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Chapter 1165 The Garlic Sprout Battle

"Hey, Jiaru, it's me, oh yeah, do you want garlic sprouts? Okay, I'll send you double!"

"Hey Li Shiya, do you want some garlic sprouts? No? Anyway, I've already sent them to you, cash on delivery, hurry up!"

"Address, address, send me your address. I see you're having a hard time, so I'll mail you some garlic sprouts."

What? You said you were live-streaming, and your fans said I can't eat? Impossible, absolutely impossible! Never mind, I'm hanging up now!

Soon, inspired by this, the Sichuan girl started a crazy garlic sprout delivery spree. No matter how well you knew her, as long as you were on her friend list, even if you hadn't said a word to her after adding her contact information, she would still send her ten or eight pounds of garlic sprouts.

"No way, is this guy crazy?" Lin Mo said while eating.

Although the six dishes of garlic sprouts were a bit overwhelming for the group, thankfully his cooking skills were still up to par. Besides, if they didn't want to eat garlic sprouts, they could eat other dishes. After all, none of the dishes were garlic sprouts stir-fried with garlic sprouts. There were also dishes like eggs and wood ear mushrooms, stir-fried meat, and shrimp, all of which were edible!

"Who knows? But we've got some material these past few days. These garlic scapes are definitely enough to make one or two episodes," the class monitor said happily.

To be honest, regular editing work isn't difficult; the challenge now is creating good content. Creativity is very important, okay?

The inspiration for Li Shiya's account usually comes from herself, and half of it comes from others. In short, a group of abstract people mixed together will never lack fun.

"Stop looking, it's all in vain. The deliveryman has already made up for what he sent out earlier," Miss Yuan said after finishing her fourth bowl of rice, when she was about 80% full.

She had a poor appetite today, but fortunately there were many people, and most of the food on the table was eaten. As for the remaining garlic sprouts, these leftovers could be thrown away.

"That's true." Lin Mo sighed as he glanced at the occasional deliveryman coming by outside.

Just then, Director Wang suddenly spoke up: "By the way, Sister Yuan, since there are so many, why don't we ask your cousin if her department needs garlic sprouts? There are a lot of people there, including the fire department and stuff."

Upon hearing this, Miss Yuan's eyes lit up, but the next second Lin Mo poured cold water on her: "You're overthinking it. The canteens of these kinds of units have their own procurement. If we sell to them, we don't have an advantage. If we give them away for free, they have a system in place to not take a single needle or thread from the masses."

Kindergartens can send food, but they don't accept just any ingredients; they have to be responsible for the food safety of the children.

You should think about how to set up a stall. Unless you call on the elderly folks who collect eggs nearby, they'll probably be able to snatch all these things up in a short time.

But have you thought this through? If you give this stuff away in large quantities for free, some unscrupulous people will definitely come and hoard it, then resell it. And if someone gets sick from eating it, they might even come after you for compensation!

It's strange, but if something is given away for free, and you feel even a little bit uncomfortable after eating it, you'll think it's the food's fault. But if you pay for something, even if you get diarrhea, you'll just think it's because you're not healthy.

"Then forget it, let's just stick to setting up a street stall!" Director Wang quickly waved his hand and said.

Squad leader: "Instead of setting up a street stall, let's think about how to preserve these things. There are so many, we can't just put them all in the refrigerator!"

Miss Yuan: "My family happens to have two cold storage facilities, so you can take it there for a couple of days, but I can't help carry it!"

"How can you do it yourself? Let Chuanzi hire someone," Lin Mo said with a smile.

Because there were more and more garlic scapes, that afternoon, the squad leader stayed home to watch the house, while Chuanmei, along with Director Wang, He Xiaoyue, and Miss Yuan, found a place to set up a street stall.

He started a live stream while setting up a street stall, urging his fans to be rational, saying that he really couldn't hold on any longer.

As for the location, it was the main entrance of their residential complex. Manager Ma brought people over to help, and even provided a huge sun umbrella.

"Come and take a look! Fresh garlic shoots are on clearance sale! Not 9.8 yuan, not 3.8 yuan, but 0.98 yuan! Buy one pound and get one pound free! Fake ones are doubled! No delays!"

The woman from Sichuan started hawking her wares with a megaphone she'd gotten from Miss Yuan. Surprisingly, some elderly folks actually came to buy some. If they bought five jin, they'd give them ten jin free. The main consumers were the elderly people and housewives in the neighborhood, since the garlic shoots were really cheap.

Meanwhile, a phone next to him was live-streaming, and the fans and netizens in the live stream were going crazy with joy.

[Haha, millions of online celebrities have been forced by netizens to set up street stalls, how abstract!]

[Wow, are netizens from Henan really this helpful? I want one too!]

You want to come pick them yourself? You really expect me to mail them to you?

Come to my house! Come to my house! I'll provide meals for as many people as you want!

[Please, thieves, come and pick some garlic sprouts at my house! I'm begging you!]

I'm really curious, just how much did netizens from Henan send over to drive Li Shiya to this point?

[How much? Go check out Wangcai's live stream, the door is piled high with delivery boxes, all filled with garlic sprouts, almost blocking the entrance. There are even two bundles in Wangcai's doghouse!]

[Haha, they say it's cooler for Wangcai to lie on the garlic scape!] [Didn't see today's creations? A garlic scape feast—just looking at it is terrifying!]

The more the Sichuan girl tries to persuade netizens to stay calm, the more people send garlic sprouts. Even if it costs her to pay for shipping, many people will still send them. There's no way around it; there are just too many bored and nosy people like this in China.

Fortunately, the Sichuan girl explained in the live stream that the garlic shoots were sent by a netizen and she couldn't eat them all, so she had to sell them. She said she would donate all the proceeds, which shut up some of the critics and created a peaceful atmosphere in the live stream.

Even university students from nearby universities gathered around, but they only looked at the garlic sprouts and didn't buy them.

There's no way around it. If it were any other food, they might actually be willing to buy it, but college students can't just eat garlic sprouts raw!

But with these students around, the garlic sprouts sold very well. In one afternoon, they sold more than 500 jin (250 kg) and earned more than 200 yuan, because half of them were given away as gifts.

Although I didn't make much money, at least I worked myself to exhaustion, so it wasn't all for nothing.

At 5:30 p.m., Lin Mo was cooking at home when Liu Ruyan came home from get off work and pushed open the door to enter.

"Hey little brother, when I came back just now, I saw Yuanyuan and the others setting up a stall at the door to sell garlic sprouts. Have they come up with another brilliant idea?" Liu Ruyan asked as she took off her shoes.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo did not reply, but instead brought out four dishes made with garlic sprouts from the kitchen and placed them on the table, leaving Liu Ruyan completely stunned.

"Are you crazy? Four dishes of garlic sprouts? Even if Yuanyuan and the others bought garlic sprouts, you don't need to be this enthusiastic, do you?" Liu Ruyan said speechlessly.

Hearing this, Lin Mo rolled her eyes at him: "It's not that I'm eager, it's that I was forced to give it to you, okay? Look, they gave me two whole bunches, so we're going to have some garlic shoots to eat for a while!"

As he spoke, Lin Mo opened the refrigerator, which was filled with neatly packed garlic scapes.

"Huh? So many? Wait a minute, weren't there only two bundles? How come there are so many?" Liu Ruyan asked.

Lin Mo: "Two bundles are for the two of us, two bundles are for my cousin, two bundles are for Sister Yun upstairs, and the other two bundles are for the restaurant opening tomorrow!"

He then recounted how the Sichuan girl had casually made a wish online, which led to a massive garlic scape infestation, and how several of his acquaintances had helped him process it.

"So, you were forced into it too?" Liu Ruyan said speechlessly.

Hearing this, Lin Mo sighed: "They've already taken these. If I don't take any, it'll seem like I'm not fitting in. Even Wangcai has two bundles in his doghouse!"

I also mailed a sack of packages back to my mom so they could eat them themselves, and then I gave some away. You didn't see the front door; there were so many packages that they almost blocked the road.

The class monitor spent the whole afternoon unpacking packages at the door, almost crying, saying he never wanted to unpack packages again. Oh, and Chuanzi asked me to ask you if your company needs garlic sprouts; they're giving them away for free, and they want you to give them to your employees as a reward. What do you think?

"I don't think it's a good idea. If I give garlic sprouts to my employees as a reward, people will laugh me to death. But you can contact Zhang Wei and ask him to take some back and distribute them to the employees. I think that should help you," Liu Ruyan refused without even thinking.

When she, as the boss, gives these gifts to her employees, they not only won't appreciate it, but they might even complain about it. However, if Zhang Wei gives them as a colleague, everyone is more likely to accept them. That's human nature.

"Is that so? That's good. I'll talk to Chuanzi in a bit and have him contact Wei Ge himself. By the way, how are things going with Wei Ge and his girlfriend these past few days?" Lin Mo asked.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes at her and said, "How would I know? My sister is very busy, okay? But if there's no news, it means she's doing a good job."

But seriously, with so many garlic scapes, how long will it take to sell them all at the stall?

"These are just a small part; most of them are still on their way. If things go as expected, Chuanzi and his team will likely be dealing with the garlic sprouts for the next few days."

"Then you'd better stay away from them these next two days, you hear me? I don't want us to be eating garlic sprouts one meal after another." Liu Ruyan solemnly warned him.

How can things be good when these people mix together?

"It's nothing. I'll take all the garlic shoots to the restaurant tomorrow and pickle them into salted vegetables," Lin Mo said.

He couldn't handle having too many garlic scapes, but he was confident he could manage the ones in his fridge. He could use tomorrow's "Master Chef" buff to make pickled vegetables, which would last a long time and taste good too.

Liu Ruyan: "I hope so. Anyway, if it's still garlic sprouts tomorrow, I won't come for dinner. You can eat at home by yourself. I'll come back whenever you're done eating!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Lin Mo take out his phone: "Hey, Chuanzi, give me another 200 jin of garlic sprouts!"

Liu Ruyan: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

(End of this chapter)