Chapter 77 Mingyi Bird Egg
Every time Li Chang'an sells vegetables via live stream, Chen Qiuxin stays in the live stream room and has been lucky enough to snag a few deals.
It was the weekend, and ever since she saw Li Chang'an's live stream announcement on Weibo last night, she and her mother had been waiting for it all morning.
After reading the vegetable introduction for today, Chen Qiuxin added each type of vegetable to her shopping cart according to the maximum quantity limit.
Immediately afterwards, she saw Li Chang'an introducing the Mingyi bird eggs in the live broadcast room.
“Bright eyes…” Chen Qiuxin murmured.
She looked at her mother, who was sitting next to her scrolling through her phone.
Her mother's eyesight wasn't very good; she would see things blurry, with double vision or a hazy appearance. After taking her to the hospital, the doctor diagnosed her with cataracts.
The doctor recommended surgery, but her mother was very scared and insisted that it wasn't serious, that she could still see, and that she just needed reading glasses; she didn't want to have surgery.
Chen Qiuxin couldn't do anything about it and could only give in to her for the time being.
But recently, her mother's symptoms seem to have worsened, and Chen Qiuxin is even thinking about hiring a caregiver so that someone can take care of her mother at home while she goes to work.
Now that Chen Qiuxin has seen the Mingyi bird eggs that Li Chang'an is preparing to sell, she is somewhat tempted.
Li Chang'an's dishes are excellent, and not only in terms of taste.
The premium dishes make people feel relaxed, while the spiritual dishes have a conditioning effect on the body. Furthermore, if you have any discomfort, unless it's a terminal or serious illness, eating spiritual dishes can generally cure it, saving netizens the trouble of going to the hospital.
However, in response to netizens' comments, Li Chang'an only said that spiritual energy has some benefits for the human body, without directly stating that the dishes have any definite effects.
This was the first time he had said something with such certainty about its function.
If he dares to say that in his live stream, then the effect must be quite good.
Thinking of this, Chen Qiuxin quickly picked up her phone and sent private messages to her colleagues asking them to help her snag some Mingyi bird eggs.
[Please, everyone, my mom's eyesight isn't very good. Could you help me snag two bird eggs? I'll pay an extra commission if I succeed.]
Ever since Chen Qiuxin brought white radishes and sweet potatoes to the company, her colleagues have become loyal fans of Xianshan Farm. They watch the live streams on time and compete for the vegetables together.
Okay, I'll give it to you if I manage to snag one.
No need for commission, we're practically family.
Seeing her colleagues' replies warmed Chen Qiuxin's heart.
Soon, it was the hour.
Chen Qiuxin calmly and quickly paid, and luckily managed to snag the vegetables and two bright bird eggs.
Two of her colleagues also managed to snag a Mingyi bird egg and sent her a message to let her know.
Chen Qiuxin excitedly replied with her thanks and gripped her phone tightly.
The next morning, Chen Qiuxin received a package delivered by the Lingyuan bird.
She first found the two bright red bird eggs.
Two bright bird eggs lay quietly in a small box. Even without any safety measures, the two eggs remained intact and undamaged.
Chen Qiuxin immediately took the eggs and boiled them, making her own breakfast in the process.
Two bright bird eggs and two chicken eggs were boiled in the pot, while chopped sweet potatoes were steamed in a small steamer on the other side.
A short while later, Chen Qiuxin brought breakfast to the restaurant and saw her mother slowly walking over. Just as her mother was about to enter the restaurant, she accidentally bumped into the restaurant door with a loud thud.
Chen Qiuxin's heart tightened, and she quickly stepped forward: "Mom, are you alright?"
Her mother subconsciously rubbed her sore arm, but after a moment she remembered something and quickly waved her hand, saying, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all. I saw the door, I just bumped into it by accident. Don't worry."
She knew that her eyes were getting worse lately, but she was afraid that her daughter would bring up the idea of surgery again, so she always said that she was fine after bumping into something.
However, this time Chen Qiuxin did not nag her with concern as before, but instead helped her to the dining table.
"Mom, I made eggs and sweet potatoes for breakfast today," Chen Qiuxin said, picking up a boiled Mingyi bird egg, gently tapping it on the table, and peeling off the shell.
The cooked egg white is as white as a cloud and incredibly smooth.
"Here, Mom." Chen Qiuxin placed the peeled egg in her mother's hand.
"Okay." Her mother nodded. Although her vision was blurry, she still managed to separate the egg based on her past memories and handed the yolk to Chen Qiuxin.
The yolk of the Mingyi bird's egg is golden red and has only an eggy aroma, without any fishy smell.
"Here, Xin Xin, here's an egg yolk for you."
Chen Qiuxin has loved egg yolks since she was a child, so her mother would always share the egg yolks with her whenever she ate eggs.
However, this time, Chen Qiuxin shook her head and refused: "Mom, I won't eat them. These two eggs are yours. You should finish them."
Her mother tried to use her usual excuse: "The egg yolk is fishy..."
Chen Qiuxin quickly interrupted with a smile: "Mom, smell it carefully. This egg is from a spirit bird. It doesn't smell fishy at all."
"A spirit bird's egg?" Mom smelled it curiously and found that it really didn't smell fishy, only fragrant.
Her eyebrows lit up with joy, and she said, "It's not fishy, then Xinxin, you should eat more."
Chen Qiuxin: "I don't want it. I have eggs. Mom, you eat them. If you don't eat them, I'll take you to have the surgery."
Her mother was amused and burst into laughter: "Okay, okay, you're threatening me now, huh? Hahaha."
Chen Qiuxin snorted: "This is not a threat. I mean what I say."
Her mother had no choice but to slowly finish the whole egg.
The egg white is slightly sweet, the yolk is rich and fragrant, and there is no fishy smell at all.
After finishing one, Chen Qiuxin handed over a second peeled egg.
Chen Qiuxin breathed a sigh of relief after seeing her mother eat both bright bird eggs and handed her some sweet potatoes.
She didn't ask her mother how she was feeling. After all, even if it was a spirit bird egg, there was no way that eating two of them would completely cure her. That would be too exaggerated.
After finishing breakfast, Chen Qiuxin grabbed her bag and prepared to go to work.
As usual, she reminded her, "Mom, I'm going to work. Be careful with electricity at home."
“Okay.” Her mother replied, then suddenly walked to the entrance and took out a bottle of cooling balm from the first-aid kit: “Xin Xin, did you get bitten by a mosquito on your forehead? Apply some medicine.”
Chen Qiuxin paused, staring blankly at her mother.
She didn't move at all, and her mother got a little anxious. Seeing that there wasn't enough time, she immediately unscrewed the cap of the mentholatum, poured some out, and applied it to Chen Qiuxin's forehead: "The mosquitoes these days are very vicious; it will itch if you don't apply medicine..."
"Mom," Chen Qiuxin's voice trembled, "how did you see the mosquito bite on my forehead?"
Actually, she got this mosquito bite yesterday and applied some medicine. Today it's no longer itchy, and there's only a little red mark left.
Given her mother's recent eye condition, she shouldn't be able to see such a small detail. Yesterday, she had mosquito bites all day, and her mother didn't see it.
Just now, her mother was at the restaurant entrance and could see a small mosquito bite on her forehead in the entryway.
"Huh?" Hearing this, her mother also became a little puzzled. "Yes, how come I can see it all of a sudden?"
Her mother's hands trembled, and she even looked down at the words on the bottle of mentholatum.
Then, she said excitedly, "Xin Xin, look, these words are so small, but I can still see them clearly!"
"Look at the words here, don't they say: Cool and refreshing, not sticky..." She read out the small print below the cooling balm.
With each word she uttered, Chen Qiuxin's tears fell as well.
"Yes, yes." Chen Qiuxin nodded repeatedly, raising her hand to wipe away the tears on her face. "Mom, I'll take a day off today. I'll take you to the hospital for a check-up first."
"Oh, isn't it a good thing that you can see now? Why go to the hospital..."
"I have to go, I absolutely have to go. I need to see if there's really been an improvement before I can feel at ease," Chen Qiuxin said, already taking out her phone to ask for leave.
She then quickly made an appointment on her phone and took her mother to the hospital.
After a series of tests, the doctor said that the severity of her mother's cataracts had decreased significantly. He was puzzled and asked Chen Qiuxin if she had given her mother any medication or other treatment.
Chen Qiuxin's mother looked at her daughter curiously and said, "There was no treatment, it's just strange, she was fine all of a sudden after eating breakfast this morning."
“They are spirit bird eggs,” Chen Qiuxin explained. “I bought some newly harvested spirit bird eggs from Xianshan Farm. The purpose of those eggs is to improve eyesight.”
"I see." The doctor adjusted his glasses.
He had actually been following news about the Fairy Mountain Farm online and knew that the vegetables containing spiritual energy were good for the human body.
Since it's a method from the cultivation world, he's no longer curious.
"Based on the current examination results, the bird egg is working very well, but we need to continue to observe it to see if this is a temporary effect or a complete cure."
"Okay." Chen Qiuxin nodded quickly.
She left the hospital with her mother, who was still marveling on the way: "Two bird eggs, and they worked so well?"
Chen Qiuxin said, "I was surprised too. I was prepared to help you snatch things up often in the future."
Unexpectedly, her mother's condition improved so much after eating just two bright bird eggs.
"Two of my colleagues also helped me get some. Once I get it, Mom, you should eat some more. Maybe you'll be completely cured."
Mom: "Okay... Xin Xin, are bird eggs very expensive?"
Chen Qiuxin burst out laughing: "Speaking of which, Mom, guess how much each of these spirit bird eggs costs? Just so you know, the first number is 2."
"2? Two thousand?" Mom's eyes widened.
"Twenty!" Chen Qiuxin said.
"!!" Her mother was completely shocked.
"Twenty...two is forty, and my eyes are so much better after just forty?!" Mom was dumbfounded.
“Yes.” Chen Qiuxin was filled with gratitude. “This is really a fan benefit price. To be honest, if it has this effect, I would be willing to buy it for you for 20,000 yuan.”
But ironically, this egg only costs twenty.
Chen Qiuxin turned the steering wheel, rounded an intersection, and exclaimed, "This egg is so effective and so cheap. I hope that other people with poor eyesight can buy it so that they can have the possibility of seeing again."
"Yes," Mom said with a touch of emotion.
After returning home, Chen Qiuxin thought for a moment and then sent feedback on WeDog.
The feedback included the mother's previous diagnosis records and today's test results.
[...The doctor said my mother's condition is really improving; the effect of the Mingyi bird eggs is beyond everyone's imagination.]
Two days later, she posted feedback that her mother's cataracts had completely healed.
Those who saw the post were incredibly shocked and quickly flocked to her comment section to ask if it was true or not.
Besides Chen Qiuxin, other people on Weige have also posted feedback about the Mingyi bird eggs, which is equally astonishing.
Hearing that it could improve eyesight, I decided to give it a try and asked people in my classmates' group to help me snag some. We ended up buying ten. Who would believe it? I have severe astigmatism and myopia of 1000 degrees, and just ten eggs and I'm cured! Two hundred yuan got me rid of those thick glasses I'd worn for so many years—who would believe it!
My grandma has severe cataracts, and unfortunately, my family and I could only buy four eggs. But luckily, her condition has improved, and now we're just waiting to grab more when Li Chang'an sells eggs next time.
I have over 300 degrees of astigmatism and only about 300 degrees of nearsightedness. I took off my glasses after eating two eggs. I'd like to appeal to everyone: next time Li Chang'an sells these eggs, please give them to those who truly need them.
[Agreed! There are too few Mingyi bird eggs; we need to make sure that those who truly need them can buy them!]
...
The online discussions were overwhelming, and Li Chang'an also learned about it.
It wasn't that he found it on his own initiative, but rather that Yuheng came to Xuanling Immortal Mountain to tell him.
On the terraced fields, after chatting for a while, Yuheng said, "The Alliance wants to take pictures of the Mingyi Bird and put them in the archives so that everyone can find information about this spirit bird."
The last time the alliance entered the Lingyuan Bird's file, it was all photos taken by netizens online. For the Mingyi Bird's photo, we can only ask Li Chang'an.
"Do you need to get an ID card? Sure." Li Chang'an put down his hoe and readily agreed.
He took Yuheng to the West Floating Island.
Yuheng took a close-up photo of a bright-eyed bird eating millet ears.
His equipment was top-of-the-line, and the glossy feathers of the bright bird were displayed one-to-one in the lens.
Looking at the finished product, Li Chang'an was somewhat satisfied and explained, "The ones with more red feathers are females, and the ones with more purple feathers are males. They don't lay many eggs, and it takes several years for a young Mingyi bird to reach adulthood."
"Eggs can improve eyesight, but meat should not be eaten. Moreover, eggs can only alleviate symptoms of blurred vision, but they have no effect on patients who cannot see at all."
Yuheng nodded, then found another male bright-eyed bird and took a picture.
As soon as the two left the West Floating Island and returned to the courtyard, Li Chang'an saw the mushroom spirits running in from outside.
The mushroom spirits gurgled and looked at the camera in Yuheng's hand.
Li Chang'an scratched his head: "Want to take a picture?"
The mushroom spirits: "Gurgle~"
The mandrill, hiding behind a pillar, helped translate: "They also need to get ID cards."
They had overheard Yuheng and Li Chang'an's conversation on the terraced fields.
Li Chang'an thought for a moment, then turned to Yuheng and asked, "Star Lord, is that alright?"
"Give them all an ID card, so they can get their own cards and won't need to hide their identities when they go out to play."
“Of course,” Yuheng replied happily.
One hundred and twenty mushroom spirits, one curious tea spirit, and one disgruntled mandrill were all photographed, entered into the file, and given ID cards.
-----------------------
Author's note: Let me buy the [lop-eared rabbit head] first.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
