contained vegetables piled high, and the other basket contained some chicken, duck, fish, and even some animal meat obtained from hunting.