Chapter 1726 - 1549: Interdimensional Entertainment Tycoon 9

The reason this female manager offers such favorable terms to attract Jian Shuangshuang is naturally not out of the goodness of her heart; people who run restaurants aren’t foolish. Providing a venue and even paying money also has its own purpose.

The restaurants on Flower Street are different from other places. People come here not just to eat; they come to rest, kill time, seek entertainment, and have gatherings with friends. Those who come just for the food typically don’t come here—it’s simply too expensive to be worthwhile.

At this place, the restaurants naturally have many forms of entertainment, and storytellers and theater performers can provide leisure while also attracting a lot of customers to the restaurant.

When customers enter the restaurant, they can’t just sit idly. At the very least, a pot of tea and a couple of plates of snacks and nuts are necessary.

With more customers, more money is spent on food and drinks. If it happens to be mealtime or if they’re hungry, they might order food, and thus, the restaurant can make a profit.

Of course, there are also those who are not skilled. These people are generally not accepted in the restaurant. If they are, not only does the restaurant not pay them, but they also have to split any tips earned because they take up space in the restaurant.

So storytellers like Jian Shuangshuang, who can gather a crowd, are very rare and highly sought after. When one happens to appear at her doorstep, the female manager naturally cannot let them slip by.

This is precisely why Jian Shuangshuang chose to tell stories at the entrance of this restaurant. The entrance is not a place for storytelling; Jian Shuangshuang was confident she could attract the manager’s attention by performing there.

She had already done her homework in advance, knowing that this female manager checks the ledger at the counter near the entrance every morning and particularly enjoys listening to storytelling.

If she weren’t confident in piquing the female manager’s interest, Jian Shuangshuang definitely wouldn’t tell stories here because she would be chased away.

Jian Shuangshuang never overemphasizes things or gets pretentious. Once her goal is achieved, she promptly agreed to the female manager’s offer to tell stories in the restaurant.

The female manager hadn’t expected Jian Shuangshuang to agree immediately, and she happily asked the staff to help pack Jian Shuangshuang’s belongings and store them in the restaurant.

She warmly invited Jian Shuangshuang to have a meal in the restaurant before leaving, as it was already noon. Jian Shuangshuang couldn’t decline and agreed.

While eating, Jian Shuangshuang learned the female manager’s name: Zhen Shu. Zhen Shu is a very capable woman, born into an ordinary family with not-so-good qualifications, yet she persistently cultivated and became a Xuan Master.

After becoming a Xuan Master, benefits followed. For instance, the restaurant she opened pays much less in taxes compared to ordinary people, and no one comes to cause trouble; the former is bearable, but the latter is most crucial.

Jian Shuangshuang and Zhen Shu found their views quite compatible, and the meal turned into a joyful conversation, lasting for most of an hour before they parted ways.

Then, taking the money she earned today, Jian Shuangshuang left Flower Street. This time she didn’t sneak around; she headed straight for the town’s largest meat store to buy some meat.

This time, Jian Shuangshuang planned to buy Mutant Beast Meat. In this world, animals are divided into a few types: ordinary animals, mutated beasts, and spirit beasts.

Ordinary animals are the most common. Mutated beasts are those about to evolve into spirit beasts. Their meat contains some energy, tastes better, and is beneficial to the body.

Spirit Beast Meat is the best; even ordinary First Rank Spirit Beast Meat contains ample Spiritual Energy, and consuming it can aid in cultivation.

However, Spirit Beast Meat isn’t something ordinary people can eat casually. Without the corresponding cultivation level, eating too much would cause the body to burst from Spiritual Energy.

Jian Shuangshuang didn’t plan to buy Spirit Beast Meat; she intended to purchase some Mutated Beast Meat, which ordinary people can consume to strengthen their bodies.

Lately, Feng Ying and Du Ying haven’t been in good health. Previously, when Du Ying’s father was still alive, he suffered from a serious illness. To treat him, all the family’s money was exhausted, yet they couldn’t save him.

After Du Ying’s father passed away, the family was left with nothing, not even a grain of rice. Fortunately, at that time, the government was recruiting people to repair the city walls. Although the work was tough, the pay was good, and Feng Ying and Du Ying took the job without hesitation.

However, although the government paid well, they didn’t provide food, and the two of them were reluctant to eat much. The heavy work made it hard to keep up the eating, and after merely three months, both Feng Ying and Du Ying’s health suffered.

When they were younger, it wasn’t much of a problem, but in the last two years, it’s caught up with them. They’ve become weak, and can’t muster strength for work. If it weren’t for Jian Shuangshuang providing them with meat every day for the past half year, they would have long fallen ill.

In fact, in the previous life, this couple, along with Du Xinning and Du Xinyu, died early—they were killed, yet at that time, Jian Shuangshuang was being indoctrinated by the Zhongli Family and was unaware of this.

Back then, Jian Shuangshuang gave the Du Family a full one hundred Gold Coins. She believed that with that money, the Du Family’s life would surely be good.

However, when Jian Shuangshuang gave the money, the Zhongli Family widely publicized it. They hoped that people with good qualifications would hear the news and willingly join the Zhongli Family.

After all, the one thousand Gold Coins offered by the Zhongli Family were much more generous than the court’s offer, yet they didn’t mention that the truly valuable cultivation resources wouldn’t be provided later.

For cultivators, Gold Coins are actually the least important thing. Unfortunately, ordinary families don’t understand this, and there are indeed people who send their children there for money.

Due to the Zhongli Family’s publicity, everyone knew the Du Family had one hundred Gold Coins. As a result, some malicious people attacked the Du Family at night, killed them all, and stole the Gold Coins.

By the time Jian Shuangshuang finished her indoctrination and could freely act at ease with the Zhongli Family’s trust, weeds had grown tall over the Du Family’s graves.

Although Jian Shuangshuang avenged the Du Family’s murder, the kindest people to her in this world were ultimately gone.

In this life, Jian Shuangshuang doesn’t plan to let those who harmed the Du Family get away. However, there’s no rush for this; those people haven’t come to Wujia Town yet. When they do, Jian Shuangshuang will naturally settle the score.

Currently, the urgent task is to get some Mutant Beast Meat to improve health. Eating Mutant Beast Meat daily can improve health and is just what Feng Ying and Du Ying need now.

Mutated beasts reside in places ordinary people cannot go, so Mutant Beast Meat is not commonly available. Jian Shuangshuang was just going there to try her luck.

As for the better Spirit Beast Meat, it’s impossible to buy in such a small place like Wujia Town, and Jian Shuangshuang doesn’t plan to buy it anyway, as only she can consume it.

Originally, Jian Shuangshuang intended to try her luck today with Mutant Beast Meat to see if she could buy some. But, unexpectedly, when she arrived, luck was indeed on her side—the meat stall had just acquired a Mutant Beast, a Blizzard Pig.

This Blizzard Pig is immense, weighing three to four thousand pounds, eating both plant and meat, fierce in temperament, and extremely hard to catch—such mutant beasts are not common.

When Jian Shuangshuang arrived, the meat stall owner was preparing to carve the Blizzard Pig, intending to make most of it into smoked meat.