Chapter 18 Netizens Recruitment

Most people probably think that no matter how delicious strawberries are, how good can they be?

Ji Yunzhou thought the same thing before he put the strawberry in his mouth and tasted it.

However, when his teeth bit through the thin and tender strawberry skin and the refreshing sweetness bloomed on his tongue, he immediately changed his mind.

"Is it delicious?"

Ji Yunzhou made no secret of it: "It's delicious."

"Hahaha, Master Park didn't lie to you, did he? Come on, try another one."

Mr. Park didn't pick many in total. After washing them, most of them went into Ji Yunzhou's mouth. He smacked his lips after eating the remaining few.

Asked Mr. Yang: "Xiao Wu doesn't plan to send strawberries to netizens often, right?"

"Then I don't know."

"I feel like we haven't planted enough strawberries. With this little land, there won't be enough ripe strawberries for us to eat."

Old Master Yang was at a loss for words. "Why, you still want to eat strawberries as a meal? Everything needs to be done in moderation, otherwise you'll get tired of it soon."

"I'll never get tired of eating them, I definitely won't get tired of them. These strawberries are delicious. It's not like I haven't eaten strawberries before. I've tried American, Japanese, Dutch strawberries. The strawberries grown by foreigners are expensive, not tasty, and taste bland."

Mr. Pu's words touched Ji Yunzhou's heart. He thought carefully about the strawberries he had eaten before, and it seemed that they did not taste as good as the ones grown by Xia Wu.

"Is it related to the breed?" Ji Yunzhou asked.

"I bought it online. A seedling cost three yuan. What kind of good variety can it be?"

A few people were chatting at the door, wondering how Xia Wu grew such delicious strawberries. Fortunately, Xia Wu came back early, otherwise who knows what they would have guessed.

The foam net and foam box that Xia Wu bought came back. As soon as she got home, she said hello to Mr. Pu and Ji Yunzhou, and went to the field to pick strawberries.

"I've already negotiated a good price with the courier station in town. If I pack it before five o'clock, it can be shipped out today."

She did what she said, carrying a bamboo basket. Yang Hongwen followed behind and took pictures. Mr. Pu went to help. Ji Yunzhou pushed the wheelchair to the edge of the ground and couldn't get down.

"Xiao Wu, how many do you plan to send to those people?" Mr. Park was calculating the number of strawberries again.

"Let's see how many ripe strawberries we can pick. If we pick a lot, it'll be enough to give each of us a dozen or so. We can eat the rest ourselves."

This hit the spot Mr. Pu wanted. "Okay, okay, I just picked a few for Yunzhou to try. I saw that there were quite a few ripe ones."

Xia Wu smiled without saying anything and quickened his movements.

She searched through more than fifty strawberry seedlings, and the last small bamboo basket was still not enough, so Old Man Yang brought her a new basket. Xia Wu placed the strawberries next to Ji Yunzhou and said, "Take a look."

Ji Yunzhou looked at the strawberries at his feet and couldn't help but pick one up and sniff it.

After much thought, he took a photo of the strawberries, opened WeChat, and sent a message: "Grandpa, there is no wild osmanthus honey this year."

Soon, someone in the group replied: "Brother!"

Ji Yunzhou turned a blind eye and waited for a while. When he didn't receive any message from the old man, he sent the photo of strawberries and said, "I have strawberries. Do you want to try some?"

"Brother! I want to taste it, I want to taste it!"

"Brother, can you see?"

"Brother, did you block me?"

"Brother? Brother! Big brother?"

Messages kept popping up in the group and private chats kept popping up. Ji Yunzhou found Ji Shengyu annoying and simply blocked him.

"Where's the honey? Did Lao Pu steal it?"

Old Man Ji finally showed up.

"Give it away." Ji Yunzhou said concisely.

"Do you want to eat strawberries?"

"No, I'll talk to you later. I'm fishing in the Mediterranean."

After saying this, Old Man Ji didn't reply again.

Ji Yunzhou clicked on his grandfather's profile picture and saw him surrounded by several bikini beauties, holding a sea fish in his hand and smiling happily, and then he fell silent.

"Brother, if Grandpa doesn't eat it, I will!"

Ji Shengyu changed his number and continued to harass Ji Yunzhou. "School is about to be on vacation, shall I come to see you?"

"Don't come." Ji Yunzhou declined politely.

"I've already bought the ticket. Wait for me in three days."

Ji Yunzhou turned off his phone, his temples were a little painful.

Xia Wu had finished picking the strawberries. She looked at the strawberries on Ji Yunzhou's legs, then at the half basket of strawberries in her hand.

After thinking about it, he simply put both baskets on Ji Yunzhou's legs and said, "I'll push you back."

Yang Hongwen was still filming, and Ji Yunzhou said, "I don't want to be on camera. Can you delete this part?"

"Don't worry, you won't be in the video."

Xia Wu and Ji Yunzhou always maintained a slight sense of distance. After living in the Xia family for many years, Xia Wu had already developed a pair of sharp eyes. Whether from his dress or his words and deeds, Ji Yunzhou's identity should not be simple.

At least, he is rich.

Rich people like this generally don't like to expose their private lives, especially since Ji Yunzhou has a leg injury. Instead of seeking better treatment in a big city or abroad, he's staying in this remote village. There must be a story behind Ji Yunzhou that he doesn't want others to know.

Xia Wu is not very curious about outsiders, she just wants to focus on her career now!

After returning to the house, Xia Wu began to classify the strawberries according to their ripeness. Strawberries that were too ripe could not be sent by express delivery, otherwise they would be squeezed and damaged a lot on the way. Most of the strawberries she sent out were 70% ripe.

After wrapping layer after layer of foam net, Xia Wu finished packing with the help of Grandpa Pu and his grandfather an hour later.

Making a "yeah" gesture to the camera, Xia Wu smiled brightly and said, "I've packed them now. I'm going to ride my bike to town to ship them to everyone. The strawberries were not washed after they were picked, so remember to wash them before eating them after you receive them~"

It was not easy for Xia Wu to recruit netizens who were willing to try the food. There were many people who wanted to try it, and since it was free, it would be a waste not to try it.

But when it comes to needing to make a statement on camera, many people are reluctant to do so.

It wasn't until yesterday that Xia Wu found ten people.

These ten people were scattered all over the country, the farthest of them was even more than a thousand kilometers away. Ordinary express delivery would take at least three or four days. Xia Wu was afraid that the strawberries would go bad, so he chose shipping, which of course was very expensive.

In order to prove herself, she really spent a lot of money.

"Grandpa, my brother and I are going to send a courier. You can eat the remaining strawberries!" After saying hello to everyone, Xia Wu hurriedly got on his electric tricycle and left home with Yang Hongwen.

I have to say, Xia Wu is very different from when Ji Yunzhou first met her.

After a busy day, Xia Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief after packing all the express deliveries and leaving his contact information before five o'clock.

After she returned home, Mr. Pu and Ji Yunzhou had both left, leaving only Mr. Yang at home. Yang Guojun and Liu Guizhen were still helping out at the funeral home. They said the burial would take place early the next morning, and they would be free of charge after that.

Grandpa Yang prepared dinner, including scallion pancakes, cornmeal, and some washed strawberries as after-meal fruit. Xia Wu was already starving, but he ate with gusto.

After dinner, she started editing the video again. She edited the footage of picking strawberries, packing and shipping today, and clicked publish.

He also did not forget to move Ji Yunzhou out of the camera.

After doing all this, Xia Wu forced himself to wash up, lay back on the bed and fell asleep soon after.

Li Yun is still working overtime.

In the small cubicle, the computer screen reflected her tired face. She picked up the cold coffee, took a sip, and put it down again, her face expressionless.

Until the phone screen suddenly lit up and a special attention message popped up, saying that Xia Xia from the mountains had updated her video.

Li Yun raised her head and looked around. Her colleagues were still working overtime. No one spoke and no one noticed her.

She put on her headphones and opened the video on her computer. At the beginning of the video, what caught her eye was Xia Xia's bright and beautiful face.

"Hello everyone, today is a bumper harvest, Xia Xia~" Xia Xia showed off the bamboo basket in her hand, "I've been holding back from picking strawberries for two days, just waiting to ship them to everyone today. Without further ado, let's take a look at how many ripe strawberries there are!"

The camera followed Xia Xia as she moved. Every time she pulled apart a strawberry seedling, a few red strawberry fruits were revealed. The girl's slender fingers quickly and accurately pinched off the strawberry stems and gently put them into the basket.

As time went by, the neatly stacked strawberries filled up half a basket, which was very relaxing for people to see.

But then, Xia Xia sped up the video editing, and finally harvested a basket and a half of strawberries, and then started packing strawberries...

"Now I'm going to town to deliver the express to everyone. I hope you receive it soon! Bye~"

The video ends here.

Li Yun finished his coffee unknowingly, with a faint smile on his face, and began to look forward to receiving the express delivery.

She filled in her company address because she was worried that the express delivery would be delivered to her rental house and she would not be able to pick it up in time if she got off work too late.

Xia Xia said she was in Tong City. Li Yun opened the map and searched. Jing City is more than a thousand kilometers away from Tong City.

Life there is not as fast-paced as in Beijing. Xia Xia should be asleep by now, right?

Li Yun supported her cheeks. Even though the video had finished playing, she didn't click on it. Instead, she was lost in her thoughts.

Tong City, a male dormitory in the university town.

"Fuck, where are you, Lao Zhou?! We're in a team fight, where the hell did you go?"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, my goddess posted a video, let me take a look!"

"You're such a loser! You're such a loser! Your home has been destroyed and you still want to glance at a goddess!"

The roommate looked at the blood-red "defeat" on the computer screen with great sorrow and grief, while strangling Zhou Hui's neck, "Damn it, let me see which vixen has taken your soul away!"

"Alright, don't blame him. Even if he wasn't distracted, this game would have been lost. Don't even consider your skill level. You were beaten 0-7 in the early stages."

"Nothing!"

"Shhhhh, shut up! I can't hear what my goddess is saying." Zhou Hui stopped his roommates from making noise, grinning foolishly while holding his phone, turning it around for everyone to see: "See, I have good taste, don't I? This girl is really beautiful!"

"Let me see!"

"Damn! She's pretty, but the Kuaishou filter is so powerful, be careful she might become the next Qiao Biluo!"

"Impossible! With my Lv100 identification ability, Xia Xia is definitely a natural beauty! There's no fakery!"

"Is this girl in the countryside?"

Zhou Hui's solemn promise piqued the curiosity of his roommates, and they gathered around to watch the video with him. While watching the video, Zhou Hui told them all the reasons why he discovered the girl and ate her melon.

"This should be the first time she has encountered such a thing. I thought that if I sign up, I could earn some strawberries to eat. If I say a few good words for her, maybe the girl will be grateful to me!" Zhou Hui thought of Xia Xia's starry eyes full of gratitude towards him, and a foolish smile appeared on his face.

"You're dreaming! Couldn't this just be a tea girl's trick? Be careful not to expose your personal information so casually, or something might happen!"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Xia Xia is also in Tong City. I estimate that the express delivery sent today will arrive tomorrow. You will know then!"

His roommates scoffed at his confidence, but young people have plenty of time to waste, so even doing something boring is understandable. Everyone dispersed and returned to their computers, calling up their friends to start the next round of games.

In the west district of Tongshi, a family lives in a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

After mopping the floor, the woman looked at the time and saw that it was still early for her son and daughter to get home from school. She stretched out on the sofa, opened Kuaishou, and immediately pushed Xia Xia's new video to her.

"It's going to be sent so soon?" The woman's name is Chen Ming. She is a full-time housewife. She has two magical beasts at home. The older one is a brother who is in the first year of high school, and the younger one is a sister who is in the second year of junior high school.

The two children are not much different in age. Since she gave birth to the children, she has never gone out to work. She usually does housework at home, studies food and drinks, grows flowers and vegetables, and watching videos is also one of her hobbies.

She first came across Xia Xia through a recommendation from a local. At that time, Xia Xia’s videos didn’t have many likes. She started watching them because of her hobby of planting, and gradually became attracted to Xia Xia.

I have watched every one of her videos, from her first one to the later ones, and naturally I also know about the "script" rumors that were making a lot of noise a few days ago.

Chen Ming doesn't like to speak on the Internet, fearing that she will become an accuser of online violence, but she also feels that Xia Xia is very sincere and doesn't seem to be faking it. So when she saw Xia Xia recruiting people to try the food and speak out for her, Chen Ming hesitated for a day, and only decided to sign up after she knew that Xia Xia had not found enough people.

After watching the video of Xia Xia picking and packing strawberries, she found that the strawberries in the video were very fresh and were indeed picked from the ground. The day before yesterday, she took the opportunity to ask Xia Xia how she grew the strawberries well. She was even more surprised to learn that she only applied compost in the early stage and then watered the strawberries normally, and had not used any pesticides.

It is difficult for strawberries to grow well without pesticides. There have been constant rumors in the market about the use of pesticides on strawberries from flowering to fruiting, and the harm caused by various hormone growth enhancers is even more appalling.

Therefore, Chen Ming rarely buys strawberries for the two children because he is afraid that they are unhealthy.

Through the screen, Shen Ming didn't know whether what Xia Xia said was true or not. She had already made up her mind that after the express delivery arrived, she would eat it herself and not let the child taste it, in case it contained medicine.

Most of the netizens who participated in the tasting lived relatively close to the place, after all, Kuaishou’s local recommendation function is still very powerful.

The first thing Xia Wu did when he woke up was to send the express delivery number to the netizens who wanted to try the food. After checking several of them, he found that the food could be delivered in the afternoon.

In other words, at the latest within the next two days, someone will be able to prove Xia Wu's innocence.

Only now did Xia Wu feel a little relieved.

She believed that as long as these people tasted the strawberries themselves, they would be impressed!