Guo Yao gave the briefcase to Bai Chuan and saw that he was going to turn on the water to take a bath, so he went out.
This was the house that Bai Chuan’s maternal grandmother left to his mother. It was a very old type villa area, but it has mature supporting facilities1Raw 配套成熟( pèitào chéngshú); lit. complete set of maturity(Baidu) and other web gave me Mature supporting facilities. There’s no specific meaning or explanations for this words and what I got is an answer for the question some people ask… If any of you know, please feel free to let me know in the comment ya~. In Binhai2Raw 滨海(bīnhǎi); Binhai(place name), but 滨海别墅(bīnhǎi biéshù) is translated into seaside villa instead of Binhai villa, because 滨海 also means coastal or bordering the sea., South End City, real estate prices have been booming in recent years. The price of a seaside villa like this has reached nearly 100,000 yuan per square meter. The environment here was beautiful and has a fresh air, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city center. Everyone says that the East City and West City of Nanchen City, one were a paradise and one hell, and this was not without factual basis.
Bai Chuan went to take a shower, came out and wrapped himself in a bath towel. After drying his hair, he picked up the briefcase and opened it. On it was a photocopied student status form with his identity information.
Dai Yao, Nanchen city central district…
Central district? Why live in the central district, yet so stranded that he had to come out to do this kind of things? Nanchen Normal University… This was just a normal undergraduate university that was not even classified as third class. If this was the case, then he may indeed have encountered some difficulties. The central urban area of Nanchen, was equivalent to Gangnam District in South Korea, it was the gathering place of Nanchen’s upper class. If his family was in the central city of Nanchen, there were at least some family background he have, and those who can’t get into first-class universities were sent abroad. Who will study at Nanchen Normal University, where the upper class won’t even look at it?
There was also a photo in the file, and he held the photo in his hand. The boy in the photo was quite handsome, however he didn’t know why, but it made him feel uncomfortable. He was indeed drunk that night. Why was the clearest impression of the child in his mind turned out to be those big, clear and translucent eyes?
Bai Chuan frowned and put the files aside. Feeling lack of interest, it was enough to dismiss him with money.
He was about to put the information in the drawer when a copy of his ID card fell out of the file. Although very blurry, those clear eyes just caught Bai Chuan’s eyes. He immediately picked up the copy of the ID card, his mind filled with doubts. It was strange, he was obviously the same person, but why he has two completely different eyes?
He has been a special forces soldier for eight years and never looked at people’s faces. Faces can be deceiving, but eyes never lie. Which of these two was the real Dai Yao?
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After returning home, Dai Yao washed the newly pulled radish sprouts with clean water. Although Daijiayao has tap water, most people have well water pump at home, which can save a lot of water bills a month. Nanchen City was surrounded by mountains on three sides, therefore, the underground water source was very fresh and sweet, in addition, there was no heavy industry, so drinking was still up to standard. Dai Yao filled a basin with water and washed all the radish sprouts. After drying out the moisture and remove the roots, he bring them to the kitchen to prepare for salad with dressing.
Radish sprouts salad were appetizing and healthy, and since he has severe nausea, he just wanted to eat some green vegetables. Dai Yao put the radish sprouts into a stainless steel basin and fried some Sichuan pepper oil and chili shreds. He minced a few cloves of garlic, then pour in the fragrant chili shreds and peppercorn oil. He also put the sauce he made himself on it and drizzled it with sesame oil. Simple yet appetizing.
The salad were done, and the steamed buns that have been cooked in the steamer in advance were almost ready. He cut one of the salted duck eggs given to him by second grandma and put it into a small plate, and then made some radish sprouts egg drop soup. Two dishes and one soup were a wonderful meal for one person.
Dai Yao picked up the chopsticks, picked up a handful of radish sprouts, and took a bite. The crisp and refreshing taste spread in his mouth. His eyes widened in surprise, how could it be so delicious? He had eaten a lot of radish sprouts when he was a child, and his parents often made them for him. But in all his life, he has never eaten such delicious radish sprouts. There was a trace of sweetness in the crispness, and there was also a faint aroma of grass and trees.
So Dai Yao couldn’t stop his chopsticks. He ate a whole three big steamed buns with a small plate of radish sprouts salad. His stomach was bulging, this time he was really stuffed. Yet, he was reluctant to part with even the last bit of vegetable soup, because the vegetable soup was already filled with the delicious taste of radish sprouts. Dai Yao raised his neck and drank the vegetable soup. Only then did Dai Yao realize how unsightly his table manners just now. The oily leaves were smeared all over his mouth and face, he looked like a golden bear that had eaten and drank enough.
Dai Yao stroked his belly and muttered: “Strange, how come these radish sprouts are so delicious? This is definitely not an ordinary radish. The system said this is Shennong’s radish. Is it really the ancient Shennong3 I seem to forgot to mention this in the previous chapter??? Just in case I am, 神农(shénnóng); Divine Farmer, first of the legendary Flame Emperors, and creator of agriculture. For more info => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shennong?” Moreover, after eating, his belly felt very comfortable. Even in his lower abdomen, there was a faint warmth surging.
As he spoke, he quickly put away the dishes. After washing the dishes, he opened his big ass computer4Raw 大屁股电脑( dà pìgu diànnǎo); big ass computer. not sure if this refers to old computer or is it a word to describe the computer function(whether good/bad) and checked the information about Shennong.
Dai Yao only knew the story of Shennong tasting a hundred herbs, but he really didn’t know what he did exactly. Information shows: In ancient times, grains and weeds grew together, and medicines and flowers bloomed together. No one could tell which grains were edible and which herbs could cure diseases.
In order to distinguish these, Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs. In order to treat common people, he tasted and differentiated medicines, and wrote “Shennong’s compendium of materia medica”, becoming the ancestor of pharmacists.
This was strange. Shennong was an immortal who tastes medicine and identifies medicines. Why was the system bound to him related to farming? Could it be that the radishes he grew can not only be eaten, but also cure diseases and strengthen the body?
There was no way to verify these. Dai Yao could only complete the task step by step according to the system’s prompts. He couldn’t wait to know what kind of surprises awaited him at the end of the system’s task. So Dai Yao clicked on the task panel again and couldn’t wait to start the task.
The bamboo slip panel shows: Shennong’s Reconstruction Task 1, 7. Tilling5Raw 松土(sōng tǔ); lit loosen the soil, it’s either plowing or tilling. But these two meaning has different way of doing. Tilling is scraping the topsoil for a casual sift through, use tilling when you need to improve the quality of your soil and help your plants germinate and grow efficiently. Plowing is the forceful overturning and mashing of the soil to reveal the soil underneath the topsoil, plowing is used to break up the soil, control weeds, and bury crop residues. Since there’s radish sprout already in the field, I think tilling is more appropriate words for it than plowing. the soil in the radish field and obtain 10 pieces of spiritual jade.
Tilling allows radish to take root faster and grow stronger. Dai Yao accepted the task, picked up the Shennong hoe, rolled up his trouser legs and started working in the fields. Before working, he gave himself a breath: “Dai Xiaoyao, you can do it! Hang in there!”
Tonight, Dai Yao toil away for long hours and loosened the soil in the radish field. After taking a shower, he cooked a pack of frozen dumplings and ate some. After eating the radish sprouts salad at noon, Dai Yao felt that the quick-frozen dumplings with vegetarian fillings were simply tasteless.
But for him, eating was just to fill his stomach. In his previous life, when he was so hungry, he could just buy two steamed buns on the street and it would last him a whole day. Now he was not that depressed yet, and everything seemed to be going in the right direction. After eating, Dai Yao was too lazy to wash the dishes. He soaked them in the sink and went back to the house to sleep. It was a very peaceful sleep, and he didn’t even have a dream.
The next day he woke up feeling refreshed, opened the window, and saw that the radish seedlings he had thinning6Raw 定株(dìng zhū); lit. fix planting(chapter 6), but I finally found the specific translation in English language; Thinning seedlings. You have no idea how I go back and forth from Chinese to English just to look for the English translation for this words and this took me almost an hour just to research this words! T.T In case you don’t know, thinning seedlings is; when too many plants are trying to grow in the same space, you’ll have to thin them. That simply means removing some so that the remaining plants have more room to grow. yesterday were already growing lushly. It was only been a few days, perhaps it won’t take a few more days to harvest ba? Dai Yao can’t wait to eat white radish stewed pork ribs, and steamed buns stuffed with white radish and pork! Dai Yao was very good at making steamed buns. When the time comes, he must make more and put them in the refrigerator to eat slowly.
Thinking of making steamed buns, Dai Yao suddenly had an idea. There were so many radishes that he can’t eat all by himself, and he can’t make much money by selling them directly. Why not make steamed buns and sell them? His small courtyard house just happened to face the street and was adjacent to Daijiayao Small Commercial Street. Looking around, one could see that they were all small shops. The small south room of Dai Yao’s house has been vacant. As long as he build a window out of the wall, it can be used as a bun shop.
Moreover, selling steamed buns was effortless and he can do it alone. When he was working at a bun shop, the lady boss was alone. He only helped when the stall set up in the morning, and he was paid twenty yuan an hour.
He also knows the tools and processes needed to make steamed buns. He just needed to buy a steamed bun steamer, a refrigerator, and a dough press, and the rest were just small items. His white radish sprouts were so delicious, and the white radishes must be no exception. If he sells steamed buns, his business will definitely be booming. The point was that Daijiayao has a lot of customer flow. This was shantytown. People who work in Nanchen City rent to reside here. There were so many office workers, and the breakfast business was the most popular. The third uncle’s family bought a house in the city just by selling breakfast.
When he thought of this, Dai Yao immediately wanted to give it a try. He own a house, save money on rent and the equipment doesn’t cost much. After all the calculations, 10,000 yuan would be the maximum. It can be said that it was low cost and high return, which was perfect for his current situation.
Moreover, he was backed by a large manor, he even saves on the ingredients and will only need to buy meat and flour.
No sooner said than done, Dai Yao went to the flea market that day. Although these three items doesn’t cost much, second-hand ones can save more than half compared to new ones. This was all the experience given to him by the lady boss of the bun shop when he was working part-time in his previous life. And these things were easy to buy at flea markets. Because many stores will dispose of them at low prices when they cannot continue to operate, and then you can buy suitable equipment at a very low cost.
Dai Yao was wearing a sun hat, and his soft brown hair was hidden. His fair little face was hidden behind his hat, his cheeks puffed out as he was thoughtfully picking out equipment. His face was tender and he looked like a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old. Wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and soft denim knee-length shorts. Seeing that he was a child, the boss smiled and chatted with him: “Young man, where are the adults in your family?”
Dai Yao pointed to his nose and said, “I am an adult!” Then he knocked on the electric stove and said, “Uncle, this, this, and this… plus that freezer over there, how much is the total? ”
The uncle looked at those items and said, “If you want all of them, I’ll charge you 5,000 yuan for a package.”
Dai Yao chuckled lightly and said, “Uncle, be more realistic.”
The uncle finally became more serious, he stood up and said, “These are 90% new. The one selling breakfast over there has only been open for a month. The place needs to be demolished, so they are all disposed of.”
Dai Yao asked: “Is it a breakfast shop selling steamed buns?”
The uncle replied: “Yes, it is difficult to do business now. Young man, think carefully before taking action!”
The flea markets here were all people from Daijiayao, or at least people who rent from Daijiayao. When Dai Yao speaks with a local accent, the boss also will tell the truth. It was not easy for young people to start a business. The previous one was also a young man. He spent less than 10,000 yuan on new equipment, and let him handle with 30% discount.
Dai Yao nodded to show that he was well aware, and asked: “All right, uncle! I want your bamboo steamer, as well as these tables, chairs and benches. Give me the whole set, six thousand yuan, what do you think?”
It was also a coincidence today that there happened to be a bun shop to offer equipment for sale. In this way, he doesn’t have to run around and can get everything here at once.
The uncle thought for a while, clicked his tongue, and said: “Six thousand is a little less, but the other party is in a hurry to dispose of them, six thousand then!”
The uncle was very straightforward, so Dai Yao asked again: “Do you include delivery?”
The uncle pointed to the small truck next to him and said, “I’ll send it to you in one trip and payment on delivery.”
Dai Yao nodded and said, “Ok, let’s do it like this! I’ll try the equipment after it’s delivered. If there’s no problem, I’ll pay you the money.”
After the two reached an agreement, the uncle called the young man next to him to help him lift the equipment into the truck. The uncle drove the car to deliver the goods himself, while the young man stayed to look after the store. On the way, the uncle saw that Dai Yao was young and asked him a few more questions: “Young man, you open a shop by yourself? It’s not easy to open a shop. Why don’t you continue studying?”
Dai Yao did not elaborate, just replied: “My parents are gone, so I won’t study anymore.”
When the uncle heard this, he couldn’t help but feel a little pity for the child. When it was time to collect the money, he only take 5,800 from Dai Yao. But when he saw the way Dai Yao checked the equipment, he knew that he was no amateur. So he didn’t say anything more. Either the child had come in contact to it himself, or someone in his family had been in this business. He helped Dai Yao put the equipment in the corresponding position and then went back. He always felt that it was whimsical for this kid to open his own store. The young couple previously also had a good idea, but it only took a month for them to fall through. He don’t know how many days this child can last. But having an idea was worthy of praise. Besides, this child’s parents were gone, and he really needs a way to make a living.
After the uncle left, Dai Yao tidied up the store front7临街房(línjiē fáng); the part of a house facing the street serving as a store. The door lock has not been opened for a long time and was rusty. Dai Yao spent a long time trying to break the lock open. He gently pushed the door open, and the sound of hawking on the street reached his ears. Then the next step was to have someone install a window on the wall for him. The window was opened for selling steamed buns, so it can’t be too high or too small. Hence, he didn’t delay and went directly to the contractor in the village.
The contractor lives in Daijiayao and has dozens of people under him. When he heard Dai Yao he wanted to open a window on the wall, he was not very willing to accept it. Such a small job takes up time, and the money given was not much. Dai Yao talked to him for a long time and agreed to buy the accessories from him, only then he came over with two people.
Although the contractor has a strange personality, the work he does was serious and fastidious. A window was quickly smashed out of the wall, the sides were neatly repaired, and a retro-style exterior window was installed. Dai Yao was very satisfied, but the price was a bit expensive. Including labor and window fees, the total cost was less than one thousand. In total, the cost was 7,000 yuan8Include the 5800 from buying the equipment for steamed bun he bought…just in case you’re confuse too *sweat* I thought I translated this wrong when editing that I go back to the raw to read it few more times Orz.
After dinner in the afternoon, he tidied up a little and bought some tablecloths, napkins and small decorations. It actually looked not bad at all. Dai Yao admired his masterpiece with a sense of accomplishment and waited for the radishes to grow before he could start work.
When the neighbors saw Dai Yao’s large-scale construction work, they all came to inquire about it. As soon as they heard that Dai Yao was going to open a bun shop, they all expressed their approval and would definitely come over to support him. Dai Yao was very popular in the village, in addition, the people in the village felt sorry for him. So, no matter how bad the business was, people in the village will look after his business. Dai Yao was very touched by this. Although he didn’t want to live under everyone’s care, he hadn’t felt such warmth for a long time.
After being tired all day, Dai Yao didn’t even have time to look at the radish field in the backyard. After a day, the radish seedlings have covered the ground, and the roots underground have begun to swell. Dai Yao was so happy, after two or three days at most, the radish will be ready to eat!
The radish fields were moist, and it seemed that a sufficient amount of Shennong Rainfall will automatically appear in the radish fields. There was also a sufficient amount of Shennong grass fertilizer, which should be enough to last until the radish harvest. Does additional fertilizer needed? Dai Yao went to the small warehouse. He remembered that there was half a bag of fertilizer left last time. He planned to put in the remaining fertilizer. After all, this was a critical period for growing radishes.
However, when he opened the door and saw that the original half bag of plant fertilizer had turned into a full bag!
Dai Yao was stunned. He looked at the bag of fertilizer and said, “This… this still can fill up automatically?” This was amazing. Does this mean that the fertilizer is inexhaustible?
Dai Yao was just about to get fertilizer when a reminder sounded in his ear: “There is enough fertilizer, no need to use it.”
Oh, so it turns out that one application was enough? Hence, Dai Yao left the small warehouse and inadvertently glanced at the window when closing the door. He saw that the old radish that was originally placed on the window was missing! It was the old radish where the seeds were picked last time. Dai Yao originally wanted to dry it in the sun and use it as a medicine to clear away heat and detoxify, soak it in water and drink it. But it disappeared? This was strange. Who would steal an old radish? It can’t be eaten.
If it were a thief, they wouldn’t just steal a radish, right? That’s weird!
Full of doubts, Dai Yao took a bath and went to bed. After all, it was just an old radish, and it was quickly forgotten. After a long day, he fell asleep as soon as he touch the pillow. He was sleeping until midnight when he suddenly heard a series of rustling sounds. He opened his eyes and listened carefully for a while. The sound came from the kitchen. Thinking of the old radish stolen during the day, his heart tightened. Was it really a thief?
Dai Yao got out of bed was wearing light yellow underpants, pulled on his slippers, and took a mop behind the door. While carrying it, he squirmed toward the kitchen.
With all the footnotes about planting, I think my hair gonna turn white from how much I burn my cell brain! It’s fine that some people know, the people who don’t know might think I’m an expert in agriculture ne!! _(:3」∠)_
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