Chapter 14 Yang Ermei

The mother and daughter held a basket in each hand, and first went to the nearest family to their home.

The door of the small courtyard surrounded by bamboo fences was open. As I walked closer, the sounds of children's babbling could be heard from time to time in the courtyard.

"Is anyone home?"

Lian yelled outside the courtyard, and then brought her daughter into the courtyard.A persimmon tree was planted in the yard, and it was the time when the branches and leaves were sprouting. Under the tree, a straw mat was laid out, and a small mattress was laid on it. On the mattress lay an eight or nine-month-old doll. A woman in human attire was doing needlework beside her. Perhaps she heard the movement of the courtyard gate, and she just rested her hands and looked towards the courtyard gate.

"You are……?"

"My surname is Lian, and this is my daughter. We moved to Yujia Village last night and live in the house at the end of the village."

Usually, the women in the village are either from the Zhang family or from the Li family. When outsiders come unexpectedly, the topic becomes fresher. When Yang Ermei went to the river to wash clothes early this morning, she had already heard that a family named Su came last night. She didn't pay much attention to her family, but she didn't expect that they would come to their door today.

"It turns out it's Aunt Lian and the girls from the Su family. Sit down quickly. My husband's family name is Xu. My mother-in-law and husband have gone to work in the fields. They are not at home now. Is something wrong with you?"

It's not without reason that Yang Ermei asked this question. There must have been a lot of things at home when she first came to the house. She dropped by the door on the first day. Could it be that the mother and daughter in front of her are lazy people, but they don't look like them.

"It's not a big deal. Didn't we just move here and want to buy some eggs and duck eggs? Is there any at Mrs. Xu's?"

Thinking about the hundreds of chicken and duck eggs she wanted to buy, Mrs. Lian stopped rambling. She still didn't know how many stores she would visit next.

Yang Ermei was very happy when she heard that she was here to buy eggs and duck eggs. She usually saved the eggs at home, and her mother-in-law took them to the town to sell them during the town market. It was ten miles from here to the town, and her mother-in-law was reluctant to take the ox cart. It was a hard trip, and of course Yang Ermei was happy when someone came to collect them at home.

"I do have eggs here, but I don't have duck eggs. I'll get you as many as you want."

"How many do you have in your family? I want them all."

"Then you wait, I'll get it for you."

While the two were talking, Su Yu kept looking at Little Douding lying on the ground. The little guy's skin was not particularly white, his body was very strong, his eyes were black and bright, and he also looked at Su Yu curiously. Yu was too cute, she was born with no resistance to children, but thinking of coming to the door for the first time today, she had to resist the urge to go forward and hug the child.

Soon Yang Ermei took out a small basket of eggs from the house. Seeing that there were more than ten eggs, Lian could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.My daughter said before that not every egg can hatch into a chick, but thinking of inquiring about the matter, she decided to buy all the Xu family's eggs, and save the unused ones for her son and daughter.

There were 36 eggs in total. Lian counted [-] copper coins and handed them to Yang Ermei, asking while putting the eggs into the basket she brought.

"I don't know which family in the village raises more chickens and ducks. I want to buy some more."

All the eggs in the house were sold, and Yang Ermei was in a good mood.

"Auntie, there are three families that raise a lot of chickens in our village. One is the Liu family at the end of the village, the other is Yu Laizi's family in the village, and the third is the village chief's family in our village. The village chief's family only has a few ducks. Others No one else raises them. If you want to buy one, you probably have to go to the village next to the village and ask. That village belongs to a member of the town’s family, and he is the only one who raises dozens of ducks within a few miles around us.”

While Yang Ermei was speaking, Lian had already put away the eggs, and the three of them walked to the gate of the courtyard.

"Okay, I'll go to the village to ask, you hurry back and take care of the children, and I'll come to your house someday when I'm free."

"Auntie, walk slowly, come often when you have time."

After the Xu family left and entered the village, people looked at the mother and daughter from time to time, thinking that they were unfamiliar, but soon someone guessed their identities, they must be the Su family who moved to the village last night, but they don't know The two of them are not at home today, what are they doing in the village? Could it be that they are going to the village chief's house to give gifts?The villager who had such a good thing stretched his head to look at the basket carried by the two of them, and seeing the eggs in the basket, he believed his guess a little more.

After going to the Liu family and Yu Cripple's house that the Xu family's daughter-in-law just mentioned, the mother and son went to the village chief's house. After Lian explained her intention, Yu's daughter-in-law's smile became much more sincere.

Lian Shi was about the same age as Yu's daughter-in-law, and now they were sitting on a small bench to help their parents, while Su Yu was picking eggs with the basket in her hand.The sun was pretty good today, and after a little sunshine, I picked the eggs I needed and didn't stutter at all during the period. The eldest daughter-in-law Yu didn't see that Su Yu was picking eggs.

As expected, it was the village chief's house. There were at least seventy or eighty eggs in the basket on hand. Su Yu picked out more than 50 eggs and did not plan to buy the remaining 20 or so eggs.

"Look at me, when I first came to the village, I didn't know that your family had saved so many eggs. We bought them all the way from the end of the village. We have almost bought them now. Next time I want to buy, I will definitely come to your house first."

Seeing her daughter's choice, Lian explained to Yu's daughter-in-law at the side.

The eldest daughter-in-law Yu did not doubt that she had it. She saw two large baskets of eggs on the ground, at least two or three hundred, plus the more than 50 she bought at home. She didn’t know why the Su family bought so many eggs.
After leaving the village chief's house, the mother and son first sent the eggs home, and then led the basket to Zhuangzi next to the village.Zhuangzi is built right next to the village and is very conspicuous, so there is no need to ask anyone.

Now there are almost enough eggs, but there are no duck eggs. Although the village chief's family has ducks, the ducks in his family have not laid eggs during this period.If there are ducks in Zhuangzi, there must be chickens. It would be great if all the chickens and duck eggs in Zhuangzi could be bought at one time.Thinking of going to the villagers' house for most of the day today, although he didn't need to say too much, but was always accompanied by a smiling face, Su Yu felt that the smile on his face was almost formulaic.

(End of this chapter)

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