Crispy milk is a dessert Lu Qingjiu really enjoys. It's made by mixing milk, cornstarch, and eggs, freezing them until they solidify into a jelly-like consistency. The mixture is then cut into strips, coated in flour, and deep-fried in hot oil. The resulting crispy milk is crispy on the outside, while the milk inside is melted. The warm milk bursts out with a bite, creating a sweet, soft, and rich milky flavor.
After it was ready, Lu Qingjiu brought it to Yin Xun and Bai Yuehu for a taste. They both liked it very much. Lu Qingjiu said that now that he had milk, he could try more dairy products in the future. He also found that his cows produced a lot of milk. Basically, as long as they were fed food, they would produce milk. The flavor of the milk also depends on what they eat. If they are fed grass, the milk they produce is plain milk. If they are fed chocolate, it is chocolate milk.
Yin Xun was very happy about this, and it turned out that his two pieces of chocolate were not given in vain.
As for Lu Qingjiu's money-making plan, his Taobao store hadn't seen much business since it opened, partly because the prices were too high and partly because the store wasn't popular. But he wasn't in a rush; the money he earned from Zhang Chuyang was enough for him.
But just this morning, a buyer called Lu Qingjiu's Wangwang store and asked about the hair growth water.
He Xiaoyang is 27 years old and has a handsome appearance, but he has never had a girlfriend. The reason is that his hair has almost fallen out at such a young age. No matter how handsome his face is, as long as he has a bald head, he will be disliked. He Xiaoyang is helpless and can only wear a hat all day long. However, wearing a hat too much makes his hair quality worse. It is a vicious cycle.
He Xiaoyang also tried to get hair transplant, but the hair follicles transplanted from the back of his head to the top of his forehead simply wouldn't grow. He spent tens of thousands of dollars with no effect at all, and he even suffered. He Xiaoyang felt that it was not worth it.
One day, he accidentally saw a store called "Xiaocun" on Taobao. The store seemed to be newly opened, and there was only one product in it. The product had the words "Hair Growth Water" written on it, which seemed deliberate no matter how he looked at it.
But for some unknown reason, He Xiaoyang clicked on it. After clicking in, he saw the owner's introduction - as long as the baby doesn't give birth, the full price will be refunded.
So confident?! He Xiaoyang saw the price of the hair growth water, 4999, which was not too expensive for him as a programmer, but was it really reliable?
He Xiaoyang thought about it, clicked on the store owner's contact information, and asked about his concerns.
"Boss, are you really going to refund me if this hair tonic doesn't work?"
"Yes." The boss's answer was simple. "All refunds."
"Really? How's the effect at your house?"
"You'll know once you use it." The boss seemed very confident.
He Xiaoyang thought about it and took a photo, then carefully read the instructions for use of the hair growth water. It was basically to apply it on the head, and it was said that the effect would be immediate the next day.
Since he could get a full refund anyway, he might as well give it a try, He Xiaoyang thought. He had already tried so many hair growth products, so this one wouldn't hurt either. He might as well give it a try, just in case it worked.
With this thought in mind, He Xiaoyang waited for his express delivery.
Lu Qingjiu also showed his appreciation for his first client. He placed well water in a glass bottle designed by Zhu Miaomiao. The bottle resembled a high-end perfume bottle, containing only enough hair tonic for one application. The bottle was placed in a wooden box, then in a custom-made hard cardboard box. Finally, he tied a beautiful black ribbon around the outside and sealed it with wax. Just like that, a high-end hair tonic was packaged.
Lu Qingjiu went to the town to deliver the goods, and deliberately used the most expensive express delivery.
The quantity is still relatively small now. When the quantity increases, I can ask the courier to come to Shuifu Village to pick up the package, and I don’t have to run so far.
After shipping the goods, Lu Qingjiu put the matter out of his mind. There was a lot to do in autumn, and he planned to make some fermented bean curd and pickle kimchi while the weather was cooler. The chestnuts were almost ripe, and Yin Xun had told him there were many wild chestnut trees in the mountains. He planned to find time to pick some chestnuts to make chestnut cake and chestnut stewed chicken.
So when Lu Qingjiu logged into his Taobao account for the second time, he found that there were an incredible amount of messages on his Wangwang account. All 100 limited-edition hair growth waters were sold out, and many people were begging him to restock. He looked at the messages carefully and roughly understood what was going on.
In fact, it is very simple. The previous customer found that the hair growth water was very effective, which was simply a miracle, so he recommended it to his friends and colleagues, and then all the hair growth waters were sold out.
Lu Qingjiu thought about it and simply put up a notice in the store, saying that the store's craftsmanship was limited and the hair growth water was limited to 100 pieces per month. Once they were sold out, they would be gone. If you want to buy it, please come back next month.
Then I closed Wangwang, printed out the order and shipped it.
"Sold out, sold out, He Xiaoyang, can you talk to the boss and ask him to send some more goods?" He Xiaoyang, who was pleading with his colleagues, could only smile bitterly. He said, "It's no use begging me. I don't even know the boss."
"Then how did you buy it?" Seeing He Xiaoyang's Mediterranean hairstyle transformed into a shiny black short hair, his colleagues' eyes turned red with envy. "This store is so small, and you actually found it..."
"I'm just lucky." He Xiaoyang was a little helpless. If he had known earlier, he would have bought a few more bottles to stockpile. Who knew that the hair growth water in this store was so hard to buy? Moreover, he just promoted it casually, but those people took a look at the hair on his head and placed orders directly without any hesitation.
"What should we do?" the colleague said in despair, "We're out of stock."
"Let's wait until next month." He Xiaoyang could only say, "Didn't the boss say that new products will be available next month?"
Seeing that the boss didn't reply no matter how many times he knocked, the colleague sighed loudly, thinking that this was the only thing he could do.
Lu Qingjiu's delivery speed was not very fast. He still had to cook every day. Taobao was just a side job. So even though all the orders were completed, he only packed the well water at night when he had nothing to do, and took it to the town for delivery the next day. He could deliver more than 20 pieces a day, and it took him more than a week to deliver them all.
In order to thank the ghost lady in the backyard, Lu Qingjiu specially bought a lot of incense, candles and paper money in the town and lit them for her.
After Lu Qingjiu delivered the goods, he called Yin Xun to go to the mountain together. He carried a bamboo basket and a bamboo pole and picked a basket of chestnuts.
Although the skin of chestnuts looks smooth, they are actually wrapped in a thick layer of fleshy thorns. You must be especially careful when picking them, otherwise if they fall on your body, it will not only hurt but you will also be pricked by the small thorns. It is also best to wear gloves when picking chestnuts and opening raw chestnuts.
Fortunately, Yin Xun had a special physique and was not worried about this at all, so Lu Qingjiu hit him with a wooden pole, and he happily bent over to pick up the trash on the ground. Soon the backpack was full.
The two of them went down the mountain contentedly, carrying two baskets full of chestnuts. Lu Qingjiu planned to make chestnut stewed chicken in the evening and chestnut cake tomorrow.
"Have you ever eaten sugar-roasted chestnuts?" Lu Qingjiu and Yin Xun chatted.
"No." Before Lu Qingjiu came back, Yin Xun had eaten very little. He cooked the chestnuts himself by just boiling them in a pot and eating them as snacks.
"Then I'll fry some for you as a snack when I have time." Lu Qingjiu said, "But there doesn't seem to be any fine sand on this mountain..."
"I'll find it for you." Yin Xun volunteered.
Lu Qingjiu said, “Okay.”
Chestnut chicken stew is quite simple; simply add chestnuts to the stewed chicken. The resulting chicken has a unique chestnut sweetness, while the chestnuts add a touch of chicken broth's umami flavor. It's a delightful dish. Chestnuts are incredibly filling; Yin Xun ate more than twenty of them and felt bloated. He only managed two pieces of chicken.
Of course, Bai Yuehu didn't have this worry. He swallowed all the remaining chicken and chestnuts in one breath. If Lu Qingjiu hadn't asked him to save some soup for the chicken noodle soup tomorrow morning, he would have probably scraped the bottom of the pot clean.
"Ah, I envy Bai Yuehu so much." Yin Xun, who was so full that he could only slump in his chair, said enviously, "Why do I have such a small appetite even though I'm not even human anymore..."
Lu Qingjiu said: "I was thinking about the same question."
Yin Xun: “…”
After dinner, the three of them sat in the yard to digest their food. Yin Xun was very interested in the sugar-roasted chestnuts that Lu Qingjiu had mentioned before and said that he would go look for Xisha tomorrow.
"Where are you going to find it?" Lu Qingjiu asked him. There was only a small stream in Shuifu Village. The stream was mostly filled with stones, but no fine sand.
"We can always find it." Yin Xun was full of confidence.
Bai Yuehu also added: "If he can't find it, I can find it too."
Lu Qingjiu laughed when he heard this. It seemed that he had underestimated the determination of the foodies.
Before bed that night, Lu Qingjiu opened her Taobao account and entered the order number for her shipment. This was her last batch, and once it was shipped, the hair tonic for this month would be sold out. So far, no buyers had requested a refund; it seemed everyone was satisfied with the results.
But when Lu Qingjiu opened Wangwang, the constant ding-dong sound made his computer freeze for several minutes before it recovered.
Looking at so many messages, Lu Qingjiu's scalp exploded. He carefully clicked on a few and found that almost all of them were looking to buy shampoo.
Why are there so many people suddenly here? Lu Qingjiu was a little confused. This first batch of shampoo had only been sold a few days ago. Although it had already taken effect, the number of people seeking to buy it was a bit too much. He even wondered if there was something wrong.
Lu Qingjiu couldn't figure it out, so he gave up thinking about it. After replying a few messages, he simply turned off his computer and went to sleep. It wasn't until the next day that Zhu Miaomiao called him.
"Hello, Miaomiao, what's the matter? It's so early." Lu Qingjiu was brushing his teeth when he received the call. He spit out the water in his mouth and looked at the time. It was only 6:20 in the morning. Although it was time to get up for him, Zhu Miaomiao usually didn't get up so early.
"Lu Qingjiu, you're famous!" Zhu Miaomiao shouted.
"I'm famous?" Lu Qingjiu was bewildered. "What's famous?"
"Of course your store is popular." Zhu Miaomiao said, "I just saw your store name on the trending search."
Lu Qingjiu: “Ah?”
He opened his mobile phone and browsed the dating platform. Sure enough, he saw the name of his store "Xiaocun" on the hot search. He clicked on it and found that the hot search was full of users' excited recommendations and before-and-after comparison pictures of their hair.
"My hair was almost falling out, but luckily I used this hair tonic. The effect is so incredible, I even suspect it's some kind of metaphysical power," one poster posted. "But the purchase of this hair tonic is limited to 100 pieces per month. Whether you can get it depends on luck."
The comments below were all very emotional after seeing the comparison pictures, "Metaphysics? Forget metaphysics, if I could grow long hair I could give up meat for ten years." The comment that was pushed to the top was so miserable, "It's all this hair that has held me back, otherwise my child would be three years old."
Of course, some comments also doubted whether the person who posted this Weibo was doing marketing. After all, hair growth water that costs 4,999 yuan a bottle is really not cheap. However, the poster said that you don’t have to worry about this at all, because the store owner promised a full refund if it is ineffective. With such confidence, how could he be cheating?
Lu Qingjiu took a quick look and then closed the software. He said, "Why is everyone reacting so strongly?"
He didn't understand. Isn't it just growing some hair? Why does it look like he has been reborn?
Zhu Miaomiao said angrily: "That's because you have good hair. If you were bald for two or three years, you would know what it feels like."
Lu Qingjiu said: “…” Then he should not try.
All in all, Lu Qingjiu's shop became very popular. Zhu Miaomiao also suggested to him that in addition to hair growth water, he could sell other relatively expensive items in the shop. Lu Qingjiu thought it was too troublesome and said that he could just make some hair growth water to get by.
Zhu Miaomiao was angry at him for not fighting for it, but he couldn't do anything about Lu Qingjiu. Yes, if Lu Qingjiu really cared about money that much, he would never return to Shuifu Village to farm.
After the hair growth water opened up the market, Lu Qingjiu found that there was a strange change in the well in his backyard. A white halo appeared above the wellhead. At first he thought he was seeing things, but after asking Yin Xun, he found that Yin Xun could see it too.
"What is this?" Lu Qingjiu stretched out his hand towards the aperture, but his hand passed directly through the aperture.
"Hiss." Yin Xun stroked his chin and smacked his lips. There was something wrong with this thing. "Don't you think this light circle... is a bit holy?"
Lu Qingjiu: “…”
Yin Xun said, "Like, that thing on top of an angel's head?"
Lu Qingjiu: “…”
He decided to give up chatting with Yin Xun and went to look for the encyclopedia Bai Yuehu.
Bai Yuehu sat on a chair and ate fresh boiled chestnuts. Originally, he was too lazy to peel the chestnuts, but in the end, Lu Qingjiu couldn't bear to watch and peeled them all for Bai Yuehu.
"Moon Fox." Lu Qingjiu said, "Why do I see a white halo above the well in the backyard?"
Bai Yuehu asked, "When did it happen?"
Lu Qingjiu said: "It started last month."
Bai Yuehu said, "That female ghost is about to become a god."
Lu Qingjiu: "...Huh?" He thought Bai Yuehu was joking, and asked again with wide eyes, "What did you say? A female ghost is going to become a god?"
Bai Yuehu said, "Yes."
Lu Qingjiu: “…………”
Perhaps because Lu Qingjiu's expression was too shocked, Bai Yuehu patiently began to explain: "You sold a lot of water from the well, right?"
Lu Qingjiu nodded.
"The water in the well is the carrier of her obsession." Bai Yuehu said, "It is the unfinished business that she was most unwilling to leave behind."
Lu Qingjiu was dazed by Bai Yuehu's words, but she remembered Zhu Miaomiao's grief-stricken tone when she talked about her hair. Oh my god, after the girl in the backyard died, her biggest obsession wasn't finding the murderer, but growing a head of shiny black hair. Could it be that she died because of an argument with her boyfriend over her hair volume? They ended up falling out and being brutally murdered?
"Now, more and more people are accepting the grace of her obsession, and their gratitude is also increasing." Bai Yuehu said, "Gods can be created."
Lu Qingjiu: "...So she's going to become a hair god?"
Bai Yuehu said, "Yes, but the power of gratitude is still a little weak now. After accumulating for a period of time, she should be able to truly become a god."
Lu Qingjiu said in a trembling voice: "It's so easy to become a god, aren't gods all very powerful?"
Bai Yuehu glanced at Lu Qingjiu and asked, "Is Yin Xun powerful?"
Lu Qingjiu: “…” He was actually unable to refute for a moment, oh, his dear good-for-nothing friend.
Bai Yuehu said: "Becoming a god doesn't mean you will be powerful. Gods also have different levels, like the mountain god Yin Xun."
Lu Qingjiu asked, "How?"
White Moon Fox said, "I can eat ten in one bite."
Lu Qingjiu: “…”
Yin Xun, who had just finished feeding the pigs and was about to return to the yard, happened to hear Bai Yuehu's words. He immediately hid behind the door, trembling with a miserable expression. He wondered what he had done wrong that Bai Yuehu wanted to eat him. Could it be that he ate too much and was being disliked...
Lu Qingjiu knew that her vixen never joked about food, so she waved her hand and said, "Goodbye, Yin Xun doesn't look very delicious."
Bai Yuehu snorted and did not comment.
Lu Qingjiu changed the subject, not knowing that Yin Xun had already shed sad tears for Lu Qingjiu's words... Woo woo woo, he knew that Lu Qingjiu was his best friend.
However, when it comes to side jobs besides hair growth water, Lu Qingjiu does have some ideas. He found some time to ask Yin Xun if anyone in Shuifu Village raises bees.
"No bees, no." Yin Xun said, "But if you really want to raise some, it seems you can. There are plenty of flowers on the mountain."
Although Lu Qingjiu had this idea, he also knew that beekeeping was not something that could be accomplished in a day, so he decided to consult a professional before trying it himself. He also had to prepare for the coming winter.
The winters in Shuifu Village are particularly cold, with heavy snowfalls several times a year. If you're unlucky, the snow can block the mountain roads, cutting off Shuifu Village from the outside world. If you don't stockpile food, you'll likely have a very hard winter.
Lu Qingjiu didn't dislike winter. Winter had its advantages. He remembered that every winter, his grandmother would stew a pot of fragrant mutton soup. Blanching pea sprouts in the mutton soup was perfect. The pea sprouts grown by the farmers were very fresh, and they tasted sweet when cooked in the soup pot. The taste in his memory was always particularly tempting. Thinking about these things, Lu Qingjiu even looked forward to winter.
Of course, he had to prepare more food before winter so that there would be enough food at home.
So Lu Qingjiu drove the truck back and forth to the town, first buying a lot of pork, beef and mutton, and then bought dozens of kilograms of cabbage.
Most of the pork, beef, and mutton were used to make braised meat or bacon, which was then hung in the kitchen, so they could just cut a piece whenever they wanted to eat. Some of the Chinese cabbage was stored in the cellar, and some was used to make kimchi. The cellar at home hadn't been used for a long time. It was located in the backyard near the wellhead. It wasn't used until winter, and it was pitch black. To the young Lu Qingjiu, it was like something out of a horror story.
But now that Lu Qingjiu is older, he is not so afraid of these things. Besides, isn't there Miss Pia in the well? It's not that scary.
He found a sunny afternoon and asked Yin Xun to help him clean the cellar.
The key to the cellar was nowhere to be found, so Lu Qingjiu simply grabbed a pair of pliers and broke the lock. As soon as he pushed the door open, a cloud of dust rose up from the entrance. The dust swirled in the air and blew towards him, forcing him to cover his mouth and nose.
The cellar, which had not been used for more than ten years, finally saw the light of day again. Lu Qingjiu carefully climbed down the ladder. He brought a flashlight and could barely see the situation inside the cellar.
Because it had not been used for a long time, the cellar was full of dust. Lu Qingjiu saw that it was about the size of a bedroom. There was a table with some old objects on it, but nothing else.
"Sake, what's in it?" Yin Xun asked, supporting his head.
"Come down and take a look yourself." Lu Qingjiu replied. He walked to the side of the table and looked closely at the things on the table. Most of the things on the table looked useless garbage, but there was a black wooden box that attracted Lu Qingjiu's attention.
The wooden box was also covered in dust. Lu Qingjiu reached out and wiped away the dust, feeling the smooth texture of the box. He picked up the box and examined it carefully. It felt heavy, as if a lot of things had been moved inside. Although it had been stored in the cellar for so many years, the box had not been corroded by the dust. After wiping off the dust, the surface was still as smooth as before. Although he didn't know what kind of wood it was, Lu Qingjiu felt that it must be quite special.
"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 jewelry or something else."
"Really?" Yin Xun asked, "Open it and take a look?"
Lu Qingjiu put down the wooden box and began to try to open it, but he found a small lock with words on it. Lu Qingjiu studied it for a while but still couldn't guess it.
"You still need a password to open it." Yin Xun quickly lost interest in the box when he saw it wouldn't open. "This cellar hasn't been used for years. There's so much dust. I'll sweep it up first. You put on your mask."
Lu Qingjiu nodded, but his eyes did not move away from the wooden box. He seemed to remember where he had seen this wooden box, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. However, there was no need to worry too much, he would remember it sooner or later.
Taking the mask from Yin Xun's hand, Lu Qingjiu lowered his head and began to clean the cellar carefully with Yin Xun.
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