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Chapter 7: Commercial Area and Grocery Store

Translator: WQL Editor: Geoffrey

Naturally, since Blackhot City was founded by the Coal, Steel, and Iron Federation (CSIF), Blackhot City had a rich commercial atmosphere

Its commercial areas were naturally located in the best place don; it was far away froion The commercial area in Blackhot City was very prosperous Bulk coes were established in the prosperous sections of the coion, and any trade volume there would make commoners scared Rich coal, iron, and steel in Blackhot City made it a prosperous city There would always be trains that carried the specialties outside of Blackhot City around the clock

The s Tie worked for was also located in the prosperous commercial area of Blackhot City; however, it was nificent facades and barracks of the large-scale business groups, free trade bodies, and exchanges

As the railway station was less than three hundred uests were from all walks of life The store was close to a flea market that was founded spontaneously by local residents and foreign pioneers It was very noisy every day From the way they dressed, led to survive here The people here hoped to become the very vendor in folk fairy tales who found a special object and becaroups of uninformed pioneers who traveled from afar to enter the unknown lands west and north of Blackhot City with their chests raised high Naturally, if one had enough luck and foresight, they could also buy good iterocery store, Donder, the fat owner, was huddled up on a lounge chair outside the store He was enjoying the sunset afterglow and peered at the passersby with half-closed eyes Unless a plurocery store, he wouldn’t even slightly move his head In the event that one passes by, he would alatch the Tie’s first task was to clean the store Next, he had to check and clean the counter Finally, he would adeptly calculate on an abacus After a year of practice at the grocery store, Zhang Tie’s largest achievement was that he no to use the weird mathematical tool known as the abacus This was a really practical skill that he had never learned at school Zhang Tie always thought that it would be helpful for his development later on in life, as his father had always planned for hie Naturally, he didn’t need to think about it until he finished his military services For commoners, It was satisfactory to find a job in the don area after serving the ar, a guest entered Before the fat Donder sat up, Zhang Tie had already closed his accounting book and started to greet the guest

“Excuse uest was a 40-odd year man ore the uniform of porters fro Tie guessed that he was a passerby, as it was the closing time in don

“I’d like to see soh the cases containing crystals on the counter Most of them were common Class-I crystals while there were also sohest percentage a all crystals Some white crystals were natural, while others were artificially created Compared to the crystals with the same size and quality, double-headed crystals were usually le-headed crystals, and natural crystals were h the latter looked iven the effect, artificial crystals were still poorer than natural ones It was said that crystals were just used for decoration before the Catastrophe During that time, people had not known that crystals could be used to help hue of crystals had become a common sense that even street vendors knew about Crystals in this age were a standard strategic material which supported the lives of many

“Is this all that you have?” the forty-odd year man seemed a little bit disappointed It seemed that he was not satisfied with these cohtly amazed by his expression since even common Class-I crystals were not cheap for co better, but they are more expensive Do you want to have a look?”

With a smile on his face, theTie knehat the loves and took out aTie placed it on the counter carefully and opened the case in front of thedouble-headed crystals while the rest were single-headed crystals They were crystal clear with little impurity However, as most attractive about the crystal was the hazy and pyraer two-headed crystals contained the better pyramids When observed carefully, each side of the pyramid shined mysteriously It was the divine workmanship between the heaven, the earth, and the natural coy in the universe Not only could white pyramid crystals help the user enter meditation quickly, but it also enabled its user to absorb the energy from the universe faster and arouse their physical potential and vitality

As expected,Tie when he first saw theaze when he saw the pyrahest-end commodity in the store; each crystal’s old coins In Blackhot City, a single gold coin could sustain a family of three for two months

The price of each crystal was marked beneath it When the man saw the price of the crystal, he becale-headed crystal “Is it possible… for the price to be lowered?”

“218 silver coins is the lowest price we can afford Our co this as a present?”

“En? ive hi this, the forty-odd year man s Tie of his own father