Her Cultivation Diary

Lettuce shrinks quickly when stir-fried, so if you buy it at the market, two heads might not be enough for a dish.

But now the two huge, plump heads quickly picked by Mother Wang are crisp when snapped, and the leaves are vibrantly green. When stir-fried, they have the effect of three or four market-bought heads.

"You did great, Wang Yangyang!"

As a mother, she can't help but smile brightly as she puts the plate of lettuce on the table: "Give me some of those seeds next time, so I can plant some on the balcony."

Wang Yangyang was just bringing over rice and was genuinely puzzled: "But those seeds are the same as the batch we planted last time! You said my planting was no good then."

So for the second planting, it was her mom who did it, not expecting much to grow, but just not wanting to waste the seeds.

After all, the lettuce from the first planting was sparse, with only a few leaves on each head. It took seven or eight heads to make a plate, which was quite embarrassing.

Compared to now, it's like night and day, as if there was a genetic mutation.

This also puzzled Mother Wang.

She carefully thought about her planting process. Last time, the seeds didn't grow well, so this time it was all about convenience; she didn't even bother to sprout them, just scattered them directly into the pot.

Who would have thought a month later they'd grow so well!

She brought over another plate of braised chicken wings and asked, "Did you add any fertilizer?"

Wang Yangyang sighed, "How could I manage that! The new company is crazy busy, I barely have time to water—— oh, there actually might be fertilizer."

"Didn't I win a bag of sheep manure fertilizer in Qiaoqiao's live stream? I heard it can be used as a base fertilizer, so I buried the whole lot in the large flowerpot."

Qiaoqiao's live stream?!

As a mother, she quickly got the key point: "The same Qiaoqiao? You mean... that spinach?"

"Yes!" Wang Yangyang nodded— that spinach was actually her first time trying to order. When it arrived, her mom criticized her because it was quite expensive.

Plus, the spinach had dirt on it and yellow leaves weren't cleaned off, whereas the ones from the market or supermarket are not only cheaper but clean and fresh.

But it was bought anyway, so her mom mumbled and cleaned it up, then simply stir-fried it—truth be told, the old variety of sprawling spinach didn't look appealing, and when it arrived its leaves were grey-green, appearing quite old.

Yet when it was actually stir-fried, you found the leaves were olive green and tender, melting in your mouth with a unique spinach sweetness...

In short!

"Delicious!"

After that meal, her mom immediately switched sides, and even urged Wang Yangyang to keep buying: "Buy more! Get another 10... forget it, buy 30 pounds, I'll blanch and freeze them! They'll be great in hot pot!"

Wang Yangyang: ...

At that time, still a new fan, she wasn't too sure about the charms of Qiaoqiao's home, so she took a stroll through the live stream and shouted a few words, only to face the resentment from other fans——

[You're thinking of buying spinach, huh?]

[Right! I don't buy 100 pounds because I don't like it?]

[They said they're rewarding fans! If it weren't for this, how could you get this price?]

[Honestly! Normally it's 20 a pound, and you can't even get it. Now just to reward fans, it's selling for 6.]

[Annoyingly, so many new fans coming! If it weren't for them, I might've managed to buy 10 pounds!]

Amidst the layered grievances of everyone, Wang Yangyang, caught in the middle, initially wanted to say the 30 pounds figure to shock the seller, but in the end had to drop the idea.

From then on, she understood—when others sell goods, they're selling goods, but Qiaoqiao is simply offering benefits.

Now discussing this, the mother and daughter looked again at the plate of lettuce, and without saying a word, they first picked up their chopsticks.

Moments later, the two exchanged a glance: "This dish..."

It's really delicious!

Though it's not as great as they remember the spinach being, compared to the ones they often buy at the supermarket, it's definitely a few levels above!

This left the mother and daughter feeling unsure.

So, could it be possible that the tasty lettuce is due to the seeds?

But thinking about what Qiaoqiao's home sells, plus the high demand for it, and the prize-winning bag of manure fertilizer...

No matter how you think about it, you can't get around it!

While silently pondering, they continued to pick at the lettuce, while the braised chicken wings on the side cooled down, and the whole plate of lettuce was eaten up.

And at this point, Mother Wang made a decision:

"Wang Yangyang, go ask in that live stream if there's any discount for buying 10 bags of that manure fertilizer."

Wang Yangyang: "... Mom, you're making things difficult for me like Fatty Tiger."

Being a fan for three streams now, Wang Yangyang somewhat knows the high demand for Qiaoqiao's products and simply said helplessly:

"They don't sell it; it was won as a prize."

"I know!" Mother Wang had her own logic: "I once won a jade bracelet in a supermarket lottery too, but had to pay an extra 2000— sellers often have these tactics."

"Online flower shops sell manure fertilizer, why wouldn't they sell it if there's money to be made? Even if it's a bit pricey, we'd buy it."

She thought about it and added: "If there's still spinach, we'll buy it." Just that it's already March, isn't it old by now?

Wang Yangyang: ... They already have a million followers, it's probably not about money, right? She checks the online store daily, and never managed to snag any of the limited stuff...

Does this seem like someone lacking money?

She grabbed her mom's phone, quickly installed the live stream software and Taotao Treasure, then skillfully found Qiaoqiao's shop:

"Mom, you ask yourself; I bet it's not available anymore."

"Here's their online store, here's the live stream platform, I've logged you in to follow Qiaoqiao with one click. The live stream isn't on now, just watch past replays, but ask in the online store."

Ask she shall!

Mother Wang thought: This child, honestly! Giving up even before asking.

She'll ask herself; it's not like she's shy! She's watched live streams on Douyin and even used Meituan to order groceries!

At this moment, she initiated the handwriting keyboard, writing stroke by stroke:

"Sheep manure fertilizer, how much for 10 bags?"

"Is there any spinach left? Not the old ones."

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The online store now doesn't have anything they want, so when the message notification dinged, Zhang Yanping paused.

And when he opened the message tab, he couldn't help but be silent.

What sheep manure fertilizer? Did they sell this at their store?

As for spinach... well, didn't it all sell out before getting old?

Even if they picked out the old ones, they couldn't be sold—the dogs, pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese at home would think they aren't enough to eat!

Anyone asking like this must be new to the live stream, right?

Faced with a new fan, he politely replied:

[Hello dear, we haven't sold sheep manure fertilizer in our store]

[There's no spinach dear, not old or fresh ones]