Max Level Metaphysician: A Debt Repayment Journey…?
Chapter 637: The Ancestor Wants to Make a Paper Man

Chapter 637: Chapter 637: The Ancestor Wants to Make a Paper Man

"Ancestor, I’ll go check if there’s anyone inside," said Xia Xin, pointing at the tightly shut door.

Jiangli nodded her chin.

Xia Xin then walked over and peered into the dusty glass door.

The next second, a face suddenly pressed up against his.

It gave him quite a fright.

Xia Xin instinctively stepped back, exclaiming in surprise.

"What happened?" Jiangli, hearing him, walked over.

At this moment, the glass door was pulled open, and a plump middle-aged woman stepped out.

She was dressed in a gray tracksuit with an apron on top, and both the apron and her cuffs were covered in paste.

It was clear that she must be someone who worked with paper crafts.

As she stepped out, she asked, "Xia Xin, is that you, kid? What are you skulking around here for?"

Xia Xin patted his chest, soothing his heartbeat, and couldn’t help but say with a wry smile, "Fat Auntie, you scared me to death!"

Fat Auntie laughed, "You scared me to death too! I was in there making paper figures, and when I turned around, I saw you plastered against the door. What brings you here at this time?"

Xia Xin had grown up at Jiaoyang Temple and was very familiar with the locals.

He had been raised, as one might say, ’by a hundred families.’

The locals had watched him grow up and were all quite kind to Xia Xin.

Xia Xin was also fond of them.

Upon hearing this, Xia Xin introduced with a cheery smile, "I haven’t told Fat Auntie yet, this is our new Abbot of Jiaoyang Temple, Jiangli. I’ve come to accompany the Abbot to buy some necessary things."

Fat Auntie turned to look at Jiangli and cooed, "What a pretty young lady! Xia Xin, did your master find her for you?"

Xia Xin hurriedly waved his hands at this, "No, no, the Abbot was indeed invited by my master, but she’s of a higher generation than me, belonging to the same generation as my master. She’s here to revitalize our Jiaoyang Temple."

Seeing Xia Xin’s panicked face as he quickly cleared up the misunderstanding, Fat Auntie knew it wasn’t what she had thought and said with a chuckle, "So that’s the case. But what can the Abbot buy here at our place? There isn’t much here for a Taoist temple to use, right?"

"I..."

Xia Xin didn’t know and could only look towards Jiangli.

Jiangli said, "I want to buy paper for crafting."

Fat Auntie: "..."

"Buy paper?"

Fat Auntie was quite intrigued, as it was her first time seeing someone come to a paper-crafting store to buy paper.

But Jiangli, unflustered, nodded, "Yes, paper for making paper figures."

"Oh, you’re looking for that kind of paper!" Fat Auntie understood immediately.

The paper needed for paper figures is not quite the same as regular Xuan paper; it’s a bit thicker than the ordinary kind.

That type of Xuan paper isn’t very common in the market; they usually select it directly from factories.

And, there are many colors that need to be specified.

Since Jiangli wanted to buy paper suitable for paper figures, coming here made sense to Fat Auntie.

Yet, Fat Auntie remained curious, "Are you planning to craft paper figures by yourself? If you were saying you wanted paper figures, my store has plenty, including both male and female children figures. You could just buy them directly if you wanted, right?"

This was a kind gesture from Fat Auntie.

Most people who buy the paper wouldn’t know how to craft figures from it.

But Jiangli simply said, "I just want to buy the paper."

Seeing her resolve, Fat Auntie didn’t press further, "Alright, how much and what colors do you want? I’ll give you a neighborhood discount."

Jiangli answered, "Nine-feet long white paper, and seven-feet long grey paper will do."

"Are these for a man?" Fat Auntie deduced from the measurements that these were for adult males, "Aren’t paper figures usually made for male and female children? Is there also a demand for adult men figures?"

Jiangli smiled faintly, "That’s my business, you don’t need to worry about it; just having the paper is enough."