A pleasant life in a courtyard

Chapter 68 The Joy of Harvest

There are quite a few people asking the Li family to help arrange arrangements this year.

The second uncle’s house is in the backyard, the He family and Jia family are in the middle yard, and the Wang family is in the front yard.

The second uncle and the Wang family, considering that their two families are not short of help at all, just come and ask and it will be a good deal.

Li Xiang accepted their kindness and politely declined.

Li Xiang from the He family did not refuse because of the previous stay.

In the view of the Li family, the Jia family really needs a helping hand on this day.

Xiaodang and Sophora japonica are still too young, so they have to be taken care of by someone at home. It takes almost half of the day to come out. It is definitely not enough to just stay at home and take care of the two younger sisters.

There was no one in the courtyard who could help at this time, and everyone who could go out that day went out to do some shopping.

So the Jia family members came out this time, Jia Zhang and Banggen, while Qin Huairu was left at home to take care of the two younger ones.

During the Chinese New Year, the hard dishes are just the same.

Chicken, duck, goose and fish, every household must choose one or two of them to buy.

For the rest of the scattered items in the Li family, the eldest sister led the younger brother in the past few days, lining up to buy two or three items a day.

29 On this day, most people queue up to buy these hard dishes and see if there are any new dishes available that day.

All we have to do is improvise.

While it was still dark, every house had lights on.

After a while, there was a lot of noise inside and outside the courtyard.

The group of people left the compound, and people carrying baskets and bags could be seen everywhere outside.

When they arrived outside the vegetable market, the queue in front of them was already long, and there were always some people who didn't sleep and got up earlier than chickens.

He Yuzhu asked them to line up first, and the familiar ones went to the front to inquire.

The wet market hasn't opened yet, so the queues are basically stuck there, where they should be.

When He Yuzhu came back after inquiring, nothing changed except that the people behind them could not see the end of the queue.

"Today there are a lot of dried tofu, hairtail fish, frozen shrimps, winter bamboo shoots, and I heard that there is a batch of unnamed noodles at the grain station today. Anyone needs to send someone to queue up quickly. If you get there late, you won't be able to buy them. .”

As soon as they heard what he said, several people quickly added up the numbers.

At the grain station, the three families all wanted dried noodles, and they asked the first man behind him if he wanted some noodles. This was not the time to be polite, so the first man hurriedly asked them to take them to his house.

After this calculation, there were already four companies, and it would be useless to send a small one there, so He Yuzhu asked Yuyu to buy them.

The task of Yuyu here was assigned to the three younger ones led by the eldest sister.

After everyone has discussed it, everyone takes out the extra money and tickets they want to buy and gives them to the people in line.

Li Xiang was lucky today. When he got to the queue, although there were no more geese, he was assigned a duck.

This is one or two kilograms more meat than chicken. With excitement, he quickly went to line up the hairtail fish line.

At this time, Mother Li also carried a knife of pork that was fatter and thinner. She withdrew from the queue at the pork stall with satisfaction and joined the queue to buy tofu.

The group of people in the courtyard just shuttled through the crowded vegetable market, and they were so busy that they were in full swing.

After everyone bought all the things they wanted, they met outside and began to take out the things they bought for others from their own baskets.

After everyone divides it up, it's clear which family will have a more prosperous New Year this year.

The Li family was the first to bear the brunt. The vegetable baskets were piled high, and meat dishes were bought in full portions. Limited quantities of poultry, pork, hairtail fish, frozen shrimps, and unlimited vegetables and other non-staple foods were all bought according to the amount of tickets in hand. Buy as much as you want.

Next is He Yuzhu's house. They also bought all the meat dishes and some rare vegetables.On the contrary, Jia's vegetable basket is slightly better than usual. In addition to the old dishes, there are two more fresh vegetables and a knife of pork.

At first glance, you can tell that it was prepared for the meal of making dumplings on the [-]th night.

At this time, the first uncle and the first aunt also came out. Li Xiang took a quick glance and saw that the couple were as simple as ever.

Obviously the conditions are the best among these families, but there are only two more hairtail fish in the vegetable basket than Jia's family.

Li Xiang was looking at other people's vegetable baskets, and they were also looking at his.

What they don't know is that the Li family is far richer this year than what they see now.

Li Xiang was calculating a small score in his mind.

In addition to a chicken at home, there are also two river fish bought by the third uncle.

There are also miscellaneous things that were moved home last year, plus the ones that my eldest sister and my younger brother went out to buy in line.

Fat year!

Big fat year!
A very fat year!

The four members of the Li family returned home and put away all the things they bought.

Looking at the food piled in front of them, the inner joy and great satisfaction filled their bodies.

Li Xiang even had the urge to cry. It took him three years to achieve this day.

If Li Xiang just had the urge to cry, Li's mother had already begun to wipe away her tears.

Since Li's father left, she has been raising three children by herself. With such a small salary, she has to support her family and pay off her previous foreign debts.

She had taken advantage of the high price to buy meat tickets for the New Year and festivals. She couldn't help but shed tears when she thought about how her children could only watch other people's children eating meat.

Although she is very happy now, when she thinks back to the past, the sadness is still stuck in her mind, and she will probably never forget it in her life.

"Mom, we have saved so much delicious food, why are you still crying?" The eldest sister wanted to comfort her mother, but as soon as she spoke, the trembling in her voice betrayed her mood at this time.

"I'm crying with joy. Mom is happy." Mother Li quickly wiped away the tears on her face and explained to her daughter with a smile.

"Mom, don't cry. When I grow up, I will save many more good things for you." Li Xiaodi saw his mother crying. He was extremely excited at first, but he also restrained his emotions. , leaned over to Mother Li’s side.

Although he is not very old, he still understands why his mother cries.

"Obviously we should be happy, but what's wrong with us? Could it be that we are used to being poor and are reluctant to spend money when we see treasures." Li Xiang teased the family, trying to lighten the slightly heavy atmosphere.

"Who says you can't bear to spend flowers? It doesn't matter if we don't finish eating here, here, and here during the New Year." Mother Li marked off an area and ordered the New Year's meals.

"Mom, I want to eat lard dregs. The freshly baked lard dregs are so delicious when dipped in sugar." When it came to eating, Li Xiaodi immediately became excited and quickly pointed to the knife of fatty pork and ordered for himself.

"Then I want to eat fried hairtail. Last time my eldest brother came back from the wedding banquet and told me about it. I'm still thinking about it." The eldest sister also said coquettishly to Mother Li.

"Mom, I don't have as many requests as they do. I just want to eat fish stewed with tofu and add more chili." Li Xiang also took the opportunity to make a request.

"Okay, okay, let's do it for you guys. It'll be the same every day, won't it work?" Mother Li pretended to be unable to resist them.

Before the children could respond, a sound of cursing suddenly came from outside.

"Fuck you, if you say you're not allowed to go, you're not allowed to go."

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