Most of the dishes consisted of potatoes, however, each dish was prepared in a different way, which stimulated the dinner guests’ appetites. Jian YuanQing picked a piece of potato and stuffed it into his mouth. The potato had been stewed with tomatoes and beef, giving it a loose and soft texture, and was extremely flavorful.
He squinted his eyes in pleasure and sighed happily, “Whoever ends up with Yu Ci would live a very fortunate life.”
Yu Ci looked up with a strange expression, “That may not be.”
Who has time to cook and clean after another person? He still needed to plant his cucumbers.
Jian YuanQing obviously wanted to be the person who would end up with Yu Ci. Throughout dinner, only he was talking, and it was all endless praises about Yu Ci’s culinary skills. It wasn’t long before the tomato, potato beef stew to be emptied into his stomach. Even after dinner, Jian YuanQing, without asking for permission, packed a bag full of potato chips and left contently.
“I’ll clean up, you can go rest.”
Yu Ci smiled at the other man who was already grabbing the plates.
He still remembered the first time he had invited Qi Huai over to eat. That time, he left straight after eating. Unexpectedly, the man knew to help clean up after the second time.
Qi Huai tilted his head and murmured quietly, “I’ll help you carry it into the kitchen. It’ll only take a moment.”
Once all the dishes were cleared off the table, Qi Huai wiped his hands on a towel. Before leaving, he asked Yu Ci a question, “The potatoes, are they hard to sell?”
Yu Ci hummed ambiguously. Looking at Qi Huai with a mischievous glint in his eyes, he grinned, “It shouldn’t be too hard to sell. But it’s my first time doing business, so I might run into trouble. Why? Does Mr. Qi want to help out?”
Qi Huai nodded his head seriously, “Okay.”
Yu Ci laughed at the response and placed a handful of cherries he had received from Xia YiMing into Qi Huai’s hands, “You don’t need to. If you like them, I’ll give you some to eat. Alright, it’s gotten late and you have to work tomorrow, so go back home and sleep.”
Qi Huai gazed at the cherries in his hand, nodding.
With the two guests gone, Yu Ci still couldn’t rest just yet. Thinking about the remaining acre of potatoes, he brought a small box with him when he went into the wasteland. Once inside, he was taken back from the sight that greeted him. The last acre of potato was halfway harvested already. In the distance, Fu Nian was spotted hopping up and down pulling on a potato stalk with his wings. Using all his strength, Fu Nian yanked backward-
The potatoes rolled out and Fu Nian’s body shot backward from the force. Scratching his head in confusion, the bird stood back up, brushed off the mud on his feathers, and continued to work.
Yu Ci couldn’t help but smile at the sight. He shouted towards Fu Nian, “Fu Nian, come eat.” Then he sat down and opened the small box.
Upon hearing Yu Ci’s voice, Fu Nian’s eyes lit up before immediately running towards him.
“Yu Ci, what did you bring me?”
“I made dinner tonight.” Yu Ci handed the bird the box before rubbing its head.
This was something he specifically prepared while cooking earlier.
“You eat while I go collect the remaining potatoes.”
Fu Nian nodded in reply as he stuffed beef into his beak.
It took nearly two hours for the remaining potatoes to be harvested and bagged. Yu Ci thanked Fu Nian before leaving with the potatoes. Fu Nian scratched the back of his head and responded with a silly smile.
Yu Ci was really good towards him, so he had to be nicer to Yu Ci. Since this was also the task he forced Yu Ci to do.
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The next day, Yu Ci checked back into the broadcasting network to check on his private messages. To his surprise, there were a few people who wanted to try out his potatoes. To be honest, they wanted to test their luck. After seeing the incredibly appetizing tomato, potato beef stew paired with Yu Ci’s straightforwardness, it made them very curious.
Anyways, it was just a simple message. It wouldn’t matter much if he rejected them.
Yu Ci replied an ‘okay’ to the requests and asked the other parties to send him their address. Then he began to prepare the potatoes for packaging.
Taking into consideration that these people might be his first batch of repeat customers, Yu Ci was very serious during the packaging process. He packed nearly ten catties of potatoes for each person and personally handed them off to the mailman to ship out.
Afterward, he went on the school forum to post a post.
As soon as the students who had tasted those delicious cucumbers saw Yu Ci’s post mentioning that his potatoes were ripe, they immediately private messaged him, spending their allowances on them.
Within just an hour, Yu Ci received nearly one hundred orders.
The market price of potatoes was around 6 yuan, so Yu Ci raised his prices slightly. He had explained this in an earlier post, but the higher prices did not hinder his schoolmate’s enthusiasm.
Yu Ci labeled each package, preparing to deliver them to the school entrance tomorrow. It was also at this time his phone screen lit up with a WeChat friend request. The three characters on the message were “Tian WenYan” which confused Yu Ci a little.
Dong Wen Yan was quite funny.
Along with the friend request, the other party had sent him a message: School Grass, I heard your potatoes are ripe. I want to buy a hundred catties.
Yu Ci: ….
Dong WenYan: Oh, our family likes to eat potatoes. Especially my mother. I’m buying with sincere intentions, so could you set aside some for me? Anyways, the potatoes are 16 yuan per catty, right? One hundred catties would be 1600 yuan. I’ll transfer the money first.
Yu Ci: 8 yuan per catty.
Dong WenYan: Help pick the higher-quality ones for me. I’m okay with a higher price.
Yu Ci pinched his eyebrows. This was too funny. If he couldn’t see what Dong WenYan was doing, then he was an idiot.
He thought for a while on how to reply before sending a voice message, “The previous incident has been resolved. You don’t need to use this method to make amends. Also, all my potatoes are high quality.
Dong WenYan stared at his screen, inwardly crying. Why was Yu Ci so straightforward? Both of their fathers were in business, so why didn’t he inherit any of their subtleness? He typed out a whole paragraph, explaining that he wanted to buy a bit to taste. If it was delicious, then the increased price is reasonable.
Whenever he goes out to eat and finds the food pleasing, he’ll take the initiative to increase the tip. How come that logic doesn’t work on Yu Ci?
After listening to Dong Wen Yan’s thought process, Yu Ci finally agreed.
“That’s how it’s supposed to be. If your potatoes don’t taste good, don’t even think about 16 yuan, I wouldn’t want it if you give it to me for free.” Dong WenYan sputtered indignantly. Just as he was about to hang up, he suddenly lowered his voice and whispered, “Yu Ci, my dad mentioned something about negotiating a project with the Song family. However, after what happened between us, he didn’t sign the contract and withdrew from the partnership.”
Those from the same circle know that Song Hao’s two sons don’t get along with the Song family, otherwise, why would Yu Shi and Yu Ci, the two brothers, change their last names and return to the Yu family? Dong WenYan’s father was a smart man and knew that the Yu family is much better than the Songs. Even if his actions landed him in bad waters with Song Hao, he simply couldn’t ignore the Yu family’s influence.
If Yu Shi was angry and found out that the son argued with Yu Ci while the father was working with the Songs, wouldn’t he kill their entire family? No matter how Dong WenYan’s father looked at this situation, it was better to self-preserve and give up this project to someone else.
Yu Ci could also see what the Dong family is doing and wasn’t surprised. In fact, he praised them for being aware of the current affairs.
Smiling, he slumped lazily on the sofa, “Got it.”
Dong WenYan also laughed in response and made an agreement with Yu Ci that he’ll come over later to pick up the potatoes before hanging up.
Since it was still early, Yu Ci planted another acre of cucumbers and potatoes. When he returned to his living room, his phone screen flickered. When he went to check, he was surprised to see that there were many private messages from the broadcasting platform administrators.
Management 003: Hello Mr. Yu, I am admin 003 for Beluga live. I wanted to ask if you had any plans to sign a contract with our platform. There are many benefits of being a signed anchor. Please take some time to consider. [Turning in circles*]
(T/N: I think that’s an emoji?? (转圈圈) Not too familiar)
Management 003: I’ve heard that Mr. Yu is selling potatoes. After signing a contract, we will assign you a better algorithm. With more viewer traffic, I promise your products will sell faster. [Roses]
Management 003: Looking forward to your reply [Heart]
Yu Ci understood how broadcasting networks work. However, Beluga Live was a popular platform with thousands of contracted anchors. Why is the management inviting him when he was a newbie with one fan.
Yu Ci narrowed his news and went online to look up this Admin 003 from Beluga Live. However, after his research, he was left even more confused.
Who’s patient is acting up again: F*ck, is there something wrong with Admin 003 on the Beluga Live platform? I just bragged a little and immediately got censored. Does he lurk in everyone’s broadcasting room every day? If I act cute would I get uncensored?
Song Ti No. 1: Don’t think about it. 003 is famous for being strict and indifferent. They wouldn’t care about you.
Enter your name here: Damn, you’re unlucky. 003 usually doesn’t care about that stuff. Must’ve been bragging just as 003 entered the room. Hahahahhaha.
Did today’s happy CP break up yet: Don’t think about it. 003, that bastard, would even censor the famous stars on the platform. I suspect that 003 is an undercover agent from one of Beluga Live’s competitors, just waiting to destroy Beluga Live.
Yu Ci: …..
Strict? Indifferent?
Yu Ci stared at the emojis in silence. He felt that the person who sent him these messages was definitely not the real 003 and that admin 003 had been hacked.
He then clicked the ‘report’ button, stating his reason: I believe Admin 003 has been hacked.
Right after, Yu Ci received another private message. It was from his only fan.
Look, this potato is big and round: Anchor! I received the potatoes! They’re super delicious! I also stewed it with beef and tomatoes. It was so good that I cried. Do you still have any left? I want to buy some more! Fifty catties!
Yu Ci truthfully replied: My potatoes are a bit more expensive than the market price.
Look, this potato is big and round: Doesn’t matter. You don’t even need to pay for shipping! I’ll cover the cost. As long as I can eat the potatoes! Ahhhh, so appetizing. I love you so much. PS: Please give me the payment code.
Yu Ci laughed in amusement and sent over the code before preparing the 50 catties of potatoes.
It wouldn’t be bad to receive another 100 of this type of customer.
Translator Notes/Comments:
Admin 003 is Jian YuanQing smh, nepotism
L'oeuf Reads 
Ah cute
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ahabahahahaha nepotism
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