"Aunt Liu, please stop meddling in other people's business. I'm going to teach this peddler a lesson today and let him know that we in Linjia Bay are not easy to mess with." Aunt Xinghua pushed Aunt Liu aside and walked towards the peddler angrily.
"Are you looking for death, you gossip? I have traveled all over the country for so many years, and there are many people who want to take advantage of me. Do you think I am afraid of a woman like you?" The peddler had run out of patience with Aunt Xinghua. If he showed weakness today, the people from the nearby group would come and bully him in the future.
"You, how dare you scold me? I'll beat you to death." Aunt Xinghua was so angry that her face turned red and she reached out to grab the peddler's clothes.
At this time, the village chief rushed over and shouted: "Stop it!"
Aunt Xinghua stopped when she heard the captain's voice, and the peddler took the opportunity to walk up to the captain.
"Captain, it's really not me who caused the trouble today. I've been coming to your Linjiawan to exchange things for several years. I've always exchanged an egg for a piece of sugar. But this auntie thought I didn't exchange enough and kept making trouble for me. Captain, please help me judge!"
The captain glared at Aunt Xinghua fiercely. He would have to have a good talk with his cousin later. He told him to take care of his wife and not to cause trouble in the village all day. "Brother Peddler, we are all from the same village. Let's talk it out."
"Uncle, this peddler is not a good person. An egg costs three cubits at the purchasing station. Three cubits can buy six candies at least. We must not be cheated by him in the future." Aunt Xinghua often takes advantage of others in the village because the team leader and her husband are cousins.
The people in the village also didn't bother with her for the sake of the team leader, which made Aunt Xinghua more and more courageous.
"You don't use sugar coupons to buy sugar? Hurry up and apologize to the peddler." The team leader gave Aunt Xinghua a warning look, telling her not to always cause trouble for him.
"Uncle, why are you so confused?" Aunt Xinghua felt a little embarrassed when the captain said that.
But she knew the captain's temper very well. She hesitated for a moment and muttered softly, "Okay, I was wrong this time."
After that, she said "I'm sorry" to the peddler very reluctantly.
The peddler snorted and began to sort out his goods. The captain left the village after seeing that the matter was settled. He had a lot of things to do every day and he really didn't want to care about these trivial matters.
Lin Zheng and Xiao Zhiquan squeezed to the front at this time. Lin Zheng held up the egg and said, "Uncle peddler, we want to exchange this egg for candy." The peddler looked at the two of them, took the egg with a smile, counted out a few candies and handed them to them.
Lin Zheng and little Zhiquan happily ran to the side with the candies to share. "Brother Zhiquan, I'll give you three. I'll only need two when I grow up."
"Thank you, Brother Lin Zheng."
With Lin Zheng taking the lead, other children in the village also came forward happily to exchange eggs for sugar, salt and matches.
"Uncle Peddler, how many eggs can I get for a pack of matches?"
"Three eggs for two packs of matches."
"Uncle Peddler, I want to exchange eggs for salt."
"Okay, two eggs and a pound of salt."
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