Shopkeeper Gu wore a smile and immediately raised his thumb: "Actually, now in the county city, all the large and small tea houses, wine-houses, and street snacks are selling deep-fried locusts. Sales are quite good, and prices vary, mostly between one and five copper coins. Even passing merchants who pass through Macheng County can't help but buy a few on the street to taste."
In those days, eggs were also one copper coin each, and it was incredible that such small and unremarkable deep-fried locusts also sold for one to five copper coins!
However, eggs are sold one by one, while locusts are sold in portions.
"Initially, we had many people in our manor who exchanged 1000 locusts for a small bowl of coarse grains. However, as people found business opportunities outside, now there are people outside exchanging 1000 locusts for a big bowl of coarse grains, or 900 live locusts for a large bowl of coarse grains, and business is good."
"Indeed it is good, as I expected."
