Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 963 - 945. Vegetable Jar

Chapter 963: 945. Vegetable Jar

The vegetable plot was absolutely out of the question, anyway, Song Tan had already started looking at flowers and plants online. She aimed to have a front yard full of lush, blooming flowers and plants by next spring.

Right after that, they would have to host Master Jiang’s family!

However, miles away, Qiaoqiao’s sister Xiao Yun

had no idea that her path to securing goods was about to be cut off—not because of the company’s elder sisters and aunties, but because of the uncles from the engineering department, ah ah ah!

She was out of luck this time and missed out, failing to buy a single one, but the uncles in the engineering department had switched their home addresses early and successfully snagged three.

As per the old rules, these would be brought to the company the next day, then handed over to Xiao Yun. And she was brimming with excitement early in the morning, waiting eagerly, even indifferent to the auntie next to her proudly opening her package—

So what if you got one? I’m going to have three!

But when she arrived at the engineering department, she was greeted only with a familiar smiling face: "Xiaoxiao is here... Well... let’s not drink the Kudzu powder, here’s your stuff, take it."

After saying that, a plain black, utterly ordinary looking package was handed over.

A hand mask doesn’t weigh much; the express package felt light as a feather in her hand. But she was puzzled: Why was there only one?

Where are the other two?

She turned her gaze towards the other two: ???

Only to see them sheepishly smile: "Well... Xiaoxiao... your package was accidentally opened by someone at my home yesterday..."

Xiao Yun felt a twinge in her heart, but she still managed to keep a smile, trying to look as natural as possible: "No worries! The packaging isn’t important, as long as the items are there!"

However, as soon as she spoke, there was no reaction from those present.

An oppressive silence spread, and as she remembered the hand mask, that unique bargain item from the live stream, she couldn’t hold back her disappointment any longer, instantly deflated: "So the items were opened as well?"

The uncles felt incredibly guilty—they’d been treated to good stuff by Xiaoxiao quite often! But now...

"Yes," they said with an awkward smile: "Those were opened too..."

Not only were they opened, but this morning, as he got up, one uncle found that no breakfast had been prepared, and his wife sat on the couch, having found the shop through his phone. She’d also checked the shop reviews, found the live stream, and watched the playback all morning!

After all, among all the packages, that item was the only one so light and small, almost like an empty package, it was hard not to be curious about what was inside...

When he got up and idled into the kitchen in search of some food, his wife raised her hand with a ghostly voice:

"My hands are so well-maintained, you still want me to cook? Don’t you have hands?!"

Another one didn’t say so much, but her eyes were red: "You bought such good stuff, I’ve never enjoyed it before, and I checked you’ve bought it many times... Who exactly did you buy it for?"

This, this, this, how come buying something has become an even bigger problem?!

Two dejected uncles from the engineering department sighed:

"Xiaoxiao, I’ll refund you first, and how about we don’t do the proxy buying anymore, my partner said today— from now on, we must compete for every single item!"

The other one added: "Yeah, the hand mask really works just like they said in the live stream; my wife’s hands got so soft overnight... Xiaoxiao, I really can’t help you next time, my partner would rather have me buy everything! Can’t help you anymore..."

And the scariest part was that the only uncle who brought the package, along with others who hadn’t been able to get the items, were all asking:

"What’s that thing? A hand mask? Is it really that good?"

This anticipated hopeless future caused Xiao Yun’s world to momentarily go dark.

Her golden touch, her ultimate cheat, was gone!

And her sorrow quickly turned into the joy of the auntie next door.

The aunties didn’t often shop online, maintaining a strong curiosity for every parcel they received, and now they were all gathered around marveling at the little patch of hand mask:

"Do you think this thing is really that good? It sold out by the time I refilled my cup of water?"

"You were refilling water, I just stretched because I was tired from sitting!"

Who would’ve thought, seeing how good Qiaoqiao is, the aunties felt sorry for her saying she still had to earn money, and they agreed to support her!

But look at that, a group of five or six people, and only one person managed to buy it!

Now everyone clumped together, itching to try: "So many of us bought it, it must work; why don’t you give it a try?"

"Definitely useful! I went back to watch his previous live streams these past few days!"

"Right, right, I even went to the village shop, Kudzu powder is particularly good too! It’s just our turn never came..."

As everyone chattered away, Xiao Yun, who had just returned from the engineering department, had a pale face, looking gloomy and despondent.

But the auntie big sisters didn’t sense it; they even said:

"Xiaoxiao, tell us, why didn’t you share the good stuff with us a bit earlier..."

Xiao Yun: ...wanted to cry, didn’t know what to say.

Thankfully, the aunties were more focused on the hand mask, quickly urging the only colleague who received it to hurry up: "Come on, here are some disposable gloves, smear it on and try the gloves!"

The colleague was tempted, but still hesitated: "But I’m at work..."

"What are you scared of!" As if they had much work to do: "We’ll help you, we’ll do it for you, just go for it, try it!"

If you’re going to try, then try!

The elder auntie decided on the spot, tearing and squeezing the mask, and someone immediately helped her put on the disposable gloves... It was a bit strange, but it didn’t interfere with work or activities, right?

The aunties with their loud voices wished the entire floor could hear them, so for most of the day, everyone came to take a look and incidentally remarked, "Auntie, let us know if it works!"

And they pondered to themselves: Auntie is quite good at pampering herself, even using hand masks! Hmm, in the midst of winter, I shall also apply some hand cream later!

Who would know, this was the first time in her life that the auntie had ever been so anticipated, and she absolutely loved this feeling! At this moment, staring at her own hands, she became even happier.

By lunchtime, when it was time to eat, the auntie looked at her hands and announced loudly: "Hey! The hand mask has been fully absorbed, it’s even quite moisturizing."

Everyone gathered around and then gave a long "wow" in unison:

"Is the effect really that good?"

Auntie was 51 this year, juggling both home and work, so her hands looked like those of her peers: not so white, dry, thin, with some deep lines, and a bit rough on the palms.

But now, as she stretched out her hands, there was a noticeable oily sheen remaining on them, and the skin visibly whiter to the naked eye; even after cleaning off the residual oil, it gave the illusion of being plump!

Everyone grabbed her hands to touch and feel, then took out their phones to compare, and stretched out their hands to make a comparison... Dry and thin as always, but like dry branches and fresh twigs, the difference was visibly clear!

There was also someone muttering: "Rubbing in a few bucks worth of hand cream and covering with gloves for a while can also make them white..."

But that’s not the same thing at all!

The whiteness that comes out from just covering them is superficial and will soon revert to the prior state. But now, as everyone examined them, the hands still looked so good!

Xiao Yun covered her pocket tightly—she had made up her mind! She would not use the hand mask on her hands, she was going to use it as a facial mask!