Siheyuan: I live next door to Xu Damao, my last name is Cao

When you go out shopping, you must think about what to buy in advance.

Cao Wei had no shortage of all kinds of meat, such as chicken, duck, fish, pork, etc. There were plenty in his space and he could not eat them all. He also had some cooked food, frozen food, canned food, etc. He did not need to buy any more. He just needed to buy some mountain products, such as small mushrooms, fresh vegetables, peanuts, melon seeds, or sweet potato vermicelli, spices for stewing meat, etc.

Anyway, there are still a lot of bad things.

In addition to these, the most important thing is the Spring Festival couplets and firecrackers used during the Chinese New Year.

Let's take advantage of the relatively stable past two years and have two good years. From now on, the situation will be bad.

After a few years, the trend became popular and it was as if some activist wrote to the newspaper, requesting the cancellation of the Spring Festival holiday, and then it was really cancelled.

Then began a year-round, non-stop system that lasted for more than ten years.

Of course, there are still days off, but holidays like the Spring Festival are gone.

Moreover, things like worshipping gods, paying New Year’s greetings, entertaining guests, giving gifts, eating, drinking and having fun, all these feudal superstitions and hedonism, can all go to hell!

The working class never had these dirty habits!

The slogan "Don't stop the fight on the 30th, and continue working on the 1st" has been ringing for many years. It was not until several years after the event ended that the practice of not having a holiday during the Spring Festival was finally cancelled.

Therefore, while you can still have a good New Year, enjoy the best you can.

With this mentality in mind, Cao Wei came to Dong'an Market on Wangfujing Street, found a place to park his car, paid the parking fee, and walked into the market to buy something.

This market is considered to be the largest market in the city, and almost everything can be bought here.

Even if he couldn't buy it, the nearby Wangfujing Street could satisfy Cao Wei's needs.

Although the weather was extremely cold, the atmosphere of the New Year was still strong on the streets.

Everyone has a holiday and comes out to buy things in preparation for the New Year.

Among them, the largest number of people were in the vegetable market, especially in the queue to buy meat, where the line formed a long dragon.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Cao Wei, since he doesn’t buy meat anyway.

There are also a wide variety of things in the market, such as super long candied haws, cakes on small stalls, and various snacks, which are dazzling to look at.

There were quite a few people watching in front of almost every stall.

There are all kinds of people here, and some of them may be bold enough to take advantage of the chaos to speculate and buy or sell something without anyone noticing.

Anyway, Cao Wei saw several of them.

Cao Wei also shopped everywhere. If he saw something he wanted, he would buy it directly. Some things only required money, while others required money and tickets. Cao Wei was not short of money or tickets, so he spent money lavishly and bought whatever he liked.

He bought several extra-long candied haws and a number of exquisite-looking pastries, and then took advantage of the chaos to put them into the space. In order to avoid being discovered, Cao Wei moved to another place after buying a few things, so no one noticed at all.

Even if you see it, just think you are dazzled. After all, there is no such magical thing in the world.

Soon, Cao Wei had bought almost everything.

There are many kinds of snacks, peanuts, melon seeds, spices and vegetables.

There was also a shop selling cured pork ribs. These days people only buy the fattest meat, as lean meat and bones are not very popular. Cao Wei was too lazy to smoke the pork ribs himself, so he just bought ten kilograms.

Cao Wei's behavior immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.

Isn't this a typical case of people being stupid and having a lot of money? Who would spend so much money and tickets to buy cured pork ribs? It's a luxury.

However, despite the criticism, there are still many people who envy him. After all, anyone who can come up with so many money tickets at once must be very capable. It would be great if these money tickets were theirs.

After buying the cured pork ribs, Cao Wei had almost finished visiting the market and left Dong'an Market directly.

Cao Wei did not put the cured pork ribs and some vegetables in the space. After buying the cured pork ribs, Cao Wei was targeted by some people. After he noticed them, he did not put them in the space, but carried the things out of Dong'an Market, put them with the aunt who was watching the bicycles, and hung them on the bicycles.

This behavior was immediately criticized by the auntie who was watching the bicycle. She thought Cao Wei was so cunning. She thought he was going to ride away after buying things, but she didn't expect that after putting down the things, he went shopping again.

Cao Wei just chuckled.

It is indeed inconvenient for him to carry these things, so it is best to put them on the bicycle.

These bicycle-watching aunties were also state-owned, so there was no need to worry about them stealing. After all, they all had receipts, and Cao Wei knew that clearly.

As for the jealous people, after seeing Cao Wei put the things next to the pile of bicycles, they stopped moving. They were greedy, but not stupid.

If they met Cao Wei in private and robbed him of some things, they could say that they were given by Cao Wei. But if they went to the bicycle and took them directly, what was the difference between that and robbery?

This would cost them money, and they dare not do it.

But they were unwilling to give up.

So one person was sent to keep watch while the others looked for other ways.

After all, Cao Wei was really too fat. It was a big sheep and it would be a pity to miss it.

Cao Wei turned around and came to the state-owned calligraphy and painting shop on Wangfujing Street. He came here to buy couplets.

Although the third uncle in the courtyard can also write it, it is not cost-effective to ask him for help in this matter, because he will owe a favor and who knows how he will get it back. Therefore, there is no need to bother others for things that can be solved by spending some money.

I bought two pairs of nice couplets and some calligraphy and paintings here. They were said to be written by someone, but the names didn't sound familiar at all, and they were couplets purchased in bulk, so I guess they weren't good things.

The owner of the calligraphy and painting shop said something very fancy, saying all kinds of books and calligraphy were good.

Although Cao Wei didn't quite understand these things, but because it was really well written, Cao Wei bought it directly, spending a total of three dollars and fifty cents.

I didn't expect this thing to be so expensive. With the meat coupons, I can buy more than four kilograms of pork.

Sure enough, no matter what it is, as long as it has something to do with art, it can definitely be sold at a very high price.

Cao Wei was powerless to complain about this.

However, this also reminded Cao Wei that he might as well collect some of them, and make a fortune in the future just by getting some of these things.

But that will be a long time in the future, and whether Cao Wei can survive that long is another matter.

And in a few years when the event starts, I don’t know how much of this stuff will be destroyed.

Now Cao Wei was too lazy to think about it. After all, he was an idiot when it came to antiques and he wouldn’t know whether it was real or not even if he bought it.

So the most important thing now is to buy things first and then go home.

After buying the couplets, Cao Wei bought some firecrackers and finally went to the department store to buy a radio.

I can’t afford a TV now, and I want to have something to listen to at home, so a radio is definitely the first choice.

When eating, Cao Wei always felt that something was missing. Yesterday when he was having dinner with Lou Xiaoe, a sentence woke him up.

In his previous life, when he was eating or doing something, he liked to watch Douyin or listen to novels while eating, otherwise it was too boring.

Besides, he already had a radio ticket, so Cao Wei went ahead and bought it.

After all, radios are still very useful. In addition to newspapers and word of mouth, other ways of receiving information these days include radios and televisions.

Not only can you not buy a TV now, it’s not cost-effective to buy one. There is nothing on it, no channels, so you might as well not watch it.

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