Bai Yue packed up the eggs from the chicken coop into a bamboo basket. She had counted the eggs, and there were exactly 70 in the basket. She could sell them for ten yuan and fifty cents at the market. In her pocket, she also carried some money and cloth ration coupons her brother had left behind.
Once she had packed up, she left the house.
Carrying the bamboo basket on her back, she was headed to the market at Dawang Village.
In their area, the markets were held irregularly, about every three to five days in different villages, but Dawang Village was close to the county town, so the market there was the largest.
There were many people going.
As soon as Bai Yue stepped out of her house, she ran into several aunties also on their way to the market. They had agreed to go on this day, and old man Zhang's ox cart was just right to take them there, charging ten cents per person. At this time, no one would walk the long way to save ten cents, as walking would take at least two hours.
