Chapter 159 Satisfied in Both Body and Mind

Cook Liu, who had been inside the kitchen eating a roasted sweet potato, heard that the bean sprout seller had arrived and immediately dusted off her hands to come out and watch the fun.

"Oh my, so these are the bean sprouts the master has been so fond of lately? What are you going to do if you bring this many and the master doesn't want to eat them anymore?"

Seeing that a large basin wasn't even enough to hold all the produce, Cook Liu's words carried a gleam of schadenfreude.

The master was hardly a creature of habit. Sometimes he would love a food so much he wanted it every single day, but after eating it for a short while, he would never want to lay eyes on it again.

"You don't need to worry about that. As long as the master loves eating them right now, that's all that matters. Besides, the master has been eating them for so many days now, and doesn't he still love them?"

Not only did the master love these bean sprouts, but the mistress loved them too. As long as they liked them, buying this was the right choice.

"Besides, the master has already given word that from now on, fifty catties of bean sprouts are to be ordered every single day!"

Gu Xiaoxiao was actually somewhat puzzled herself. Ordering fifty catties of bean sprouts—could the people here possibly finish eating all of that?

After a moment's thought, however, she figured they probably could. She had heard that this Master Jia had quite a few concubines. With household after household, the daily consumption of vegetables was bound to be substantial.

"Auntie Li, shouldn't we get to the scale? Once this is weighed and I've got my money, I still need to head into town to purchase some New Year goods!"

Listening to the two of them harbor their little schemes, Gu Xiaoxiao had no desire to waste time here.

"Coming right up, let's weigh it and see if there are fifty catties here!"

Doing business for the second time still called for a bit of caution. Cook Liu had someone pick up the scale, and after several people helped weigh the bean sprouts, they did the math.

"Well, this really is right on the dot! It's just about fifty catties and a little bit over. Since coming into the city from your village is such a hassle, why didn't you bring a bit more?"

Gu Xiaoxiao figured that if all these bean sprouts were dumped on the market at once, they probably wouldn't hold their current price.

Besides, hunger marketing was quite necessary; she needed these people to understand that these bean sprouts couldn't simply be grown at whim.

"The amount of bean sprouts I can sprout each day isn't all that large. Auntie Li, you've seen for yourself that my bean sprouts are different from everyone else's, and they taste exceptionally good."

"Master Jia must have been able to tell when he ate my bean sprouts!"

A gourmand was bound to be very sensitive when it came to food, or else he wouldn't have requested an order of fifty catties every single day.

"Indeed he is. The master's favorite vegetable right now is precisely these bean sprouts! Xiaoyuan, bring the money pouch over."

Cook Liu agreed with Gu Xiaoxiao's words. Where in the marketplace could one ever find bean sprouts as fine as these?

Although these bean sprouts were exclusively supplied to the master, the mistress, and the concubines, Cook Liu had tasted them herself, and they truly were delicious!

"That being said, I need to have a word with Auntie Li regarding the price. I mentioned before that the price I gave you at the market was a special discount!"

Seeing the money pouch brought over, Gu Xiaoxiao forced her expressionless face into a smile and broached the subject of the price.

"I certainly remember that. You must be planning to raise the price, aren't you? I figured as much before you even got here."

Cook Liu was no fool either. With bean sprouts as exceptional as these, who wouldn't want to raise the price?

"Go ahead and name your figure. How many copper coins are you increasing it by?"

"Fifteen copper coins a caties. Sprouting these bean sprouts is difficult for me, and picking through the beans every day makes my eyes go blurry. I can say this with absolute confidence: you simply cannot buy bean sprouts like mine anywhere else in the city."

This was no idle boast, but the absolute truth. Gu Xiaoxiao used her supernatural ability to accelerate the growth of these bean sprouts.

Furthermore, infusing her ability into the vegetables made them taste even more delicious, and especially beneficial to one's health.

Normally, bean sprouts helped clear away internal heat, detoxify the blood, and were wonderful for the skin.

With Gu Xiaoxiao nourishing them with her supernatural ability, the benefits of these bean sprouts were instantly doubled, allowing anyone who ate them to feel the difference all the more keenly.