Although the children found it novel, they all knew they had to gather together. As December approached, the market was especially crowded, and people were buying a lot of things.
Liu Xu was responsible for following behind them, making sure they didn't get separated.
All three children had money, but they were just looking and hadn't found anything that appealed to them yet.
Seeing a vendor selling candied hawthorns, Liu Xu bought one for each of the three of them.
They were all a little unaccustomed to it, as they had never eaten while walking before.
Liu Xu looked at the three of them and smiled, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do. You have to adapt to the environment."
Seeing that other children were eating, I stopped worrying about it.
"Second Aunt, these candied hawthorns are really delicious." Zhiyuan was the most uninhibited.
Liu Aimin took his two brothers to sell things, and they bought twenty catties of eggs alone.
"Uncle, are the bean curd sheets and tofu made in the village?" Liu Jianguo asked.
"Okay, make two batches tomorrow and freeze them. Make two more batches on the morning of the Xiangmen Festival. Let's go buy vermicelli; your aunt specifically instructed us to do so."
"Aimin, what's going on?"
"Old Xing, my nephew is getting married, so I'm going to the market to buy things."
"This must belong to Maocai's family, right?"
"Yes, Mao Cai's second son is getting married."
Liu Jianguo and Shi Tou quickly greeted each other.
"Where is Maocai?"
"They haven't arrived home yet. The couple came from the south to help look after their third daughter's child."
"On which day do I have to go to the wedding?"
"My grandmother set the date as the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month."
"Okay, I'll be there early this morning." How could I not go? Liu Maocai and the others were classmates and had always had a very good relationship.
People greeted each other along the way; many knew that Shi Tou was married.
"Your dad is popular, so we can't do without a table."
"Uncle, what kind of meat are they selling up ahead?"
"Let's go take a look."
Squeezing through the crowd, I saw it was beef; this one weighed three jin, that one two jin.
"Uncle, let's buy some too. Stewed beef is a good dish." Liu Jianguo thought the beef looked good.
"Okay, let's buy it. How much is this beef?"
"Er Shuan, a big spender has arrived! Hurry up. Ai Min, you should buy more. This ox is fine, it's just old and can't work anymore, so our village slaughtered it."
"Hey, Lao Zhang, so you're from your village. How much is it per pound?"
"You're here, so I'll give you a fair price, how about 80 cents a pound? They usually sell for 85 cents."
"Okay, give me fifty catties, all of them are the rib section, my nephew is getting married, I need to buy more."
"Isn't this Mao Cai's son?"
"Yes, it's Mao Cai's son getting married. He's coming home to celebrate, so give him a generous share."
"Didn't Maocai's son go to university?"
"Yes, we still have to go back to our hometown to hold the wedding."
Ershuan, the butcher, pointed to the half-slice of meat and asked, "Brother, do you think that piece is okay? I'll give it all to you."
"Okay, just cut it off. Or you can give us this piece too."
"That's great, just wait."
A moment later, Ershuan chopped off a large piece, carried it over, and placed it on the scale. "Brother, this piece alone weighs sixty pounds. That piece, even with the weight on it, must weigh twenty pounds. Do you still want it?"
"Uncle, we want it, cut it off for us."
"Alright, you Liujiatun people are big spenders, so just buy more."
Ershuan chopped off another half of the rib. "Let's check the scale. It weighs seventy-nine and a half jin in total. Let's just say it's seventy-nine jin."
Liu Jianguo put down his own basket, and Ershuan put it directly inside.
"Uncle, weigh out ten pounds of lean meat from the back shank for us to make dumplings for the New Year."
"Yes, this is another big piece, eleven pounds, exactly ninety pounds. Seventy-two will be enough." Ershuan said, picking up a few more large bones and putting them into the basket.
Shi Tou hurriedly took out his money, and Liu Aimin gave the car keys to Liu Jianguo, telling him to put them in the car first.
“Brother, give me fifty catties of beef jerky too. My grandson likes beef jerky, I’ll have his grandma make some for them when I get back.”
“Aimin, why don’t I give them all to you? You’re worried about these two hind legs, which weigh over a hundred pounds.”
“Yes, more would be better. I have many grandsons, all of them are teenagers and at the age where they can eat a lot. But you’ll have to take them to the car for me, I don’t have any baskets left here.”
"Don't worry, brother, I'll definitely deliver the car to you."
"Hey bro, look, this weighs 136 jin (63.9 kg), is that okay?"
"Okay, give me all of it. How much are the stones worth?"
Stone handed over 108.8 yuan.
"You keep it. I'll buy this myself. This is for Weiyu and the others. I don't need your money."
Liu Aimin glared at Shi Tou, then took out 100 yuan and gave it to Er Shuan.
"Brother, I can't make that decision either. I can't charge less for this. This piece of meat weighs two pounds. I'll give it to you for free. Is that alright?"
"Okay." The one who had spoken earlier picked up his basket, and Liu Aimin and his father squeezed out of Zhang Zhenye's group chat. They were also put on the bus.
Liu Jianguo didn't even ask; the three of them locked the car and headed to the market again. They bought another ten jin of eggs. Even before they got married, the family still needed to eat. They couldn't let the children go hungry.
The fans bought 20 jin (10 kg) and 30 jin (15 kg) of vermicelli. Liu Jianguo was responsible for maintaining the vehicle and delivering it.
"Uncle, we need to buy rice, flour, and other things too, right?"
“No need for that. Last time your sister Hongmei came back, she brought back a few bags of rice. You two can take it back for three generations, that should be enough. As for flour, there are things to do at home. You two brothers can go to the mill this afternoon to grind some flour. Grind a few bags.”
Shi Tou didn't refuse. "No, when we go to pick up Mom and Dad the day after tomorrow, we'll buy 200 jin in the city. We don't want it to be not enough. Besides, this was all given to Great-Grandma by Sister Hongmei, so I feel bad about it."
"Uncle, just give me a bag of rice, but I'll grind more flour. I'll buy 200 jin when I pick up my parents the day after tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay, go buy the rice." The father and son then saw a stall selling large fried dough sticks.
Liu Aimin looked at the mung bean flour pastry and asked, "Brother, which village are you from?"
"I was telling you I was from Dawancun. What's up, bro?"
"How much is one of these large fried dough sticks?"
"Four cents a piece." Zhang Ruifeng
"Brother, could you send fifty tickets to Liujiatun on the fourteenth of the twelfth lunar month? It's too early to buy them now. Take more; there should be quite a few people in our village who want to buy them."
"Okay, which family should we send it to?"
"Liu Maocai's home."
"Okay, I've got it. I'll definitely be there on the afternoon of the 14th. I won't make any mistakes. See that? That's my house. You can rest assured."
"Uncle, I'll give you Zhang Hongmei a five-yuan deposit."
"That's fine, young man. Don't worry, I will definitely not keep your money. I will definitely deliver it to you."
The father and son continued walking and saw chickens for sale. There were several people selling them, usually two or three chickens per household. The father and son bought all the live chickens in the market that day.
"Stones are still not enough; there are only eight."
Your aunt and I estimate that you'll need at least twenty tables.
If I win, I'll buy it in the village.
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