Chapter 451: The Founding of Ancient Charm
Chapter 451: The Establishment of Ancient Charm
Mengyu, sensing everything around her in the space, couldn’t help but laugh and chose not to bother with it.
At this moment, Wu Jiangsheng and Shen Qi had already cleaned the pig, while Zhang Shuiyu and Xiao Hua had made fire, cutting meat off the pig’s body to roast.
However, before they could enjoy the meat, another wild animal appeared.
This time, it was a pack of jackals.
Wu Jiangshan exclaimed, "Are you kidding me?"
Then he suddenly realized something: "Master, you did this on purpose, right?"
Mengyu gave him a roll of her eyes: "You just figured that out? Remember in the future, after killing something in one place, if you want to be safe, leave quickly instead of staying there leisurely roasting and eating meat."
Indeed, Mengyu did it on purpose. Roasting meat in these deep mountains and letting the blood flow during the pig slaughter were meant to signal the inhabitants of the mountains: there’s delicious food here!
And so, for the entire day, Mengyu led her group of fellow students and apprentices through the mountains, constantly luring wild beasts and continuously fighting.
Completely exhausted, she used the Five Elements Fan to set up an Array that stopped the bloody scent from spreading and prevented the wild beasts from entering.
By afternoon, the drained classmates finally left the mountains.
At the village entrance, Ah Xin had already collected more than three hundred pottery jars. Further, she had made arrangements with more than a dozen households to collect old items from their homes.
Of course, when discussing real antiques with those people, it was done in secret. As for the price, she didn’t dare to decide on her own and was waiting for Mengyu to confirm it.
Therefore, when Mengyu came down the mountain, she saw an eager Ah Xin chatting with an old man, who was holding a blue cloth bundle.
At a glance, she saw the contents inside the blue cloth bundle and rejoiced: this time the harvest was good.
Of course, she also gave those villagers a satisfying price.
Seeing Mengyu collecting so many things, Shen Qi and the others were curious. Wu Jiangsheng directly asked, "Big sis, are you going into business?"
Mengyu nodded: "Do you guys want to chip in?"
Wu Jiangsheng quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, yes." He didn’t care about the profit; since big sis was doing business and had come to him, he naturally wanted to join.
"Count me in," said Shen Qi.
Zhang Shuiyu quickly joined in: "I want to participate too, count me in."
Shen Qi and Wu Jiangshan both had some money, but not much to offer, both contributing five thousand yuan each. Shuiyu had even less, only one thousand.
"Xiao Hua, aren’t you joining?" Shuiyu asked.
"I’ll pass, I have no money."
Xiao Hua truly had no money, and she had recognized Mengyu as her master, feeling different from them. So, she did not join.
Initially, Shuiyu did not have a good impression of Xiao Hua, who used to follow behind Huaiyu. However, after spending time together, she found Xiao Hua to have a straightforward personality and to be a good person, and since Mengyu had brought her along, she had accepted her.
At that moment, seeing everyone investing except for Xiao Hua, she felt somewhat regretful.
Mengyu noticed everyone’s expressions and said: "Xiao Hua, I’ll lend you one thousand yuan; you join in too."
Xiao Hua was overjoyed: "Can I really join?"
Mengyu nodded: "Of course, you can."
Although she had recognized a master, she did not see Xiao Hua as a servant lacking personal freedom and property rights like in feudal society, but merely as a subordinate.
Thus, under the big camphor tree in the small mountain village, an antique company named Ancient Charm was established.