Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 22 - . Buy a little more tomorrow.

Chapter 22: 22. Buy a little more tomorrow.

Men’s attachment to cars is truly indescribable.

After finishing the phone call, Song Sancheng was still rambling on about how driving by himself was not safe, the mountain roads were treacherous, and how one could easily be scammed when buying a second-hand car…

But, once he arrived at the location, his friend took him to see the rows of vehicles in the factory, and he instantly tossed his own words to the back of his mind.

Now he was caught in a dilemma between choosing a van or a pickup truck.

“Tantan, a van isn’t afraid of wind and rain, it’s just that the capacity is a bit small. Maybe…”

“Pickup trucks can carry a lot.”

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“But what if the weather is bad, it’s inconvenient to put things in the back!”

“Pickup trucks can carry a lot.”

“The van can seat several people; you can’t buy a car just for selling vegetables…”

“Pickup trucks can carry a lot.”

Her dad was really… easily persuaded and thrown into confusion by a few words. If she wasn’t buying the car for selling vegetables, what was she buying it for? Was the air in the city not polluted enough for her?

Plus, she planned to plant quite a variety in the several pieces of farmland she had. Without finding something that could carry a lot, how much effort would that cost her?

23,500 yuan for a second-hand pickup truck, complete with license plates and all – one-stop service. Although Song Tan didn’t know much about cars, she took a good look at the person selling the vehicle, who didn’t seem dishonest.

Song Sancheng rambled on all the way, and suddenly exclaimed from the passenger seat, “Ah, this is a manual transmission, isn’t it? Can your mom manage it alone? I’ll have to be the one to drive—I’ll go inquire about a driving license in town later.”

Song Tan suppressed her laughter: “Mhm, the two of you together, it’ll be good company.”

Song Sancheng didn’t notice her tone, and was already eyeing the dashboard.

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They returned to town to get an ID card and bought a few plastic vegetable baskets – wicker baskets were not very regular and took up lots of space as they couldn’t be stacked when filled with vegetables.

The car just happened to be parked outside the courtyard. Their location was a bit remote, with distant neighbors, so for the moment there was no one to come over and have a look.

However, Wu Lan, though feeling the pinch of the money spent, couldn’t help feeling a sense of pride well up inside when seeing the thoroughly cleaned car (even if it was just a second-hand Little Pika).

If it wasn’t for the need to keep a low profile with the wild vegetable selling, she’d probably have been out visiting neighbors by now.

“This vehicle is not bad, it can carry a lot. It’s convenient for hauling large items too—Tantan, I checked on the wild vegetables, and I don’t know why, but they’re growing really well this year. We can continue selling them tomorrow.”

“How about we go pick some more this afternoon?”

Clearly, she was already hooked by the money.

Song Tan shook her head: “Mom, there’s no hurry. Most of the people who bought vegetables yesterday joined the group. We should give them some time to miss and crave for it, shouldn’t we?”

Without showing how tasty the wild vegetables were, how could she build a reputation?

Right now, selling wild vegetables for twenty was not considered a high price, but after a while, when other spring vegetables and wild greens hit the market, this price would no longer be appropriate.

If price was lowered, Song Tan herself would be the first to be displeased.

So…

Let everyone crave for it first!

Moreover, “Mom, let’s have wild vegetables again tonight.”

Right now, the only vegetables without impurities were the wild ones. She would like to promote the growth of other vegetables, but explaining that would take too long!

Wu Lan immediately refused: “That won’t do, they’re twenty yuan a pound. If we eat several pounds in one meal, over a hundred yuan will be gone just like that.”

Song Tan: …I knew it.

Without hesitation, she grabbed the basket: “Qiaoqiao, time to pick vegetables.”

Why would she bother exerting so much Spiritual Energy if not to ensure she could enjoy a good bite herself? She hadn’t refined her own abilities enough yet.

Wu Lan: …

Spendthrift child!

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In the end, they still ate those wild vegetables for dinner.

Once Wu Lan tasted the vegetables, she stopped talking about wasting money and instead murmured, “I should send some to your grandma and your uncle for them to try.”

Song Tan hadn’t forgotten about that, it’s just…

“Let’s wait a while, Mom. There aren’t many wild vegetables sprouting up right now; it would be too conspicuous if we sent some over.”

The spiritual energy accelerated their growth, but she couldn’t overdo it. Currently, the yield every two days was only around a hundred or so pounds, which was already quite plentiful for wild vegetables.

Sending them now, with their delicious taste, wouldn’t they have to be sent every day? What if they thought it was just some wild plants and decided to come and dig for themselves… That would be inconvenient.

When cultivating spiritual energy, one must understand human emotions and desires, something Song Tan was clear about.

“Let’s wait another half month. The weather will be warmer then, and there will be more wild vegetables. At that time, we’ll stop selling them and just eat them ourselves. We’ll also give plenty to Grandpa and Grandma.”

Half a month later, the milk vetch would have grown enough and tender enough to sell.

Not bad for me!

Song Tan felt that her business acumen was indeed very astute.

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Meanwhile.

In the city, Waterfront Residential Area.

Zhao Yang came home from work with his pregnant wife. His mother had already prepared dinner, and seeing her daughter-in-law return to the bedroom, she looked worried, “Qinqin still can’t eat?”

His wife had been pregnant for three months and was vomiting everything she ate. Just the smell of cooking oil would make her nauseous, and recently she had been very weak. It was worrying the whole family to death.

Mother Zhao thought for a moment: “Why don’t you try giving Qinqin a taste first? I bought these wild vegetables early this morning. There was a young girl with her silly brother, who said they just dug them up from their village.”

She rambled on, and actually felt a bit of regret: “They were quite expensive though. A pound of lettuce is only fifteen yuan. At the time, so many people were scrambling for it, and I got excited too—actually, twenty yuan for a bunch, and I didn’t even manage to get any shepherd’s purse! You know, shepherd’s purse is so delicious in dumplings!”

“Look, all I got was this bunch of dandelion leaves, which are gone after blanching a bit.”

“But these dandelion leaves are quite good too, cooling and detoxifying.”

She switched topics so fast that it was hard to tell if she was complaining about the expensive price or the fact that she didn’t manage to get shepherd’s purse.

Zhao Yang also couldn’t help but swallow—shepherd’s purse dumplings? Maybe he should order takeout at work tomorrow, the dumpling restaurant should have them.

But then again, since these were freshly dug wild vegetables, they might taste better than greenhouse vegetables, right?

Still, considering his wife’s recent eating problems, he decided to be cautious. He only took a bowl and picked up a bit with chopsticks to bring to the bedroom:

“Qinqin, try a bit of this wild vegetable. My mom said it’s called dandelion leaves, mixed with some small green chili… cold and spicy.”

Just hearing about eating made Qinqin’s stomach churn again. She was about to refuse, but her husband had already brought the vegetable to her mouth.

The chopsticks held only two green leaves.

After considering, she opened her mouth, chewed slowly and carefully, fearing what would come afterward.

However, once the wild vegetable entered her mouth—it was fresh, crisp, spicy, and refreshing… a mix of flavors so wonderful that it couldn’t be described!

Her stomach growled loudly, feeling starved crazy!

Zhao Yang was watching her nervously, “How is it?”

Qinqin slowly swallowed the two leaves in her mouth, feeling her stomach as a bottomless pit, frantically clamoring for more.

She suddenly stood up:

“Get me a bowl of rice, I want to eat this vegetable!”

She was already impatiently out of the bedroom and at the dining table before the rice was served, gobbling down half the vegetables.

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Mother Zhao was overjoyed: “Oh my! Oh my! If I had known, I would have bought more varieties!”

As she spoke, she regretted again—that twenty yuan wasn’t expensive! Early spring, vegetables are just this price, isn’t this way more flavorsome than those greenhouse vegetables?