butcher's little man

After helping Tian's family to harvest the millet, Li Wenxuan finally bid farewell to Tian Xiaoman reluctantly. He must go back, because it will be July and a half in a few days.

As the saying goes, in July and a half, ghosts run wild.

But in the eyes of simple rural people, this is also a big day for ancestor worship.

On this day, Tian Fu and Tian Shou also got home early, because tomorrow is the holiday, so both of them have two days off in their store, so that they can prepare well for the holiday.

This is the last July and a half that Tian Xiaoman can spend at home, so he cherishes it very much.

Waking up early in the morning, Tian Xiaoman accompanied his mother to the streets to buy things for the festival.They sat in the ox cart of Uncle Ma's house, and other villagers sat on it.

Tian Xiaoman watched his mother excitedly discuss what to buy with the grandmothers next to her, and turned her head to look at the scenery on the side of the road in boredom.When he arrived at the county seat, he would be able to see Li Wenxuan. They would definitely have to buy meat.I don't know if Li Wenxuan is happy to see him high?A few days ago, Li Wenxuan had been living in their house, and he got used to it. He was used to having someone to accompany him in everything he did, and he could talk and make him laugh.

Li Wenxuan had only been away for two days, and he felt a little out of sorts, feeling a little listless in everything he did.He was shy about his own thoughts, but he told himself that it's okay to miss his husband, it's not someone else!

His mother could see it, so he asked him to go to the street together today, and he secretly brought a purse made by himself, which was not embroidered. He blamed himself a little, why didn't he study hard before!Li Wenxuan didn't think he was bad, did he?Then, he became proud again, Li Wenxuan, how dare he!If you dislike him, Tian Xiaoman, let's see who else will marry him!

Tian Amu has a panoramic view of every expression of Tian Xiaoman, watching him sometimes happy and sometimes sad, people can't help but sigh, it's so good to be young!Youthful feelings are always poetry, and only young people can be so carefree, simply thinking of only one person.

The bullock cart swayed all the way, and finally reached the county seat after an hour.The villagers got out of the car one after another, and after saying goodbye, they went to buy their favorite things.

"Mum, where are we going now?" Tian Xiaoman asked.

"Go buy incense sticks, paper money, etc., and put them in Wenxuan store after buying them, so as to save you from having to go shopping with these things later."

"Oh." He responded obediently, and followed his mother towards North Street.

North Street is a street that sells ingot candles, incense burner paper money, wreath paper figurines, and of course coffins.

Everyone does not want to walk this street, but everyone must walk this street.Not only for birth, old age, sickness and death, but also for important festivals, you must come here to buy sacrificial supplies.

They usually buy them in a shop called "Yuanbaopu".The person who opened the shop is related to a person in their village by marriage.

After buying a stack of yellow paper and a stack of white paper, some incense sticks and ingots, and finally a set of firecrackers, they bought everything.Tian Xiaoman tidied up these things and put them in his back basket.

Seeing Tian Xiaoman stuff things behind her first, Tian Amu smiled gratifiedly. Although his children didn't do much, they were all filial, "Xiaoman, you don't know that Wenxuan's shop is in Where? Ah Mu will take you to recognize..."

The two walked on the street talking and laughing, and walked towards Li Wenxuan.

The market in Anyang County has strict arrangements. For example, the North Street just mentioned is all for funeral business, and Li Wenxuan's butcher shop is on West Street, where there are all fresh vegetables, which can be regarded as a vegetable market.There are some north-south shops on South Street, selling some north-south groceries, as well as local specialties, and there are the most merchants there.East Street is the place with the most traffic of inns, restaurants, clothes shops and the like.

As soon as he approached West Street, he could hear the sound of hawking one after another. Tian Xiaoman looked at the fruits and vegetables on both sides with great interest, some of which were not common to him.A little further inside is the place where seafood is sold, long kelp, bunches of seaweed, and all kinds of strange fish, the most eye-catching thing is the big lobster wielding its big pincers.After passing this place, and further ahead, there is Li Wenxuan's pork shop.

Due to the holiday tomorrow, Li Wenxuan has been killing three or four pigs to sell every day these days, but just like that, the supply is still in short supply. People are blocking the door of the butcher shop, "Give me a catty of five flowers!" , "Give me the other two kidneys!", "Is there any large intestine? Large intestine?"

Tian Xiaoman looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment, feeling that he and E'Mu couldn't squeeze in at all!Li Wenxuan, who was busy inside, saw them all of a sudden, and waved to the side, motioning for them to come in through the back door.

They bypassed the crowd and walked to the back door, where someone had already been waiting to open it for them.Tian Amu and Tian Xiaoman walked in, and Yu Sheng patted his chest, "My dear, why are there so many people?"

"Auntie, brother-in-law, don't you know that Zheng Da, who slaughtered pigs a few days ago, sold the bad pork as good ones, and all the people who bought the meat that day ate up their stomachs, so they jointly sued. The magistrate of the county didn't dare not dispose of it, and ordered him to pay the medical expenses, and then he was not allowed to sell meat anymore!"

The speaker was a very likable boy, with a dimple on his face when he smiled. He was the grandson of Lao Niutou, named Niu Jin.In terms of seniority, Li Wenxuan still has to be called Uncle Ju.But this young man was determined to go his own way, only willing to call Li Wenxuan "big brother" and never admitting that he was an uncle.

He followed Li Wenxuan to Xiapin last time, so he knew Tian Xiaoman and the others.

"I said! It turns out that now the whole county buys here, no wonder there are so many people!" Tian Amu smiled, brother-in-law's business is booming, how can you be happy as a Yuemu?

While talking, Li Wenxuan also came over. He handed over the business to the first few, and went to the back to meet Yue Mu and his fiancé.

He wiped his hands with a cloth, then walked to Tian Xiaoman's side and helped him take off the pannier naturally, "Mum, Xiaoman, why are you here now? I saw that people from the village have already passed by!"

"We're going to buy paper money first, thinking we'll go back straight after we finish shopping, and put the things here with you first!" Tian Amu explained, he looked at Li Wenxuan and Tian Xiaoman again, and said with a smile, "Xiaoman, Don't go with Eminem later, there are so many people, just wait in Wenxuan store for a while, and I'll call you when you're done!"

"Oh, that's right!" Li Wenxuan patted his forehead, and pulled out a basket from the front, which contained big meat for Tian Xiaoman's family for the festival, and a big pig's head. "Em, take it back!"

Tian Amu was very happy with his intentions, but still insisted on giving the money. After all, it was something used to worship the ancestors, so he couldn't take it for nothing, lest the ancestors would be offended!

The two of them couldn't keep up the distance, Tian Xiaoman got annoyed, and grabbed the money from Tian Amu's hand, put it into his purse, "The money is taken, Amu, go shopping! You will be picked when you get well." It's over!"

"Yeah, Ah Mu, let's go!" Li Wenxuan chimed in, he liked the way Tian Xiaoman didn't see him.

Tian Amu was amused by the two, so she had no choice but to go out, and gave Tian Xiaoman a look before leaving.Tian Xiaoman nodded knowingly.

"Xiao Man, are you going to rest here, or come with me to the front?"

"I'll go to the front with you," Tian Xiaoman said, unable to bear the loneliness, he likes to be lively.

"Okay, Xiao Man, you can collect the money for me, and I also have free hands to help them cut the meat."

"Okay!" Tian Xiaoman felt that his calculations were good, and he could put down the money for the meat later.

Li Wenxuan led Tian Xiaoman to sit down next to the meat stall. There was a mahogany box with a lot of copper and broken silver piled inside it. "Just sit here. I will tell you how much it is. You only need change!" Li Wenxuan I'm afraid he doesn't understand.

"Okay, okay, you go, they are too busy!" Tian Xiaoman rolled his eyes, as if he was very dissatisfied with his nagging.

Li Wenxuan smiled, walked to the stall, and helped others cut up the meat.Husband and wife, you sell meat, I collect money, very busy.Li Wenxuan felt that he was working harder and harder today.He stared at Tian Xiaoman from the corner of his eye, and saw Tian Xiaoman taking money out of his purse, but he didn't stop it, anyway, he put it from his left pocket to his right pocket. Sooner or later, his people and his money will all be Tian Xiaoman Yes, don't care about the time.

But Tian Xiaoman didn't know that his actions were being watched, and he was secretly proud. When Li Wenxuan found out that he had more money, they had already gone home to see if he could still refuse.