When she successfully cultivated Qi, she found it strange why it went so smoothly, until she extracted a familiar substance from Martial Emperor Bamboo, the Martial Emperor Medicine Liquid.
This was one of the raw materials people used in their past lives to enhance physical fitness through a man-made synthesized Genetic Transformation Liquid, which in this life could be found in plants.
Martial Emperor Medicine Liquid should not be consumed in large amounts at once.
Drinking a tube after it is concentrated a hundred times could have unpredictable outcomes.
This genetic potion needs to be consumed over a long period; one shouldn't rush it.
It's best to use it as a cooking ingredient, and eat some at intervals.
To be safe, Su Xiaocai would definitely prefer to cultivate it, having already figured out its growth environment.
This time, she brought seeds with her in the Space Button.
With backups in place, Su Xiaocai had no worries, only needing to decide whether to challenge new plant varieties, so she entered a seed shop.
She asked the store owner, "Do you have seeds for coconut cabbage?"
Coconut cabbage, a type of cabbage with a slight coconut flavor, is crispy and sweet, great for salads, and has a low yield. Su Xiaocai already had some ideas to increase the yield.
The owner casually tossed her some seeds. When Su Xiaocai saw that the seeds were very shriveled, she didn't even touch them and turned around to leave without a word.
The owner said, "Hey, kid, aren't you going to buy?"
"I'm from the Agricultural Research Institute. You're not being honest, so why should I buy?"
You should have said it earlier!
Kids from the Agricultural Research Institute are simple, yet their eyes are sharp. If Su Xiaocai went back and spread the word that he was selling inferior seeds, wouldn't he lose a lot of potential customers?
The owner flashed a sycophantic smile, "Sorry, I grabbed the wrong ones earlier. These are the right ones. I'll give you a discount, one packet with a hundred seeds for 5 yuan, how about that?"
"Four yuan." Su Xiaocai knew the price wholesalers pay for seeds, "I also want Fire Vine Pepper, Golden Fragrant Hammer, and Source Fruit. Total fifty yuan, pack it up for me."
Su Xiaocai pressed the price to the bottom line the owner could bear.
The owner, knowing he was in the wrong, had no choice but to sigh and pack up the seeds.
"You're really good at bargaining, young lady, I'm almost losing money."
"Uh-huh, so you still profit?"
The owner was frustrated: Can we even have a conversation anymore?
Once the packing was done, Su Xiaocai inspected the goods on the spot and was satisfied when she found no bad seeds.
"Would you like to exchange contact info, boss? In the future, if I develop any new varieties, I could sell them to you."
Reversed Heavenly Gang, he made money off her, and she planned to earn it back in the future.
What choice did the owner have? He had to exchange contact info. It wasn't a loss, and if he really encountered a genius, he might get rich off it.
After buying the seeds, Su Xiaocai visited different plant stalls. She only looked but didn't buy, listening to the stall owners boast about how great their potted plants or seedlings were.
Indirectly, she came to know many plants from other planets,
and as she walked and walked, she arrived at the trade market's garbage disposal station.
Not much trash was in the dump, as it was almost all discarded plants.
There were flowers, unsold and perishable vegetables and fruits, and many small seedlings and potted plants.
Su Xiaocai delightfully walked over and squatted down, rummaging for treasures in the trash heap as if no one else was around.
She first picked out what interested her and put them in a pile. If she didn't recognize something, she'd photograph it with her phone for online identification; if she did, she'd pick more of it.
Many were perfectly good, only slightly damaged or broken, affecting their appearance. However, when planted back in the fields, they would flourish into quality plants.
Su Xiaocai picked joyfully, like being in a honey jar.
She mumbled to herself non-stop, "The fruits and vegetables can feed the chickens, this seedling can be potted and placed on the balcony to repel mosquitoes..."
The thrill of treasure hunting was indescribable, once you experienced it, you couldn't let it go.
Su Xiaocai often went to the metal scrap heaps on the nearby Garbage Star to scavenge too; one-third of the parts in her repair room came from there.
Wu Qingqing and her group wandered around and made a few more friends, then all walked together in a large group.
Tired from walking and looking for a place to rest, they passed by the garbage station and saw a familiar figure by the trash heap.
Oh my god, what is she doing?
The three roommates could hardly imagine a college student happily scavenging the garbage station, especially someone they knew.
"Caicai." Xing Miao walked over, "What are you picking?"
Su Xiaocai was holding a pot of berries, smiling foolishly, "I found so many good things!"
Sensitive fruit, a type of fruit that can enhance muscle strength, couldn't be found in online searches. With no pictures, only a description of its appearance, the search engine generated tens of thousands of results.
It ended up being one of those rare finds, right here.
It was even treated as an ornamental plant, with its online scientific name as the delicate red sweet berry, the skin of the fruit was tender red and easily broken upon touch.