Zai Zai Grocery Store

Lin Dong has been living in Jinli Town since he was five and a half years old, delivering goods, going to school, and playing in Jinli Town. He knows a lot about the changing seasons of Jinli Town, more than the four of Mu Xinghe, who knows about heavy rains. Afterwards, in addition to the rainbow in the sky, there will also be a large number of climbing monkeys in the woods.

Climbing monkeys are also called cicada monkeys and golden cicadas. They are the predecessors of cicadas. They are rich in amino acids, proteins and trace elements. From the shell to the meat, they have extremely high edible and medicinal values. Many vendors sell them in large quantities every year. Lin Dong has known this for a long time. He also knows that the monkeys living in the soil are not easy to catch. He also knows that the monkeys will crawl out when the heavy rain floods the monkey's nest.

He opened his mouth and said "Climbing and Pulling Monkey" to Mu Xing and the others. Mu Xinghe and the others understood immediately. They happily ran home and changed their rain boots, and ran towards the woods with Lin Dong. The flowers, plants and trees in the woods were washed by the rain. The trees are clean, the branches and leaves are green and rich, exuding a strong fragrance, a gust of wind blows, and there is a fishy smell of soil. The five people don't care about the flowers and plants, and set their eyes on the grass-free ground first.

The grassless ground looked as if it had been scoured by an iron. It was smooth and smooth. Five people ran forward, bent over and searched the ground with their eyes. He Xiaochuan first shouted: "There is one here!"

The four of Lin Dong hurried up, surrounded by five people in a circle, and saw a small hole the size of a thumb on the flat ground, and an earth-colored crawling monkey nodded slightly. He Xiaochuan stretched out his hand to grab it, but was caught Lin Dong stopped him.

Lin Dong said, "Wait for it to climb up a bit."

That's why He Xiaochuan didn't try to catch him.

The five people watched the crawling monkey slowly crawl out half of its body. The crawling monkey was not as nimble and sharp as Cicada. On the contrary, it was slow and clumsy. If it wasn't for the heavy rain rushing into the cave, it usually crawled in the dead of night. Climbing up a tree and transforming into a cicada, He Xiaochuan easily picked up a climbing monkey and said happily, "I picked one up."

That's right, it was picked up, picked it up very easily.

It was really so easy to pick it up, which greatly encouraged Lin Dong and the others. The four quickly turned around and searched on the nearby ground, searched on the grass-free ground, and then searched in the woods.

The rain came and went quickly in the morning, but it made the air very cool, so the dogs at home, the fish in the water, and the crawling monkeys in the soil all wanted to come out to get some air. Lin Dong and the five easily picked up half a basket and crawled. Pulling the monkey, fearing that this year's cicadas would be wiped out, the five quickly stopped. When passing by the rotten tree, they saw fungus growing under the upturned bark, and picked up half a basket of fungus without delay. They rushed to the market in Jinli Township to sell them.

Climbing monkeys and fungus have high nutritional value. Many people like to eat them, and they are very easy to sell. They were sold out in a short time. They were sold for a full 20 yuan, and each of the five people shared four yuan.

Qiqi took the money and wanted to buy spicy sticks.

He Xiaochuan is also going to buy spicy noodles.

The two ran towards the canteen together.

Mu Xinghe looked at Lin Dong and asked, "Do you want spicy strips?"

Lin Dong shook his head.

"Then what do you want to eat?"

"I don't eat anything, I have to buy presents for my mom and my aunt."

"What gift to buy?"

"Buy earrings. My aunt likes earrings, but she is reluctant to buy them."

Everyone knows the love of beauty, and so does Lin Lihua, but the poverty of life makes her feel that these are extravagance and waste. Lin Dong remembers watching TV once, and her aunt stared at the woman's earrings on TV and said they were beautiful, and he wanted to buy them for her. , buy with the money you earn.

"Then go buy it." Mu Xinghe said.

Lin Dong asked, "What do you want to buy?"

"Let me see."

"What about Xiaojun?"

Jiang Xiaojun thought for a while and said, "I'll take a look too."

The three of Lin Dong ignored Qiqi and He Xiaochuan, turned around and went to the market, and ran into the jewelry store. Lin Dong stared at the selection of earrings, and chose two from a variety of earrings, one star-shaped for aunt, one for aunt He didn't know why he chose these two earrings, but he thought they were very suitable for his aunt and mother. He also wanted to buy them for his uncle and father, but the two earrings cost four yuan, which was exactly what he earned today. The pocket money was spent.

He couldn't treat one more favorably than another, so he took out the pocket money of more than five yuan he earned a few days ago, and bought two fountain pens for his father and uncle. After paying the money, he turned to look at Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun.

Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun have no habit of expressing love to their parents, have never bought anything, and are a little bit excited, a little bit shy, and a little bit at a loss.

Dangling around in the jewelry store, Mu Xinghe took two bracelets casually. Seeing that Mu Xinghe was holding bracelets, Jiang Xiaojun also took two. The two walked to Lin Dong together and said, "Let's go."

Lin Dong nodded.

After paying the money, the three of Lin Dong walked towards East Street together, and parted ways at Zaizai's grocery store. Lin Dong walked into Zaizai's grocery store and saw Lin Lihua was settling accounts in front of the counter. :"aunt."

Lin Lihua looked up and saw Lin Dong and smiled: "I'm back."

Lin Dong nodded.

"Where have you been?"

"Going to the market."

"Sell something?"

"Well, I sell monkeys and fungus."

"How much does it cost?"

"Four dollars."

"Dongdong is really amazing."

"Well, I also bought something, for my aunt."

Lin Lihua asked in astonishment, "Did you buy something for aunt?"

Lin Dong nodded, took out the earring box that was sweating in his hands, his face was a little red, and handed it to Lin Lihua.

Lin Lihua asked in surprise: "For aunt?"

Lin Dong said, "Yes."

"You bought it for your aunt with the money you earned?"

"Ah."

Lin Dong's family gave Lin Lihua a lot of things, and Lin Lihua has always been grateful. She has always been good to Lin Dong's family, but these are completely different from the things Lin Dong bought for her with his own money. Feeling, she took the box with some excitement, opened it and saw that it was earrings.

Ear studs——Lin Lihua is a bit sour. She has liked ear studs and pendants since she was a child, just like many people have "control". She likes this. After knowing He Qingzhang for many years, He Qingzhang only knew that she I have never told Lin Dong before, how did Lin Dong know?

"You bought it specially for your aunt?" Lin Lihua asked while holding back her tears.

Lin Dong nodded and said, "I also bought my mother a one with a moon and a ballpoint pen for my uncle, all with my own money. Auntie, do you like it?"

Lin Dong was a little nervous, lest her aunt would not like it.

Lin Lihua was stunned for a while, calmed down, looked at Lin Dong and said, "I like it, my aunt likes it very much."

Lin Dong relaxed, and the joy in his heart spread.

Lin Lihua reached out to touch Lin Dong's head, and smiled softly.

Lin Dong was also very happy, feeling happy to be recognized, he said happily: "Auntie, when I grow up a bit and make a lot of money, I will buy you a bigger one."

Lin Lihua nodded: "Okay."

"Then give the pen to uncle."

"it is good."

After the presents were delivered, Lin Dong felt that his work was over, and said lightly, "Okay, I'm going home."

"Is it okay to have lunch here at noon? Auntie cooks your favorite chicken drumsticks, okay?"

Lin Dong said happily: "Okay, I'll go back and talk to my parents."

"Go."

Lin Dong went home happily, and handed over the earrings and fountain pens he had bought to Ruan Xinping and Pei Shiwei. The couple hugged Lin Dong happily and kissed. Smiling without restraint, she kept staring at Lin Dong.

Lin Dong continued: "Mom, my aunt asked me to eat at her place, I want to eat."

Ruan Xinping said, "Let's go then."

"I'll come back to have dinner with you tonight."

"Go."

Lin Dong ran to Zai Zai's grocery store again, just when He Xiaochuan came back, and he accompanied He Xiaochuan to play backgammon in the room. After a while, Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun ran over, looking unhappy.

Lin Dong asked: "Xinghe, Xiaojun, have you given the bracelet to your parents yet?"

Mu Xinghe said: "Give it away, but my dad doesn't like it."

Jiang Xiaojun continued: "My mother even scolded me for spending money recklessly. I will never buy anything for them again."

Lin Dong was surprised when he heard this, and felt that his parents would not be like this. Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun looked like they had been wronged. Lin Dong didn't know what to say, and pulled Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun to play backgammon together. In the middle, Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun said angrily that Mom and Dad didn’t like gifts. While talking, Qiqi ran in from the grocery store and asked, “Brother, Xinghe, have you bought bracelets for Mom and Dad?”

Jiang Xiaojun said, "Yes."

Mu Xinghe asked back: "How do you know?"

Qiqi said: "Your parents are almost boasting about you."

Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun were taken aback.

Lin Dong asked, "How did you boast? Where did you boast?"

Qiqi pointed at the grocery store and said, "It's in the store, and I'm talking, go and listen for yourself."

Lin Dong, Mu Xinghe, and Jiang Xiaojun glanced at each other, disbelieving, but they still walked towards the store together, followed by Qiqi and He Xiaochuan, and the five of them did not enter the store in a big way, but crawled at the door Listen to adults chatting and identify people by their voices.

"The bracelet that your family Xinghe bought for you?"

"Yeah, bought one for me and his dad, although it's not worth the money, but it's a thought, this kid made a total of four yuan, and spent it on me and his dad, didn't Xiaojun buy it for you too? Like it?"

"How can you not like it? His father even beat him up, and secretly put the lady's bracelet on his wrist."

"Haha, the children are all grown up, and they know how to love others."

"That's right, I don't feel the pain in vain, I know it's good for my parents."

"Yeah, I don't like what he buys us either, just grow up healthy."

"..."

Mom and Dad, you talk to each other, Lin Dongtan took a look into the store, and saw that Xinghe's mother and Xiaojun's mother were wearing the two-dollar bracelet, and their faces were full of happiness and contentment. Smiling, he turned his head to look at Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun.

Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun were a little embarrassed and a little bit happy. They were embarrassed because they misunderstood their parents, but they were happy that their parents liked the gifts they gave and cherished them very much. The two of them suddenly opened up.

Mu Xinghe said, "Let's go play backgammon."

Jiang Xiaojun then said, "Let's go."

The five sneaked back to He Xiaochuan's room again, happily playing backgammon, and when the adults shouted for dinner, Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun flew out of He Xiaochuan's room like cannonballs and rushed back to his home.

Lin Dong looked happy. He knew that parents love children, and children also hope to be affirmed by parents. When the two communicate with each other, love will flow. Lin Dong looked at the backs of Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun happily, and stepped on Hearing the shouts of the adults, he had dinner with his aunt and uncle.

Just after eating, Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun came to him and said they could go fishing and sell them. Lin Donghe, Xiaochuan and Qiqi followed Mu Xinghe and Jiang Xiaojun to go fishing. Besides fishing, the five of them also picked up cans and wine bottles and searched everywhere. Pulling monkeys and cicada shells will also hunt birds and catch pheasants.

In short, the five of them did not spend a summer vacation, and of course they made a lot of money. All five of them bought gifts for their parents. Although what they received was from their parents, they all knew that their parents liked it.

So busy and busy, the summer vacation is coming to an end, one day at noon, five people were lying on the mat under the tree, listening to the chirping of cicadas to enjoy the cool, He Xiaochuan sat up suddenly and said: "Ah, school is about to start!"