The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 110, New Year’s Goods

At seven o'clock in the morning, the Dongdan vegetable market opened on time.

Suddenly, the entire vegetable market was like a boiling oil pan, and it was so noisy. There were tens of thousands of people present, and it was very noisy.

At the chicken, duck and goose stall in front of Li Weiguo and the others, cages of chickens, ducks and geese had been set up for a long time. The cries of chickens, ducks and geese could be heard from a long distance away.

With a shout from the on-site administrator, the sale officially began.

The administrator asked the people in line to come forward with grain books in batches, and then the on-site salesperson supplied poultry to everyone according to their household registration status (large households with more than 5 people, small households with less than people).

Li Weiguo and Shazhu's families were small, and they were both small households. The same was true for Xu Damao. He divided his family early, so each of the three families only bought one rooster, which was only a little over two kilograms. It was not very thin, and there were three more. pounds of eggs.

After buying the poultry, the salesperson stamped a stamp on their food book to prove that they had purchased it. As for the other ducks and fat geese, they did not have their share. Due to the planned economy, everything was in limited supply.

After buying chickens and eggs, they didn't leave in a hurry and walked around from stall to stall. There were other New Year's goods to buy in the vegetable market.

At a glance, the entire wet market is full of various products. In addition to chicken, duck, goose, and pork stalls, there are also vegetables, fruits, pastries, candies, preserved fruits, tobacco and alcohol, non-staple food seasonings, soy products, dry goods, cooked food, and North and South seafood. Rich.

There are also a lot of fresh aquatic products in the vegetable market. In the white tiled pond, there are hairtail, flat fish, yellow croaker, sea bass, crucian carp, grass carp, prawns, crabs, marine fish that cost four pounds for one dollar, and fresh turtles. , eels, loaches, shellfish, etc.

Of course, during the Chinese New Year, most of these large quantities of commodities are supplied in limited quantities based on household size and vouchers.

In the end, they walked around the vegetable market for more than an hour and shopped. When they came out, they all had a lot of things in their hands.

Although Li Weiguo is a small businessman and does not supply much of each item, he has many votes, so he ends up buying a lot of varieties.

4 taels of kelp, half a catty of jellyfish, 4 taels of seafood, half a catty of vermicelli, one portion of dried vegetables, 1 catty of candied dates, one portion each of groceries (including lotus root starch, fruit powder, candied fruit, spiced beans), 1 and a half taels of MSG, 1 catty of white wine, 1 catty of rice wine, 1 catty of rice cake, 3 small bottles of saccharin tablets, half a catty of vegetables, half a catty of soy products, 1 catty of fish, 6 taels of sugar, 1 catty of fruit, 1 and a half catties of water-milled rice cakes, 4 taels of red beans, half a catty of glutinous rice flour. Zero There are dozens of zeros.

"Hey, hey, mother-in-law, I've suffered a lot from the boss." As soon as Shazhu came out, he had a grimace and complained.

When Li Weiguo and the others heard this, they looked towards Shazhu. At this sight, they almost laughed like a pig.

It turned out that this kid's shoes had been stepped on inside, and both shoes were gone. His fleshy feet were blackened and swollen, like big pig's trotters.

When a shoe was stepped off, he wanted to go back and pick it up, but the turbulent flow of people inside pushed him back again.

No, the shoe was not picked up, and the other one was gone too.

Seeing this, Li Weiguo couldn't help but laugh and said: "Brother Zhu, I've heard for a long time that Dongdan Vegetable Market's treatment is good. At the end of every year, more than a dozen pairs of shoes are given to market employees. I didn't expect that your contribution would be included in this, haha. "

"Ouch. Just have fun. It hurts me so much. Come and give me a hand."

Silly Zhu was in so much pain that he could hardly walk. He was like a lame duck, swaying when he walked.

When Xu Damao saw him like this, he couldn't help it on the spot: "Ah ha ha ha. Silly Zhu, Silly Zhu, you are really a stupid pig now, with two big pig hooves, black and swollen, hahaha."

"Hahaha" everyone in the courtyard laughed when they heard this.

"Xu Damao's skin is itchy, isn't it? If you are caught by me, let's see if I take your skin away. Oops."

Silly Zhu was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He was about to beat Xu Damao, but there was severe pain in his feet and he had to stop.

Xu Damao originally wanted to taunt me and run away, but when he turned around and saw that Silly Zhu was dying, he immediately got excited: "Hey, hey, come on, Silly Pig, can't you? If you have the ability, come after me, haha Ha ha."

It was already past ten o'clock when everyone returned to the courtyard.

When going out, everyone put their belongings on their shoulders and carried them to the queue. When they came back, they came back happily with large and small bags.

Every household bought chickens, ducks, eggs, and other miscellaneous New Year goods.

For example, the second uncle Liu Haizhong and the third uncle Yan Fugui have a large population and are large households, so they supply a large amount of everything.

Liu Haizhong bought a big fat duck, weighing seven pounds, which made the second aunt extremely happy. Liu Guangqi, Guangtian and Guangfu, who were carrying things behind them, were also very happy.

The third uncle was even more lucky. Seeing that his family had a large population, the market clerk assigned him a lion-headed goose. Oh my god, it weighed eleven kilograms.

The third uncle and his family never stopped smiling along the way, their faces were red and their whole bodies were glowing.

The one bought by the Jia family in the Intermediate Court was pretty good, a duck weighing four pounds. Since the Jia family had three adults and two children, it was not as good as the one assigned to Liu Haizhong.

Not long after, the other two groups of people who queued up at the Meat Pavilion also came back one after another. Seeing how happy everyone was, they probably all had a good harvest.

The first person to come back was the old man. He carried a lot of things in big and small bags. He was an eighth-level worker and had better benefits than others. The factory gave him more coupons every month than ordinary employees, so he bought them. There are more types.

My uncle also had good luck today. He stood at the front of the queue and bought a pound of good-quality fatty pork. It was all white and full of fat, with only a little bit of lean meat. He skewered it on bamboo skewers and carried it all the way back. Few people envy you.

The only person in the courtyard who did not go to the vegetable market was the deaf old lady.

The old lady is a five-guarantee household. Every month, the neighborhood committee under the subdistrict will send food stamps and money. The chicken, meat, and eggs that should be bought at the end of the year will also be delivered to the door by the neighborhood committee, so there is no need to go to the vegetable market.

Returning to the courtyard, Li Weiguo and Yuyu first supported Silly Zhu back to his main room in the middle courtyard.

There was nothing I could do about it. Silly Zhu's feet were swollen from being stepped on, and he probably couldn't walk without support. This iron-headed boy was really unlucky. He even had to put on a pair of shoes when buying groceries.

After sending Silly Zhu back to the room and sitting down, Li Weiguo put all the things on the table: "Brother Zhu, I will put these things for you first, and you will raise the chickens first. I will leave everything to you during the New Year." .”

"Okay, okay, you can just leave it there. I'll take my time to clean it up later. Hey, don't worry about things for now. Help me find safflower oil. My feet are almost useless. Ouch. It hurts me to death."

"Where did you put your things?"

"Yu Yu knows, Yu Yu, please help me look for it."

Hearing this, Yu Yu couldn't help complaining: "Silly brother, you are really successful. You can buy all your shoes if you buy a chicken. Let me see how you line up to buy pork tonight." After saying that, he glared at him and got up to find some red wine for him. flower oil.

"I don't have to worry about you, I'll walk on stilts tomorrow!"

"Okay, I'll borrow a pair for you later. Remember to put it on tomorrow."

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