Yesterday afternoon, my mother dragged me to the street to buy groceries again.

The bustling streets, the entire pedestrian street are all set up on the Bund to sell vegetables.

Those who used to sell groceries and clothes were lined with New Year's goods stalls on cement blankets about three meters wide in front of their stores.

The streets, which were not wide, became more crowded as a result.

Those who went out to work went home for the New Year, and the matter of buying vegetables turned into a rush for vegetables.

Merchants also began to sit on the ground and raise prices, starting from about the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, and the price of vegetables would rise by one dollar a pound every other day.

My mother took me to a grain shop that has been open for almost 10 years, and for as long as I can remember, my mother has often come to this shop to buy flour, soy sauce, dates and mushrooms......

My mother grabbed a handful of dried shiitake mushrooms, carefully selected them, and asked, "Boss, how do you sell these shiitake mushrooms?"

The proprietress held a bowl of rice and said a little tiredly: "25 pounds." ”

My mother was a little surprised: "Didn't you only have 19 a few days ago?" That's 25?"

The proprietress swallowed a mouthful of rice and said with a smile: "Now that the prices of the Chinese New Year have risen, you are also a frequent customer, if you want it, you will be counted as 22 pounds, and now 1 can't buy it." ”

My mother seemed a little hesitant after hearing this, so I smiled and said, "Mom, why don't we go to another house and buy something else first." ”

My mother smiled and said, "Your father loves to eat braised pork with shiitake mushrooms, forget it, the boss will come for three catties." Yue'er, you go to Auntie's to get a few bags to pack, and we have to buy some black fungus and daylily. ”

I nodded again and again and replied, "Okay." ”

A small shop of several square meters has more than a dozen people squeezed here to buy vegetables.

Today's grocery shopping is all for tomorrow morning's New Year's dinner.

I helped my mother grab the shiitake mushrooms together, and asked curiously, "Mom, isn't it the New Year on the 30th day of the lunar month?" Why is it the end of the year on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month on our side? I talked to my classmates about the Chinese New Year before, and in some places it was still the 29th of the lunar month. ”

The old mother carefully picked the mushrooms one by one, and said with a smile: "The origin of the end of the 28th lunar month is like this, a long time ago, when the peasants planted the land for the landlord's family, the more generous landlord would give the peasants a good meal on the 28th of the lunar month, there were fish and meat, after eating this meal, the peasants would bring some meat and vegetables home, and then go home to accompany their families for the New Year."

Later, the workers went out to work until the 27th of the lunar month, and on the morning of the 28th of the lunar month, the boss would cook a delicious meal for the workers to see them off, and the workers generally went home for the New Year after eating this meal.

Slowly, this habit became that we all finished the New Year on the morning of the 28th day of the lunar month. ”

After listening to this, I seemed to have an understanding and asked, "Then did you celebrate the New Year when you were a child and the same as now?"

My mother paused and said, "When we were children, our days were bitter, and it was good to be able to eat one meal of meat a month.

The usual clothes are worn by the older children for the younger children, and they are patched when they are worn out, so they can go to the street to buy a new dress and wear a pair of new shoes during the New Year.

Your grandmother died early, and your aunt and I both made one or two pairs of shoes for us to wear, and later when it was older, it was your aunt who made shoes for me to wear, but your aunt couldn't think about it later...... Otherwise, our house will definitely be much more lively than it is now. ”

I took a handful of shiitake mushrooms and threw them directly into the bag, and my mother was so anxious that she said, "Oops...... Shiitake mushrooms should be picked one by one, what should I do if there is mold and bad?"

I laughed and said, "Hehe, I don't know." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly picked out some mildew ones, and said, "Look at you, there is no one, right?"

My mother couldn't help me, and said, "Forget it, this one is like this, you have to choose carefully." ”

I frowned and said, "Okay, definitely." When I grow up and can make money, I will buy you a lot of new clothes to wear every Chinese New Year, no, I usually buy them, and a lot of meat...... Buy whatever you want! Houses, cars, jewelry, ......"

My mother smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed into a slit, and said, "Okay, okay, this is what you said, I'll wait, hehe, wait for our daughter to have a chance, waiting for your jewelry and big house." ”

I raised my confident little face and said, "That's it, I'm going to have a good time, haha, and I don't look at who gave birth to me?"

My mother pinched my nose and said, "Just your mouth is sweet, feel like you pick shiitake mushrooms, and you will have to buy other things later." ”

I smiled and said, "Okay." ”

After buying shiitake mushrooms, fungus, daylily and tofu, we turned a corner and came to another street.

My mother dragged me to a clothing store and said, "It's the New Year, let's buy you new clothes." ”

I clapped my hands and said, "Okay, okay." ”

The two of them picked for a long time, and I tried several pieces, and finally found a jacket I liked.

My mother also thought it was good, so she asked the merchant: "Boss, how much is this dress?"

My mother glanced coldly at me, as well as my mother, and said, "120." ”

My mother dragged me to the side and whispered, "This dress is too expensive, let's go to another store to see the same style." ”

I also thought it was too expensive and said, "Okay." ”

My mother was afraid that I would not be happy, so she said: "I have to shop around at least to buy things, so that I will not suffer a loss." ”

I felt very reasonable, so I nodded ignorantly, turned around and smiled at the boss, and said: "Boss, the color of this dress is too beautiful, it is not resistant to dirt, I don't like it very much, I'm sorry, I don't want it."

The boss looked at me and said anxiously, "Are you too expensive?" The price is negotiable?"

My mother smiled and said, "One price, sixty or not?"

The boss looked unhappy and said: "The purchase price is more than this money, and if you don't sell it, you won't sell it." ”

I hurriedly took off my clothes, took my mother's hand, and said, "Mom, let's go." ”

Mom nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Next, I visited four clothing stores, and the prices were all about the same, and the lowest one offered 80 yuan.

After her mother used her "bargaining part-time job" to fight with the boss for half an hour, she finally bought the orange jacket for 55 yuan.

Sure enough, you can't go wrong to shop around, the purchase price is about the same, the selling price is much different, and the boss with a good personality is good at bargaining.

After buying clothes, my mother took me to buy a new pair of shoes.

It's one of those delicate little booties.

Some time ago, I saw that many female classmates in the class wore them, and I thought they looked very good, but I felt that these shoes must not be cheap, so I never said it in front of my mother.

Today, I am very happy to wear these long-coveted leather boots.

I just want to put it on immediately, put it on proudly, take off the old cloth warm shoes under my feet, and put on the new jacket that my mother is carrying.

Walk through these streets with your head held high and tell the world that I can be a little princess today.

Every girl is the heart of her parents and the little princess in their eyes.

However, for children from poor families, only at a special time like the Chinese New Year, can they be a real little princess once.

Eat a lot of delicious food, wear beautiful clothes and shoes, receive New Year's money from your elders, and buy toys that you have been looking forward to for a long time......

Although, this little princess is compared to the usual ones.

However, material poverty does not diminish the love that parents have for their children.

The meat on the table is always placed closest to you, buying clothes is always the first one for you, watching TV and the remote control is always in your hands, and you never forget to call to remind you to dress more when it's cold......

I hope that the parents who let their children have a happy New Year today will be able to live a "child-like" happy and satisfied New Year in the company of their grown children in a few years.