After dinner tonight, everyone didn't go out for a walk, but stayed in the shop to play mahjong.
The main focus was pre-exam review.
Xia Zhi sat at the table, drinking tea and browsing the [Shop], looking at the ridiculously expensive Supreme items, and saving the items he was interested in.
Although he was poor now, one must always have dreams.
"Boss, why aren't you registering for the tournament?"
"Isn't this to give you guys a chance?"
"!"
"Cousin is, after all, the creator of mahjong and one of the organizers of this tournament. If he participated, he would be laughed at if he lost, and people would suspect there was something shady going on if he won. So it's best for him not to participate in this tournament."
"Oh! I see!"
"Cousin, am I right?"
"Yes, you're right. It's almost time, go take a shower. I'll give you a massage later."
"Why the rush?"
"There should be quite a few people wanting massages tonight."
"Yes! Boss, I want a fat-reducing massage tonight!"
"Okay."
"I want an 800 Mora one too!"
"Chi Yu, with [Essential Oil] it's 1000 Mora."
"Then I want the 1000 Mora one!"
"Are you all getting massages? Then I'll go take a shower first."
"Go, go."
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata closed the book in her hand and placed it on the table, got up, and left.
"Boss, now that we have more people in the shop, we have to boil two more pots of water for showers every day."
"There are also more customers, so we have to boil more water for making juice the next day. It wastes a lot of firewood."
"Do we have enough firewood?"
"We just bought a cartload a few days ago, and half of it has already been used today."
"It's also quite troublesome to boil so much water every day. Ying'er even burned her hand today. It seems we need to find a more convenient method."
"Does the boss have any good ideas?"
"I do."
"What is it?"
"A stone."
"Huh? A stone?"
"You'll see later. I just forgot where I put it, so I have to go back to my room to look for it."
"Boss, your eyes can't see, so it's inconvenient for you to find things, right? Do you want us to help you find it?"
"No need, you guys continue playing mahjong. Shenhe isn't playing, so let Shenhe come with me to help."
"Okay."
So, Xia Zhi and Shenhe went upstairs together.
Everyone else continued to play mahjong.
After a while, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata finished showering.
She came in her pajamas to find Xia Zhi to give her a massage, but she didn't see him.
"Where's Cousin?"
"He and Shenhe went upstairs to look for something."
"Looking for something? What are they looking for?"
"The boss said it was a stone."
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was stunned for a moment, turned to look upstairs, and her expression couldn't help but become a little strange.
"How long have they been up there?"
"Several minutes. They're probably still looking for it."
"..."
You two really know how to have fun.
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was silent, sat down, and picked up the book on the table to continue reading.
After another ten minutes or so, Xia Zhi and Shenhe came down from upstairs.
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata raised her head and saw that Xia Zhi was holding a few black stones.
As for Shenhe, it was dark at night, and the light was not good. It was only reasonable that her clothes were messy, her forehead was sweaty, and her face was red because she was helping him find things in the room.
"Boss, is this the stone you were talking about?"
"Yes, I found these in the mountains before."
Hearing this, Qiqi couldn't help but reach out and touch the round bead she was wearing.
This strange round bead that could make the surrounding environment cooler was a gift from the boss. According to the boss, he also found it before.
The boss always seems to find good things...
"Boss, what's it for?"
"It continuously releases heat. Put it in the stove, and you won't need to burn firewood anymore."
"Amazing!"
"Such a good thing, why did you only take it out now, Boss?"
"Actually, it's not as good as you think. It can only continuously release heat for three days. After that time, it will become like an ordinary stone. See, it's cold now. It needs to be placed outside to bask in the sun for half a day to recover."
"That's still very impressive!"
"There are three stones here. I'm going to allocate them properly. One will be placed in the stove in our kitchen, specifically for cooking. One will be placed in the kitchen next door, specifically for boiling water to drink. The remaining one will be used specifically for boiling bath water. We can also renovate the bathroom."
"Huh? Renovate the bathroom?"
"The current bathroom feels a bit small. We can connect the empty space next door and build a large hot spring bath. What do you think?"
"Great!"
"Several people can bathe together!"
"It's most comfortable to soak in a hot spring when the weather is cold!"
"We still need to find Mr. Zhongli to help with the bathroom renovation. When Saturday comes, we'll invite Mr. Zhongli over for a meal. Miss Chi Yu, you can tell him."
"Leave it to me, Boss!"
"I'll also leave these stones to you to keep. Remember to take them out to bask in the sun tomorrow."
"Okay!"
"Cousin, come on, I'll give you a massage."
"Okay."
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata put down the book in her hand and walked into the back room with him.
Lying on the small bed, she looked at Xia Zhi who was lighting incense, and asked quietly.
"Cousin, was it fun upstairs?"
"Children shouldn't ask about adult things."
"In terms of age, in front of me, you should be the child."
"Tsk, keep your voice down, or the police, no, the Millelith will come and arrest you."
"Don't change the subject. Was it fun?"
"Why are you asking about this?"
"I'm curious."
"What's there to be curious about?"
"Because it's new knowledge that I haven't encountered before."
Oh, I forgot she's a forever-alone.
To some extent, this knowledge is also "Forbidden Knowledge" for a girl who is still physically pure, right?
"It was quite comfortable."
"How comfortable?"
"For example, it should be about the same feeling as when I give you a massage."
"I see."
Xia Zhi took out the bottle, poured out the [Essential Oil], and began to massage her.
"How is your power recovery going?"
"Mmm~ Not bad. It's much faster than when I used to recover with the power of faith."
"That's good."
"Haven't you noticed?"
"Noticed what?"
"I've grown a little taller these past two days."
"Have you?"
"Although it's only a little bit, I have indeed grown taller."
"But I don't feel any change in the massage."
"Keep your voice down, or the Millelith will come and arrest you."
"Hah, I have such a good relationship with Miss Ningguang, going to jail is like going home."
"Speaking of Ningguang, she's been asking me questions about economics these past two days. I quite admire her."
"I only taught her the basics, but you taught her everything. Aren't you afraid she'll do something big?"
"That would be fun."
"I guess so."
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