Chapter Seventy-Four: New Year's Goods

This is really the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are all here, Zhao Lihua and Su Meihe are only a month away from entering the door, especially Zhao Lihua, his husband Xia Zijun is still a drag oil bottle brought by the Liang family, and Da Lang is the eldest grandson of the Xia family.

Zhao Lihua and Su Meihe are about the same age, they are both new daughters-in-law, although this generation is a little worse, but Su Meihe is afraid that Zhao Lihua is an enemy, this Liang and Meng, Zhao Lihua and Su Meihe, this old house is really lively!

In the cold winter of the lunar month, God seems to be the same as the people who are happy to celebrate the New Year, the twentieth month of the lunar month, looking at the warm sun outside, Xia Xuege ran to Xia Ziqiu's study and pestered Xia Ziqiu to accompany her to buy New Year's goods, counting the days, Xia Ziqiu was also surprised that this time passed quickly, twenty-three is a small year, but it is not to buy New Year's goods immediately! The two of them were heavily armed, Xia Ziqiu led the ox cart to put Xia Xuege up, and the two of them went to the town to buy New Year's goods, and met the neighbors in the village on the way, so they naturally took them together, don't look at the lightness of the New Year's goods, but there are a lot of things to buy, eat, use, wear, wear, play, offer, fresh, dried, raw, cooked. There's a lot to buy.

However, it makes Xia Xuege a little painful, this "Layue water and soil are three points more expensive" is true, there are many vendors who buy things in the town, but even the usual pork and chicken have risen a lot, the ox cart is led to the backyard of the store, Xia Ziqiu hugged Xia Xuege on the main street, the people take food as the sky, the first thing to buy is naturally food, the family is the two of them, and there is no need to buy more for this food, but considering that there will be a lot of relatives in the New Year this year, Xia Ziqiu really didn't dare to buy less, pork, chicken, and duck don't need to say much, It's the New Year. Many people have killed the New Year's pig, which piece to cut which piece, Xia Ziqiu directly bought a whole head down, and asked the boss to wait for it to be sent to the shop, and his family is nothing else. I can't eat it and freeze outside, especially Xia Xuege is afraid that he won't go out in the cold, he has no time to read, it's the New Year, and the people in the store also want to send something!

There are a lot of chickens and ducks at home, but they are all Xia Xuege's treasures. Xia Ziqiu still bought ten of them, and the two of them didn't have anything else to carry at this time, they didn't think about it thoughtfully! had to send the things back to the store, Xia Ziqiu simply pushed the cart in the backyard out to avoid trouble. There are fish every year. There are still some sea fish at home, but the river is not less, the two picked a dozen carp, which is ready to go to relatives to give away, and bought six big silver carp, this silver carp head is the most delicious to make fish soup, fish head is better than fish meat, but this ordinary people do not pay attention to these. If the head of the fish is separated from the body of the fish, it will not be sold, and all six silver carp are six or seven inches thick. The fish body is even older, it is gratifying to look at, and there are some game caught in the summer and autumn at home, and the meat of this year's festival is at least absolutely enough.

I went to Su Ji to buy some candy, sugar rice cakes, peanut cakes and the like, although they were peers, but Xia Xuege sighed that her family was really incomparable with Su Ji. Peanut crisp is more than 20 wen a pound in other stores, but Su Ji is 50 wen. But Su Ji's things are delicious, so don't come in if it's too expensive. Vegetables or something are stored in the ice cellar at home, but the two of them still went to the meat stall to buy some ribs and elbows and the like, although the whole pig is big, but the ribs and elbows are counted, which are all like to eat, and the family now has conditions, so it's good to buy some back.

In order to celebrate this year's Xia Xuege is finally good, Xia Ziqiu bought more than 30 firecrackers, and also bought some fireworks for children to play, this fireworks are not cheap, to ten pennies a pack of people in the village will almost not buy for children, that is, Xia Ziqiu dotes on children, only bought a box, in addition, the couplet Xia Ziqiu wrote it himself, but the window flowers and door gods still have to be bought, and there are things for worship, Xia Xuege does not understand very well, Xia Ziqiu is clear, I bought all the incense and candles in the grocery store, passing by hundreds of grocery stores, Xia Ziqiu was a little weird, it was originally the nearest grocery store to the New Year's Fair, but Xia Ziqiu had to go far to buy it, Xia Xuege guessed that this was probably the grocery store that Old Man Xia took away from Xia Ziqiu. I went to the study and bought some paper and pencils, which is also something that readers want to buy during the New Year's Festival.

Xia Ziqiu, who was wearing something, had a few days ago, and went to the embroidery village to get the clothes back, playing? Xia Xuege is a child at home, Xia Ziqiu bought a lot of toys after Xia Xuege got better, but unfortunately, Xia Xuege didn't like it very much, but liked some strange miscellaneous books that recorded various things, and Xia Ziqiu also bought Xia Xuege a nine-link chain.

The things are almost bought, the two of them are left to hang out, the seaside is already frozen, the seafood is frozen, Xia Xuege has a lot of seafood at home, but it is the river fresh that makes Xia Xuege more interested. Although he bought fish, Xia Xuege still kept running in front of Hexian's stall, bought some river shrimp and river crabs, walked around, and there were a lot of things that the two of them bought temporarily.

"Dad, we forgot to buy rice noodles and seasonings!"

"That's right, let's forget about this stubble, I said how do you feel like something is missing, you go to the house first, Dad put things down and Dad goes to buy them, see how cold you are, warm and warm, let's go back to the village."

Xia Ziqiu said, the two unloaded the car, and the whole pig that they bought had been delivered, Xia Ziqiu gave each of the seven people in the store ten catties of pork, which is considered the welfare of the store during the New Year, this pig looks like it is well raised, more than 300 catties, and the meat flowers cut out are beautiful, which is divided, and there was an exclamation at the door of the store.

"Hey, third child, why did you buy such a big pig, can your family eat it?"

Meng Shi carried the basket and twisted it into the shop, Xia Ziqiu and Xia Xuege both frowned, how could there be this woman anywhere.

"Sister-in-law is here, this pig bought it back to make some sausage and bacon or something, don't look at it so big, there is nothing to do to make bacon and sausage, save ribs and elbows or something, just to entertain guests during the New Year, I also bought a whole fan of ribs, just for my father and his old man."

Xia Ziqiu said, Meng's eyebrows were raised, and he muttered a little in his heart, this third child is really making money, not that this store has spent a lot of money when it opened, why do you still spend so much money, this whole pig is expensive in the next year, almost two silver! Xia Ziqiu can't just sell a pig, he has to have something else, thinking about his own family, fortunately, Xia Zidong is going to the county school next year, the family's expenses can save a big piece, and next year's life can be arrogant and relaxed, and Xia Ziqiu This is really not comparable, but the daughter-in-law said that Xia Ziqiu's family should not be offended, but befriended, Meng still smiled.

"Hehe, the third child is filial piety, no wonder this day is getting better and better, sister-in-law just came to say hello, Xue Ge, come, the eldest aunt's newly bought red head rope, give you Sister Mei'er, by the way!"

Meng Shi said and took out a pair of red head ropes from his sleeves, this is the simplest stall, two pairs for a penny, originally intended to be given to Xia Meier, but two pairs for Xia Xuege A pair is considered a New Year's gift, and it is cheap. Can this summer and autumn return gift still be a head rope? It must be something better, Meng Shi shouted Xia Xuege, Xia Xuege was terrified in his heart, Meng Shi would not buy her things in a good manner, there would be nothing wrong.

"Auntie, no need, let's leave it to Sister Mei'er, my father bought me a head rope, I have a lot of them!"

"That's different, it was sold to you by your father, this is the eldest aunt who bought it, come, take the eldest aunt to see, Xue Ge is a little beauty at first glance!"

Xia Xuege doesn't want it, Meng Shi is amazing in his heart, but he still has to make a few copies of face, and she gave a gift, can Xia Ziqiu still stand? Xia Xuege still didn't want it, and Xia Ziqiu also opened her mouth.

"Sister-in-law, let's give it to Mei'er, it's not easy for you to have a big family, Xuege has a lot of head ropes, don't get used to this child, sister-in-law, you can take it back, Mei'er rarely gets a new head rope."

Xia Ziqiu also opened his mouth, and Meng Shi took it back, but he still didn't leave, he found a close place and sat down, staring at Xia Ziqiu's meat with his eyes, and Xia Ziqiu was numb although he knew that Meng was a foodie, and it was rare to see meat in the old house, but Meng Shi's eyes were also cautious! Meng Shi watched, Xia Ziqiu stubbornly divided the meat, the store was full of people, Meng saw staring at Xia Ziqiu like this, Xia Ziqiu didn't say to give her some meat, he was inevitably disappointed, and began to stare at the counter with dim sum, Sun Renhao and Xia Wenxi, who were selling goods in front of the counter, were extremely uncomfortable, seeing Meng Shi change direction, Xia Ziqiu knew what Meng was going to do, and took two catties of chestnut cakes from Sun Renhao from the counter and asked Meng to take it back.

"Sister-in-law, this chestnut cake has just been baked, you take it back and taste it with your father, there are no good things at home, I'm busy here, so I won't entertain you."

Xia Ziqiu said, Meng Shi looked at the chestnut cake in his hand with his eyes and smiled.

"The third child is just worried about the children, Shiro Goro must remember the good of his third uncle, I will go back first, this is just for the children to eat!"

Meng Shi didn't seem to hear what Xia Ziqiu said to eat with Old Man Xia and others, holding the cake and leaving as if Xia Ziqiu would regret it, Xia Xuege pouted, she didn't want to give Meng something, but she also knew that Xia Ziqiu and others were really not as thick-skinned as Meng, where could they stand such a look, so it was okay to send her away, so as not to make herself unhappy when the New Year was approaching!

Xia Ziqiu divided the meat for the seven people, although Xia Ziqiu had already said it, but the seven people didn't expect Xia Ziqiu to share so much, ten catties, even if it was the meat of Xia Tiezhu's family with a large family for the New Year, the seven people all shirked, but Xia Ziqiu insisted and accepted it, Xia Ziqiu went out and bought rice and noodles for conditioning, and Xia Xue Gezai thought carefully about it and bought it all, and then drove the ox cart home.

When the people in the village saw Xia Ziqiu's New Year's goods on the oxcart, they were all talking about Xia Ziqiu's good life this year, and some of them said sourly that Xia Ziqiu was so poor, did he just get home, Xia Ziqiu heard someone calling him from afar, it turned out to be his eldest brother-in-law Li Dabao, because of Xia Tingting's matter, Xia Ziqiu has been fighting with the Li family until now, this is almost the New Year, what is Li Dabao doing! (To be continued) R655