After checking the closed doors and windows as usual, Shen Xing returned to the carving workbench and sat down, motionless, his eyes resting on Hong Bin's half-length wood carving, watching as the level of mental antibodies under his eyes began to increase again.
By late at night, the antibody level had exceeded level 3.
In Shen Xing's opinion, the level of antibodies must be related to his mental strength. Naturally, the more the progress bar is filled, the better.
Because I kept staring at the wood carvings, I soon fell asleep again after persisting for a while.
After sleeping until dawn, Shen Xing felt full of energy after getting up, her cold symptoms had completely disappeared, and her energy was much more abundant than usual.
He guessed that this should be the change brought about by staring at the half-length wooden sculpture.
I took my phone key and went out.
If he doesn't open a store for a day or two, his small business won't last long.
The name of the wood carving shop is "Tingwu". It was Ye Tingting who originally added her own name to it and paired it with the various wood carvings in the shop. Not to mention that the name of the shop still has some sense.
The store's address is on Chunyu Street in the old town of Yungu City, about a twenty-minute walk from the Ivy League Community where Shen Xing lives.
Chunyu Street is the street closest to the new city. When he first opened the store, Ye Ting had considered that this location would be the most suitable to ensure that residents in the new and old cities could patronize the store.
The most important thing is that the rent of the store is not too expensive. Now I can maintain a normal life by opening a store, but it is impossible to make a lot of money.
When I arrived at the door of the store, I opened the U-shaped lock on the door, pulled the door open to both sides, then walked into the store, turned on the light, wiped the glass cabinets and wooden tables with a wet rag, and then cleaned the floor.
The quantity of finished wood carvings in the shop is not very large, but Shen Xing accepts custom orders from customers. The charge for this kind of specially customized wood carvings is higher, but it is also one of the main sources of his living expenses.
When he first arrived in this world, Shen Xing discovered that although there were anime here, there was no Naruto, no One Piece, and no Marvel or DC. The wood carvings of the original owner of the body are mostly based on Buddha statues, flowers, birds, vegetation, or natural scenery. There are occasional human figures, but they are not his main works.
So after Shen Xing arrived in this world, he began to try to slowly change his work style. But once something like style is finalized, it is often difficult to change.
Even though Shen Xing had a certain foundation in painting in his previous life and could imitate the cartoon image in his mind to perfection, he always felt that something was missing after carving it out.
In fact, in the final analysis, the reason why they are similar in appearance but different in spirit is related to factors such as technique, experience, and understanding of the original work.
However, these cartoon-like wood carvings have attracted the curiosity of some children, so they have attracted an additional wave of younger fans.
There are even a few junior high school students who come here every now and then to see if Shen Xing has released any new works.
Considering the fullness of the work, Shen Xing added a beautiful folded card to each character. The card contains an introduction to the character's background, plot, etc., in preparation for the gradual launch of a series.
No matter what, even if you are running a wood carving business, you must innovate, otherwise you may have closed down by now.
Three wood carvings were sold on this day, a Hatake Kakashi, another Iron Man, and a snow mountain scenery.
As long as small wooden sculptures like Hatake Kakashi are exquisitely crafted, those little guys who don't have money to buy expensive figures will always be tempted to buy this substitute. Besides, there are no figures from Naruto or Marvel in this world.
As for wood carvings such as snow mountain scenery, as home furnishings, they are generally purchased by people who have married. Usually, many of the customers who come into the store are mainly for viewing and curiosity, and few actually spend money to buy them.
Yesterday, after absorbing the characteristics of the fake Hong Bin, the test of changes in the palms was interrupted by Feifei and has not yet been carried out.
After cleaning the store, Shen Xing took a piece of discarded wood piled under the workbench in the store.
This is a piece of scrap ironwood that was originally scrapped. Ironwood is taken from a tree with very hard wood. Because of its hard texture, it is often used as military industry, construction and other parts.
This piece of scrap wood also seems very heavy in the hand, far heavier than other wood.
With a little luck, Shen Xing could feel the strange power rising in his hand. He held one end of the iron wood and gave it a strong force.
His fingers immediately sank into the hard and solid waste wood.
"Fuck!"
He let go of his clenched fingers and stared at the five deeply sunk fingerprints that appeared on the surface of the iron wood.
"Is this...the Eagle Claw Kung Fu, or the Iron Sand Palm?! Or am I turning into Popeye?!"
He lowered his head and looked at his hands in surprise. He could feel that after absorbing the characteristics of the fake Hong Bin, the strange power was only concentrated in his hands. Other than that, other parts of his body did not feel the fullness of this power.
Of course, luck does not come without a price. The slight soreness and weakness in the ten fingers should be caused by the lack of good control just now.
This is like a weightlifter who suddenly breaks out during a competition and lifts a weight that he has never successfully challenged before. After the competition, he will suddenly faint or have bleeding from his mouth and nose.
Shen Xing put the iron wood with five fingerprints in his bag to take home. Shen Xing felt that he could use it to test his strength in the future, and it was not appropriate to expose it to customers now.
At sunset, business ends for the day.
After closing the shop, Shen Xing also installed a half-palm-sized wood carving of Buddha that was unfinished in the shop, preparing to polish it after returning home.
Holding the small backpack in his hands, he walked back to Qingteng Community as usual.
When he arrived at the gate of the community, he was startled and saw two cars parked at the gate with police lights flashing.
Someone was standing across the street, whispering to each other, and pointing in the direction of the community from time to time.
Shen Xing frowned, walked into the entrance of the community, and then went upstairs from the stairs on the left.
There are no security guards in this old community, let alone property management, so there is a high chance of burglary. The head of the household may go out to work during the day and the house may be burgled.
Thinking about the possibility of a police car parked outside the gate, Shen Xing climbed the stairs.
When he was about to climb up to the third floor, his eyes suddenly stiffened, and his whole body remained motionless as he climbed up the stairs.
In his gaze, a red eye stared directly at the staircase where he was.
The pupils of this eye were dilated, weak, and exuded a sense of death, but the upper and lower eyelids seemed to be held open by an invisible force.
This is a woman who has been dead for a long time. The body is lying in the door of the room facing the stairs. The door is open. The right side of her face is close to the ground, and one eye is pressed below, unable to see. Clearly, the other eye is facing the direction of the stairs on the third floor, as if examining everyone coming up from the stairs.
This scene made Shen Xing, who had just reached this position, feel a creepy feeling.
He recognized that the woman lying dead on the ground was Feifei's mother - Lin Wanru!
