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Chapter 31 The flavor of the New Year at the market (please recommend)
Compared with the past, where there was only one market every week, the market during the New Year season is open every day.For the villagers living around Xianqiao Town, although they can choose to go to the more lively county town, many people have never been to the county town in the era of inconvenient transportation.

Although there are small trains specially designed to transport wood in the forest area, you still need to have a way to take the small train.Under normal circumstances, if you want to go to the county seat now, you can only take a shuttle bus to the town, and there are not many shuttle buses every day.

All in all, in an era when transportation was inconvenient, most people in remote mountainous areas concentrated their activities within townships.If you want to go further, in addition to courage, you also need money in your pocket.

As for urban areas further than the county seat, you need to take a longer ride, spend more money, and walk a longer distance!

In order to buy fresher or more abundant New Year products, villagers going to the market often get up early.Because there are many people going to the market at the end of the year, if you go to the market late, you may not be able to buy some things, or you may only buy defective products.

Mu Shanhe, who also got up early, was not anxious at all.Just like the routine in Shenyuan, the first thing I do when I get up is still the routine exercise.After finishing breakfast and feeding Daqing and other family members, he was ready to set off.

He was still wearing a backpack and homemade skis. When the villagers saw him, they seemed to be surprised and said, "Shanzi, when did you come back? Why didn't I see you yesterday?"

"Third aunt, I came back yesterday evening. It's been a long time since I came back. I cleaned up the house but didn't come out!"

"You kid, what are you doing here?"

"I'm going to a market. It's the Chinese New Year, and I haven't bought some New Year's goods yet!"

"If we go here, I'm afraid all the good stuff will be sold out, right?"

"Don't be afraid. Anyway, I am celebrating the New Year alone and I don't need many things."

After chatting with the gossip-loving aunt for a few words, Mu Shanhe continued on his way.Many villagers who did not go to the market and still stayed at home would basically chat with Mu Shanhe whether they were close or not.

The result was that by the time Mu Shanhe left the village, almost an hour had passed.Even more than half of the cigarettes he bought specially for others to smoke had been consumed, which made Mu Shanhe feel helpless.

Regardless of whether the people in the village had a good or bad attitude toward him, at least the attitudes shown by the villagers before were friendly.As for cigarettes, Mu Shanhe, who lives alone in the mountains, does not smoke, but he knows that these things can bring people closer together.

When you meet an elder in the village and give him a cigarette, he or she will say something nice.Even if you talk behind your back, no one can stop it.But after smoking his cigarettes, a conscientious person will at least have some virtue left in his mouth!
Walking to the entrance of the village, he put on his homemade skis and started gliding to the market.Even though the road from the village to the market is very hard.You can walk with your skis on, and at least you don’t have to worry about falling.

When encountering a downhill section, the speed of gliding will definitely exceed that of walking.Although this way of going to the market seems a bit strange, if you occasionally encounter some unknown villagers on the road, others will not criticize you.

When he arrived at the market, he saw that the crowd was obviously twice as large as usual. Mu Shanhe also felt that he had not experienced such a New Year's market in a long time.After putting away his skis, Mu Shanhe quietly blended into the huge crowd.

Finding a stall selling red lanterns, Mu Shanhe bought two lanterns.For rural families in Northeast China, red lanterns must be hung in their homes during the New Year, indicating that life will be prosperous in the coming year. Who doesn't like such good luck?
"In addition to red lanterns, you need to buy incense candles, firecrackers, and couplets. In addition to these, you also need to buy some chicken and fish, which are essential for New Year's Eve dinner. However, if you have a goose, you can also buy one and stew the goose in an iron pot. Well!"

Although before setting off, Mu Shanhe had planned to come to the market to buy some new year's goods.Seeing the dazzling array of products in the market, he bought some extra, such as sticky bean buns made of rhubarb rice.

This kind of delicacy with local characteristics has been the mother of Mushanhe in the early years.Since his mother passed away, although he and his grandfather can eat it every year.But it was either given as a gift from others, or purchased at the market.

The sticky bean buns I bought at the moment were frozen to a solid consistency.Whenever you want to eat it, just steam it again.Knowing that this stuff could be kept for a long time, Mu Shanhe bought thirty kilograms at a time, and the stall owner was a little surprised. "Young man, have you finished eating so much?"

"Sister, I'm sure you won't be able to finish it in one meal, but these bean buns should last for ten days and a half, right?"

"That will definitely work! OK, then I'll weigh you thirty pounds!"

In addition to sticky bean buns, there are some common specialties that are common nowadays. Whenever you see Mushanhe, you will mention some of them.With the mountain god's space to store them, he doesn't have to worry about these delicacies going bad. He can just take them out and steam them whenever he wants.

Mu Shanhe bought a lot of special snacks such as sticky cakes, hemp flowers, and fried dough sticks and steamed buns.Some can be eaten later as breakfast, and some are also good as snacks.After the reopening, the types and quantities of agricultural and sideline foods have indeed increased a lot compared to previous years.

Even after buying couplets, incense candles, straw paper, and firecrackers, Mu Shanhe did not forget to buy himself a new set of clothes and cotton shoes.Even if you live alone from now on, you can’t wrong yourself too much!
When the backpack looked like it couldn't fit at all, there were far fewer people in the market.Many villagers who went to the market were rushing home for lunch.Mu Shanhe had lunch directly at a stall in the market.

A plate of hotpot and a bowl of pimple soup made Mu Shanhe feel full after eating.After some calculation, although I spent a lot of money today, I really bought a lot of things.Today’s money is indeed very valuable!
"Buying so many years' worth of goods and supplies at once, it seems like I won't have to come to the market again for ten days and a half."

Mu Shanhe set out to go home, walked out of the market, turned onto the road back to the village, and put on his skis again.Although the backpack looks like it's carrying a lot of stuff, it's not heavy.More things are stored in the mountain god space.

If there was no Mountain God Space, Mu Shanhe would need at least a sled or a sledge to pull these supplies back to the village.Now, it seems like it’s a lot to carry, but it’s actually very light.

When Mu Shanhe returned to the village, many villagers who had nothing to do saw him and smiled and said, "Shanzi, did you buy so many things?"

“It’s time to have some fun during the Chinese New Year!”

"Then after celebrating the New Year, you still go to the mountains to guard the garden?"

"That's for sure! After guarding this year, you can start guarding for another half a year. It's all money, why can't you guard it well?"

After chatting and joking, Mu Shanhe handed out all the remaining cigarettes, ended the chat in time and returned to his yard.Daqing, who was responsible for looking after the little master, was also very happy to see the little master who had returned. The bobcat and the fox were both in the space.

Although the space area seems far less spacious than the outside world.But for the immature bobcats and the female foxes who need to take care of their cubs, they live in Mushanhe's house and their range of activities is not large.

Now that they have moved to the space, the Bobcat and the Fox family seem to be very adaptable and seem to enjoy it.When food needs to be fed, Mu Shanhe can deliver the supplies stored in the space to their mouths with just a thought.

Occasionally, if you have time, take them out of the space and relax.But he really kept them at home, and Mu Shanhe was worried that the villagers would take advantage of them if they found out.Nowadays, a piece of lynx skin is also worth thousands of dollars!
We want others to know that Mu Shanhe’s family has two lynxes that are not long before they reach adulthood. Who can guarantee that no one will take risks?Now keeping them in space will undoubtedly save more worry and trouble and reduce unnecessary trouble.

After returning to the mountains after the New Year, release them and let them learn to forage.Until they can feed themselves and feed themselves, then they can truly return to the mountains and forests!

(End of this chapter)