Steamed buns, go farming with your mother

Chapter 46

In a blink of an eye, two days have passed since the last New Year's cake, and it is already the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month. In the past two days, Su He and Wang have carefully cleaned their dilapidated house, and cleaned it again. I sorted out the newly added things at home recently, calculated what I have in my home, and then planned what to prepare for the New Year.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Su Ho and Wang went to the town with leeks and baskets on their backs early in the morning. The two of them wanted to take advantage of today's big market, when there were not too many people rushing to the market, to prepare New Year's goods.

The custom in Qingmu Town is to kill pigs at home at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and go to the market at the end of the twelfth lunar month to buy some new year goods that are not available at home, or to buy some things that are reluctant to buy on weekdays. Live a happy and prosperous year, so these days at the end of the year, Qingmu Town is the busiest.

It wasn't early for Su Ho and the others to arrive in town, because today they were just shopping and there was nothing to sell, so they didn't need to get up early in the morning to grab a good seat, so the two of them didn't walk fast on the road. Talking while walking, chatting about some interesting things in the countryside, the journey is not so boring, I feel that the time passes quickly, and I arrived in the town in a short while, and it is not so early at this time.

Entering the town from the North Street, the North Street is usually populated by foreigners, but today, it is mostly local residents, carrying cloth bags and carrying baskets, people come and go, it is very lively.It's just that the restaurants and taverns on both sides are not doing very well, and there are few outsiders on the street.

Today, the destination of the two is to go to East Street and West Street, to go to West Street to buy some vegetables and fruits, as well as fish and rice noodles.Su Ho's family didn't raise any livestock. Except for a sheep, there were only three living animals in Su Ho's house. To celebrate the New Year, we had to prepare some. Besides, the family is not the same now, and Su Ho also earned some back. A good year is more than enough.

As soon as she made an excuse on West Street, Su Ho was startled. Outside, she could only see a mass of black heads, crowded shoulder to shoulder. She held Wang's arm tightly and said, "There are so many people!"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Well, the number of people is still small. On the day of the 25th, there will be more people. This street is so crowded that you can't squeeze in!"

Su Ho stuck out his tongue and said, "My God, how many people must there be!"

Mrs. Wang walked in first, and Su Ho raised her heels to protect Mrs. Wang and Chives with her frail body.The two followed the flow of people, looking at the stalls on both sides of the street with great interest, selling fish, chicken, and meat, but they rarely saw any selling vegetables, at most they were selling yams and sweet potatoes. I can see one or two sellers of garlic sprouts and green onions, but they are all expensive, several times more expensive than the seasonal price.

"Mother, tell me, do we want to buy fish? There are still a few uneaten fish pickled at home!" The two of Su Ho stopped in front of a fish stall, looked at the lively fish in the water, and asked: " Or, buy one, it will be more than enough every year, and fresh fish is better than salted fish, isn’t it?”

Originally, Mrs. Wang didn't intend to buy fish. Hearing what Su Ho said, she thought that the fish at home would not go bad after being marinated, so she nodded and agreed.

Seeing Mrs. Wang nodding, Su Ho asked, "Boss, how do you sell this fish?"

"Thirty cents a catty!" The boss, a man, said without raising his head.

Su Ho and Wang Shi looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes. Both of them expected that the prices of things would increase during the Chinese New Year, but they didn't expect it to increase so much. Compared with the usual prices, the increase Double it.Su Ho looked at the cheerful fish swimming in the water, and said to Mrs. Wang: "Mother, we don't buy it, we just eat the fish pickled at home. There are fish on the left and right, and there is nothing to be picky about!"

Mrs. Wang also felt that it was a little expensive, and it was not that there was no one in the house. Since it was too expensive, she didn't buy it.So, the two walked to the next stall hand in hand.

Stop and go, stop and go, there are vegetables at home, Suho just bought [-] eggs.Stopped in front of the meat stall, rummaged through it, and finally, Su Ho asked, "Brother, how do you sell this meat?"

The butcher looked up and saw Su He standing in front of the stall, his voice was still somewhat familiar, he sized it up, clapped his hands, and said, "You... aren't you the little lady who sells mint porridge at the ferry?"

"Brother Butcher knows me?" Su Ho was a little surprised.

"I like the mint porridge you made. My son and I like your sauerkraut. When I learned that you stopped setting up a stall, I was disappointed for a long time! My son has been talking about it every day recently. I want to eat your sauerkraut, and I was wondering where to find you, and you just showed up!" The butcher babbled a lot, but he didn't intend to weigh Su Ho's meat.

Su Ho smiled and said, "Brother Butcher, sauerkraut is trivial, please weigh the meat for me first, how much is it per catty?"

"Since you are here to buy it, young lady, and we are acquaintances, I'll give you a little less, twenty cents a catty, how about it?" said the butcher, and quickly weighed it, and when he pressed his head, the weighing rod tilted The tall one said: "Little lady, it's five catties and four taels in total, and it's a total of one hundred and eight cash, just give one hundred cash!" The butcher wrapped the meat in banana leaves and handed it to Su Ho.

Su Ho was not polite to him either, he took the meat and put it in the basket behind him.Mrs. Wang counted a hundred copper coins and handed them to Su Ho, who handed them over to the butcher and said, "Thank you, brother butcher, I will send you the sauerkraut you asked for!"

The butcher smiled and said, "Little lady, I'll wait for that at home!"

Mrs. Wang changed her hand while holding the leek. Su Ho saw it, waved to the butcher, and said to Mrs. Wang, "Mother, let me hug you. This kid has also gained some flesh and weight recently." !"

Mrs. Wang was indeed a little tired from hugging, so she handed the leeks to Su Ho upon hearing this.Chives are dressed in soft, festive bright red, and her arms and legs are strong. She wears a red tiger hat on her head, which makes her face white, tender and rosy, and she is incomparably energetic.Seeing Su Ho reaching out to hug him, Leek happily waved his little arms, bouncing around in Wang's arms, babbling.

Seeing the way the leek looked, Su Ho was afraid that Mrs. Wang would not be able to keep it, so he quickly took it.Wang breathed a sigh of relief, shook his sore arms, and said with a smile: "This kid is getting stronger and stronger, and he almost couldn't hold him just now!" He stretched out his hand and pinched the small nose of Leek.

Leek thought that Mrs. Wang was really teasing him, so she giggled, wrapped her arm around Su Ho's arm, and kicked her calf.Su Ho made a little effort, fixed him in his arms, and kissed the leek.This kid was used to his own mother kissing him, and he laughed even more happily. He followed Su Ho's example and kissed Su Ho on the face.Surprised on Su Ho's face, he smiled and said, "How did this kid learn to do this?"

Mrs. Wang watched and smiled, and said, "Who told you to always teach him this! Let's go, let's go to another place!"

Su Ho nodded and walked towards the end of the street.Walk through the other side, and you will arrive at the wharf of Yuanjiang, South Street.Soho has a mint stand here for a long time, so it is very familiar with it.It’s almost Chinese New Year, and there are basically no people on the pier. Some people who eat by the pier have gone home now. It’s almost Chinese New Year. After a year of hard work, it’s time to take a break.

After crossing the South Street, you will arrive at the East Street, which is the focus of Suho and the others.There are also many people on the East Street. In addition to the shops on both sides of the street, there are many hawkers. In the cold weather, there are small stalls in the town, all kinds of food, toys, and supplies. There are many more things than the West Street. , but also complete a lot.

As soon as I entered East Street, I heard all kinds of yelling.When passing by a small stall, Leek twisted his arms and legs vigorously, staring straight at the stall owner, probably looking at the rattle in the stall owner's hand, and babbling in his mouth.

Su Ho felt the restlessness of the leek, following the gaze of the leek, Su Ho saw the source of the excitement of the leek, saw the rattle in the vendor's hand, and said with a smile: "Mother, this kid knows to ask for things at a young age? Let's go and see!"

Mrs. Wang nodded. The two hugged the leeks, squeezed to the small stall, picked up the rattle that the stall owner put on the stall, and carefully selected them.When the stall owner saw a visitor coming, he came forward to greet him. Mrs. Wang shook her head, motioning for herself to look, and the stall owner went to greet other guests.Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the rattle, Leek jumped down happily. It took Su Ho a lot of effort to stabilize him, and coaxed him: "Lik, be quiet, mother is buying you something!" Woolen cloth!"

I don't know if the leek understood it or not, but it really calmed down and stopped tossing.

Over there, Mrs. Wang chose a rattle with chubby New Year picture dolls on both sides, and asked Su Ho, "He'er, is this okay? It looks pretty good!" Su Ho giggled when he saw that New Year picture The doll wears an upside-down braid, a tiger head and a tiger head, a round head, black eyes that look like leek eyes, short arms and calves, which are also round, wearing a bright red woolen double-breasted jacket, shaking hands A rattle, smiling sweetly.

Su Ho nodded and said, "Mother, I don't care what I say, just ask this kid!"

"What does he know? It's so small!" Although Wang said so, she still brought the snare drum she chose to the front of the leek, shaking it with a thud, and asked: "Little leek, come, take a look, grandma picked it for you. Satisfied?"

Leek directly stretched out his small arms to get it, and his body leaned out of Su Ho's arms.Mrs. Wang hurriedly handed the small drum to Chives.Although Leek is young, his small hands are already very strong. This wooden rattle is really heavy for such a big child, but Leek can already hold it tightly and shake it.

The stall owner saw that Su He and the others had chosen, so he came over and said in a low voice, "Ma'am, it's all chosen, it's twenty coins in total!"

Su Ho and Wang frowned, thinking that it was a little expensive, but seeing that they liked leeks, they didn't say much, gave the money, and left.The stall owner took the money and shouted at the backs of the three of Su Ho: "Madam, come again when you are free!"

Over there, Mrs. Wang said to Su Ho, "He'er, let's buy some soybeans and grind tofu ourselves!"

(End of this chapter)