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[Zhang San, a commoner: Persimmons? You mean those fruits that cover the branches, all bright red and festive, but taste weird?]

[Commoner Li Mu: I only planted two trees at home. I tasted them when they bore fruit before, and the taste was stinky, bitter, and sour. How come the immortals looked eating them and they looked so delicious?]

[Commoner Wang Si: Truly worthy of being called an immortal! Even something as unpalatable as a persimmon can be transformed into a delicacy in the hands of an immortal!]

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In the capital city, inside an official's residence, a beam of bright white light shines through the carved window, illuminating the fine dust particles in the air and causing them to sway gently.

The owner of the mansion was leaning against a rattan chair in the courtyard, holding a scroll of agricultural books, his eyes fixed on the sky.

Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to the rolling words in the lower right corner of the sky.

His ancestral home is in Lingnan, where persimmons are quite common.

Since its introduction to Taiyan a few years ago, persimmon has been kept as an ornamental plant.

The reason is simple: it tastes terrible, so it's only good for looking at.

But the tomatoes in the picture album on the sky, so red and plump they looked almost juicy, just lying there quietly in the image made one's throat tighten...

Later, two plates of diced tomatoes were served, which were even more juicy and tempting to look at.

The main thing is that the immortals on the celestial canopy and the eldest princess were extremely happy with their food, so it must taste different from their persimmons.

They look quite similar, except that the immortal one seems to be... bigger and redder.

Bigger and redder!

He suddenly sat up straight, the teacup beside him jerked by the corner of his sleeve, and a few drops of light green tea spilled onto the paper, spreading into a small dark tea stain.

Could the tomatoes at the fairy's place be an improved, evolved variety of persimmon?

The moment the thought crossed his mind, his heart began to pound, and he even missed a beat.

In recent years, persimmons have only been used as an ornamental variety, and no one has ever thought of studying them.

But now he knows that the thing can not only be eaten, but can also become juicy, sweet, and thick-fleshed, with an enticing flavor—this is what makes it worthwhile and gives him a direction for research!

Moreover, putting everything else aside, they still possess the spiritual spring water bestowed by Immortal Lin, which, when used for irrigation, can shorten the ripening time and increase yield.

If persimmons are stimulated to mature day and night with spiritual spring water, and the best ones are selected and repeatedly bred... good varieties will surely be bred very quickly!

His Adam's apple bobbed, and he immediately put the agricultural book on the stone table in front of him and spread out a new sheet of Xuan paper.

Then he picked up his brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote the four large characters "Persimmon Cultivation".

Tomorrow morning, he will send someone to find that peddler from the south and buy some persimmons!

……

Above the sky, the private room was bathed in warm light and shadow, while outside the window lay the pale winter sky. A thin cloud drifted slowly past the corner of the glass, like a cotton ball being pushed by the wind.

Little Douzi is already full.

She sank softly into the fluffy cushion behind her, placed her small hands on her round belly, patted it gently, and then let out a satisfied sigh.

A trace of tomato juice still clung to her porcelain-white face, reflecting the soft light streaming in from the window, making it appear as if she had applied a thin layer of rouge.

Lin Ye lowered his eyes, his slender fingers holding a wet wipe, gently wiping away the stains left on her lips and fingertips, his touch as light as if he were caressing a fragile piece of porcelain.

A faint smile played on his lips as he leaned back casually on the sofa, exuding an air of calm and composure.

"Godfather!" Little Douzi suddenly tugged at Lin Ye's sleeve, and with his other little hand, he pointed through the glass window at a blurry gray shadow on the horizon.

"There are mountains over there!"

Lin Ye glanced in the direction she pointed and threw the used wet wipe into the trash can at his feet.

He curved his lips into a smile, his tone laced with laughter: "That's West Mountain. When spring comes, your godfather will take you hiking there. There are even little squirrels on the mountain!"

"Really!" Xiao Douzi's almond-shaped eyes lit up suddenly. She had seen squirrels in her textbooks, and their fluffy tails looked so nice to touch.

"Can I touch the little squirrel?"

Lin Ye reached out and gently patted the top of her head, then shook his head regretfully: "Wild ones are best avoided, they might cause injury."

He paused for a moment, looking at Xiao Douzi's dimmed eyes, and then changed the subject: "—However, if Xiao Douzi wants to pet a squirrel, Godfather can take you to a petting zoo."

"Pet store! What do they have at the pet store?" Little Pocket's eyes lit up again, and he looked up with great interest, asking curiously.

Lin Ye has not yet answered.

Across from her, Duoduo had just swallowed the last meatball Mu Chenfeng had fed her, and then let out a satisfied burp.

Mu Chenfeng already had a wet wipe in his hand and skillfully wiped her mouth and hands.

Duoduo obediently tilted her head back and let him do as he pleased, while busily trying to join the conversation whenever she had a spare moment:

"I know, I know! There are kittens, puppies, ducklings, birds... lots and lots of them!"

Her voice was crisp and clear as she rattled off a long list of names as if they were her most treasured possessions.

"Wow!" Little Douzi's eyes lit up even more, as if they were glowing.

……

In the Great Flame Kingdom, the bullet screen area became lively again, with countless black characters vying to emerge from the lower right corner of the screen.

[Commoner Zhao Wu: Pet shop? What's that? A pet store?]

[Commoner Qian Liu: In the countryside, which family doesn't keep a few cats and dogs? Why would someone open a special restaurant to sell them? And why are there ducks too? Can animals meant for food be kept as pets?]

[Commoner Sun Qi: Don't compare us to those from the countryside! Those are the pets of immortals, how can they be the same!]

[Commoner Qian Liu: That makes sense! The pets kept by immortals are definitely different from ours!]

[Commoner Wang Si: Now that you mention it, I'm even more eager to see... What would a pet cat or dog raised by an immortal look like?]

……

Seeing the little boy's incredibly interested expression, his face flushed with excitement, Lin Ye raised an eyebrow: "Little boy, would you like to go take a look?"

The little girl nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice, her almond-shaped eyes gazing at Lin Ye with wide, expectant eyes: "Yes!"

Lin Ye couldn't help but smile, and gently pinched her rosy cheek: "Okay, then we'll go this afternoon."

"Yay!" Little Douzi let out a small cheer, then eagerly turned her gaze to Duoduo, her voice brimming with joy:

"Duoduo, Duoduo, do you want to come with me?"

Just as Duoduo was about to agree, she heard Mu Chenfeng cough seemingly unintentionally from the side.

She immediately realized what was happening, wisely stopped talking, turned around, her big eyes fluttering wildly at Mu Chenfeng, her eyelashes fluttering like two small fans, her voice so sweet it could draw silk:

"Daddy, the best daddy in the world, I want to go to the pet store with Ling'er this afternoon, is that okay?"

She clasped her two little hands together under her chin and shook them.