Chapter 28 Tell Zhang An, I want to eat fish (please recommend and collect)
The weather is sunny on December 28th.
Although today is not Sunday, this is the last big gathering in Hongyan Town before the New Year.
This is true every year, no matter whether it is a market day or not, a big market will be held on this day for everyone to purchase what they want. This will continue until future generations.
The streets are particularly lively today. Usually there are not so many people at the big market. It can be said to be a sea of people.
Because some families bring their children with them, and if they want to buy clothes for their children, they must bring them over to try to see if they fit.
Today, Zhang An is just a tool person who specializes in carrying things, following Wang Fang, asking questions at this stall, and taking a look at that stall.
When you enter the street, you can see a shop specializing in selling incense and candles. Wang Fang took Zhang An in to pick out the selections, and then conducted a half-day bargaining activity. Finally, the deal was concluded, and they used it for New Year worship. Bought something.
We also need to buy some dried vegetables, such as fungus, dried fragrant and so on.
It didn’t rain much in the mountains this year, so my family didn’t go to the mountains to pick fungus.
Anyway, we grow a lot of vegetables at home, and we don’t need to buy meat. We just need to buy some things we don’t have at home.
Unlike in later generations, every time you buy New Year's goods, it's like buying goods, and you have to use a cart to pull it.
And Wang Fang came to the street just to buy a rooster. It is a custom in the village to kill a rooster to worship the gods during the New Year.
Some people in the village also raised chickens, but Wang Fang still chose to buy them at the market.
First, because the New Year is approaching, the price of chicken must have increased. If you buy it in the village, others may give you the previous price. Although it is not much, it is always a big favor.
The second reason is that many people in the village have started selling chickens before to exchange them for money for the New Year. Although the prices will definitely increase in the last few days of the year, they may not be sold out.
And for Wang Fang, just buy the better ones. There are many people selling chickens on the street, so you can choose at will, and you can negotiate the price when the time comes.
After searching for a long time in the poultry market, Wang Fang found his favorite target.
This is a big reed rooster with bright red fur and long feathers on its tail.
Standing there, the old god seemed not quite sure what was waiting for him if he was sold.
This chicken is really good-looking, and it doesn't look too old.
Wang Fang asked about the price, and sure enough, no one was interested because it was too expensive.
Otherwise, it would have been bought by someone else and would not still be here.
Wang Fang negotiated the price with the stall owner for a long time. The stall owner may have sold it for a long time but no one sold it, so he finally agreed to lower the price, but not by much.
The stall owner grabbed the big rooster and weighed it, and also showed the scale to Wang Fang. It weighed six or seven kilograms, which was not very big.
But the chicken of this size is okay. There is meat, but the meat is not old. Chicken that is too old has no flavor and tastes bad.
The thirty yuan was counted out like this, and Wang Fang still felt a little distressed. Although her family didn't spend much money this year, they actually saved a lot of money.
But who would dislike having a lot of money at home?
Finally, after Wang Fang bought a bunch of cooking seasonings, the purchase was finally over.
. . .
The beginning of spring has passed, the temperature has risen, and the sun is hanging in the sky, and the earth is beginning to be full of life again.
It is said that ducks are prophets of spring river water warmth. This sentence is correct. My group of ducks went to the river to find food by themselves when they got up in the morning.
The hygiene at home has been thoroughly cleaned before the Lunar New Year, and now there is nothing to do except wait for the Chinese New Year day to arrive.
Zhang An and his son, one went to the village to sit with others and brag.
One found a deck chair in the yard to bask in the sun.
Only Wang Fang is looking for this thing to do at one moment and that thing at the other.
Zhang An was also quite curious. He couldn't find what to do, so he just waited and waited for his mother's orders.
Hongyan Town, Li Hongbin’s home.
Today, Li Hongbin came back from buying a carload of New Year's goods from the county and was about to go to the countryside to pick up his parents to celebrate the New Year together. In fact, Li Hongbin and Zhou Lan had always wanted the two old people to come and live together, but the two old people came to live for a while and then went back.
Father Li and Mother Li still like the feeling of being in the village. Their family conditions are better and they don't have to worry about life.
It is much better to have an old neighbor who has been in the country for decades and talk about home affairs every day. He lives with his son and has no one to talk to.
"By the way, I also bought a copy of the things I bought for Zhang An's family. You can send a copy over later. I took my son to pick up my parents for the New Year. If Li Yao doesn't go, they might Not coming."
Li Hongbin said to Zhou Lan.
"I'll pick one up and send it over later. You should drive carefully on the road."
Zhou Lan was teaching his son how to speak when he went to grandma's house.
“By the way, wife, tell Zhang An that I want to eat fish.” Li Hongbin pulled his son into the car.
Li Hongbin’s hometown is also in the mountains, and the road conditions are relatively poor, so he drove a five-seater pickup truck with a relatively high chassis.
So Zhou Lan can only drive a Mazda when going to Zhang An's house.
After dividing the New Year's goods bought by Li Hongbin and loading them in the trunk, Zhou Lan set off for Zhang An's house.
The snow on the mountains melted a few days ago, and today the sun shines in the sky. There are many people on the road going to the market.
Zhou Lan's driving skills are pretty good and she drives very steadily, which is rare in this area in this era.
Without him, current driving schools are too expensive.
Arrived at Changqing Village, Zhou Lan parked the car and took down the things. She couldn't finish them all at once.
I met many people from the village on the road, and several of them who knew Zhou Lan greeted Zhou Lan.
Everyone is envious of Wang Fang's family. They have met such a relative, who will send some things to her every year and festival, and she even drives her car there. This has become a talking point in the village recently.
"Zhang An, wake up." Zhang An fell asleep while lying in the yard basking in the sun.
Zhou Lan came in and shook him awake.
“Here you come, sister, the sunshine is so comfortable that I almost fell asleep.” Zhang An rubbed his eyes.
"Hong Bin bought some New Year's goods. I brought you a copy. There are some in the car. You come with me to get them." Zhou Lan took Zhang An away with that.
Wang Fang was very happy that Zhou Lan came. Although she still blamed Zhou Lan for coming so soon and bringing so many things, she always had a smile on her face.
"Why don't you bring Yaoyao here?"
"His father took him to pick up his grandparents to come back for the New Year. The old man is stubborn. If Li Yao doesn't go, he might not be able to call. ”
Because Li Hongbin still has two brothers in his family, both of whom are in the village, so if he doesn’t go to town, he will be called to celebrate the New Year by his two brothers’ families.
Zhou Lan chatted with Wang Fang for a while and then said that she was going back. The elderly at home were coming over, so she had to go back and clean up the room.
Zhang An’s family didn’t try to stay. Before leaving, Zhou Lan said to Zhang An with a smile.
“By the way, Zhang An, Hongbin asked me to tell you that he wants to eat fish.”
Zhang An couldn’t laugh or cry when he heard this. It seems that Li Hongbin wants to have a good year. .
"Is there any secret code? It just means literally, you wait for me to catch two and you take them back to eat."
In fact, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang were quite strange at first. Their son The fish I caught before were also kept in the pond, but I didn't feed them anything. The fish will grow on their own.
Zhang An could only lie and say that the stream in front of the door often carries some small fish, shrimps, or insects into the pond, and those are enough for the fish to eat.
The two of them believed it with hesitation, and later they did not care about this matter.
Zhang An caught several big fish with a net and packed them all up for Zhou Lan.
The three fine-scaled fish inside are all big fish in space. When Zhang An put them into the pond, they were already five or six pounds.
(End of this chapter)