June 1st is approaching, the school wants to organize the senior children to perform, children like Lu Li can't participate, the school only requires that on the day of the festival, they should wear white coats and blue pants to the school, gather in the field, participate in the celebrations, and give the children a day off the rest of the time.

Two days in advance, Lu Li made an appointment with Liu Gong'er, Daxin and the dog, and on the night before June 1st, he went outside the city, where there were rice fields everywhere, and the fields were full of frogs and crabs.

On May 31, there was no class in the morning, and each class organized students to clean up, tossing and turning to sweat, and their heads and faces were covered with dust. Entering the alley, Lu Li suddenly felt that there was someone behind him, and when he looked back, it was Liang Xin. "You, you, you, you follow...... Make move...... Why? ”

Liang Xin didn't speak, but followed him not far away, looking at him like that, he looked like he couldn't enter the small group of the little brother and wouldn't stop, which made Lu Li feel helpless: he was a bit of a 'character', and if he was good with him, he was really good, and if he was not good, he couldn't get better. What is particularly intolerable is the harm that comes from behind the backs of others. Yu Liang Xin's several plays were all because of Liang Wei's complaint. (Note 1)

In his mind, he teased Liang Xin, I will tease you today, and tomorrow you will find a way to tease me back, if you meet someone who doesn't know how to tease, you will ignore you in the future. Why do you want to tell the teacher and hurt yourself? In this kind of evil mood, he has always been reluctant to accept Liang Xin. (Note 2)

"Back to ...... Go, don't go back...... I'm ...... You? ”

Liang Xin blinked, neither left nor approached, he only felt that the little brother was a very interesting person in his heart, and it was very interesting to be with him, Dong Yuqiang, Ding Cong, Ding Ming, and Cao Xun who lived closer to him were all fun, so they followed him desperately, no matter what he said, he just refused to go.

Luli was also annoyed, so follow him if you like, ignore him, turn around and go home, go into the house and dig out the sewing kit from the chest of drawers, take out the needle and thread, tie a dead knot at the end, take out a thimble and put it on your finger, and begin to sew the loose button.

This is still a skill he has only learned in the past year, when he first began to practice, he couldn't even tie the knot at the end of the line, let alone recognize the hole lead, as for pricking his fingers, it was even more commonplace, often a button was sewn, and there were a few more holes in his hands. And now, dip some spit on your thumb and forefinger, pinch the thread and twist it and hang it, and you will tie a knot, and you are very skilled!

was sewing needles, Yu Fang stepped in, put the net pocket in his hand at the door, and inside was a red radish, "What's wrong, you're fighting with your classmates again?" ”

"No ......"

"Don't keep fighting with your classmates, do you hear?" Yu Fang sat down on the edge of his small bed with pity and stroked Lu Li's head, "Bring it, I'll sew it for you." ”

Luley shook his head, slammed the thimble through the buttonhole, and twisted his body to signal no.

"The radish I just bought, I'll get the water pipe to wash it later, and wait for your uncle and them to come back and eat it at noon." Yu Fang spoke, and took out a few more bills, "Is there something wrong in the afternoon?" ”

“…………”

"It's okay to go to the grain store, buy some noodles and come back." She said, "Buy ten pounds, and I'll get you something when I go, and push the cart to go." ”

"Oh." Lu Li listened to his aunt's words, his hands kept moving, and soon, a button was firmly sewn, and the thread was threaded back and forth several times behind the clothes, and a knot was tied again, and the sewing kit and other things were put away, "Uncle...... Uncle...... Mom, buy! ”

"Now?" The child was brought up by Yu Fang, and Lu Li stuttered a little, but with only a few words, he was able to know what the child was saying. Seeing that it was still early, and that her husband and daughters would not be back for the time being, she nodded and went into the house, found out the necessary things such as food, money, and grain bags, and helped him push the cart outside, "Be careful, don't spill it." The rest of the money buys cigarettes, buys four, and gives you a penny for sugar. ”

Luli was overjoyed! The cart came to the door of the dog and called loudly, "Dog...... Stand, dog stand! ”

"Gou Li is not at home, and he went out with Daxin." Aunt Han came out and replied.

My partner was not at home, so I had to go by myself. As soon as Lu Li turned around, Liang Xin hadn't left yet, and he was moved for a moment and beckoned to him, "Come on...... Come on, I'...... I pushed...... You go. ”

Liang Xin is very happy, the little brother is willing to play with him? Step over the board car, stand on it, and chuckle at him, "Sit down, wait a minute...... Fall ...... with you. ”

Pushing the cart through the alley, not far from the grocery store is the grain store, the area of the grain store is very small, the air and the ground in the store are wafting and full of all kinds of grain and rice powder, there is a very strange smell. Entering the door is a large floor-to-ceiling open cabinet, which is divided into compartments, where cornmeal, white flour, rice, beans and other foods are placed, and a fixed iron scale is placed on it, and next to it is a huge funnel of white iron sheets.

At that time, prices were so low that people today could not have imagined. For example: in the city catty, in the grain, cornmeal 0.112, millet flour 0.14, standard flour 0.185, Fuqiang flour (this flour is a little whiter) usually does not have, the New Year supply of ten catties, 0.21 per catty, rice division rice, japonica rice, one 0.147, one 0.156. Don't underestimate the difference between these few cents, rice and noodles of different prices taste absolutely different after cooking!

On the side of the wall is the counter, explaining the things to be bought, paying the money and the grain book, and the aunt inside collects the money and counts it, crosses the corresponding amount on the grain book, and then winds it out from the back - collects the accounts, and the scales are completed by one person, and when I get to the front of the cabinet, I scoop it in the box with a dustpan-type iron container, put it on the scale, count the number, and ask, "Is it all right?" ”

Luli opened his noodle pockets and surrounded them under the tin funnel, and at this time, the child would be nervous, always afraid that he would not be able to hold it, and that the precious grain and rice would fall to the ground for his own reasons, and that would be a great sin—this feeling was a bit like an injection, and the moment of waiting for the needle to enter the flesh was the most heart-wrenching—and he stammered, "Pocket, all right." ”

The salesman's movements were very skillful, and he moved the iron scale, and the dustpan overturned, and it burst down from the funnel, and a burst of white mist rose up, and he shook the dustpan a few times, "Okay." ”

The flour was put into the bag, and Luli's heart was completely put down, he pulled out the pocket, tied it tightly, put it on the cart, turned around and took the food and the leftover change, found five cents, bought four cigarette rolls, and bought a piece of sugar! That's rare. It's just, do you want to give it to Liang Xin?

Push the car to the grocery store next to it and let Liang Xin look at the car, he took two two-cent coins and one one-cent coin, and walked into the store.

Lu Li often comes to the grocery store, Wu Jihou is good at drinking, Wu Baokun and his wife are good at smoking, breaking up wine, and buying cigarette rolls are all his daily work, and sometimes he doesn't know how many times he has to run in a day. As soon as I entered the door, the store was filled with the mixed smell of soy sauce, vinegar, raw and cooked meat, vegetable oil, Sichuan pepper, spices, and pickles, which rushed straight to the nose tube, "Aunt Xu, buy cigarettes." ”

Put the four cents on the glass surface of the counter and take the opportunity to look down at the goods on the counter. The counter is divided into three layers, the first layer is pastries and sweets; the second layer is non-staple food seasoning; The third layer is bottled wine. Children's attention is focused on what interests them, and the sweets and snacks in a horizontal glass jar are the most appealing in such a grocery store.

There are two types of sugar: fruit candy and toffee. The former is a penny for a piece, and the latter is a penny for two; If it is subdivided, there are many types, and most of the fruit candies are distinguished by taste, and they are also divided into domestic and imported. There are two more famous types of imported sugar, one is Vietnamese fruit candy, one is Brazilian sugar, and the other is Iraqi dates, but they are classified as snacks.

As for toffee, there are halva, chocolate, butter balls, Mickey Mouse, sorghum syrup, Kanto sugar, zongzi candy, and so on.

Among the non-staple foods, soy sauce is 0.15, vinegar is 0.10, yellow sauce is 0.16, and sesame sauce is 0.55; As for fish, meat, poultry, and eggs, they are all to be supplied by ticket; Among them, pork 0.9, beef 0.8, mutton 0.71 (but beef and mutton are very rare, it is rare to see), pork ribs 0.45, cavity bone 0.35, large bones 0.09, a whole piece of meat filling, yellow croaker 0.45, hairtail fish according to different widths, prices are also different, 0.25, 0.38, 0.45; Among them, 0.38 is very good, and 0.45 is considered a particularly wide band fish, but in fact, the hairtail fish that is too wide is not easy to taste, but it is not very delicious.

"Here you go, take it." Aunt Xu took out four cigarette rolls and put them on the counter, and Lu Li carefully picked them up and put them in his pocket. He took out another penny, "A piece of sugar." ”

"The choice is yours."

Lu Li picked for a long time, and was reluctant to put any of them down, and finally picked out a piece of fruit candy wrapped in cellophane, turned around and walked out of the store, Liang Xin was waiting for him with his eyes, and greeted him, "Little brother." ”

Lu Li didn't want to share the sugar for him to eat, but he felt a little uncomfortable, took out the sugar in front of him, Liang Xin's eyes immediately lit up, and he looked at his movements stupidly: peel off the candy paper and put it in his mouth, the child was disappointed, only to hear a click, Lu Li opened his hand to his mouth and spit out half a piece of sugar, "Give!" ”

Liang Xin was overjoyed, grabbed the sugar and stuffed it into his mouth, tilted his neck, and swallowed it like this!

"Huh?" Luli is so angry! raised his hand and gave him a slap, he was not tall, Liang Xin was even shorter, raised his little face, looked at himself pitifully, helpless, had to spit out half a piece of sugar in his mouth again, and put it in his hand again, "Slow...... Eat,"

This time Liang Xin learned a lesson, he didn't dare to swallow dates anymore, he held it on the tip of his tongue, licked the sweetness of sugar little by little, and felt that it was really the most correct decision to go with his little brother today! Where is the sugar to eat at home?

When I got home, I took off my pocket, and the dog didn't know where to run, and I hadn't come home yet; I had to play with Liang Xin. Liang Xin is similar to him, there are several sisters on it, but the difference is that Liang Xin does not have the same momentum as him, his parents and sisters are in charge of it tightly, and there is only such a boy, who is raised as a baby pimple, so games such as swimming, fighting, and accumulating cigarette boxes are never allowed to participate.

He took out the biscuit box, took a stack of cigarette boxes in his hand, rummaged through them, found a few big road goods such as battle, eternal red, green leaves, etc., and handed them over, "This...... Here you go, bring it back...... Go home and play. He thought for a moment and said, "Afternoon...... Come, let's ...... Play. ”

Liang Xin is very happy, it is nothing to have candy to eat, and to have something to take home, the most important thing is that listening to the little brother's words, it seems that he is willing to take himself to play with him in the future? Obediently agreed, put the cigarette case in his arms, happily turned around and went out of the house, all the way home.

Note 1: Gese, the meaning of alternative.

Note 2: Doesn't know how to joke, refers to the kind of person who can't joke.