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Chapter 28: Transporting Eggs

After breakfast, brothers Niu Chun and Niu Gen went out to find a suitable place to set up a stall.

The county is different from the village. The west part of the city is a mixed bag. You can't just find a piece of land and set up a stall. It can be said that every inch of land here is covered by various forces, large and small.

If you set up a stall casually, within a quarter of an hour, someone will come and knock it down.

The two of them went out for a whole morning and walked almost the entire western part of the city before returning.

At the patio of the inner courtyard, except for Daya and Erya, who were taken aside by Niu Wanwan to play with crickets, the rest of the people were sitting together. Niu Chun spoke first: "My second brother and I walked around this morning. There are suitable places.

There are two places, one is Chunni Lane and the other is Chen’s Shop.”

Niu Fugui waved his hand, "Brother Chun, you are familiar with the county, so it's up to you to choose the location of the stall."

Niu Chun showed a trace of hesitation and continued: "Old man, this is not okay. Let me talk about these two places first. Let's put it all together. This Chunni Lane is the territory of Liu's martial arts gym. It is also the only martial arts gym in the west of the city. The owner of the gym is Liu Bachong.

He is a warrior in the blood exchange realm and has more than 150 disciples. If he puts his stall there, he probably won’t have to worry about selling and being harassed. However, according to the rules, you have to pay money to set up a stall there.”

Speaking of this, Niu Chun sighed, "I talked to the senior disciples of the martial arts school. They don't want money, but they only need to provide them with ten eggs every time they set up a stall."

"What? Ten eggs, that's too many!"

Wang Cuihua exclaimed that their eggs were not ordinary eggs. She calculated in her mind that if an egg sold for 60 Wen, then setting up a stall would cost 600 Wen! This money could buy three pieces of white cloth.

"Sister-in-law, this is just one of them. In addition to the martial arts gym, as a rule, you have to pay a fee to the police officer in charge of the patrol room."

Niu Chun's face showed helplessness, "The policeman in charge of Chunni Lane and I still have some friendship, so I just need to pay him 20 cents a month."

"Why do you need money everywhere? The life of the people in the county is not easy."

Wang Cuihua frowned. When she was in the village, she envied the people living in the county. Now that she has become a county resident, she realizes that living here is not easy.

"There is no way, the world is like this. If you don't go to Chunni Lane, Chen's shop is not bad. I talked with Lao Chen and our eggs can be sold in his shop. He doesn't charge any money."

"Shopkeeper Chen is very kind, but we can't take advantage of others in vain. We still have to give what we should give."

Niu Fugui said.

"Old man, I know this. It's just that the Chen's Shop is within the sphere of influence of the Zhuqing Gang, and its members are mixed. Their backer is the county prime minister, Mr. Zhao, so they may not sell my account."

"Then let's settle here on Chunni Lane. It doesn't matter if you pay more. Safety is the most important thing."

Niu Fugui said immediately.

The Zhuqing Gang started from a side job and controlled all the large and small casinos and gambling stalls in the west of the city. They were engaged in the business of destroying families and exterminating families. They were notorious in Heishui County, so they would rather pay more than compete with them.

They have nothing to do with each other.

"Okay, then choose that side. How many eggs can you provide?"

Everyone looked at Niu Xiaosheng, and it can be said that everything is ready now, all he needs is the east wind.

"It's quite a lot. The other party can provide me with 1,200 eggs!"

"so much!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this number.

"Well, next month it will be the same amount, just a little more."

Niu Xiaosheng said calmly.

The chicken pen in the current space can produce 340 eggs a day. Even if he eats hard, he will kill about 20 eggs a day on average. He will occasionally change the taste. After all, he will get tired of eating eggs all the time.

Wang Cuihua calculated, "Then we can sell 40 eggs a day. Each egg will be priced at 70 cents first. After the reputation is established, we will increase the price. What do you think?"

"My wife has the final say."

Niu Gen immediately stated his position.

"Then let's do it."

Niu Fugui also followed suit.

"Wait a minute, there's something I forgot to say."

Niu Xiaosheng suddenly stood up and scratched the back of his head, "Actually, some of these eggs can hatch into chicks, so you have to boil the eggs before buying them."

The purpose of this is to prevent others from buying the eggs back for hatching. After all, only monopoly is the way to go.

"It scared me, that's all."

Wang Cuihua breathed a sigh of relief, "When I get back some tea later, let's sell tea eggs."

"Then Fourth Uncle, please follow me to the martial arts academy to get the eggs."

Niu Xiaosheng looked at Niu Chun and realized that so many eggs had to be transported by oxcart.

"Niu Gen, let's go too. There are so many eggs, so many people and many helpers."

"Dad is right. Wait a minute and I'll get you a piece of cloth to cover the eggs when I come back."

Wang Cuihua hurriedly walked into the room as she spoke, and soon came out holding a piece of linen folded into tofu pieces.

Niu Chun went to the front yard and put the cart on the back of the big buffalo, and the three of them took the cart toward the Wuyuan. Since there was nothing to put the eggs in, they turned around and bought some baskets to put the eggs in.

Because of the holiday, except for the two soldiers guarding the gate, most of the people in the martial arts academy were not there.

The oxcart stopped by the gate, Niu Chun stayed to guard the oxcart, while Niu Xiaosheng and his son carried a basket and walked in under the strange eyes of the soldiers.

At this time, Niu Xiaosheng realized that he had not thought carefully. He should not have chosen to get eggs here in Wuyuan. Even if it was a holiday, the soldiers guarding the gate were always a hidden danger.

He secretly thought: "I must find a new place next time."

Taking his father to the grove on the other side of the lake, Niu Xiaosheng stopped and said, "Dad, wait for me here. I'll go in and take out the eggs."

Niu Gen had no doubt that he was there and nodded.

Niu Xiaosheng walked into the woods carrying a basket, then found a dense bamboo forest and got into it, directly entering the space.

In the space, he picked up the eggs piled in the corner into the basket and closed the lid. The basket was woven very tightly. After closing the lid, you couldn't see what was inside, which saved a lot of trouble.

In this way, the father and son carried the basket in and out. After four or five trips, they loaded all the eggs onto the oxcart.

The Niu family's father and son came out carrying loadful baskets. The soldiers guarding the gate were supposed to check, but the two of them had been chatting with Niu Chun aside, as if they hadn't seen it.

"Thank you very much, brothers. I will use the money to treat you to tea."

Seeing that the matter was done, Niu Chun took out some copper coins and gave them to the soldiers at the door. The two of them smiled and took the coins into their arms.

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