Chapter 375
The end of the year was approaching, and Su Miao's chickenpox finally recovered before the New Year.
It took me less than half a month from the onset of the disease to recovery, but fortunately, with the help of Grandpa Liang’s medicine in the later stage, my body didn’t itch much, so it wasn’t particularly difficult to endure.
New Year's Eve is just two days away. After the winter break, the store at home has been extremely busy, and I haven't even gone shopping for New Year's goods yet.
Now that Su Miao has recovered from his illness, Su Yuanzheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly took a lunch break and took Su Miao, Su Yu and Su Hui to the market to buy New Year's goods.
As soon as you step into the market, the bustling crowds and the dazzling array of goods instantly make the New Year atmosphere particularly strong.
At the stalls selling Spring Festival couplets, bright red papers are written with auspicious words and the air is filled with the fragrance of ink; at the candy stalls, colorful candies are piled up into small hills, emitting an enticing sweet aroma.
There are also small stalls displaying all kinds of new things, from hand-woven bamboo baskets to exquisite paper-cuts. The shouts one after another interweave into a melody unique to the Chinese New Year.
In addition to the New Year gifts to be taken back, New Year goods to be distributed to the store employees are also essential.
Su Miao and his father agreed that the New Year's goods distributed by the store would be the same as in previous years, with the focus on practicality. They would distribute some plain New Year's goods without any innovation or pretense.
A pot of 10 jin peanut oil, a bag of 5 jin assorted candies, and a box of biscuits in an iron box. These candies and biscuits are placed on the table during the Chinese New Year, which is festive and face-saving.
In addition to the same New Year's goods, each person also received a big red envelope as a year-end bonus.
Su Miao had calculated the amount carefully and calculated it by dividing each person's total salary this year by 12.
The longer you work and the higher your position, the higher your year-end bonus will be. For example, Jiang Fengyi, Su Yu, Yingzi and others who have been working for the whole year will receive about 13 salaries.
The above New Year's goods, as well as some roasted nuts such as melon seeds and peanuts, have all been ordered by the wholesale department and will be delivered to the store tomorrow.
It’s good to have private wholesalers now. In the past, you had to queue up at the supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores to buy things. It would take a long time to squeeze in with so many people to buy everything, not to mention having the goods delivered to you.
After ordering a large quantity of New Year's goods, a few people strolled around the market, buying whatever they found interesting, and gradually filled up half a car.
Seeing that they had bought almost everything, a few people left the market and prepared to go back.
We happened to see a small stall at the entrance of the market selling hot dumplings and wontons, so we stopped the car and planned to have a bowl each before going back.
People in the south seldom make dumplings at home. It’s not because they think the filling is difficult to prepare, but mainly because they don’t make them often, so they are not very good at rolling out the dough.
When Aunt Ye and Jiayin were still in Nanning, they had made this several times during festivals, and they were the ones who rolled the dough every time.
Others learned to make dumplings very quickly, but they could never roll out the dough properly. Either it was crooked or too thick, and nothing looked good.
So now when I want to eat, I would rather buy it outside.
While waiting for the stall owner to cook dumplings, Su Miao casually looked at the people with festive faces. They were all carrying large and small bags, and their faces were filled with anticipation for the New Year.
Suddenly, she noticed two strange-looking men. They were dressed like most people, but they had nothing in their hands and kept their hands in their pockets.
Following the crowd, strolling here and looking there, Su Miao originally thought that she might wait for her family to come over before going shopping, but until she almost finished eating the dumplings, the two people were still in the same state as before.
On the way, they followed the crowd and walked forward for a while, then came back after a while.
Su Miao felt suspicious and leaned close to his father and whispered, "Dad, don't those two people in black clothes over there look a little strange? Do they look like thieves?"
Su Yuan was looking over when he saw one of them pull out a wooden clip from his pocket with lightning speed and put it into the pocket of an am in front of him.
Fortunately, Am's little grandson was holding her hand and wanted to buy a candy figure. He pulled her down and made the man fail.
Not being able to snatch the wallet, the thief turned aside calmly, continued to look for the next person, and even gestured to his accomplice.
The father and daughter looked at each other and said in unison: "It's the thief!"
Su Yuanzheng whispered, "How about your brother Yu and I go over and capture them? They're too small to defeat us."
Su Miao felt that it was not appropriate: "Now we don't know whether they stole anything before. It is definitely not possible to arrest them directly. Besides, it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. Who knows if there are any accomplices around."
"What should we do? We can't let them steal other people's things again. We have saved money all year long and are counting on selling some New Year's goods to make us happy. If we lose money now, our whole year will be ruined."
Su Miao thought for a moment and said, "Dad, I just saw two police officers patrolling over there. Go talk to them. They're here to arrest talented people."
"Okay, then you just stay here and watch."
There are a lot of people at the market, so the police station will send police officers to patrol at this time.
Su Yu and Su Hui heard the conversation between Su Miao and Su Yuanzheng just now. Now they were eating while glancing at the two thieves out of the corner of their eyes.
Not long after, Su Yuanzheng returned and whispered, "We've already told the police. They're in uniform and don't want to alert the thief, so they asked us to keep an eye on him. If he makes another move, give him a signal."
Su Yu said excitedly, "This is so exciting, uncle. Are we now like informants? That's how it's played out on TV."
"Shh! Look! He's taking out the clamp again." Su Miao said anxiously.
The thief, who had failed once before, still did not let Am go. He probably noticed that her money was in that pocket, and his eyes followed it closely.
Just as Am and her grandson were waiting to make candy figures in front of the stall, her money was quickly taken away.
Su Yuanzheng turned his head, his eyes showing nervousness and anxiety, and gestured anxiously in one direction.
The two public security comrades who received the signal moved swiftly and quickly approached, pinning down the thief who was about to leave. The people around them all looked at them sideways.
Seeing this, another accomplice ran in the opposite direction, trying to use the crowd as cover to escape capture by the police.
The public security officer shouted, "Comrades, please help catch the thief in black!"
That's what they were waiting for! Su Yuanzheng and Su Yu quickly ran over, and together with other brave people, they pinned the thief who was trying to escape to the ground, and the whole place cheered!
"Ouch! It's my money! The money that was stolen was mine!!"
It was not until this time that Am, whose money was stolen, reacted and screamed while covering his empty pockets.
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