Chapter 217

Qiao Wanqing sorted out the bamboo shoots. The ones that had been damaged while digging tasted no different, but they would not keep well and looked ugly, so she kept them for herself. She saved the good ones for the people she planned to give them to. Winter Bamboo Shoots sold especially well this season, and they were quite valuable.

If she put them up in her Taobao store, she wondered if anyone would buy them.

Qiao Wanqing opened her Taobao store and searched for them. Sure enough, people were selling them. The best-selling shop was even quite expensive—sixty yuan for five jin, twelve yuan per jin. That was terrifying, because Winter Bamboo Shoots came with their skins and roots attached, and there was a large inedible woody section at the bottom. In other words, after buying five jin and removing the roots and skins, there might only be enough left for one meal.

Even so, there were still a great many buyers.

Because their village had many bamboo groves, plenty of people dug bamboo shoots. When they took them to the market to sell, they could get four yuan per jin at most. Probably because there was such a large supply and they were simply dug from the mountains—something people could dig themselves whenever they wanted to eat them, at virtually no cost—not many people bought them.

Her vegetarian restaurant bought them in bulk for just three yuan per jin, yet there were still many people eager to sell to her.

But if she put them on Taobao...

Only a fool would turn down money. Although Gu Yanqing had always advocated that she sell only dried fruits and vegetables, Qiao Wanqing still decided to give it a try.

That very day, Qiao Wanqing worked overtime to make a product