An Guorong certainly couldn't hide the fact that he was going to sell eggs from his family, so he took the initiative to find Grandma An to explain the situation.
Grandma An was very happy. Eggs collected in the countryside cost at most three or four cents each, but she could sell them for seven cents by going to the commune and delivering them to people's homes. In total, she could earn four cents for each egg!
Thinking of this, her eyes looked at An Guorong with much kinder eyes.
"Don't let outsiders take advantage of us now. It's enough for us to save up."
"Mom, we have a big family, but we only have a few chickens. If we sell them all, what will we eat?" An Guorong was not happy. He worked hard to make money to improve his life, not to live frugally.
"Eat, eat, eat, all you do is eat!" An Guorong still didn't agree. Grandma An said with a frown, "Then what do you say?"
An Guorong said with a playful smile: "Mom, it's not that we want to eat this. You and Dad are both old, and you need to nourish yourself."
"These eggs are collected directly in the village, and they only get five cents when they sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative. They have to walk such a long way, and if they get bumped or dented along the way, they have to deal with it themselves."
"Here's what I think. Let's charge them 4.5 cents. There will definitely be someone willing to sell it."
Grandma An said, "Four and a half cents is too much for me, but I'm sure there are people willing to pay three cents."
An Guorong reminded her, "Mom, we have to keep collecting eggs for a long time. We can't lower the price too much. It's a good thing if everyone makes money."
Grandma An said, "What you said makes sense. Who knows if there are any black-hearted people who are jealous?"
"I collect the eggs myself, and only look for reliable ones."
"Just fifty? Can you accept more? We can give away more later and earn more." Grandma An was worried when she thought about the money slipping away from her eyes.
"Let's test the waters first and then see what happens later." said An Guorong.
Leaving the matter of exchanging eggs to his mother, An Guorong took out a handful of fruit candies from the cabinet and put them in his pocket.
He put the fruit candies in a plastic bag. He picked it up and weighed it, "What a greedy girl." He put it there himself, and it was a rare thing like candy, so how could he not know how much there was?
After Grandma An brought all the eggs home, An Guorong was still exchanging them for fish.
They are all small fish the size of a palm, and one candy can be exchanged for two.
There are not many seasonings at home, and the food is full of thorns and smells fishy. If it weren’t for the lack of oil and water, no one would like to eat it.
Zhang Xiaoqiang, the grandson of Qian Erya's grandmother, was holding a bucket of miscellaneous fish with two snotty noses. He said, "Uncle Guorong, can I exchange this for sugar? I'll give you a bucket."
An Guorong took a look and felt a little disgusted. The small fish here were not even as long as a finger.
"Okay," considering I stole a lot of your eggs, "next time you try to fool me like that, you won't get any candy."
After getting the candy, several children happily began to share the spoils. You licked it, spit it out, and gave it to another child to lick again.
Several children licked it with relish and didn't mind the dirt.
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