After the New Year, the atmosphere in the village suddenly became lively, and people came and went every day.

Su Rui suddenly remembered that in modern times, every Chinese New Year, a colleague in Shanxi always hummed a ballad from Shanxi, "Twenty-three, send the old man to heaven; twenty-four, sweep the house; Twenty-five, steamed dumplings; xxvi. cut off the flesh; XXVII. Tin wipe; Twenty-eighth, sloppy; Twenty-nine, washing feet and hands; On the 30th, the door god and the couplet were pasted together. ”

It fully shows that people are pressed for time during the Chinese New Year.

There is also a saying that is often said in modern times, "If you have money or not, go home for the New Year." ”

On the roads in the village, the adults are busy with their feet on the ground, and the children are running happily all over the ground.

Therefore, since ancient times, there have been countless folk songs that record children's expectations for the New Year, such as "Twenty-three, sacrifice to the stove, children clap their hands and laugh." In five or six days, the New Year will come. Evil box, walnut, drop drop two cannons. The five sons of Dengke ping-pong sounded, and the fire rose higher than the sky. ”

The younger siblings of the Su family are the same, they run out to play after they are busy with family affairs every day.

Su Rui felt that there were a lot of things at home anyway, so if you want to play, go play.

It's just that the buns that are left to eat during the Chinese New Year, so that they can eat almost, or they still have to prepare some, and go to the county seat on the twenty-seventh to buy a little glutinous rice flour to make balls, and you can also change the taste during the New Year...

On the afternoon of the twenty-sixth, Aunt Hua and Aunt Lin came

Aunt Hua asked, "Girl, how is it?" Are things ready? ”

Su Rui brought two bowls of brown sugar water and some snacks, "It's almost, it's almost the door god posted on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the buns eaten during the New Year are almost gone, I need to buy some more meat and wrap some." ”

Lin took a sip of brown sugar water and said, "Well, let's go together tomorrow, right?" ”

Su Rui nodded: "I also want to be with you, otherwise I won't worry about taking my younger brothers and sisters." ”

It's almost the New Year, Su Rui can't stop her younger siblings from going to the county seat at one time, and she can rest assured that there are adults like Aunt Hua.

Aunt Hua saw that she had discussed going together tomorrow, so she got up and prepared to leave, and suddenly thought again: "By the way, what do you do with your fish?" ”

Su Rui took the two aunts into the stove room and showed them: "We make some of the fish into fish balls, and the stewed soup or braised is delicious." Part of the pickling is air-dried and can be eaten for a year. ”

Aunt Hua sighed: "You are really smart, I still plan to eat so many fish, and sell some in the county seat." ”

Aunt Lin is more focused on how to make it: "How is it pickled?" And how do you make fish balls? ”

Su Rui smiled: "It's the same as pickled pork." As for the fish balls, if you make them, I'll ask Qiao'er to help you. ”

Aunt Lin nodded, looked at Su Qiao and said, "Okay, if Qiao'er is fine, come to my house to help make a little." ”

Su Qiao replied obediently beside him, "Okay, Aunt Lin." ”

Aunt Hua looked at the beams of the stove room full of pork, fish and rabbits, "It's right to prepare so much meat." After all, you can't always run to the county seat, can you? ”

"Aunt Hua is right."

Su Qiao went home with the Lin family, and Aunt Hua felt that there was nothing wrong, so she followed over to see how she did it...

Early the next morning, the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month.

Su Rui asked her younger siblings to dress warmly, and took a small mattress to put in the bamboo basket, put Xiao Chennan in it, and covered it with a small quilt, leaving only a little gap.

Recently, there are many people who go to the county seat, Uncle Chang Ying goes back and forth to the county seat before dawn, two cents per person, one penny for children, he can earn dozens of cents every day, this is their second room, not a public school.

When Su Rui's sister and brother arrived at the door of Su Changying's house, they found that Su Changle also went, and Su Changyong also took Yang and his four children with him.

Aunt Hua said that Uncle Chang Ying had just pulled a full oxcart and left, so she suggested: "Anyway, I didn't take anything, as for Chennan, let's change our backs and walk slowly to the county seat." Come back and take a bullock cart ride. ”

Su Rui agrees, in fact, the speed of the ox cart is not much different from walking... When it came back, they were almost there.

"Hmm"

Aunt Lin took Su Chenli and said, "Then let's go." ”

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the village, he met Su Qiang and his parents, if it was originally just a team of three families, it became a four-family team...

Along the way, the younger men Chenli and Chenhua, as well as the girls Su Ying, Su Qiao, Su Wan, Su Min, Su Qin, Su Fang and Su Ling, all obediently followed the adults, and the older boys all ran to the front early, chasing each other and laughing............

Su Qiang's mother, Mao, came to Su Rui's side and said gratefully: "Su girl, thank you for the watermelon and leek." ”

Su Rui smiled at Mao: "Uncle, you are polite." In fact, Su Qiang usually helps us often, and he also takes my family Chen Rui to play together. ”

Mao shook his hand arrogantly, "Hey, what's the point of doing some work?" If you need any help, feel free to call. ”

Su Rui laughed, what does it mean to call casually? Su Qiang is not an animal... However, it can be seen that Mao is not the kind of person who cares... He is a person who can get along for a long time.

"Hahaha, Brother Changle, you're so right."

Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter from behind, and Su Chennan, who was so frightened that she fell asleep, shook in the back basket.

Su Rui looked back, and it turned out to be Su Qiang's father, Su Dehou's laughter......

It seems that his father is also an informal person.........

When he arrived at the county seat, Su Qiang's father went to sell fish, and Su Qiang helped lead Su Wan, followed behind Su Rui, and helped carry something or something.

This is what Su Qiang's father and mother strongly requested......

Su Rui thought to herself, he really used his son as an animal...

In the bazaar, because everyone wanted to buy different things, they separated in twos and threes, and when the appointed time came, they took the ox cart back in the old place.

Aunt Hua was worried that Su Rui would have a child and be in danger with a string of children, so she asked Chen Jie and Chen Wei to follow together.

Su Rui felt that Chen Jie and Chen Wei were also children...... But looking at Aunt Hua's serious expression, she didn't refuse.

The things sold in the bazaar are more abundant than some time ago, and there are many more varieties of food, including seafood from the seaside, fruits and vegetables from the south, furs from the border, and foreign goods from abroad, but unfortunately the price is expensive, there are many people who see it, and few people buy it.

But Su Rui is not bad for money, so if she likes it, she buys it......

Fur, seafood have been bought a lot...

Su Chenjie has gone from shock at the beginning, to indifference at the back, and then to numbness.

Chen Wei excitedly pulled Chen Rui to look at this for a while, and then look at that...

Su Chenrui shouted: "Big sister, big sister." This can take care of people, it's better than the little sister-in-law, you can buy one too. ”

Su Rui walked over with her sisters, and it turned out to be a mercury mirror.

The vendor enthusiastically introduced, "Girl, this silver mirror is a foreign product, and many rich women's relatives have bought it, do you want to come to it?" ”

Su Rui looked down and saw that Su Ying, Su Qiao, and even the little Su Wan were dragging Su Qiang and looking at them with envious eyes.

"How much silver?"

The hawker saw the play and was immediately pleasantly surprised: "It only costs two taels of silver." ”

I don't blame him for being surprised, because this thing is too expensive, so he got a mirror, but it didn't sell for more than ten days...

There was a gasp and whispering

"That's too expensive, isn't it?"

"Yes, the bronze mirror is only six hundred copper coins, and you can buy three bronze mirrors and have two hundred dollars left..."

"Tsk, I think this little girl is just asking..."

"This vendor has been setting up a stall for many days, and I think he thinks everything is sold out, but this one is not sold."

Su Rui ignored the words of the people around her, took out two taels of silver and handed it to him, "You help me wrap it, I want it." ”

The peddler excitedly shouted, "Okay." ”

Not to mention, I put it in Chen Wei's back basket enthusiastically, as for why I didn't put it in Chen Jie's back basket, it was because it was full...

"It's really unseemly, this little girl really dares to buy it..."

"Yes, yes, I'm not afraid of my father and mother's scolding."

"I don't think I'll necessarily scold, you see the clothes she wears, in the embroidery room, it costs nearly one tael of silver!"

Su Rui and the others left in the fingers of the people around them...