An Jiajia visited such a market for the first time, her eyes were full of excitement, if He Xianglan hadn't caught her, she would really have run over to take a look. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Guodong, I'll go buy some incense candles."

"Go ahead, I'll take the kids around."

"I'll go with my mother!" An Jiajia thinks it's boring to go shopping with men, so it's better to go shopping with He Xianglan!

"Okay," An Guodong didn't force it, he took the three children to go around, and He Xianglan took An Jiajia to buy things.

He Xianglan stopped in front of the blanket selling incense candles, An Jiajia stood obediently aside, and many women patronized this stall. An Jiajia thinks of her mother, who is also a person who burns incense and worships God during the New Year's holidays.

An Jiajia stood for a while, more and more women came, He Xianglan squatted in front of the stall to pick up things, took a handful of incense, a few pairs of candles, and some gold and silver paper money, etc., An Jiajia didn't understand these.

He Xianglan stood up and was about to leave with An Jiajia in tow, when someone suddenly called out to He Xianglan.

"Xianglan, have you bought it all?"

"yes, but there's something else to buy."

"Okay, let's get back to it."

An Jiajia recognized that the woman was the one who greeted He Xianglan at the entrance of the village, she was not as gossipy as those aunts, seeing that He Xianglan was in a hurry to buy something, she didn't say anything, and squatted directly in front of the stall where He Xianglan had just bought something.

An Jiajia saw the posture of the aunts buying things, and couldn't help but worry about the boss, why are they all grabbing? There are no special events here!

"Let's go, let's go buy other things," He Xianglan took An Jiajia and began to shop.

"Mom, why are the aunts so good at buying things?" An Jiajia thought about it and couldn't help but ask.

"This bazaar is the closest to us, if you don't buy it today, you will have to take a car to a farther place tomorrow to buy it, and it costs money to take the car!"

"Oh, I see!" Isn't that posture any different from grabbing a bargain, it turns out that it's all about saving money!

He Xianglan took An Jiajia for a walk, but there was only a little bit of what she bought, An Jiajia wondered, why didn't she see oil, salt, sauce and vinegar here in the market?

And this is a bazaar, but An Jiajia didn't see anything related to food, what is the situation?

He Xianglan turned around and found An Guodong, An Guodong just bought something to eat for the three children, "Jiajia, eat sugar gourd!" An Guodong handed the sugar gourd to An Jiajia.

If it was An Jiajia, she would definitely not eat the sugar gourd, because this string of sugar gourds looked so small, and there was not much sugar on it. But this body is eager for sugar gourds, An Jiajia put the sugar gourd in her mouth and took a bite, sour, only a little sweet, but the body has a feeling of satisfaction.

The family soon went home, and An Jiajia was full of doubts, what is the situation? Shouldn't you hurry up and buy something when you go to the market? Are you waiting for the next time you go out to buy it?

"Mom, have you bought everything? Didn't you forget to buy it? An Jiajia specially reminded He Xianglan.

"No, it's all bought," He Xianglan said, holding An Jiajia's hand.

"Mom, it's rare for us to come to the market, why do you just buy this little thing?" An Jiajia didn't understand.

"Jiajia, these things we came to buy are not available in the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the things that the supply and marketing cooperatives have to buy with tickets," He Xianglan explained.

"Where is the supply and marketing cooperative?" An Jiajia asked curiously.

"The supply and marketing cooperatives are in town, let your dad take you another day."

"Dad, remember to take me to the supply and marketing cooperative!" An Jiajia told An Guodong.

"Okay," An Guodong looked at An Jiajia's serious little face and felt funny.

"Mom, do we have to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar at home?" An Jiajia remembered the peanut oil that she had only made yesterday, "Mom, what should we do with our peanut oil?" ”

"Silly boy, you can eat your own oil, and you have to buy salt and soy sauce."

"Is our food still ours?" An Jiajia felt strange in her heart, how could it be different from what was said in the book? Didn't you say you had to shop with a ticket?

"In the past few years, you really had to buy everything with tickets, even food, when you were still young, you didn't know anything, but your brothers and sisters still remember! Now, our family can have enough to eat, and you can go to school! ”

An Jiajia looked at the satisfied look on He Xianglan's face, and secretly glad that she had just come through, if she encountered a three-year difficult period, she would definitely be finished!

"We are rural people, unlike people in the city, they still have to buy things with tickets," Mr. An said.

An Jiajia seemed to understand, but He Xianglan and An Guodong didn't say anything more, and An Jiajia didn't want to continue to ask.

After returning home, He Xianglan asked An Guodong to kill a duck, An Jiajia's eyes lit up, there is meat to eat tonight, hahahaha!

An Jiajia sat under the wall and watched An Guodong clean up the ducks, while He Xianglan took out the incense candles she bought in the morning and prepared to worship God.

Waiting for He Xianglan to come out, An Jiajia couldn't help but ask, "Mom, what are you doing here?" ”

"Let's do a festival today, Ueda Festival!" He Xianglan said as she lit the incense.

"What's the Ueda Festival?"

"Didn't we plant rice yesterday? So today is the Ueda Festival, and it happens to be July 14 when it is finished. ”

"July 14?" An Jiajia's eyes widened, she didn't expect that there would be a ghost festival here, "But why do you want to do a festival at this time?" ”

"It's custom."

"But don't people worship God with chickens? Why ducks today? In her memory, An Jiajia remembered that her mother had always worshipped God with chickens.

"Except for the Ueda Festival, other festivals have to worship the gods with chickens," At this time, An Guodong called He Xianglan outside, saying that the ducks were cleaned up.

He Xianglan went out to pick up the duck, put the duck on the plate and put it in the cauldron to steam, An Jiajia followed her like a little tail.

"Mom, why do you use ducks to worship God during the Ueda Festival?" An Jiajia asked shamelessly.

"After a person dies, he has to pass through the Nai Ho Bridge, and it will be the 14th of July soon, so that the person who leaves can let the duck carry it through the river."

An Jiajia didn't expect that there would be such a story here, the customs and culture are really powerful, An Jiajia suddenly felt that she was lonely and unheard, and she had no knowledge at all.

He Xianglan steamed the duck until it was half-cooked, took it out and put it on the tray, and then began to worship God.

"I'm going to set off firecrackers!" He Xianglan said, everyone immediately returned to the house, a burst of firecrackers rang out, and red shredded paper was scattered in the yard.

Not only their family, An Jiajia also heard at least a dozen firecrackers, and the chickens and ducks in the backyard were frightened and kept screaming.

Da Bai also seemed to be a little scared, and kept drilling between An Jiajia's feet.