Lu Chuan cupped his hands in greeting, "We are the shopkeepers."

"I don't know how many eggs you have. To be honest, our restaurant needs a lot. If it's not enough, then forget it. It's not worth it. I'll have to send someone to the market to buy more tomorrow. It's not cost-effective."

Lu Chuan replied, "To be honest, shopkeeper, my family raises chickens, and we raise a lot of them. They lay about five or six hundred eggs a day."

I've accumulated quite a few eggs recently, so I thought I'd come to the city to try and sell them.

But I assure you, although they've been stockpiled for a few days, the eggs are absolutely fresh. They've definitely not been stored for more than seven days.

The shopkeeper pondered for a moment upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "They are indeed a large household. In this day and age, it's extremely rare for a family to collect five or six hundred eggs a day. If we can establish a long-term partnership, we won't have to worry about running out of eggs."

Because in those days, very few families could afford to raise so many chickens at once. Raising chickens was too risky, and chickens were prone to fowl cholera, which ordinary families couldn't afford to lose.

The risks are high, so naturally not many people raise them. Ordinary families usually keep about ten or so. At most, they keep a few dozen, and those with hundreds are rare.

The eggs for his restaurant were delivered by several farmers together; otherwise, if they needed too many, no one could supply them all at once.

The shopkeeper thought this to himself, and then asked, "I wonder if you, young master, are interested in a long-term partnership?"

Lu Chuan said, "I'm really sorry, to be honest, I would also like to cooperate with your restaurant, but unfortunately my home is too far from the city."

Moreover, eggs are fragile, and I'll lose quite a few on this trip, which is really not worth it.

"If it weren't for the recent backlog of inventory, I wouldn't have taken the risk of coming here."

The innkeeper listened and said, "Then our restaurant will order a thousand eggs. As for the price, we'll go with the market price."

“Okay, I can come and deliver it whenever you need it.”

"If it's convenient, I can deliver it now. That way you won't have to get up very early tomorrow morning."

Lu Chuan then asked, "Okay, I'll go back and get them right away. Manager, do your restaurants receive a regular daily delivery of eggs?"

"Yes, usually farmers deliver eggs at fixed times. They deliver about once every five days, and the price is the same as what the waiter just told you."

After saying that, he asked, "Did you bring a lot of eggs?"

"Yes, there are still some left. I was thinking of asking at other restaurants!"

"Yes, you can ask, but the chances of selling them are very small. Our family has been hosting banquets recently, so we've been using up a lot of eggs. In addition, the farmers' production can't keep up, which is why we're short of eggs."

The two of them lost hope upon hearing this, but they still had to ask. They couldn't possibly have come all the way to the prefectural city just to buy a thousand eggs! That wouldn't even cover their round-trip fare!

After bidding farewell to the innkeeper, the two returned to the inn, got into their carriage, and went to the back door of the restaurant to deliver the eggs.

1,000 eggs sold for 900 coins. Xu Han looked at the money handed to her and sighed inwardly. After working so hard, she hadn't even earned a single tael of silver! Fortunately, she had finally sold them.

Afterwards, Lu Chuan took Xu Han to other restaurants to inquire. It was dinnertime, and the restaurants were still open.

However, after some inquiries, only 200 eggs were sold. As expected, almost all the restaurants had dedicated staff to supply them, so only a few people bought a few.

Today, I sold a total of 1,200 eggs, which earned me a tael of silver.

On the way back, Xu Han hung her head and said, "What should we do? Are we just going to go back like this?"

Lu Chuan said, "How about we set up a stall at the market tomorrow? We can sell them at a lower price then, and we should be able to sell quite a few."

Upon hearing this, Xu Han immediately perked up: "Yes, yes, let's set up a stall and sell at a lower price, we should be able to sell quite a lot."

However, we can't follow the price we agreed on at home. Here, it's only 9 coins for 10 out of 100. We can't go too far.

Disrupting market prices is also bad, and if the price is set too low, others will buy ten.

The salted duck eggs we pickled before also need to have their price increased.

Duck eggs are bigger than chicken eggs, and they're salted, so two cost at least five coins. Unsalted duck eggs are three coins for two. Goose eggs are three coins each.

Few people ate duck eggs in this era. Although duck eggs are larger than chicken eggs, they are very fishy and no one wanted to eat them.

Lu Chuan thought it made a lot of sense. "Then let's sell them for one coin each. If you buy thirty or more, we'll sell them for nine coins each."

Xu Han nodded in agreement, "That works. We won't sell too few. Most people won't feel that 30 is too many. This quantity is just right. Ordinary families will choose to buy 30, which means they get three extra eggs for the same price!"

This price is really suitable for people who know how to save money. Isn't saving every penny in daily life the key to success?

For a thrifty woman, this is truly a great deal.

After discussing it, the two went straight to sleep at the inn, hoping to get enough rest so they could get up early the next day to sell eggs at the market.

Although the two had been to the prefectural city before and knew where the market was, just to be on the safe side, Lu Chuan still asked the innkeeper a question when they returned.

Having received a definite answer, the two were full of confidence and just waiting to get started the next day.

The next day, after having breakfast early, Xu Han and Lu Chuan set off in their carriage.

Upon arriving at the market, Lu Chuan paid the stall fee, parked the carriage, and began setting up his stall.

He took out the straw curtain that Xu Han had found in her space and laid it directly on the ground. Then he took out the straw that he had bought from the backyard of the inn for one coin and laid it on top of it.

Xu Han said, "Let's put out the eggs, and put out as many as possible. That way, when people see that our stall is big and we have a lot of eggs, it will definitely attract their attention and make them come over to ask."

The people selling eggs at the market are usually farmers, and they don't bring many eggs, at most thirty or forty. It's quite a lot for someone to bring out so many at once.

So after the two of them arranged the chicken eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs, they immediately attracted people who came to buy vegetables.

Xu Han then took out the wooden board she had found in her spatial storage, wrote the price on it, and placed it in front of her stall.

Finally, they took out the small box they would use to store the copper coins later. Once everything was ready, they prepared to get started.

Among the onlookers, some who could read saw the prices on the sign and quickly came over to ask, "Are your eggs really 9 coins for 10 eggs if you buy 30 or more?"