Chapter 158: The Women's Frenzy, Traffic Jams!

Chapter 158: The Women's Frenzy, Traffic Jams!

When the advertisement for Liyuan Farm aired, countless women couldn't help but shout, "Long live Liyuan Farm!"

Chen Feifei was one of them. She was a local resident of Youcheng, with a modest salary of just over 6,000 yuan. If the whitening sweet potatoes from Liyuan Farm were expensive, a luxury item, she would never have been able to afford them, let alone consider buying them.

But when she saw that they cost only 200 yuan per pound, she was so excited she almost jumped out of her seat.

At 200 yuan per pound, with the number of sweet potatoes shown in the video, it would be hard to eat enough to feel full in a day, costing her only a few dozen yuan.

The video from Liyuan Farm claimed that eating the sweet potatoes for seven consecutive days would have a whitening effect, which would last for a while before gradually fading. This meant that she could maintain the effect by continuing to eat them.

Therefore, with her 6,000 yuan salary, she could definitely afford it.

Her looks were quite good, with well-defined features, but her skin wasn't fair enough, which affected her overall appearance. This was her chance to become more beautiful.

Her phone rang; it was her best friend, Li Xinru. She quickly answered it.

"Feifei, did you see it? The Liyuan Farm promotion!"

"I saw it, and we can totally afford it. Let's go and buy some tomorrow!"

"Sure, we need to get up early. Liyuan Farm said they can only supply 2,000 pounds of whitening sweet potatoes per day."

"Got it, we need to wake up early."

They agreed and went to bed early.

Chen Feifei woke up early the next day. Seeing it was already 6:30 AM, she hurriedly got ready and called her friend Li Xinru to make sure she was up as well. She felt relieved when Li Xinru confirmed she was up.

It seemed that when it came to beauty, her friend was reliable and didn't oversleep.

They quickly met up and took a taxi to Liyuan Farm.

However, a shocking situation soon unfolded. As the taxi approached Liyuan Farm, they encountered a traffic jam.

"Driver, why is there a traffic jam?" Chen Feifei asked anxiously.

"Yeah, driver," Li Xinru echoed.

The driver replied, "There are too many people heading to Liyuan Farm this morning. This is my fourth trip just this morning, and all the passengers are women like you. Some even drove themselves. With so many cars, traffic jams are inevitable. The problem is, we're stuck here, can't go forward or back. It's a real mess."

Chen Feifei and Li Xinru's faces fell at this news.

They realized that the other women were also there for the whitening sweet potatoes.

They quickly got out of the car, feeling anxious.

This meant that many people had already rushed to Liyuan Farm before them.

They thought they had woken up early, but there were even earlier birds.

They had miscalculated.

Liyuan Farm only supplied a limited amount of whitening sweet potatoes each day. With so many people already there, they were stuck in traffic, with no chance of buying any.

They almost walked the rest of the way.

On the road, they encountered many other women, all walking just like them.

Meanwhile, the cars were stuck, honking their horns incessantly.

The taxi and ride-hailing drivers in Youcheng had never seen women so crazy about beauty.

Moreover, once traffic jams occurred, without traffic police to clear the way, the situation only worsened. At this time, the traffic police were not yet on duty.

Chen Feifei and Li Xinru arrived at Liyuan Farm, their foreheads drenched in sweat.

But they were immediately stunned.

At Liyuan Farm, they saw a long queue at the service center. The sweet potatoes hadn't even started selling, but people had already arrived early to secure their spots.

They rushed to the Nanlu Campsite, where the video from Liyuan Farm said they could also buy sweet potatoes, but there was another long queue there as well. They had no idea how far back they would have to wait.

This made them both regret not getting up earlier.

With so many tourists flooding the farm, the local police, including Zhang Zhao, rushed to maintain order, fearing that the women in the queue might cause trouble.

Their phones also kept ringing, with their wives and girlfriends asking about the whitening sweet potatoes and wanting them to buy some.

Zhang Zhao received a call from his girlfriend, Zhao Jie.

He answered the phone and said, "Xiaojie, I know what you're going to say. I've already called Xiaolin. I'll bring some back for you after work."

On the other end of the line, Zhao Jie was very pleased. This was the benefit of having connections. She had originally planned to wake up early, but her alarm didn't work, and she woke up at her usual time. She felt she had no chance of buying the sweet potatoes, especially with the traffic jam.

Indeed, the traffic jam on the road to Liyuan Farm had spread throughout Youcheng. Many women stuck in traffic posted on social media, urging others: "Sisters, it's already jammed. Don't come, or you won't be able to leave."

Once the traffic police arrived, everyone rushed to change and head to the scene.

This situation naturally caught the attention of Zhao Han, the Tourism Bureau director, who reported to County Chief Liu.

"Frankly, I'm baffled. How did it suddenly get so congested, all because of those sweet potatoes?" Liu asked, disbelieving.

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Yes, women are incredibly enthusiastic about these whitening sweet potatoes. I don't know how many women from Youcheng rushed to Liyuan Farm this morning."

"Ah, the desire for beauty is universal," Liu sighed, nodding in agreement. Then he instructed, "Close the road and clear the traffic. This congestion is unacceptable."

"Understood!" Zhao Han nodded.

Many people were stuck in traffic, but not Zhang Lin. He had another route to the prefabricated house, so when he heard about the traffic jam, he took that route instead.

When Zhang Lin arrived at the farm, he was genuinely surprised by the long queue of people waiting at the service center.

Women, huh.

When it comes to something they care about, they can be incredibly persistent.

Just then, his phone rang—it was Lin Muxue calling. He answered and heard her say, "Boss Zhang, are you at the farm yet? The road is congested. If you’re here, you need to oversee the sale of the beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes."

"Sure, I’m already at the farm. I’ll arrange for someone to handle it," Zhang Lin replied.

Zhong Miaoying and Lin Mengyao arrived quickly at the office center on their electric scooters. Sometimes, having a car isn’t always a good thing.

Seeing the two of them arrive, he instructed them to help oversee the sale of the beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes.

He, as usual, drank a special medicinal wine and then went to plant trees and exercise.

Finally, after the anxious wait, the beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes from Lishan Farm began to sell.

At the Southern Camping Ground, Zhan Lili and the staff were busy preparing for the sale early in the morning.

Fu Yao, the former manager, had resigned to return to school, so Zhan Lili, as the supervisor, had a chance to be promoted. She was working very hard.

When the time finally came, the women in the queue rushed in, eager to buy the sweet potatoes.

Zhan Lili immediately held up a sign that read, "One pound per person. Please don't push. Line up one by one."

Seeing that they could only buy one pound each, the women who had been waiting the longest were somewhat disappointed. After all, they had hoped to buy as much as possible.

One pound of sweet potatoes wasn’t much, even if they were slender and light. Even if they saved, it might not last a whole week.

But with Lishan Farm’s rules, they had no choice but to buy one pound and leave.

Chen Feifei and Li Xinru, two close friends, were quite anxious because there were so many people in front of them, and they didn’t know if they would get a chance to buy.

As the sale began, the sweet potatoes were sold out almost instantly.

Only 2000 pounds were available each day, and with the service center, two camping grounds, and the barbecue and restaurant areas, each location could only sell 500 to 600 pounds. So, only the first 500 to 600 people in the queue could buy.

By the time it was Chen Feifei and Li Xinru’s turn, the sweet potatoes were already sold out.

The two women’s faces fell.

They had come for nothing.

"Come back tomorrow, earlier!" Chen Feifei said.

"Get up at 5 and come straight here," Li Xinru decided.

With no other choice, the two women planned to leave, but before they could exit the Southern Camping Ground, someone shouted, "Who bought the beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes? I’ll buy them for double the price!"

Another person immediately said, "I’ll triple the price!"

Someone else chimed in, "I’ll quadruple it!"

"Five times the price!"

Suddenly, the sweet potatoes, which were originally 200 yuan per pound, were being offered for over a thousand yuan per pound.

But the bidding didn’t stop there; people kept raising their offers, as if the money was nothing to them.

Chen Feifei and Li Xinru watched helplessly, envying these wealthy people. They were just ordinary women and could only rely on luck. If they didn’t get a chance to buy, there was nothing they could do.

But seeing this scene, even though they didn’t manage to buy any sweet potatoes, they were still grateful to Lishan Farm for setting a reasonable price, which allowed ordinary women like them a chance to buy the sweet potatoes.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t even have dared to try.

It was clear that if Lishan Farm had priced the sweet potatoes as a luxury item, many wealthy people would still have bought them.

The frenzy wasn’t limited to this location; it was the same at the other two sites.

Rou Rou, a popular online influencer who usually focused on travel, had somewhat dull skin despite earning a lot of money. She had come to Lishan Farm and encountered the sale of the beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes.

She planned to buy some, but even though she had arrived early at the Southern Camping Ground, she still couldn’t get any. She had even been live-streaming, promising her audience that she would buy them, which made the situation a bit awkward.

"Ah, what a pity, they’re all sold out," Rou Rou said regretfully, then added, "I’ll have to buy from someone else at a higher price."

With that, she shouted to the crowd, "Who bought the beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes? I’ll pay a higher price!"

She ended up paying 1200 yuan for 3 pounds, but then someone else tried to outbid her, so she gave up.

Satisfied, she told her live-stream audience, "I managed to get 3 pounds, which should last me a while. I’ll test them and see if they have the advertised effects. You all know my skin condition, so if I can get that fair, it will be truly amazing."

The intense demand for the beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes at Lishan Farm naturally made it to the internet.

Photos and videos of the long queues, filled with women, girls, and even grandmas, were shared widely.

The more people shared, the more popular it became.

Now, the internet was flooded with news about the sale of Lishan Farm’s beauty-enhancing sweet potatoes. No one noticed that the news about the agricultural research breakthrough in Fujian Province had disappeared. No one mentioned it anymore.

Only Zhang Lin noticed this and realized that the provincial agricultural department had likely suppressed the news.

It was for the best; the matter was over.

Just then, Zhang Lin’s phone rang again—it was Liu Shan calling. He answered and was surprised to hear, "Delivering at this time? No wonder there’s traffic. They must be crazy not to notify us in advance."

(End of Chapter)

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