Chapter 214: Good Eggs Don't Worry About Selling
Shopkeeper, this girl wants to sell duck eggs. The man led Du Mei to the counter, and after saying this, he left Du Mei and turned to receive the other guests.
"Selling duck eggs?" The middle-aged man looked up at Du Mei, and his small eyes flashed.
"Yes, shopkeeper Bian, I was introduced by Uncle Mao Da from Chen Qian Village." Du Mei didn't know why, she didn't like the person in front of her at first sight, but she came to sell duck eggs, so she had to endure it.
"It doesn't matter who introduced it, show me the duck eggs first!" Shopkeeper Bian seemed impatient, and he didn't plan to buy Qian Maoda's three-character account.
Du Mei placed the bamboo basket at his feet on the counter and uncovered the blue coarse cloth, revealing a pool of blue duck eggs.
Shopkeeper Bian slapped the duck eggs in the basket of eyes, and the muscles on his face twitched unnaturally, but he quickly controlled it, and others looked at it, just as he was dazzled.
He picked up a duck egg and flipped it in his palm, indifferently raising a finger towards Du May.
"One article?" Du Mei asked incredulously, her voice raised in surprise. attracted a few women in the store who were picking out items to come around to watch the excitement.
"Didn't Qian Maoda tell you? Spring grocery stores to collect duck eggs, always a penny! Shopkeeper Bian was very dissatisfied with Du Mei's fuss, and his little eyes glanced at her.
"You sell duck eggs in your store for two or three cents a piece. Besides, my duck eggs are much better than the ones in your store. Du Mei frowned.
"If you sell, that's the price, as for what I sell in the store, it's none of your business!" Shopkeeper Bian put down the egg, clapped his hands and said contemptuously.
"Then I won't sell it." Du Mei covered the blue coarse cloth and put the basket back at his feet.
One penny is cheaper than Sheshan Town, this shopkeeper Bian is really black-hearted. She knows how good her duck eggs are, and she has also been carefully identified by the shopkeeper Dong of the Drunken Immortal Building.
"I can tell you, in the entire Qinghe County, only I collect duck eggs here, don't even think about it!" Shopkeeper Bian said coldly.
He wanted Du Mei's duck eggs in his heart, and he knew at a glance that each of Du Mei's duck eggs was the best, and it was not too much to sell for five cents, but he was reluctant to increase the price, he just thought that the girl in front of him was an uninformed country girl, and he would sell it to him at a low price if he was threatened.
"Thanks for the reminder!" Du Mei's face remained unchanged, and he did not stop at his feet, and walked away with the basket.
"You ......" Shopkeeper Bian raised his hand and put it down angrily.
Several women in the store who were watching the excitement saw Du Mei leaving, looked at each other, seemed to be dissatisfied with the attitude of the shopkeeper, and left one after another.
"Xiao Pingzi, you go and watch, see which store she sells her eggs to, I want to see which shopkeeper dares to accept her!" After a while, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the shopkeeper Bian frowned and said to the young man just now.
In his heart, what passes through his eyes is his, and others don't want to touch it, if they dare to think about it, they must be impatient to live.
Xiao Pingzi answered and went out to find Du Mei.
Du Mei went along the street all the way, and when she met the store, she went in and asked, and the shopkeeper of each house was satisfied with her duck eggs, and even a small shop had already told her the price, two pennies and one piece, but when she heard that she had been to the Chunlai grocery store, they all found all kinds of excuses.
Du Mei was a little annoyed, and vaguely knew that Chunlai grocery store was a powerful character on this street, no wonder Shopkeeper Bian dared to push the price down so low.
After running for more than an hour, with nothing, Du Mei was tired and hungry, and when she saw a noodle restaurant on the side of the road, she asked for a bowl of green vegetable noodles, and when she sat down, out of the corner of her eye, she saw the guy from the Chunlai grocery store flashing at the door.
"Boss, do you have a back door in your store?" Du Mei asked in a low voice when the proprietress sent the noodles.
"Yes, just go out there." The proprietress looked like a virtuous woman, and she smiled and pointed to the place behind her where a curtain was hanging.
"Thank you." Du Mei handed her the five cents he had prepared earlier.
"Girl eat slowly, the soup is not enough, you can add more." The proprietress pinched the money and left.
Du Mei swallowed the noodles in two clicks, she was not only hungry, but also wanted to get out early. She drank all the soup and walked behind the curtain with the basket on her shoulder.
Walking out the back door is a narrow alley, on one side of the alley is a low house, in front of the door are all kinds of clothes and children's diapers, Du Mei looks around, identifying the direction, for a moment does not know where to go.
"Girl, who are you looking for?" Probably looking at Du Mei's face, a middle-aged woman passed by her and looked at her carefully.
"I'm a duck egg seller, and I'm lost." Du Mei blinked.
"Selling duck eggs?" The woman's gaze rested on Dume's basket.
"It's a duck egg." Du Mei placed the basket on the ground and half-crouched to uncover the blue coarse cloth.
"How do you sell these duck eggs?" As soon as she saw the green duck eggs, the woman also squatted down, looked left and right, and whispered.
"Two and a half a." Du Mei didn't dare to report a single article, it was noon at this time, and she couldn't bring the eggs back.
"You're too expensive!" The woman muttered discontentedly.
"My eggs are much better than those at the Chunlai grocery store." Du Mei picked up an egg casually, spread it in the palm of his hand, and rolled it slightly to show the woman.
It was past noon, and the sun was not as blazing as before, and the sun was shining on the blue eggshell, warm and elegant like a piece of jade.
"Have you been to the spring grocery store?" The woman seemed a little surprised.
"That's right, my eggs grew up eating small fish and shrimp, and he only gave one penny, and those ordinary eggs were sold to you at an outrageously high price." Du Mei made no secret of his dissatisfaction with the Chunlai grocery store.
"Are you really eating eggs from fish and shrimp?" The woman didn't seem to believe.
"How can this be fake?" Du Mei raised an eyebrow.
"That's it, my house is in front, you can test it for me, if it's really good, I'll buy twenty." The people living in this alley are all small families, and they are used to living a careful life.
"Okay." Du Mei is not afraid of testing, but afraid that no one will ask.
The woman led Du Mei deeper into the alley, and occasionally met an acquaintance who seemed to be an old resident of the place.
Walking to a small low courtyard, the woman opened the door and entered, but Du Mei waited at the door.
"Hey, aren't you the girl who sells duck eggs at the Chunlai grocery store?" A woman carrying a basket asked in surprise when she saw Du Mei.
"yes." Du Mei turned his head to look at her, chubby, as if he had seen it in the shop.
"What are you doing here?" The fat woman stared at Du May's basket.
"My aunt and niece brought me something." Just as Du Mei was about to speak, the middle-aged woman came out with a small bowl and took over the conversation.
"Sister-in-law Sun, why didn't I know you had such a beautiful niece before?" The fat woman asked, confused.
"What you said is funny, do I have to tell you all the eight generations of my ancestors." Sun rolled his eyes at the fat woman and stepped forward to pull Dumei.
"If you sell her duck eggs, please pay attention to me, I just followed you out of the shop, but I didn't catch up." The fat woman grabbed Dume's other hand.
"Guo's, you don't talk here, you want to buy duck eggs, you go to the shop!" Sun seemed a little annoyed.
"What's wrong with you?" Du Mei saw that they were talking like dumb riddles, a little inexplicable.
"I blame you, come in and talk about it." Sun glared at Guo and said to Du Mei.
"Let's go." Hearing this, Guo Shi hurriedly walked to the courtyard.
"To be honest, isn't there a store that dares to accept your duck eggs?" Sitting at Sun's house, Guo glanced at Du Mei's basket, the blue coarse cloth still covering the bulging duck eggs.
"yes, why is that?" Du Mei asked with a frown.
"To say that this spring grocery store is quite a bit of a source, it is said that someone in the imperial city opened, when I first came, we didn't know the details, there were a few fair competition with him, but not many days, I don't know why they all closed down, and even more, there are people who are ruined." Guo whispered mysteriously.
"It's all rumors, don't scare her." Sun came in with two cups of sugar water and said angrily.
"Where do I scare her? I don't think she's scared of scare! Guo Shi looked at Du Mei and smiled. She'd seen her firmly reject Shopkeeper Bian.
"He's so lawless, doesn't the county government care? As far as I know, the county lord is a good official who is honest and honest. Du Mei asked, puzzled.
"The little girl is not simple, and she knows the county master." The chubby Guo covered his mouth and smiled.
"The so-called, the people do not sue the officials and do not hold them accountable. Those businesses disappeared overnight, who will sue. Besides, the county lord is in charge of a county, how can he have the time to carefully inspect the shops on the street and change owners. Sun shook his head and said.
"You seem to be afraid of that shop, too." Du Mei recalled that just now, Sun also lied to Guo that she was a relative of her family.
"No, they don't do much to the common people. It's just that we are used to being cautious and want to live a stable life. Sun said quietly.
"I'll sell you duck eggs, so I won't cause trouble." Du Mei said with some concern. She doesn't care, it's just that they're permanent residents, and it's not good to be remembered.
"You only sell us two, and they can't see it with their hands and eyes, and they happen to see it." Guo Shi was bolder and said nonchalantly.
"Then let's test it out." Du Mei looked up and asked Sun.
"Give me twenty." Guo said briskly.
"What about two and a half papers, don't you check it?" Sun looked at Guo with some disgust.
"If you want to test it, just quickly borrow a cloth for me and cover it and take it back." Guo untied his purse and took the money out.
"What are you panicking about!" Sun glared at her dissatisfied, but resigned himself to the coarse cloth.
Du Mei listened to them, familiar and cordial, thinking that the relationship must be good, unconsciously, the corners of her mouth hung a smile.
The big grinning Guo family didn't check the eggs, and bought them with a basket, and the Sun family was embarrassed to check them, so he only picked up the big ones and took twenty, in fact, Du Mei's duck eggs were about the same size, but they didn't pick and choose, as if they couldn't get over it.
Du Mei put away a hundred yuan, said goodbye to Sun, and left. There were still ten duck eggs left in the basket, and it seemed too difficult to meet a buyer like Sun and Guo again, so she thought about it and decided to give the rest to the fat and thin two servants to eat.
Du Mei went back to South Street and was about to go to the county office, but was blocked by the shopkeeper Bian of the Chunlai grocery store.
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