Her Cultivation Diary-Chapter 1824 - 1662: Picking Sesame Leaves Again (Part 2)
"This year, we’ve planted five acres. Seventh Uncle said we could pick freely, so today I’m here with all my brothers and sisters to pick."
"With the sun out now, we can take the sesame leaves back, wash them clean, blanch them, and dry them. They can be stored for such a long time, even for the New Year during winter."
After a moment’s thought, he added, "They can also be eaten during Laba when we slaughter pigs."
Whoa!
With just a few words, everyone who just joined the livestream was suddenly excited.
[Is there going to be a Laba pig slaughter feast this year?]
[Spread the word, Qiaoqiao wants to invite me to the Laba pig slaughter feast]
[I can’t imagine how fierce the competition for a spot will be!]
[Haha, this year I want to be the Top Brother! The Top Brother must have a spot]
[That’s too elusive, better ask if Qiaoqiao is selling those sesame leaves]
[Link, link please]
[Is this really tasty? It feels like you’ll eat any leaf! Pepper leaves, sesame leaves]
[They’re delicious, you can use them in braised noodles, soup noodles, pan-fried noodles, or mixed noodles, they’re all good]
[Wuwuwu, as a wanderer far from home, seeing hometown food makes my heart ache]
The livestream had just started and the viewer count hadn’t surged yet, but Yun Duo saw that there were constant rewards being sent in the background...
And they were throwing amounts like 1,100 as if money didn’t mean a thing.
Her scalp tightened, and she shouted loudly:
"Qiaoqiao, lots of people are sending you gifts, and the amounts are huge!"
The fan rankings next to her changed every time they refreshed, leaving everyone dazzled.
She hadn’t seen last year’s Laba pig slaughter feast livestream, and she couldn’t understand why everyone was so excited.
Qiaoqiao was momentarily confused, then quickly waved his hands and said in a rush:
"Stop sending gifts, stop sending gifts, I have enough money now, plenty of money. The pig slaughter feast will still have a prize drawing, just wait for the drawing."
But everyone was unimpressed.
[Just because you have money doesn’t mean I don’t. I want to send a gift]
[A prize drawing? If I could win that, last year’s Laba wouldn’t have been so full of longing from afar!]
[Over a million people competing for just a few spots, I can only dream about it in my sleep]
[Being able to buy it with money is easier. But the problem is I don’t have any money]
[How did the previous Top Brother fall down to the tenth spot?]
[What’s there to worry about? The previous Top Brother is working in the village. Teacher Qiaoqiao, is the village hiring again this year?]
[Look at me, look at me! Just laid off from a big factory, a standard workhorse! I don’t know what to do now!]
Everyone chattered away busily, and the gifts kept coming.
Yun Duo watched over and over, eventually getting used to it silently.
She thought, other streamers with millions surely have their own Top Brother, what’s the harm in Qiaoqiao having a few?
It’s quite normal.
The influencer circle is like this.
But on refreshing the page again—gosh, the internet clearly has its own currency system! How are people throwing money around like watering plants?!
Qiaoqiao had already quickly put the matter of gifts behind him.
The green sesame leaves before him were waiting for him to pick to his heart’s content, yet his Big White cloth bag tied at his waist didn’t have a single leaf in it yet.
Wearing gloves, he picked rapidly with both hands and didn’t forget to loudly remind the others:
"Remember not to pick the ones at the bottom, they’re old and not nice to eat. Pick the ones higher up!"
"Don’t pick too many from each sesame stem."
Clearly, he was quite worried.
"Got it, got it!"
The group responded loudly, having practiced before, definitely no mistakes would happen.
As for what’s old and what’s tender... once you’re in the field, you know at a glance and with a pick.
And this kind of mechanical, repetitive motion didn’t feel as exhausting as cutting rice or digging fields; instead, there was a sort of leisurely mind-clearing sensation.
The villagers might not be sensitive to this, but those who’ve done labor definitely enjoy this kind of repetitive mechanical outdoor activity.
It was as if all the heavy negative emotions were swept away.
Seeing the cute little tubular flowers on the sesame stems, and looking forward to Master Jiang’s promised sesame leaf noodles in the evening, everyone felt even more enthusiastic!
"Hey, I just said I wanted to lose weight, but tonight it’s all carbs again..."
"Me too, with so much activity, I’ve still gained four pounds."
"Don’t worry, I’ve measured my waistline. Because I’ve been working all the time, my body has toned up, and even with the weight gain, visually I look slimmer."
"But we’ve tanned a bit... Hey! What sunblock do our boss and Qiaoqiao use to stay so fair-skinned!"
