Time is like a silent hourglass, leaking down little by little, and in a flash, it is the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month.

In many places, there is a saying that on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, wash inside and out. In the villages of various places, this day is also the day of the big market, the people of the villages around the market have gone to the market to buy New Year's goods, dried and fresh fruits, big fish and meat, are the goal of people's centralized procurement.

From this day on, the taste of the New Year has gradually become stronger, and the sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is about to come out one after another.

Today the weather is fine as usual, and the sun is very bright. Early in the morning, after breakfast, my grandparents removed all the quilt covers, cushions, pillows and the like on the two beds at home, and boiled a large bucket of hot water, and then put a lot of washing powder in a large wooden basin, rinse the laundry detergent with hot water, and wait for the colorful bubbles to float the fragrance, and then put all the bedding to be washed into the wooden basin to soak and wash.

In addition, in the afternoon, my grandparents would stew big meat.

The reason why it is called stewed meat is because in the past, ordinary people were relatively poor, and there were more people in the family, so they often ate the last meal without the next meal, and the conditions were slightly better, but they could eat wild vegetables or something.

At the same time, due to the underdevelopment of agriculture and social economy in the past, people often could only eat meat during the New Year's Festival, so it is also called New Year's meat.

The meat itself represents the meaning of wealth, and the braised pork can better indicate that the coming year will be prosperous, and a bowl of steaming braised pork with the aroma of meat is what many people are looking forward to on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month. Even today, the days of every family are getting more and more prosperous, and stewing meat has always been an old tradition that many people have not forgotten.

For the two things of washing and scrubbing and stewing meat, it is enough for two grandparents to do it. Cheng Xiaorui and Fang Mowei are responsible for purchasing New Year's goods.

Last night, my grandparents made a list and wrote down all the New Year's goods to buy this year, such as: cigarettes, red wine, candy, plums, biscuits, chocolates, firecrackers, etc.

Then my grandparents also simply calculated, all the things added up, about more than a thousand yuan. In fact, they haven't bought so many things in previous years, but this year's main reason is that Fang Mowei and Cheng Xiaorui came, and snacks accounted for a large part.

When Fang Mowei and Cheng Xiaorui were about to leave for breakfast, her grandfather handed Cheng Xiaorui the list on the one hand, and stuffed her with a stack of red Grandpa Mao on the other.

Cheng Xiaorui also took it naturally, her grandparents were more stubborn, and she knew that she couldn't beat them. It's better to take it first, and then give them a lot of money when the Chinese New Year's Eve is 30. and the 10,000 yuan that her father brought over, she never gave it to her grandparents.

The plan is to give money on Chinese New Year's Eve so that they have no reason to refuse.

When she was ready to leave, Cheng Xiaorui was so entangled, that is, where to buy New Year's goods? Do you want to go to a market town less than ten miles away, or take a half-hour ride to the county seat?

Fang Mowei was very assertive, very decisive, and very ironclad and said: "Go to the county seat, what good things are there to buy in the market town?" It's all agricultural supplies. ”

Cheng Xiaorui nodded, feeling that he was right, so she went to the county seat.

But as soon as they walked out of the house and were about to wait for the minibus on the side of the road a few hundred meters away, another little living treasure shouted and ran towards them.

It's Gu Lianlian.

Gu Lianlian was carrying a big schoolbag, and after catching up with them, she panted and said: "Brother and sister, my parents are busy at home, washing things in the morning and stewing big meat in the afternoon, and they don't have time to buy New Year's goods. ”

"Huh?" Fang Mowei and Cheng Xiaorui were both taken aback, looking at each other, reluctant to do so, and it was too incredible.

But thinking about Gu Lianlian, who is also ten years old, a very mature and sensible little girl, it shouldn't be so difficult to bring, so she didn't say anything.

Fang Mowei asked her casually, "I sent you to purchase New Year's goods, did you bring any money?" ”

This question made Gu Lianlian seem quite proud, patted the pocket of her padded jacket and said, "Mom and Dad gave two thousand!" ”

Fang Mowei raised his eyebrows and said no more.

When the minibus came, Gu Lianlian got into the car one step ahead of them.

There are not many passengers on the car, no way, although this is a rural area, but many families have private cars, there are few people who take public buses, and they still go shopping, they have to mention a lot of things, and people who do not have private cars are also renting a car for the New Year.

As soon as Gu Lianlian got into the car, her shrewd eyes immediately aimed at the only empty double seat, she swooped over, sat down by the window, kept the outside position, patted the other party Mo Wei and said, "Brother Mo Wei, sit here, hurry up!" ”

She seemed to be afraid that someone else would take the position.

Fang Mowei looked at it casually, there were no double seats in this car, there were quite a lot of single seats, and he walked over without thinking about anything, so he pointed to an empty position in front of him and said to Cheng Xiaorui: "You just sit here." ”

"Okay." Cheng Xiaorui nodded and sat down obediently.

The car started at a moderate speed and moved smoothly on a slightly curved concrete mountain road.

After Fang Mowei sat down beside Gu Lianlian, he took out his mobile phone from his jacket pocket and began to browse the web.

Gu Lianlian was looking at the scenery outside the window, and when she saw Fang Mowei looking at her phone, she was overjoyed at first glance and said, "Big brother, what are you looking at?" Is there anything fun on your phone? ”

Fang Mowei was stunned by her excitement, stopped flipping through her phone, and looked at her with naturally cold eyes, but tried her best to make her tone hot, and said, "Watch the news." ”

However, no matter whether Fang Mowei is a cold person or an enthusiastic person, Gu Lianlian is not afraid of him anyway, she only knows that her eldest brother is very beautiful, she likes it very much, and she likes beautiful men.

Gu Lianlian reached over with both hands to hold Fang Mowei's mobile phone, wanted to snatch it over, and said, "Borrow me to play, I'll see if there is my favorite fishing master game, my father's mobile phone has it." ”

"No, mini-games are just fun and fun." Fang Mowei said that the child was robbing, he was embarrassed not to give it, and as soon as he let go of his hand, the mobile phone was in Gu Lianlian's hand.

Getting Fang Mowei's mobile phone, Gu Lianlian smiled happily, as if she had picked up a priceless treasure, holding it in both hands. Fang Mowei's mobile phone is very exquisite, with a 4.5-inch screen, and a limited edition Apple released worldwide.

"I'm going to have fun." Gu Lianlian said as she flipped through her phone.

She was quite smart, and she found the game in two clicks and played it happily.

Fang Mowei pursed his lips, looked away, and remained silent, not having anything to say.

Gu Lianlian was chattering while playing, asking Fang Mowei here and there about the low-level questions of the game.

Fang Mowei was actually quite annoying, but on the surface, he was still very patient to answer Gu Lianlian's every question and teach her.

It's a child, and it's a girl, he's embarrassed to get mad.

Cheng Xiaorui sat in front of them, looking back at the two of them from time to time, the two of them seemed to be very familiar.

Cheng Xiaorui felt that this journey was a little farther than usual, and it took a long time to finally reach the county seat.

Today, the county is particularly lively, there are many people, and the cars come and go, and the river is endless.

The minibus stopped outside the bus station in the county seat, and after everyone else got off, they also got off one after another. Cheng Xiaorui is first, Fang Mowei is second, and Gu Lianlian is third.

Originally, Fang Mowei insisted on letting Gu Lianlian get out of the car first, but Gu Lianlian refused to laugh and must break off.

After getting off the bus, the three of them stood in a safe and dusty place on the side of the road, formed a circle, and began to discuss which supermarket to go to buy New Year's goods.

Gu Lianlian was carrying a schoolbag, swaying left and right, and said, "Go to Jiarunduo, it's big there, and it's very close." ”

Cheng Xiaorui also remembered that the supermarket in this county town seemed to be the only one with the largest number of Jiarun, and nodded in favor of Gu Lianlian's opinion.

Fang Mowei naturally didn't say anything, and decided to take the two teenage girls to her home Runduo.

The road was very narrow, only allowing one person to walk, and Mo Wei and Cheng Xiaorui both let Gu Lianlian go first, and the two of them followed one after another.

Gu Lianlian walked and walked, about to turn around, and then crossed a road to Jiarunduo supermarket.

Suddenly, an old woman bumped into her sideways, slammed and fell to the ground, hugging Gu Lianlian's legs.

"Ah......" Gu Lianlian screamed, her body staggered back, and she almost didn't stand firm, Fang Mowei hurriedly ran up and hugged her.

Cheng Xiaorui also caught up, and the old woman with a vicissitudes of life gasped and got up, but she still held Gu Lianlian, and said weakly: "I'm sorry little girl, I bumped into you." ”

"Then you let me go!" Gu Lianlian was very angry and wanted to get rid of her, her legs wanted to kick out, but she couldn't kick.

The old woman's clothes were pale, Fang Mowei stood and watched, Cheng Xiaorui twisted her eyebrows and planned to help her up.

To be honest, when she saw the old woman's face, she had a familiar feeling, as if she had seen her somewhere, but she really couldn't remember where she had seen her.

Maybe it's her delusion.

She hadn't approached the old woman yet, but the old woman smiled, and her hands unconsciously groped around Gu Lianlian.

Fang Mowei saw her rapid movements and frowned shallowly.

At this time, the old woman herself stood up very quickly, turned her back to them, and said strangely embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I'm really embarrassed......"

Fang Mowei was still thinking about something, Cheng Xiaorui hurriedly shook her head, comforted the old woman and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you should be careful in the future." ”

"Alas, alas." The old woman nodded slightly, and walked away in embarrassment, and walked very fast.

Fang Mowei and Cheng Xiaorui looked at Gu Lianlian, and Fang Mowei asked her with concern, "Are you okay Lianlian?" ”

Gu Lianlian shook her head and said, "It's okay." ”

"It's okay, my sister is afraid that you will be frightened." Cheng Xiaorui seemed to be relieved.

Fang Mowei sighed inexplicably in his heart, and urged them: "Then let's go, let's go to the supermarket." ”

"Okay." Gu Lianlian and Cheng Xiaorui answered at the same time, and then the three of them went straight to Jiarunduo Supermarket.