014: Egg Shih Tzu

Big stick bone soup stewed radish.

The meat on the bones has been stewed, the soup is milky white, and the stewed radish is soft, and there is no old tendon.

Even 6-year-old Taotao can eat a big bowl of soup and vegetables on top of rice, let alone an adult. Xia Xiaolan insisted on adding scrambled duck eggs, and Liu Yong said that it was her old business, so she was not an example.

Xia Xiaolan thought, it's not good to give living expenses directly, she can only subsidize the dining table of her uncle's house, she can't really eat and drink for free.

The freshly cut tender leeks in the field are fried with wild duck eggs. The smell of leeks covers the fishy smell of wild duck eggs.

"According to Xiaolan's advice, I put a little vinegar in the egg mixture, and when I stir-fry it, it's really tender and fluffy, and it catches up with the taste of eggs."

Li Fengmei praised, and Liu Fen was happy.

It is said that Xia Xiaolan is not a big deal, there is no life in her eyes, and she looks uneasy. Liu Fen has never given up on her daughter, and now she has become sensible, how could she not be happy?

Xia Xiaolan also felt that the food at her uncle's house was pretty good.

Of course, she has eaten a lot of high-end things in later generations. Considering the general living standard in rural areas in 1983, Liu Yong's food standard is already very high. This is related to Liu Yong's ability to make money now, and his willingness to take care of Xia Xiaolan's mother and daughter.

After lunch, Liu Yong ran out to work in the fields again.

This time, even Li Fengmei went to the field together. Liu Fen wanted to go, and Liu Yong asked her to make more straw baskets at home.

"The opportunity for Xiaolan to make money is only these two days. Don't delay her business."

Xia Xiaolan used the new bike with 28 bars to review the alighting skills. In her last life, she had no elders to rely on. She went to school with the sponsorship of kind-hearted people, and went out to the community with her own struggle. In the winter, she rode a bicycle to run business, and it was easy to travel dozens of kilometers. Later, the position jumped up, and the expenses for business trips were all reimbursed, and a car was provided for her... and then she bought a car by herself. She hadn't touched this old-fashioned bicycle in 20 years.

Inexperienced at the beginning, and then the gas becomes smoother and smoother.

Taotao watched eagerly, but 6 years old is too young, Xia Xiaolan can only put him in the back seat, let the little boy hold her waist, and she rides him to play in the village. On the way, I was stopped by a familiar woman:

"Xiaolan, I heard my eldest daughter say you want to collect eggs, what is the price?"

Xia Xiaolan jumped out of the car and called someone:

"Auntie, I'm collecting eggs. It doesn't matter if the farmers are busy and everyone's eggs are not free to sell in the county town. The weather is getting bad and fast, so I will collect them and sell them to the county town. Of course, I also have to earn some hard money. , can you see that an egg costs 1 cents and 2 cents?"

The wife's husband's surname is Chen, and she is the fourth oldest, so they call her Aunt Chen.

Aunt Chen frowned upon hearing this, "I heard that the county town can sell one for 15 cents..."

Xia Xiaolan explained with a smile, "The price of eggs in the county is changing at any time. To tell you the truth, sometimes it is 1.5 cents, and sometimes it's even cheaper. If it fails to sell and the road breaks, I will also be responsible for collecting too many eggs. risk."

If you don't reach out and don't hit the smiling face, how can you go in the direction of losing money in business? There is wear and tear on the road. Besides, Qijing Village is far away from the county seat. It doesn’t matter if you make a trip every day. It will take half a day to go back and forth during the busy farming season. Who has this time!

"Sell you, I'll go home and get the eggs."

Who doesn't raise two hens that lay eggs, the money for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar depends entirely on eggs. In summer, there are many grass seeds and small insects. The hens eat fat, and two chickens can lay more than 20 eggs in half a month. Aunt Chen brought Xia Xiaolan more than 20 eggs, and the money was paid in cash. The fact that she sold the eggs to Xia Xiaolan quickly spread throughout the village, and Xia Xiaolan's egg business opened.

Liu Fen couldn't help speeding up the action of weaving the straw basket.

It took Xia Xiaolan more than a day to collect all the eggs from Qijing Village, and even the villagers next door delivered eggs to Liu's house.

Her cost was only over seventy yuan, she had collected nearly 400 eggs, and there were 200 wild duck eggs. No matter what, she had to keep some living money on her body, so Xia Xiaolan temporarily stopped her.

Liu Fen has never seen so many eggs and duck eggs piled up together.

The basket was full, and it looked quite shocking.

Liu Fen was very worried, afraid that the eggs would not be sold, and the whole family would not be able to eat them all by then. Besides, who is so extravagant that they spend dozens of yuan to buy eggs to eat? That's more than a month's wages for urban workers!

"I'll take 200 eggs and 100 wild duck eggs to the city tomorrow."

If Anqing County didn't have two big factories, Xia Xiaolan would not dare to collect so many eggs.

There are thousands of employees in the two large factories, and 300 eggs can be easily digested, provided she can find a suitable way. Relying on retail sales has been very inefficient, Xia Xiaolan pondered to find a better sales channel... Although the official egg is only 1.2 yuan per pound, the supply is seriously insufficient. The logistics departments of some units are not all able to buy low-priced eggs, and the doorways here are worth trying.

In the evening, even Li Fengmei helped to weave the straw baskets, cut the dry straw into short sections, and stuffed the gaps with chaff, which finally increased the stability during transportation.

Taotao was so excited that he didn't sleep, waiting for Xia Xiaolan to take him into the city.

But destined to disappoint the little boy, Xia Xiaolan's mother and daughter set off at 5 in the morning.

The two of them are more secure. Who makes Xia Xiaolan look too good-looking, Liu Fen is worried, and Liu Yong is also worried.

Riding a bicycle greatly shortened the time to enter the city, and it was only bright when I arrived at the place where the duck eggs were sold last time. Today, the small market outside the agricultural machinery factory is extremely sluggish.

As soon as Xia Xiaolan parked her car, she was recognized by an old acquaintance.

She is eye-catching, and she does things neatly, and those who have dealt with her once will never forget her.

"Yo, are you here to sell eggs again?"

"Auntie, are you still buying eggs today, there are eggs!"

"I haven't finished eating the duck eggs I bought two days ago."

Xia Xiaolan didn't let potential customers go, "Duck eggs are delicious in preserved eggs and salted duck eggs. When it comes to cooking and frying, I still want eggs."

She opened her basket, and the eggs were lined up neatly, as if she was saying come and eat me, and the aunt couldn't help swallowing. She did soak the wild duck eggs she bought last time in salted eggs. Do you want to buy more eggs?

Xia Xiaolan could see that she was tempted.

"I sell eggs for 15 cents apiece. You are a regular customer, so I'll give you 14 cents. Wild duck eggs are still sold two days ago."

In state-run stores, eggs are 1.2 yuan per kilogram, depending on the size of the eggs, there are 8-10 eggs per kilogram. It is cheaper than what Xia Xiaolan sells, but there must be enough supply, cheap eggs are not easy to buy!

The aunt did not resist Xia Xiaolan's lobbying and finally bought 10 eggs.

Xia Xiaolan's business picked up when the workers on their bicycles showed up one after another. She stood there in a dignified manner, relying on that face to provoke others to take a second look, and if she took a second look, she asked people to buy eggs? I don't want those fellow villagers who come to sell things, always sneaky, as if they are thieves.

While the workers in the agricultural machinery factory were at work, Xia Xiaolan sold almost all the eggs she brought.

"Look, it's actually quite safe. I'll go into the city by myself tomorrow."

One person at home had to be left to collect eggs, so it was not good to keep bothering Aunt Xia Xiaolan, and they also had their own jobs. The eggs near Qijing Village were finished, and they had to go to other places. The two of them came to the county together to delay a labor force.

Liu Fen's mouth is stupid, Xia Xiaolan can't say what Xia Xiaolan persuades others to buy, and Xia Xiaolan can only run to the county town.

After 9 am, Xia Xiaolan sold out all the eggs, and she plans to change to the outside of the meat union factory tomorrow. She had a lot of cash in her pockets, but according to her purchase price, she must have made money today. Despite being careful, several eggs were crushed, and these losses were unavoidable.

The farmers who are rushing to harvest the rice are busy, and Xia Xiaolan's business of reselling eggs is also in full swing. Some people call her "Egg Xi Shi".