Twenty-three sugar melons are sticky, and when the year comes, everyone is busy. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the atmosphere of the New Year in the village is strong.

On this day, Dad pasted the statue of the Stove King invited from the market on the side of the stove, like the Stove King, the God of Wealth, the incense, and the middle hall to say "please" to show respect for the gods.

My mother killed a chicken, tied a red thread around the chicken's neck, and put it on the stove after dinner, which was the mount on which the king of the stove went to report to the Jade Emperor. He also touched the mouth of the statue of the king of the stove with syrup, so that he could have a sweet mouth and say good things to the heavens. Li Manman gave his mother a hand, and he didn't say a word, for fear that he would say something taboo and be ridiculed.

The next day, Li Manman was allowed to follow his mother to the market, which was crowded and much more lively than usual.

Lin Xiujuan first went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to hand over the rice candy and French fries to Jingsheng, and then took her daughter to pick up New Year's goods, Li Manman was not very interested in buying food, she was very eager to go to the place where the couplets were sold to see, Li Manman's couplets have always been written by Li Tianxue, so just buy red paper, but there are other good things in the places where the couplets are sold, such as the front of the door that Li Manman has never seen since he left home, which is cut out of paper of various colors and pasted on the eaves of the main entrance, and one will be torn off after the third day of the new year, When he was a child, Li Manman liked to keep those torn off front doors, and thought they were very beautiful. Now think about it is indeed a great work of art, about the size of a man's palm, divided into three parts, the upper part is cut into the shape of flowers and plants, the middle is the New Year's zodiac, the lower part is cut into the shape of a swallowtail, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple several colors of the front of the door face are pasted on the eaves, at a glance it makes people feel the atmosphere of festival joy.

There are also indispensable lanterns for children in the New Year, this kind of lantern is not the kind of high-tech lantern with battery in later generations, with various colors and different shapes, but a handmade lantern shell, with sorghum straw to build a shelf, up and down is composed of four trapezoids under the shape of the big and small, the middle is a long cube, the outside is covered with a transparent film, the film is painted with the pattern of flowers, grasses, insects and fish, this kind of lantern shell, buy back, the bottom of the lantern made by the parents at home is pressed, and the candle is lit. The so-called lantern bottom is to use a slightly larger square or round wooden board as the bottom, a small nail on the ground in the middle, used to insert candles, nail two long wires, tie a knot at the top, as a handle, when used from the lantern shell on the line, such a lantern A big disadvantage is that the candle is easy to fall, and the film on the lantern will be burned as soon as the candle falls, so the fathers of every household are good at pasting the lantern shell.

Lin Xiujuan slowly picked up the New Year's goods, in fact, she was not in a hurry, there were still many days before the New Year, and she could still catch a few sets, shop around, and always find something she liked, Li Manman was absent-minded.

"Da Hong, you go and see the seller first, and pick two lanterns for you and your brother!" Lin Xiujuan saw her daughter looking anxious, and knew what she wanted to do, so she let her play as she wanted.

Li Manman listened, like an amnesty, nodded again and again, and squeezed to the place where the couplets were sold, the people here were not too much, Li Manman first went to see the middle hall, which was hung in the center of the living room, in the middle was a painting, the two sides were couplets, and ordinary people rarely changed the couplets, and there were all kinds of taboos. The middle hall is generally festive content, the peony flower-based flowers bloom richly, the birthday star of the Antarctic fairy Weng is the main one, the pine crane is mainly pine and white cranes to prolong the year, this year Li Manman actually saw a plum blossom-based ink plum picture, the plum blossom branches are strong, the flowers are dense and dense, the orchid grass under the tree is next to the strange stone, especially the wind and bones, although the heart is very appreciative, but it can not be bought home, black and white are taboo.

After reading the middle hall, Li Manman squeezed into the crowd, picked two front faces, and bought two large red sheets of paper for the two large glass windows in the house. Squeezed it out, and then squeezed into the place where the lantern shells were sold, picked two for myself and my brother, strung them together, and carried them. After thinking about it, I went to buy a few pieces of colored paper and prepared to take them home to do handicrafts.

Holding a bunch of things, Li Manman stood on the side of the street waiting for his mother, and he didn't dare to play, for fear that his mother would be in a hurry if she couldn't find herself, and she would have no good fruit to eat at that time.

"There are no good things on this episode, and I can't buy anything fresh if I want to!" An old lady with a foreign accent complained to the old man beside him. "Okay, this is the north, how can it be compared to the south!" The old man said impatiently.

"I said that you will come back after the Spring Festival, you have to come for the Spring Festival! Every day cabbage tofu, annoying! The old lady complained.

"My parents are lying here, my roots are here, what's wrong with coming back for the Spring Festival? Is my family still bad to you? There is meat and vegetables every meal, you see what they usually eat? The old man was furious, put the things in his hand on the ground, looked at his wife, and was ready to reason with his wife.

"I, I didn't say they were bad, their love, I remember! What's the matter with you! The old lady was a little intimidated and explained, "I'm just a little unaccustomed to it, and I want to eat some fresh vegetables or something!" How did I know there was only cabbage and celery here! ”

"Isn't there still coriander and spinach? And garlic! The old man was very dissatisfied with his wife's pickiness about his hometown.

"Is that so big, is it delicious?" The old lady was a little aggrieved, "I want to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes!" ”

"Tomatoes, that's a summer dish! Not here! The old man had no confidence in saying, "Let's eat it differently!" Wait for the New Year, go home and let you eat enough! ”

Li Manman listened to the quarrel between the two in front of him, and smiled secretly in his heart, the relationship between the two old men was very good, and the old lady was a little squeamish, she should have been spoiled by the old man.

"Uncle, I have tomatoes at home, do you want them?" Li Manman asked with a smile.

"Huh?" The old man was a little surprised when he heard Li Manman's words, and the old lady was a little ashamed, and she was seen by the children when she had an awkward quarrel.

"I said, I have tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, and watermelons, do you want them?" Li Manman asked seductively.

"Yes, definitely, how many do you have?" The old man immediately said, "Where is it?" The old lady also nodded quickly.

"My greenhouse is not big, I came to the market today, I didn't bring much goods, if you want, I'll get it for you!" Li Man flickered, "You're tired of buying so many things, wait for me here!" ”

"Okay, okay, little girl, hurry up!" The old lady swallowed and said.

Li Manman quickly ran to a place where there was no one with his things, put the things in his hand into the space, picked seven or eight tomatoes, a dozen cucumbers, and two more watermelons and put them in the basket.

"Uncle, my family brought so many things today, how much do you think you can buy?" Li Man pretended to wipe his sweat and said breathlessly.

"Ahh Here comes the water spirit! The old lady stared at the basket, her eyes shining, "It's all over, it's all over!" Old man, give money! Give money to the little girl! ”

"Little girl, how much do you think these things cost?" The old man looked at Li Manman and asked.

Li Manman smirked: "This, I don't know, I haven't sold anything, and my mother hasn't told me, otherwise, uncle, if you look at how much it's worth, give me as much as you want, as long as a lot of it is my mother!" ”

The old man listened to Li Manman's words, and also felt that a seven or eight-year-old child must not know the value of these things, but he was quite enthusiastic, and he was from his hometown, so he said kindly: "You are an out-of-season vegetable, which is very popular in winter, you see that I will give you twenty yuan for these things, how about it?" ”

Li Manman was overjoyed, it was a little more expensive than what he sold in the county, and he deliberately showed surprise on his face, and nodded honestly: "Okay!" Push the basket forward to the old man, "The basket is for you too!" ”

The old lady hugged the basket and said to Li Manman with a smile: "Little girl, you have a good heart!" The old man also smiled, took out two large unity sheets and handed them to Li Manman. Li Manman took it, put it in his pocket, and pressed it on it.

"Little girl, will you come again next time?" The old man lifted something on the ground and asked Li Manman.

Li Manman shook his head: "I don't know, my mother brought me, I'll come, if you don't bring me, you won't be able to come." ”

"Where's your mother? Can you point it to me? The old man asked.

"My mother is at the end of the market, buying New Year's goods, I can't see it!" Li Manman shook his head and explained.

"Then, goodbye, little girl!" The old man was a little disappointed. Li Manman smiled heartlessly, and shook his hand at the old man, if it wasn't a coincidence today, it would be impossible for Li Manman to take out the things in the space, this episode is close to home, there are many acquaintances, in case you run into one, you can't tell it, it will expose the space.

When Lin Xiujuan bought something and found it, she saw her daughter, holding a string of sugar gourds and nibbling on it, holding a bag of things in her arms, and when she saw herself, she grinned and smirked.

walked over angrily and pulled her daughter's braids: "I knew that you were mischievous when you came along!" Did you buy it for your brother? ”

Li Manman nodded and handed the sugar gourd to his mother's mouth.

"I don't eat it, I don't pull a few sour, eat it myself!" Lin Xiujuan pushed the sugar gourd aside, took the things in Li Manman's arms, and put them on the cart, "Come up, I'm going home!" ”

Li Manman jumped on the car and was happily dragged home by his mother.