Because he was going to Gangneung City, and the back and forth would have to be delayed for four or five days, Du Mei decided to send a trip to the duck eggs in advance, so as not to get rid of the goods everywhere.

Early in the morning, I brought the eldest girl and the second stunned man by the way, and Du Mei told them again that if the county lord came to borrow grain, they must not refuse. Although the eldest girl was worried that the food in the shop was not enough to sell, she had always listened to Du Mei's words, and when she saw her insistence repeatedly, she bowed her head and responded.

After a delay on the road, Du Mei didn't drive the ox cart into Qinghe County until three o'clock in the morning, and saw an ox cart parked in front of Chen's grocery store from a distance, Du Mei only regarded it as a buyer and didn't care.

She was accustomed to come, and got out of the ox cart, and lifted her feet into the shop, when a man came out of it, and as he walked, he lowered his head and carried the bulging purse into his bosom, and he did not see Du Mei, and almost collided with her.

"Uncle Maoda? So early! Du Mei hurriedly took a step back, raised his eyes and saw that it was Qian Maoda from Chen Qian Village, and hurriedly greeted him warmly.

"Ahh Plums...... Meizi, why are you here? Qian Maoda suddenly saw Du Mei, his expression was a little flustered, and he stammered when he spoke.

"I'll give you duck eggs, won't you come to buy something?" Seeing that he was empty-handed, Du Mei asked suspiciously.

"Oh, don't buy it, don't buy it." Qian Maoda said as he retreated to the door, and one of them was not paying attention, stumbled under his feet, and fell on the threshold.

"Ahh Du Mei hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him.

"Thank you, there is still something to do at home, I'll go first." Beads of sweat appeared on Qian Maoda's forehead, and he turned around and walked out the door.

"I'm in a hurry, and I don't know what's going on." Du Mei turned to watch him drive away with the ox cart, muttering a little worriedly.

"Miss Du, why are you here now?" Shopkeeper Chen came out at some point, stood behind the counter and said.

"I'm going out for a few days tomorrow, so I thought I'd send some duck eggs first." Du Mei said, as usual, lying on the counter.

Her eyes swept inadvertently, and saw two large bamboo baskets on the ground, although they were covered with blue coarse cloth, but they may have been covered in a hurry, and they were not covered tightly, revealing a few duck eggs, which were obviously not from Du Mei's family, because they were of mixed colors, white and blue, and they were not as big as Du Mei's family.

Du Mei immediately understood why Qian Maoda was so flustered, it turned out that he was also here to sell duck eggs, and he happened to be inadvertently bumped into by her.

"Ahem, there are still some duck eggs from last time." When Shopkeeper Chen saw her gaze, he moved his body a little unnaturally, trying to block the basket.

"Uncle Mao Da also came to you to sell duck eggs?" Du Mei is not a childish person, she originally taught Qian Maoda in order to exterminate locusts, and now that his ducks have laid eggs, she naturally will not stop him from selling.

"Hey, it's all the old money who mourns me, besides, he took the initiative to reduce the price by half a penny, it's all locust extermination, I don't accept him, and I can't say it, right!" Shopkeeper Chen spread his hands and made a helpless expression.

Du Mei felt a fire in her heart, there are so many shops on South Street, even if you choose to be with her, the price is lower than hers, this is obviously digging the foot of the wall, isn't it fun to find it!

Seeing that Du Mei lowered his head and didn't speak, Shopkeeper Chen squinted his eyes and said, "If you also reduce the price, I won't want him." ”

"It turned out that this old fox was a demon, and now the fox's tail is exposed." Du Mei secretly wondered in her heart.

"My duck eggs are not reduced in price, and now that Shopkeeper Chen has found a new source of goods, our business will end everywhere." Du Mei didn't have anything else to say, turned around and left.

"Hey, the business is not benevolent, let's ...... next time" Shopkeeper Chen saw Du Mei brushing his sleeves away, and he didn't chase after him, but just stood at the counter and shouted.

"It's not the same duck egg, I can make more than half a penny again, hehe." Shopkeeper Chen uncovered the blue coarse cloth and smiled proudly.

Du Mei drove straight to the old ginger's shop, he saw that Du Mei came in advance, and he was quite surprised, and did not prepare the basket for a while, so he said that he would lend him the basket temporarily.

The young man in the store went out to deliver the goods, and the old ginger came to carry the basket with Du Mei in person. He caught a glimpse of the other basket that was still full, and asked a little unexpectedly, "What's the matter, Shopkeeper Chen is not at home?" ”

"I'm not selling him anymore." Du Mei didn't want to say why, so he simply answered.

"Why is that?" The old ginger head has the strength to break the casserole and ask to the end.

"His new duck eggs are cheaper than mine, and I can't lower the price, I just can't do it." Dumay lightly moved the basket to the edge of the carriage.

"This old Chen ......," the old ginger only said half a sentence and then stopped talking.

Du Mei and Lao Jiang Tou worked together to carry the basket into the house, two hundred duck eggs and full of wheat straw minced, it was really heavy, Du Mei was a little sweaty.

"Do you still have this duck egg with you? Or you can stay with me and sell it." The old ginger head poured Du Mei a cup of tea.

"You've got two hundred here." Du Mei shook his head.

"Aren't you going out, the day of your return is uncertain, now it's cold in the morning and evening, and the duck eggs are not so easy to spoil." Old Jiang Tou thought about it and said.

In fact, he wants to be the only one in Nanjie and even the entire Qinghe County to sell Du Mei's duck eggs. No one is stupid, he doesn't believe that there are better and cheaper duck eggs than hers.

"Okay then, when I come back, I'll see how you sell, and then I'll decide when to send the next batch." The incident happened suddenly, and Du Mei couldn't find a second buyer for a while, but Lao Jiangtou's proposal solved her urgent need.

While the two were talking, the delivery guy came back and unloaded the other basket as well.

Du Mei drove the ox cart to the Drunken Immortal Building, and the shopkeeper Dong heard that she was going out for a few days, so he accepted the duck eggs without saying a word.

It was still early, Du Mei pulled a few different colors of muslin cloth in the cloth village, seeing that the heat was about to end, and he had to cover a thin quilt when he slept at night. Du Mei thought, when he collected a few beds of cotton wool for the winter, he had time to replace all the quilts at home with new ones.

A nearby grocery store has found some new jars and jars, which are piled up in front of the store, waiting to be opened to see if there is damage. Du Mei took the man's hand and picked two jars and a small jar.

Back at home, Du Mei moved the jar and vat into the kitchen, while Du Tao and Du Gui piled all the cotton cloth on the bed.

It's rare that Xu didn't think she was spending money indiscriminately, but unfolded the flower cloth one by one to take a look, and when I heard that it was made of quilts, the three small ones each chose their favorite colors, and they smiled from ear to ear.

In the evening, the family had just finished eating, and Qian Maoda suddenly came to the door.

"Meizi, I'm ...... I didn't know that you also sold to Shopkeeper Chen. Qian Maoda sat on the chair in the hall and peeked at Du Mei a little weakly.

"Uncle Maoda, don't worry about selling it, I won't sell it to him." Du Mei took a cup of freshly brewed tea and handed it to Qian Maoda.

"No, you sell yours. What have I become like this? Qian Maoda said anxiously, his voice raised.

"It's because I refuse to reduce the price, so the deal can't be done, and it has nothing to do with you." Du Mei smiled at him and whispered.

"Didn't you sell for a penny and a half?" Qian Maoda realized that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said.

"I've been selling two cents, but the shopkeeper Chen said that I sold one and a half cents?" Du Mei frowned, about the price, shopkeeper Chen didn't say that, who is lying? It's hard to guess.

"Yes, I only accepted one penny when I came to the grocery store in the spring before, and when I saw him say one and a half pennies, I believed it and agreed immediately." Qian Maoda held the cup in annoyance, this time he not only pried Du Mei's business, but also made less money himself, how could he not be angry.

"Chunlai's grocery store has already been seized, I have seen the duck eggs in his shop, how can it be compared with mine?" Du Mei raised her eyebrows and said confidently.

"Meizi, your uncle is also an unintentional mistake, you must not go to your heart." Qian Maoda rubbed his hands, he went home today, talked about it with his wife, and was counted down by her all afternoon.

After thinking about it, Du Mei has great kindness to his family, not to mention that he invited Zhong Yu to treat his wife's legs, but the ducks have recently exterminated locusts, if it weren't for Du Mei's help, how could he harvest such good duck eggs.

Now, he has robbed her of her business, which is undoubtedly revenge. Besides, after the autumn, he still wants the eggs of Du Mei's family, if this is stiff, he is afraid that he will lose more, so he is a little guilty tonight, and he comes with the mentality of not fighting back and scolding. It's a pity that he underestimated Du Mei, she didn't seem to care about losing a buyer at all.

"Uncle Maoda, although you can sell it with confidence, I don't blame you, as long as you think it's worth it." Du Mei refilled his cup with some hot water, and the tea tumbled down, and then fell silent again.

"Meizi, buying and selling is buying and selling, and we can't hurt the harmony of our two families." Qian Maoda listened to Du Mei's words, a little powerless, he thought of various ways to deal with it at home, but it was useless here.

"That's natural, the reward for your last locust extermination, I have already mentioned it to the county lord, and he said that when the disaster relief food comes down, the first one will be given to you." Du Mei didn't want to make more entanglements in selling duck eggs, so she diverted the topic.

When Qian Maoda heard this, he was even more ashamed, he was a big man who calculated and calculated like an old lady, and it was not as good as a girl.

"No hurry, no hurry." He blushed and waved his hand.

"Uncle Maoda, when will your first nest of duck seedlings hatch, I will ask you to help you with the ducks in a few days." Du Mei has always wanted to keep the big white breed and intends to expand the breeding.

"We have to wait until after the autumn harvest, when the weather is cool and the ducks are alive. By the way, Meizi, we agreed last time, leave me some eggs, and count them. Qian Maoda asked tentatively.

"Naturally, I do the numbers." Du Mei replied simply.

The big stone in Qian Maoda's heart fell to the ground, but he didn't dare to ask the price. What he did today, if he had been left to others, he would have turned his face and broken off his friendship a long time ago, and now although Du Mei is not very angry, no matter how cheeky he begs for favors, he is really too ignorant.

Qian Maoda sat down again, drank three cups of tea in a row, and saw that the tea soup was light, so he got up and said goodbye.

The three little ones hid in the house, and naturally they heard their conversation, and when they saw him gone, they all came out with their mouths pouted.

"Sister, duck eggs just sell a little, and this kind of thing happens again, what will happen in the future." Du Ying raised two willow eyebrows and said worriedly.

"I have my own way, in the future, our duck eggs will be sold at a high price." Du Mei turned around and took the teacup that Qian Maoda had drunk to the kitchen to wash.