I saw the main door of Zhuangzi from a distance, but it was open. , but you can't just go in if you want. There is a boy guarding the door. As soon as the mother and daughter approach, the boy guarding the door comes out of the shade.
"What are you two doing?"
The boy's tone was unkind and he looked sideways at the mother and daughter. His eyes fell on Su Yu, and his picky tone was very obvious.
That look made Su Yu very uncomfortable. If she had stared back in modern times, she could only suppress her impatience when she thought that she had traveled through time.
"Brother, we are new villagers who have moved to Yujia Village. We want to buy some duck eggs. The villagers in the village said that only your village has them, so I want to ask, do you sell the duck eggs in the village?"
Shuanzi, the gatekeeper, wondered whether he was hallucinating. There were villagers who came to their village to buy duck eggs. This was really rare. Usually only people from their village went to the village to buy things. How had I ever seen villagers come to their village to buy things? .
Mrs. Lian was okay in dealing with the villagers in the village, but when she saw the gatekeeper's appearance, she felt a little weak, and Su Yu didn't embarrass her mother.
"Brother, we sincerely want to buy duck eggs. Could you please ask the steward in Zhuangzi if they can sell them? We want as many duck eggs as there are in Zhuangzi."
Su Yu sounded like the family was not short of money, but Shuanzi had been guarding the door for three years and was confident that he had a good eye for people. The mother and daughter in front of him didn't look like they were rich, but they looked like people who sold their children in the past.
He is not a young man even if he has a loud tone. There are at least twenty or thirty ducks raised in their village. The ducks lay eggs regardless of the place. You can pick up a few in a day. There are not many people buying duck eggs. Zhuangzi As far as he knew, there were at least several hundred duck eggs in it. He didn't plan to pay attention to the mother and daughter at first, but when he thought about the girl's boasting, he wanted to see what would happen if he couldn't get the money to buy duck eggs later.
"You guys wait here, I'll ask the steward."
Seeing the boy leaving, Su Yu's lips curled up slightly.
The previous idea of buying eggs to fool the villagers was not bad, but the people in the village, especially the managers, were much more powerful than the villagers. Fearing that others would see the flaws, Su Yu changed his mind and planned to buy all the duck eggs in the village. , I don’t believe how many duck eggs there are in Zhuangzi, there are only a few hundred in the sky.
As soon as the people left, Mrs. Lian immediately panicked.
"Yu'er, why did you buy them all? There are still some that can't be used. What will you do then?"
"Mom, don't worry, I have my own way, and this money will never be wasted."
Although Ms. Lian still felt uneasy, after hearing what her daughter said, she had no choice but to take a look before talking.
The bolt snapped back quickly.
"Let's go, don't keep Manager Sun waiting."
Mrs. Lian took her daughter's hand and followed. The three of them walked around for a while before they arrived at a row of houses. Smelling the aroma of food wafting from inside, it was not difficult to guess that this was the village's kitchen.
A room next to it is used to store rice, flour, grains and oil. Except for the chickens and ducks eggs that are sent to the town, the rest is here.
Shuanzi nodded and bowed.
"Manager Sun, these are the mother and daughter who want to buy duck eggs."
"Why did you buy so many duck eggs?"
Originally, such a trivial matter as selling duck eggs did not require Manager Sun to come forward in person, but he was just curious, so he came to take a look.
"My family is in the food business and needs eggs and duck eggs. I heard that they are available in Zhuangzi, so my mother and I came here to ask."
Manager Sun withdrew his gaze from Lian and lowered his head to Su Yu. Unexpectedly, between mother and daughter, it was the daughter who made the decision.
"I have five hundred duck eggs here, are you sure you want them all?"
"I want to see the goods first."
Manager Sun waved his hand, and Shuanzi entered the side room, and soon came out with a large basket of duck eggs. Su Yu took a look at the well-preserved duck eggs. The mother and daughter stepped forward to count them. After confirming that the number was correct, they asked Lian to pay for them.
Mrs. Lian felt very sad. She took out a couple of silver coins from her arms and handed them to Shuan Zi next to her.
Seeing that he couldn't find anything, Manager Sun felt bored and left first, but what he didn't expect was that the mother and daughter he looked down on at the beginning would eventually become noble people that his master could not match.
Shuanzi still can't believe it. The mother and daughter could actually buy more than five hundred duck eggs. Are they five hundred duck eggs? That's one tael of silver. His monthly salary is only two hundred coins. , I had to work for five months to save up, but now it’s great. I originally wanted to see others laugh, but I didn’t expect that I became a joke.
On the way out of Zhuangzi, Shuanzi's face was tense and he led people outside Zhuangzi without even looking at the mother and daughter.
As soon as they left, Mrs. Lian's face fell. She bought so many duck eggs, but she didn't know how many of them could be used.
Seeing that there was no one around, Su Yu quickly spoke out what was in her heart, fearing that my mother would be thinking nonsense.
"Mom, don't worry. We'll hatch ducklings if they can be used. I have a recipe here for those that can't be hatched. If you follow it, the supply will definitely exceed the demand. Don't worry when the time comes."
"You didn't lie, mother."
"When did your daughter lie to you?"
Mrs. Lian thought about it. Although her daughter was a bit naughty in the past, she had never deceived her or the boss.
"Okay, let's get the duck eggs back first. I don't know how many of them can be used?"
Mrs. Lian whispered softly, and the mother and daughter each carried a basket of duck eggs home. It was already dusk when we got home. There were more than a dozen bamboos piled up in the house, which the father and son had cut this afternoon.
Su Yu put the duck eggs away and walked to his father. He had only been busy buying them before and forgot to tell his father.
"Dad, please make me some frames first. They should be this wide and this high."
Su Yu made a few gestures.
"It doesn't have to be very strong, just usable. I use it to hatch chicks. I think it will take eight."
"Okay, your brother and I will catch up on the work tonight, and I'll make it for you tonight."
After talking about business, everyone went to work, Su Yu picked out the duck eggs that could be used, and Mrs. Lian prepared the family's dinner.
Duck eggs are larger than eggs, but people here obviously don't like ducks very much, and duck eggs are not easy to sell. Although duck eggs are larger, they are sold at the same price as eggs, two cents each. Although Su Yu knows that people here don't like to eat duck, she is not worried at all. The popular Peking duck is not just a boast. She happens to be able to make it. When the time comes, the ducks will be raised and the roast duck recipe will be sold to the town. Or to a restaurant in the county town, you can sell your own ducks to them later, and you won’t have to worry about not being able to sell them.
As for selling roast duck by herself, Su Yu had never thought about this. Artificial hatching of chickens was a common thing in later generations. In ancient times, it was outrageous. It was too late for her to cover up, so she dared to show off.
After some picking, he put aside the usable eggs and duck eggs, and planned to use the unusable ones to make preserved eggs. There was no such thing as preserved eggs in Dazhi Dynasty. In Su Yu's view, preserved eggs were the same as durian. For example, people who like it don't like it very much, and people who don't like it avoid it. However, she doesn't produce much, and it doesn't have to be liked by everyone.
