Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

"No need, I'll make some pills to sell later."

"Even a house in this location costs 600,000 yuan a month to rent, not to mention a store. There are not many restaurants in the Black Horn Region, but there are pills everywhere. Who do you want to sell them to? Unless you can refine pills that cannot be bought in ordinary stores."

"I can make the Three-Striped Green Spirit Pill"

"Okay! Take it!"

Before Xiao Yan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Little Medical Fairy, who shoved the gold coin card into his hand.

"I got this money just by chatting with others. It's not a pity to throw it away. I feel uneasy if I keep it myself. Just use it." Xiao Yixian saw that Xiao Yan wanted to say something else, so she continued, "How many pills did you help me refine on the way to Black Horn Region? How many times did you help me when I was practicing? You never asked me for money for these."

"I don't want to be someone who only knows how to take but not how to give. These three million gold coins are what you deserve. Just accept them with peace of mind."

Xiao Yan was unable to refute a single word after hearing Xiao Yixian's series of words. He felt helpless in his heart.

The only weirdo who has to find so many reasons to give something to someone is Xiao Yan.

However, these reasons are not entirely excuses.

So far, Xiao Yan has helped him so much that it cannot be measured by money.

The fact that she, Xiao Yixian, is still alive and well and can still reason with Xiao Yan here is all because of Xiao Yan's life.

However, during this period, Xiao Yan never asked for any reward.

Just as Xiao Yixian said, these three million gold coins were won by Xiao Yan, and he even gave him less.

Xiao Yan stared at the gold coin card in his hand for a long time, and then said seriously.

"I understand. I'll take the money first, and I'll definitely pay you back later."

Xiao Yan’s words made Xiao Yixian’s mouth twitch.

To be honest, to describe a person like Xiao Yan as "ungrateful" is an understatement. He is just a pure stubborn person.

My attitude clearly shows that I am just giving you these three million gold coins, and you are still thinking of paying them back?

The Little Medical Fairy breathed a sigh of relief and comforted herself in her heart.

Never mind, that's just his personality, how could I not know that? At worst, I can just refuse the money when he pays me back.

Xiao Yan put away the gold coin card and turned to look at Yunying.

"Brother Yun, if you don't mind staying here for a night? We have a room and a bed. Let's discuss the details today, and we'll go to the auction house to look at the shops tomorrow."

"Young Master Xiao has spoken, and we should agree."

Yunying closed her folding fan and responded with a slight smile.

The next day, Xiao Yan and Yun Ying stood on the street, looking at the not-so-big street shop in front of them.

Xiao Yan's heart was bleeding.

One million and a half a month. Xiao Yan originally thought that a meal costing one or two thousand yuan might be a bit expensive even in the Black Horn Region, but now it seems to be too little. Even if a meal costs three or four thousand yuan, it may not be able to recover the cost.

Immediately, Xiao Yan shook his head slightly.

The lease has already been rented, so there is no point feeling bad about it, just do your best.

Opening the restaurant was Xiao Yan's way of testing whether his idea could succeed. All he could say was that he would try his best to succeed, and he wouldn't be too sad if he failed.

Although the cost of this experiment is a bit high

Next to Xiao Yan, the scarred man who had taken him to see the house before handed him a contract.

"Sign it if you're sure it's ok."

"Oh, please."

Xiao Yan responded, took the contract, confirmed it was correct, signed his name, paid the corresponding rent, and handed the contract back.

The scarred man put away the contract and was planning to leave immediately, but after turning around and taking two steps, he couldn't resist his curiosity and turned to ask Xiao Yan.

“What kind of store are you going to open here?”

"Tavern~"

Xiao Yan responded with a smile, causing the scarred man to suddenly freeze.

Restaurant?

You opened a restaurant in Heijiao?

This is probably because you are too full, right? ? ?

The scarred man looked at Xiao Yan in confusion. He had previously rented a house in that location, and now he had rented a shop to open a restaurant. Which big family's resentful young master wanted to start a business?

This shouldn’t be the case. This guy doesn’t look like a rich man, does he?

At this moment, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered something, turned his head and looked at the scarred man and asked.

"By the way, I want to ask if the auction house has a program for hiring guards?"

It’s not that Xiao Yan himself was afraid of being troubled after opening a restaurant. What’s more, most of the people who came to the restaurant were cultivators below the Dou Ling level, so he could handle it.

But after I leave, I have to find some people to help guard the restaurant. Otherwise, if any trouble comes, I won’t be able to handle it on my own with those kids.

The most suitable candidate for the bodyguard would be found at the auction house.

Even in the Black Horn region where the law of the jungle prevails, one cannot but value reputation. The Black Seal City Auction House is undoubtedly a place where reputation is more important than life. Destroying reputation is equivalent to cutting off one's own financial resources. They will never do anything, no matter how small, to damage their reputation.

"Hire guards?" The scarred man was stunned for a moment, then turned to face Xiao Yan, "Yes, there are some, but what level are you looking for?"

"A great fighting master is enough. How much does it usually cost per month?"

There was no need for guards at the moment, and Xiao Yan just wanted to ask about the price in advance so that he would have an idea of ​​the restaurant's operating costs.

"For a Grand Fighter, the base price is 500,000, and each additional star will add 20,000, up to a maximum of 700,000."

The scarred man truthfully quoted the price of a Grand Fighter-level bodyguard, which made Xiao Yan gasp in amazement.

A great fighting master can earn at least 500,000 yuan a month as a guard. If this happened in the Gama Empire, everyone would be scrambling to do this job.

However, considering the prices in the Black Horn Region, it is actually not too high. In addition, the auction house itself will certainly take a portion of it. It would be good if I could get 400,000 out of the 500,000 in hiring fees.

"I see. Thank you for your answer." Xiao Yan nodded and said to the scarred man, "I will come to you if I need anything in the future."

".At your service any time."

The scarred man held it in for a long time before finally saying this politely.

Then he gave Xiao Yan a strange look and turned away.

"Haha~ It seems that gentleman doesn't understand Mr. Xiao's idea of ​​opening a restaurant."

Yunying naturally noticed the strange look in the scarred man's eyes, and chuckled and teased Xiao Yan.

In response, Xiao Yan just smiled awkwardly, and then looked towards the shop in front of him again.

"Then we will start to arrange it!"

Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yixian stayed at home to take care of the children and teach them how to cook. They didn't have to learn it immediately, as long as they could cook it almost perfectly within a month.

Everything is learned by comparison. Anyway, Black Horn Region Restaurant is a scarce commodity. Even if the food is average, the taste is pretty good. It is better than the dry food you carry with you. It is enough if someone buys it.

Then Xiao Yan and Yun Ying entered the shop and started to clean up the dust. As for basic items such as tables and chairs, they were really too expensive. Xiao Yan really couldn't allow himself to be so wasteful, so he simply bought some wood and planned to work overtime in the next two days to make the tables and chairs.

After all, it is a restaurant in the Black Horn region, so there is no need to have such high requirements for the decoration and facilities, as long as they are sufficient.

It was Yunying's initiative to ask to help tidy up the store. According to Yunying, she was very free these two days and wanted to see what the restaurant opened by Xiao Yan in the Black Horn Region looked like.

If those strong men from the same period as Yunying saw Yunying cleaning such a small shop herself, they would probably be so shocked that their eyes would fall out.

Dozens of minutes later, the dust in the shop was almost cleared, and Xiao Yan also roughly counted the number of tables and chairs needed so that he would have an idea when he went back to make them.

"That's all for today." Xiao Yan looked at the shop which was much cleaner now, turned to Yun Ying, and said a little unkindly: "Brother Yun, thank you for your hard work to accompany me to do these trivial things."

"How can Mr. Xiao's affairs be trivial matters?" Yun Ying smiled slightly, took out a folding fan and covered half of her face. "As long as Mr. Xiao needs it, let alone just cleaning, even destroying the Black Horn Region is just a matter of a flip of our hands."

"Haha~ Brother Yun, this joke is a bit too much~"

Xiao Yan smiled softly and didn't take it seriously. He turned around and walked around the shop again to see if there was anything else he needed to prepare.

Looking at Xiao Yan's busy back, Yunying narrowed her eyes slightly, with a smile in her eyes for some unknown reason.

Chapter 320 The battle ended abruptly

In the south of Heiyin City, in the afternoon, there was still no sunlight outside the house that Xiao Yan rented as usual. Xiao Yan was sitting outside the house with a few children, busying himself with things.

Almost a week had passed since they rented the house, and this was the first time Xiao Yan felt that not being able to get sunlight was not a bad thing. At least they didn't have to work under the scorching sun.

Next to the house, there was a pile of wood. Xiao Yan would occasionally take wood from the pile to assemble the tables, chairs and benches that would be used in the restaurant. Now most of the production progress had been completed. At this rate, it should be all done by tomorrow afternoon.

Sure enough, compared to buying finished products directly, buying wood and making it yourself is much cheaper. Xiao Yan was really glad that he did not waste that money.

"Brother Xiao Yan, here you go."

Liu Yiyi obediently handed a polished wooden chair leg to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan took it with a smile.

"Yiyi, thank you~"

"hey-hey."

Liu Yiyi smiled slightly, and seeing her somewhat timid smile, Xiao Yan couldn't help but think of Xun'er when she was a child.

Xun'er was like this when she first came to the Xiao family as a child. You could tell that she was trying hard to make herself strong, but she could not hide the cowardice in her heart.

At that time, Xiao Yan was at the age of being perverse and rebellious. Every time he took Xiao Ning and other members of the Xiao family out to play, he would bring Xun'er with him, regardless of whether she was willing or not.

Gradually, Xun'er became familiar with the younger generations of the Xiao family, and more and more smiles from the heart appeared on her face.

This was most obvious when Xiao Yan led everyone to the back mountain on the pretext of treasure hunting, but accidentally dug up the hot spring.

At that time, Xun'er was like the other children of the Xiao family. Her beautiful black hair was covered with dust, and her fair and tender face was covered with mud, but her eyes were full of colorful brilliance, as if she wanted to remember the scene before her forever in her heart.

Speaking of which, what is Xun'er doing now?

There are also Mei'er and Sister Xiao Yu, Cousin Xiao Ning and others.

It’s been almost a year since I last saw them. I wonder how they are doing in college?

As Xiao Yan thought this, his hands did not stop moving, but his thoughts drifted far away.

boom! ! !

Suddenly! A loud explosion came from the house, instantly pulling Xiao Yan back from his thoughts, and the children were also frightened and trembled.

However, Xiao Yan was not panicked at all. His face showed only deep helplessness. He slowly turned his head and looked at the house where black smoke was already coming out of the windows and door cracks.

Here we go again

Immediately, Wen Xing's uncontrollable roar was heard.

"How did you manage to blow up the stove while cooking?!!!"

Not long after Wen Xing finished speaking, Feng Qing'er's somewhat unconfident voice was heard.

"It's because the stove is so difficult to use! My steps were perfectly fine, it's not my fault!"

Amidst the quarreling and cursing, Xiao Yixian waved her hand to disperse the black smoke and walked out of the house coughing. Her fair face was now covered with black smoke and dust, and her helpless eyes were mixed with a hint of despair.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yan was silent for a long time and asked lightly.

"Failed again?"

"Ah," Xiao Yixian raised her hand to cover half of her face, her tone full of incomprehension, "There was obviously nothing wrong with her cooking steps, I really can't understand why the stove exploded."

Obviously, judging from Xiao Yan and Xiao Yixian's attitudes, this is not the first time.

The day before yesterday, after Xiao Yan cleaned up the restaurant, Yun Ying left temporarily on the pretext of having something to do. Xiao Yan went to the auction house and bought a lot of wood. In the past two days, he and the children started making the tables, chairs and benches needed for the restaurant.

However, not all children followed Xiao Yan to make tables, chairs and benches. Xiao Yan opened a restaurant in the hope that the children would be able to survive in the Black Horn Region without him, so one of the children had to learn how to cook.

So, Xiao Yan selected Wen Xing, the oldest among these children, and Lu Qiong, who volunteered, as the future little chefs. They have been learning how to cook from Little Medical Fairy in the past two days.

In fact, there was no big problem. Wen Xing and Lu Qiong studied very hard and were able to cook the most basic dishes after just one day of learning. Although the taste was not very good, there was no big problem in selling them in a place like the Black Horn Region.

But the problem was that Feng Qing'er seemed to have developed a strong interest in cooking because of her failure in cooking that day, and she insisted on learning how to cook. Little Medical Fairy didn't think much about it and agreed without thinking.

The result was that in just two days, Feng Qing'er exploded the kitchen five times, and this was the sixth time.

In the middle, he finally managed to make a dish after surviving in the kitchen, but Xiao Yan really couldn't recall the taste.

I can only say that although it tastes bad, at least it’s not as deadly as the food my sister cooks.

At first, Wen Xing was still enduring it in his heart, because he had stolen Feng Qing'er's storage ring before, and Wen Xing had always felt guilty towards Feng Qing'er. Therefore, he kept reminding himself to be tolerant of things that he could.