Chapter 392 - 185: Mid-Autumn Festival Warm-up

Chapter 392: Chapter 185: Mid-Autumn Festival Warm-up

There were only 20 days left until the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2026.

September 5th.

The Hailufeng Specialty Store app launched a prize draw.

Li Xiaoli, who had just finished a long day at work, was about to head to the wet market to buy groceries when her friend suddenly gave her a call.

"Tangtang, what’s up?"

"Xiaoli, hurry! Go to the Hailufeng Specialty Store app and try to win a leg of lamb!"

"What?" Li Xiaoli was completely confused.

"Just hurry up and go!"

"Uh, okay..."

After hanging up, she stood beside a large rack of shared bikes and opened the Hailufeng Specialty Store app on her phone.

She quickly found the promotion page.

After opening it, she scanned the page, her eyes flying across the text, and quickly tapped "Start Draw" under the "Exclusive Draw for Existing Customers" section.

The prize wheel on the page had 12 slots, which read:

[1 Leg of Zhelimu Small-tailed Cold Sheep]

[1 Tomahawk Chop of Zhelimu Small-tailed Cold Sheep]

[1 Case of Hero Special Grade Pure Milk]

[1 Jar of Gannan Special Grade Purple Alfalfa Honey]

[1 Pack of Hero Special Grade Cheese Sticks]

[1 Can of Random Hailufeng Canned Eel]

[1 Bag of Hailufeng Special Grade Seaweed Fish Balls]

[1 Bag of Hailufeng Special Grade Dried Morchella]

[1 Bag of Qiongzhou Yuecheng Special Grade Dried Mango]

[1 Qiongzhou Qiongdong Special Grade Jackfruit]

[Thanks for Playing]

[1 10% Off Coupon]

The prize wheel spun rapidly.

A few seconds later, the pointer landed on "Hero Special Grade Cheese Sticks."

’Damn! So close!’ Li Xiaoli thought, disappointed.

Suddenly, a message popped up on the prize-winning screen.

[Dear customer, congratulations on winning "one pack of Hero Special Grade Cheese Sticks." You may choose to have it delivered or pick it up in-store. Based on the address you provided, there are two Hailufeng Specialty Store physical locations nearby. Their addresses are in the Yangcheng District, Panyu...]

’They have physical stores?’

Li Xiaoli checked the locations of the two stores and saw that one of them was right next to a nearby wet market. She chose in-store pickup, quickly scanned a shared bike, and pedaled furiously.

Twenty-some minutes later, she arrived at the entrance of the store.

Before she could even park her bike, a young man next to her dashed past like a gust of wind and rushed into the Hailufeng Specialty Store.

She parked her bike and went inside.

She saw the same hurried young man from before, holding up a leg of lamb and taking pictures of it.

A voice sounded from behind Li Xiaoli.

"Damn! You really won, you lucky bastard?"

"Hahaha, when luck’s on your side, you can’t stop it! Come to my place tonight for some lamb," the young man said, laughing as he held the leg of lamb.

"Why did I get ’Thanks for Playing’? I want to eat lamb, too."

The prize-winning young man joked, "Then just buy one here."

"Heh, in your dreams. I’m eating *your* leg of lamb tonight." His friend shot back playfully, but still ended up buying a box of premium red tomatoes and a bag of dried morchella from the Hailufeng Specialty Store.

Li Xiaoli had already found a clerk at the counter.

"Hi, excuse me. I won a pack of cheese sticks on your app. How do I claim it?"

The clerk smiled and said, "Hello, ma’am. Just open the app and show me the prize’s QR code. I’ll scan it for you."

Li Xiaoli opened the app, found the prize-redemption QR code in her prize history, and showed it to the clerk. "Is this it?"

"Yes, it is, ma’am."

BEEP!

"Alright, please wait just a moment."

The clerk opened a refrigerator, took out a bag of vanilla-flavored cheese sticks, and then placed them in a special plastic bag with two ice packs to keep them from melting.

"Ma’am, here is your prize. Please put it in the refrigerator as soon as you get home to prevent it from melting or spoiling."

"Thank you." Li Xiaoli took the bag but didn’t leave right away. Instead, she started browsing around the store.

The 80-square-meter shop was lined with rows of shelves, along with a good number of large refrigerators.

The products within were all produced by the Hailufeng Company itself.

Because of this, the variety of products on the shelves was somewhat limited.

One shelf was for fruit, holding only strawberries, Ginseng Fruit, tomatoes, mangoes, jackfruit, pineapples, and passion fruit.

Another shelf held honey, pure milk, tinplate cans of eel, freeze-dried fruit, and dried morchella.

The remaining two shelves were completely empty.

As for the refrigerators, they contained cheese sticks, butter, light cream, cheese, lamb, beef, fish products, White Truffle, and fresh morchella.

Li Xiaoli browsed for a bit, picking up a bag of fresh morchella and a 2-kilogram package of chilled lamb ribs.

By the time she finished her browsing and returned to the checkout counter, several other local customers had arrived to claim their prizes. She had to wait a little while before she could pay and leave.

Over the past few days, all 50 of the Hailufeng Specialty Store physical locations in the Pearl River Delta Region had completed their grand openings and were now in their trial operation phase.

Although foot traffic was light initially, the prize draw was fortunately bringing in the first wave of customers.

Li Xiaoli went to the nearby wet market to buy some ingredients for a clear lamb stew, along with a few other vegetables.

By the time she got home, the sky was already growing dark.

She washed the lamb ribs. They had already been cut into small pieces by a machine before packaging, so they didn’t need any further chopping.

She put carrots, corn, Job’s tears, candied dates, and the morchella directly into the pot to simmer with the lamb ribs.

She also quickly stir-fried some water spinach with garlic and made cola chicken wings, finishing up that evening’s dinner.

A dozen or so minutes later, her husband and son came home together.

"Go wash your hands. Dinner will be ready soon."

"Smells great! What kind of soup did you make today?" her husband asked as he put his shoes in the cabinet by the door.