Chapter 422: Pig Cage Village
The mute girl was a little surprised when she received the silver dollar. People who buy ice cream either use copper coins or silver dimes. It is very rare to use silver dollars.

Ordinary small vendors might not be able to make change, but she was lucky because she had several silver dollars in change in her cart.

But just as she bent down to give the change, she suddenly heard the customer shout "stop", so she raised her head slightly and looked over.

"No need for change, girl. Your ice cream tastes great. I'll eat it again next time I see you. This silver dollar is a prepayment."

After Cheng Long finished speaking, he took a delicious bite of the ice cream.

There were not so many additives in this era, and the ingredients were solid. Fang'er also improved the recipe, so ordinary fruit ice cream was more delicious than the branded ice creams that cost dozens of dollars in later generations.

"..."

The mute girl was silent for a second, then took out a small notebook and wrote a line on it.

[My stall hours are not fixed, you may not meet me next time. 】

Cheng Long waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, if you meet one, give it to me. If you don't meet one, forget it, it's just a tip."

[No, I can't take advantage of you. ]

The mute girl shook her head decisively and said this.

"Girl, this kind of conversation is too troublesome. I have studied medicine. If you don't mind, you can take me to your home and I will treat you for free..." Cheng Long cunningly changed the subject.

[Thank you, but no thanks. My vocal cords were burned when I was a child, and the doctor said it can’t be cured…]

"So this is why a certain monk or nun asked you to practice silent meditation?"

Cheng Long's sudden words made the pure and kind-hearted mute girl's eyes suddenly become sharp.

Her vocal cords were indeed damaged by a high fever when she was a child, but she had never told anyone about her practice of silent meditation. No one knew about it except her master and some people who were short-sighted enough to want to violate her and were thus humanely destroyed by them.

Cheng Long smiled slightly upon seeing this, making people feel like spring breeze. The sharp eyes of the mute girl softened instantly, and she listened to the other party's explanation patiently.

"Girl, I am also a cultivator, and my realm is a little bit higher than yours, so I can sense that your true qi attribute is full of Buddhist aura, and use it to infer your cultivation method."

"Although the silent meditation can make your martial arts cultivation progress rapidly, and you have reached the Xiantian realm in your twenties, but if you don't speak for a lifetime, you will easily become depressed. This method is not suitable for you."

"I know it's hard to convince people, but if you take me home, I can prove it to you, and I have the ability to heal your vocal cords..."

Fang'er was silent for a long time, and finally shook her head.

Although Cheng Long has an ethereal temperament and gives people the feeling of a banished immortal, she has experienced too much darkness and knows that human hearts are unpredictable.

The more good-looking a man is, the more likely he is to lie.

Seeing the mute girl's alert face, Cheng Long shrugged regretfully and said helplessly: "Okay, see you next time if we are lucky. You can always ask me. I am happy to help a beautiful girl like you."

Say it.

His figure disappeared without a trace.

When the mute girl saw this scene, her pupils trembled and her face was full of disbelief.

It turned out to be the method of instant transfer!
This is the magical skill of the Xiaoyao Sect that has been lost for thousands of years!

"Could this elder brother be the descendant of the Xiaoyao Sect?"

"Yes, it is said that the martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect emphasize lightness, elegance, and infinite power. If you master one of them, you will be invincible in the martial arts world. Its disciples are proficient in medicine, divination, astrology, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, machinery, odd jobs, trade, migration, planting, drinking and singing, guessing riddles, the five elements and the eight trigrams, the Qimen Dunjia, farmland irrigation, and even the art of war."

Fang'er's master is none other than the old beggar whom Ah Xing met when he was a child. During the time when he was teaching him the silent meditation, the old beggar told him many secrets of the martial arts world.

Therefore, Cheng Long's teleportation made her think of the Xiaoyao Sect's instant transfer technique.

Apart from this, she couldn't think of any other magical skill in the world that could make people disappear right under her nose.

When Fang'er thought that Cheng Long was the successor of the Xiaoyao Sect, who was willing to heal her and teach her the magical skills of the Xiaoyao Sect, she felt that keeping silent was not enough.

Even though this Zen skill allowed her to transform from a weak woman into a top-notch master of the Xiantian realm, when she thought that the people of the Xiaoyao Sect could remain immortal and be handsome men and beautiful women until their death, the state of mind that Ah Fang had cultivated for many years showed signs of collapse.

This bastard Cheng Long has really done a lot of harm to people!

……

Pig cage walled city.

"You want to rent a house?"

With curly hair, a cigarette in her mouth, and wearing white pajamas, she looks down on others. This is the landlady, the hidden master of the Lion's Roar, whose skills are earth-shattering.

Martial arts cultivation, late stage of innateness.

Going further up is the Golden Elixir of Martial Arts, the realm of the primordial spirit of martial arts. The highest realm for martial artists is to enter the Tao through martial arts and cultivate the primordial spirit of martial arts. The primordial spirit is divided into Yin spirit and Yang spirit. This is almost the same as the realm of practice divided by the system.

Last night, when Cheng Long was investigating the background of the world, he observed that in the Kung Fu world, there were many people who had cultivated martial arts golden elixirs.

It is not limited to the East. In the West, there were also two hardworking monks who cultivated the golden elixir of martial arts.

There are relatively more people like this who can be called land immortals in the East. In addition to the mysterious old beggar, there are three others in China: a Taoist master, a Buddhist master, and the last one is a woman who lives in seclusion in Shangri-La.

Her name is Ziyuan...

A female Taoist nun who was valued by Qin Shihuang and had an affair with someone else, finally plotted against Qin Shihuang for her own selfish interests and abruptly interrupted the Chinese dragon vein of that world.

"good."

Cheng Long nodded with a smile.

He was wearing a Zhongshan suit, his leather shoes were polished to a shine, and his hair was combed meticulously, full of the temperament of a new-style scholar in old Shanghai.

The landlady looked him up and down and asked curiously, "You don't look like a poor person. You look good and have good temperament. Why did you come here to rent a house?"

Cheng Long smiled faintly: "This place is not favored by gangs, it is suitable for hiding."

"..."

Well! This is indeed the best reason. Except for Ah Xing and Fatty, who are too poor to have money to eat, no gang has ever come to Pig Cage City to ask for cleaning fees since it began collecting poor people.

"Forget it. I don't want to ask about your past, but if someone comes to your door, you should leave on your own accord and stop dragging down your neighbors."

The landlady took Cheng Long to an empty room on the second floor and opened the door while saying, "Twenty yuan a month, two deposits and one payment, a total of sixty yuan."

"no problem."

Cheng Long nodded.

It's a small house of only ten square meters, with nothing else except a single wooden bed, a square wooden table and a wooden stool. Fortunately, it's clean enough and you can move in by buying a bed and bedding.

Besides, Jane with buck teeth lives next door, so it’s a little unsafe at night!

Cheng Long was quite satisfied. He had never thought of living in a place like Pig Cage Village. He just wanted to interact with the characters in the plot. Maybe he would move to the concession to live in a villa in a few days. "Landlady, where can I buy bedding?" After paying the rent, Cheng Long followed the local customs and planned to create some income for the local vendors. He would not need the equipment in the storage ring.

"It's downstairs, go buy it yourself."

The landlady walked away with a swagger, holding a cigarette in her mouth.

It is hard to imagine that this person is the Little Dragon Girl who was famous in the world 10 or 20 years ago.

After sending the landlady away, Cheng Long looked at the empty room, cast a spell to clean out the dust in the corners, and went downstairs to buy bedding and daily necessities.

The quality of daily necessities of this era was not as bad as imagined. Some were even better than those of modern times. The fabrics did not use chemical pigments and were all real materials. As long as the goods sold by the store were clean, they did not need to be washed when they were returned home. Unlike modern clothes and fabrics, if you don't wash them with boiling water when you buy them, they will cause itching when you wear them.

For example, items such as wind oil, milk, pills, etc., are very effective when used.

A young, well-dressed and gentleman came to Pig Stable Village, which aroused the curiosity of many tenants, and they came over to talk to him.

But most of the time they just chatted for a few words and then walked away to talk in a low voice with acquaintances.

Cheng Long brought the bedding back to the room. Out of boredom, he went downstairs to the tailor shop on the first floor.

"Where are you from, young man?"

When the tailor saw the new young man coming into the shop, he walked up to him with a feminine step and asked.

“I’m from eastern Jiangxi.”

Looking at the old rabbit in front of him with a feminine aura, Cheng Long smiled. If Ah Xing hadn't come to cause trouble and bring out the Axe Gang, who would have known that the tailor master was actually an Iron Wire Fist master living in seclusion in the city!
It is true that you cannot judge a book by its cover, and you cannot judge the depth of the sea by its depth.

"There are also devils in eastern Jiangxi now?"

The tailor suddenly realized and sighed, "Alas, in this world, it is so difficult to have a safe place to live. In the Magic City, except for the concessions, only poor places like us with no money can live a stable life for a few days."

"Otherwise, why would I come to the Walled City specifically to rent a house?"

Cheng Long followed the tailor's words and made up an excuse for himself.

"Do you want to buy some clothes? I can give them to you at a lower price and not make any money from you."

Maybe it was because Cheng Long had a kind of friendly temperament, the tailor for the first time gave up the idea of ​​​​charging people and making money.

Some of his custom-made clothes are not cheap.

"Then make me two sets of loose-fitting pajamas, using the best material. As for the money, just pay what you want. I won't let you suffer any loss."

After paying the deposit to the tailor, Cheng Long went shopping in the shops of the walled city. The small U-shaped shops in the walled city actually sold everything from food and clothing to a clinic, noodle shop, roast duck shop, barber shop, clothing and rice shop.

It’s just this business!

They are basically small neighborhood businesses, which are enough to make a living, but it is impossible to make huge profits like in the foreign concessions.

Because he wanted to take care of his neighbors, Cheng Long bought all the goods he could.

Rice, roast duck, vegetables...

Time passed little by little, and night fell. After sleeping at home all day, Bucktooth Jane put on her makeup, carried a shoulder bag and prepared to go to work at the nightclub.

Yes, you read that right. The clown Ah Zhen in the movie is actually a dancer in a nightclub and one of the people who makes the most money in Pig Cage Village.

Otherwise, when Kuliqiang and others were kicked out by the landlady, this woman would not dare to hold her head high and say that she paid their rent.

Apart from her buck teeth which affect her looks, Zhen's figure and appearance are actually not bad.

The girl passed by the next room and saw the door was open. She took a look inside out of habit. It would have been fine if she hadn't looked, but when she looked, she could hardly walk.

"Hey, hey, hey, whose young master is this? How did he end up in our city?" Ah Zhen, wearing a cheongsam and twisting her waist, pushed the door open and walked in, her eyes never leaving Cheng Long.

"Miss, please stop talking. I am just an ordinary person who has been to school for a few years. I am not a rich man at all!" Cheng Long stood up modestly, then brought out a stool and invited her, "Sit down. I'll get you some chopsticks."

"No, the dinner at the nightclub is better than yours, I can just go over and eat it."

Ah Zhen walked up to Cheng Long, reached out and touched his cheek, and said with a sweet smile: "So smooth, if all my customers were like you, I would be willing to pay for them."

"..."

Cheng Long didn't reply, but just looked at the other person with a red face.

"Haha, I won't tease you anymore. I'm going to work now. I'll bring you something delicious later." Ah Zhen walked away with a sweet smile, twisting her waist in an exaggerated manner.

"This woman is quite good at teasing people! No wonder she can work in a nightclub."

Cheng Long smiled and shook his head.

dong dong dong...

Not long after Ah Zhen left, the landlord came knocking on the door, half drunk, with a bottle of liquor in his hand. Then he staggered into the room and said, "Young man, are you the new tenant? What's your name?"

"My last name is Cheng, and my given name is Long."

"Oh, it's Master Cheng! Burp~~" The landlord burped, sat down on the stool, picked up the chopsticks naturally, put a roast duck leg on the plate, and said while eating: "Where are your family members?"

"I don't have any family here." Cheng Long responded with a gloomy look.

The drunk landlord's eyes flashed with emotion, and then he asked: "What are your plans for the future? Do you want me to introduce you to a decent job? If you can speak foreign languages, you can work in a foreign company."

"Mr. Landlord, it seems you have a lot of connections here!"

"It's not bad. I know a lot of people."

Looking at the landlord who seemed a little bit arrogant, Cheng Long said with a smile: "Mr. Landlord, thank you for your kindness, but I have no intention of looking for a job for the time being. I just want to get familiar with the environment of the Magic City as soon as possible, and then see if there is any business I can do."

The landlord asked, "Big business or small business?"

Cheng Long shrugged and replied: "It depends on the situation. It could be a big business or a small business."

"..."

The landlord silently finished eating a duck leg, then stood up, patted his stomach, and advised: "Mr. Cheng, I can see that you are not short of money. If you don't have anyone you can trust around you, you'd better not do business. Finding a woman to live a good life is better than anything else. In this world, it is not suitable for people with money but no power to do big business."

"Thank you, Mr. Landlord. I will seriously consider it."

"If you want to find a wife, you can ask my wife to introduce you to one. Aunt Zhang's daughter on the fourth floor is very pretty. I think she's a good match for you."

The daughter of Aunt Zhang mentioned by the landlord is the one who was doused with gasoline while holding her brother when the Axe Gang invaded in the movie. She is of average appearance, and Jackie Chan is definitely not interested in her.

If I really want to find a woman, the mute girl is my first choice, followed by the dancers in the Casablanca nightclub. Qi Qi and Wei Wei are both good...

(End of this chapter)