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However, after returning home, Ge Liutao was startled to see the basket of eggs.
"Little, where did these come from?"
"I bought them from Sister-in-law Shi Zhuang, five cents each, and paid for them," Chiang Xiao replied as she opened the cupboard door and carefully placed the eggs into a bamboo basket designated for eggs.
Currently, the eggs laid by chickens at home were very small, but they tasted incredibly good and fragrant, incomparable to those from feed chickens sold in stores decades later.
"We don't have any money left, right?" Ge Liutao, who was wiping around with a cloth, couldn't help but worry as she watched Chiang Xiao's actions.
They were running out of money and yet Chiang Xiao was buying so many eggs...
"Grandma, can we talk about something and come to an agreement?" Chiang Xiao turned around and looked at her seriously.
Her solemn and earnest demeanor made Ge Liutao's heart skip a beat.
"You tell me, what is it? Grandma will listen to you."
