A journey of more than ten miles can be completed in less than twenty minutes by bicycle.

When they came to town, the little boy Li Yong jumped out of the car seat when he saw the excitement, and Li Wen had no choice but to get out of the car.

Because we are still celebrating the New Year, there are always New Year fairs. Today is the Lantern Festival, and there are especially many people walking around the town.

Li Wen also vaguely heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the direction of the commune stage.

"Brother, I want to eat candied haws on a stick." Li Yong pointed to a stall not far away selling candied haws on a stick, pretending to be pitiful and said.

"I knew you had bad intentions when you came here. Here, take this dime and buy two skewers." Li Wen took out a dime and handed it to Li Yong.

"Eat the candied haws!"

The little guy took the money and jumped excitedly towards the candied haws stand.

"Guo, these candied haws are really good. It's sour and sweet. I can eat ten of them." Li Yong filled his mouth with a candied haws in one hand and couldn't speak clearly.

"You kid, it's not good to eat too much candied haws. When you go home and have diarrhea, your mother won't take care of you." Li Wen pushed his bicycle around, ignoring the little guy.

"Brother, what are we doing in town today, or are we just playing?" the little guy asked shamelessly.

"Today is the Lantern Festival. I came to town to buy some glutinous rice balls and eat them back."

"Brother, what are glutinous rice balls? Are they delicious? I haven't eaten glutinous rice balls before?" The little guy kept asking.

"If you ask again, be careful and I will leave you in the town. You are such a verbose child." Li Wen turned around and cursed.

"You don't dare. My uncle will beat you up when you go back." Li Yong bit into the candied haws and said proudly.

Li Wen stopped the car and kicked the little guy on the butt.

"You little guy, I brought you to the town to play and bought you candied haws, but you still have to go beyond the limit." Li Wen scolded with a smile.

Seeing that Li Wen wanted to continue beating him, Li Yong hurriedly ran forward.

When passing by the supply and marketing store, Li Yong was asked to look at the bicycle. Li Wen went in and bought some "stick oil" for his mother, which is an anti-freeze artifact.

There are only high-end candies left in the warehouse now, and Li Wen has used up all the low-end ones. Looking at the fruit candies sold by the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Wen had the ticket in his hand and bought three kilograms directly.

By the way, I asked if there were any glutinous rice balls for sale, but I didn't expect that the supply and marketing store had sold out. The salesperson asked Li Wen to go to the state-owned hotel to ask. The state-owned restaurants would also set up stalls to sell glutinous rice balls today.

Li Wen bought some more firecrackers and small fireworks. The small fireworks in his hand are rare items. They don't require tickets but they are very expensive.

A small firework actually cost 7 cents. Li Wen bought 20 of them and set them off with the little ones on the night of the Lantern Festival.

When leaving the supply and marketing store, Li Wen put the things in his bag, but actually put them into the space.

"To reward you."

Li Wen took out four or five fruit candies and gave them to Li Yong.

"Thank you, third brother." The little guy still had one candied haws of sugar that he hadn't finished yet, and he was licking it because he couldn't bear to part with it. When he saw Li Wen giving him the fruit candy, he immediately took it and put it in his pocket.

That speed made Li Wen sigh that his hand speed was not as fast as the one he had been single for decades in his previous life.

"Let's go to the state-owned hotel."

"Uncle Wu, Aunt Zhang is setting up a stall outside today!" Li Wen looked at the people setting up stalls at the entrance of the hotel and walked over to say hello.

"Isn't today the Lantern Festival? The work unit requires us to unite the people and serve the masses. So today we made some glutinous rice balls and set up a stall outside." Bald Uncle Wu said with a smile.

"Great, your company is really good." Li Wen said with a thumbs up.

"Brother Xiao Ma, what kind of glutinous rice balls are there?" Li Wen asked, looking at the round glutinous rice balls and putting several large dustpans on them.

"There are four kinds of black sesame, peanut, bean paste, and sweet potato." Xiao Ma, who is in his twenties, smiles very shyly.

"Then unite the masses like me! Give me six pounds, three pounds each of black sesame seeds and bean paste." Li Wen said with a smile.

"These two kinds of glutinous rice balls are not cheap. They cost 20 cents per catty, half a catty of food stamps and a non-staple food stamp."

"But you are fat, it doesn't mean anything to you." Zhang Xia said with a smile.

"Looking at what you said, I am an ordinary citizen. Unlike my aunt, you are all an iron rice bowl. How can you be fat if you have a guaranteed harvest despite droughts and floods?" Li Wen said miserably.

"You've been talking nonsense all day, so I won't talk to you anymore. Xiao Ma quickly filled this kid with glutinous rice balls and told him to get out of here." Zhang Xia patted the account book in her hand and said.

"Brother Ma, put it into two bags, one is two kilograms, and the other is four kilograms," Li Wen said hurriedly.

"Okay, wait!"

After a while, two portions of glutinous rice balls wrapped in yellow paper were handed over.

"Aunt, you have collected the money tickets. I will withdraw first. I will come to town to chat with you when I have time." Li Wen waved his hand and walked out of the stall.

Li Wen put four kilograms of glutinous rice balls into his bag and held two kilograms in his hand, preparing to go to his grandpa's house.

After visiting relatives on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I haven't seen the old couple for about ten days. The Chinese New Year has just been celebrated recently, and everyone's life must be tight, so I went to bring some things to supplement the old couple.

"Let's go to my grandma's house first, Xiaoyong, and then we'll go back." Li Wen said as he pushed the cart out of the market.

"I'm riding a bicycle, can you jump on and get in? Don't show off, you'll lose your teeth by then." Li Wen said with a smile.

"Brother, you can ride, I have no problem!" Li Yong said, patting his chest.

Li Wen gave a boost and jumped into the car. After the car drove smoothly, Li Yong, who was running behind, pulled Li Wen and jumped directly into the back seat of the car.

"You guys are good at it! When did you master this move?" Li Wen asked with a smile while riding his bike.

"We often play bicycle riding, and getting on a bicycle is not a piece of cake." The little guy was very confident.

"Grandma, I see you and grandpa are here." Before entering, Li Wen started shouting towards the door.

"Brother Wenzi, you're here!" Wang Xiaohua opened the door and asked Li Wen with a smile.

"Well, Xiaohua! Why didn't you go out today?" Li Wen stopped his bicycle and asked.

"I just came back for a while. Cousin, please push the car in." Xiaohua said and was about to lift the threshold.

"No, Xiaohua, I'll sit down for a while and then leave."

"Xiaoyong is keeping an eye on the bicycles outside. Brother will come out in a moment." Li Wen said to Li Yong who was standing aside.

"Brother, go ahead. I'm here, and I just don't want to go in." The little guy climbed on the bicycle and refused to get off.

"Bad guy Yong, forget it if you don't go in."

Wang Xiaohua also knew Li Yong. Every time she visited Li Wen's house to visit relatives, she was often bullied by Li Yong.

"How is grandma's health lately?" Li Wen asked happily, looking at the old lady who had recently gained weight on her face.

"It's good. I've been blessed by my sweet grandson recently. I've been eating well and I'm in good health." The old lady said happily when she saw Li Wen coming.

"The old man said that the body is the capital of revolution. So you should take care of your body." Li Wen knew that people in this era respected the old man.

"Well, I will live a few more years as an old man." The old lady took Li Wen's hand and smiled.

"Where are my grandpa, uncle, and the others?" Li Wen entered the yard and didn't see his grandpa, uncle, or the others.

"Your grandpa was selling the backpacks he made at the market, and your uncle was driving the village's ox cart for transportation." The old lady replied with a smile.

"Grandma, I won't stay any longer. These are the glutinous rice balls I bought for you. I asked my aunt to cook them for you today during the Lantern Festival." Li Wen took out the glutinous rice balls from his bag and handed them to the old man.

"Okay, my grandson is so filial!" The old lady looked at a bag of glutinous rice balls happily.

When he went out, Li Wen gave Wang Xiaohua some water candies and twenty cents, and wished Wang Xiaohua to take more care of the old lady.

"A Yong, we went back and looked at Li Yong who was bragging with a group of brats at the door." Li Wen smiled and shook his head.

"Okay, let's not talk anymore. My third brother is out. Let's talk about it when we meet later. Take care of yourself." Li Yong, a little guy, said with his hands clasped in his fists.

This scene made Li Wen instantly happy. It seems that the storytellers played on the radio recently have led the little guy astray.

Li Wen rode his bicycle and took the little guy all the way back. At the entrance of the village, Li Yong jumped off the car again.
Chapter completed!