Chapter 6 There's nothing wrong with sweet potato leaves.
The dishes all looked good, but the old lady was too old. Either the chicken was too salty, or the mutton was too gamey and she couldn't get rid of the smell. She also couldn't get used to all the various seasonings.

The son is used to it; his mother's cooking skills have remained at this level for so many years.

I usually eat at home, but occasionally I go out for a nice treat.

My wife has mentioned wanting to hire a nanny several times, but my mother isn't comfortable with strangers in the house, so the matter has been put on hold.

Surprisingly, after eating all the dishes, the most unassuming dish, sweet potato leaves, actually tasted quite good.

"Mom, your stir-fried sweet potato leaves are really good, better than the other dishes."

He wasn't lying when he said that.

The old lady didn't have a clear understanding of her cooking skills. She always thought that her dishes tasted pretty good. When her husband was alive, he always said that he was captivated by her excellent cooking skills.

Sisi doesn't like the food she cooks, and she never looks for the reason in herself, only thinking that young people are picky eaters and like to eat good food.

Just then, I heard my son praising the sweet potato leaves.

The old lady looked at the mutton and chicken next to her... the dishes she considered good.

"I think you've been eating too much good food, that's why you think leafy greens taste good."

The daughter-in-law chimed in, "Mom, these sweet potato leaves are really better than the others. They're not salty, and they retain the original flavor of the leaves when stir-fried. It's just right. I haven't tasted this flavor in years. It doesn't taste like greenhouse vegetables. It's really delicious."

Listen to this, it's hardly a compliment.

Sweet potato leaves taste just like vegetable leaves.

"Is it really that delicious? It's just sweet potato leaves." The old lady was too lazy to even add minced garlic when she was stir-frying it. She only added some oil and salt, and took it out of the pan after stir-frying it for a few seconds until it was soft. She picked up a piece of sweet potato leaves with her chopsticks and tasted it, not believing it.

After a few bites, the old lady's eyes lit up: "This tastes really good."

When the old lady eats something delicious, her first thought is of her granddaughter.

"Sisi, you're the best eater in our family. Come and try these sweet potato leaves and give me your opinion."

Sun Qianqian won the game right at the end.

He got up and walked over in high spirits, picked up some clean chopsticks, put a sweet potato leaf in his mouth, and his expression changed from "It's okay" to "Surprised" after chewing it a couple of times.

"Grandma, this sweet potato leaf dish is the best I've ever had you cook. It's not salty, it tastes just right, it's delicious."

The old lady didn't think it was a compliment to her cooking at all, but seeing that her granddaughter liked it reminded her that she had bought the sweet potato leaves from the young girl next door.

"Hey, speaking of these sweet potato leaves, I bought them from a young girl who sells them right next to me. I don't know if she's unemployed or what, but she's so young and she's crammed in with us old ladies selling vegetables, just sweet potato leaves. I counted, there were ten bunches."

The son sighed, "After all, the current economic climate is bad, and it's really hard to find a job."

Upon hearing this, the old lady felt pity for the little girl. "Since you like sweet potato leaves, I'll buy two more bunches tomorrow."

The next day, it rained a little in the morning, and the old lady arrived a bit late.

Fortunately, she ran into the little girl again in the same spot, and the little girl kindly saved her a spot.

The old woman spread out her snakeskin bag and laid out the vegetables from her basket one by one. Seeing that the basket in front of the little girl was still empty, she asked, "Hey, girl, aren't you selling vegetables today?"

Jian Ning replied, "They're all sold out."

This time, she harvested twenty bunches of sweet potato leaves, which were sold out in less than ten minutes after arriving at the market, earning her a total of one hundred yuan.

The old lady let out a disappointed "Ah," saying, "I was thinking of buying two bunches today. Yesterday, my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter all said that I stir-fry these sweet potato leaves and they taste delicious."

Jian Ning said, "I'll come again tomorrow."

"Then leave me two handfuls." The old lady took out ten yuan from her pocket and handed it over.

Jian Ning took the money and nodded in agreement: "Okay."

Aside from the 100 yuan I earned from selling vegetables today, three elderly ladies who couldn't buy any pre-ordered some for tomorrow.

That's why she hasn't left even though she's sold out.

Jian Ning waited a while longer, and then two more people made reservations.

She glanced at the time; almost an hour had passed. She tidied up her small folding stool, carried it in her hand, said goodbye to the old lady, and left.

On her way back, she glanced at the mission progress.

[Gaining the approval of sect disciples 36/100] I reckon I can complete this task after selling vegetables for a few more days.

She glanced at the mission rewards again.

[Reward: A sect's immortal abode and fertile farmland under its jurisdiction.]

She's not in the cultivation world, so even if you give her a sect's immortal abode and fertile land, she probably won't get it.
do not care.

After all, she discovered a way to make money selling vegetables after leaving the entertainment industry, so at least she doesn't have to worry about not having money for the time being.

arrive home.

After two days of repeated practice, Jian Ning has basically mastered the art of applying cloud and rain techniques.

As her fingers flew across the screen, a small dark cloud appeared in mid-air, gently watering the sweet potatoes.

The sweet potato leaves stretched out vigorously.

For the next few days, Jian Ning went to the vegetable market to sell vegetables and became familiar with the old ladies in the neighborhood.

Her sweet potato leaves increased day by day, and the number of people who couldn't buy them and wanted to pre-order also increased day by day.

Everyone knows that there's a young woman at the entrance of this vegetable market who only sells sweet potato leaves, and those sweet potato leaves are exceptionally delicious.

That day, the old lady bought sweet potato leaves, and after packing up her stall, she went home to cook as usual.

Sun Qianqian was lying on the sofa playing games. After finishing a game, she turned on voice chat, and her best friend's voice came through the receiver.

"Damn it, Xixi, you have to check Weibo's trending topics. That bitch Jian Ning has finally met her match, it's hilarious."

Upon hearing this, Sun Qianqian immediately perked up.

She's a die-hard fan of Gu Yan and a hater of Jian Ning.

She took out her iPad, opened Weibo's trending topics, and saw Jian Ning's name without even scrolling down.

The seventh trending topic: #Jianning sells sweet potato leaves#
Before she could even look, her best friend Jiajia's voice came through the mobile game interface.

"Sisi, have you seen the trending topics?"

As soon as Sun Qianqian tapped the screen, her grandmother called her to eat.

She took her phone and iPad to the dining table, saying, "I haven't looked at them yet, I'll look at them right away."

Jiajia burst out laughing: "Look at this, it's so dramatic. Jian Ning failed to seduce Gu Yan, and then she was obsessed with dating him. She fabricated a chat history screenshot of dumping Gu Yan and posted it on Weibo. But when Gu Yan's studio sent a lawyer's letter, she didn't dare to say a word. Now that she can't make it in the entertainment industry, she's gone to the vegetable market to sell vegetables, and someone even took a picture of her doing it. It's really hilarious."

Sun Qianqian found it hilarious just hearing her best friend's description and burst out laughing.

Today, her parents went out to celebrate their anniversary, so it was just her and her grandmother at home.

The rice was served to me.

The old lady said softly, "Xixi, I bought your favorite sweet potato leaves again today. Try them."

Sun Qianqian has been eating sweet potato leaves for every meal these past few days, and she doesn't get tired of it because it's so delicious.

While eating, she echoed her best friend: "Jian Ning is just desperate for fame. She's desperately trying to ride on Gu Yan's popularity. When she can't, she goes crazy. Being famous for bad reasons is still fame. She's thinking of clearing her name and then coming back to act. Anyway, every time she dares to come out, I'll criticize her."

"Exactly, how could Gu Yan possibly be interested in her? Weiwei is so beautiful, I heard she's a rich second-generation heiress, a princess of the Northern Circle. Jian Ning is not worthy of her. If you ask me, her selling sweet potato leaves is just a show. Even a dog wouldn't eat those sweet potato leaves."

"that is.

Sun Qianqian subconsciously wanted to agree with her best friend, but when she opened the Weibo hot search and saw the picture of the person next to Jian Ning in the first popular post, the words got stuck in her throat.

In the candid photo, there's a vegetable vendor next to Jian Ning...

Sun Qianqian looked up at her grandmother.

Seeing that her granddaughter's expression was off, the old lady asked kindly, "Xixi, what's wrong?"

Sun Qianqian chewed the sweet potato leaves in her mouth with difficulty, remembering what her grandmother had said on the first day: that she bought sweet potato leaves from the young girl next door.

“Well…” Sun Qianqian swallowed a mouthful of food and said to her best friend, “Well… it’s not that exaggerated. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with sweet potato leaves.”

(End of this chapter)

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