Chapter 44: Popularity

A favourite dessert of Lu Qingjiu, it is made by mixing raw milk and eggs together, freezing them to a solid jelly form, then cutting them into strips and coating them with flour and frying them in hot oil. The outside of the milk is crispy, but the inside is melted, so that the warm milk bursts out of the juices in one bite.

Lu Qingjiu served it to Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu and they both said they liked it. Lu Qingjiu said that now that he had milk, he could try more dairy products in the future and he found that his Cow produced quite a lot of milk, basically when he was fed, he could produce milk. The taste of the milk is also based on what the Cow eats, if he is fed grass, the Cow's milk is plain milk, if he is fed chocolate, it is chocolate milk.

Yin Xun was very happy about this, and his two bars of chocolate were not wasted.

Lu Qingjiu's plans to make money have been slow since he opened his Tao Bao shop, both because the prices are too high and because the shop is not popular. But he is not in a hurry, as the money he has made from Zhang Chuyang is more than enough for now.

But just this morning, a buyer knocked on Wang Wang of Lu Qingjiu and asked about this hair growth lotion.

He Xiaoyang is twenty-seven years old, but he has never had a girlfriend because of his hair, which has almost fallen out at a young age. He Xiaoyang has no choice but to wear a hat all day, but when he wears more hats, the quality of his hair becomes worse, which is a vicious circle.

He Xiaoyang also tried to get a hair transplant, but the hair follicles transplanted from the back of his head to the top of his head did not grow at all, and after spending tens of thousands of dollars with no results and suffering, He Xiaoyang felt that it was more than worth it.

The day he stumbled upon a shop on Tao Bao called "Little Village", which seemed to be new and had only one product in it, and that product had the word "hair growth lotion" written on it, which seemed deliberate.

He Xiaoyang clicked on the shop and saw the owner's description that he would refund the price if he did not leave.

So confident He Xiaoyang saw the price of the hair regrowth lotion, 4999, which is not too expensive for a programmer, but, is it really reliable?

He Xiaoyang thought about it and clicked on the shop owner's contact details to ask about his concerns.

"O boss, this hair growth lotion doesn't work for you really refund"

"Right." The owner's reply was succinct, "Full refund."

"Really? And how does it work at your house?"

"You'll know if you use it." The owner did seem confident.

He Xiaoyang thought about it, so he took a copy and then read the instructions for the hair growth lotion carefully, which were roughly to apply to the head and supposedly get immediate results the next day.

He Xiaoyang thought, "I've tried so many hair growth products, I'm not missing this one. He Xiaoyang thought, "I've tried so many hair regrowth products, I don't need this one. I'll treat it like a dead horse, just in case it works.

With this in mind, He Xiaoyang waited for his delivery.

For his first client, Lu Qingjiu also showed his attention by putting the well water into a glass bottle designed by Zhu Miaomiao, which resembled a high-end perfume bottle and contained just enough hair regrowth for one application to the head. The bottle was put into a wooden box and then a custom-made rigid cardboard box. Finally a beautiful black ribbon was tied in a knot on the outside and sealed with fire lacquer, and a very realistic copy of the hair regrowth was wrapped up.

Lu Qingjiu went to town and sent the goods, deliberately using the most expensive courier.

The volume is still low, but when the volume is high, we will be able to have a courier come to Shuifu Village to pick up the items and we won't have to travel so far.

After sending out the goods, Lu Qingjiu forgot all about it, he had a lot of things to do in autumn and he was planning to make some curd and pickles when the weather cooled down. He was also planning to make some chestnut cakes and stewed chicken with chestnuts, as Yin Xun said there were many wild chestnut trees in the mountains.

When Lu Qingjiu logged into his Tao Bao account for the second time, he realised that he had a lot of messages on Wang Wang, with all 100 copies of the limited edition hair regrowth lotion sold and many people begging him to restock.

It's really quite simple, it's just that the last customer found the hair growth lotion to be exceptionally effective and called it a miracle, so he recommended it to his friends and colleagues, and all the hair growth lotions were shot up.

Lu Qingjiu thought about it and simply put up an announcement on the shop, stating that the shop's craftsmanship was limited and the hair growth lotion was limited to 100 copies per month, so if you wanted to buy it, please wait until next month.

We then closed Wang Wang, printed out the order and shipped it off.

"It's sold out, it's sold out, He Xiaoyang, can you talk to the boss and ask him to send some more goods?" He Xiaoyang, who was begged by his colleague, could only laugh bitterly and said, "It's useless to beg me, I don't know the boss."

"So how did you get it?" My colleague's eyes were red with envy as he watched He Xiaoyang's Mediterranean hairstyle turn into short, dark and shiny hair, "It's such a small shop, I can't believe you found it."

"I'm just lucky too." He Xiaoyang was also a bit helpless, if he had known he would have bought a few more bottles to stock up on, who knew that the hair growth lotion in this shop was so difficult to buy, and he had only casually advertised it, but those people who took a look at the hair on his head went straight to place their orders, without any hesitation at all.

"Then what." The colleague despaired, "It's out of stock."

"Let's wait for next month." He Xiaoyang could only say, "Didn't the boss say that the new goods would be available next month."

Looking at the boss who didn't reply to any of the knocks, my colleague raised his voice and sighed, as if that was the only way to go.

Lu Qingjiu's shipping speed was not fast, he had to cook every day, this Tao Bao is a side business, so although all the orders were taken, he only packed the well water every day when he had nothing to do in the evening, and took it to the town for delivery the next day, almost 20 pieces a day, it took more than a week to finish it all.

To thank the lady ghost in the backyard, Lu Qingjiu bought a lot of joss sticks and paper money from the town and lit them for her.

After Lu Qingjiu had finished his delivery, he asked Yin Xun to go to the mountains with him, carrying a bamboo basket and a bamboo pole to beat a basket of chestnuts.

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Although the chestnut looks smooth on the skin, it is actually wrapped in a thick layer of fleshy thorns, so special care should be taken when playing, otherwise if it falls on your body, not only will it hurt but you will also get stuck in a body full of small thorns, and it is best to wear gloves when picking up chestnuts and opening raw chestnuts as well.

Luckily Yin Xun has a special constitution and is not worried about this at all, so Lu Qingjiu is beating it with a wooden pole while he happily bends over the ground to pick it up, and in no time the basket is full.

The two of them carried two baskets full of chestnuts on their backs and went down the hill satisfied. Lu Qingjiu planned to make a chestnut chicken stew for the evening and then chestnut cakes for tomorrow.

"Have you ever eaten fried chestnuts with sugar" Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun chat.

"No." Before Lu Qingjiu's return, Yin Xun had eaten very little, and the chestnuts he made himself were just boiled in a pot and eaten as a snack.

"Then I'll fry you some for a snack sometime." Lu Qingjiu said, "But there doesn't seem to be any fine sand on this mountain."

"I'll go and find it for you." Yin Xun volunteered.

Lu Qingjiu said, "All right."

The chicken stewed with chestnuts is quite simple, just add chestnuts to the chicken stew and the stew will have a sweetness unique to chestnuts, while the chestnuts add a freshness to the chicken soup, making it a delightful dish. The chestnuts were filling, but Yin Xun's stomach was full after eating about two dozen of them, and he only tasted two pieces of chicken.

He devoured the rest of the chicken and chestnuts in one gulp, and if Lu Qingjiu hadn't told him to save some soup for the chicken noodle soup in the morning, he would have had the bottom of the pot plowed clean.

"Ah, I envy Bai Yuehu." Yin Xun, who was so full of food that she could only sit on a chair, said enviously, "Why do I still have such a small appetite when I'm not even human anymore?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "I was wondering the same thing."

Yin Xun :""

After eating, the three of them sat in the courtyard to eat. Yin Xun was interested in the fried chestnuts Lu Qingjiu had mentioned earlier and said he would go and look for fine sand tomorrow.

"Where are you going to find it?" Lu Qingjiu asked. Lu Qingjiu asks him, "This Shuifu Village is just a small stream, and the most you can find in it is rocks, but not fine sand.

"There's always a way to find it." Yin Xun, however, is full of confidence.

Bai Yuehu echoed, "I can find it even if he can't."

Lu Qingjiu lost his smile at this, it seems he had underestimated the determination of the foodies.

Lu Qingjiu opened his Tao Bao as he was going to bed at night, intending to enter his order number for the shipment. No refunds have been issued so far, so it seems that people are finding the results very good after using it.

However, when Lu Qingjiu opened Wang Wang, the constant dinging sound caused his computer to lag for a few minutes.

Lu Qingjiu's scalp exploded at the number of messages, so he carefully clicked on a few and found that they were almost all requests for shampoo.

The first batch of shampoo had only been sold for a few days, and although it had already started to work, the number of people asking for it was a little too high, making him wonder if something had gone wrong.

Lu Qingjiu couldn't understand it, so he didn't bother to think about it, and after answering a few messages, he simply turned off his computer and went to sleep. It was not until the next day that Zhu Miaomiao gave him a call.

"Hello, Miao Miao, what's up, so early." Lu Qingjiu was brushing his teeth when he got the call, he spat the water out of his mouth and looked at the time, it was only six twenty in the morning, although it was already time for him to get up, Zhu Miaomiao didn't usually get up this early.

"Lu Qingjiu, you're on fire," Zhu Miaomiao called out.

"I'm on fire" Lu Qingjiu was bewildered, "What's on fire?"

"Of course it's your shop that's on fire." Zhu Miaomiao said, "I just saw that your shop's name was on the hotspot."

Lu Qingjiu: "Ah"

He opened his phone and looked through the dating platforms, and saw his shop name "Little Village" on the top of the hot search.

"I was losing all my hair, luckily I used this hair growth lotion, which is so incredibly effective that I wonder if some metaphysical power is being used." One o-owner posted, "But the hair growth lotion is limited to 100 per month, so it's up to fate if you can get it."

The comments at the bottom were all very emotional when they saw the comparison picture, "Metaphysics not to mention metaphysics, if I could grow my hair I would eat no meat for ten years." The comment at the top was so tragic, "It's all because of this hair that's holding me back, otherwise my kids would be three years old."

Of course, some of the comments are also doubting whether the person who sent this Weibo is doing marketing, after all, 4999 yuan a bottle of hair growth water is really not cheap, but o owner said you do not have to have such worries, because people shop owner promised, if ineffective full refund, with such a bottom line, how can it be in a scam.

After a cursory scan, Lu Qingjiu closed the software and said, "Why is everyone reacting so much?"

He didn't understand, it was just a matter of growing hair, so why did he look like he had been given a new life?

Zhu Miaomiao said angrily, "That's because your hair is good, if you go bald for two or three years, you'll know what it's like."

Lu Qingjiu said, ""Then he'd better not try.

All in all, Lu Qingjiu's shop was a hit, and Zhu Miaomiao also suggested to him that he could sell other things in the shop besides hairspray at a higher price, but Lu Qingjiu thought it was too much trouble and said he could just make do with some hairspray.

Zhu Miaomiao is furious with Lu Qingjiu, but there is nothing he can do about it, and if Lu Qingjiu really cared that much about money, he would not have returned to Shuifu Village to farm.

At first he thought he was mistaken, but after asking Yin Xun, he discovered that Yin Xun could see it too.

"What is this?" Lu Qingjiu reached out towards the circle of light, but his hand passed right through it.

"Hiss." Yin Xun rubbed his chin and smacked his lips, something was wrong with this thing, "Do you think this aperture is a bit holy?"

Lu Qingjiu :""

Yin Xun said, "Like, the thing on top of the angel's head."

Lu Qingjiu :""

He decided to give up his bullshit with Yin Xun and went to find the encyclopaedia Bai Yuehu.

Bai Yuehu sat on a chair and ate freshly boiled chestnuts, he was too lazy to peel them, but Lu Qingjiu couldn't stand it and peeled them all for Bai Yuehu.

"Bai Yuehu." Lu Qingjiu said, "Why do I see a white circle of light above that well in the backyard?"

Bai Yuehu said, "When did this happen?"

Lu Qingjiu said, "It started just last month."

Bai Yuehu said, "That female ghost is going to become a god."

Lu Qingjiu: "Ha," he thought Bai Yuehu was joking and asked again with a glare, "What did you say about the female ghost becoming a god?"

Bai Yuehu said, "Yeah."

Lu Qingjiu :""

The look on Lu Qingjiu's face was so shocked that Bai Yuehu patiently began to explain: "You sold a lot of water from the well, didn't you?"

Lu Qingjiu nods his head.

"The water in the well was the carrier of her obsession." Bai Yuehu says, "the unfinished business that she was most resigned to during her lifetime."

Lu Qingjiu was in a trance at Bai Yuehu's words, but then he remembered Zhu Miaomiao's anguished tone when she talked about her hair.

"The number of people who have received the grace of her obsession is now increasing, and the power of gratitude is growing." Bai Yuehu says, "God can be created."

Lu Qingjiu: "So she's going to be a hair god"

Bai Yuehu said, "Yes, but right now the power of gratitude is still a bit weak, and when it has accumulated for a while she should be able to become a real god."

Lu Qingjiu shuddered, "Gods are so easy to become, aren't they all quite powerful?"

Bai Yuehu looks at Lu Qingjiu: "Is Yin Xun good?"

Lu Qingjiu: ""He was surprisingly unable to retort for a moment, oh, his dear scrappy friend.

Bai Yuehu said, "Not being a god makes you powerful, there are levels of gods, like Yin Xun, the mountain god."

Lu Qingjiu said, "How?"

Bai Yuehu said, "I can eat ten of them in one bite."

Lu Qingjiu :""

Yin Xun, who had finished feeding the pigs and was about to return to the courtyard, heard Bai Yuehu's words and instantly hid behind the door, shivering with a miserable expression, thinking that he was going to eat himself because he had eaten too much and Bai Yuehu was disliked.

Lu Qingjiu knew that the vixen was never joking when it came to food and waved his hand, "No, Yin Xun doesn't look too good."

Bai Yuehu grunted, not commenting on this.

Lu Qingjiu digressed, unaware that Yin Xun had already shed tears of sadness at Lu Qingjiu's words oooooooooh, he just knew Lu Qingjiu was his best friend.

But when it came to a side business other than hairspray, Lu Qingjiu had some ideas. He found time to ask Yin Xun if there were any bees in Shuifu Village.

"Bees, no." Yin Xun says, "But you can keep them if you want to, there are plenty of flowers on the mountain."

Although Lu Qingjiu had the idea, he knew that beekeeping was not something that could be done in a day, so he decided to consult a professional before trying it himself. And now he has to prepare for the coming winter.

The winters in Shuifu Village are particularly cold and every year there are several heavy snowfalls, which, if you are unlucky, block the roads and cut off Shuifu Village's contact with the outside world. If you don't stock up on food, it can be a very difficult winter.

Lu Qingjiu doesn't hate winter, it has its advantages. As far as he can remember, every year at the beginning of winter his grandmother would make a pot of fragrant lamb soup and it was perfect to boil some peas in the soup. Lu Qingjiu is looking forward to the winter as he remembers the taste of these things.

Of course, he had to prepare more before winter so that there would not be enough to eat in the house.

So Lu Qingjiu drove his lorry to and from the town, first buying a lot of pork, beef and mutton, and then dozens of catties of cabbage.

Most of the pork, beef and lamb is used for making sauces or bacon, which is hung in the kitchen and cut into pieces when you want to eat it. Some of the cabbage is put in the cellar and some of it is used to make spicy cabbage. The family cellar hadn't been used for a long time, but it was located in the backyard near the wellhead, a place not usually used until winter, and it was so dark that it was like a place from a horror story for a young Lu Qingjiu.

But now that Lu Qingjiu is older, he's not so afraid of these things, and besides, there's Miss A Piao in the well, so it's not that scary.

He then found a sunny afternoon and asked Yin Xun to join him in cleaning the cellar.

The key to the cellar was nowhere to be found, so Lu Qingjiu simply fished out a pair of pliers and broke the lock, and when he pushed the door open, a cloud of dust rose from the doorway, which swirled in the air and made him cover his mouth and nose.

The cellar, which had not been used for over ten years, had seen the light of day again. Lu Qingjiu carefully climbed down the ladder, armed with a torch, and could barely make out the inside of the cellar.

The cellar was dusty because it had not been used for a long time, and Lu Qingjiu saw that it was about the size of a bedroom, with a table on which there were some old objects, but nothing else.

"Sake, what's in it?" Yin Xun asks, holding his head in his hands.

"You can come down and see for yourself." Lu Qingjiu replied. He walked over to the table and saw its contents up close. Most of the table looked like useless junk, but there was a black wooden box that caught Lu Qingjiu's attention.

The wooden box was also covered in dust. Lu Qingjiu reached out and wiped the dust away, feeling the smooth texture of the box. He picked it up and looked at it carefully, it was a bit heavy and it seemed to have a lot of things inside.

"What is this?" Yin Xun also came down and stood behind Lu Qingjiu and saw what he was holding.

"I don't know." Lu Qingjiu said, "Maybe it's jewellery or something."

"Is it." Yin Xun said, "Open it and see."

Lu Qingjiu put down the wooden box and tried to open it, only to find a small text lock hanging from the top.

"You still need a password to open it." When Yin Xun saw that the box wouldn't open, he quickly lost interest in it, "This cellar hasn't been used for many years, so much dust, I'll sweep it with a broom first, you put the mask on."

Lu Qingjiu nodded, but did not take his eyes off the wooden box. He seemed to remember where he had seen it before, but could not recall it for a while, but there was no need to be too anxious, he would remember it sooner or later.

Taking the mask from Yin Xun's hand, Lu Qingjiu bowed his head and together with Yin Xun they carefully cleaned the cellar.