"As Tong Tiehu's voice dropped, nearly everyone present turned their heads towards Qiao Xiaomai who was standing at the edge of the marketplace.
Everyone knew that bean sprouts were a new vegetable introduced by Qiao Xiaomai.
Yet now, the Tong Family had started selling them. What was happening?
Qiao Xiaomai stood at the edge of the marketplace, her face taut, expressionless, a subject for everyone's scrutiny.
Seeing this, Tong Tiehu coughed lightly and explained loudly, "This skill of growing bean sprouts was thought up by our family and has nothing to do with Qiao Xiaomai."
"In the future, if Qiao Xiaomai also sells bean sprouts, you all can continue to buy from her as usual."
That was how he put it, but when he spoke the words "thought it out ourselves", he involuntarily lowered his voice.
His face was thin, feeling guilty uttering such a claim.