"Brother Fang, I can't drink with you any longer today. It's getting late, and we need to return to our camp. The Emperor has ordered the Crown Prince to inspect the camp tomorrow, and we must prepare. We'll go to your place for drinks another day."
Cheng Chumò scratched his head, saying helplessly to Fang Er.
Yuchi Baolín nodded in agreement.
"Alright then, you two should head back to camp. Come by my place when you have nothing else to do. We'll drink."
Since they had official duties, Fang Er didn't insist.
"Okay, Brother Fang. But don't forget to practice your horse stance diligently. Once your fundamentals are solid, I'll teach you the hand techniques. We'll take our leave now!"
Cheng Chumò cupped his fists and bowed to Fang Er before leaving the shop.
"He's gone, Brother Fang."
Yuchi Baolín waved goodbye and chased after Cheng Chumò.
Fang Er returned home with Huzǐ.
He left the three carpenters working in the shop.
Upon arriving home, he called for the butler and instructed him to disburse some silver to the three carpenters to help them hire assistants. Afterward, Fang Er retired to his room.
He opened the system panel and saw that it was still on the interface from his last redemption.
It displayed items like gauze and alcohol.
Fang Er didn't need these at the moment, so he clicked refresh.
*Ding!* Host's refresh count has reached twenty. Newbie period has ended!
"What the heck! That was so sudden!"
Fang Er hadn't expected there to be a "newbie period." He ignored the items displayed on the interface and immediately opened the system instructions.
"Growth System: Refreshes once a month. Can be manually refreshed at one thousand points per refresh. Maximum three manual refreshes per month. Each refresh offers twenty items. Unit price for each item is twenty points. Limited to three redemptions per item."
"What the heck!"
"What the heck!"
"What the heck!"
"This is a total rip-off!"
"What kind of newbie period is this? There wasn't even a notification!"
"If I had known, I would have bought everything, useful or not."
"Now I can only refresh four times a month, and not only has the price increased, but there are also purchase limits!"
Fang Er felt like cursing.
After grumbling for a while, Fang Er had to accept the reality.
He looked at the items displayed on the interface.
"Hmm? Still ten items?"
"Alright, there's a next page."
"Wait? That's not right!"
Fang Er took a closer look at the items on the first page.
And then!
*Pfft!*
He spat out a mouthful of tea!
"My god!"
"All ten items were lined up neatly!"
"Uniformly!"
"Damn it, they're all adult toys!"
"Aircraft cups! Vibrators! Lingerie!"
"Condoms! Lubricant! Indian Shenyou!"
"Viagra! Inflatable dolls! Aphrodisiacs! Wolf tooth sleeves!"
"My god!"
"What use do I have for these?"
"I have a bunch of maids now, do I need these?"
Fang Er wanted to cry!
Was the system mocking him for being a virgin?
He directly clicked to the next page!
Fang Er became even more despondent!
The previous page was excessive, but this page was even more so!
The last page had items for human use!
Well, this page was entirely for animal use!
"Mother pig's multi-fetus abundant blessing!"
"Boar vigor granules!"
"Ewe estrus feed!"
"Castration instrument tool kit!"
"Disposable syringes!"
"Young animal fattening complete feed!"
"What the heck are these things!"
Fang Er completely lost it!
He closed the system and stared blankly at the ceiling.
He felt the system was full of malice, mocking him.
"Huh?"
"That's not right!"
"Even if I can't use these things myself, I can sell them!"
"As for the animal supplies, I can stock them up. When I have enough, I can open a farm!"
He decided to act immediately.
After redeeming everything, Fang Er had five hundred points left. After refreshing, he had four hundred.
Well, these points weren't enough to redeem each of the twenty items three times.
Fang Er decided to redeem all the items on the first page three times. As expected, after redemption, the items displayed the word "Sold Out."
He picked up a box of Viagra.
In his previous life, he had only heard of this but had never seen it.
Opening the box, he found two blister packs inside, four pills per pack, eight pills per box. He had redeemed three boxes in total, which was twenty-four pills.
"Who can I sell this to?"
Fang Er scratched his head, unable to find a buyer.
With his hands behind his back, Fang Er, bored to death, paced back and forth in the courtyard.
Just as he was about to go out for a walk, he heard a voice from the gatehouse.
"Brother Zhu Zi, I have something fun to tell you. Do you want to hear it?"
It was Huzǐ's voice.
"What is it? Tell me quickly. I'm so bored these days I feel like I'm rusting."
Zhu Zi sounded a little excited.
"I just heard from Dali, who went out with the butler, that Manager Zhang next door was kicked out by his wife. Do you know why?"
Huzǐ said mysteriously.
"Why?"
Zhu Zi asked cooperatively.
"It's said that Manager Zhang frequented brothels and was caught red-handed by his wife. His wife got angry, saying he was useless, yet he still ran to brothels every day. He only had the ability to pay the bill, and he couldn't even satisfy his own wife, yet he dared to mess around outside. Manager Zhang was defiant and challenged his wife to a fight. However, he finished as soon as they started, and his wife kicked him out of the house! Hahaha, Brother Zhu Zi, isn't Manager Zhang too pathetic!"
*Pfft!*
"Hahaha, he's got no stamina but dares to mess around. I guess Manager Zhang won't be able to hold his head up in Chang'an now. Right, this shouldn't have spread outside, should it?"
Zhu Zi burst out laughing and then asked in disbelief.
"Brother Zhu Zi, don't doubt it. This was told to outsiders by Manager Zhang's own employee! He said that Manager Zhang used to hit and scold him all the time, and out of anger, he spread the word."
*Duang!*
At this moment, Fang Er kicked open the door and entered.
"Come, come, Huzǐ, is what you just said true?"
Fang Er chuckled. This was like someone offering a pillow when he was dozing off.
"Ah? Young master, what are you asking about?"
Huzǐ hadn't expected his young master to be eavesdropping outside.
"I heard everything you just said about Manager Zhang."
Fang Er plopped down on Huzǐ's bed and asked.
"Heh heh, Young master heard everything? I don't know if it's true, but Dali told me that Manager Zhang's employee told him personally."
Huzǐ scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
Being caught by his young master talking about others behind their backs made him a bit scared.
"Alright, don't spread this matter around. It's not good, understand?"
Fang Er said to Huzǐ with a serious expression.
"Young master, don't worry. If he dares to blab about it, I won't let him off."
Zhu Zi glared at Huzǐ.
Huzǐ felt quite aggrieved.
"Didn't I say it to entertain you?"
"Why are you blaming me now?"
"Huzǐ, come with me."
Fang Er got up, dropped a sentence, and headed towards the inner courtyard.
Huzǐ followed trembling, thinking, "It's over! Is my young master angry?"