Chapter 77 · Volume 1

The Delicate Strawberry

This thing is too much trouble to eat hot, and it doesn't taste good cold. It is in a very awkward position, so trading it away right now is just perfect!
Plus, there is the Hao Su Su milk she obtained yesterday.
The price she offered can be considered very fair, even a bit generous! Mainly, this thing is useless to Cheng Shuili, so giving it away is no loss, and she doesn't feel a pang of regret.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: One carton of Hao Su Su milk, five pieces of fried chicken, enough for a meal for you. Do we trade?
【Bureau Chief】: Trade, trade, trade!
Cheng Shuili didn't dawdle and initiated the trade immediately. The item was in her hands shortly after.
The strawberry potted plant looked much larger than in the picture. The pot at the bottom was ceramic, and it even came with a small saucer to catch leaking water. It could be called quite exquisite.
It was just that the soil was already a bit dry.
【Strawberry Potted Plant】
【Description: A strawberry plant, currently in its flowering stage. It requires regular watering and pest control. Overwatering will cause it to die, forgetting to remove pests will cause it to die, and failing to get sunlight will also cause it to die. Official system recommendation: Unless you are an expert at caring for plants, it is better to trade it to someone else.】
Cheng Shuili: "..."
In short, it boils down to two words: it dies.
This was like having a bucket of cold water poured over her head.
However, she didn't feel like she had been scammed by Bureau Chief. After all, the item was correct. She bought a strawberry potted plant, and that was exactly what Bureau Chief gave her.
It was just that this strawberry was a bit too delicate.
Whether it lives or dies, one can't really blame the other party.
Cheng Shuili hesitated for a moment, then unscrewed a new bottle of mineral water and stopped as soon as the soil was damp.
The temperature inside the vehicle was indeed comfortable.
But outside was a vast expanse of ice and snow, and not a trace of the sun could be seen. This strawberry was extremely delicate; if it didn't get sunlight, it would die just to show her.
Cheng Shuili was somewhat silent, furrowing her brows in thought for a while.
Without the sun, fluorescent lights should be a substitute.
She looked up and checked; the lamps in her car wouldn't work for this. She had to ask in the group chat to see if those three people had any fluorescent lights.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: Do you guys have any fluorescent lights in your vehicles?
Once again, only Wan Yi replied to the message. Cheng Shuili wasn't surprised; those other two definitely hadn't woken up yet.
【Wan Yi】: Is mine one? (Image)
In the picture was a spotlight. It was yellow light, but it was clearly an LED, the same kind Cheng Shuili had.
The photo also revealed a corner of Wan Yi's living space. Everything was placed in an orderly fashion, very much in line with her "old cadre" persona.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: That's not it.
【Wan Yi】: Looking for a fluorescent light? Are you planning to grow something?
【New Snow Clearing】: I thought the boss wanted to sunbathe.
Cheng Shuili: "..."
Who would use a fluorescent light to sunbathe?
That was a bit too absurd.
【New Snow Clearing】: Come to think of it, mine seems to be one! (Image)
The photo showed the kind of common lamp that Cheng Shuili couldn't distinguish.
【New Snow Clearing】: Wow! It really is a fluorescent light! It's even called that.
Even though the strawberry potted plant now had a chance to live, Cheng Shuili couldn't smile at all.
Speechless, truly speechless.
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Boss, what are you going to grow? Is there something to eat again?
【New Snow Clearing】: Why is your head filled only with food?
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: If you can't eat it, why grow it?
That was very philosophical.
Cheng Shuili chuckled and sent the picture of the strawberry potted plant directly.
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Didn't recognize it, QAQ.
【New Snow Clearing】: It's a strawberry, right! I raised some when I was in college. At that time, we got several fresh produce boxes and grew all kinds of fruits on the balcony! I miss it so much.
Cheng Shuili suddenly felt energized. Now she was genuinely a little happy.
She had grown them in college! And New Snow wasn't old now, so she would remember the experience and lessons. That was extremely important for raising strawberries!
Especially for a delicate strawberry like this one!
Cheng Shuili glanced at the strawberry potted plant with its slightly trembling leaves. She had finally found a way for this plant to survive.
【Wan Yi】: That's great. I never went to college.
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Sister Wan Yi must have entered the chef profession very early, right? A Tier 1 chef, so amazing!
【Wan Yi】: Yes, I started at sixteen.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: @New Snow Clearing, can you raise it?
【New Snow Clearing】: Are you giving it to me to raise?
Cheng Shuili didn't want to waste words. She directly gifted the strawberry potted plant to New Snow.
New Snow was stunned. In that very moment, something she had just seen in the group chat suddenly appeared right in front of her.
This was a plant, after all!
This is the apocalypse! A plant! Everyone knows the gold content of such a thing!
How could Crow hand it over to her so easily?
What kind of trust was this?
After spending time together, New Snow understood that Crow wasn't like what she had initially imagined. She didn't treat them like subordinates either.
They were more like sisters.
Although it hadn't reached the point of sharing everything, the good things they got were always shared. Liang Shanbo's snow rabbit, Crow's watermelon, Wan Yi's cooking, and the materials in her own hands.
This was a good thing, too.
When New Snow looked up again, the group chat had already scrolled through several pages of messages.
She scrolled up a bit and saw Crow's instructions.
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: I want to eat strawberries, don't kill it.
She specifically selected this sentence to reply to.
【New Snow Clearing】: I will definitely raise it until it bears fruit! Please trust me, Boss!
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: How much time has passed already.
【Wan Yi】: Did the simple hunting trap have any harvest today? Mine is still empty. Crow, could this thing be biased against certain people? Like, some people will never have a harvest in their entire lives...
That sounded a bit terrifying.
Cheng Shuili leaned against the car window and looked at her own trap. It was also empty. Let alone prey, there wasn't even a single hair.
It was very cold and lonely.
Cheng Shuili sighed and intended to comfort Wan Yi when she saw Liang Shanbo's message.
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: Wow, wow, wow! I went out to check just after Sister Wan Yi's message, and I caught something again!
【New Snow Clearing】: ???
【Wan Yi】: ???
【Angry Crow Takes Flight】: ???
How can this be right?
Cheng Shuili couldn't take it anymore. She hadn't seen a single hair, and this naive one had produced a harvest again?
Why?!
【Liang Shanbo vs. Pig】: It's a huge one, much bigger than a rabbit! What do I do? If I untie the rope, this thing will definitely run away! (Image)
What exactly is it?
Cheng Shuili clicked on the image and stared at it for a long while before she could see the prey under the thick snow.
A layer of pitch-black short fur, two ears. Cheng Shuili didn't actually recognize what it was, but she recognized the nose of an ox.

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