Chapter 20 Trading Eggs
Hearing this, Wang blushed slightly.
The things brought back from the Chen family's old house are still hidden, not letting Wan Qiqi know. Now, however, the other party is taking out money to buy eggs to nourish Li Chongniang's body.
Before Chen could speak, Li Chongniang stopped her and continued Wan Qiqi's words, "Thank you, sister-in-law. These days, it might be difficult to buy an egg with a single coin. Why don't you save the money to buy grain?"
How afraid are these people of running out of food? She can buy several kilograms of brown rice and white rice by selling just one crab!
Wan Qiqi isn't worried about rice; she focuses more on a balanced diet.
Two babies and a woman five months pregnant need sufficient nutrition.
The third child is only fifteen, which, in modern terms, is a time when he is still growing and should have increased nutrition intake.
Wan Qiqi felt that she had a long way to go and a heavy responsibility to shoulder!
She glanced at Li Chongniang and said indifferently, "Fine, we'll eat meat, and you can eat wild vegetables."
Upon hearing this, Li Chongniang immediately became agitated! Why should she be the only one eating wild vegetables?
Wan Qiqi was satisfied with Li Chongniang's reaction and turned to ask Wang Shi beside her, "Mother, think of any family that can exchange eggs?"
Wang hesitated for a while.
Almost everyone in the village knows that any good things they take back will end up in Wan Qiqi's hands, so many people are unwilling to trade.
If you really have to pick one, there might be one.
"I'll try going to your grandma's house."
She just returned from the Chen family's old house today, and now she's going to exchange eggs for them. She doesn't know if the other party will agree.
Wan Qiqi then remembered that Wang Shi had a mother-in-law, Old Mrs. Chen.
When Wang's husband was still alive, the family separated from the old house because Old Mrs. Chen felt that Wang was too weak and wanted her son to divorce her and remarry. However, Wang's husband refused, so the family separated.
However, over the years, Old Mrs. Chen has not been so heartless. Although her daughter-in-law is not to her liking, the three Chen brothers are her own grandsons, so she will help them out from time to time.
The original owner often took what was given to others and kept all the money earned by the family for himself, which led to the Chen family being reduced to eating chaff.
Therefore, it is very difficult for the Chen family to borrow or exchange anything, because there is a "vampire" in the family!
Seeing Wang Shi looking dejected, Wan Qiqi comforted her, "It's alright, I'll send Pingping and An'an." In her memory, Old Madam Zhao still preferred the two children.
When Pingping and An'an arrived at the Chen family's old house, Old Mrs. Chen was sitting in the courtyard enjoying the cool air, and the aroma of rice soup wafted from the dilapidated kitchen.
Upon seeing the two children, Grandma Chen's eyes crinkled into a smile. "Pingping and An'an, what brings you here?" Her words revealed her delight.
Pingping clutched the money in her pocket, her eyes wide, and asked, "Great-Grandma, do you have any eggs? We'd like to buy some."
Old Mrs. Chen was taken aback.
My daughter-in-law just brought back three eggs today, and now the two kids are asking for eggs. Could it be that my eldest granddaughter-in-law has her eye on the Chen family's old house?
But what about buying eggs?
Pingping took out a handful of copper coins from her pocket and placed them in Grandma Zhao's palm. "Great-Grandma, see how many eggs we can exchange for?"
Old Mrs. Chen counted them; they were exactly ten coins!
She thought to herself that the damned Wan Qiqi was sucking her grandson's blood again, and felt waves of heartache.
However, she couldn't let the two babies go back empty-handed.
She went into the room and took out fifteen eggs, separated them for the two of them, and whispered, "Pingping, give the ones in your basket to your milk. An'an, hide the ones in your basket, don't let your mother find them, and have your second aunt keep them safe."
An'an nodded, thinking to herself that the eggs were originally meant to be exchanged for her second aunt!
As soon as the two children left the Chen family's old house with their baskets on their backs, Wan Qiqi was waiting for them.
Seeing the eggs in the basket, she was a little surprised; Old Mrs. Chen was quite generous!
"Mom, we've completed the mission, weren't we good?" Pingping looked on, wanting praise, completely ignoring what Old Mrs. Zhao had said.
Wan Qiqi smiled and pinched Pingping's cheek. "Good girl, let's go home!"
An'an was too small to keep up with her pace, so Wan Qiqi ended up carrying her home.
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