Gifts were not necessarily better just because they were more expensive. Sometimes, rare things could achieve surprisingly good results.
Of course, the most important reason was that, given Zhang Miao's current wealth, he could not afford anything expensive. The only thing he had worth offering was the craft he had brought from his previous life.
I hope Shikamaru's dad doesn't dislike it!
At that moment, Zhang Miao suddenly felt a little uneasy.
When he had visited Fugaku Uchiha before, Zhang Miao had never brought gifts, because he knew that what Fugaku Uchiha wanted was not a gift, but the secrets Zhang Miao kept hidden in his heart. Naturally, Zhang Miao had no qualms about fleecing him.
But Shikaku Nara was different from Fugaku Uchiha. He had not acknowledged Zhang Miao because he wanted something from him. He genuinely wanted Zhang Miao and his son Shikamaru to become friends.
Zhang Miao would not trick someone like that, nor did he want to.
Besides, with Shikaku Nara's intelligence, Zhang Miao did not think he could trick him anyway.
Moreover, Zhang Miao believed that as long as he built a good relationship with him, collecting Ninja Fragments would naturally follow. Just like with Kakashi, there was no need to deliberately scheme over it. Ordinary interactions were enough to collect Ninja Fragments, making things both easy and worry-free.
However, to accomplish that, he needed a good start. For example, the first time he had gone to Kakashi's house, he had given Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Kunai to Kakashi. That gift had been the beginning of his friendship with Kakashi.
That would not work with Shikaku Nara, but Zhang Miao remembered that Shikaku Nara enjoyed playing shogi, and his wife had just given birth to a son. Making him a wooden carving of himself