Apocalypse: My Sweetie Is Tough but Cute-Chapter 55 - : What Happened to the Bulk Purchase?
Chapter 55 -55: What Happened to the Bulk Purchase?
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Snacks, they’re absolutely the hard currency in the world of children!
Before long, Su Shu and Xiao’ai’s image towered in the eyes of the children of Peng Village, even higher than the mountains behind the village.
As for the adults of Peng Village, the sentiment was naturally, “Treat my child well, and I’ll treat you well in return.”
So, what followed, even Su Shu herself hadn’t anticipated, was the unprecedented warmth and hospitality she received when Old Third Peng and the Village Chief’s wife, Feng Hua, took her to choose chickens and ducks from the villagers’ homes.
Su Shu felt deeply moved, realizing that heartfelt sincerity was indeed reciprocated between people. Her unintentional actions had actually paved the way for a good start in collecting her goods.
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After the children received their snacks, they didn’t eat them all by themselves, but took most of them home to share with their families. In homes where there were more than one or two children, the adults could not help but inquire when they saw their children suddenly bringing something home. After asking around, and hearing affirmative responses from others, everyone had their calculations.
Watching their own children eat happily, and sometimes being offered a few bites of things they had never tasted before in their lives, the adults felt not only the sweetness on their tongues but also a sweetness in their hearts like honey.
The children only cared whether the snacks were tasty, but the adults could gauge how expensive they were.
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Moreover, some people from the village, who had dealings with the townships and cities, would state during conversations that such snacks could cost several tens of yuan in the big cities, and the generous guest would hand out several bags at a time. “For the several children in your house,” they would say, “each could easily consume the worth of a chicken.”
Some parents almost choked on the tasty morsels, asking cautiously, “Are they that expensive?”
“Certainly! That’s chocolate, high in calories, sweet. We don’t consider it a treasure, it’s impractical, but city folk really love it. They give it to each other on occasions like Valentine’s Day—an inexpensive one costs a few yuan, pricey ones go for tens, and the even more expensive ones can reach hundreds or thousands. That lady boss gave out ten big boxes for our kids to share, she’s wealthy! I see you raise a good number of chickens and ducks, it wouldn’t hurt to sell her a couple more, she definitely won’t mind the cost.” The girl who had gained worldly experience from working out of town said, grinning, as she finished her own piece and headed back to the house across the way.
The Liu family, a household of nine, stood beside their vegetable garden, dumbfounded.
Oh dear, too expensive! Too expensive! The old couple hesitated to swallow anymore, and then they looked beside them at their brood of five sons and two daughters, each with cheeks puffed, eyeing the snack.
Should we swallow… or swallow?
There were several other families with similar experiences, but Su Shu was unaware of all this. She only knew that when Old Third Peng and Sister Feng took her to see the poultry, people offered not just freshly boiled eggs or freshly baked sweet potatoes, but an abundance of fruits, crisp pastries, and sugar confections.
It was an enthusiasm that almost overwhelmed her.
Old Third Peng roared, “She’s here to look at your chickens and ducks, what are you trying to do, stuff the girl to death with food? Everyone, take it easy. If you’re that eager, go to your coops and bring out some of the better specimens for us to see.”
Su Shu couldn’t help but clap inside, thinking that one is truly as strong as when one is young!
At his shout, everyone promptly became much more reasonable and led her smilingly to see their birds.
Su Shu had already made up her mind for this visit. Although she didn’t know what her space would be like in the future, at present it wasn’t very large. If she were to raise poultry, she couldn’t have too many, or else it would be overcrowded. Furthermore, she really had no experience with raising these things and didn’t know if she could do it well, so she planned to buy just a few.
After asking Old Third Peng, she said to everyone, “I’d like to have 10 hens and 50 roosters, and the same numbers for ducks.”
Ah?! Everyone was stunned. Huh?
What happened to the large purchase they were expecting? Just… just over a hundred?
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