Xia Qiyue struggled to carry the bucket all the way to the market. Fortunately, the yard they rented was close to the market, so she arrived at the market before she lost strength.
Most of the markets are shops that buy vegetables and sell their own agricultural products, eggs, and meat. Many of them put the items to be sold in baskets or backpacks, and then squat on the roadside to sell them.
Xia Qiyue looked around a few times and saw that there was a seat next to the lady selling apples. She walked straight over and put down her barrel.
Take a breath first, I'm too tired... She held her waist and gasped for air, but she was talked to by the lady selling apples next to her.
"Young man, are you selling eggs? Why are they soaked in the soup?"
Xia Qiyue was worried about how to sell the first copy, and how could he miss the opportunity to introduce it.
"Auntie, these are tea eggs, boiled. This soup is my ancestral old soup, specially made for boiling eggs. The eggs cooked in this old soup are particularly fragrant and taste better than boiled eggs. If you don't believe me, smell it and see if it smells good.
fragrant?"
Xia Qiyue deliberately moved aside a little bit and gave up the position next to the barrel so that the apple seller could look at it and smell it.
The aunt was not polite. She walked over and smelled it. Then she took a breath and said, "It's really fragrant. These eggs...how do you sell tea eggs? If they're not expensive, I'll buy one to try!"
Xia Qiyue was secretly happy. This was really free advertising. She wouldn't believe it if she didn't say that this lady was her sitter.
"Auntie, my tea eggs are the same price as raw eggs, two cents each!"
She originally wanted to raise the price to sell it, but after looking around and listening to the prices, she felt that no matter how expensive it was, she couldn't sell it! After all, a bowl of wontons only cost seven cents.
"Ah? The price is the same as raw eggs? Then I'll buy one. I just opened the store today and sold several kilograms of apples, so I can eat some good ones too!"
The aunt proudly took out two coins and handed them to Xia Qiyue.
Xia Qiyue made preparations in advance, with a colander and grease ready. She quickly fished out a tea egg, wrapped it in oil paper and handed it to the aunt.
The chat between the two people here was overheard by the people buying and selling things around. When they heard that such fragrant tea eggs were priced at the same price as raw eggs, many people were excited.
However, they all hesitated and looked at the lady selling apples, wanting to see what she would say after tasting them.
I saw the aunt couldn't wait to peel off the shell, and after putting it in her mouth, she couldn't wait to swallow it and started to praise it.
Sure enough, those who gathered around to watch were all greedy. It only cost two copper coins anyway. Eggs are more delicious than steamed buns, so just buy one and eat it.
There were quite a few people who had this idea, and they all spent money to buy them. In a short time, they sold more than ten tea eggs.
The lady who sells apples is also a fair person. She ate all the tea eggs quickly. However, as people buying tea eggs gathered, she actually sold a few kilograms of apples. This made her dissatisfied with the tea egg seller next to her.
The young man's attitude became even better.
In summer and July, although not much is bought at one time, there are many people buying. Each person buys one or two, and then they can't wait to take them home, peel them while they are hot, and eat them.
There was no need for her to hawk, they were passed on one after another. There were so many people buying that she could hardly handle the work alone.
Fortunately, people who buy tea eggs come with copper coins, so they can just collect the money directly without having to give change.
Not to mention those who go to the market or take care of children, even these small vendors who sell things will buy one or two to taste them. After all, they are not expensive and are very fragrant.
While collecting money and pretending to be busy, a hand suddenly handed over a piece of silver. Xia Qiyue not only raised her head and looked at it in confusion.
She was a woman in her forties, dressed as if she were a servant of some family.
"How many are left? I want them all!" Xia Qiyue asked her how many she wanted to buy before she could ask. The grandma spoke in a commanding tone.
"Hey? Why are you like this? We were here first and you just jumped in line. Why do you still want everything? What should we buy?"
The lady leading the child on one side interrupted her unwillingly. It was because her eldest grandson wanted to eat the tea egg seller when he saw it, so he had to drag her over.
The eldest grandson wanted to eat it, and it looked good and not expensive, so he planned to buy two of them, but the man in front of him jumped in the queue and tried to make a round.
She is usually treated like an old lady at home, and her daughters-in-law are so easy to coax, which makes them more eager to serve her.
How can I bear this anger?
"Our grandpa and his wife love to eat eggs. What's the problem if I buy them all? If you don't buy them, can you just come back tomorrow?"
That grandma is the housekeeper of Tang Yuan's family in Maoshan Town. She usually buys and sells things in this market and everyone knows her. She usually looks so arrogant.
Because the Tang family is one of the richest families in Maoshan Town, as the housekeeper of the Tang family, she is used to being cheated by people who want to sell their own vegetables, fruits, and local products.
"Why are you like this? Do you know that first come, first served? My eldest grandson also likes to eat eggs! Let's buy them first!" The woman with the child didn't give in, and the two of them became at war with each other. Others around them were a little uncomfortable.
Knowing how to fix it, he looked at Xia Qiyue.
Xia Qiyue was about to say that the woman with the child came first and loaded her first, when the lady selling apples next to her pulled her arm and whispered, "Young man, this is the housekeeper of the Tang family! You
Give it to her first, otherwise things will go bad!"
Sure enough, Xia Qiyue guessed correctly. She had some guesses that the person in front of her should be from a wealthy family. Now it seems that his position is not low.
She looked at it and immediately changed to a smiling face, "There are still tea eggs, and they are still being cooked at home! Don't grab them! Grandma, are you sure you want to buy one tael of silver? That's five hundred..."
She could cook five hundred, but she couldn't say it in front of so many people. After all, how long would it take to save five hundred eggs, and even harvesting them would require extraordinary effort.
"I really can't get out five hundred tea eggs at the moment. Is this okay? There are still two hundred eggs left from the eggs I collected yesterday. I'll have them all boiled and delivered to your house?"
The housekeeper touched and lowered his head to look at the tea eggs in the barrel. It seemed that there were not many left, but she still didn't dare to buy two hundred. After buying them, my grandpa, wife, young master and young lady couldn't finish them, so it was a waste.
"Okay, because of your good attitude, I'll buy twenty of them and wrap them up for me first! Hurry up, we still have to buy dragon beard cakes for our lady!"
"That's right!" Xia Qiyue looked at the way others didn't dare to say anything. If he didn't sell it to anyone, he would give it to the housekeeper first.
Maybe she can buy more tomorrow.
The woman taking care of the child fell silent. She had heard what the apple seller said just now, and she waited patiently. She did not dare to offend the Tang family.
As soon as the housekeeper left, people were noisy again. Xia Qiyue was busy collecting tea eggs from her wallet, but she still heard the lady selling apples next to her mutter: "The eldest lady of the Tang family loves sweets the most. She eats sweets every day."
Someone has to come out and buy it..."
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