I'm a male god in Liyue

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In mid-December, the Night Market in Liyue opened.

The location is in the port area, where there is plenty of water, making it convenient to deal with unexpected fire situations.

A large section of the dock was set aside as a market, which was then divided into smaller stall areas.

Xia Zhi and the others went for a stroll on the first night that Xiao City opened.

There were many people inside, and lanterns of various shapes were hung on both sides, making it as bright as day.

The stalls sell all sorts of things, and the prices are very cheap.

Xia Zhi inexplicably felt that it was somewhat like the Double Twelve shopping festival at the end of the year in the original world.

It's like all the shops in the city coming together for a huge promotion.

In short, although the festival has not yet arrived, the festive atmosphere has already begun to permeate the city.

These days, Ningguang has also launched the new paper produced using the new process.

The new paper is as white as snow, delicate and thin. Its quality alone surpasses that of other papers on the market, and its price is only one-tenth of those papers.

In just two days, the new paper had become a hot-selling item.

"Senior Zhu Zi, look! There are still a lot of people queuing up in front of the paper shop over there!"

"So early... Could they have been lining up here last night?"

"I didn't expect everyone to like the boss's new paper so much!"

"It's mainly because paper used to be too expensive. Suddenly, there's a new type of paper that's both cheap and good, so it's normal for people to be excited."

“The boss is awesome!”

"Let's go, stop looking, it's too cold outside, let's hurry up and go buy groceries."

"Oh!"

After buying the groceries, Zhu Zi and Diona returned to the store and quickly closed the door.

Unlike the cold outside, thanks to Shen He drawing several heating talismans and sticking them on the walls inside the shop, the air inside was very warm.

Zhu Zi and Diona breathed a sigh of relief, a comfortable expression appearing on their faces. Then, they saw Qi Qi carrying her medicine basket coming downstairs.

"Good morning, Qiqi."

"Good morning."

"Senior Qiqi, did you spend another whole night preparing medicine?"

"Ah."

"Is there any progress on the prescription?"

"I already have an idea."

"come on!"

"Ah."

After a while, Xia Zhi and Shen He also got up.

He saw half a pig in the kitchen; these were the pigs he had asked Zhu Zi and Diona to buy today, which he had instructed them to do last night.

After all, the Lunar New Year is approaching, so we still need to have cured meat and sausages.

Now that there's an outdoor ring, even though it's half a pig, it's still quite convenient for the two girls, Zhu Zi and Diona, to easily bring it back.

The pig was just slaughtered this morning; it's very fresh.

Xia Zhi looked around and found that they also had pig liver and pig blood, so he made a pig-killing powder for everyone in the morning, which received unanimous praise.

After finishing breakfast, Xia Zhi thought for a moment and then turned to Xia Ci.

"Cousin, write up a notice."

"Ok?"

"Something came up at the store, so we're taking a day off."

"it is good."

In the morning, Xia Zhi marinated the meat with salt, made a simple modification to the stove in the kitchen to turn it into a place to smoke meat, and everyone made dumplings and sausages together.

In the afternoon, Xia Ci took out the floating stone pieces, corduroy material, and lamp paper fiber that she had bought, and everyone made their own lanterns, which was very lively and interesting.

--

On the dock, a girl was walking off a merchant ship, looking at the lively scene before her with great curiosity and excitement on her face.

"Thousands of ships arrive one after another, and tens of thousands of merchants come in droves. Is this the scene described? Well, seeing is believing."

Just as the girl was taking pictures of the lively scene in front of her with her camera, Baiwen arrived in front of her with his men.

"Miss Charlotte, you must be tired from your journey. Welcome to Liyue Harbor. Lady Ningguang instructed me to wait here."

"Huh? You are?"

"I am Baiwen, one of Ningguang's secretaries."

"Ningguang? Is that Ningguang, the Tianquan Star of the Liyue Seven Stars?"

"Yes."

The girl was puzzled.

"...Wait a minute, I'm traveling alone this time. How did you know I arrived in Liyue Harbor today?"

"Lady Ningguang has connections everywhere, and nothing can escape her intelligence network. This time, Lady Ningguang would like to invite you to Yujingtai for a chat to discuss some matters of cooperation."

"But this is my first time in Liyue Harbor."

"Lady Ningguang had long heard of a reporter at the Steambird Newspaper who was efficient and had a sharp writing style. Her reports seemed to grab attention, but at their core, they were based on facts. She greatly admired this. She was also aware of the fact that you were sent to Liyue to report on the Lantern Festival because the truth you revealed in your exclusive news touched on certain interest groups."

"...She wouldn't happen to know our newspaper's owner, would she?"

“If Miss Charlotte has any questions, she can ask Lady Ningguang later. This place is crowded and cold, not a good place to talk. Please come with me first.”

The girl hesitated for a moment, glanced at the Thousand Rock Army behind Baiwen, and finally nodded.

"it is good."

--

It wasn't until evening, when Ningguang came to the store, that she brought along another stranger in addition to Baishi's little secretary.

She was a young girl dressed in Fontaine-style clothing.

She had pink hair that fell just to her shoulders, giving her a clean and neat appearance.

His eyes were like blue glass, large and bright, and he wore a monocle with a round frame over his left eye, giving him a faint scholarly air.

She wore white gloves on both hands, held a delicate-looking phonograph machine in her hand, and had an ice-type God's Eye tied to her right leg in the form of a leg ring.

Wow! This shop is so warm!

As soon as the girl entered, she felt the warm air in the store and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, looking around.

Xia Zhi glanced at her; a silver progress bar was hanging on the pink-haired girl's body.

Progress: 0%.

"Miss Ningguang, and who is this?"

“Mr. Xia, this is Miss Charlotte from Fontaine. She is a reporter from the Steambird Newspaper and has been specially assigned to cover the Liyue Lantern Festival.”

"Steambird Newspaper?"

"It's a very influential newspaper, headquartered in Fontaine. I had just finished discussing a collaboration with Miss Charlotte, and coincidentally, she mentioned Mr. Charlotte's shop, so I brought her along."

"I see……"

Xia Zhi turned to the pink-haired girl, a gentle and friendly smile on his face.

"Welcome, Miss Charlotte."

Charlotte smiled at him too.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Xia!"

"Please have a seat... Shen He, please make a pot of tea."

"Good boss."

Charlotte seemed quite at ease, smiling as she sat down at the table.

"Is this Miss Charlotte's first time in Liyue?"

"Yes!"

"How did you find out about my little shop?"

"I learned about it from some tourists and travelers who had visited Liyue before. After returning to Fontaineble, they couldn't stop thinking about Liyue's rainbow juice. I even interviewed them. Other newspapers also did a special report on it called 'Liyue's Rainbow Juice,' which received a great response."

"Les?"

"Les is a specialty drink in Fontainebleau. It looks like some kind of beverage, but it can excite people, produce many pleasant hallucinations, and make them crave it. Many people have even lost their families because of it..."

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