Chapter 012 Small Business

While the aunt was busy, Tang Yuan was also selling eggs to others.

An egg costs six cents, so even if she buys a hundred at once, that would only cost six dollars. By this calculation, she could buy these with half a month's salary, which is enough for her to eat eggs for three meals a day.

But in the end, they didn't get that many eggs. The aunt exchanged 30 eggs and she exchanged 20 eggs, a total of 50 eggs, and she only spent three dollars.

All the eggs were packed into Tang Yuan's backpack, filling it to the brim.

After giving the money, the aunt pulled me aside and said, "Sister, we have a life-and-death relationship. You just said you have some fabric with you. Is that true?"

"Really?" Tang Yuan looked around and whispered, "I have a relative working in the factory, you know."

"I understand, I understand," the aunt smiled, "Then can your cloth be sold... no, can it be exchanged?"

Tang Yuan pulled her to a more remote place and said in advance: "I'm not going to speculate."

"We are just exchanging things, how can it be counted?" Auntie laughed, "Tell me about it quickly."

Tang Yuan pursed his lips, showing a curious look, with a bit of greed in his eyes: "Let me tell you in advance, the price is not cheap, the fabric is not easy to find, and I didn't come here for nothing, my relative took great pains to get it for me."

The aunt took one look at her and immediately understood what she meant. She took out the extra 15 cents she had just earned and stuffed it into her hand: "I will definitely not let you suffer any loss."

As she spoke, she couldn't help rolling her eyes. She had seen people who were greedy for money, but she had never seen anyone as greedy as her. But who asked her to find the material? Just based on this point, even if she was greedy, people who wanted the material would have to endure it.

Tang Yuan didn't look at her expression. He smiled and stuffed 15 cents into his trouser pocket. Then he gestured with his hand: "Look at the thin one on me. It's this number. The thicker one is this number."

One is three, one is four, you can tell the price just by looking at it.

The aunt touched the material on her body and asked: "How thick is it?"

Tang Yuan reached into the cloth bag and took out a handkerchief: "That's it."

The thickness of the cotton cloth varies greatly in price, from ten yuan to twenty yuan, and there is a model for every price range. The cotton cloth that costs twenty yuan per meter is twice as thick as the one she is wearing.

But this kind of cotton cloth was too thick and was not suitable for making clothes, so she picked the middle one and made herself a few handkerchiefs and towels. She put some in the game space and some in the hut outside. Otherwise, when people went to her place, they wouldn't even see a towel.

"This thickness is good, just right for making winter clothes," the aunt touched the material of the handkerchief, very satisfied, and did not give up and bargained, "Can't you make it cheaper?"

Tang Yuan shook her head, and the aunt stopped bargaining and said to her directly: "When are you free, let's meet somewhere and you can get me... ten feet of cotton cloth, just like this."

"Okay, but the color and stuff, I'll give you whatever you want," Tang Yuan said, looking at her. Seeing that she didn't object, he continued, "Let's meet at this collection station later. If you have eggs later, you can give them to me."

Although the weather outside was hot, the temperature in the game space was just right. She could eat the eggs she bought today, except for the ones for Shen Wenyu. She had poor health and didn't normally get to eat much meat, so eating more eggs was just right for her.

The two agreed on a time and place to meet, and happily went their separate ways.

Tang Yuan went back to the game space, took out some of the eggs in her bag, leaving only twenty-five eggs, and then took the twenty-five eggs to the waste station. When she arrived, there were people in the waste station, so she waited at the door for a while.

She didn't step forward until the other person left, and called softly, "Sister Shen, Sister Shen..."

Shen Wenyu was putting away the things she had just collected. She was startled when she heard her shout and said unhappily, "Why are you shouting? We didn't do anything bad secretly. Are you speaking so quietly because you're afraid that others will think there's something wrong?"

As she said that, she walked over to Tang Yuan and patted her hard on the arm.

Tang Yuan pretended to be angry, turned around and was about to leave with his backpack in his arms: "If you say that, I won't give it to you."

She hadn't taken two steps when Shen Wenyu grabbed her and opened her backpack to take a look. "Hey, eggs, how did you get them so quickly? I thought it would take at least a few days."

"I happened to meet a villager who was selling it at the purchasing station. He didn't want it, so I bought it." Tang Yuan raised his head slightly, "You don't want it, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm just joking with you. Why are you so upset? Who are we?" Shen Wenyu held her and said earnestly, "Xiaofang, I knew you were a good person. Look, you brought me good news."

Hearing the word "Xiaofang", Tang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was her that was being called, and he immediately felt funny.

I didn't feel anything when I was first named, but now that I'm being called that, it feels quite strange.

But she adjusted quickly and said, "These eggs are expensive. They sell them to the purchasing station for 6 cents. When I went to ask for them, they asked me for a high price, saying that the purchasing station sells them for 7 cents, so I had to pay 7 cents too. It cost me a lot of money."

"Don't worry, I'll keep my word. I'll give you 80%," Shen Wenyu said with a tense expression. Seeing Tang Yuan hesitate, he continued, "Come on, you're not at a disadvantage. You just took a stamp album from me, which is worth quite a few cents. So, if there's more later, I'll keep it for you, okay?"

That being said, she didn't think people would take the stamp book and sell it for no reason. After all, it was only worth a few cents, so it was better to tear it out and use it to mail letters than to sell it to a scrap yard.

Besides, if the stamp is torn off and used to send the letter, it does not prevent the stamp album from being recycled as waste.

"Then it's settled, keep it for me," Tang Yuan replied, looking around and seeing something in the corner, "Hey, when was that shelf put there?"

Shen Wenyu was happy to change the subject and looked up. "That one, someone just brought it here to sell. It's not worth much. It looks good but is not useful. I guess it will be chopped up and used as firewood later."

This thing, which looks good but is not practical, is a display cabinet, which is a shelf specially used to store decorative items. It takes up a lot of space, but there are only a few small compartments that can actually hold things. Nowadays, every household is under housing pressure, and they certainly would not keep such things at home.

But her house just happened to be lacking a shelf, and there weren't many things in the small house, so this thing would be a perfect fit to put things on.

The size of this antique display cabinet is quite suitable for her little house.

"Sister Shen, I have a friend who is in need of a shelf. I'll ask her to get it later. Can you give it to her at a lower price?" Tang Yuan said.

Shen Wenyu looked up and asked subconsciously: "Do you have any friends?"

Tang Yuan looked at her quietly.

"Haha, I don't mean that. Come on," Shen Wenyu agreed. "No one wants it anyway. It's better to take it back and use it than to leave it here to gather ashes or burn it. I'm just afraid that your friend will dislike it. Are you sure she really wants it?"

"Go ahead. As long as the price is cheap, she will definitely take it," Tang Yuan said, and took the initiative to quote the price. "How about this fifty cents?"

"It'll cost at least two dollars. This thing is not small," Shen Wenyu said. "Two dollars. Let your friend come and get it."

"Fifty cents, two dollars. If you carry it back here, I'm afraid people will laugh at you," Tang Yuan said as he approached her. "Sister Shen, Sister Shen, it's just fifty cents. Didn't you say that it's useless to leave it here? We're going to take it away and use it as firewood?"

"One dollar and fifty cents." Shen Wenyu lowered the price.

"50 cents, we still have to cooperate for a long time," Tang Yuan looked at her, "Sister Shen, if you offer 50 cents, the scrap yard can still make money, right?"

Since they were going to take it away for firewood, the waste station certainly couldn't lose money. Wood used as firewood was even less valuable than waste paper that could be recycled. She estimated that the recycling price of this thing was only 30 cents, otherwise if she offered 50 cents, Shen Wenyu would have jumped up and down.

Sure enough, when she said this, Shen Wenyu waved her hand and said, "Okay, okay, 50 cents is 50 cents, you take it?"

"I won't take it. Wait until I tell her to take it herself. Yes, she'll pay for it," Tang Yuan emphasized. "If you ask her for money, just charge her 50 cents. I'll tell her the price later."

Shen Wenyu looked at her speechlessly: "Why are you digging at both sides?"

"I'm being thrifty. 50 cents is not a small amount of money," Tang Yuan pointed to a bag of eggs nearby. "Eggs are 8 cents each, and you can buy six eggs."

Shen Wenyu remembered the eggs and continued to count them. She picked out twenty-five and asked her, "Do you want to keep any?"

"If you want it, I won't keep it. If you don't want it, I'll keep it. I'll go and exchange it for some candy later," Tang Yuan said casually, not mentioning that she had other eggs in her hand. "Sister Shen, you can pack them in a bag yourself. I don't have any other bags."

"You're really stingy," Shen Wenyu opened the drawer and dug out a bag from inside, "Twenty-five eggs in total, I want them all, eight cents each, exactly two dollars."

Two banknotes were stuffed into Tang Yuan's hand.

Tang Yuan folded it up, opened his clothes, and stuffed it into his pants in front of Shen Wenyu.

The things were delivered. She picked up her empty backpack, turned around and walked to the door, and bowed her head: "Sister Shen, 50 cents, 50 cents, don't ask for more. My friend can't talk, you can't lie to her."

"Okay, okay, stop nagging. Can I go back on my promise? It's just a few cents," Shen Wenyu waved his hands, "Go ahead, go ahead. Don't come if you don't have anything else."

"Then I'll come back in a few days." Tang Yuan said with a smile, and left quickly with his bag on his back.

Shen Wenyu looked at her leaving figure and couldn't help muttering: "How can a friend talk to such a person? Forget it, she is just a useless stand. I can finally get the job done by taking this egg back today."

After work, Shen Wenyu went home with a bag of eggs. When she got home, she shouted, "Mom, I brought you eggs. There are 25 eggs in total. It should be enough."

"So many? That must be enough," the old lady came out with a basket in her hand, "quickly, quick, take a few and exchange them for the egg tickets. I've already made arrangements with the people."

"What else is missing?"

"We need red cloth. It's hard to find."