Neighbors are cute today too

Chapter 28
Lin Lu has forgotten how many years have passed since the last time he came to the vegetable market. After all, he doesn't know how to cook, and he doesn't like to hang out in the vegetable market.

After several rectifications, the layout of the market has changed from what it was many years ago, and it has become more tidy. In my impression, there is a dilapidated small supermarket outside the market. There is a rocking cart at the door, and my mother would spend two yuan when buying vegetables. Money, let him sit on the rocking car and shake it by himself. Dad’s dad is called grandpa~~Dad’s mother is called grandma~~
Now the small supermarket has been demolished and replaced with a fruit specialty store, and all the small shops nearby have also changed their appearance.

Although he grew up in a big city, many times Lin Lu can't clearly feel the changes in the big city, just like everyone has seen old people and flowers blooming, but the process of aging and the process of flowering , This kind of unconscious change is silent and hard to detect, and I suddenly realized that it has been so long.

If you don't look at the photos, it's hard for Lin Lu to clearly recall the appearance of his mother when she was young, but I remember that my mother had long hair at that time, and I don't know when my mother changed to the current wife Classic short hairstyle.

Looking at Li Xingruo, who was full of youthful vigor, Lin Lu couldn't help sighing, his mother had such a youthful time back then.

The more complicated growth experience than those of his peers seeped into Lin Lu's body, quietly changing him, making him more delicate and mature.

"So the market is here, and it's quite big!" Li Xingruo looked curiously at the surrounding environment around the market.

"How does it compare to the market at Sister Xingruo's house?" Lin Lu led her in through the east gate of the market. The gate was completely open before, and some protective poles were installed at some point, probably because of the epidemic prevention before. What was left behind for a while, the various health code scanning and itinerary card procedures posted on the wall have not been torn off yet.

"Well, my house is an ordinary small town market. It is more appropriate to say that it is a market. There are many stalls outside, but the real market is not big inside."

"Then the market must be more lively?" Lin Lu asked curiously.

"It used to be very lively. There were a lot of people in the market, the streets were narrow, and there were pedestrians, motorcycles, and tricycles everywhere. Now it's much quieter. The young people in the small town have gone to the big cities. Usually, there are not many young people in the town. People, but when the Chinese New Year comes, people who have gone to other places will come back, and it will be very lively at that time! There are stalls selling couplets, New Year’s goods, and paper treasures, incense candles and fireworks. Hey, Lin Lu, over here How was New Year's Eve?"

"That's just the opposite. Usually it's quite lively. During the Chinese New Year, the city is very deserted. There are few cars and people on the street. It's quiet."

"how about you?"

"I?"

Children in the city have few activities to celebrate the New Year. For a family like his, the New Year is even more boring. They have a meal at home on the [-]th day of the new year. New Year's greetings from my mother's family, and on the third day of the new year, I went to my father's place to pay New Year's greetings...

Seeing that he could go anywhere, but apart from his own home, he felt uncomfortable everywhere on the forest road. Gradually, if it was not necessary, he simply stopped going to visit the New Year. He took his younger sisters to play by himself, and let his mother and Uncle Wen to cope.

"I'm bored too." Lin Lu didn't explain too much.

"That's it."

Li Xingruo nodded, thinking of his situation, he casually said with a smile: "Then when you have a chance, come to my town to play, and my sister will take you to set off fireworks!"

"Sister Xingruo, don't lie to me. I am very simple. If you invite me, I will really go this year! Wutong Town in Liangxi, right!" Lin Lu said seriously.

"..."

Why don't you play your cards according to the routine!Shouldn't you be polite and say that you will definitely do it next time!

"...Come on! I will never lie to you!"

"Sounds a bit forced, doesn't it?"

"No no."

"Sister Xingruo, where will I live after I go?"

"...my house! There are so many rooms!"

"Sister Xingruo, you are so kind."

I don't know if it's the extra sweet "Sister Xingruo" or Lin Lu's unstoppable youthful smile, but Li Xingruo lowered his head shyly when he heard it, feeling a little itchy in his heart. Is it the wrong response?

"Haha, didn't I just say it, if you need help, just ask my sister!" Li Xingruo gently rolled up the hair around his ears with his fingers, and said like a big sister.

"But if I go to Sister Xingruo's house for the New Year, won't my uncles and aunts think I'm the one you're talking about?"

"...?!"

Seeing Li Xingruo froze and looking nervous as he was seriously thinking about countermeasures, Lin Lu couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm scaring you! If I go, then I will definitely go in my school uniform!"

"...Yes! You come here in your school uniform! My parents won't misunderstand me!"

The little girl suddenly realized that this was really a good way.

No matter if Li Xing wasn't joking, Lin Lu didn't plan to really go, but right now it really feels very heartwarming.

The market at [-] o'clock in the evening is different from that in the morning. The people who come to buy vegetables are basically young and middle-aged people, and most of them are just off work. There are more housewives and elderly people in the market in the morning. .

Lin Lu didn't know how to buy vegetables and cook, so he had no choice but to be a tool for carrying vegetables, following Li Xingruo and watching her go shopping.

"Girl, let's take a look at this dish, it's all fresh! It was just transferred in this afternoon!"

"Girl, I want some big bones. It's good to make soup for your brother! Will the young man go to high school? Give him a good mend!"

"Would you like some prawns, girl? It's alive and kicking! It was sold for 39 in the morning, and now it's [-] for you!"

The stall owners are also more enthusiastic than in the morning. After all, the market is about to close, and some meat and vegetables are a little cheaper than in the morning. Don’t underestimate the few cents. Many people still rely on this discount to live.

Li Xingruo also found it interesting, and said to Lin Lu with a smile, "They really think of you as my younger brother!"

"How about I take off my school uniform?"

"Don't! Otherwise, I won't take you with me." Li Xingruo hurriedly stopped.

"It seems that sister Xingruo enjoys the feeling of having a younger brother to help carry the vegetables."

"It's okay~"

Walking to a pork stall, Li Xingruo bent down, brushed up the long, smooth hair around his ears with one hand to prevent the hair from getting dirty on the counter, and picked up the tongs on the counter with the other hand, holding a few pieces of meat and ribs to pick and choose Picking, occasionally getting a little closer to smell the smell of meat, it looks very professional.

"It's all fresh! Don't worry, girl!"

"How do you sell the foreleg and ribs?"

"Seventeen for the front leg and twenty-eight for the ribs. It was two yuan more expensive in the morning!"

Now that the market price is transparent, it is generally not the ones that are bought in a large amount, and the boss will not bargain. Li Xingruo thought for a while, then picked the selected meat aside, and the proprietress took it to the scale.

"Twenty-six yuan and five plus thirty, girl, you can give me 26 yuan!"

"Thank you boss, the ribs helped me cut it into small pieces, smaller, not too big."

"no problem!"

This is the best way to buy vegetables in the south. Even if the meat costs five yuan, the boss will happily sell it to you. Let alone chopping ribs, it is no problem to ask the boss to help you slice eight portions of meat and stir two portions into stuffing.

"Will you buy too much? You can't finish it all at once..." Lin Lu couldn't help, so he had to stand beside her.

"No, there is a refrigerator. Buy it and put it away, so you don't have to buy it every day."

After all, she usually has to go to work, and Li Xingruo is not sure that she has time to buy groceries every time, but it is not good to buy too much at one time, so she calculated that the amount of about two or three days is the most appropriate.

Well, it seems that Lin Lu has been included subconsciously. After all, if it's just for herself to eat, she can eat these meats as a side dish for a week without any problem.

"Come on, girl, yours."

"give it to me."

The proprietress put the meat in a bag, and Lin Lu took the initiative to be a tool to carry the vegetables, and took the bag from the proprietress.

"This is your younger brother? The genes of the siblings are good! They are handsome enough!"

"Yes, the proprietress is really accurate~!"

Li Xingruo laughed wickedly, it feels really good to have a vegetable picker and bodyguard named 'brother'.

(End of this chapter)