In the blink of an eye, it was the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Deng Qingling and Li An were busy in the store. They hadn't stopped since morning.
The closer it gets to the Spring Festival, the busier the streets become and the busier the shops become.
Starting from the street, there are long queues on both sides of the street, with many juicy cabbages and white and plump radishes, as well as bags of water chestnuts, arrowhead mushrooms, wild yam, and wild kudzu root with a little mud on them.
There are also various dried goods such as bacon, dried black fungus, and dried mushrooms.
There were chickens and ducks kept in bamboo cages of various sizes, and fish kept in wooden basins and barrels.
There are also people selling homemade fried dumplings, sugar rings, cow-ear cakes, water tofu, fried tofu, tofu pudding, and bean curd sheets.
These are the ones that the country people can’t bear to eat or can’t finish, so they take them out to sell at the New Year’s market where they can get a good price.
Some people also started selling Spring Festival couplets and red paper.
There are all kinds of goods everywhere, which is dazzling.
The stall owners enthusiastically promoted the goods on their stalls to passers-by, and the sounds of bargaining between customers could be heard one after another.
The whole street was crowded with people, noisy and bustling.
Guo Haochen and his two siblings rode a ox cart to the street and were stunned by the crowded crowd.
There are so many people coming to the New Year market!
They have been to the market before, but they have never been to the New Year market.
"Brother, there are too many people here." Guo Ninghuan glanced down at Guo Ningwan's feet and said worriedly, "It's so crowded here. What if someone steps on my feet?"
Guo Haochen thought for a moment, then turned to Guo Haoxi and said, "Haoxi, you and your sister wait for me here at the ox cart. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things and then I'll take you to the store."
After he finished shopping, he carried his little sister to the store. He originally told them not to follow him, but they insisted on coming, otherwise it wouldn't have been so troublesome.
"Okay." Guo Haoxi nodded.
Looking at the busy streets, Guo Haochen felt a little worried, so he asked Guo Muyang to help watch over them.
Guo Haochen walked through the crowd and when he arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, he saw that it was crowded with people and the entire supply and marketing cooperative was surrounded by people.
Guo Haochen struggled to squeeze into the area selling daily necessities, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw some vanishing cream on the wall cabinet.
Guo Haochen smiled and said to the salesperson, "Hello, Auntie, could you please get me a box of Shanghai brand Vanishing Cream?"
While speaking, Guo Haochen pointed to the white porcelain bottle with a blue cap of vanishing cream on the wall cabinet behind the salesperson.
Salesperson: "No ticket required for vanishing cream. The large bottle is 58 cents, and the small bottle is 37 cents. Which one do you want?"
Guo Haochen: "I want a big bottle."
The saleswoman turned to the wall cabinet to give him the vanishing cream, which she had just put on the counter.
Guo Haochen said again: "Please help me get another small bottle." The big bottle is for my mother, and the small bottle is just right for my sister.
The salesperson didn't get angry. She turned around and gave him another box of small bottles. "Two bottles for 95 cents."
After Guo Haochen counted the money and gave it to the salesperson, he stuffed the two bottles of vanishing cream into his pocket.
Then he carefully protected the cold cream in his pocket and squeezed out of the crowd.
When Guo Haochen returned to the ox cart, he saw Guo Ninghuan and the others, along with Guo Muyang, sitting beside the cart, cracking melon seeds and eating peanuts, and spitting out melon seed shells and peanut shells all over the ground.
Seeing their eldest brother coming back, sisters Guo Haoxi and Guo Ninghuan both stood up.
"Brother, you're finally back!" Guo Haoxi excitedly ran up to him, "Brother, how's it going? Did you buy everything?"
"I bought it." Guo Haochen walked up to Guo Ninghuan and her sister and said mysteriously, "Big sister and second sister, big brother bought something for you!
Guess what it is?
"Is it delicious?" Guo Ningwan looked at Guo Haochen with sparkling eyes.
"No." Guo Haochen shook his head. "What about you, sister? What do you think it is?"
Guo Ninghuan observed Guo Haochen carefully and saw that the pockets on both sides of his clothes were bulging, and the two sides were almost the same size. He had a vague guess in his mind.
Before she could speak, Guo Ningwan couldn't wait to walk to Guo Haochen's side, pulled his arm and shook it, and said to him in a sweet and coquettish voice: "Brother, tell us!
Is it okay?! Is it okay? "
"You just love to do this." Guo Haochen smiled helplessly. His little sister is just a spoiled brat.
"Here, let me show you." Guo Haochen took out two bottles of cold cream from his pocket.
"The big one is for mom, and the small one is for you two."
"Thank you, brother." Guo Ninghuan and Guo Ningwan said at the same time.
They don’t have much vanishing cream left, brother is really a timely help.
Guo Haoxi: "Brother, where's mine?"
My sister has a gift, so he should have two candies too!
When Guo Haochen heard this, he thought he also wanted to use vanishing cream on his face, so he frowned and said disdainfully, "Why would a boy use vanishing cream? It's a waste of money!"
As he said that, he stuffed the vanishing cream back into his pocket.
Upon hearing this, Guo Haoxi got furious. Who said boys can't use face cream?
It's so cold today that the wind is blowing on my face.
What's wrong with him getting some of his sister's lotion every now and then?
Besides, he didn’t ask his brother to buy it for him!
"Didn't you buy some snacks when you went to the supply and marketing cooperative?" Guo Haoxi asked.
Guo Haochen: "No, I have no money." He really had no money.
Guo Haoxi glanced at him, as if to say, do you think I believe it?
Guo Haochen shrugged his shoulders, looking like he could do nothing about it if you didn't believe him.
Afterwards, Guo Haochen carried Guo Ningwan on his back, while Guo Haoxi and Guo Ninghuan walked on both sides of them to prevent others from accidentally touching Guo Ningwan's feet.
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