Song Tan's Notes

Qiaoqiao's live stream fans suddenly discovered—

They are living a good life now!

Why is there a live stream today as well as yesterday?!
Yesterday's inventory was plentiful, and although they didn't mention today's inventory, it looks like there's still a lot!

Especially the huge piles of sweet potato stalks in the corner of the shot, they look really reassuring.

So, as soon as the broadcast started, while fans in other live streams were still greeting each other and waiting for the next streamer, the chat here was already flooded with comments!

"Selling sweet potato stalks? I knew it was sweet potato stalks!"

[There's no one to cook in this rented apartment, how am I supposed to eat this?]

[I have absolutely no cooking skills, will I ruin this good stuff? Should I still try to get it?]

[Hehe, although I can't cook, I've already changed my address to my hometown.]

[Don't bother buying if you can't cook. I can cook, and I want to buy 10 pounds!]

Why didn't you buy ten tons?

[Make way, let me do it, I'll wake him up!]

Yunduo, who was watching the live stream, had now learned to be a numb linker.

She Min also kept an eye on the backstage, acting as customer service, waiting for customers to ask questions.

But she had clearly waited in vain.

Because every day, besides asking when something will be listed or when it will be available, the system automatically replies, and nobody else asks any other questions.

There's not even a need to process refunds, because nobody wants to refund anyone.

Even with such a large inventory of mugwort ointment, when someone applied for a return, the system automatically refunded the money because the product had not yet been shipped.

As soon as the inventory is released, it is immediately snapped up by the next person, with no time difference between them. It's as if someone is constantly refreshing the page, waiting for this "slot to be filled".

Therefore, her customer service work is meaningless; she can only serve as a tool for the copywriter.

Meanwhile, Qiaoqiao had already taken photos all over the place with her phone.

At this moment, the central air conditioning in the huge factory was blowing cold air. The workers below chatted while their hands kept moving, and the two sides of the work were clearly separated.

One person was huffing and puffing as they selected the stronger ones to rub the mugwort floss, while the older ones sat there deftly breaking sweet potato stalks.

Because it's for sale, although we never usually peel the old bark off the poles, we've now added this extra step.

It doesn't require much effort; just bend it slightly at the end.

This process is similar to picking cowpeas. Given the current abundance of cowpeas, it would be possible to do another live broadcast of it.

But these days, fans don't care about the unseen bean stalks!

They watched helplessly as everyone picked away the expensive sweet potato leaves from the market, and their hearts ached terribly.

[In other words, I'm more willing to spend money than a pigsty owner; if I don't want those leaves, can I still feed them to you?]

[Teacher Qiao Qiao, look at me! I'm a student from a poor family, give me a leaf.]

[The guy at number ten on the leaderboard is shameless! I'm the one who's really poor.]

【I'm different. I was born in the Year of the Pig, so it's not unreasonable for me to eat some pig feed, right?】

Sweet potato leaves were 5 yuan per jin at the market this morning, what a rip-off!

[Teacher Qiaoqiao! Sell this to your children!]

However, the cold-hearted teacher Qiao Qiao didn't read the comments. At this moment, seeing that the damaged old leaves that everyone had picked out had filled a basket, she casually picked them up and piled them aside:

"This is for feeding pigs."

He picked up another basket, which was noticeably fresher and more tender: "This is for our partners."

He picked up another basket of medium-sized ones: "Today, Chef Jiang made steamed sweet potato leaves for the employees. Have any of the kids tried them?"

The children were crying very loudly.

They couldn't even taste a single leaf of the three grades—superior, middle, and inferior—and ultimately their efforts were in vain.

Then there are sweet potato stalks.

Those huge piles of sweet potato stalks were washed clean and then cut into sections.

In this segmented shot, Yun Duo proactively zoomed in with her phone, and the repetitive and rhythmic sound of the cutting rod was amplified through the microphone, making it exceptionally pleasant to hear.

If I let it sit for another 10 minutes, I might fall asleep again...

I'm forcing myself to stay awake, afraid that I'll accidentally post a link while I'm asleep.

[Who understands this?! Someone saw this at 8 AM and quietly ordered themselves an iced Americano.]

Paying to work is so tough! I guess I'll just have to slack off eventually.

Wait! They've all been cut! What are we going to buy?!

Seeing that there were more and more comments like this, Yun Duo quickly said to Qiao Qiao, "Qiao Qiao, tell everyone what we're going to sell today."

Then Qiaoqiao changed the camera and pointed it at the large winnowing basket next to her.

After the wet, dripping sweet potato stalks were cut into sections, they were laid out on this winnowing basket.

Because everyone had been working for several hours when the live stream started, the higher-ups had already taken steps to control the amount of water used.

Now, followed by the camera, the sweet potato stalks were first poured into a large stainless steel basin to draw out the water. This process bypassed rows of large basins of sweet potato stalks, and it was clear that many of them had already drawn out enough water and were just waiting to be drained and stirred.

But Teacher Qiaoqiao hasn't taught us how to pickle sweet potato stalks yet!
Therefore, he gave everyone a very detailed live broadcast of the process:
"Add white sugar, red chili peppers, small red chili peppers, white wine, Sichuan peppercorn oil, sesame oil..."

In short, large amounts of chopped ingredients are mixed in, and then skilled workers wearing gloves grab a handful, squeeze out the water, and then stuff it directly into a bottle.

Qiaoqiao looked at the bottle, remembered her sister's instructions, and quickly said, "This bottle contains one pound of pickled sweet potato stalks. My sister said that if you eat these pickled sweet potato stalks with rice, you can eat them for several meals."

"But you must finish it within a week of it arriving."

As he held up the bottle to the camera, his face scrunched up: "Otherwise, it'll get really sour if left out for too long! It'll make your mouth water." On the other side of the camera, Yun Duo couldn't help but swallow hard when she heard this description.

Not to mention everyone in the live stream—

Stop talking! Go ahead and post the link first!

[I haven't even managed to get one yet, why are you saying all this?]

[This bottle is so tiny, and you're telling me I have to finish it within a week? LOL, who do you think you are?]

[Teacher Qiaoqiao, listen to me, use a 10-pound bottle, and I'll tell you again after a week when it tastes sour.]

[I gave it a bad review because it was too sour. Will Teacher Qiao Qiao send me a bottle and beg me to delete the review to appease me?]

[I suggest you look at the cries and lamentations in the negative reviews section.]

Exactly! There are always those persistent individuals who try to gain more by leaving negative reviews, then they wail and complain in their own comments...

This thing was set up by Zhang Yanping to save trouble.

Negative reviews are visible to everyone, and some people have complained in the background. Xiaoli and Xiaomei have also patiently resolved the issues.

However, after three consecutive negative reviews or three complaints in the backend, the product will be blacklisted by the store.

I'll try to steal it again next time—hehe!
The trees planted by our predecessors are now convenient for She Min.

As a customer service representative, she was completely invisible, whether she was called Xiaoli or Xiaomei.

Anyway!

Now, in the bottle in front of the camera, there are green sweet potato stalks, red chili peppers, and white garlic... This typical combination of pickled vegetables is displayed, and everyone is getting anxious.

[Please provide the link!!!]

But Qiaoqiao hasn't finished speaking yet!

As a meticulous teacher, he is very patient with his students:

"Also, these sweet potato stalks are especially delicious when stir-fried with chicken gizzards and duck gizzards. They're sour, spicy, and fragrant, and I can eat several bowls of them in one sitting."

"But you can't stir-fry it."

"My sister said that there's only so much in one bottle. If you cook it all up, you'll finish it in one meal. That's not very economical!"

"And it's so spicy, it's not healthy."

Their dried red chilies are very fragrant, but their small red chilies are quite pungent. Nowadays, people in the live stream are begging to sell their chili oil and green pepper sauce!
It's clear that the spiciness and irresistible flavor are irresistible.

And served with spicy and sour sweet potato stems...

Qiaoqiao wasn't exaggerating; if you poured all of this out to cook, one person could easily devour it in one meal.

But it's not cheap!

Selling a bottle like this for 88 yuan, it truly is a top-tier product among agricultural products.

Studio:……

[My mouth is watering just describing it, I've already started adding duck and chicken gizzards to my shopping cart, and you're telling me it can't be stir-fried?]

Why should I? I'm a bad student, I'm rebellious, so I'll quit!

[You think you can just stop speculating like that? Your savings would scare this sweet potato stalk to death! I'm going to speculate then!]

[Buying just one bottle is considered wasteful, so I'll buy 10 bottles, okay?]

[Ha! Already sitting on the router waiting]

[Please wait 5 minutes before uploading the link; I'm going to climb the cell tower now.]

Everyone was yelling and screaming, mainly about being rebellious.

Qiaoqiao thought for a moment and then added, "These sweet potato stalks aren't anything special. Everyone should just buy one bottle to try! We don't have any more. And we shouldn't buy more, they're too expensive."

My sister said there's a purchase limit, one bottle per person, no more. Qiaoqiao thinks that makes a lot of sense—this way everyone can save a lot of money.

The aunties in the village said that fresh sweet potato stalks sell for two yuan a pound at the town market.

Their place is different; their food is exceptionally good, but also exceptionally expensive!
Just like the employees who pick vegetables, they only earn a little over 1000 yuan a month if they only work the night shift.

You can't possibly drink more than a few bottles!

Although they have a good supply of sweet potato stalks this year, including the area that specializes in producing them, these stalks are not harvested all at once; the maximum yield per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.165 acres) is only a little over 1000 jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 0.5 kg).

After drying the sweet potato stalks and then salting them to remove excess water, it takes about one and a half pounds of fresh, tender stalks to make one jar of pickled sweet potatoes.

In other words, the maximum yield per mu (unit of land area) is only about 800 bottles.

but--

Yun Duo glanced at the current viewership of over 700,000 and then fell silent, as if on cue.

With the current pre-sale volume of tens of thousands of bottles, judging from the conversion rates of other live streaming platforms, that's more than enough.

For Qiaoqiao, it's just a drop in the ocean!

The live stream chat was already overflowing with drool—

Please, stop talking and just post the link.

[Watching the number of viewers skyrocket, it's almost at 80]

[So desperate! I've already opened my tablet and am ready to try my luck.]

One bottle is fine too; at least I have a chance to snag one.

I knew the mugwort ointment from a couple of days ago was just a flash in the pan.

Don't even mention the mugwort ointment; I arrived late and there's only a limit of one box per person.

Meanwhile, Qiaoqiao was still loudly making a final appeal: "Just like the mugwort paste, we don't ship it today! We ship based on the amount we make each day, and it takes a week for it to marinate before we ship it out." (End of Chapter)