Chapter 24: Should We Upgrade The sect?
He was just thinking about this when his junior sister came in happily. “Senior brother, your Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea video data is about to blow up. It should get ten to twenty thousand likes. A lot of people watched your video and then ran to my homepage. You should have gained quite a few fans by now, right?”
“Yeah, I’ve gained a bit over a hundred.” Chen Han nodded.
“Only a bit over a hundred?” Xiao Yu said in surprise. “I’ve already gained more than three hundred fans.”
“???” When Chen Han heard this, he was speechless. The viewers attracted by his video had ended up giving him just over a hundred follows, while more than three hundred had gone over to follow his junior sister?
He suddenly felt a bit tired.
He could not help complaining, “All a bunch of LSPs, only know how to follow pretty girls, huh?”
“Senior brother, don’t be mad. I have some more good news for you.” Xiao Yu suddenly comforted him in a sweet voice, the smile at the corner of her lips impossible to hide, because her senior brother had called her a pretty girl.
“What good news?” Chen Han was curious.
Xiao Yu explained, “After we put Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea in the showcase, someone placed an order at fifty thousand per jin.”
“Yeah, that is good news.” Chen Han nodded. Sure enough, before long he received a notification that the order had passed review.
This was Douyin reviewing that fifty-thousand order. Once the buyer confirmed receipt, or when Sunday on the seventh day came, Douyin would take a six percent service fee, then transfer the remaining money to his account.
Seeing this, he said, “Let’s go take a look at the crucible and try to rush out Mr. Zhao’s order today and complete the transaction. After all, he is a big client.”
“Mm!” Xiao Yu nodded.
With that, Chen Han took his junior sister out of the courtyard and headed for the crucible.
Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng had taken people to the bamboo forest early in the afternoon to pick bamboo leaves.
If the first batch moved a bit faster, the time for air-drying out the shadow thunder water should be enough, and they could proceed to the second step of refinement.
All these steps were simple, but for the final refinement, the heat had to be controlled between gentle and strong fire. On this point he needed to give Uncle Dagou and the others some guidance.
When Chen Han arrived with his group, he indeed saw Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng leading a group of people gathered around by the crucible, all uncles and great uncles.
The crucible was already lit, and they were preparing to steam the bamboo leaves for the second step.
A few uncles saw him come and greeted him warmly:
“Xiao Han is here.”
“Xiao Han.”
“…”
Although they were elders, now there was some respect in their tone. After all, Chen Han was already the patriarch, and he had developed the Chen Clan Ancient Architectural Complex for tourism, giving them a salary.
Seven thousand a month.
Once the salary came in, anyone who went against Xiao Han the patriarch would be going against them as well.
When Chen Dagou saw him, he quickly said, “Xiao Han, we just got the fire going and were about to go find you to come give us guidance.”
Chen Shuisheng also reported, “We picked three hundred jin this afternoon. The earlier-picked leaves have been air-dried, the rest are still drying and can be processed a bit later. This time we specially picked bamboo leaf cores first. There’s enough to stir-fry four or five jin with no problem, enough to deliver to Mr. Zhao and the others.”
“Mm.” Chen Han nodded and instructed, “Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, you can start. If there’s a problem, I’ll point it out.”
“Okay.” Chen Dagou nodded and joined Chen Shuisheng in getting to work. They planned to stir-fry the first batch of bamboo leaf cores.
There were basically no problems with the first step and the kneading in the second step, just as Chen Han had expected. On the third step, controlling the heat between gentle and strong fire, Uncle Dagou and Uncle Shuisheng ran into a bit of trouble.
But it was not a big issue. With some guidance from him, it was basically fine. Stir-frying bamboo tea was actually not that difficult.
He went over to inspect the stir-fried bamboo leaf cores, stored some in the warehouse, and saw the remark information:
【Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, with special effects: Clear Heart Fire +2, Heart Meridian Heat Removal +2, Promote Salivation and Quench Thirst +2, Refresh Spirit and Uplift Mood +2, Lingering Fragrance +】
This meant the stir-frying had been successful.
In the future, they could leave it to Uncle Dagou and the others. If they brewed themselves a cup to check the effect, there would be no problem.
“Chen Family Head.” Zhao Kang’s greeting sounded. He had gone to sit and cool off by the Three Old Elm Trees, and that soothing feeling made him feel uneasy if he did not go sit there for a bit.
He had not expected that when he went back to his room he would see people of the Chen Clan refining Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
Chen Han replied with a smile, “Mr. Zhao, you came at the right time. We’ve just produced some Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. Please have a taste.”
“Then I won’t stand on ceremony.” Zhao Kang said with a smile. He had some lingering insomnia from early neurological issues, and this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea from the Chen Clan had the effect of treating insomnia.
Chen Dagou was already making tea. To tell whether Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was well stir-fried, they could only test it by drinking, so they had tea prepared. Soon, he brewed the tea, handed Zhao Kang a cup, and said, “Mr. Zhao, please taste.”
Zhao Kang nodded, took the cup, and drank it in one go. After finishing the cup, he could not help praising, “Good, very good!”
Drinking this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea from the Chen Clan again, that soothing feeling was still just as marvelous, intoxicating.
“If Mr. Zhao likes it, please have a few more cups.” Chen Dagou, being thoughtful, refilled his tea, and also poured a cup for each of the people from the tea-making department to taste.
These people had been recruited to make Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and were getting a salary of seven thousand, so they had already been curious about this tea.
Now that they tasted it, each of their faces showed a look of disbelief.
Was this really brewed from the bamboo leaves they had picked? It was incredible.
Confirming that the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was successfully made, Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng were very excited. They immediately got back to work without rest and stir-fried another jin of Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and a batch of Ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
Xiao Yu did not forget her senior brother’s instructions, and with Mr. Zhao watching right there, she calculated that the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was already enough to fulfill his order. She went directly to Zhao Kang. “Mr. Zhao, the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea we have produced now is already enough for your order. If you wish, we can complete your order transaction first.”
“That would be wonderful.” Zhao Kang was also a bit impatient.
After discovering something this good, since he had already reserved it, he naturally hoped to get it as soon as possible.
“Alright.” Xiao Yu nodded and began handling the procedures for Mr. Zhao, confirming the transaction with him, and handing over two jin of Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea and ten jin of Ordinary Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, having someone deliver them to his room.
Not long after, Chen Han also received a bank notification of one hundred and fifty thousand transferred in.
With this, he had enough money for the sect residence upgrade; only reputation was still lacking.
Uncle Dagou, Uncle Shuisheng, and their group kept busy all the way into late night.
Chen Han, however, could not hold out. He went back to his room early to rest. The Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea video data was still rising, and his reputation was also increasing, making the smile on his face grow broader and broader.
As he had anticipated, the sect residence upgrade was close at hand.
In the end, he fell asleep while looking at the numbers, his physical condition unable to keep up.
The night passed. When he vaguely heard the alarm clock, he groggily started to wake up, but the sudden game prompt made him sit bolt upright.
【Congratulations. Through the recorded image transmitted by the Spirit Shadow Mirror, you have gained one supporter and obtained 1 reputation point!】
【Congratulations. The sect residence has met the conditions for an upgrade. Do you wish to upgrade?】
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