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Chapter 587 The price is not only cheap, but also a gift (for subscription)

Li Yuan has always been used to candied rice dumplings, but every year the rice dumplings are ready-made to eat outside. There are few candied dates, no pits, and the taste is not strong.

So this year, after finally having time, Li Yuan plans to make all the fillings by himself.

Candied dates, raisins.

With the addition of some strings, Li Yuan bought these things very quickly, but within a few minutes, he had already bought them.

Studio.

"Anchor, you didn't buy glutinous rice!"

"Son of the Li family, don't you think you forgot something?"

"That's right, don't you use glutinous rice to make zongzi? What are you wrapping?"

"Yeah, anchor, you don't have all the things you bought!"

"Am I the only one who thinks that the anchor bought a lot of candied dates? There are only so many zong leaves, and this candied dates...are too many?"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, my second uncle sent me a lot of glutinous rice yesterday, and it was soaked in water last night."

The glutinous rice for making zongzi needs to be soaked overnight in advance, so that the cooked zongzi will be more sweet and soft.

And Li Yuan, who had already prepared to make zongzi, naturally would not forget such an important link, and had already prepared for it.

I went to the street today, just to buy some other ingredients, and I will go back later to process all these ingredients, so I can directly make glutinous rice dumplings.

In addition to buying some materials for making zongzi, Li Yuan then stopped in front of a shop selling purses.

The owner of the stall is an old man with gray hair.

Although the old man is in his sixties or seventies, he is still full of energy and has a very loving face.

This grandfather Li Yuan knew, he was an old man who lived in the next village.

As long as Li Yuan can remember, this grandfather has been selling Dragon Boat purses at the market every Dragon Boat Festival.But at that time, there were fewer purses, and they were basically simple colorful ropes.

And at that time, although the multicolored rope was only a few cents a piece, there were still very few people who bought it.

Sometimes children are so rare that their parents don’t buy it, and the grandfather will generously give one to the child without charging any money.

In the old man's words, doing these things is not about earning a lot of money, but it is a way of making a living so that you can have something to do.

But now, the Dragon Boat Festival is getting bigger and bigger, and everyone's acceptance is getting higher and higher. The business of this grandfather's stall has improved in recent years.

However, the price of Grandpa’s is still very affordable, and if you buy more, you will get some gadgets as gifts, so everyone likes to bring their children to pick them up.

Standing in front of the booth, Li Yuan looked at the shelves full of colorful purses and bracelets, and finally chose two colorful gourds made of paper, a small hand-woven broom and a sachet hanging on the side of the kang.

Sure enough, after Li Yuan took these, the grandfather was very happy and gave Li Yuan two more colorful ropes.

However, although I chose several items, it only cost 15 yuan.

Studio.

"Isn't this too cheap?"

"This grandfather is doing business, are you sure he won't lose money?"

"There is a gift for 15 yuan?! If this is in the city, and it took so long to spend more than ten yuan, I'm afraid people will already roll their eyes!"

"Didn't you find out that not only the gourds are cheap, but the zongzi leaves and candied dates are also very affordable!"

In the countryside, because every household has its own yard, they will grow some vegetables for food like Li Yuan.

Moreover, in the Northeast, almost every household has a well, so there is no need for water bills, and only a little electricity bill is enough. In this way, natural living expenses will be saved a lot.

Only when there are some human affairs, or when you are sick or go out to play, you will spend money, otherwise sometimes you will not spend a penny for more than half a month.

Even the elderly who save a little can spend half a year with two to three thousand yuan.

In fact, it is precisely because of these reasons that many people think that people in the countryside are poor.

Because these people... really can't see how much they spend money.

In the countryside, almost all the green vegetables sold in the market cannot be eaten by oneself, so the surplus will be sold in the market, because these green vegetables are grown by themselves, and the cost is low. Although the vegetables are fresh, they are sold instead. The price is much cheaper.

A combination of reasons makes natural country living less expensive.

Li Yuan: "Well, the selling price of rural things is not high, because the cost is low, and most of the sellers are not professional businessmen, and they didn't expect to make a lot of money from these things."

"Moreover, there are generally elderly people in the villages. The elderly have always been more frugal. If things are too expensive, they are reluctant to buy them."

Studio.

"The anchor's point of view is correct. Everyone in the city sells things to make money and support their families. However, most people in the countryside do it to earn some pocket money. The essence is different."

"It does make sense."

"I think that most people in the village are relatively simple, because the capital is not high, and the neighbors know each other. If the price is too high, everyone will feel embarrassed."

"Yeah, I'm too embarrassed to ask for it."

"Anyway, it's true that things are cheap in the country."

"So... the life in the country is quite suitable for me. I don't have any big goals and are easy to satisfy, haha!"

"Well, life in the country is more suitable for people who are easy to satisfy and like ease."

"Indeed, if young people who like nightlife come here, I'm afraid they will be bored to death."

"That's not true, but I guess I will escape in the middle of the night, haha!"

"Speaking of which, I know what's going on with rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival, but why are they wearing colorful ropes and hanging sachets?"

"Yeah, I've seen sachets sold during the Dragon Boat Festival since I was a child, but I really don't know why."

"Yes, yes, I like this sachet very much. It is fragrant and smells very good!"

"There is also the multicolored rope. The custom here is to throw it away after the first rain in the Dragon Boat Festival. But sometimes it rains the next day just after one night. I am really reluctant."

"I thought it was only our side that had this custom! It turns out that everyone is the same!"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Well, the colorful ropes on our side also have this habit. When it rains for the first time, we have to take off the colored ropes and throw them into the river or lake to float away with the rain."

"In fact, this is just a good wish, which symbolizes that you can stay away from evil, troubles, diseases, and sorrows."

"The appearance of multicolored rope itself is actually derived from the concept of the five elements. It is also called multicolored silk, five-color silk, etc. It is the mascot and decoration of the Dragon Boat Festival. It has the function of warding off evil spirits and has a beautiful meaning of praying for good luck."

"Because the pure yang and righteousness of the world is very strong on the Dragon Boat Festival, it is also one of the important customs of the Dragon Boat Festival to use the pure yang and righteousness of the world to ward off evil spirits. Among the many evil customs, tying arms with five-color silk threads was once a very popular festival custom. "

(End of this chapter)