After all, Zhou Jianli was a woman who had never been out of the house. If Du Feng really wanted to harm people, she would be courting death by causing such a ruckus.
"Are you done? If you are, let Old Chen talk to you."
Of course, Du Feng wouldn't really make a move. While Zhou Jianli was causing a ruckus, he set up a few simple arrays to isolate the room from the outside world. He then took out a voice transmission talisman.
"You can contact Old Chen?"
Actually, Zhou Jianli had married Chen Lei, who was much older than her, because her family was too poor. She was afraid that her brother would starve to death. But after spending a long time together, she slowly developed a sense of reliance. Now that she heard that she could contact Old Chen, she stopped crying.
For safety reasons, Chen Lei's voice transmission talisman only kept in contact with Du Feng, and it was a one-way communication. Even if Du Feng felt safe, he could call him, but he wouldn't call anyone in Season City to prevent being tracked.
"Remember not to say too much, the City Lord Manor is looking for him."
After Du Feng said that, he didn't care about Zhou Jianli anymore. Actually, he and Chen Lei had already come up with an excuse. They would say that he offended the city guards and killed their people, which was why he escaped. As for the demonic cultivator, they couldn't mention it at all.
Zhou Jianli was just a woman. If she found out that Chen Lei was a demonic cultivator, and a possessed one at that, she would be scared to death.
"I got it, be careful when you are alone."
After Zhou Jianli heard that, she really believed that excuse. In fact, this was not the first time that the city guards had framed others. For someone like Chen Lei, who hunted a lot of prey every time, it was easy for him to be targeted.
"Sorry, I misunderstood you."
Knowing that Chen Lei wasn't dead, Zhou Jianli felt more at ease. Moreover, Chen Lei had asked Du Feng to bring back many things for their family. Since the misunderstanding was cleared, Du Feng took out some wild rabbit meat and demon cores. He also gave Zhou Jianli some immortal stones.
The immortal stones weren't left by Chen Lei, but by Du Feng. Because Chen Lei was on the run, he needed immortal stones. Moreover, he didn't have much money. The only pity was that all the Contribution Points that he had earned previously would all be wasted once he escaped.
"Be careful. Old Xue's people may come to find trouble in the future."
According to Du Feng's understanding of the city guards, they would not give up so easily. Since they couldn't catch Old Chen, they had to deal with Old Chen's family. The two people Old Chen was closest to in Season City were his wife, Zhou Jianli, and his brother-in-law, Zhou Jianqiang.
"Who's in charge here? Come out!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting outside. Du Feng went out with everyone to take a look. Sure enough, a city guard had arrived. This person was one of Old Xue's brothers.
"What's the matter, big brother?"
When Zhou Jianli saw that it was a city guard, she didn't dare to be negligent and went up to negotiate.
"It's time for your tea stall to pay taxes. Hurry up and hand over fifty immortal stones."
That city guard demanded an exorbitant price, directly asking for fifty immortal stones. Du Feng and Su Susu's yearly rent was only thirty Immortal Stones.
"Didn't our tea stall pay taxes this year? Why are we still paying taxes?"
Even if Zhou Jianli was honest, she couldn't pay taxes twice. Besides, it was just a small tea stall, there was no need to pay such high taxes.
"Cut the crap. Now that your tea stall has changed to a restaurant, you have to pay more taxes."
The city guard was quite thorough with his inquiries. He even knew that Chen Lei's tea stall was going to be a restaurant. But he had only treated his neighbors to a meal for a test run. He hadn't officially opened for business yet, which meant that he hadn't made any money yet.
"My friend, you've misunderstood. This place has already decided to close down. If even the tea stall is closed, how can there be a restaurant?"
After saying that, Du Feng took the initiative to take down the signboard and put away the chairs and stools. He had already guessed that it must have been some blabbermouthed neighbor who had leaked the news. If he continued to operate, he wouldn't be able to make enough money to pay taxes.
Seeing that Du Feng had taken down the signboard, Zhou Jianli was a little unhappy. But on second thought, it wasn't a good idea for the city guard to come looking for trouble in the future, so she agreed with him.
"I'm quitting. Don't regret it."
Seeing that he couldn't get any money, the city guard had no choice but to leave in a huff. He had left, but Zhou Jianli was troubled.
If she didn't run the tea stall, how would she make a living in the future? If Old Chen ran away just like that, she didn't know if he could come back in the future. Who would support her family?
"Don't be sad. Let Xiao Qiangqiang learn some skills from me. He doesn't have to go out to hunt."
Du Feng understood what a housewife was thinking. It was nothing more than simple things like rice, oil, salt, ginger, vinegar, and tea. If he suddenly gave a huge sum of money, Zhou Jianli would definitely not be able to accept it. She might even think that he had some ulterior motives. So he might as well let Zhou Jianqiang learn some skills from him.
The little boy was quite smart. He could learn alchemy, forging, and making array disks. Originally, Du Feng didn't lack money this time. He didn't want to do business in Season City because it would be too troublesome. But he had to have a reason to be so generous. Feeling helpless, he decided to buy a place to make a living so that Zhou Jianli, Zhou Jianqiang, and Su Susu wouldn't be idle.
People would feel insecure when they had nothing to do. Du Feng thought about it. He didn't know anyone else in Season City, so he could only thicken his skin and look for the old man in the bookstore again. Since the old man could run a bookstore in Season City, he should have experience in renting shops and so on.
Moreover, the regular shops on this side of the street couldn't be managed by ordinary city guards. The tax would be paid directly to the City Lord's Residence. Contribution points could be earned based on the amount of tax paid.
"Come, come, come. Come in."
Du Feng had just walked to the door when the old man actually came out to greet him, making him feel very awkward. He thought to himself, 'What's going on? Is he going to introduce some products to me?' Most of the time, when a shop was generous the first time, it was to make you buy something more expensive the next time.
The old man might have seen that Du Feng was rich, so he was so generous the last time. This time, he was going to rip him off. So be it. After all, the last time was a special situation, and Du Feng didn't lack money. But when he heard the next part of the sentence, he was completely dumbfounded.
"Season City is going to change. I have to leave quickly. I'll leave this place to you."
What, what's going on? Du Feng thought he heard wrongly. Why did he say leave it to him? When the old man handed over the deed of the house to him, Du Feng finally reacted. After all this time, the old man's shop wasn't rented, but bought. Now, even the house and the goods were going to be given to him.
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