"Uncle, how much do you sell these eggs for?"
Jia Dongsheng came to an old man who looked to be in his fifties and looked at the basket of eggs in front of him. It looked like there were at least fifty or sixty eggs in the basket.
"One dime each."
The old man stretched out a finger and said a price that surprised Jia Dongsheng.
It’s not because it’s expensive, but because it’s very cheap!
You have to know that the market price of eggs in that era was seven cents each.
For example, when purchasing eggs from the supply and marketing cooperative, they usually buy them for four or five cents and sell them for seven cents, so the old man charges ten cents per egg, which is really not expensive.
This is also what surprised Jia Dongsheng. With so many people coming and going in Pigeon City, how could they leave eggs for him to buy at only one cent each?
"Uncle, why are you selling it so cheaply?" Jia Dongsheng asked.
"hey-hey."
The old man smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I don't want money, I want food. Here are fifty eggs in total. If you can get five yuan worth of food, come to me and exchange it."
"We need food."
This is not surprising. During the three-year famine, food was extremely difficult to obtain. Why would people who could get food come to Pigeon Market to buy eggs? No wonder Pigeon Market was crowded with people, but no one bought his eggs.
"Okay, I'll take your egg."
Jia Dongsheng didn't hesitate and prepared to wrap the eggs: "I'll go get you some food, uncle, please wait for me for a moment."
"Okay, I'll wait for you for a moment."
The old man was a little happy, but also a little skeptical. He was happy that someone finally offered to exchange food for eggs, but he was skeptical because Jia Dongsheng was so young, could he get enough food to exchange for eggs?
Can Jia Dongsheng get food?
Who is he looking down on? Even if he didn't have the food brought from his previous life, it would still be very easy for him to get some food with the connections left by the old Chinese doctor.
Jia Dongsheng understood that the food the old man wanted was not white flour or rice, but coarse grains such as cornmeal or sweet potatoes.
It’s because white flour and rice are too expensive. Although the market price is less than 20 cents per pound, at this time, you can’t buy white flour and rice at the market price. You can only buy some at a price higher than the market price, or even twice as much.
There is also some food in Jia Dongsheng’s warehouse space.
It was put into the space from the fifth courtyard. It was the food rations for Jia Dongsheng and the old Chinese doctor. Although it was not much, it was still more than 100 kilograms.
The market price of corn flour was 1.2 cents per pound, so five yuan meant a little over 41 pounds. Jia Dongsheng understood that it was not easy for the old man in this era, so he did not want to take advantage of him and prepared 42 pounds of corn flour.
"Uncle, here are 42 kilograms of corn flour. Take a look."
"Really? Did you really get it?"
The old man stood up in disbelief and quickly opened his pocket to check. It was full of golden cornmeal. The old man's hands trembled with excitement.
"Yes, yes, it is cornmeal. Young man, this basket of eggs is all yours, and the basket is also a gift to you."
The old man looked at Jia Dongsheng with a smile on his face: "Thank you, young man."
The old man's words of thanks were heartfelt, because he understood that in this day and age, five yuan could not buy forty kilograms of corn flour, and Jia Dongsheng had obviously given too much.
"Hey, you're welcome. This is an equal exchange."
Jia Dongsheng responded with a smile, picked up the bamboo basket containing the eggs, and said, "Uncle, I'm leaving now. See you next time."
"Okay, I'll come here to sell eggs next time."
Afterwards, Jia Dongsheng took the basket and put the eggs into the homestay when no one was paying attention, and then continued to stroll in Pigeon City.
The pigeon market will be getting worse day by day in the next three years. If you can buy something at this time, you have to be secretly happy. Jia Dongsheng plans to buy a little of everything. After all, he is a chef and he can always use it.
Chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs. Jia Dongsheng was planning to pickle some salted duck eggs and salted goose eggs to eat. As for chicken eggs, of course they were for cooking. Pickled eggs tasted much worse than duck eggs and goose eggs.
Then he saw someone selling bacon, made from wild boar meat. This was really good stuff, so Jia Dongsheng bought more than ten pounds of it.
Seeing Jia Dongsheng, I bought some side dishes such as black fungus, mushrooms, and dried chilies. The things in the homestay space are becoming more and more abundant.
In addition, Jia Dongsheng also bought a few hens, geese, and ducks. From now on, he will stew the chickens with mushrooms, the geese with potatoes, and the beer duck. In one word, it’s delicious!
Just as he put a big goose into the homestay and was about to take it for a walk, Jia Dongsheng heard someone talking about buying donkey meat. This aroused his curiosity. He thought he was lucky today as he could actually catch a donkey being slaughtered.
Just as he was about to follow him, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties setting up a stall with several jade artifacts on display. These jade artifacts made Jia Dongsheng's eyes light up, and he exclaimed softly, "Suede-fat white jade?"
The distance was a bit far, so Jia Dongsheng followed curiously. As for donkey meat, he could still buy it if he really wanted to. Compared with jadeware made of mutton-fat white jade, donkey meat could be eaten or not.
"Dude, what kind of jade is this?"
When he arrived at the street stall, Jia Dongsheng picked up a jade ring and began to look at it. As soon as he touched it, the delicate touch made him happy. It must be top-grade mutton-fat jade, there was no doubt about it.
"Sutton-fat jade, a top-quality jade ring."
The middle-aged man was not pretending to know anything, but said confidently: "If you have money, take it. If you don't have money, don't look at it blindly. If you break it, you can't afford to pay for it."
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