"What happened next?" Liu Ben asked anxiously.
Qi You crossed his legs and took a leisurely sip of tea: "Then I just left."
Qi You usually pays great attention to his appearance when he is outside, but he is more casual in front of his family.
"That's all?" Liu Ben slapped his thigh and said, "Uncle, you should expose the bad things he did!"
Qi You shook his head: "It's not appropriate to talk about family matters in public at a banquet like that. It's a bit disrespectful to my aunt. But I've told a few acquaintances about the origin of this matter, and they will understand what I mean."
"Hahaha, that's good too." Liu Ben said happily.
Remembering something, Liu Ben pushed the gift he brought in front of Qi You.
Qi You looked at the beautiful packaging and asked curiously, "What is this?"
The packaging is so high-end, completely different from the agricultural and sideline products Liu Ben usually makes. It has the smell of essential oils.
"Is it essential oil again?" Qi You opened it curiously and found that there was indeed a bottle of essential oil, but more than that.
This is a very beautiful gift box. In addition to a red essential oil, there is also a square bottle of red and blue perfume. The red and blue seem to be melted but not yet melted. When you pick it up, the perfume inside slowly rotates like quicksand, with red and blue intertwined, and fine silver powder flashing in it, as beautiful as the starry sky.
Qi You was shocked by the appearance of this perfume: "Is this also a product of your factory?" It's not that he has never seen other beautiful perfumes, but Qi You can't connect this with Liu Ben, a rough guy.
Liu Ben scratched his head sheepishly. "I guess so. It's a collaboration between You Ying's sister and me. We each make a different product, but I provide the raw materials. The final product looks like this."
This product is actually made from the roses collected in Liu Ben’s space.
Last time, Liu Ben tried to make perfume with osmanthus pine but failed, so he made essential oil instead. But he didn't give up, believing that people should stand up where they fell, so this time he wanted to make perfume with roses.
Liu Ben deliberately changed a method, bought a lot of tools, and finally came up with rose essential oil.
You Ying: ...
Liu Ben fell in the same place where he fell last time.
Seeing Liu Ben's dejected look, You Ying took him directly to find You Guoguo and asked You Guoguo to find professionals to use the roses to make perfume.
You Guoguo was incredibly helpful and immediately found the best perfume maker. Blue roses are mysterious, red roses are alluring. Although the experienced craftsman had never seen such beautiful varieties, he experimented a bit and created a magical and beautiful rose perfume using these two special roses. The two rose colors didn't even blend, making it truly stunning.
Since it was You Guoguo who found the perfume master, Liu Ben decided to cooperate with You Guoguo. He produced the essential oils, You Guoguo made the perfumes, and he provided the rose raw materials. It was perfect.
What they are giving to Qi You now is just a sample. When it is officially launched, they will put a whole dried rose in the gift box, which will look even better.
Although it is often said that roses are women's flowers, in fact, the scent of this rose perfume is deep and quiet, with a hint of mysterious temptation. It is actually a universal fragrance that is suitable for both women and men.
At least Qi You himself likes it very much and often sprays it on his body.
How should I put it, this perfume... seems to have some strange effects.
After using it, your body will become very, ahem, energetic. Most of the time, you're just in a really good mood, but sometimes, you become overwhelmed with interest and can't help but fantasize about it. Those who have a partner are looking for one, while those who don't have a partner are craving one.
After Phil came back, he and Qi You "studied" the perfume for several days before they figured out that this perfume had some aphrodisiac effects, and magically, it only worked when people were most relaxed.
Liu Ben definitely doesn’t know, otherwise he would definitely tell you.
Qi You had a frown on his face and wrote the conclusion in a message and sent it to Liu Ben early in the morning.
Ah, after hearing the message sound, Liu Ben and You Ying, who had just emerged from the bed, looked at each other after reading the message. So... that's it!
"Moo--" Avocado rudely pushed the door open from the outside, rubbed against the two people's bed, and tried to knock them off the bed with his head.
Of course, Liu Ben and You Ying’s bedroom has a lock, but Avocado is too smart and has learned to knock on the door handle with its hooves.
"Hey, Avocado, stop making a fuss. We just woke up."
Avocado is about to make a fuss because no one has been able to play with it for a long time!
Liu Ben was busy some time ago and had no time to take it out. You Ying was free, but You Ying didn't like going out. He thought it was too sunny outside. Even if he went out, he would find a cool place to stay. He didn't like to follow Avocado around.
Liu Ben was so annoyed by the avocado today that he got up from the bed naked, put on his clothes, took the avocado, and prepared to go out.
Just as he reached the door, Liu Ben stopped and went back to pull You Ying down.
"Why! I won't go!" You Ying still wanted to continue sleeping!
The air-conditioned room is the most comfortable, and although the sun has not risen outside, it is already very hot.
Liu Ben: "The weather is so nice today, get up and let's go for a walk together!"
You Ying: "Okay, okay, I'll get up. You take the avocado out! I'll change my clothes."
Liu Ben laughed: "Why are you shy? We are already an old married couple."
You Ying stared at Avocado speechlessly: "The child is still here, how can you be naked in front of him?"
Liu Ben looked down at Avocado, and suddenly realized something. He covered Avocado's eyes guiltily: "Oh, I forgot about you, a yellow-flowered big girl."
Avocado: "Moo?"
You Ying put on his clothes reluctantly and was pulled down by Liu Ben to wash up. He had a quick meal and was able to go out.
It's worth mentioning that while Liu Ben's cooking skills aren't great, he's still confident. He's definitely mastered a few dishes. Not to mention stir-fried pork with chili peppers and galangal mushroom soup, he can now expertly make scrambled eggs, shredded kelp with vinegar, and stir-fried zucchini... He's even mastered complex dishes like chicken with mushrooms, sticky rice with chicken, and sweet and sour spare ribs. Oh, and there are a lot of little labels on the kitchen wall, so every time I cook, I have to follow the instructions...
There was nothing complicated to do in the morning. Liu Ben cooked a large pot of rice noodles and fried a few eggs in another small pot. He added the Miaoxian mushroom powder, which is delicious when cooked in anything, and various fresh vegetables. Finally, he cut some bacon pickled during the Chinese New Year and threw it in. After sprinkling some sesame oil, it was ready to be served.
You Ying added pickled radish to a small bowl of rice noodles, Liu Ben added more vinegar to a large bowl of rice noodles, and Avocado added nothing to a large bucket of vegetarian rice noodles.
A family of three, slurping together~~
After breakfast, Liu Ben persuaded You Ying, who didn't want to move after eating, for a while, and finally agreed to free up one hand to help You Ying carry the rechargeable fan. Only then did You Ying agree to go out for a walk.
It is July now, and the sun is big and bright early in the morning. Except for the osmanthus pine forest, no place is suitable for a walk.
Nowadays, people in the village who have free time like to go there. They are all elderly people, and they don’t wander around. They just gather in a pavilion to chat and tell stories.
Liu Ben wants to take You Ying to another place.
The two of them strolled along the path up the mountain. The dense pine leaves of the osmanthus pine blocked out the sunlight. When people walked in, they felt the temperature around them suddenly dropped a lot, and their bodies suddenly felt much refreshed.
Liu Ben kept blowing the rechargeable fan in his hand towards You Ying, so You Ying was not exposed to the sun.
This kind of rechargeable fan is not a handheld mini fan. It is called "portable" because it is quite large, about 6 inches. The larger the fan, the longer the charging time. Correspondingly, the blowing time can be longer and the wind blown out can be stronger. It is very popular among tourists when they are out and about.
Avocado is very hairy and can't stand the heat, but he loves playing outside. He keeps sticking his tongue out when it's hot. Avocado's cat friends haven't come out yet, all staying in the shade of the Liu family's yard. So Avocado has no friends to play with, so he can only pull Liu Ben and You Ying.
Every time Avocado visits the pine forest, it pokes around in the bushes. It loves the forest for two reasons: first, it's cool, and second, it can occasionally find abandoned pine cones. These cones often fall from the carts of workers harvesting pine nuts and land in small shrubs, where they're overlooked. But this doesn't happen often, and Avocado doesn't always find them.
Liu Ben took You Ying along a road. Neither of them walked fast, but leisurely. Twenty minutes later, they reached their destination.
"Look!" Liu Ben pointed ahead and smiled at You Ying.
You Ying walked over in surprise and found that a landscape pond had been built here.
On one side of the landscape pool is a well that Liu Ben had someone dig. The style of the well is relatively old, and the water flows continuously but it is not very large. If the water outlet is not blocked by a container, the water inside will flow into the pool, along the canal at the other end of the pool, flow down the hillside, and then flow all the way along the canal to the square outside the Liu family compound, circle around, and then lead to Liu Dongjia's fish pond in the village from the other end... one after another, it circles the entire village and then flows out of the village.
Liu Ben spent a lot of time on this waterscape. He had seen such a canal around the village in other ancient towns before and thought it was very interesting, so he learned to make a similar one.
But what surprised You Ying now was not the canal, but the landscape pool.
In the middle of the pond is a sculpture, not a proper ancient figure, but a charmingly charming figure of a Q-version man and a standing Q-version cow, running hand in hand. On the base of the statue, the names of Liu Ben and You Ying are engraved on the first line, followed by "Forever Together" on the second.
Avocado walked up and tilted his head: "Moo!"
It’s Niu Niu!
You Ying looked at the rather funny sculpture and felt both amused and moved.
Liu Ben is like this. Sometimes he seems very reckless and straightforward, which makes people feel helpless, but from time to time he will do something romantic that catches people off guard.
Liu Ben saw You Ying was stunned. He hadn't shown anything yet, so why was You Ying stunned?
Liu Ben waved in front of You Ying and said, "Hey, I haven't shown you the fountain yet."
"Fountain?" You Ying came back to his senses: "There's a fountain here?"
"Yes, yes!" Liu Ben took out a small mechanism and turned it on the back of the well. Water began to spray out from all around the pool, and several warm lamps by the pool also lit up.
You Ying smiled and said, "It will be a great evening."
"That's not all!" Liu Ben raised his head proudly, "There's also a second gear."
"Second gear?"
Liu Ben used the small mechanism to adjust the position of the well from behind, and the water column of the fountain began to change, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes left, sometimes right, becoming more rhythmic.
However, You Ying's expression turned stiff from a smile.
Suddenly, the man and the cow in the middle of the pond began to turn slowly, and lights of different colors were changing around them.
There's nothing wrong with this overall, it's quite romantic, but the problem is -
Why did a parabolic jet of water suddenly gush out from some unspeakable part of the man and the cow?
Liu Ben also thought that the sculpture he had made was very good. He said happily, "Don't you think it has a sense of design?"
You Ying: ...
You Ying's expression had become... expressionless.
You Ying's head jerked as he turned towards Liu Ben and asked, "What is this?"
Liu Ben said as a matter of course: "Fountain!"
You Ying grabbed his neck and said, "Tell me, can this fountain work?!"
"Hahaha, I'm just kidding!" Liu Ben laughed so hard he almost gasped for breath. After You Ying finally let him go, Liu Ben smiled and showed You Ying the small mechanism in his hand: "As long as you don't use this smallest mechanism, it won't pee."
"You know it's pee!"
"Isn't that me imitating a peeing angel?"
"…The angel didn't pee, it was the statue of Xiao Yulian who did."
"They are all the same, they are all works of art, right?" Liu Ben said righteously.
"Can you open it for me again next time?!" What if someone saw this?
"Okay, I promise I won't open it again."
Liu Ben obediently turned off the pee switch and would definitely not turn it on again in the short term.
The two of them and the avocado huddled together to admire the fountain for a while, washing their faces and cooling off. The avocado gulped down its contents. The well water was icy cold and a bit sweeter than tap water. Avocados like good food, but they don't care whether the water has been boiled or not.
There was nothing to do in the morning. Halfway through the morning, Liu Ben remembered something he had forgotten.
He forgot to deliver a new kind of fruit to the store. Liu Ben slapped his forehead and simply drove to the store himself.
When they arrived at the store, Weng Yuzhuo, who was the first to receive Liu Ben's letter, was the first to arrive. These students had just started their summer vacation and were in a free time.
While university students like Liu Lei, who study in other places, can't return home for a while, local middle school students like Weng Yuzhuo can indulge in their summer vacations. Of course, they also have summer homework that university students don't have.
As soon as Liu Ben saw Weng Yuzhuo, he asked, "Have you finished your summer homework?"
Weng Yuzhuo's cheerful face suddenly fell: "Brother Ben, why do you ask this right after you get here?"
"If I don't think about it, there's nothing else to ask." Liu Ben grinned.
"I think you have bad intentions."
Wang Fengjing walked out of the store and asked Liu Ben, "You said you had new products, why didn't you tell me yesterday? Otherwise, you could have brought them here this morning. It's almost noon now, and you just remembered. What a..."
Wang Fengjing seemed to have remembered something and covered her mouth with her hands in joy: "Now that there's someone at home, I don't have time to think about anything."
"No, I really just forgot for a moment. Grandma, please don't say these things. It's embarrassing!" Liu Ben scratched his head.
"I don't think you're someone who's willing to be embarrassed. Okay, okay, just bring that merchandise in. You're not allowed to park outside for long at this hour."
Liu Ben hadn't been to the store for a long time and had indeed not paid much attention. After hearing what his grandma said, he hurried to move things.
"What's the new product?" Many customers had heard about the new product and were no longer in a hurry to buy anything. Instead, they curiously came to the door, wanting to be the first to see the new product.
Aben Farms held online promotions with Youying's company, bringing this unique produce shop to more people. The shop now boasts a wide selection of products, attracting new customers of all ages and lifestyles. Previously, only customers who knew how to cook would buy produce there. Now, even those who can't or don't enjoy cooking can take home their own self-heating and instant meals.
Many people in the store are loyal customers. When they hear that there are new products, most of them come over to take a look.
I saw Liu Ben taking down two large frames from the car at once. The frames were really big, and they were filled with many round, but not particularly round, red fruits. At first glance, I really didn't know what they were.
“It’s kind of like a mango, right?”
"Now that you mention it, the shape is quite similar, but mangoes are not red, right?"
"It's normal for Aben's agricultural products to be a little different from those outside."
Weng Yuzhuo squatted on the ground, looking at the things in the frame. He thought he was quite knowledgeable, but he really didn't recognize what it was at first glance. But when he smelled it closely, he found the smell very familiar.
"This is……"
Weng Yuzhuo wasn't sure if what he thought was right.
While the guests were watching and guessing, Liu Ben had already unloaded everything in the car, drove the car to the parking lot, and immediately returned to organize the new products.
"Brother Ben, Brother Ben, what is this? It's not a mango, right?" Weng Yuzhuo couldn't wait to pick up a red fruit the size of an egg and asked Liu Ben.
Liu Ben took the fruit, tossed it in the air, and said, "Little durian mango."
Weng Yuzhuo frowned: "Why are you scolding me?"
Liu Ben laughed: "Hahaha, I didn't scold you, I was talking about this fruit, it's called Xiao Durian Mango."
Weng Yuzhuo glanced speechlessly at the small red durian mangoes in his hand, unconvinced. He pointed to another basket of red fruits as big as a rice bowl and asked, "Are those the big durian mangoes?"
"Very good, you can draw inferences about other situations by analogy." Liu Ben was still smiling.
"I think you're just fooling me," Weng Yuzhuo said. "You adults love to fool children the most."
"I'm not kidding you, it's called small durian mango." Liu Ben turned around and took a look, then found a small knife from the counter, picked out a few small durian mangoes, and quickly and skillfully cut them into four pieces. Liu Ben cut very quickly, and only when he had finished cutting them all did the customers in the store smell a faint fragrance.
"Eh? Is it durian?"
"It smells like durian! How come it doesn't stink at all?"
"Really? Normally, I find durian smelling stinky, but this is clearly durian, and I don't find it stinky at all!"
Wang Fengjing was also surprised. She also didn't like the smell of durian, but this obvious durian smell also had a hint of mango sweetness. It really didn't smell bad at all. It was magical.
Liu Ben first took a piece and gave it to his grandmother, and then he generously handed the tray of the rest to Weng Yuzhuo, letting him taste it himself and let other guests taste it as well.
Weng Yuzhuo picked up a small durian mango with half belief and half doubt, and gently took a bite of the orange flesh inside.
It is soft, sticky, fragrant and sweet. It tastes like durian, but thicker. There is a layer of sweet and sour mango in the sweet durian. It is like a combination of the two, but the durian taste is stronger.
"Wow! This fruit is delicious! So sweet!"
"Really, it's so sweet. I've never tasted such delicious durian."
“No wonder it’s called Little Durian Mango, because it’s small and has both durian and mango flavors, haha!”
"It's just a little too small. One bite at a time isn't enough."
"Durian, you'll get sick of it if you eat too much. This one is just right."
"And it doesn't have a core yet, I just saw it!"
"Wow, so perfect!"
Liu Ben pointed at the empty plate in Weng Yuzhuo's hand and asked everyone, "Is this right? This is a small durian mango, right?"
The guests were all very enthusiastic and laughed and echoed: "Yes, it (he) is the small durian mango!"
Weng Yuzhuo: ⊙︹⊙
Liu Ben picked another large mango, cut it into dices, and stuck a toothpick into each one. This time, the person he conscripted was Yang Yue, who was watching the excitement in the crowd. Liu Ben unceremoniously placed the plate of large mangoes in his hand and gave Yang Yue a meaningful look: "Here, let everyone try some large mangoes."
Yang Yue:?
The taste of large durian mangoes is surprisingly different from that of small durian mangoes. Although both are a blend of the flavors of durian and mango, the small durian mangoes have more of a durian flavor and texture, while the large durian mangoes have more of a mango flavor. The flesh is juicy and tastes especially sweet and sour in the summer.
On the first day of the new product launch, the customers in the store were lucky enough to have a taste of Liu Ben’s free fruit sample, because Liu Ben never organizes such an event before, haha.
While everyone was tasting the fruits and sharing their preferences with each other, Liu Ben had already sorted the fruits in all the baskets, putting some on the shelves and some in compartments, with labels on them: big durian mangoes and small durian mangoes. The small durian mangoes with more durian flavor were more expensive, while the large durian mangoes with mango flavor were cheaper. They also had certain effects, such as nourishing yin and replenishing yang. This was a bit mysterious, but Liu Ben couldn't explain it clearly, so one could only understand it after eating it.
Liu Ben couldn't just write "This thing is good for both men and women" right? Even though Liu Ben is no longer a virgin, it's still too embarrassing to say it directly. Everyone will understand after they have tried it.
After that, Liu Ben pulled Yang Yue back, who had bought some fruits and was about to stroll home.
Yang Yue was puzzled: "What are you doing?"
Liu Ben gave him a look that said, "What do you think?"
Yang Yue: "I don't know."
Liu Ben: "Hey, you still say no... I'll just say it straight, is there something going on between you and Liu Xiangsi from our village?"
Yang Yue was confused just now, but when he heard the name Liu Xiangsi, his face turned red.
Liu Ben: "Hey! You still say it's okay!"
Yang Yue hesitated for a moment and asked Liu Ben, "How did you know that?"
"How should I know..." Liu Ben curled his lips. "It's because you came here last time. Someone in the village saw you and Liu Xiangsi waving goodbye at the foot of Guixiangsong Mountain. Later, Liu An's family, that is, Liu Xiangsi's brother, said that when Liu Xiangsi has nothing to do, he always takes out his cell phone and presses it, and smiles from time to time. Who can't tell that something is wrong?"
Yang Yue felt a little embarrassed, but he also asked worriedly, "No one in your village gossips about you, right?"
"Others don't have one, and everyone thinks it's better for her to find another one, but her second brother... never mind, let's not talk about him. He's not a permanent resident of our village anyway. I mean, are you serious? Don't just do this for fun!"
Yang Yue was anxious: "How could I be that kind of person! I am serious about Liu Xiangsi! Well, but I haven't confessed my feelings yet..."
Liu Ben: "I remember someone once said something in my shop: 'Women are tigers, they want to eat people', 'Don't get married, it's very easy to live alone' and so on..."
"Hmm..." Yang Yue blinked and said awkwardly, "Liu Xiangsi is different. She is different from all the women I have known before."
Liu Ben deliberately provoked him: "So you have seen a lot of women?"
"Don't put me in a cage. I only had one girlfriend before, and she was scammed out of money," Yang Yue said, pushing Liu Ben in anger. "Liu Xiangsi is really different. She looks weak, but she's actually a very strong woman. Even though she's divorced, she works hard to earn money to support her family and children."
Liu Ben asked: "Do your parents agree?" He remembered that Yang Yue was well-off and had never been married. How could his parents not mind Liu Xiangsi, a married woman?
Yang Yue smiled and said, "My parents are quite supportive of me. It might be because my ex-girlfriend was so...lower than they thought I could be. Now that they know I've found such a good person, they've agreed."
Liu Ben thought about it and agreed. Compared to Yang Yue's ex-girlfriend, no, she was no longer an ex-girlfriend, she could almost be called a swindler. Liu Xiangsi was much better. The women in their village were all beautiful, strong and hardworking, independent and filial. They were definitely the best choice for home.
Of course, except for You Ying, You Ying is the best object in the world, no doubt about it.
Liu Ben: "Will you marry her in the future? Her last marriage not only left her with a five-year-old child, but also caused her great emotional trauma. If you want to be with her, as a fellow tribesman, I don't want anyone to hurt her again."
Yang Yue promised: "I will definitely treat her well!"
Liu Ben patted Yang Yue on the shoulder and said, "If you treat her badly, all the strong men in our village will stand at your door!"
Yang Yue was ashamed: "No! Absolutely not!"
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