• Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I read somewhere that Mao’s family was considered well off for peasants because they could afford eggs a few times a year. I have no idea if there’s any truth to that.

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      1 year ago

      They had to go hat in hand to the Egg Monopoly Lady every year to ask for a single egg for their New Years Celebration.