My Wife Came From A Thousand Years Ago

Chapter 156: Perfect Closed Loop

"Breaking up and getting beaten up? That’s a problem for now. The future’s uncertain."

Jiang He raised her eyebrows, about to say something, but then reconsidered and relaxed. She didn’t believe Xu Qing could trick her into bed. Even a fool knows that sharing a bed is something that happens after marriage when you’re ready to have babies. As long as she didn’t want it, no one could fool her into something like that. There was no excuse for sleeping together.

If he dared sneak over, Jiang He’s fists would quickly teach him what’s what. Actually, scratch that—no need for fists. Just grabbing him by an arm and a leg, hoisting him up like a piglet, and tossing him out the door would suffice. No chance to resist.

Jiang He eyed Xu Qing, as if figuring out how to lift him effortlessly. Meanwhile, Xu Qing had finished washing the dishes, dried his hands, and stepped into the living room to practice martial arts.

After more than half a year of training, he could now maintain his stance for thirty minutes, maybe even longer, though he hadn’t tested it. Since extending his practice to thirty minutes, he’d kept it steady at that duration—going longer wasn’t worth it; this was the optimal balance of effort and benefit.

“Martial arts? What’s that for? Strengthening kidneys? Sounds good!”

Scientific studies confirm it’s undoubtedly the ultimate motivation. If the blossoms of the locust tree could replenish kidneys, they’d have been plucked bald by now.

“I think I’ve found a few things I could do,” Jiang He said, sitting cross-legged on a chair, pointing at her little notebook.

Xu Qing hadn’t finished his half-hour stance yet and didn’t come over. Jiang He didn’t mind and spoke toward her notebook instead: “Like that thing you mentioned, selling pickled vegetables on Taobao. The deposit is refundable, so if it doesn’t sell, we won’t lose anything…”

“Why sell pickled vegetables?”

“Because I can’t do anything else! Cooking can’t be sold, and if there were lots of wild shepherd’s purse around, I could pick some to make shepherd’s purse pancakes to sell, but buying it wouldn’t be cost-effective.”

“Oh…” Xu Qing didn’t move, not even nodding, just making a sound to indicate he understood.

“And then there’s cooking. I see people filming themselves cooking. If I can learn lots of dishes, I could try that too.” Jiang He’s tone faltered here, pausing before continuing, “But not now. For now, I still need to watch others’ videos to learn. The dishes I can make are ones I’ve been taught.”

“That’s called being a food blogger. The fact you said this shows you haven’t researched it enough.”

“Huh?” Jiang He’s eyes left the notebook and landed on Xu Qing.

“Even if someone taught you, you can still teach others. As long as people enjoy watching, it’s fine. The key is whether your style and content are appealing. Also, you don’t have to strictly teach cooking—there are lots of niche or unusual ideas…”

Xu Qing thought of the person who cooked hotpot with a water dispenser. Jiang He was still limited by her mindset, as she watched cooking videos to seriously learn how to cook. She assumed her audience would watch her for the same reason.

Jiang He nodded, half understanding. The parts she didn’t get could be clarified by Xu Qing, so it wasn’t a big problem. The key was whether she could execute it well.

After pondering with her notebook for a moment, she said, “There’s also that eating show thing… Performing eating is a job too?”

“If people enjoy watching it, then yes.”

Even mini hamburgers could draw viewers. If Jiang He knew this, her worldview might be entirely overturned.

“And live-streaming games…” Jiang He sneaked a glance at Xu Qing. “I’m getting faster at grinding now.”

“Who’s going to watch you grind? No matter what you do, it needs to have content.”

“What kind of content?”

“Engaging content. For example, the person you watch while grinding—they’re diving into dungeons, and you don’t know what gear will drop next. That creates anticipation. Watching you grind is just swapping accounts and running the same dungeon repeatedly. Only someone as bored as me would watch that.”

Xu Qing sometimes did watch her grind. Jiang He didn’t find grinding boring; she perched cross-legged on her chair, pressing the keyboard to mow down enemies. Whenever she got good loot, she’d excitedly run over to pick it up, occasionally turning back to share her joy with Xu Qing.

It was like farming and digging up treasure. After all, the thrill of grinding lies in the random drops of rare cards or equipment.

“You’re the only one bored enough to watch…” Jiang He mumbled under her breath.

He was that bored. Half his phone gallery was her pictures… and sword-dancing videos. Not that she purposely danced to look good or anything.

“What I’m thinking is we start… Oh no, I start a Taobao store selling pickled vegetables, then teach people how to cook. Once I’m done, I can eat it on camera and then play games. While playing, I’ll tell the viewers to buy my pickled vegetables.”

???

Xu Qing’s stance broke as his head tilted slightly, a string of question marks popping up, making him look like a meme.

“Isn’t it genius?” Jiang He felt quite capable—as long as she could pull it off.

“This… is the result of your recent research?” Xu Qing felt too exasperated to roast her.

“Why not?”

From his expression, Jiang He could tell there were flaws in her ingenious plan. Maybe it wasn’t feasible.

“You’re talking about a 12-hour live stream every day. Why not stream yourself sleeping too? People love watching peaceful sleepers.”

“Sleeping?” Jiang He’s eyes widened, then she shook her head vigorously. “No way!”

“I was joking. But seriously, your plan—cooking for yourself, eating it, gaming, and expecting people to buy your pickled vegetables—sounds…”

Xu Qing imagined the scene. Jiang He cooking, eating, gaming, and occasionally reminding viewers, “Buy my pickled vegetables; they’re amazing!” All while picking a bite with her chopsticks at her desk and munching as she continued grinding.

Actually… it might work. People might really watch.

“You’re quite the little genius, but sorry, it’s not practical. You need to focus on one thing—either running a Taobao store or teaching cooking. Don’t over-romanticize it. You might do it for half a year and still not have any viewers.”

Xu Qing checked the time. Thirty minutes was up. He exhaled and wrapped up his practice, feeling a bit stronger.

Ever since he started practicing martial arts, his waist didn’t ache, his legs didn’t hurt, and he felt full of energy every day.

Seeing Jiang He’s disappointed look, Xu Qing walked over, uncurled her cross-legged legs to make space on the chair, and squeezed in beside her. He moved the mouse to glance over the materials he’d given her earlier.

The materials seemed fine. So why did Jiang He come up with such an odd idea?

“These things don’t take much time. Why can’t I do them all at once?” Jiang He was still reluctant to let it go.

“Energy. Even focusing on one thing is tough. Doing it all? You don’t have that kind of energy,” Xu Qing explained. “Just selling pickled vegetables requires figuring out how to promote your store and attract customers. Do you even have time for that research?”

“I’d tell the people watching me cook and game to buy it,” Jiang He tilted her head and added, “if anyone’s watching.”

“And how will you get people to watch?”

“Make the buyers of my pickled vegetables watch me cook them so they can trust the quality.”

“…”

Jiang He stared at Xu Qing with her clueless gaze, leaving him speechless.

A business genius.

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