“Of course, I want to make money,”
However, Zhao Susu sighed again, “I’m just a sickly person, and my illness relapses often. No boss wants to hire me. When I worked at a restaurant before, my illness relapsed while I was serving customers, and I almost scared the owner and the patrons to death.”
“Then come work for me!”
Li Qianfan pointed to a big bag of herbs in the yard and said, “If you help me clean these herbs and sort them out, I’ll give you three thousand yuan.”
“How much?”
Zhao Susu glanced at the herbs in the yard and asked in surprise.
“Three thousand yuan,” Li Qianfan hesitated for a moment before asking, “Do you think it’s too little?”
“Not at all, definitely not,”
Zhao Susu quickly waved her hands and anxiously explained, “I think you’re giving me too much. It’s just a bag of herbs. It won’t take more than two hours to finish. Three thousand yuan is too much. I used to earn only two thousand eight hundred yuan a month working at the restaurant.”
Normally, giving three thousand yuan for cleaning a bag of herbs is indeed quite generous.
But Li Qianfan could make three hundred and sixty thousand yuan from these herbs. Giving Zhao Susu three thousand yuan didn’t matter to him; plus, he genuinely wanted to help this cute and sensible girl. With Zhao Susu’s help, his efficiency in making the Yang Strengthening Pills would increase a lot.
Li Qianfan asked, “Would you like the job, then?”
Unexpectedly, a look of difficulty flashed across Zhao Susu’s face. She said, “Qianfan brother, you’re really giving me too much. Can you really make back these three thousand yuan with these herbs? You’ve just joined the Four Seas Martial Pavilion, but as a student, you can’t earn money by taking on missions.”
What a considerate girl.
Li Qianfan was even more determined to help Zhao Susu. He said, “Susu, don’t worry. Do you know how much money I can make with these herbs?”
“How much?” Zhao Susu looked at Li Qianfan with her cute, curious face.
“Over a hundred thousand,” Li Qianfan didn’t tell the truth since three hundred thousand was just too much and might scare this innocent girl.
Even though Li Qianfan deliberately underreported it by thirty times, he still startled Zhao Susu. She looked at the bag of herbs outside in shock and said, “Qianfan brother, you can make over a hundred thousand from just a bag of herbs?”
“Yes,” Li Qianfan replied, “I use these herbs to make pills and then sell them to the big bosses.”
Zhao Susu asked, “The kind of pills that I took?”
“No, a different kind of pill, specifically for men,” Li Qianfan answered.
“Specifically for men?”
At this moment, Zhao Susu was like a curious baby, continuously asking the questions on her mind, “Does it help men in any way?”
“Uh…” Li Qianfan felt his head swell, not knowing how to answer Zhao Susu.
“Qianfan brother, what is it exactly? Come on, tell me.” Susu shook Li Qianfan’s hands and wheedled.
Li Qianfan couldn’t resist a woman’s coquetry. He sighed and said, “The pills I make can help a man become harder down there and contribute to marital harmony. They’re what people commonly refer to as male enhancement products. Do you understand now?”
Although naive, Zhao Susu was not stupid. Her cheeks flushed ‘whoosh’ red after hearing Li Qianfan’s words.
“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s start making those pills,”
Seeing Zhao Susu’s blushing cheeks, Li Qianfan couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly. This girl was indeed very innocent.
Soon, the two of them went to the yard. Li Qianfan first checked the kitchen and found a large pot, which delighted him, for it was perfect for preparing the Yang Strengthening Pills.
While he was cleaning the pot, Zhao Susu had already started sorting and cleaning in the yard.
After finishing the work at hand, Li Qianfan came out to the courtyard to help Zhao Susu clean the herbs. Once there were enough herbs to boil a pot, he carried the cleaned herbs into the kitchen.
He lit the fire and boiled the water, and when the water in the pot was boiling, he threw the herbs into the water in order.
Once the boiling water turned completely black, Li Qianfan fished out the remnants of the herbs and continued to simmer the mixture until the medicinal soup thickened. Next came the most important step, using True Qi to fuse the medicinal effects together.
Li Qianfan, with previous experience in making elixirs, and having recently broken through to the third level of the Qi Refining Realm, found the process extremely easy.
This pot of herbs yielded fifty pills.
According to this amount, only six pots would be needed to produce three hundred pills.
If it were Li Qianfan alone, it would take at least three days to make these six pots, but with Zhao Susu’s help, by a little after five in the afternoon, they had already produced three pots, amounting to one hundred and fifty Yang Strengthening Pills—a pleasing sight.
Of course, the reason they stopped was only because Li Qianfan was a bit tired after using a large amount of True Qi, and while he was busy, Zhao Susu had cleaned all the remaining herbs and sorted them neatly in the corner of the kitchen.
Looking at all this, Li Qianfan couldn’t help but nod to himself, thinking that the three thousand yuan had been well spent.
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Li Qianfan went to the courtyard where he saw Zhao Susu sitting on a stool. He said, “Susu, I’ll add your WeChat to settle your wages for today.”
“Brother Qianfan, I don’t want the money, I was just lending a hand,” said Zhao Susu with a coy face.
Seeing this, Li Qianfan’s expression became stern as he said, “Susu, you’ve worked, so you should be paid. It’s a respect for the fruit of your labor. Besides, being kind is fine, but you can’t be too kind, or else, when you step into society, people will take advantage of you, understand?”
Seeing Li Qianfan become so serious, Zhao Susu subconsciously nodded.
“Add my WeChat, and I’ll transfer you the money,” Li Qianfan’s tone softened again.
This time, Zhao Susu didn’t dare to refuse and obediently added Li Qianfan’s WeChat. When she saw the transfer of three thousand yuan, her face lit up with excitement. She said, “Thank you, Brother Qianfan, I’ve received the money.”
Li Qianfan replied, “Yeah, this job is ongoing. Whenever there’s work, I’ll call you.”
“Thank you, Brother Qianfan.”
Hearing this, Zhao Susu’s eyes brightened. Earning three thousand yuan this time, and with some time before school started, if she continued, not only would tuition fees be covered, but she could earn her living expenses for the entire next year.
“Help me package the pills.”
After a slight smile, Li Qianfan took Zhao Susu to put all the Yang Strengthening Pills into little bottles.
While packaging the elixirs, Li Qianfan noticed Zhao Susu constantly rubbing her shoulders and waist. He asked with concern, “Susu, are you very tired?”
“Brother Qianfan, I’m not tired!” Zhao Susu quickly shook her head and said, “It’s just that my shoulders and waist are a bit sore from bending over while cleaning the herbs.”
“Then let me give you a massage. You’ll feel much more comfortable after it, and it will greatly benefit your ailment, too,” said Li Qianfan.
At his words, a flash of excitement crossed Zhao Susu’s eyes, and she quickly replied, “Okay, then I’ll trouble you, Brother Qianfan.”
“Come on, let’s go to my room, and I’ll give you a massage.”
Li Qianfan led Zhao Susu back to his room and pointed to his bed, which was freshly covered with new bedding. “Lie down on the bed, and take off your shoes as well.”
As she had already been massaged by Li Qianfan before and even had her chest touched, she laid down on Li Qianfan’s bed without any reticence.
Thinking about what happened the day before, Zhao Susu blushed and looked nervously and excitedly at Li Qianfan. Her mind wandered, wondering if he would take the opportunity to fondle her chest like yesterday.
With that thought in mind, Zhao Susu’s gaze drifted to the bulging denim of Li Qianfan’s pants, secretly thinking that if Brother Qianfan touched her chest, then she too would have to touch that part of Brother Qianfan today.
She was curious to know if it was really like her dormitory mates said, that a man’s thing could make a woman feel very happy…