Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let s Farm

Chapter 678: Chapter 678: The Year of Jijī Shakes the Capital City

Qiao Xiaomai’s dejection flashed by. These great matters of national concern and public benefit were beyond her current abilities.

She focused her energy on the production of her own dried sweet potatoes.

Fan Jia had returned to Capital City, but he sent a message saying he hoped to buy some more dried sweet potatoes.

Fan Jia’s status was not high enough to use the post station, which was reserved for official communication and the transmission of military intelligence.

Fan Jia could only use ordinary means. He found someone from Extreme Delight Residence in Capital City to convey his message when they delivered goods to Bailu Town.

Qiao Xiaomai, upon receiving Yuan Ding’s message, was slightly taken aback.

She inexplicably felt like an online store owner…

Now, Fan Jia had placed an order with her, and she had to deliver to customers like Fan Jia and Yang Ye…

Imagining the two men waiting at home for their packages, she couldn’t help but want to laugh.

However, in front of Yuan Ding, she swallowed her laughter and asked, “How much does Young Master Fan need?”

“Five hundred catties.”

“What?!” Qiao Xiaomai widened her eyes, doubting her hearing. The previous one hundred catties were all taken by Fan Jia, and now he wanted another five hundred catties. Was he planning to eat dried sweet potatoes as meals?

Yuan Ding chuckled and explained, “Your culinary skills are now quite famous in Capital City. However, since you only stay in Bailu Town and do not go to Capital City, the people there cannot taste your cooking. The dried sweet potatoes are the only thing you make that can reach the Capital City.”

“Most likely, Young Master Fan plans to give these out as gifts, so he needs more.”

Qiao Xiaomai “…”

The implication was that her dried sweet potatoes were being bought for her reputation, not their taste.

Even a village woman who had been praised by the Retired Emperor and had come up with fresh new dishes like cold jelly noodles and tofu was now famous in the Capital City.

This feeling was a bit subtle.

While she was an heiress before, she had never been this famous.

Moreover, the appearance of her dried sweet potatoes… did not justify her reputation…

Everyone was curious about how extraordinary her culinary skills were, but then Fan Jia would pull out a plate of grey-brown dried sweet potatoes, which looked so plain that they could only be described as low-end.

In the presence of the nobility, this may be something prepared for beggars…

Oh no, what to do!

For a moment, Qiao Xiaomai felt some anxiety. She had some vague ideas in her mind, but they were all tangled up like a ball of wool, unclear for now.

But her instincts told her that if her first appearance among the nobility of the Capital City involved these dried sweet potatoes, it would not end well.

Very badly indeed.

With this in mind, she said, “Alright, Yuan, you go back first. A batch of my new goods has just been given to Extreme Delight Residence. I’ll send it to you after I finish making it.”

Extreme Delight Residence had just received a thousand catties of dried sweet potatoes made by Qiao Xiaomai, and Yuan Ding was aware of this.

Qiao Xiaomai produced a thousand catties every three or four days, so the market in Bailu Town was saturated and could not absorb this batch of goods. Thus, Shopkeeper He ordered them to be transported to the Extreme Delight Residence in the Prefecture City.

The dried sweet potatoes could be stored for several days and capable of surviving a long journey.

After Yuan Ding left, Qiao Xiaomai immediately asked Tong Sanlang to find persimmons and carrots. The juice of these two items was orange. If she could use them to dye her dried sweet potatoes, her craft would look much better on its first appearance in the Capital City.

She needed to harness the power of celebrity. She wanted to convert her fame into tangible silver.