Chapter 163: Poking the bird's nest and setting off firecrackers
This older generation of soldiers really left Li Jiayi speechless!
At any time, he is afraid of losing money to others, and this is the same with his father.
In this case, what else can Li Jiayi say, he can only agree! Otherwise, these guys really wouldn't want his beef.
The three of them, Lao Zhao, carried the beef home and quickly brought some sugar oranges in their net bags.
Li Jiayi's eyes lit up when he saw this thing. This was indeed a sugar orange, which was definitely a good thing for him.
It's a pity that there is only this one. It would be great if there were more southern fruits.
For example, lychee, longan, etc., even mango will do!
But he also knew that this was impossible. The reason why sugar oranges still exist today is because the ripening time of sugar oranges in the south is from October to March of the following year.
At this time, it is the picking season for sugar oranges in the south, and other fruits are basically unavailable at this time.
Of course, except for refrigerated ones.
Li Jiayi did not leave at noon. He had dinner at Lao Li's house, and Lao Zhao and the other three were also there.
The three of us each brought a bottle of wine and a dish.
We treated Li Jiayi to a meal together, but unfortunately Li Jiayi was still young and couldn't drink at all.
They said they were inviting Li Jiayi to dinner, but they themselves drank too much. Except for Lao Li, their daughter-in-law came to help them away.
After finishing the meal, Li Jia said hello to Aunt Tian and left on the sleigh.
Same as before, go to the service club first, fill the boxes, and then leave the military compound.
When he got home, it was not yet two o'clock in the afternoon. Under normal circumstances, Li Jiayi would have just woken up from his nap at this time.
"My son is back?" Ye Xin came up and asked.
“Hmm!”
"Why do you bring so many things?" Ye Xin looked at him in surprise and said.
Li Jiayi smiled and said: "It's really a lot this time."
How can I say what he brought back this time! To say more is not a lot, but to say less is really a lot.
Five bottles are dedicated to Maotai liquor, two bottles are dedicated to Chinese cigarettes, ten catties of apples, ten catties of sugar oranges, and ten catties of peaches.
As for the other ten kilograms of sugar oranges, of course they were taken into the space by him.
In addition to these, Li Jiayi also brought back two fish, and they were carps, each weighing about six pounds.
This is much bigger than the two or three pounds his mother said!
The most important thing is that what he brought back turned out to be red carp, which is not easy to buy!
To be honest, even Liao Kai was shocked. Liao Kai was shocked not only because of the red carp, but also because of the fruits, tobacco and alcohol.
This time he completely believed that Li Jiayi had exchanged things with those compounds, because tobacco and alcohol were exclusively for sale.
"Mom, take care of these two red carp." Li Jia handed a handful of fish to his mother and said.
"Okay, I originally thought that one fish would be enough, but now that there are two, there will be one at night on the 30th and one at noon on the first day of the new year."
Then Li Jiayi looked at his father and said : "These five bottles are exclusively for Moutai and there are two cigarettes for you."
"Hahaha, thank you son." Li Aimin said excitedly.
These are all good things! The kind that money can't buy.
Finally, Li Jiayi handed a handful of fruits to the eldest sister and said: "Sister, put these fruits away."
"Okay."
Li Jiayi did not prepare anything for Liao Kai, because No need. Basically, if Li Aimin has it, then Liao Kai has it.
For example, the five bottles he brought back were exclusively for Maotai. Li Aimin must have drank them with Liao Kai when he drank them!
As for the special supply of cigarettes, it goes without saying that Li Aimin will share it with him. In this case, it doesn't matter whether it is given to him or not.
After Ye Xin took the fish into the kitchen, she came back and asked: "Son, should you rest for two days now?"
"Well! From now on, until the end of the New Year, I won't Planning to go out.”
“That’s true. It's great. From the time your dad and I went on vacation until now, we haven't seen you all day long."
Ye Xin said this a bit too much. We eat together every morning and every night. How can you say that you can’t see anyone all day long?
"I know, Mom, I've been at home every day these days, and I'm sure I'll annoy you a lot."
"You brat, you know how to be poor." Ye Xin patted Li Jiayi gently on the back.
At this time Li Jiayi turned his head and looked at Liao Kai and said: "Uncle Liao, what are you planning to cook tonight?"
Liao Kai smiled and asked: "Then you What do you want to eat?”
“I want to eat hot pot.”
“No problem, I will cut the meat after drinking tea. I will make sure you have hot pot tonight.” said with a smile.
"Yeah!"
Li Jiayi likes to eat hot pot, because he is the kind of person who doesn't like spicy food, and hot pot is very attractive to him.
The most important thing is that there is no shortage of ingredients at home, otherwise it would not be so easy to eat hot pot in this era.
First of all, there is beef and mutton, and there are various vegetables and ingredients. Without these, it would not be a hot pot.
None of this is a problem to Li Jiayi, including sesame paste that no one else can buy.
Although he didn't go out anymore, Li Jiayi was also a restless person. No, after Liao Kai and his parents went to the kitchen to prepare ingredients, Li Jiayi also came out of the house.
The flavor of the New Year is very strong now. Since the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the sound of firecrackers has not stopped.
Although they are played one by one, they are always ringing.
Look at the courtyard. Those who set off firecrackers are basically children from families with better conditions.
Of course, except for Li Jiayi, it’s not that he doesn’t like to set off firecrackers, but he doesn’t like to set off small firecrackers.
Because all he plays with are Mareko, and those little firecrackers are not fun to play with. After coming out of Dongkua Yard, Li Jiayi walked outside because all the children in the yard were playing on the street outside the yard.
Although Li Jiayi does not set off firecrackers, it still feels good to watch children of his own age playing.
As soon as he arrived at the front yard, he saw Shi Datiao holding a thin bamboo pole and a small hanging whip in his other hand.
This child has also been spoiled by his family. With the current situation of their family, it should be very difficult.
Although Shi Shangfei's salary is not low, most of his monthly salary is sent back to the countryside.
Now that everyone in the family has come to the city to celebrate the New Year, the expense is not small, but if they just buy firecrackers for this kid, you can imagine what he will get used to.
What Li Jiayi didn't understand was what the boy was doing with a bamboo pole by setting off firecrackers.
Use bamboo poles to place it? Not so! A hundred-ring small hanging whip is lit and fired before the bamboo pole is lifted.
The boy glanced at Li Jiayi without saying anything, and walked directly outside.
Li Jiayi ignored him and walked outside.
There were many children on the street, some from their own courtyard and some from nearby courtyards. A small number of them set off firecrackers, while most of the children watched from the side.
"Brother Jiayi."
"Oh! It's Qingjun!"
Sun Qingjun, the son of Sun Laizi, Uncle Sun, is only seven years old this year, but he will soon Eight years old.
Although he is not a big man, he is very sensible and knows the situation of his family, so he never asks for anything from his family.
Take these firecrackers for example. At his age, if he sees others giving out firecrackers, he will definitely pester adults for them! But he won't.
It can be said that he is sensible and makes people feel distressed.
"Brother Jiayi, are you also out to set off firecrackers?"
Li Jiayi shook his head and said: "I don't set off firecrackers. Setting off firecrackers is for children. My brother has grown up. Big.”
"Yeah!" Sun Qingjun nodded repeatedly.
It seems that he agrees with what Li Jiayi said.
Looking at this sensible child, Li Jiayi quickly took out a handful of peanuts from his pocket and handed it to him and said, "Here, brother Jiayi treats you to some peanuts."
Sun Qingjun hurriedly He shook his head and said: "Brother Jiayi, I can't take this. My mother said you have helped our family enough and I can't take anything more from you."
"Uh!"
"Brother Jiayi is just treating you to some peanuts. This is nothing." After saying that, he put it directly into his pocket.
Li Jiayi also took out a handful and stood there watching others set off firecrackers.
Sun Qingjun grabbed his pocket, looked at Li Jiayi and said: "Thank you, brother Jiayi."
"You're welcome."
"Hey!"
In the blink of an eye, Shi Datiao disappeared.
“What’s wrong with Brother Jiayi?”
“It’s okay, Shi Datiao was just here just now! He disappeared in the blink of an eye.”
“Oh! That should be I went to the nearby woods to poke and blow up bird nests.”
“Ugh!”
When Sun Qingjun said this, he immediately understood why Shi Datiao took a bamboo pole.
After watching it for a while, he found it quite interesting, so he turned around and asked, "Qingjun, do you want to set off firecrackers?"
Sun Qingjun quickly shook his head and said, "No."
How could a child not want to set off firecrackers, just because he has no money.
“That’s it, I want to set off firecrackers, can you help me buy two?”
"Ah! Brother Jiayi, firecrackers are very expensive. A small whip costs 2 cents."
"It's okay, brother is rich." After saying that, he took out 50 cents from his pocket.
“Come on, can you help my brother buy it?”
Looking at the fifty cents handed over by Li Jiayi, Sun Qingjun thought for a moment and nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll help Jiayi right now. Brother Yi went to buy it.”
“Yeah!”
The place where firecrackers are sold is at the supply and marketing cooperative, which is not far from here. It can be said that it is only a few steps away.
In just four or five minutes, Sun Qingjun ran back, holding two small whips in his hands.
"Brother Jiayi, I bought it back with eight cents in change." After saying that, he handed over the firecrackers and the change.
Li Jiayi just brought over a firecracker and said, "You can set it off with me! As for these eight cents, just treat it as your errand fee."
"Brother Jiayi , I can’t have this.” Sun Qingjun shook his head quickly.
"It has to be. If you don't want it, Brother Jiayi won't play with you anymore."
"Ah! This..."
"Okay, put the money away and follow Let’s play with firecrackers together.”
Sun Qingjun had tears in his eyes. He didn’t know what to do. If he didn’t accept it, Brother Jiayi would stop playing with him in the future.
He couldn't accept it, which made him very embarrassed.
"Okay, hurry up and let me set off the cannons." After saying that, he took the eight cents from his hand and put it directly into his pocket.
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(End of this chapter)