The first thousand one hundred and seventy-ninth chapters change of times
1992 is the Year of the Dog in the lunar calendar. There was a heavy snowfall on the night of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month and it stopped on the morning of the 30th. Liu Lang got up from home at six o'clock in the morning and took care of himself with his father, second uncle and old uncle.
Go to the market to buy new year goods.
In fact, the Liu family has no shortage of New Year's goods. What if you want to buy something but can't buy it? But you still have to wait until this day to buy some New Year's goods. After all, it is a tradition for many families to get up early and go to the market on the 30th day. If you don't go for a stroll in the market, it seems that this New Year is not going to happen.
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The open-air Majiapu Market in those days has now become a semi-enclosed market. The vegetable farmers no longer have to withstand the wind and rain. This has gradually become a major farmers' market in Fucheng. Vegetable farmers will buy and sell here every day.
Not only does it appear during the market on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the government department also set up the Majiapu Vegetable Market Management Office to allow vegetable farmers to sell in accordance with regulations. The dirty and messy phenomena in the market have also disappeared, and everything has become normal.
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However, the New Year's Eve morning market is different from the vegetable market. It still follows the market method. All vegetable farmers will not go into the vegetable market to buy and sell. They all sell outside in the open air. After all, the morning market is very short.
It started at around five o'clock and ended at around nine o'clock in the morning.
Many vegetable farmers come to Majiapu once a year, often starting from home before dawn. Most of them live in rural areas more than ten kilometers away from the city. It takes several hours to drive a carriage to get here. It takes so much hard work just to get here.
Buy it at a good price and live a good year. After a few years, horse-drawn carriages will gradually disappear and be replaced by minivans. Of course, by that time, Fucheng will no longer have only a few farmers' markets, and people can buy the food they need when they go out.
Today's Fucheng, no, it should be said that today's national supplies are much better than in previous years. This can be seen from the most basic vegetable market, where many dishes that were not available before have appeared.
Foods like beef and mutton are no longer rare, and seafood in bulk can be seen everywhere. The freshest thing is vegetables such as tomatoes and eggplants piled on several carriages. You must know that it is the twelfth month of winter, and these are only available in autumn.
Vegetables, no one has been able to preserve these vegetables until now.
Of course, these are not preserved vegetables, but greenhouse cultivation. Since last year, Fucheng has introduced modern new agricultural technology in the surrounding countryside, that is, greenhouse cultivation. The so-called greenhouse is naturally a plastic film, which can block the cold, and a stove is lit inside.
The temperature can be maintained at more than 20 degrees in winter, so out-of-season vegetables appear, and people's vegetable baskets become more abundant. Even in the coldest month of winter, all kinds of fresh vegetables are available.
This will be a common planting method ten years from now, or even five years from now. At that time, people can eat any vegetables in any season, but now this is a new thing, breaking the traditional thinking of vegetable farmers. Many people even think that
These vegetables have been "mutated" after being treated with some unknown pesticide.
Ordinary people have very weak ability to accept new things, but this is how historical development is. The progress of science and technology will never be based on human thinking. If you don't recognize it, you will be eliminated by the times. This is a historical law, no matter what
People can stop it.
It was only half past six when Liu Lang's family arrived at the vegetable market. It was still dark and the street lights around the vegetable market were still on, but there were already many people here buying New Year's goods.
"Second brother, you are here. Come and take a look at the silver carp we just caught from Yusi Reservoir. This fish is fresh. We caught it last night. Take one home and stew it!"
A fish seller hurriedly shouted when he saw Liu Lang's second uncle, Liu Dongxue. He was a frequent visitor to Majiapu, and Liu Dongxue also visited here often.
"Baby! You came early enough! Let me take a look... Well, these fish are not bad. Leave one for me first and wait until I come back from shopping to get it!"
"Okay, don't worry!"
The other party was very happy. This fish weighed at least ten kilograms and cost more than twenty yuan.
Liu Lang and others then walked inside. Many people and vegetable farmers looked over "cautiously" and their eyes fell on Liu Lang. This is Liu Lang! There is no hero in Fucheng that I don't know in the whole of Fucheng.
It is his credit that Fucheng has become so good now, at least that's what the people think.
Such people should be out of reach from above, and you are lucky to see them. However, Liu Lang is actually very approachable. It's just that he is too busy with work and research and has no time to come out, but he will be there as soon as he has time.
Go to a famous restaurant in Fucheng
There are many legends about him in the market about eating. For example, one day he went to a Sichuan restaurant for dinner. The boss heard that he was coming and ran out to see him. However, after seeing Liu Lang, his knees felt weak and he knelt down.
On the ground, it was as if he was thanking the other person for coming to his restaurant to eat.
This legend is widely circulated, because it confirms the fact that Liu Lang is not a mortal, and it also adds a mysterious color to Liu Lang. Of course, this is a "lie" that is passed down by the common people, but it also reflects the common people's attitude toward Liu Lang.
Liu Lang's favorite.
Of course Liu Lang didn't know that he had become a "legend" among the common people, and no one asked him to confirm those "magical" stories. Now he just wanted to feel the strong flavor of the New Year.
Majiapu is very big and can accommodate hundreds of people buying vegetables. A few of them greeted the surrounding vegetable farmers while walking. Although the weather was cold, they were in a good mood. Soon their hands were full.
New Year's goods.
The sky is getting brighter, and more and more people are buying food. Many of them are bringing their children, some of them are seven or eight years old. They are most excited about the New Year, especially when they go to the stall selling fireworks and firecrackers.
Not wanting to leave, I took my parents with me to buy a few hangings.
"Bang...boom!"
Several "two kicks" flew into the sky, and he looked up with a smile. This was the Nian he imagined!
In another ten years, the spirit of the New Year will become less and less. On the one hand, with the improvement of living conditions, the mentality of "there is meat to eat and new clothes to wear during the New Year" no longer exists; on the other hand, China
Urbanization has caused many annual customs to gradually fade or even disappear.
People no longer go door-to-door to kowtow to celebrate the New Year, and for the so-called environmental protection, they can't set off cannons.
What Liu Lang misses is the crackling of firecrackers that drowned out the Spring Festival Gala on the TV on New Year's Eve, the familiar smell of gunpowder and gunpowder filling the air, and the red debris covering the floor of the house the next morning.
With the development of the times, people's lives are getting better and better, but some old customs are gradually disappearing. This cannot be said to be good or bad, but this is the memory of Liu Lang's generation.
Those are the sounds, smells, and colors that belong to the Chinese New Year. They are the ones that have imprinted the "year", and more than ten years later, all that is left are the "money transactions" of red envelopes and lucky money. Liu Lang has seen this change, so
Only then do I cherish the "year" of this era even more.