Chapter 712

Recently, a craze for wild vegetables swept through the Capital. It was hard to tell whether the wealthy families had simply grown tired of exotic delicacies and rare dainties, but for some reason, they had suddenly developed a deep interest in wild greens. Originally, the common folk had worried that these wild vegetables would be picked bare. After all, such greens were generally eaten only by the poor—they were a gift from nature, but no matter how abundant they might be, they could never outnumber the mouths waiting to devour them. What surprised the common people, however, was that those high-ranking officials and nobles did not bother to pick wild vegetables themselves like ordinary folk did. People with fortunes worth tens of thousands would simply throw money around, ordering their servants to buy them while they sat back and simply enjoyed the results. "Only those of us who haven't lived good lives would imagine that the nobility would get up at the crack of dawn, brave the morning dew, and pick wild vegetables just like us. Rich people really know how to enjoy themselves," an Auntie wrapped in a headscarf said, her tone laced with envy.