Chapter 28 Going to My Sister's House for Chinese New Year
Chapter 28 Going to my sister’s house to celebrate the New Year
Lin Lu had forgotten how many years had passed since the last time he came to the vegetable market. After all, he couldn't cook, and he didn't like to hang out in the vegetable market.
After many rectifications, the layout of the market has changed from what it was many years ago and has become cleaner. I have the impression that there is a shabby small supermarket outside the market. There is a rocking car at the door. My mother will spend two yuan when buying groceries.
Money, let him sit on the rocker and rock by himself. Dad’s father is called grandpa~~Dad’s mother is called grandma~~
Now that small supermarket has been demolished and replaced by a fruit specialty store, and all the nearby shops have also changed their appearance.
Although he grew up in a big city, Lin Lu often cannot clearly feel the changes in the big city. Just like everyone has seen old people and flowers blooming, but the process of people getting older and the process of blooming
, this unconscious change was silent and difficult to detect. When I suddenly came back to my senses, I was surprised to realize that so much time had passed.
Without looking at the photos, it would be difficult for Lin Lu to clearly recall what his mother looked like when she was young, but he remembered that his mother had long hair at that time, and he didn’t know when his mother changed into the wife she is now.
A classic short haircut.
Looking at Li Xingruo who was full of youthful vitality next to him, Lin Lu couldn't help but sigh that his mother also had such youthful years.
A more complicated growth experience than his peers, seeped into Lin Lu's body and quietly changed him, making him have a more delicate and mature mind.
"So the market is here, it's quite big!" Li Xingruo curiously looked at the surrounding environment around the market.
"How does it compare with the market at Sister Xingruo's house?" Lin Lu took her in through the east gate of the market. The door used to be completely open. I don't know when some protective poles were installed. It was probably for epidemic prevention.
Left over from now, the various procedures for scanning the health code and itinerary cards posted on the wall have not yet been removed.
"Well, my home is an ordinary small town market. It would be more appropriate to call it a market. There are many stalls outside, but the real market is not big inside."
"The market must be more lively, right?" Lin Lu asked curiously.
"Would you like some prawns, girl? They're so alive! We sold them for forty in the morning, now I'll give you thirty-nine!"
"But if I go to Sister Xingruo's house to celebrate the New Year, my uncle and aunt will not think that I am the one you want to talk to, right?"
"It seems that Sister Xingruo really enjoys having a younger brother to help carry the food."
"Girl, come and take a look at these dishes. They are all fresh! They were just brought here this afternoon!"
Lin Lu didn't know how to buy vegetables and cook, so he had to be a tool to carry the vegetables, following Li Xingruo and watching her go shopping.
Li Xingruo nodded, remembering his situation, and smiled casually: "When you have the chance, come to my town to play, and I will take you to set off fireworks!"
"Girl, would you like some bone soup? It's good to make some soup for your brother! Is the boy going to high school? Give him a good meal!"
"Sister Xingruo, don't lie to me. I'm very simple. If you invited me, I would really go to Wutong Town in Liangxi this year!" Lin Lu said with a serious face.
"It used to be very lively. There were a lot of people when going to the market. The streets were narrow and there were pedestrians, motorcycles and tricycles everywhere. But now it's much more deserted. The young people in the small towns have all gone to the big cities. Usually you don't see many young people in the town.
People, but people who go out of town will come back during the Chinese New Year, and it will be very lively at that time! There are stalls selling couplets, New Year goods, and paper treasures, incense, candles and fireworks. Hey, Lin Road, this way
How was it during the Chinese New Year?”
"They're all fresh! Don't worry, girl!"
"Give it to me."
Walking to a pork stall, Li Xingruo bent down and lifted up the long silky hair beside his ears with one hand to prevent the hair from getting stained by the dirt on the counter. He picked up the tongs on the counter with the other hand and picked out several pieces of meat and ribs.
Picking, occasionally coming a little closer to smell the fishy smell of the meat, it looks very professional.
"The front leg meat is 17, and the ribs are 28. They were still two yuan more expensive in the morning!"
"No, no."
No matter if Li Xing was not joking, Lin Lu had no intention of actually going, but it did feel quite heartwarming at the moment.
"No, there is a refrigerator. If you buy it and keep it, you don't have to buy it every day."
"It's okay~"
I don't know whether it was the extra sweet "Sister Xingruo" or Lin Lu's irresistible youthful smile. Li Xingruo lowered his head shyly, feeling a little itchy and unbearable in his heart.
Is this a wrong reaction?
"Sister Xingruo, where will I stay after I go?"
"...?!"
"That's it."
After all, Li Xingruo usually has to go to work, and she is not sure that she will have time to buy groceries every time, but it is not good to buy too much at once, so she calculated that the amount of about two or three days is most suitable.
"no problem!"
"Haha, didn't I say that if you need help, just ask your sister!" Li Xingruo gently pulled up the hair by her ears with her fingers and said like a big sister.
"Twenty-six yuan and fifty plus thirty, girl, just give me fifty-six yuan!"
"...Come! I will never lie to you!"
"Thank you boss, help me chop the ribs into small pieces, smaller, not too big."
Why don't you play by the rules? You shouldn't be polite and say you'll do it next time!
"Don't! Otherwise I won't take you with me." Li Xingruo stopped him quickly.
Li Xingruo also found it interesting and said to Lin Lu amusedly, "They really treat you as my brother!"
"I?"
"..."
"...Yes! Just come in your school uniform! My parents will definitely not misunderstand you!"
Nowadays, market prices are transparent. Generally, if you don’t buy a lot, the boss won’t negotiate the price. After Li Xingruo thought for a moment, he picked up the meat he picked and put it aside, and the landlady took it to the scale.
"Sister Xingruo, you are so kind."
"Come on, girl, it's yours."
The market at around six o'clock in the evening is different from the one in the morning. The people who come to buy food are basically young and middle-aged people, most of whom have just got off work. In the morning, there are more housewives and elderly people in the market.
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The stall owners are also more enthusiastic than in the morning. After all, the market is about to close, and some meat dishes are a little cheaper than in the morning. Don't underestimate the few cents, many people still rely on these discounts to make a living.
That's the best thing about grocery shopping in the South. Even if it costs five yuan for meat, the boss will happily sell it to you. Not to mention cutting the ribs into pieces, you can ask the boss to help you slice the meat into eight portions and mix two portions into stuffing.
Well, it seems that Lin Lu was included subconsciously. After all, if she only eats it by herself, she can eat the meat for a week if she uses it to stir-fry side dishes or something.
"How do you sell the front leg meat and ribs?"
"...My house! There are many rooms!"
Children in the city have few activities during the New Year. For people with a family like his, the New Year is even more boring. On New Year's Eve, he has a meal at home. On the first day of the new year, he goes with his mother and sister to his stepfather's house to pay New Year greetings. On the second day of the new year, he goes to his mother's house.
I wish my parents’ family a happy New Year, and on the third day of the Lunar New Year, I go to my dad’s place to wish them a happy New Year…
"What about you?"
Seeing Li Xingruo stunned and nervously thinking about countermeasures, Lin Lu couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'm scaring you! If I go, I will definitely wear my school uniform!"
It seems that he can go anywhere, but except for his own home, he feels a little uncomfortable everywhere on the forest road. Gradually, if it is not necessary, he will not go to New Year greetings at all. He will take his sisters to play, leaving his mother and Uncle Wen to play.
to cope with it.
"I'm bored too." Lin Lu didn't explain much.
"Did you buy too much? You can't finish it all at once..." Lin Lu couldn't help, so he had to stand beside her.
"It's just the opposite. It's quite lively during normal times, but during the Chinese New Year the city is very deserted. There are few cars and people on the street, so it's quiet."
The little girl suddenly became enlightened and felt that this was really a good idea.
"How about I take off my school uniform?"
"It sounds a bit forced, doesn't it?"
The landlady put the meat in bags, and Lin Lu took the initiative to act as a vegetable carrier and took the bag from the landlady's hand.
"Is this your brother? The two siblings have good genes! They are so handsome!"
"Yes, the boss lady is really good at judging people~!"
Li Xingruo laughed mischievously, it felt good to have a food carrying tool and bodyguard named "Brother".