Courtyard: Complain first at the beginning

Zhao Xiaotang stayed in the space for a long time before coming out. Today, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, she has to go out to buy New Year's goods. Now, you can buy New Year's goods at any time, unlike in later generations. If you don't buy now, you won't be able to buy them. After all, the New Year's flavor is very strong now. , everyone will attach great importance to the reunion day,

Some people even arrange for family members to line up early to buy New Year's goods. Nowadays, everything is scarce. If you can't buy this, you can buy that. You buy things back bit by bit, just waiting for the whole family to have a good meal together during the New Year.

And if you don't hurry up and buy it, people will go home for the holidays in a few days to celebrate the New Year, and the door won't even be opened and you won't have anywhere to use the money.

The weather is pretty good today, the sun has just risen, and most importantly, there is no wind.

After Zhao Xiaotang locked the door, he went out with the big bamboo basket in his hand. He ignored the three aunts who wanted to follow him and ran out of the alley.

Occasionally there will be the sound of children setting off cannons in the whole alley. Although it is rare, the children are gathered in groups, eagerly looking at the children who are setting off cannons, with envy in their eyes showing on their faces.

There are also some younger children who are hiding behind their grandma and listening to her singing nursery rhymes, while also clapping their hands and imitating.

Zhao Xiaotang heard a few words, smiled knowingly and sang along, and his walking steps became much more cheerful.

"Kid, kid, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after Laba Festival.

Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, it will be twenty-three,

Twenty-three, sticky melons, twenty-four, sweep the house,

Twenty-five, frozen tofu, twenty-six, go buy meat,

Twenty-seven, kill the rooster, twenty-eight, make the noodles,

Twenty-nine, steamed buns,

Stay up all night at thirty,

Walking all over the streets on the first and second day of junior high school,

Twist and twist on New Year's Day. "

I don’t know if I was in too happy a mood, but I actually twisted my waist as I sang,

After he finished twisting, he realized what he had done, and burst out laughing.

He coughed twice in embarrassment, pretended not to notice the funny or not funny looks around him, and walked quickly across the road with his basket in hand.

Then she jumped onto the bus. Thanks to her recent physical improvement, otherwise she, a little girl, would not be able to squeeze into a bus full of talented people.

As soon as he got on the bus, he was pushed forward by the people behind him. It was really crowded. Zhao Xiaotang regretted his decision again. Just as he was regretting it, he heard the man next to him speak.

"Master, please stop. I don't know which comrade stepped on my shoe. Master, please stop the car. I have to go down and look for my shoes."

"Hahaha~"

"Huh~huh~"

"Hehehehe~"

All kinds of laughter came from all directions, covering up the voice of the person who just wanted to get out of the car to look for shoes. Zhao Xiaotang was also happy, and his eyes lowered subconsciously, wanting to see where the shoe was.

The man was so anxious that when he saw that the car door had been closed and he was about to start the car, he let go and shouted loudly:

"Master! My child has fallen, I have to go down and look for it!"

This roar! The driver in front did hear it and quickly opened the door.

When the man saw the door open, he quickly squeezed under and kept shouting:

"Let me, let me, thank you, let me, let me, excuse me, sorry!"

The people in front of me all knew that the other person was going to pick up shoes, so they didn't feel embarrassed. They all pushed hard to the side, and soon there was a gap, and the person hurriedly walked outside.

Because the crowd gave way, Zhao Xiaotang did see a shoe being stepped on by a gay man. The man raised his head and looked around, and also moved his position to the side. Maybe the car was too crowded, even if he moved his feet, He didn't lift it up, so the shoe moved with the person's feet,

When Zhao Xiaotang was about to speak, the man had already got out of the car. The driver closed the door immediately after seeing the person get off. After all, as soon as someone got off the bus, someone got on, and soon the car was filled with people again.

Zhao Xiaotang opened his mouth but stopped talking. After all, if there were fewer people, he could bend down and help pick it up, or at worst, throw it out of the window.

But now she was squeezed into standing upright, with the bamboo basket held above her head. It was really hard for her to do anything in this situation.

After all, she is a girl! When there are so many people, you have to use one arm to block the front. It's never good to be bumped into. No matter how thick you are wearing, you don't want to feel that way.

The bus swayed slowly, and Zhao Xiaotang was only lucky that because there were too many people on the bus, the smokers had no chance to smoke, so they escaped.

He stopped at the stop, opened the door, got off the car, opened the door, and started again. He repeated it five times before Zhao Xiaotang arrived at the Chaoyang wet market.

Most of the people in the car got off here, and Zhao Xiaotang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Following the flow of people, we entered the vegetable market. It is indeed a big vegetable market. It may be the area for buying vegetables near the New Year. Behind the salesperson are mountains of vegetables, and in front are rows of vegetable stalls connected in a circle.

In a small stall, one person weighs one shot, all wearing white hats covering their hair.

The stalls were surrounded by three layers of people buying vegetables.

Cabbage, cabbage, potatoes, celery, white radish, carrots, peppers, pumpkins, leeks, leek yellows, garlic moss and other vegetables are placed neatly in piles.

There are also fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, and cauliflower shipped from the south.

Dried mushrooms, dried yellow flowers, vermicelli, fungus, kelp, dried dates, winter bamboo shoots, dried beans, and other dry goods are also neatly placed.

Zhao Xiaotang mainly just wants to join in the fun. There are many things in the space. You can buy them or not.

But she had to make a trip. After all, there were some things that she had to be careful about.

Follow the flow of people to the place where chickens, ducks and other poultry are sold.

There were various chickens and ducks in the cage. Zhao Xiaotang chose a big rooster weighing seven and a half pounds and an old hen weighing two and a half pounds.

Hen soup is the best, especially with winter bamboo shoots, ginseng and angelica. Girls drink it best, as it replenishes qi and blood. This is something I learned from my mother.

After paying the money, I put the two chickens into the basket. The basket was filled immediately.

Carrying the basket, we walked to the dry goods area and bought various ingredients for making soup. I have to say that these things are really good now.

Whether it is dried adenophora or angelica root, the medicinal smell is really strong and you can smell it through the brown paper bag.

Of course, there are these in the vegetable market. Zhao Xiaotang bought this at the Chinese medicine store.

After leaving the vegetable market, I walked into the alley avoiding people. After finding no one else, I hid in a corner and put the two chickens I bought into the space.

Then I changed my clothes, tied my hair into a high ponytail, put on a hat, and put on a scarf. Only then did I have some space.

She changed to a backpack and carried it on her back. She wanted to buy some pork such as ribs and used all the remaining meat tickets.

It would be uneconomical to leave it expired, so I went back to the vegetable market and bought some shrimps and weighed five pounds of eggs. When I bought the eggs, the salesperson was shocked.

It was Zhao Xiaotang who explained that the sister-in-law at home had given birth to a son, and the family asked her to buy red eggs.

After hearing this, the other party still asked where Zhao Xiaotang's family was from?

Seeing that she answered freely and she was really busy, she didn't go into details further.

Zhao Xiaotang didn't expect that just buying five kilograms of eggs would arouse the other party's suspicion. He could only smile bitterly. Should he really stop doing this in the future?

He turned around and left the vegetable market, then hid in the space to change clothes and equipment, then carried two chickens in a basket and returned to the courtyard.

But this time she didn't take the bus, but walked back directly.