Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 227 Blind Box Soybeans

Xia Shiyu was completely dumbfounded; how could a blind box possibly be opened from a soybean pod?

She used her hand to pry open the soybean pod, intending to let the soybeans fall out, but instead, a bunch of chocolate chips fell out.

She frowned and looked up at the witch above.

She giggled, a triumphant expression on her face.

It seems that all of this was a "surprise" from the witch.

The witch then reminded her, "You only have 15 minutes left."

Having no other option, Xia Shiyu could only bend down and start pulling up the other soybeans.

But the soybean blind box still exists. She plucked a soybean pod, which might contain soybeans, chocolate beans, or even stones.

Not to mention that these soybean pods were quite lively; if you weren't careful, they would turn around and run away. Xia Shiyu was extremely busy and overwhelmed.

But time flies by, and there are only five minutes left.

She looked at the small bucket, which wasn't even full yet, and felt that things couldn't continue like this.

So she started grabbing several handfuls of soybean plants at the same time, then holding them tightly in her arms with one hand until she had about seven or eight plants.

Then, use your body to press them to the ground and start stomping out the soybeans from the pods with both your hands and feet.

Although there are still many blind boxes inside, soybeans will appear when the number increases.

When Xia Shiyu saw these plump, yellow beans, he quickly grabbed them all and stuffed them into the bucket.

The witch laughed heartily at her disheveled appearance and whispered something in her ear.

"There are only two minutes left, remember to keep going!"

Xia Shiyu sped up, pounced on the pile of soybean pods in front of him, and began frantically picking up soybeans.

The witch lowered herself a little while sitting on her broom and announced the final numbers right next to him.

"Only ten seconds left! Ten, nine, eight..."

"Time's up!"

Xia Shiyu seized the last bit of time and put the last handful of soybeans into the bucket.

The moment she put it in the bucket, the bucket flew up out of thin air and appeared in the witch's hand.

The witch gently shook the small bucket, saying, "Hmm, you're quite capable; you managed to fill it up completely."

Xia Shiyu's clothes and hair were covered in soybeans and weeds, and her hair was disheveled, making her look quite pathetic.

She walked tens of thousands of steps today while searching for the witch's dwelling, and her legs were sore from walking. Now, after another round of activity searching for soybeans, she feels a bit sore in her back and waist.

Xia Shiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Thankfully, it was finally completed; otherwise, it would have been too torturous.

The witch jumped down from the broom and stood in front of her. "Haha, now you've succeeded. You can start choosing seeds. You can choose any of these soybean seeds, or take them all with you."

"But if you're a different seed, you'll have to play the game with me again."

Xia Shiyu is completely overwhelmed this time and doesn't want to play games for the time being.

She's had too much exercise today; she should go back and get some rest.

"No, no, I'll come again next time."

"Okay, that's settled for today. You definitely have to come next time! The seeds I have are all pretty good, especially..."

The witch glanced at Xia Shiyu's hair, covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, "If you have so little hair, you can take some of my sesame seeds, and then your hair will be just like mine."

She touched her soft, long hair several times.

"What?! Your sesame seeds can actually be used for hair transplantation?!"

Xia Shiyu could no longer remain indifferent; she hadn't expected to receive such a big surprise.

Although she knew that sesame seeds had always been used for hair transplantation, the results would never be as noticeable as those here.

Instead of her previous eagerness to leave, she stayed and asked questions.

The witch proudly raised her head, "Of course, I am a witch of magic. Many of the plants here have special functions."

"Getting your hair to regrow is a minor issue."

Xia Shiyu was very tempted, but she really didn't have the energy today. She had almost failed just now, and it probably wouldn't work if she forced herself to do the task now. She decided to try again next time.

"Okay, okay, I'll come back to you later to get sesame seeds and other seeds."

"Okay, then you can leave after picking these seeds today. But do you just want regular soybeans? I still have the blind box soybeans from earlier. I'll give you one, and you can eat different flavored foods later."

The witch waved her hand, and many seeds appeared in front of Xia Shiyu, along with a blind box soybean plant.

Xia Shiyu was exhausted today, so of course she would gladly accept the good stuff that was readily available.

So she first took the blind box soybean, then looked at the other soybeans, and selected the premium soybean seeds that tasted good, were highly nutritious, and grew quickly and abundantly.

"I'll take these two, thank you anyway."

After the witch saw that she had made her selection, she took back all the remaining seeds.

"It's okay, you're very good at games. Many people have played games with me before, and they couldn't finish the game on their first try and had to come back several times. Welcome to come again next time!"

After saying that, the witch teleported Xia Shiyu away.

Xia Shiyu was back in the beginner's hut before she could even react.

She glanced around, then sat down on the ground with a sense of helplessness. She wanted to rest; the day had left her exhausted.

After resting for a while, she stood up again. She wanted to plant the soybean from the blind box first. It was better not to take the soybean out, otherwise it would be too unusual. If it were reported online or discovered by someone, it would be difficult to cover it up.

She dug a small hole and buried the soybeans in it. Later on, she should be able to taste different things every day.

After burying it, she got up and returned to reality. She was exhausted and knew she had to go back and take a good shower and stretch her legs, otherwise she would wake up with a sore back tomorrow.

Xia Shiyu went back to her room, took a shower, and then lay down on the bed, feeling much more comfortable than before.

The next day, Xia Shiyu gave the soybean seeds to his mother, and they were ready to plant the soybeans.

"Wow, you're really fast! We were just talking about soybeans a couple of days ago, and they're already planted today."

"Of course, Mom. You should trust me on this. Plant the soybeans first. The mung bean seeds will arrive in a few days. They weren't shipped together."

Yu Juan praised them a few times, "Okay, let's plant soybeans first. These soybeans look really good, and the sprouts will definitely taste delicious."

"It's delicious, but we have to wait for the later parts; it'll be even better then."

Yes, yes.

As Yu Juan was about to leave with the soybean seeds, Xia Shiyu also planned to go out for a walk, but unexpectedly Chen Yuzhu ran out again.

"Boss, boss, we need to restock!" Chen Yuzhu ran up to Xia Shiyu and said.

"Restock? What restock? Aren't vegetables always delivered on a time-based basis, regardless of shortages or surpluses?"

Xia Shiyu didn't understand why. She remembered telling Chen Yuzhu from the beginning that vegetables were only put on the shelves at fixed intervals, and there weren't many that were stocked in advance.

Chen Yuzhu shook her head. "The boss doesn't sell vegetables, he sells alfalfa. It's all sold out now, and people are still talking about it backstage."

"Alfalfa?"

Xia Shiyu was puzzled; why was there anything about alfalfa?

Although we sold a batch of alfalfa last time, it was probably recommended by customers who went back last time, and not many people bought it after that.

"I'm not sure either, but there are definitely a lot of people saying they want to buy it. I think there's a lot of alfalfa available, so I'll ask the owner if you want to put it on the shelves."

Xia Shiyu thought about it and realized that Chen Yuzhu was right. Alfalfa grows much faster than other grasses, and apart from their family and Uncle Limin's family, very few people buy it.

So she thought about it and decided that she could sell some. If more people came later, she could plant more, which would also generate income for her family.

"Okay, then you can put it on the shelves."

"Okay," Chen Yuzhu said and went back to continue listing the items.

As soon as she finished putting them on the shelves, more than half of the alfalfa stock was sold out.

Chen Yuzhu was startled. Although she had experienced this situation several times before, she still couldn't help but be amazed.

"That's really too fast."

What she didn't know was that someone had been lying in wait all along.

Inside the lobby of a residence.

Someone anxiously asked, "Did you manage to get one?"

"I got it! I got it!"

"Yay, I finally managed to snag one!"

Everyone was overjoyed.

Li Yuan was especially pleased with the few people who managed to grab the prize, and he called out to the others a few times.

"We finally got to stock up on the goods, and we managed to snag some."

"Yeah, yeah."

"After waiting for so many days, the store has finally put it on the shelves."

"This boss has a terrible temper."

"Who can argue with that?"

Li Yuan and the others couldn't help but complain a few times; they had been reading the posts every day for the past few days.

Yes, that's right, it's just a post.

Li Yuan enjoys eating and drinking and has become a local food blogger, but he only has a little over a thousand followers. It's just a small-scale operation, and he doesn't intend to make money from it. He just wants to have a platform for sharing.

Besides exploring restaurants and eating delicious food himself, he also enjoys watching others eat.

That day, he casually browsed around and came across a video of someone eating various wild vegetables. Out of curiosity, he clicked on it to watch.

"Hello everyone, today we're back to talk about wild vegetables. It's currently the season when wild vegetables are abundant, so I'll also tell you about some of their uses."

"First of all, there's shepherd's purse. Everyone has heard of shepherd's purse dumplings and may even have eaten them. They're quite familiar to everyone. Now shepherd's purse can be cultivated on a large scale, but there is also wild shepherd's purse, which has a sweet taste and is rich in vitamins and carotene."

"Everyone is familiar with dandelions. People usually play with them, but they can also be eaten. However, they are a bit bitter, so I usually use them to make pickles."

……

Li Yuan was quite interested in what the blogger was introducing, so he continued reading and then came across a particularly unusual wild vegetable.

"The last wild vegetable we'll be serving today is a bit special. Look, this is alfalfa. Can you guess what its benefits are..."

“This isn’t just for cattle and sheep; we humans can eat it too. And I got this alfalfa from my friend. I heard she bought it from a farm, and her pets especially love it, so I asked her for some.”

"Today I made a cold alfalfa salad, and it tastes really good. Everyone is welcome to try it."

After watching the video, Li Yuan, like the viewers in the comments section, felt that he had learned something new; many things that he thought were weeds were actually edible.

This was truly amazing. He was genuinely curious, and coincidentally, the blogger even posted a few addresses, saying that people could go to these places to buy wild vegetables, which were basically guaranteed to be authentic.

He even posted a link to the last alfalfa shop, first explaining that he was absolutely not advertising, but simply couldn't help recommend it because it was so delicious.

Li Yuan became even more curious upon seeing this. Someone was even advertising alfalfa, so it must taste pretty good.

He clicked on it out of curiosity, thinking he'd try making a purchase, but once inside, he discovered there was no opportunity to buy anything.

Everything was empty; even the links to other fruits and vegetables listed in the shop were gone, all showing as sold out.

"This is outrageous! Just like that, everything's gone?"

He couldn't help but message customer service, who said they were out of stock and might not be restocked for a few days.

He was quite helpless, as he couldn't eat it himself now, but he wanted to see the feedback from other people who had bought it, because he found that the fruits and vegetables in this store were quite expensive.

He carefully read through the reviews and found that it was indeed quite delicious, with almost all of them being five-star reviews, although some of the reviews were rather strange.

"Oh, actually the taste is just average, I just accidentally gave it a five-star review."

"To be honest, the price is really too high and it's not worth it."

"I also can't understand why everyone buys so many times."

Li Yuan was unaware that some customers deliberately left such reviews to prevent others from seeing only positive feedback and falling into the trap.

Because giving a negative review directly is not good for the store, people usually give five or four stars and then add such comments.

However, they failed to notice that the repeated purchase indicator in the lower left corner had already revealed their true intentions.

Li Yuan was puzzled by their repeated purchase records.

"I've clearly bought this several times already, so why are you saying it's not tasty? If it weren't tasty, would I have bought it so many times?"

"Or is it just an alternative marketing tactic?"

The more he looked at the shop, the more curious he became. If it were all five-star reviews, he might have suspected they were fake, but this situation was particularly intriguing.

The more he browsed, the more interested he became, and he couldn't help but pay attention. As a result, he also discovered a hidden gathering place for other posts online, all of which were about this shop.

He observed carefully and realized that no one was saying the shop was bad; everyone clearly liked the food. Those who said it was bad were just covering up!