When he arrived in the county seat, he suddenly found that there were a lot of handicrafts sold here, and he rolled his eyes and said.

"Xiao Rong, do you want to double the eggs in your hand and sell them?"

Xiao Rong's eyes widened and she asked.

"Of course I thought about it, but I don't have any good ideas, Brother Lu, do you have any solutions?"

Since the two of them were already quite familiar along the way, and there was no excessive behavior, Xiao Rong naturally changed her title from Mr. Lu to Brother Lu.

Lu Ning pointed to the stall of baked cakes on the side of the road and said.

"You exchange two eggs for a piece of charcoal, I can use it, don't worry, the money for these two eggs will come out of my payment. I won't make you suffer. ”

Originally, this egg was also the result of several days of accumulation, and Lao Wang was very reluctant.

But he was also quite convinced of Lu Ning, a scholar, so he nodded and acquiesced to the little girl's approach.

At that time, although the upper class of society was intrigued, the folk customs in the villages and towns below were still quite simple.

Two eggs for a piece of charcoal is naturally a profitable deal, and the uncle who baked the cake was also quite talkative, not only gave him a piece of charcoal, but also gave her a baked cake.

Xiao Rong was also very filial, and directly gave the baked cake to his father.

His father looked at Lu Ning and said.

"Mr. Lu, you're hungry even now, aren't you? Let's eat this baked cake, you are a scholar, and you can't stand this hunger. ”

Actually, Lu Ning is grunting with hunger now, in this case, how can he be embarrassed to eat by himself and let them watch.

So, he told the uncle who burned the cake.

"Uncle, the place next to you is quite wide, give us a small piece, I'll leave after selling this egg, and invite you to tea then."

Uncle Baked Cake is also quite talkative, and took the initiative to give them a small piece of space, but this business is quite common, and few people are willing to ask at first.

Lu Ning picked up an egg casually, and scribbled on it with the charcoal in his hand, and after a while, because of the small egg, it turned into a smile and a happy baby easter egg.

The little girl was dumbfounded and asked.

"Brother Lu, you still have this ability, can you teach me? Your drawings are really beautiful. ”

Lu Ning smiled: "Then you can also paint, I'll teach you." ”

Lao Wang was a little reluctant and said.

"Good eggs, painted with bells and whistles, whoever catches it will get a black hand, naturally it is not worth much, just this one, don't paint."

Xiao Rong pursed her lips, who knew that at this time, there was a city man who was visiting the market, suddenly saw the easter egg, and said with wide eyes.

"This doll is so handsome, how much does your egg cost?"

Lu Ning stretched out a finger and said.

"A string of money, this is the price of Tong Suo, it will not deceive people, you just have to rest assured."

In the Ming Dynasty, a penny could buy a baked cake, and five wen could buy a pound of eggs, and a string of money was a hundred wen.

The egg in Lu Ning's hand, weighed up, was about eleven taels.

Lao Wang listened to a sigh of flowers and said in his heart.

Mr. Lu, you really know how to open your mouth, your easter egg can be exchanged for half a basket of eggs for me, so you are not afraid of being beaten?

Who knows, the couple is not dressed like a bad money, so they quickly took out two banknotes and handed them to Lu Ning.

"This thing also looks festive, since my lady likes it, I'll give you two strings of money, and draw me another one, I have to say, your craftsmanship is really good."

It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the people could not have precious metals, so the big money was gone, and it was replaced by this kind of banknote.

The face value on the banknote given by this man was one hundred wen, and in Lao Wang's surprised eyes, Lu Ning drew another easter egg.

Just now I drew a boy, and this time I drew a girl dressed up in the same costume.

It is given to this couple, and it has the meaning of harmony between husband and wife.

The couple was also very creative, and for fear that their hands would paint the pictures on the eggs, they took out a red string and tied a criss-cross buckle like a small ball.

Hung up the egg and carefully carried it in his hand.

The man smiled and said.

"My brother's painting skills are quite clever, but the raw materials used are a bit less ideal, if you can get some paint to paint, after the paint is dry, the effect will probably be better."

Lu Ning smiled and said.

"This is also my temporary idea, if someone really likes it, next time I will definitely paint it with paint and sell it after drying."

Lao Wang is a sincere person and interjected.

"Mr. Lu, it doesn't make sense for you to say this, the paint is dry, and the eggs are stinky, how can you eat them?"

Lu Ning suddenly had an urge to whip him with a whip, and said in his heart that you are a rescuer invited by the monkey, why don't you open which pot to mention? Having said that, does anyone still buy it?

Who knew that the scholar was also a real person, said.

"This uncle, if you really want to do this, it's better to find a sharp thing first, put out the egg yolk and egg whites inside, and eat the chicken cake yourself, this whole eggshell can be painted on it, you don't have to worry about the smell of eggs, and you don't have to worry about what you eat every day, the best of both worlds."

The girl's eyes widened when she heard this, and she said.

"That's a good idea, I like to eat Auntie's steamed chicken cake the most."

Uncle Wang also seemed to have found a way to make money and said.

"Otherwise, let's stop selling these eggs, take them back and eat a beautiful chicken cake first, and then use eggshells to make easter eggs to sell."

Lu Ning admired this middle-aged man dressed as a scholar very much, and said in his heart that this is how the easter eggs we sell in later generations are like this, this couple has the meaning of being ahead of their time, which is really rare.

No wonder history textbooks say that there was a sprout of capital in the dynasty, and now it seems that the ancients did not deceive me.

But he didn't have time to admire, and when others saw that the couple had bought an Easter egg that was very creative, many girls and young men came to buy it.