Song Tan's Notes

Such a full live stream caused fans who arrived late to scream in anguish.

Although they managed to snag the mugwort mosquito repellent cream, they missed out on the earlier perk of buying five boxes at once!

Although given their work-life balance of leaving early and returning late, they probably won't need this except for team building activities.

But somehow, missing out felt like a huge loss.

The crowd was immediately outraged, and the barrage of comments surged even more fiercely.

Qiaoqiao had no idea.

All he knew was that the process of rubbing moxa wool had been taught last year, so Teacher Qiao Qiao didn't want to make everyone review it for too long.

By lunchtime, seeing that the mugwort oil had been replaced with a new container and was being bottled again, he finally decided to end the broadcast decisively.

But while the top livestreamer left unscathed, the staff were still working tirelessly.

The canned mugwort paste needs to cool and solidify, and the mugwort floss also needs to be processed quickly, but they can't waste any time in between.

Brother Zhang has already brought over his order-printing machine, which is so busy it's hot enough to fry an iron plate, still sizzling and spitting out order forms.

Folding boxes, sealing boxes, packing, attaching labels...

Whether it's work related to delivery or work on their farm, everyone is constantly busy.

During this time, Brother Zhang even took advantage of his position to ask, "Could you buy me five boxes of mugwort ointment?"

His wife takes care of the child, so he needs to use it.

His baby is less than six months old, his skin is still tender, and he needs to use it when he goes out.

My mother and my wife's mother sometimes come to help take care of the child, so we need to use them too.

199 is expensive, but considering the orders I received today...

Wow!
If it weren't for the fact that Brother Zhang's face was stiff and sore, his mouth would have stretched all the way to his ears right now.

They must be incredibly lucky to have met such a big client as Song Tan!

Therefore, he reiterated his promise: "Don't worry! With this order volume, I can apply for an even lower price this time!"

Song Tan was also happy: "Sure! This stuff is durable for transport and doesn't need to be kept fresh. I was thinking of finding another courier service..."

Seeing that Brother Zhang was shocked, she quickly reassured him, "But your delivery service is good. If there's a good price, I won't need to switch."

"Really!"

Brother Zhang also suddenly felt a sense of crisis:
“Such a small item, other courier companies would just seal the box and dump it at the station, and you'd have to wait in line and rummage around for ages. But look, we definitely pack it properly and deliver it right to your door.”

"With our current capabilities, we can't afford to sacrifice customer experience."

Song Tan laughed heartily: "That's exactly what I'm after!"

Then, pointing to the moxa stick beside him, he said, "Once you're done with these last two days, take your family to Dr. Guo's for moxibustion treatment. You'll be busy again soon."

The large quantities of fruit from the mountain need to be packed and loaded onto trucks; the workload and level of exertion involved are incomparable to what we see now.

Brother Zhang immediately beamed with joy: "I was just saying, how about we buy two moxa sticks and let my wife and the others do moxibustion themselves? But Dr. Guo is definitely the safest option!"

After all, he heard Qiao Qiao's live stream and realized that he had to use the acupoint chart provided by Song Tan's family to perform moxibustion, which took him a long time to find.

Nobody is as reliable as Dr. Guo!
He was so happy!

……

Meanwhile, on the frontier, the logistics manager, who had also watched the live stream, frowned and exchanged bewildered glances with the person next to him who had impulsively paid.

A moment later, the two spoke at the same time:
"You'd still buy it even if shipping to border regions isn't free?"

"Isn't 199 a bit outrageous?"

After they finished speaking, they paused for a moment, and then continued:

"Since nothing offers free shipping anyway, I might as well buy this. I should at least give it a try."

"Didn't he send us samples?"

"Yes." The person making the payment paused for a moment.

But just as I was about to click on the refund button, I looked at the astonishing sales figures above, and for some reason, I just couldn't bring myself to click it.

Forget it.

They don't have many opportunities to spend money here, after all, the convenience store is as barren as a salt flat, and online shopping is basically not delivered here, so spending 199 yuan now isn't unreasonable...

Right.

That's fine then.

The two then pondered for a while longer:

"Compared to the price our suppliers charge us, ours is indeed much cheaper. But no matter how cheap it is, the unit price is what it is, so we're not buying from them..."

To be honest, compared to the original bill for the moxa sticks and incense, it's really hard to quote a price for this mosquito repellent cream.

But then think back to all those wailing and lamenting comments in the live chat—

If you didn't have some talent, you wouldn't have so many fans, right?

The two pondered for a while, and finally just hoped that the delivery would arrive soon so that they could truly experience the capabilities of this thing.

If they don't have something useful, their masks will be bitten through by mosquitoes!
……

Once the mugwort business is in place, all that's left is to focus on doing the work.

But the Song family still had no free time.

This year, with abundant mountains and land, they planted large areas of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and other crops.

The potatoes we dig up now are only the size of ping-pong balls, and my family is still reluctant to eat them. The corn will take even longer; we only occasionally cut some leaves and throw them into the pond or river to feed the fish.

The sweet potatoes, on the other hand, are growing incredibly fast!

The sweet potatoes they planted this year are mainly of three types.

One type is the local red-skinned sweet potato, which is a bit dry and hard to swallow when roasted, but becomes sticky and glutinous and exceptionally soft when used to cook porridge.

This is also suitable for drying those hard, chewy sweet potato chips.

Another type is the white-skinned, red-fleshed sweet potato. Whether steamed, boiled, or roasted, it is soft and juicy, but not overly sweet like the sweet potatoes available today. It has a very fresh and rich flavor.

Neither of these two types are in season now, so my family only occasionally picks a sweet potato tip to eat. Whether we blanch it in boiling water to make pickled cabbage or stir-fry it directly, it goes well with rice.

Occasionally, you can find some old vines to feed pigs, chickens, and ducks.

In short, not a single bit is wasted.

But the other type was the variety that Yanran and his group suggested on their own initiative—

2. Sweet potato leaf.

This type of sweet potato looks ordinary, but its vines are exceptional, belonging to a special variety of sweet potato vines for vegetable use.

Not only is the yield per mu (unit of land area) 50% higher than that of ordinary sweet potatoes, but the sweet potato vines that grow are also fresh, crisp and refreshing, resulting in a very high yield.

The sweet potato vines grown by Song Tan's family are of good quality; according to Yan Ran and the others' estimates, they should be able to produce 10,000 jin per mu.

With the hot weather these days, sweet potato vines grow quickly. Often, if the tender sweet potato tips aren't pinched off overnight, they become tough the next day.

Therefore, nowadays, just before sunset, the family has to arrange another batch of workers to harvest these sweet potato vines.

It can be stir-fried fresh and tender, or made into pickles.

Slightly older ones, after peeling and processing, can also be used to make canned pickled sweet potato vines.

In no time, all the village's able-bodied people were mobilized to do this and that.

However, because of the high temperatures following the Dragon Boat Festival, the Song family paid him a very high salary.

Everyone counted their high wages, wielding sickles as they harvested row by row in the fields, utterly satisfied. (End of Chapter)