Today is New Year's Eve, and Zhang Tiantian and her friends got up very early.
Because everyone in the brigade has to go to the commune to buy delicious food today.
Today is the only day when the commune holds a market. You can put things up for sale as you like, and you don’t need a ticket. As long as you have money, you can buy anything.
There are all kinds of things for sale, including clothes, snacks, fruits, meat, vegetables, and farm tools...
Today is the busiest day in the commune. People go to the commune early, buy good things, and go home after having a full lunch.
I only started preparing for the New Year’s Eve after I got home, so the New Year’s Eve dinner was a little late.
After Zhang Tiantian and the others washed up, they set off with Zhang's mother and the team leader.
I’m not having breakfast at home today. I’m going to the commune to buy it.
When Zhang Tiantian and her group arrived at the commune, there were already many people there: "Mom, I thought we came early enough, but I didn't expect there were so many people who came earlier than us."
"Tiantian, we've actually come early, but those with children have come even earlier. Many children look forward to this day every year.
Some children save their money and wait for today to buy food. This is the day that children here love most in the year.”
Zhang Tiantian looked around and saw a lot of children. Almost every adult was leading a child, and sometimes even one adult was leading two or three children.
But almost every child was holding something in their hands. The children who were not holding anything must have just arrived, but they all walked very quickly, probably going to buy things.
Some children held candied haws, some held steamed cakes, some held green frogs, and some held meat buns...
In short, everyone who came to the commune had a smile on their face.
Especially when children are dragging their families around, the most common thing they hear in the commune is: "Slow down, slow down, don't run so fast, what if you fall?"
"It won't fall. Hurry up! The stuff is sold out. What should we do? Once it's sold out, we can only wait until next year. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up."
Zhang Tiantian and the others also quickly squeezed into the crowded crowd. Gu Ranran was the first to see the beef noodle sign: "Ahhh, look, there's beef noodles for sale. Let's go eat it quickly. If too many people come later, we won't be able to eat it."
Lu Jiang and Lu Hai went over to order beef noodles first, and Zhang Tiantian and the others went to reserve a seat.
After waiting for a while, Lu Jiang and Lu Hai came with beef noodles and put them on the table.
Gu Ranran took a bite and couldn't help but sigh: "This beef noodles is so delicious! Real ingredients, full of flavor."
"Wife, there's beef for sale over there. Let's go buy some and make braised beef, okay?"
"Okay, eat quickly. Looking at the children running so fast, I'm afraid they will finish shopping. Some children eat while walking, and then queue up to buy while eating."
"Yes, eat faster, I still need to go buy some firecrackers, I don't want the kids to snatch them all up."
"Tiantian, Ranran, don't be so anxious. Wait until we finish breakfast. We'll go shopping separately, and then just wait at the commune gate after we're done."
"Okay, Mom. But if you and Dad see something you like or that tastes good, just buy it. Don't be reluctant to buy it.
Today is Chinese New Year, and don't the old sayings say that the more you buy today, the more money you'll make next year? We should buy more of the things we like, so we can all make a lot of money next year."
"Tiantian, your mom doesn't buy things very often, but doesn't Daddy still exist? Daddy knows what your mom likes. I'll buy everything I see."
"Okay, Dad, you and Mom have a mission today. You have to spend all the money Lu Jiang and I gave you last night."
"Okay, Tiantian, isn't it easy to spend money? Besides, there are too many people selling things today, selling everything."
After Zhang Tiantian and the others finished their breakfast, they split up. Zhang Tiantian and Lu Jiang were paired, Lu Hai and Gu Ranran were paired, and the rest were the team leader and Zhang's mother.
There are more people now, and it’s so crowded that you can’t even see what people are selling.
All they saw were piles of people: "Tiantian, Ranran, do we have to squeeze in to see what's on sale? We squeeze in to sell it ourselves, but why do we feel like there are more people today? Hurry up, or else, we really won't be able to buy anything."
After the captain finished speaking, he took Zhang's mother into the crowd. Zhang Tiantian and Lu Jiang also squeezed into the crowd next to them.
Gu Ranran also wanted to join a group of people, but was stopped by Lu Hai: "Wife, don't you like beef? I just saw someone selling beef in front. Let's go buy some beef first."
The team leader and Zhang's mother squeezed in and saw that everything was for sale. In the end, they bought 2 bottles of Moutai, 2 packs of Daqianmen, 2 pounds of egg cake, 2 pounds of melon seeds and peanuts, and 2 pounds of White Rabbit milk candy.
Lu Jiang and Zhang Tiantian squeezed in and saw that the items for sale were candied haws. Zhang Tiantian was so excited that she bought two strings of each type of candied haws.
Lu Hai and Gu Ranran squeezed in and bought 6 kilograms of beef. This was the upper limit, and they could only buy a maximum of 6 kilograms.
Lu Hai and Gu Ranran quickly squeezed into the next group. They found that the item being sold was mutton. Gu Ranran was very excited. "Honey, we are so lucky to have seen mutton. We must order 6 pounds."
"Wife, it seems that the sales here are divided into different areas. We should have come to the meat selling area."
"Hubby, let's work hard and try to get all kinds of meat together."
The team leader and Zhang's mother then bought steamed cakes, while Lu Jiang and Zhang Tiantian bought apples and pears.
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