Chapter 279: Universal Planting System (18)

When I came, I was too busy being excited and tasting delicious food to notice the changes on the ground.

On the return trip, Xiya Ma discovered an anomaly below and called out to Xie Yang:

"Tingting Ma, tell me, am I seeing things? I actually just saw green! But how could there be green plants on Garbage Star? It must be that my eyes are playing tricks on me!"

Xie Yang: "..."

That was the Giant Cactus she had planted.

A few minutes later, Xiya Ma saw a flash of green again.

This time she rubbed her eyes again and again, confirming she hadn't seen wrong and her eyes weren't playing tricks—there were indeed green plants on the surface below.

But this was even stranger!

Decades ago, Garbage Star was declared a "Feiqixingqiu" by the Federation precisely because it could not support green plants and was unsuitable for human habitation.

For a planet used by Habitable Stars to dump trash to actually have more than one cluster of green plants was simply astonishing.

And since they could be seen with the naked eye while sitting in the Flying Vehicle, it was clear that the area covered by these green plants was not small.

"Tingting Ma, can you see that cluster of lush green plants below? Could it be that I'm hallucinating?"

Xie Yang couldn't help but laugh or cry; she picked up the intercom between the Flying Vehicles and replied: "I can see it! How about we fly down for a closer look?"

"Okay! Okay!"

The two Flying Vehicles descended slowly one after the other. When they reached a certain altitude, Xiya Ma lowered her voice and whispered in surprise, afraid of waking her son who was snoring softly.

"It really wasn't a hallucination! It really is green plants! And such a large cluster... tell me, what kind of green plant is this? It looks so peculiar."

As she spoke, she opened her Light Brain, took several photos of the Giant Cactus, and looked at them repeatedly after zooming in. She couldn't recognize what kind of plant it was, so she could only conclude it was a new variety cultivated by an Agricultural Reclamation Star.

After a few minutes of delay, they continued their flight.

As they flew, they passed another cluster of Giant Cactus.

Xiya Ma couldn't help but sigh: "I haven't been to District 1 in many years; I didn't expect so many green plants to have been planted and survived on this flight path. Looking at it this way, the Federation hasn't abandoned us. Although they classified Garbage Star as a 'Feiqixingqiu', they are still silently considering us bottom-tier Star Citizens. We wronged them!"

"..."

"But why plant them on this flight path?" Xiya Ma couldn't figure it out. "There are no trash heaps or Waste Mining Areas around this route, and almost no one lives here. Why choose this place?"

Xie Yang: "..."

It was precisely because there was no one around that it was convenient for her to plant them in secret!

If there were people, how could she plant them?

"... Or is there some special meaning?" Xiya Ma was still guessing, and as she guessed, she suddenly slapped her thigh. "That's it! There must be a special meaning! Otherwise, why would they be planted in such a godforsaken place!"

"..."

The return journey was spent in Xiya Ma's constant speculation.

Before landing, Xiya Ma turned her head to call her son, thus missing the cluster of lush green Giant Cactus by the Ice Lake.

She didn't wake her son, who was hard to rouse once asleep, so she moved the pile of bones and hooves from the cargo hold and restarted the Flying Vehicle to go home, rushing back to share the beautiful green scenery she had seen along the way with her husband.

"Wait, Xiya Ma!" Xie Yang called out to her, transferred the one-day wage they had agreed upon earlier, and stuffed a box of meat jerky she had made last night into her arms. "This is the reward promised to Xiya. Thanks to him for keeping Tingting company today and helping me find so many seeds."

Xiya Ma thought it was food similar to what she had tasted in the morning and hurriedly tried to return it: "Oh, no need to be so polite! Didn't you already pay me? I wasn't polite with you."

"Mm, so fragrant!" Xiya, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly twitched his nose and opened his eyes. "Mom, what's that delicious thing? *Slurp! *"

"..."

Xiya Ma simply couldn't bear to look at her gluttonous son.

Xie Yang also smiled and waved at the mother and son: "It's getting late, go back! Rest for a day tomorrow, and we'll meet again the day after."

Rest? Rest was impossible!

On the contrary, there was too much work to do tomorrow.

First, she had to hurry and process the pile of meat brought back today and list it for sale on the Xingwang-xiaodian.

Second, she had to ship orders to the wealthy client.

In short, how could one be lazy when it came to making money!

Therefore, after sending off Xiya and his mother, Xie Yang made a bowl of vegetable and beef ball soup for herself and the little cub using the vegetables and beef sent by the wealthy client yesterday, and once full, she got busy.

Eleven o'clock at night.

Several night owls who were used to browsing the Star Net Mall before bed received a notification:

【The Xingwang-xiaodian 'Fluffy Things That Grew Up Eating Cute' you follow has new items in stock.】

Everyone who followed the shop received it, and once they did, they rushed over at top speed.

Xie Yang hadn't even logged off after listing the goods when she discovered why so many customers had suddenly flooded into her online shop.

And they didn't even look for her to ask questions; they just buried their heads and started grabbing!

The bone soup they drank last time? Buy!

The Yanju-tizi they gnawed on last time? Buy!

Last time... hey! Is this a new type of food? I didn't see it last time!

But it smells so fragrant!

Having only ever drunk Nutrient Solution, they were suddenly hungry again just from the overbearing aroma of the braised food!

Buy, buy, buy!

The first ones to flood into the shop were repeat customers who had followed the store; how could they hesitate! Hesitation meant losing out!

Last time they hesitated, worried about being scammed or that it wouldn't taste good, so they only bought a small portion to try. By the time they went back to the shop to buy more, there was none left for them! They had practically missed out on 100 million Star Coins!

A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit; this time they had learned their lesson!

Never mind if they'd eaten it before, buy it first and ask questions later!

Besides, it smelled so fragrant, it felt like it would be even better than the clear-stewed or salt-baked ones. As long as there was no purchase limit, buy as much as possible! Unless you didn't have enough Star Coins!

If you didn't have enough yourself, couldn't you just summon your aunts and uncles to help!

In short, snatching it is never wrong; not snatching it is missing out!

This scene left Xie Yang dumbfounded.

Coming back to her senses, she twitched the corner of her mouth.

Sure enough, even in the poorest places, there are wealthy groups.

At this moment, a notification for an unread message appeared in the background.

Xie Yang tapped it open to see a familiar starry sky avatar—sent by the wealthy client:

【You gave too much.】

Immediately after, she heard the electronic sound of 1000 Star Coins arriving in her account.

The other party had clearly mistaken the pork jerky she gifted as an extra dish.

Just like the Clear Stewed Pork Trotters from last time.

Xie Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and replied:

【I didn't give too much, this is a gift; thank you for patronizing my shop. Including the previous gift, you have overpaid me a total of 2000 Star Coins. Tell me your account number, and I will refund you.】

After a brief pause, the other party replied: 【No need.】

Xie Yang felt that the other party might be embarrassed to provide an account number, so she sent him a portion of the dinner she and her son were having tonight—hand-beaten beef ball soup.

A full, large basin; that should be enough to cover 2000 Star Coins, right?

Xing Lan, who received the gourmet express delivery overnight: "..."

Does he look like someone who pursues the desires of the palate?

"Uncle, if you don't want to eat it, give it to me!"

Yu Xiaopang, who couldn't sleep because of the fragrant aroma of the food, slurped his drool and craned his neck to look at the eight large dishes his uncle had placed on the sacrificial altar, begging:

"Great-aunt said she is full! She can't eat the rest!"

"..."