Chapter 28 Tell Zhang An, I want to eat fish (please recommend and collect)
Author: Han Ming
Chapter 28 Tell Zhang An, I want to eat fish (please recommend and collect)
It’s December 28th and the weather is sunny.
Although today is not Sunday, this is the last big gathering in Hongyan Town before the Chinese New Year.
This happens every year. Regardless of whether it is a fair day or not, a big fair will be held on this day for everyone to buy what they want. This will continue until future generations.
The street is particularly lively today. There are usually not so many people at the big fairs. 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 items, and then conducted haggling for a long time. Finally, they made a deal and bought things for New Year worship.
Also 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 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.
Moreover, Wang Fang came to the street just to buy a rooster. During the New Year, it is necessary to kill a rooster to worship the gods. This is a custom in the village.
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 still a big favor.
The second reason is that many people in the village have started selling their 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 her 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 long ago and would not still be here.
Wang Fang negotiated the price with the stall owner for a long time. The stall owner might 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. He also showed the scale to Wang Fang. It weighed six or seven kilograms, but it was not very heavy.
But the chicken of this size is okay. There is meat, but the meat quality is not old. Chicken that is too old has no flavor and tastes very bad.
The thirty yuan was counted 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.
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The beginning of spring has passed, the temperature has risen, the sun is hanging in the sky, and the earth is beginning to be full of life again.
It is said that the ducks are the prophets when the water in the spring river is warm. 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 house has been thoroughly cleaned before the Lunar New Year, and there is nothing to do now except wait for the Chinese New Year.
Zhang An and his son 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 cartload 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’s 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'm taking my son to pick up my parents for the New Year. If Li Yao doesn't go, they might not come."
Li Hongbin said to Zhou Lan.
"Well, I'll pick one up and send it over later. Please be careful when driving on the road."
Zhou Lan was there to teach his son how to talk after he went to his 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 had no choice but to 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, and there are many people on the road going to the market.
Zhou Lan's driving skills are pretty good and she drives quite steadily, which is rare in this area in this day and age.
Without him, current driving schools are too expensive.
When they arrived at Changqing Village, Zhou Lan parked the car and took down all 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. Having met such a relative, he always sends some things to her during the holidays, and he even drives there in his car. 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 some for you. There are some in the car. You come with me to get them." Zhou Lan said and took Zhang An away.
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?"
"His father took him to pick up his grandparents to celebrate the New Year. The old man has a stubborn temper. If Li Yao doesn't go, he might not be able to call him."
Because Li Hongbin also 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 about the household affairs 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 persuade him to stay. Before leaving, Zhou Lan said to Zhang An with a smile.
"By the way, Zhang An, Hong Bin asked me to tell you that he wants to eat fish."
Zhang An couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this. It seemed that Li Hongbin wanted 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 home to eat."
In fact, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang were quite surprised at first. The fish their son had caught before were kept in the pond, but they were not fed anything. The fish would 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 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 were all big fish in space. When Zhang An put them into the pond, they were already five or six pounds.