The cost of an elixir was generally only a few tens of copper coins, or a few hundred at most, after deducting material costs and labor costs. This was the first time she had felt profitable.

Lu Jiu opened her mouth unconsciously, showing an incredible expression.

The store manager looked at her and said leisurely: “Are you doubting my ability to make medicine?”

She waved her hand quickly, “No, no, it’s the first time I’ve sold something and made a profit.”

This batch of more than a thousand pills can earn her several gold coins.

The store manager’s expression became better now: “So if there is still a chance to pick tempered fruits, pick as many as possible.”

“Definitely, but I don’t know if it will bear fruit next year.” Lu Jiu felt it. She had been busy picking tempered fruits in the wild before, which was an act of gaining wealth through danger.

The store manager did not reply to her question.

Lu Jiu left the pharmacy shop and looked at the remaining tempered fruit in her backpack. According to the store manager’s utilization rate, it felt like there was enough for several years.

But people need to be aware of the crisis. From now on, every autumn she will go to open the crown of the giant tree and take a look inside.

This autumn, she quickly picked fruits from thousands of trees, and also Shen Jufeng. He was no less powerful than her. She didn’t know about Zhuang Yun, but she wanted to buy some of her teammates’ tempered fruit. After all, they were really good stuff.

Looking at the amount of tempered fruit left in her backpack, Lu Jiu decided not to think about it for the time being. She would find her two teammates later if she was short of supplies.

Compared to the greatness of Xuantian City’s pharmacy store manager, many other city-states were not so lucky.

Most of the NPCs in city-states were low-level, or better still, mid-level, and very few had high-level talents.

The first idea of these city owners was to hire a clerk as a cashier, but they did not expect that these NPC store managers would be so useful, and now they all regret it.

The store manager of a store cannot be changed unless a branch is opened and another store manager is hired.

The pharmacist NPC with low-level talents has a low utilization rate of tempered fruits. Some of them can only produce several pills from one good fruit.

Or refine a pill per one fruit, which made these city lords could only accept it with a sigh.

*

Time flew by, the impact of flying geese gradually dissipated, and winter was approaching.

Lu Jiu glanced in the upper right corner of the floating screen. There was a date and time display there. November 30th, the beginning of December, was the beginning of winter in the game world and will last for three months.

But she can’t say for sure, after all, the game world was strange… …

Today was the last day of autumn. Xuantian City seems to have reached unity. No one goes out of the city today. They all stay in the city with their families to welcome the arrival of winter in the game world.

She recalled all the teams that she sent out. Although these NPCs could continue to search for supplies in winter, she felt it was not necessary, especially since she knew that the NPCs were quite intelligent.

Some time ago, jewelry stores put photo stones on the shelves, and they were all made into very beautiful small objects. Some were small pendants, and some were embedded in necklaces.

Lu Jiu remembered an anime she had watched before and asked the store manager to make some long-lasting image stones in the shape of small snails, which could continuously store images for a month at a time.

Then she asked the patrol NPCs to place these shadow stones in the public area, and only she and the patrol NPCs could take them out. If anyone tried to remove these shadow stones without authorization, the shadow stones would automatically return to the city lord’s backpack.

The photo stone for short-term photography can start recording at any time according to the owner’s wishes, and can quickly designate it to be given to a certain person.

Soon, it was winter, and Lu Jiu was in a good mood. She emailed her two teammates and invited them to a restaurant for a barbecue dinner and healthy chicken soup.

She put on her coat and opened the door in a hurry. Sure enough, after a while, the two nearby doors opened.

Zhuang Antong wore a lot today, and the coat looked very thick, and it was wrapped like a small rice dumpling for her.

Lu Jiu knelt and touched her clothes: “Why are you wearing such thick clothes? Winter will officially begin tomorrow.”

Zhuang Yun said: “It’s too cold, I’m afraid she’ll catch a cold.” Even in the game world, negative statuses can be cured immediately, but I just don’t want to see my child feel uncomfortable.

Lu Jiu smiled and said nothing, holding Zhuang Antong’s hand, one big and one small jumping in front, while the two men walked slowly behind and looked at their backs.

Zhuang Yun was touched by this scene and said to Shen Jufeng next to him: “What do you think of Lu Jiu?”

Shen Jufeng was stunned for a moment. He still didn’t understand why he asked this suddenly, “Why do you ask this?”

Zhuang Yun recalled that when they fled back to the city together, Shen Jufeng hugged Lu Jiu without any hesitation, “I saw you hugging Lu Jiu a few days ago, so I inevitably think too much about it.”

He didn’t think much about it at the time. When he came back and recalled the whole thing, he realized that something was wrong.

Shen Jufeng looked at the ground, his eyelids half covering his pupils, “Don’t you know that every time she fought, she would involuntarily get closer to those wild monsters, and suffered a few losses, so I hugged her without thinking much. You don’t have to think about it.”

Hearing this, Zhuang Yun recalled Lu Jiu’s fighting style. Last time, she was thrown away by the tail of the saber-toothed tiger BOSS.

“That’s right, but you two are single and skilled, so I think you can consider it.” The two teammates were a good match for each other.

Shen Jufeng just chuckled and shook his head, “In my eyes, she is a very good teammate. She has strength and capital, and she does things neatly. Although she is a bit lazy and naive, it is undeniable that a teammate like her is worry-free.”

He said that Zhuang Yun could only stop this topic.

A few people came to the restaurant and found that it was quite lively today and all the seats were full. It happened that they came and one of the tables happened to leave.

The restaurant was bustling with people, some with their families, friends, or teammates with whom they were close.

Lu Jiu and the others didn’t know what their luck was. Next to them were Lin Zuo and others. Today, Lin Zuo and his younger brother had a dinner party with their friend Dou Fanrong.

When he sat down, Shen Jufeng glanced at the three people next to him and began to order without saying anything.

Lin Zuo greeted them: “What a coincidence.”

Lu Jiu and the others just nodded.

Lin You and Dou Fanrong only cared about the roasted meat and didn’t care about his brother’s playfulness.

Lin Zuo, who thought he was handsome, turned around after saying hello, and saw the two men picking up the meat and eating it very quickly.

“Damn, you guys didn’t leave any for me.” These were the meat of BOSS-level wild monsters.

In recent days, the food in the restaurant has become much more delicious than before, and it seems that new seasonings have been added.

The added attribute values were all higher than before.

“Brother, eating is also a kind of competition. You are half-hearted, so of course I have to take the opportunity to eat more.” Although his brother was a powerful professional player in the city, he was just an ordinary person.

Dou Fanrong nodded, “Xiao You are right, everything depends on their ability.”

Lin Zuo just stopped talking and put his chopsticks into the bowl of his good friend, so that they could enjoy the blessing together.

Lu Jiu asked for some snacks first, so that they would not be bored while waiting for the food.

She gave a thousand quenched fruits to the restaurant manager. The manager processed the fruits himself and ground them into powder. Every time he made a dish, he only needed to add a little bit to enhance the taste.

However, not every dish will be added with this precious seasoning.