Chapter 197 Perseverance
Pan Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and she hung the remaining few pieces of clothes that were still intact on the rope to dry.

Then she wrote something in large letters and put it on the rope, explaining that the clothes on the rope that were not hung out to dry had been damaged by her washing, and she had asked someone to do it, and that they would be returned the day after tomorrow at the latest.

She felt that she had dealt with the follow-up issues and returned to Fengqiyuan happily.

She had no idea that the sales of her talismans had become so popular in Shanxia, ​​and that Manager Zhang was so busy because of this.

Every September is a grand event in Longhu Mountain.

Not only because there is a ceremony of ordination this month, but also because there is a Double Ninth Festival ceremony this month.

Days like this provide a good opportunity for fellow Taoists to exchange techniques and cultivation experiences.

In addition, everyone will also exchange magical instruments, talismans, etc.

Shenxianlou has always been engaged in high-end business.

Shenxianlou has no shortage of good magical instruments and talismans. The products are good and the prices are reasonable, so nearly half of their sales in a year are made in September.

But this year is very strange. After the grand ceremony, the number of people coming to buy high-quality talismans is about 60% less than in previous years.

They couldn't sell all the high-quality talismans they had prepared, and the medium-quality talismans were even worse. People who came to ask about the price would leave. However, the number of people buying low-quality talismans did not change much.

Manager Zhang of Shenxianlou found it very strange, so he went out to inquire in person. Only then did he find out that Pan Yun was having a big sale in front of Tianshi Mansion the day before.

"I know she's selling talismans, but are they top-quality ones?"

"It's a top-grade talisman, and it's said to have been drawn by Master Xuanmiao."

Shopkeeper Zhang: "This is impossible. How could Zhang Li draw so many talismans?"

It's not that she is incapable, but that she is not that kind of person.

"But we have carefully examined it and it is indeed a top-quality talisman. She also guaranteed that it is top-quality. After all, she is a direct disciple of Sanqing Mountain and she guarantees the reputation of the mountain sect. Everyone still believes her."

Shopkeeper Zhang asked for a few talismans to look at and found that they were indeed top-quality talismans, and the strokes were very familiar to the ones that Pan Yun had sold to them.

Shopkeeper Zhang frowned and pondered, "Zhang Li... actually listened to Sanqing Mountain's words like this? Back then, Shenxianlou made an appointment with her for talismans, but it was very difficult to make an appointment. Now, she sells so many at once... Where is her pride and reserve?"

"Maybe she has no money," the Taoist said, "A penny can make a hero fall. No matter how arrogant she is, things are different now. She needs money to heal herself, to practice, and Pan Yun and the others also need money to practice."

"Hasn't it always been the case that the big ones lead the small ones, and the small ones lead the smaller ones at Sanqing Mountain? Xuanmiao has received such a great favor from Sanqing Mountain, and now is the time for him to give back to Sanqing Mountain."

Shopkeeper Zhang felt disgusted when he heard this and said coldly, "Don't forget, she practiced in Longhu Mountain before she was sixteen. The Zhang family took great care of her. Why didn't she give back?"

The Taoist priest smiled and did not answer. This was a matter between them and he would not interfere.

He took back his talisman and put it away, deciding to just mind his own business.

Shopkeeper Zhang glanced at the talismans he had put away, and after a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Have you bought enough top-quality talismans? If not, I can leave a few good ones for you."

Taoist Priest: "Twenty taels per piece?"

Shopkeeper Zhang's face darkened, and he said helplessly: "The top-grade talismans of Shenxianlou have always been between thirty and fifty taels. You know, the products of Shenxianlou will not have any problems with quality."

"Pan Yun also sells top-quality talismans, and we also believe in the quality of Sanqing Mountain."

Shopkeeper Zhang was silent for a moment, but still sold him a few talismans that Pan Yun didn't have at a loss of twenty taels, as a return gift for his honesty this time.

Since most of the market share of high-quality talismans was taken away by Pan Yun, Shenxianlou could only make up for the sales from other places.

So Manager Zhang called in a lot of managers to help find solutions and promote the things in Shenxian Building.

Otherwise, when we do the accounting next month, the accounts will be really ugly.

Manager Zhang was the daughter of Shopkeeper Zhang, so naturally she went down the mountain early to help her father find a solution.

By the time she returned to the mountain exhausted, it was already night and she had no time to check the laundry.

So when someone knocked on her door early in the morning, she ran to the laundry yard and saw that there were only a few pieces of clothes that Pan Yun was supposed to wash.

One of them handed a piece of paper to her and said, "Since Junior Sister Pan said she would compensate, we can trust her, but why is she handling this matter? She even wrote a note and hung it on a rope. Fortunately, we read it carefully, otherwise who would know about this?"

"How do you do things in your laundry department? No matter what happens to the clothes, it is you who should be responsible for us, right?"

Manager Zhang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, it was our negligence. I will call Pan Yun to ask him about it."

"Hmph, do you really need to ask? We have already found out where your laundry department has been since the incident yesterday until this morning, and no one came to tell us?"

"If we hadn't come to the laundry department to look for the clothes when we saw they weren't delivered, and we hadn't seen this piece of paper, would your laundry department still not know what happened?"

"As the manager of the laundry department, you don't even know what happened in the laundry department. How do you manage it?"

Manager Zhang blushed and quickly admitted her mistake. After sending everyone away, she gritted her teeth and said, "Pan Yun!"

As soon as the get out of class was over, Pan Yun came to the laundry department on time to get today's tasks.

As soon as she entered the door, she met the angry gaze of Manager Zhang. She knew that she must know what happened yesterday, so he smiled at her.

Manager Zhang asked expressionlessly, "What are you laughing at? Do you think it's funny to ruin your clothes?"

Pan Yun: "No, no, no, the manager misunderstood. I was just smiling to please you."

"Humph, you Pan Yun actually know how to please people?" Manager Zhang asked angrily, "Why didn't you report yesterday that the clothes were ruined?"

"I was going to report it, but you were not here yesterday," Pan Yun said, "I came to see you before dark in the evening, but you were not here either. Manager Zhang, when did you come back?"

Manager Zhang glared at her fiercely, ignored the matter, and asked, "How did you wash so many clothes that you ruined them? Did you do it on purpose?"

Pan Yun shook her head repeatedly, "How could I have done it on purpose, Manager Zhang, you know how much I love money. I have to pay for the damaged clothes. You don't know how much money I have lost this time. I am so sad."

Manager Zhang lowered her eyes and thought about it. It was true. She knew how stingy Pan Yun was. If it were any other student who was punished for one and a half months, they would have secretly asked someone to help with the laundry. But she didn't.

She didn't believe that she was sincerely accepting the punishment. Judging from her words and actions, she was just unwilling to spend the money.

but……

"The robes we wear are so strong. I'm just curious, how did you ruin them by washing them?"

"Just rub and rub, and slap it a few more times, and it breaks."

"You must be kidding me. It's understandable if one or two pieces are damaged, but since the front piece is damaged, didn't you know to save some effort when washing the back piece? It's obvious that you put them together and mixed them together, and now they're all damaged at once. Tell me, did you use magic to wash clothes again?"

Pan Yun lowered his head and said nothing.

Manager Zhang gritted his teeth and said, "You really have too much energy to use. From today on, you will be punished to wash three buckets of clothes every day. If you damage the clothes, the punishment will be doubled!"

Pan Yun immediately protested, "There has to be a limit. It's impossible for a piece of clothing to never get damaged. What if their clothes are old and rotten and get damaged just by rubbing them?"

"That's impossible. The robes we wear in our academy are very sturdy!"

"No matter how strong it is, it can't withstand long-term wear. There are so many single brothers and sisters. They wear a Taoist robe for ten or eight years. No matter how strong it is, the threads will become loose and rotten. Won't it break if it is rubbed or hit?" Even if they were very strong, they couldn't be damaged by her washing machine. It must be because they were not strong enough.

Manager Zhang was silent for a moment, then gave in and said, "No more than two pieces of damaged clothing can be damaged at a time, otherwise, the punishment will be doubled!"

Only then did Pan Yun agree.

She picked up two wooden barrels and held another one in her hand. Pan Xiaohei jumped nimbly onto her shoulders.

Pan Yun glanced at it and said, "I'm already so tired, and you're still standing on me. Can you have a little freedom and pride like a cat?"

Pan Xiaohei: "You are taking your anger out on me. I have been standing up to you for a long time."

Pan Yun snorted and carried all the dirty clothes to the water's edge. Miao Zhen and Miao He immediately came over and asked, "Master Junior, have you been scolded?"

"Is this bucket a penalty?"

Without waiting for Pan Yun to answer, the two nodded and commented, "Not bad, it's just an extra bucket of dirty clothes as a fine."

Pan Yun: "Yes, one more bucket every day!"

Miao Zhen Miao He looked at her with pity in his eyes, "Little Master, why don't we be honest and use magic to wash it. There are three of us together, and it's only three buckets. It will be done in two quarters of an hour."

Pan Yun: "Do the experiment. It's normal to fail occasionally. If you don't try now, when my penalty is over, there won't be so many dirty clothes to experiment with."

Miaohe glared: "Come again today?"

Pan Yun said: "I won't come today. I have a new idea. I will modify the wooden barrel tonight and try again tomorrow."

Miaozhen Miaohe breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both distressed and admiring her perseverance.

If it were them, they would have given up long ago, since they simply couldn't see the convenience of this washing machine.

They have magic that allows them to wash clothes faster and more efficiently.

This time, the changes made by Pan Yun were even bigger. She dragged the double-layer wooden barrel back to Fengqiyuan, then dismantled the four clothes beaters, took out the wooden barrel inside, and then re-painted the inner walls of the two barrels.

She felt that one wooden barrel was enough and there was no need for a double barrel.

This time, she chose to carve the formation on the inner wall of the wooden barrel, and it was a different formation.

She was wrong. She shouldn't have followed the principle of modern washing machines, making the drum move to drive the water movement.

She can keep the bucket still while the things inside it move.

In this case, what she needs is another set of formations.

There is also a gravity array, which is something she had never thought of before. But after what happened yesterday, she felt that draining water alone was not enough, and she also had to use gravity to compress the moisture in the clothes.

Moreover, the difference in gravity can also increase the force of washing clothes, thereby removing dirt.

When they wash clothes, don't they use a clothes beater to beat the clothes using gravity?

It’s just that the gravity array changes the force from tangible to intangible.

Pan Yun squatted in the wooden barrel, holding a pen and planning on the barrel how to coordinate the two formations and combine them with the power symbol.

After the plan was completed and she confirmed that there were no problems, she climbed out of the barrel and went to prepare the things needed to draw the formation.

The formation is drawn in a bucket, so the materials used to draw the formation cannot be used.

Pan Jun began to take things out of the spiritual space and couldn't help but frowned, "I don't have lapis lazuli?"

Miao He came up and said, "It's gone. Last time I wanted to make an elixir, you gave me the lapis lazuli."

Pan Yun and Miao He looked at Miao Zhen together.

Miao Zhen said: "I don't have any either."

"Let's go to the academy and ask who has it."

When asked, no one has it, and even if someone does, they won’t give it to you.

Because the year-end exams are coming up next month, whether you have money or not, everyone has to prepare pills and give it a try. Otherwise, if you fail a course and have to repeat the grade, not only will you lose face, you may also be at risk of being asked to drop out.

Lapis lazuli is one of the main ingredients of protective pills. All the lapis lazuli that Miaohe took was used to refine protective pills.

If you can’t buy it in the academy, you can only go down the mountain to buy it the next day.

But lapis lazuli has been very popular recently, and the price in pharmacies has increased a lot. Shenxianlou and some grocery stores selling materials have also increased their prices.

Pan Yun, adhering to the idea of ​​keeping the wealth within the family, turned around and went to ask the grocery store.

When Shopkeeper Chen heard that she wanted lapis lazuli, he offered the price without hesitation: "Three hundred coins and one cent."

Pan Yun: "... Shopkeeper Chen, Shenxianlou only sells for 300 wen. How can you sell it if your shop is so small and the price is not cheaper?"

Shopkeeper Chen said with a smile, "Let the little fairy know that the lapis lazuli in September and October will not be difficult to sell. Our price is the same as that of the Fairy House, but the quality is much better than theirs. If you don't believe me, just take a look."

He took out a box and opened it to show Pan Yun.

Pan Yun leaned forward to take a look, twisted it and said, "Indeed, the quality is better."

She thought for a moment and said, "Weigh two ounces for me."

Shopkeeper Chen asked with a smile: "Would you like some more? This is the main ingredient for refining the body protection pill."

"Two taels is enough. If there is more, we will die from eating it. Do you believe it?"

Pan Yun decided to give one tael to Miao He for making the elixir, and use one tael for himself to make the formation.

"This lapis lazuli has many wonderful uses. I remember it is also a supplementary medicine for several medicines. Wouldn't the person who owns this mine make a fortune?"

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and pointed in the direction of the Tianshi Mansion and said, "So you've made a fortune."

Pan Jun raised an eyebrow, "The Zhang family has a lapis lazuli mine?"

Shopkeeper Chen lowered his voice and said, "Not only lapis lazuli, but also red gold and yellow gold mines."

Pan Yun: "Isn't gold state-owned? Can private individuals also mine it?"

Shopkeeper Chen said vaguely, "Gold and silver are said to be mined by the imperial court, but in fact, there are many people who mine them privately. As long as they pay taxes and silver, the imperial court doesn't care."

"There is a silver mine in Jiangnan. I heard that it only handed over 48 taels of silver a year, and the court did not punish it."

Pan Yun was speechless, "How much did you say?"

Shopkeeper Chen smiled at her and lowered his voice and said, "Little Immortal, you also find it incredible, right? A year's worth of ore silver only produced 48 taels of silver."

(End of this chapter)