Chapter 202: Buying Vegetables
The Ouyang siblings both had plant-type soul pets, and the things they sold at their stall were naturally related to their soul pets.
For example, Ouyang Caicai was here to sell vegetables.
His business was quite good, because the vegetables he sold were rich in spiritual energy, making them especially suitable for vegetarian soul pets.
Si Er looked at the rows of plump, dewy white radishes, carrots, big cabbages, and small cabbages, and felt tempted.
“Guagua, as a rabbit, how can you not like eating radishes? If you prefer cabbage and leafy greens, that’s fine too. They’re all here.”
“And they look really delicious.”
Guagua said speechlessly, “If I liked eating radishes and greens, would you still call me Guagua? Wouldn’t you have named me Caicai instead?”
“Not really.” Si Er shook his head. “Even if I had named you Caicai at first, once we met Senior Ouyang, I definitely would’ve changed your name.”
“After all, having the same name isn’t very polite. If someone calls out ‘Caicai’ in the academy, who knows who would turn around?”
Guagua didn’t think that would ever happen. “The one who turns around would definitely be Senior Ouyang! I’m staying in your arms—why would I deliberately turn around?”
“That’s true…”
Si Er weighed the chubby rabbit in his arms and still couldn’t bear to leave the vegetable stall.
“How about we buy some vegetables before we go? When we get back, we can cook for ourselves.”
“Although the academy cafeteria is also very good, but…”
In the past, Si Er had been the diligent, thrifty type. One trip to the market could provide vegetables for several days.
But now that he had money, he had turned into a salted fish with no dreams.
Although he was tempted by these vegetables, he felt that going straight to the cafeteria would be more convenient.
Sure, it would waste some soul stones—but he had mines at home!
Was that thought a bit too sinful?
Ouyang Caicai spotted Si Er and greeted them with a smile.
“Junior, would you like to take a look at our vegetables? There’s a special menu here introducing the effects of each type.”
“The variety I grow is very complete. I’ve considered all kinds of elemental attributes, different cultivation stages, and even the special tastes of many exotic beasts.”
“For example, the rabbit in your arms—I heard it only eats melons, right?”
“That’s right.”
Si Er nodded honestly while holding Guagua.
Ouyang Caicai smiled. “Take a look at these small pumpkins. Sweet and soft—just steam them and they’ll taste great.”
“Some exotic beasts aren’t that particular. They even enjoy eating them raw.”
Guagua rubbed its chubby face and said seriously, “But I am a very particular rabbit.”
Ouyang Caicai couldn’t help laughing. “Then steam it before eating.”
“If you have a fire-type beast, roasting it would also be a good choice.”
“Besides pumpkins, I also have loofah, cucumbers, bitter melon, winter melon, chayote…”
“In short, any melon that can be eaten as a dish—I have it here. You two can take your time choosing.”
After saying that, Ouyang Caicai went over to Si Xu and began introducing which vegetables suited the three soul pets he raised.
Then he went to introduce some to Lu Taiping. After finishing, he looked at Yu Beixuan and fell into silence.
In the end, Ouyang Caicai sighed helplessly. “Sorry, Junior Yu. I can’t cultivate the vegetables you need.”
“I also can’t take care of dark-attribute exotic beasts.”
Yu Beixuan shook his head. “It’s fine. That’s normal.”
If just anyone could cultivate dark-attribute vegetables, the world would already be in chaos.
Ouyang Caicai’s planting talent was excellent, but no matter how capable he was, he couldn’t break through the limitation of attributes.
He knew this too, but he still felt a bit dejected.
In the past, he had always been very confident, because he had never encountered a dark-attribute cultivator or a dark-attribute exotic beast.
So he could confidently tell people that his vegetables were comprehensive—he could even grow a tiny bit of light-attribute produce.
Although it was only a little, for a student of his age, that was already remarkable talent.
After all, even many famous planting masters couldn’t cultivate so many spiritual vegetables across attributes.
But after meeting Yu Beixuan, Ouyang Caicai realized there were still many directions in which he needed to improve.
Right now, not to mention cultivating dark-attribute spiritual vegetables—what mattered more was how to keep his vegetables from withering when they got close to Yu Beixuan…
Ahhh, help! Why did his plump, dewy white radishes suddenly shrivel up?
Yu Beixuan was startled as well. He had only wanted to admire up close the big white radishes Si Er had praised several times in his heart.
He had thought that since these were spiritual vegetables rich in energy, they shouldn’t be so fragile—so he took two steps closer.
Just two steps!
And then the entire row of radishes visibly darkened and shriveled.
Yu Beixuan immediately stopped in his tracks, not daring to approach even a little more.
When Si Er turned his head, he saw that the faint smile that had been on Yu Beixuan’s face had completely vanished, and there was a trace of helplessness in his eyes.
Si Er’s heart instantly ached.
“Xuanxuan, why are you looking like that? Wuwu, my poor Xuanxuan—you look best when you smile!”
Si Er immediately plucked the little mushroom from atop his head and placed it onto the row of radishes.
The little mushroom obediently bounced from radish to radish. Every one it touched instantly regained its former plump freshness.
Yu Beixuan finally let out a breath of relief and quickly retreated far away from the stall.
Seeing this, Si Er sighed. After buying a few big white radishes from Ouyang Caicai, he ran over to pull Yu Beixuan’s hand.
“Xuanxuan, when we get back, I’ll make radish and pork rib soup for you, okay?”
“Okay.”
Yu Beixuan’s face immediately lit up with a bright smile.
Although he had never tasted radish and pork rib soup and didn’t know what it would taste like, he knew Si Er was coaxing him, trying to cheer him up.
Feeling Si Er’s sincerity, it was impossible not to be happy.
The two of them happily held hands and strolled to the next stall, leaving Si Xu and Lu Taiping behind, shaking their heads and sighing.
Lu Taiping stubbornly asked, “Classmate Si Xu, did Classmate Si Er forget about you too?”
Si Xu shot him a sideways glance, bought a portion of every vegetable Si Er had just thought about, and even carefully picked a few pumpkins with the richest spiritual energy for Guagua.
Seeing this, Lu Taiping followed suit and bought some spiritual vegetables as well.
Truly just a little—one white radish, one carrot, one big cabbage, three small cabbages, three mushrooms…
He also felt that the spiritual vegetables here were excellent. He wanted this and that—but he was really short on funds. Even though he only bought a small amount of each and only seven or eight varieties in total, when he paid with soul stones, his heart still bled.
