Su Yongan carried the meat on his back and followed her, stopping and walking along the way, but she didn't buy anything else, "What are you looking for?"

"Duck eggs, it's best to use duck eggs to make preserved eggs. Eggs are not good. The taste and aroma are too different." Su Ziling watched as she walked.

"If you want to buy duck eggs, go ahead and you won't find them here." Su Yongan pointed to the end in front.

Su Ziling stepped forward and continued walking. The closer to the end of the street, the fewer people there were. The things on display were all uneven. Like Su Yongan said, there were really duck eggs.

There were three people selling, and each of them had a basket in front of them. The duck eggs were also big, and the surface of the eggs had been cleaned very clean.

Su Ziling squatted in front of one of the grandmothers, took two duck eggs, and shook them gently. There was no shaking feeling. They seemed to be fresh.

"Grandma, how do you sell these duck eggs?"

Grandma has white hair and tattered clothes, but she is clean. Her hair is tied up meticulously, and every hair is where it should be, but she seems to have poor hearing.

After Su Ziling spoke, there was confusion on her face for a moment, and she turned to look at the little girl beside her.

"A Tao, what did she say?"

The little girl was a little timid, Su Ziling's eyes fell on her, and she hid behind her grandma in fear, but the woman next to her couldn't stand it anymore, so she explained for her: "My grandma's ears are not very good, please speak louder. "

Su Ziling nodded, moved closer, and raised her voice, "Grandma, how do you sell duck eggs?"

Her voice was very loud. The moment she shouted, the noise in the market disappeared. Everyone looked confused and turned to look at her.

Su Ziling: "..."

Well, the whole street knew she was buying duck eggs.

Grandma obviously heard it. She smiled and said, "Little girl, my duck eggs are fresh and big. Just give me four pennies and five."

Four pennies and five? So cheap?

She was stunned and didn't speak for a while.

Grandma thought it was too expensive, and she looked a little panicked, "Well, four cents for six, six okay?"

She is in urgent need of money. There is no food for cooking at home. How can she eat wild vegetables every day?

She thought about selling a few duck eggs in exchange for a few pounds of corn. It would be better to cook some corn paste and eat it than just eating wild vegetables.

She looked at Su Ziling with a bit of hope and prayer, but her hand touched the head of the little girl next to her.

"Grandma, how many do you have here? I want them all."

When she heard that she wanted them all, grandma's face was full of smiles, and her hands were trembling slightly with excitement.

"There are fifty. Do you want to get so many?"

Su Ziling smiled and handed her forty coins, "Grandma, count the money."

The basket Su Ziling brought had meat in it, but there was no place to put the duck eggs. She simply ran aside and spent thirty copper coins to buy a basket. She put the duck eggs into the basket one by one, and even poured in the sawdust brought by her grandma. Yes, grandma took the initiative to pour it for her.

She kept muttering, "The road is bumpy, and there are no sawdust or duck eggs to break easily."

Su Ziling smiled and said, "Grandma, where is your home? Is it far away?"

"Not far, not far, just in the next village, an hour's journey back and forth." Grandma smiled and pointed in the direction of the mountain not far away.

"Then do you still have duck eggs at home? If you do, you can send them to Mulberry Ping tomorrow, and we will collect them there then."

Sangshuping was the name of Old Man Li's village. Su Ziling took a look and saw that the direction she was talking about was the same direction as Sangshuping. She might be closer to Sangshuping than to the county.

Hearing that she wanted more, grandma's eyes flashed with tears, "Yes, yes, there are still thirty or forty at home."

She said slowly while packing her things, "A Tao has no parents since she was a child. She was raised by me and the old man. The old man is not in good health and can't do any heavy work, so we raise some ducks at home."

"We are close to water and have many rivers. Ducks are easier to raise, but whether it is ducks or duck eggs, the price is not as good as that of chickens. But there is no way. Ducks survive easily. When they get into the water, they can find food by themselves, so I have a few more ducks at home.”

"You still want duck eggs? Then I will send them to you tomorrow morning. Sangshuping is very close to our village. It only takes a moment, much closer than the county seat." (A moment: forty-eight minutes)

As she spoke, she suddenly stopped, with a bit of embarrassment on her face, "Look, I'm verbose again. Don't worry, I'll send it over early tomorrow."

Su Ziling smiled and said, "It doesn't have to be too early. Just get there around the end of the morning (9:00). Grandma, do you want to sell the ducks? If you want to sell them, help me catch two. Just catch the male."

"Hey, okay!" Grandma agreed loudly, with a hint of joy in her voice.

"The males don't taste good. The males are old. I'll catch the females for you. The female's meat is more tender and the price is the same."

Duck is cheaper than chicken, and most people don't eat duck. If the duck is not cooked well, it will have an unpleasant smell.

So compared to chickens, ducks are much cheaper.

Su Ziling: "It's okay, grandma, I want the male ones. I'll just stew them slowly. If you want duck eggs, you can bring as many as you want. I want more."

"Okay, then I will deliver it to you tomorrow. Please be careful on the way, but don't be afraid. Just walk normally. Duck egg shells are thicker and not as easy to break as eggs." Grandma warned carefully, and then pulled the little girl. left.

Seeing that grandma's duck eggs were sold out quickly, the two people next to her were very envious, especially when they heard her say that grandma's duck eggs could also be delivered to her, and she ordered two ducks as soon as she opened her mouth. Those people were even more envious. Not enough.

Duck eggs look bigger than chicken eggs, but the taste is also very different. Most people still prefer to eat eggs, so eggs cost one penny, but duck eggs can only cost four or five pence.

Su Ziling did not walk away after buying the duck eggs. Instead, she came to them and picked them carefully, "How to sell duck eggs?"

The man beamed with joy, "Same price, same price, four pennies and five."

The two of them wanted less duck eggs, thirty for one and twenty for each. Su Ziling wanted them all. After paying, she carried a hundred duck eggs on her back, and Su Yongan carried meat. After buying their things, the two of them walked towards the city gate. .

Old Man Li was still waiting at the door. There were two people waiting beside the oxcart. They were from Old Man Li's village. When he saw them coming out, Old Man Li came forward to pick up the things.

"Okay, okay, everyone is here, let's go! Sit tight!" After he finished speaking, he whipped the cow on the buttocks and walked back slowly.

Looking at Su Ziling's basket of meat, the two men on the bullock cart looked at each other and thought to themselves, what kind of people are they? They buy meat in baskets and baskets, and they usually cut off a pound, which can be eaten for a long time.

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