Seeing how anxious the two were, Li Mingxi shook his head and then followed his grandmother.
Niu Cuihua was bargaining with someone at the vegetable stall. "Can you give me a lower price? I'll buy more if you give me a lower price!"
The woman setting up the stall looked at Niu Cuihua and refused to give in.
"No, Auntie, my price is already cheap enough. If you don't believe me, you can walk in and see what other people are paying. Then you will know if mine is cheap or not!"
Niu Cuihua was a little dissatisfied after failing to bargain, but she also noticed that the vegetables sold at the vegetable stall next door were not as good as those sold at this stall.
Now the price is too high and she has no choice but to accept it.
After paying the money, she pulled Li Mingxi inside.
"Come on, Xiaoxi, let's take a look inside. I think the vegetable market here in the county is much busier than our commune, especially the stalls. It's just like what the old lady next door said, there's everything. Take a look and see what you want to eat. Let's buy it and grandma will make it for you when we get home at noon!"
Li Mingxi never cared about what to eat, so when she heard her grandmother say this, she spoke directly.
"Grandma, you can do whatever you want. We can eat anything. I have no objection!"
Niu Cuihua tapped Li Mingxi's arm and said lovingly, "Child, you're fine with whatever you say you want to eat. Come on, tell me what you want to eat, and I'll make it for you at noon. It's also perfect for your uncle and the others to eat!"
Li Mingxi said helplessly, "Grandma, I really don't care. You can do whatever you want!"
Seeing that Niu Cuihua's face was not as good as before, she quickly spoke again.
"Then why don't you buy some chicken, fish, or something? Didn't my second aunt say she was busy recently? This is a great way to supplement her and my second uncle's nutrition!"
Niu Cuihua nodded, "I thought so too. I'll ask about Sanni during lunch. I have to have a good talk with your second uncle!"
Seeing that her grandmother brought up this again, Li Mingxi really didn't want to discuss it with her any further. Besides, there wasn't anything that they could discuss.
So, looking at a small stall selling chicks not far away, she quickly changed the subject and made a suggestion.
"Grandma, I see there's a chicken stall over there. Let's go buy some. I haven't eaten chicken in a while, okay?"
Niu Cuihua did not refuse her granddaughter's suggestion. She immediately took Li Mingxi's arm and walked forward.
"Come on, hurry up and buy some, I don't think there are many left!"
After a while, the two of them walked to the chicken stall.
At this time, an old lady was standing in front of the stall, trying to bargain with the stall owner.
"Hey, boss, not many people buy your products. What's wrong with giving me a discount?"
The chicken stall owner was a middle-aged man with an honest look. Of course, one cannot judge a book by its cover. Although he looked honest, Li Mingxi did not think that he was easy to cheat. Otherwise, would he be able to set up a stall here?
"No, Auntie, this is already the lowest price I can get. Besides, I don't even need your meat coupons. If you go to a grocery store, they'll sell it for 70 cents a pound, and they'll have to pay 800g of meat coupons. I don't even need meat coupons, and this is only 60 cents, which is already the lowest price!"
The old lady knew that this was much cheaper than what was sold at the grocery store, but wasn't this a private sale? He had the final say on the price!
If you really ask her, she wouldn't even be willing to spend 50 cents per pound. It's all because of that little slut at home who arrives every day and can't eat anything else but chicken!
"Auntie, you want to buy chicken? Look, whichever one you want, I'll get it for you. It's 60 cents a pound, no bargaining!"
Niu Cuihua nodded, "I know. How about this, you catch that one for me!"
Seeing that Niu Cuihua really wanted it, the man immediately broke into a big smile.
"Okay, wait a minute, I'll get it for you!"
At this moment, the old lady suddenly spoke to Niu Cuihua.
"Oh, sixty cents a pound, and you still want to buy it? It's so expensive!"
Niu Cuihua didn't care. "Why is it so expensive? It's even more expensive at the grocery store!"
"That's reasonable, but you see, they're speculating, so they should give us a discount! Otherwise, why don't we just go to the French Grocery Store to buy it?"
Niu Cuihua raised her eyebrows and looked at the old lady, somewhat confused about what she meant.
Seeing Niu Cuihua looking at her, the old lady stopped pretending and spoke directly.
"Look, we don't buy this stuff, and we don't buy much. It's only 60 cents a pound, and each one costs several yuan. Not every household can afford it!"
Hearing this, Niu Cuihua smiled and asked, "Then what do you want to do?"
The man setting up the stall frowned impatiently when he saw the old lady holding Niu Cuihua and whispering to her.
"Auntie, if you don't buy it, don't delay my business!"
When the old lady heard him say this, she put her hands on her hips and said smugly, "Who said you don't want to buy it? What? Can't I discuss it with the girl from Renmin University?"
After saying this, she turned around and asked Niu Cuihua.
"Big sister, let's buy it together. Each of us can buy one and ask him to give us a ten cent discount. This will save us a lot of money!"
Niu Cuihua raised her eyebrows and looked at the old lady in front of her.
"What do you think of this suggestion? We can save a few cents and buy something else, right, sister?"
Niu Cuihua pondered for a moment and was about to speak when she was interrupted by the man setting up the stall.
"No, if you do this, I won't sell it!"
When the old lady heard this, she got angry.
"Oh, no, we can buy whatever we want. Are you doing business or not? Why do you care so much?"
The middle-aged man frowned and said unhappily, "It's up to you whether you want to buy it or not. My prices are already much cheaper than those in grocery stores. If you still want to lower the price, then I might as well not sell it to you!"
After saying this, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, if you don't want to buy, just leave quickly and don't block my stall here!"
Someone behind him echoed, "That's right, Auntie, if you don't want to buy it, don't bother us, we still want to buy it!"
As she spoke, she squeezed forward.
The old lady started shouting immediately after being squeezed by her.
"Ouch, ouch, what are you doing? You're squeezing me to death!"
The woman behind him apologized, "Oh, I'm so sorry, Auntie, but this place is really too small. If you don't want to buy anything, please don't block us. This market is only open for two hours a day. If you block the way like this, aren't you wasting everyone's time?"
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