After Xu Yunfei finished the porridge, he washed the dishes and walked to the pigsty with Liu Xiaoyu.
"What time will you be back from town?”Liu Xiaoyu asked casually as she watched the pig eat.
"If we hurry, we'll be home by eleven.”
"Let's go to Xigangzi in the afternoon.”Liu Xiaoyu's face turned red as soon as she finished speaking.
"Yes." Xu Yunfei replied.
"I'll wait for you at the sentry post at two o'clock in the afternoon.”
Liu Xiaoyu looked at the pig in the pigsty as if she was talking to a pig.
"Yes."
"Then I'll go back first."
Liu Xiaoyu turned around and left.
Xu Yunfei moved the two bowls of eggs to the tricycle. He had already left more than 30 eggs for Xiao Ji in advance and planned to marinate them in the evening.
Xiao Ji sat in the back of the tricycle.
She especially liked to go to the market with her brother. The colorful food and toys on the market were very attractive to children like Xiao Ji.
No matter how much he liked food and toys, Xiao Ji would never take the initiative to ask for them.
Sometimes, Xu Yunfei would spend twenty cents to buy a popsicle for his sister.
He pushed the tricycle out of the courtyard and tied the gate with iron wire.
Most of the villagers locked their doors in this way. As the saying went," Stop the gentleman, not the villain." When the neighbors saw that the door was locked, they knew that there was no one at home. They generally would not enter the courtyard.
The sun was bright and the weather was not too hot. Xu Yunfei was in a good mood. Although the disaster relief fund had not been finally resolved, at least there was some progress.
The injury on his arm didn't hurt much anymore. He pedaled the tricycle out of the village. Xiao Ji sat in the back of the car and sensibly held the egg bowl with his small hand, afraid that he would break the eggs. Xiao Hei followed happily behind the tricycle.
The town's market was located on the newly built commercial street.
Although it was called a commercial street, there were actually some shops on both sides of the road. There were more shops selling building materials and farming tools. It could not be compared to the commercial streets in the county that specialized in branded goods.
The mantissa of the lunar calendar, two, five, seven, and zero, were the days of the Wulong Town market.
Today was the sixth day of the lunar calendar. It was not a big market, so there were not many people at the market. There was only one pork seller and a few scattered vegetables.
The pork seller was a dark and fat man in his thirties. One look and one could tell that he had eaten too much pork offal. His exposed belly was so big that even his belly button was submerged.
Xu Yunfei saw that there was an open space next to the pork stall, so he stopped the tricycle there. He first carried Xiao Ji down from the tricycle, then carried the two bowls of eggs down and placed them side by side by the roadside.
"It's been hot recently, so the market for eggs isn't high. The grocery store only sells eggs for four yuan per catty.”
The black fatty was bored to death. When he saw Xu Yunfei setting up a stall beside him, he immediately spoke.
"I'll sell it for five yuan.”Xu Yunfei said.
"It's a wooden chicken egg? "Five yuan per 500 grams is really not expensive." The black fatty walked to the egg basin and squatted down with great effort. He reached out his chubby hand to pick up an egg and shook it, saying,"I'm sorry.""Brother, let's discuss this. My pork is selling for 11 yuan per catty now. I'll exchange one catty of pork for two catty of eggs.”
Xu Yunfei agreed without thinking,""Fine, you're the one who's at a disadvantage."
The black fatty grinned." What's there to lose about the things at home?”
As he spoke, he picked up a knife and cut off a piece of meat from a thin place. He threw it on the electronic scale. The pound was almost enough, so he cut off a small piece of pure lean meat to make up for it. The pound was tall. He shook open the plastic bag and put the pork in it, handing it to Xu Yunfei.
Xu Yunfei took the pork, turned around, and put it into the back of the tricycle. Then he said,""I didn't bring a plastic bag. Big Brother, take one of your plastic bags.”
The black fatty pulled out a bag and handed it to Xu Yunfei.
Xu Yunfei packed more than twenty eggs and weighed them on the black fatty's electronic scale. He weighed about two catties and stuffed two more eggs into the bag."Big Brother, I need to use your scale and bag to sell eggs later.”
Hardcore eggs could be sold for ten yuan per catty in town. Xu Yunfei had exchanged two catty of eggs for the black fatty, and then gave him two more for free. The black fatty saw it all. It was obvious that he had taken advantage of them. He grinned and agreed,"It's okay. Use the scale as you like. Hang the bag here and take it yourself.”
Xu Yunfei's business quickly opened.
When the people in the shops behind heard that the eggs were five yuan per catty, they all came over to buy them. One of the two pots of eggs was sold in an instant.
Xu Yunfei was busy weighing the eggs and collecting the money, so he didn't notice Wan Dancao riding a motorcycle.
Wan Dancao stepped on the accelerator and turned into an alley. He stopped at the corner and looked at Xu Yunfei. Then he took out his phone from his pocket and found a number. He smiled sinisterly and dialed the number.
There were about 20 eggs left in the basin. Xu Yunfei estimated that he could sell them for 50 yuan.
He was not in a hurry to count the money in his pocket. The ancient experience of not revealing one's wealth was applicable in any era. Moreover, he did not want to count money for fun like other hawkers. Moreover, that money was not worth counting.
Fifty yuan was indeed not a big sum for ordinary people, but for Xu Yunfei and his sister, this money could be used for a lot of purposes.
Even though Wan Guofang had promised to give the disaster relief money, who knew when he would get it.
With this little money from selling eggs at home, he felt at ease. If there was an unexpected expense, he could at least deal with it temporarily. This was how the poor lived.
He thought about the 600 yuan in relief funds. Even though he hadn't received the money yet, just thinking about it made him feel relaxed.
With this amount of money, he could afford to live for a year.
In other words, this sum of money could buy him a year's time. During this year, of course, he would not be idle. He would plant crops, work as a small laborer, and raise a little pig.
By this time next year, the 600 yuan might double to 1,200 yuan.
If he worked harder, it might even become two thousand. Of course, this was just his wishful thinking. Life was often unexpected...
"How much are your eggs?" A woman in her fifties asked as she rode an electric tricycle to Xu Yunfei's stall.
"Five yuan per catty." Xu Yunfei answered.
"Five yuan? It's expensive, 4.50 yuan."
The auntie didn't even get out of the car and directly bargained.
"This is a chicken egg. Five yuan isn't expensive.”Xu Yunfei explained.
"Chicken egg? Let me see."
As she spoke, she got out of the car and squatted in front of the egg basin. She picked up an egg and looked at it under the sunlight.
"Just these eggs? 4.80, I'll buy it all." The auntie put on a very straightforward look.
"Five yuan per catty, no bargaining." Xu Yunfei was too lazy to talk nonsense with her.
The auntie was about to say something when a man suddenly walked over and said,"We'll sell these eggs later. Pay the management fee first.”
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