The little boy Carlo hugged the honey jar as if it were the most precious thing to him.
He vaguely knew that ever since his sister brought back a letter, they had had food at home and wouldn't go hungry anymore.
The brother who brought back a letter for his sister last time gave him a taste of honey, and that's when he realized there was such a delicious thing in the world.
So he remembered the honey.
Carlo hadn't eaten a single bite from the jar yet, because he needed to go back and find another jar to bring some to his sister.
Mara was unaware of her son's thoughts; she was still searching for something useful.
However, this market is just an ordinary market, and it's still difficult to buy anything unusual or strange.
After browsing around for a long time, she didn't buy anything in the end, and could only buy some very ordinary chestnuts.
When they got home, Ma Si Ke was already back and was resting at the long table.
"Carlo, what good stuff did you buy?" Ma Sike saw his son holding the jar like it was a treasure, and he hadn't put it down even after they got home.
"This is honey, I'm going to take some to my sister." With that, she ran to find a jar.
Ma Si Ke smiled and asked, "Ma La, what did you buy?"
"The market only had very ordinary things, so I bought some chestnuts, which are easy to store. There was also something called walnuts, which also looked easy to store. The seller said they were delicious." As she spoke, she took out a walnut and handed it to her husband.
This was the first time Ma Si Ke had ever seen walnuts. "How many copper coins did you pay for one of these?"
"Two copper coins for one, and I don't think he was very willing to sell." Mara smiled as she recalled the scene.
"Hehe, it seems I do have some business acumen," Mara thought happily.
Ma Si Ke was unaware of his wife's thoughts; he only felt that the walnuts were very expensive. "Mara, these walnuts are so expensive! Are they really delicious?"
"I don't know, and I've never eaten it before. How about we open one and try it?" Mara was also curious about what this ridiculously expensive thing tasted like. Was it as delicious as the vendor claimed?
Ma Sike glanced at his wife, then picked up the walnut and smashed it hard on the ground. The walnut bounced off the ground and rolled a distance away.
Ma Si Ke got up and picked up the walnut from the ground. The walnut was still the same walnut, except that it was a little dirty.
The couple looked at the walnut with curiosity. Ma Si Ke took the walnut outside and placed it on a stone, while he picked up another stone.
With a "bang!", the walnut remained the same, but the stone shattered.
"Ah!" The couple were dumbfounded. Putting aside whether the walnut tasted good or not, the fact that they could even get their hands on it was too difficult.
Ma Si Ke found two more stones that looked even harder. "Bang!" This time, only one of the two stones broke, but the walnut was still the same walnut.
The couple looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise.
"Mara, have we been tricked? This walnut is actually a very hard rock."
"It shouldn't be a stone. This walnut is very light, and it makes a rattling sound when you shake it. It doesn't look like a stone either. Go and get the iron hoe." Mara didn't think it was a stone.
A moment later
"Bang!" The hoe struck hard, and the walnut finally cracked.
The inside of the walnut doesn't look good either; this is the same opinion the couple reached after observing it.
"Ptooey, ptooey, walnuts are so bitter!" Both of them spat out the walnuts in their mouths.
"Ma Si Ke, will the lord over there like this walnut?" Mara felt like this walnut was about to smash into her hands.
"Who knows? Maybe Lord Ed will like this flavor."