Liao Qing, a magpie spirit, had been having a rough time lately. Her transformation spell worked only now and then, and her spiritual power was getting weaker by the day.
An old magpie told her: Silkworm pupae could replenish her spiritual energy. Better yet, she should eat oak silkworm pupae that had just become little "immortals." Only about a dozen emerged from every hundred cocoons, so they were precious.
Boil them in plain water with a little salt, and they'd be most nourishing in their natural state.
Liao Qing opened PDD and found a shop called "Qijia's Little Shop." The owner, Qi Tianya, claimed to be a reincarnated Taoist priest, but nowadays he was just an ordinary seller of fresh produce.
He was a little eccentric, but his goods were excellent. The only problem was the price. Fresh little immortals cost over a hundred yuan per half-kilo, while ordinary silkworm pupae still ran seventy or eighty.
Liao Qing's heart bled every time she placed an order, but she was willing to do it for the sake of her cultivation.
The first time she ordered, she was very polite.
By the fifth order, she had started nitpicking. These ones were too small. Last time, two of them were sluggish. Could he ship them faster?
By the tenth order, she was calling Qi Tianya "brother" in their customer service chats and reminding him three times a day to ship her order.
Qi Tianya was fed up with her, but every time he still picked out the biggest ones for her. Sometimes he'd even slip in a note: "Keep nagging and I'll send you the smallest ones."
Liao Qing would reply, "You wouldn't dare."
They bickered across their screens until they became "old friends." Then one day, Liao Qing's transformation failed, and she flapped her wings straight into his delivery box...
Qi Tianya opened the box and stared in silence at the magpie inside, its round eyes wide.
"I knew it," he said lazily. "You went and did this to yourself over a bite to eat. In your last life, you must have been a bird with a bottomless appetite."
Liao Qing: "...Chirp."
[Reader's Guide]
This is a story about a greedy little bird spirit and an ordinary shopkeeper who is the reincarnation of a Taoist priest but has forgotten his spells. They bicker their way into true love through PDD customer service messages. Both are virgins, and it has a happy ending.
Premise: No matter when or where you are, never lose sight of who you are
