Although Iseni had been dragged by Zheng Qing into the storeroom behind the shop, the lingering fishy stench inside refused to dissipate. Xiao Xiao had no choice but to waste several Freshening Talismans before finally clearing the smell from the store.
As for the faint odor still lingering outside the shop, there was nothing he could do about it. After all, every talisman was worth its weight in gold. Now that the young wizard had begun learning how to run a business, he also had to learn to pinch pennies and carefully weigh costs against returns.
Of course, another reason he had no interest in the residual stink outside was the new "guests" in the shop.
Xiao Xiao cared so much about these new guests not because they were lavish spenders or of noble status. Quite the opposite. In Dr. Xiao's eyes, every one of them was a huge nuisance, making him itch to throw them out.
Of course, the wizard could only entertain such rude and crude thoughts in his heart. He neither could nor dared casually toss out any of the guests who had entered the shop.
Yes, every one of them.
The new guests were not wizards, but a flock of noisy Green Parrots, along with several Myna Birds, crows, larks, White Doves, and other small birds they had brought with them.
Not one of these birds was easy to deal with.
Aside from the parrots and Myna Birds that yelled nonsense in their broken-gong voices, even the larks and Myna Birds that looked refined and quiet chirped endlessly like sparrows after entering the shop, giving Dr. Xiao a splitting headache.
"We really don't sell bird feed... If you don't believe me, look around at our shelves. They're full of mouse traps, along with some talismans and