Abu went out to rob again.
Because he took such a long leave to save people, the “boss” has long been dissatisfied with him. What’s more, just like the rear waves of Yangtze river drives on those before, new recruits started robbing even more ferociously in his absence. The position he was promoted to before became unstable, so Abu quickly cancelled his leave and went back to work.
The little grey devil was also preparing to find a new job. His previous employer not only failed to help him when something happened, but he also hid his whereabouts for fear of getting into trouble. That’s why he doesn’t want to do that kind of job anymore, and is now looking for a new job every day.
Naji once asked the little grey devil if he wanted to work with him at the stall, but the reason why the little grey devil refused at that time——
“I think I should be able to find a job.” Raising his head, the little grey devil said to Naji.
Naji, who couldn’t find a job and was forced to start his own business: “…”
After paying off the money he owed to Abu and others with the savings from his last job, there was still some money left.
The little grey devil hunted every day, while the rest of the time he spent looking for a job in the employment market.
Then there’s Naji and Grandpa.
The pair of future business partners are currently busy setting up a stall everyday. They went to the garbage dump together and dug out a pile of rotten wood and scrap metal under Grandpa’s guidance.
As a handy demon, Grandpa wiped and polished the wood and the metal he found, making a small cart with four walls. After the walls are opened, it becomes a square stall. There’s also a grid above, which can display various products of different categories.
Grandpa also prepared a special place in the stall. Naji thought about it for a long time but couldn’t figure out its purpose, until Grandpa put Hei Dan in it and exclaimed.
“The size is just right.” Grandpa said with satisfaction.
“Hei Dan~ Do you like this place? Grandpa will go back and ask your uncle to make a layer of cushions for you. It will be soft and green~” The lamb-horned demon spoke as he gently scratched Hei Dan’s small chin with his long fingers.
Currently, he is in his monster form. After returning here, Grandpa has become more accustomed to using his monster form. It is also more comfortable for him to change scales this way.
However, his speech in this form is a bit vague, but Hei Dan can still understand it.
But even if he doesn’t understand, it doesn’t prevent Hei Dan from communicating with his Grandpa.
“Grandpa!” Hei Dan raised his head and called “Grandpa”, then he put his little paws on the wall. He is not very good at standing yet, but because of wearing a heavy bracelet for a long time, his arm has become quite strong. The little feet were dangling in the air, and he actually leaned forward as he grabbed the edge of the wall with his arms.
“…”
However, this posture was still a bit too challenging for him. After a short while, Hei Dan fell down and sat on his buttocks, while the two little pigtails on the little demon’s head trembled slightly.
Raising his head, Hei Dan sat in the black hole and raised his head, smiling at the lamb-horned monster above him.
“Ah~ Hei Dan! It’s still cold in there, come out quickly!” As he spoke, the lamb-horned demon stretched his claw and pulled the little demon out of the hole.
In fact, it’s not cold at all inside. Grandpa and Naji didn’t pick up much scrap wood. The best parts were all used in this rectangular grid, with smooth and polished walls, as well as ventilation holes. Even without a cushion, the little down won’t get hurt if he sits inside with bare buttocks.
Watching the interaction between Grandpa and Hei Dan, Naji scratched his furry head and continued to get busy.
After fixing their stall, they went to a market in the west, not the one that Ji Huan had been to at the beginning, the one where the little grey devil often set up his stall, but a bigger market. The one where the little grey devil used to set up his stall is a very old market, and the fixed stalls are already saturated. After investigating several markets, they chose the market in the west.
After discussing for a bit, Naji and Grandpa did not choose to rent a fixed-location stall, which is the same as renting a shop in Yefar.
At the beginning, they decided to set up their stall in various places to attract business and compare where the business is better; Secondly, they can also notice the habits of the regular customers in the market, in case they encounter some unfriendly neighbors, it will be a lot of trouble; Thirdly, if the business at the western market is bad, they can just switch to another place.
The above suggestions are all from grandpa. In his hometown, he has read a lot of news, he even read somewhere that the monthly salary of a mobile barbecue stall is comparable to that of a white collar worker. When he heard about setting up a stall, he immediately thought of this. In fact, even this small cart is the imitation of the small mobile food trucks he saw in the human world.
There should be no city management here, but maybe someone will come to collect protection fees. In case of trouble, it’s convenient to push the cart or put it away if they have to fight with people.
After finishing, Grandpa and Naji carried the small dining cart separately. Of course Naji had no problem, and Grandpa also carried it easily.
Oh~
After the cart was fully made, they began to stock up: Naji went out to hunt two rare prey, and Grandpa caught some common prey, including two bones.
That night, Grandpa picked three big pumpkins and put them in the cart, but the vegetables were not picked for the sake of freshness.
Next morning, Naji arrived early and knocked at the door. Grandpa went to the vegetable garden and carefully picked some vegetables.
After checking the cart carefully, he put Hei Dan into the secret compartment of the cart. Then the two demons carried the cart and set off.
Looking at the figures of Grandpa and Naji carrying a small cart, Ji Huan: Aren’t you supposed to… push the cart?
I always feel a bit worried – after locking the door of the house, Ji Huan also went to work.
When Ji Huan came home from work at night, he saw Naji and Grandpa counting money.
There was still one prey left on the cart, along with two pumpkins, but all the vegetables had been sold. Opening one of the secret compartments which was shockproof, Ji Huan saw that the eggs were also sold out.
Business seems to be going well——
However……
“1…2…3…7…” Naji squatted on the floor of the living room, counting the shiny bone coins one by one, but…
After counting to seven, he could no longer count.
The lamb-horned demon sat next to him and counted.
Grandpa is better than Naji. He can count up to forty, but after forty, he started using chinese. After counting to sixty-three, he couldn’t count anymore.
Ji Huan watched him count from halfway through, and he had already noticed that when he was at fifty, Grandpa began to count wrongly…
Ji Huan: =-=
He finally realised that something was really wrong! Grandpa and Naji… can’t even count!
People who are not good at math are going to do business, this, this——
Grandpa and Naji are about to lose their jobs as soon as they start working!
Ji Huan walked over.
“Xiao Hua, are you back?” Grandpa raised his head and spoke.
Naji also raised his head and smiled, pointing at the remaining prey on the cart: “The rest… for dinner…eat dinner.”
The demons here won’t buy overnight prey. After all, the market is full of fresh prey, anyone who buys overnight prey must have a problem with their nose!
Ji Huan cooked the remaining prey for the dinner, along with a pumpkin that was also left on the cart.
Ji Huan inquired about their stall situation today, and the general situation was not bad. Due to the appearance of their cart and the variety of products on it, their stall attracted the attention of quite a few demons.
The eggs were sold out quickly, there were ten eggs in total, one egg sold for ten bone coins, ten eggs… cough cough, how many bone coins should ten eggs be sold for?
Eggs are very popular in Yefar. As soon as they were discovered, a demon came up and said that he wanted to buy them all. He wanted to bargain and said…
Ten bone coins for one egg is too expensive~7!
But Naji was determined not to lower the price(← this is what Abu told him), so the other party raised his fist to beat Naji, but Naji also raised his fist, and there was a broken metal pillar next to him. With a fist, Naji immediately smashed the entire pillar into pieces.
This was also Abu’s suggestion → keep some hard stone aside when setting up the stall, if someone comes to make trouble, smash that stone, if the other party still intends to fight, then beat that person.
Naji is a very honest demon, so he did as he was told.
Looking at the scene where Naji smashed a whole stone pillar with one punch, that demon immediately ran away.
The demons who came later were quite honest. Soon another wealthy demon came and bought all the eggs. He didn’t object to the quoted price, and directly handed over a bag of bone coins. When Naji got the bag full of bone coins, he counted for a long time…but couldn’t count clearly. The other party couldn’t wait, so Naji let the other party leave.
After eating, Ji Huan took out the bag and counted the money: there were only sixty-eight bone coins in it, not as good as the seven bone coins per egg offered by the demon who was trying to bargain at the beginning!
When Ji Huan told Naji about it, Naji was a bit dumbfounded.
Scratching his head, Naji poked the shiny bone coin below.
Grandpa took the opportunity to wash the dishes.
Arithmetic class seems even more urgent now. After eating dinner that day, Ji Huan took the two demons and started teaching them some basic things first.
His goal was not very high, just teach them to count upto fifty first.
Unfortunately, Naji and Grandpa are really not very proficient in arithmetic. After teaching for a long time, the result was that… they almost forgot the numbers they knew before~
Ji Huan took a deep breath, and then began to think about a simpler method. At this moment, a soft voice suddenly came from the side:
“One!”
“Two!”
“Ten!”
It was Hei Dan’s voice. Ji Huan subconsciously turned around and saw Hei Dan sitting on the table at a glance.
Before Ji Huan started teaching, he placed Hei Dan on the table, with a book and a few toys beside him. Ji Huan also gave Hei Dan some toys to play with, but at this moment Hei Dan was not playing with the toys. Instead, he was stretching out his little hands to grab the bone coins on the table– when checking the accounts earlier, Ji Huan also put the bone coins that Naji had earned today on the table.
Although he heard Hei Dan counting the numbers, Ji Huan initially thought that Hei Dan was just playing with the bone coins. Although he was a bit surprised that Hei Dan had learned how to pronounce the numbers so quickly, Ji Huan didn’t think much about it.
But soon, his gaze fell on the bone coins on the table. After counting the bone coins, he was really surprised:
Just like Hei Dan reported, that small pile of bone coins is exactly ten!
Seeing his uncle looking at him, Hei Dan raised his little black face and smiled, looking very obedient. He then lowered his head and continued to count those bone coins.
“One!”
“Two!”
“Ten!”
Hei Dan still only reported three numbers, but he also caught seven bone coins in the third swoop.
Ji Huan’s attention has completely shifted to Hei Dan.
Hei Dan likes his uncle looking at himself the most. He found that playing with these “sparkling things” made his uncle look at him, so he played even harder~
Soon he stretched out his little paw again, still reporting three numbers, and then the third pile of bone coins appeared on the table.
“Ten!”
“Ten!”
“Ten!”
…..
Under the watchful eyes of his uncle, grandpa, and Naji, Hei Dan repeated this action ten times.
Ji Huan was really surprised at this moment. He glanced at Naji and Grandpa without leaving a trace, then at the obedient Hei Dan. His mind was a bit dazed for a moment:
Before Naji and Grandpa could even learn addition and subtraction, Hei Dan had already begun to explore multiplication.
I really don’t know whether to feel relieved or sad.
Ji Huan: =-=
In the following time, Ji Huan focused on testing Hei Dan’s counting ability. He deliberately picked up nine bone coins in a small pile, and then said “ten” to Hei Dan.
Hei Dan only let out an “Ah” for a long time without saying anything else, and then for some reason, he suddenly learned to shake his head.
The little head shook for a long time until Ji Huan added another bone coin and put it into the small pile.
Only then did Hei Dan stop shaking his head.
“Ten!” Pointing at the small pile of bone coins, Hei Dan looked at his uncle and smiled with relief.
Relieved..
Well, at that moment, Ji Huan felt that he indeed saw the complicated expression of relief on Hei Dan’s face.
Taking a look at Naji and Grandpa who were dumbfounded for a long time, Ji Huan decided to let them go for the time being and focus on training Hei Dan tonight.
Although Hei Dan is young and can’t speak a lot of words, he understands the situation in his heart much better than the other two.
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