As they chatted for a few days, a shout suddenly came from outside.
"Dad, is the hundred-steel sword I wanted finished yet?"
Xu Zimo turned around and saw a woman with short hair, dressed in a somewhat worn white shirt, walking in.
Her hair reached her ears, her willow-leaf brows were sharp as blades, and her eyes shone brightly.
She was not an unparalleled beauty, but her looks were certainly above average.
Though she wore no makeup, she possessed a restrained beauty of her own, and she came across as bold and carefree.
When she entered the shop, the first people she saw were Xu Zimo and Tianshi.
After sizing them up, she smiled. "New here?"
"We just arrived in Cangyan Town today," Tianshi replied with a smile.
"This is my daughter, Lin Qing," the man beside them introduced. "I forgot to introduce myself earlier.
"I am Lin Bao, the town chief of Cangyan Town."
Xu Zimo and Tianshi hurriedly introduced themselves as well.
"Dad, don't they still not have any work?" Lin Qing quickly said. "Why not let them help you out at the blacksmith shop?
"You've always been alone here, and you still have to provide tools for half the people in town. That's quite exhausting."
"No need. Everywhere in town is short-handed right now. I can hold on a while longer," Lin Bao said, shaking his head.
"Farming tools are one thing, but the real problem is that combat weapons are already in severe shortage," Lin Qing replied. "Those monsters can bite our tools to pieces in one bite.
"The people in town are afraid you're too busy, so they've rarely mentioned it to you.
"If you let these two help, they can share some of the burden.
"Forging more weapons is also being responsible to the