Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 73 072 Garden Tour
Don't be greedy, children, Laba is the new year.

As the New Year approaches, the New Year atmosphere on the streets becomes more intense.

Small firecrackers, which cost about 100 firecrackers each, are the biggest source of fun for boys during the Spring Festival. If you use them sparingly, one firecracker can last for several days.

Some children from well-off families couldn't hold it anymore and started setting off firecrackers. During the delivery process, Tang Zhitong always heard the "pop" and "pop" of small whips from time to time.

Of course, there are also some children from poor families who can only stand around and covet, and dare not go home and clamor for it, otherwise they will be beaten.

Tang Zhitong has two younger sisters, and classmate Xiao Wang also has a younger sister and a younger brother. Tang Zhitong plans to prepare some gifts that the children will like.

Tang Zhitong plans to buy some small whips for Wang Jingmin. They are not very powerful and have high safety factor. I think the little clever guy will like them.

What are you preparing for your sisters?Tang Zhitong was in trouble, so he directly asked the two sisters what they wanted.

The answers given by the two sisters were beyond Tang Zhitong's expectation, and they wanted to abduct her.

This crutch is not a crutch, but a joint bone of a sheep or a pig. Little girls of the Manchu and Hui ethnic groups play with sheep crutches, while little girls of the Han people mostly play with pig bones or stones.

The younger sister has made her wish for the New Year, and the older brother has to fulfill it.

Considering the size of his sisters' hands, Tang Zhitong decided to try to get three sets of sheep crutches to take advantage of them.

It was also thanks to Tang Zhitong who had to do the delivery. He ran outside every day and bought sheep hooves from the beef and mutton stall in his delivery area for three days in a row. Moreover, they were lamb's hind hooves. It is said that only sheep's hind hooves have joint bones.

One pair of sheep's crutches requires four hind hooves, and three pairs of sheep's crutches means twelve. It's a pity that buying sheep's hooves now does not require tickets, otherwise it will be quite difficult to get them together.

Every time he bought sheep's hooves, Tang Zhitong would ask his master to help him dismember them and then throw them into space.

After gathering twelve of them, Tang Zhitong started making sheep crutches.

Tang Zhitong disliked the fact that the sheep's hooves had no meat, so he didn't take them out to save space. Besides, he didn't know how his mother would complain about him when he took them home, so he simply kept them until next year and sold them to make a profit on the difference.

It's not difficult to prepare sheep's craws, but it's a bit labor-intensive. Except that no spices are added, it's almost like stewing bones.

Stew until thoroughly stewed, remove the fascia from the top, dry it clean, and then it can be used as a toy.

The more particular ones were dyed in different colors, but Tang Zhitong didn't waste that much time. The dyes were all chemicals, which were far less healthy than the original color.

During the Spring Festival, the street distributed meat stamps for the Spring Festival. Each household was given half a pound of meat, regardless of the population.

Although meat tickets have been issued, not many people are buying meat. Everyone is saving it and buying it when the New Year is approaching, so that they can make dumplings on New Year's Eve and entertain guests after the New Year.

Since raw meat has been managed by supply and marketing cooperatives, long queues will form in front of the butcher shops in grocery stores from morning to night starting from the 26th of each year. This situation will continue until the [-]th of the year.

Tang Zhitong doesn't worry about this. At the end of the year, everyone, young and old, is queuing up. He has two younger sisters at home who are old enough to queue up.

23. Sticky sugar melons; 24. Clean the house; 25. Frozen tofu; 26. Go buy meat; 27. Slaughter the rooster; 28. Make the dough; 29. ​​Steam the buns; Stay up all night on the [-]th; The first and second days of the lunar month Walk all over the streets.

Children on the street shouted jingles, laughed and played.Tang Zhitong was very emotional when he heard it. He hadn't heard it for many years. From now on, life is getting better and better, the pace is getting faster and faster, but the flavor of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker. Even the sale of fireworks and firecrackers has been banned...

The New Year's Day falls on a Saturday, and since Tang Zhitong has an appointment with Wang Jingwen to go to the Old Summer Palace tomorrow, the delivery day will be a little faster today, saving time to go home and clean up.

When Tang Zhitong returned home in the afternoon, Zhang Guifang had quickly cleaned the house and was about to boil water for a bath.

Ever since they had a bathhouse, Tang Zhitong's family no longer went to the bathhouse. Spending money was only one aspect, and more importantly, there were so many people in the bathhouse, especially at the end of the year. People were so crowded that they wanted to just rub the floating dust off.

Because of the temperature, Tang Zhitong did not wash once a week, and had to cheat every time he took a bath, and this time was no exception.

It was cold in winter and it was inconvenient to boil water. After serving his three mothers, Tang Zhitong lay in the bathtub and wondered whether he should build a boiler for rationality?Luxurious, too luxurious!Let’s wait until later.

Early on Sunday morning, Tang Zhitong ate some breakfast impatiently, packed himself up neatly, and went out.

This time Tang Zhitong was smarter and carried a bag across his shoulder. It was the one modified by Wang Jingwen's postal bag. This almost became a testimony of their love.

Using the bag as a cover, Tang Zhitong put his hands into the bag from time to time on the way and took out some apples, grapes, and hawthorns from the space and stuffed them inside.

These types of fruits are sold in supply and marketing cooperatives. Some are kept fresh in cold storage and some are kept in earth cellars. However, the ones brought out by Tang Zhitong are in better quality.

When they arrived at the gate of Wang Jingwen's community, Tang Zhitong offered a cigarette to the receptionist without going up. After lighting it and taking a few puffs, Wang Jingmin came down first.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law! My sister didn't keep her word. She asked me to stand on the balcony to see if you were coming. She promised to buy me foreign paintings, but then she went back on her word." Wang Jingmin grabbed Tang Zhitong's sleeve and complained to his sister.

"Foreign paintings?" Tang Zhitong was stunned for a moment, then realized that they were pictures. Each picture was printed one by one. You could cut it into small pieces to take pictures of foreign paintings. It was a game that little boys liked very much. "How much does one cost?"

"One...two cents!" Wang Jingmin changed his words immediately before he could finish his words.

"That's only a dime, go ahead and buy it." Tang Zhitong took out a dime, rubbed Wang Jingmin's head and let him go.

Wang Jingmin's "brother-in-law" when Tang Zhitong came to his door for the first time was worth a lot of foreign paintings, but Tang Zhitong had no intention of spoiling him. spoiling a child was like killing a child, and he couldn't help his mother-in-law develop this habit for his children.

"Hello, Uncle Gao." After a while, Wang Jingwen came down and greeted Uncle Gao first, this time generously and appropriately.

The last time Wang Jingmin said "brother-in-law" in the corridor, everyone in the family knew that Wang Jingwen was looking for a partner and was about to get married.Now that they have reached this point, Wang Jingwen is no longer shy.

"Okay. You young people, go out and play." Uncle Gao nodded when he heard this, and then waved to chase them away with a smile.

Wang Jingwen still sat on the back seat of Tang Zhitong's bicycle, traveling about 20 kilometers from Chunshu Hutong to the Summer Palace.

Thanks to Tang Zhitong's practice of riding a bicycle every day, otherwise he might not be able to hold on while carrying a big girl.

Whatever you get, you have to pay a certain price.

Just like if Tang Zhitong wanted to eat rabbit meat, he had to raise rabbits first.

The Old Summer Palace, formerly a royal garden, was large and beautiful, but was destroyed by fire by the British and French forces.

After liberation, high-level officials gave instructions that this garden should be retained, so this area was not reclaimed for farmland.

Due to limited funds, it has been in a state of neglect and will remain in this state for decades.

There are several universities nearby, and the universities are on vacation, so there are not many wild mandarin ducks here.

"You go inside, let me help you." When they reached the outskirts of the garden, there was no way in. Tang Zhitong sent Wang Jingwen to go in first, and he put the bicycle in the space while she wasn't paying attention. He couldn't afford to throw this thing away, in case the two of them were lost. I had to walk for a long time before there was a bus.

Entering the garden, it was full of dead grass, covering my legs.

Wang Jingwen knew that there might be some close contact next. Although there was no one around, she was still nervous, mixed with a little expectation...

"How many rabbits can be fed with so much grass?" Tang Zhitong led the way, trying his best to choose an easier path to avoid scratching Wang Jingwen's wild jujube branches.

Wang Jingwen glanced blankly at Tang Zhitong, "Are you talking to me about rabbits at this time?" ?

The two walked forward for several hundred meters and found a leeward slope with a stone strip at the bottom, which was perfect for sitting on.

Judging by the dust on the top, no one has sat there for a while. Judging by the level of weeds and soil trampled under the stone bars, there have been many visitors in the past.

"Come, sit down and have a rest." Tang Zhitong took out a towel from his backpack, placed it on the stone strips, and asked Wang Jingwen to sit down.

Then Tang Zhitong took out the kettle and asked Wang Jingwen to rinse his hands upside down. Finally, he took out two apples, rinsed them slightly, and ate them one by one.

The kettle was given to Tang Zhitong by Wang Jingwen. With a kettle, the two of them didn't have to go to the teahouse to buy water when they were dating.

Xiaonian has been in the [-]th for several days, and the temperature is higher than before, otherwise the two of them would not be able to sit still.

After eating the apple, Wang Jingwen still didn't speak.

As someone who has been with Tang Zhitong, I know that when it comes to pure love, when something happens when you are alone for the first time, you will inevitably feel a little uneasy and unnatural.

The atmosphere was a little subtle for a while.

"Brother Eucalyptus, will you be good to me?" Wang Jingwen seemed to have made up her mind, grabbing the lapels of her clothes with both hands and looking directly at Tang Zhitong.

"Yes, can you add a time limit for a lifetime?" Tang Zhitong raised his hand and stroked the fine hair on Wang Jingwen's face. In the sun, the skin looked more delicate.

"Brother Eucalyptus, you have to be good to me, you must be good to me. ... Come on!" Wang Jingwen seemed not to hear Tang Zhitong's answer. After talking to himself, he seemed to have made some determination, Her back stiffly straightened, her hands grasped the hem of her clothes, and she closed her eyes, but her trembling eyelashes betrayed her nervousness.

Tang Zhitong was speechless, but also very moved. Miss Wang threw away her reserve for her own sake and broke the psychological shackles.

Life can't live up to the spring scenery, and can't live up to the grace of beauty.

Tang Zhitong stretched out his hand and rubbed Wang Jingwen's back, saying "It's okay, it's okay", but he couldn't help but leaned over...

After the initial trial, Miss Wang responded awkwardly but enthusiastically...

Hormones are very magical and not very controllable.

After doing some unseemly things, the two of them had a friendly exchange and verified their rabbit breeding experience, laying a solid foundation for a happy life in the future.

Miss Xiao Wang is rich and generous. She once again said that she would pay for the house to be built by herself, and she could also pay for the furniture. She just urged Tang Zhitong to build the house quickly.

For such a beautiful and considerate girl, Tang Zhitong had no choice but to restrain himself.The atmosphere is not that open, and crossing the line would desecrate this beautiful relationship.

Pulling the reins... Bah!The matter of pulling hair while driving should still be practiced after marriage.

The scenery of the Old Summer Palace was terrible, with ruins and ruins, but it was nice and deserted.

It was too painful to be alone here, and it was hard for both of us.

After being warm for a while, the two of them embarked on their return journey.

　Classic car, speed 15 km/h.Let's wait for the wedding chapter and see if we can get on the expressway.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)