Douluo's self is in the courtyard

Chapter 210 Spring Festival ([-])

The two nephews were more concerned about the food Xu Damao brought.

Daily gift packs include snacks such as white rabbit toffee, red shrimp cakes, and milk and salt soda crackers.

Xu Damao usually doesn't bother to take things out to sell.

During the Chinese New Year, it can indeed be most effective.

Loved by children!

The cheap sister and brother-in-law are also very enthusiastic about Xu Damao.

Since Xu Damao got married, he often helped her family.

Although I have some complaints about my parents, I really have nothing to say about my younger brother.

After leaving his sister's house, Xu Damao returned to the courtyard.

At this time, red fragments of firecrackers could be seen both on the street and in the courtyard.

Although it was a mess, no one cleaned it up at all.

You cannot sweep the floor on the first day of the new year, otherwise, your wealth luck for the whole year will be swept away.

Xu Damao took Lou Xiao'e for a walk east and west, watching the excitement everywhere.

The day passed quickly.

On the early morning of the second day of the second lunar month, Xu Damao took Lou Xiao'e back to her parents' home.

When they arrived at Lou's house, Lou's mother took her daughter to the room to chat.

Xu Damao and Lou's father drank tea and chatted in his uncle's house.

Time has entered [-], and the subsequent effects of the three years of lack of supplies have gradually improved.

Nowadays, supplies are still very tight, but they are better than last year.

"Dad, in a few months, the market will be opened, and you will be able to work freely!" Xu Damao said confidently.

Father Lou frowned. He actually had no idea about the three-self-one-package and four freedoms that Xu Damao mentioned a few days ago.

Father Lou asked curiously: "Will the market really be opened?"

Xu Damao smiled and said: "Of course, this is inevitable!"

In fact, the basic idea has been put forward a few years ago, namely, "Three Self, One Guarantee and Four Freedoms".

That is, private land, free market, self-financing, household responsibility, free land rental, free loans, free labor, and free trade.

The operating model of rural cooperatives has been fundamentally changed.

It was under such policies that the economy was able to recover in a short period of time.

The opening up of rural areas to free farming means that the goods in Xu Damao's hands have a provenance.

Xu Damao has not been willing to sell it all this time, and it is precisely because of this.

Unable to find the source of the goods, Xu Damao himself was the one in trouble in the end.

Therefore, for a long time, the materials provided to the steel rolling mills have been very few.

Similarly, once the market is opened, dealers like Lou Fu and Chen Xueru no longer need to be as timid as before.

Of course, wanting complete freedom is only an ideal state, and there will definitely be a lot of controls.

But these are not difficult at all for those who have been doing business for a long time.

Seeing Xu Damao's confidence, Father Lou breathed a sigh of relief.

He smiled and said: "That's good, that's good!"

In the past few months, he has made a lot of money following his son-in-law.

The price of the goods he got from Xu Damao was far lower than the market price.

Through his operation, he earned more than Xu Damao.

But such an approach is still too risky.

Once the market opens up, it will undoubtedly be his best guarantee.

During the Spring Festival, the servants of the Lou family also had a holiday, so Xu Damao naturally took over the responsibility of cooking.

After eating and resting for a while, Xu Damao took Lou Xiaoe back.

Time passed like this day by day.

Soon it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

After Xu Damao got up, he first inserted a poplar branch above the door.

Then put a pair of chopsticks in the bowl of bean porridge.

Offer sacrifices to doors and households.

These days, most people are still very particular.

Xu Damao is naturally unavoidable.

After doing all this, Xu Damao started making glutinous rice balls.

Tangyuan symbolizes reunion and beauty. Eating glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival means that the family will be happy and reunited in the new year.

Big glutinous rice balls filled with pork and shrimp fillings are definitely a huge luxury for ordinary people nowadays.

After eating glutinous rice balls, Xu Damao took Lou Xiaoe to the street to watch the excitement.

The liveliest thing on the street is the lion dance.

The two found the busiest place.

The dragon lantern here is the largest, seven or eight feet long.

Dragon-shaped lanterns are made by pasting gauze on bamboo drums.

Inside the dragon head and body, there are many candles tied to wooden sticks.

It took a dozen strong men to carry it.

The dragon head chases the dragon ball and dances with graceful posture, commonly known as "Dragon Dance"!

Xu Damao watched it with gusto.

In later generations, some traditional festival customs have gradually disappeared.

After watching for a while, the two went to join in the fun elsewhere.

There were a lot of people on the street. Along the way, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e followed the crowd.

As I walked, I realized that these people were crossing every bridge.

After asking about it, I found out that this is also a custom.

It’s called “walking away from all diseases”!

This is an activity to ward off disasters and pray for blessings.

Several people want to go together and cross the bridge when they see it. They think this can cure diseases and prolong life.

The heavy consumption also made Lou Xiaoe exhausted.

After getting home, I lay down on the bed and went to sleep.

Since Lou Xiaoe became pregnant, she has rarely suffered from morning sickness, and the pregnancy reactions are even rarer and abnormal.

This has also led to Lou Xiaoe rarely having food taboos. She can eat whatever she wants. It can be said that it tastes delicious.

However, during pregnancy, Lou Xiaoe was unusually sleepy.

When you have nothing to do, it is very normal to take a nap for three or four hours in the afternoon.

Soon, Lou Xiao'e fell asleep, and Xu Damao was also at ease.

Taking advantage of the good days, Xu Damao prepared to draw the lottery.

He sat aside, rubbed his hands, and clicked on the monthly gift package.

[Congratulations on acquiring basic body skills. 】

Hearing the notification sound in his mind, Xu Damao cursed his mother in anger.

Since the basic swordsmanship, Xu Damao can be said to be at odds with the basic martial arts.

Basic boxing techniques, basic fingering techniques, basic palm techniques...

The continuous foundation made Xu Damao extremely depressed.

Lottery draws are all about chance.

But no matter how unlucky I am, I can't teach basic martial arts for several months in a row, right?

If it weren't for the daily gift packs being the same as before, Xu Damao would have suspected that there was something wrong with the system.

Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?

For several months in a row, all the courses offered were basic martial arts, which must be abnormal.

For a moment, Xu Damao was puzzled and even suspected that he had opened it in the wrong way.

Xu Damao decided that next time when he opened the monthly gift package, he would first burn incense and take a bath.

In the new year, give him a new look no matter what.

……

Time flies, time flies.

In the blink of an eye, time came to June.

After half a year of development, Wal-Mart has opened all over the United States and Great Britain.

Including the Walmart store in Xiangjiang, the number of Walmart stores worldwide reaches 53.

In addition, thirty more stores are under construction.

(End of this chapter)