Chapter 23 Springtime Intoxication
Chapter 23 Springtime Intoxication
After passing through the alley behind the blacksmith's shop, they arrived at a small house rented by Chun's father, where he was staying.
After they sat down, Chun's father poured them a cup of tea. Without him even asking, Chunhe quickly introduced Su Luo to him and began to explain, "It's like this..."
Chun's father was an ordinary man who wasn't very good at speaking. After listening to Chunhe's explanation, he kept thanking Su Luo gratefully, and in the end, he almost knelt down.
Startled, Su Luo quickly flipped her hand and used her spiritual power to support him, thus stopping his actions.
"No need to kneel!"
"Birds of a feather flock together." Chunhe's grandfather and father both feel this way; they always have to kneel down to thank others, which puts a lot of pressure on her.
“You don’t need to thank me. Chunhe has helped me a lot too. We have a mutually beneficial relationship. The original village is no longer safe, so I brought Chunhe and Aweng here. Your family will be doing well living in Tangcheng.”
The reason why Tang City is the territory protected by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect is probably because there is a huge spirit mine here with very rich mineral resources. In addition, the people of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect are all sword fanatics, so people with forging and smelting skills are highly sought after here.
Chunhe's father also runs a blacksmith shop, so he doesn't have to worry about making money. In addition, Chunhe earned spirit stones from selling spirit plants, which would be enough for them to live on for twenty years. Their life in Tang City wouldn't be too hard.
Now that he understood the cause and effect of the matter, Chun's father naturally had no objections. He nodded repeatedly and said cautiously.
"Thank you so much, Immortal! If you don't mind, please stay here for a couple of days. Tang City is a wonderful place, and I'd like to take you and Chunhe to try some of its local delicacies. Would you be willing, Immortal?"
As the conversation progressed, Chun's father's voice grew softer, as if he was terrified that Su Luo would refuse.
Su Luo glanced at Chunhe, whose face was full of anticipation, and thought for a moment. In the end, she decided to stay for the time being.
"Okay, I'll trouble you."
Anyway, she has already left the territory of Tianyi Sect and will be wandering around after going to the human world. Staying here for two or three days is not bad, and it's a good time to relax.
That noon, Chun's father took them directly to a famous restaurant in Tangcheng and ordered several dishes for them to try. Two of the dishes were full of spiritual energy and looked expensive.
Su Luo guessed that Chun's father was worried that she, as a cultivator, would not eat mortal food, which was why he ordered expensive spiritual food.
As expected, during the meal, the three of them picked at other dishes, leaving all the spiritual food for Su Luo.
Since it was someone's kind offer, Su Luo accepted the food and even picked up a few other ordinary dishes. At the same time, she told Chun's father not to order those spiritual foods, as she could eat ordinary dishes and wanted to try some of Tang City's specialties.
Hearing Su Luo say this, Chun's father breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief, and unconsciously, his gaze toward Su Luo became more and more respectful.
Immortal Su is unlike any other arrogant immortal! It's evident from her words and actions that she doesn't look down on ordinary people at all, treating them with kindness and naturalness. Such a person is truly a rare and benevolent individual!
Unaware that she had been given the "friend card" again, Su Luo was attracted by the wine offered by the restaurant. She took several sips, and her eyes became brighter with each sip.
She had drunk this wine many times in her previous life!
She loved it because of its sweet and mellow taste, without any of the bitterness or burning sensation of modern wine. It was just a pity that there were no wines for sale in the territory near Tianyi Sect at the time, and she didn't know where Ning Wanshuang got them from. She would occasionally go out and bring back a jar, then casually toss it to her.
Seeing that Su Luo liked it, the waiter who brought the wine smiled and said, "My dear immortal, it seems you really enjoy it! This is Tang City's specialty wine—Spring Intoxication, which is not easy to come by! Our restaurant happens to be having a promotion, and we're giving away a pot to every customer. You're truly lucky!"
Actually, the restaurant owner recognized Su Luo's identity as a cultivator at a glance, and with the intention of making friends with her, he specially asked his waiter to send over a pot of Springtime Intoxication.
Chunhe tilted her head, looking curious. "Is this wine... very famous?"
Having stayed in Tangcheng for so long, Chunfu knew quite a bit, and quickly chimed in, "Of course! Chunrizui is the most famous wine in Tangcheng. Because of the shortage of raw materials and the complicated process, the output is extremely low, and many people can't buy a pot even for a fortune."
"That's not all." The shopkeeper held up one index finger, proudly saying, "Because many cultivators also like to buy Spring Breeze Wine, the price of Spring Breeze Wine has skyrocketed. At its most expensive, it would cost a thousand mid-grade spirit stones to buy a pound of wine!"
"Hiss~" Everyone gasped in unison, including Su Luo.
She looked down at the wine glass in her hand, her feelings suddenly becoming complicated.
This wine is so rare and expensive, why did Ning Wanshuang give it to her in her previous life? And why did she give her a whole jar of it? She seemed so indifferent, she thought the wine wasn't worth much!
very strange……
Looking back now, that person was really strange; no one understood what she was thinking. It was like how Su Luo never understood why the female lead kept clinging to her, treating her like a possession, and going crazy whenever Su Luo didn't get her way…
Alas, she doesn't understand the world of the crazy woman!
Su Luo downed the wine in her glass in one gulp and decided to stop thinking about it.
Over the next two days, Su Luo declined Chun's father's invitation to travel around, and instead wandered around in a low-key manner.
Tangcheng truly lives up to its nickname "City That Never Sleeps." During the day, it's bustling with activity and traffic, and at night it's brightly lit and teeming with people. There's a wide variety of delicious food and fun activities to choose from, and Su Luo couldn't resist buying extra items from several of the shops she visited, storing them in her storage bag.
Meanwhile, the spiritual plants and talismans she brought out were even more popular here, fetching higher prices than in Biyue Town. It would be foolish not to make money, so Su Luo deliberately drew extra talismans and sold them in several shops, quickly amassing a fortune.
With the spirit stones in hand, Su Luo went to the restaurant owner again, hoping to buy more Spring Breeze Wine, but the owner said with a wry smile that Spring Breeze Wine was already sold out.
Su Luo returned to Chunhe's house with some regret. As she passed a planting area on her way in, she paused.
Two days later, Su Luo brought Chun He to the restaurant again, and the restaurant owner apologized to her that they no longer had Springtime Drunkenness.
Su Luo smiled and didn't take it to heart, then turned around and gave Chunhe a look.
The little girl stepped forward without any hesitation, took out the backpack on her back, and opened it to reveal the main ingredient of Spring Intoxication: "Litchi".
The restaurant owner's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw that there were about five or six pounds of lychees in the bag.
"This! This! So many?! Grass lychee grows in extremely rare places, places where monsters often roam. How did you find so many?"
"This is a trade secret, how could we possibly tell you?"
In fact, Su Luo was also very surprised. She never expected that among the spiritual plants that Chunhe picked and cultivated in Fanjing Mountain, there would be grass lychee! And this was the main ingredient of Spring Intoxication.
Two days ago, when she discovered that the rows of lush, straight plants in the yard that looked like scallions were actually grass lilies, she was incredibly surprised. Chunhe was even more overjoyed; she never expected such a coincidence!
Later, when Su Luo heard that Chun He planned to sell the grass lychees to a restaurant to buy her wine, she shamelessly felt tempted. Of course, she couldn't just take advantage of the situation for nothing!
So she rushed back to her room, hurriedly drew a catalyst to accelerate the growth of several grass lychee plants until they matured, then picked them and brought Chunhe to trade with them.
Thinking of this, Su Luo approached the restaurant owner with a smile and said, word by word, "I came to you for a collaboration because you gave me a pot of Spring Intoxication. Let's do business. My sister will provide the ingredients, and you can process the Spring Intoxication and sell it. We'll split the profits 30/70. My sister gets 30%, and you get 70%. What do you think?"
The restaurant owner was a shrewd businessman. Since he had been willing to give Su Luo a pot of "Springtime Intoxication" to curry favor, he would naturally not refuse the opportunity that was now before him.
"It's my honor! We, Yuexianlou, will accept this business from you, Immortal!"
Su Luo then smiled with satisfaction.
This is great! The boss makes money, Chunhe's family has more income, and she gets to drink alcohol—a win-win-win situation!
While Chunhe was happy, she didn't forget to remind the restaurant owner, "By the way, boss! For the next period of time, remember to keep a quarter of the Spring Breeze Wine produced to send to Sister Su. Just deduct the money from my share!"
"It's natural!"
Chunhe turned to Su Luo and winked, smiling sweetly, "Sister Su, with me here, you can drink as much as you want in Springtime Drunkenness!"
Su Luo was surprised that the little girl still remembered to save some Spring Wine for her, and a warm feeling welled up in her heart.
"Um……"
Then Chunhe turned her head and secretly clenched her fist in a victory gesture, "Great! This way, sister can stay a little longer..."
Su Luo, with her keen senses, naturally heard her words and instinctively thought she had misheard: "What...did you just say?"
"Huh? There's nothing there?" Chunhe turned her head and blinked innocently at her. "Sister, did you hear me wrong?"
Su Luo: "..."
Forget it, let's just pretend she didn't hear anything.
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