Traveling through the Eighth Five-Year Plan: Starting from selling fruit at a stall

Chapter 187 Keep Everything Simple
Ling Yue's business gradually became dull on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. A few days ago, everyone bought all the necessities for the New Year, and they have been preparing for the New Year these two days.

When you are away from home, you don’t have to pay so much attention during the Chinese New Year, and everything is kept simple.

But Ling's father and Ling's mother's custom of celebrating the new year can't be changed.

There is no mold for making tofu, so Ling's mother buys a plate of tofu and frys fried tofu.

She couldn't kill the pig, so she bought [-] catties of pork and prepared it.

The fish is a large grass carp that weighs seven or eight catties. When you buy it, you pack it up and fry it again.

Ling Yue and the others were busy with business, Ling's mother couldn't help, so she went to the kitchen to make all kinds of snacks for the New Year.

Fried fruit, croquettes, roasted melon seeds and peanuts, butchered chickens and fish, boiled "New Year's Eve radish".

I bought oranges, apples and other fruits and put them away, and I also bought firecrackers to be set off during the Chinese New Year.

Ling's mother also prepared a dozen bottles of Tongtong's favorite soft drink.

She also bought the drinks for the Chinese New Year...

No matter how big or small, as long as she wanted, she moved from the department store to the store one after another.

In the blink of an eye, it's New Year's Eve.

Since the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the employees have been on vacation.

Except for going to the second store and the third store to rest at night, Wang Zhaoyang and Ling Qingfeng didn't open the door at other times. They just nestled in the first store watching TV, playing upgrades, and preparing food for the New Year.

The happiest thing is Tongtong.

During this time, Ling Yue never asked her about her homework, and never stopped her from watching TV. The adults gathered around to play cards, and she watched the TV with great interest.

Ling Qingfeng bought fairy sticks, throwing cannons, rowing cannons, colorful bead tubes, and sky cannons, and took her out to set off firecrackers at night when she was free.

Every time she went out to play, Ling Yue could hear Tong Tong's excited shouts in the kitchen.

On the night of New Year's Eve, Ling Changqing looked at his children and daughters sitting together, and finally couldn't help asking Ling Yue: "Xiaoyue, it's almost New Year's Eve, why hasn't Xiaoji come back yet?"

"Dad, Ji Zhongqiu is in Shenzhen City. He just passed there not long ago, so he must be busy."

Ling Changqing frowned, his face full of displeasure: "No matter how busy the business is, how can there be any reason not to come back during the Chinese New Year?"

Ling Yue laughed.

It seems that he is very satisfied with Ji Zhongqiu, he just talked to him, and he already regarded him as his prospective son-in-law.

"Dad, he didn't know that you would come to Qingpu City. If he knew that we would take you over, he would definitely come back."

"And he doesn't have any brothers and sisters in Qingpu City, and his relatives there have long since ceased contact."

Ling Changqing sighed and shook his head: "What is this called? Even if the relatives are no longer in touch, how can he, as a junior, have no reason not to pay New Year's greetings to the elders?"

"Dad, then you can ask him after he comes back. I'm not very clear about the details."

What can Ling Yue say?
She also has limited knowledge of Ji Zhongqiu's family situation, the only thing she knows is that he and He Yongmin's family are in frequent contact, other things, he doesn't mention it, and Ling Yue won't take the initiative to ask.

As for Ling Xiaohua, she doesn't necessarily know more about Ji Zhongqiu than herself.

As soon as the two confirmed their relationship, Ji Zhongqiu went to Shenzhen City, and she didn't even ask if they had any correspondence.

Ling Changqing sighed and was about to say something when Tongtong ran in from the outside with a smile and threw himself into his arms: "Grandpa, when will your legs get better? Can you take me to set off firecrackers?"

Ling Changqing immediately said cheerfully: "Tongtong, grandpa is not good enough now, let uncle take you to release it."

"Uncle is bad, and always grabs my firecrackers to play." Tongtong searched around the store, but didn't see grandma, so she went to pull Lingyue: "Mom, I still want to let'Golden Rooster Lay Eggs', help me How about going to buy some?"

Ling Yue refused: "Tong Tong, all the aunts in the department store are off work now, where can we buy them?"

"I saw that there are stalls outside, and there are a lot of toys!"

Just as Ling Yue shook her head, she heard Ling Changqing say: "Tongtong, grandpa gave you two dollars, can you buy it yourself?"

Tongtong laughed: "Okay."

As he spoke, he took the money from him and ran out.

"Dad, why do you give Tongtong money, you will spoil her like this."

Ling Changqing said nonchalantly: "For those who are older than the Chinese New Year, let the child let her go when she is happy."

"Then why didn't you give us money to buy firecrackers when we were young?"

"How old are you, what kind of firecrackers are you playing?" Ling Changqing stared, "Are you ashamed?"

Got it!
Ling Yue shut up obediently.

Look, after all, they are relatives of the next generation, and they have completely different attitudes towards their daughter and niece.

When his niece wanted to set off a firecracker, he gave her the money to buy it without saying a word. He just made a joke, and he was reprimanded.

Since it was Chinese New Year, Ling Yue didn't think about doing business these two days, she had already hung all the clothes on the wall to the next door, and even moved the few display racks in this store.

Just to make the space bigger during the Chinese New Year, even if a few more friends come, there will be a place to sit.

The time soon came to 07:30 in the evening, and the sound of firecrackers sounded one after another in the street.

Ling Yue stood at the door and looked at the people setting off firecrackers outside, feeling indescribably happy.

She looked at it for a while, and when she was about to enter the house, she suddenly saw an old man holding a stack of thick "God of Wealth" portraits and giving them to the God of Wealth from door to door.

When the old man came to her, she had already handed over [-] cents before he could say auspicious words.

After so many years, she could still see people setting off firecrackers at random during the Chinese New Year.

I can also see the God of Wealth printed on red paper with ink, and I feel mixed feelings.

She couldn't help but think of when she was a child, every year from the first day to the fifth day of the new year, her father and the strong young men in the village formed a dragon dance team and went door to door to pay New Year's greetings.

There are not only the dragon team, but also the dancing flower boat for husband and wife teams.

Receiving the God of Wealth is a memory engraved in the depths of her memory that will never be erased.

Looking at the slightly rough God of Wealth in his hand, Ling Yue raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, this is called the Chinese New Year, and this has the flavor of the New Year!

Wang Zhaoyang moved the TV out of the bedroom early and put it on the cash register, playing the program preview of Yang Ma's Spring Festival Gala.

The Eight Immortals table has also been placed in the center of the room, with bowls and chopsticks set up on it, and several dishes that have been prepared and kept upside down with a bowl kept warm.

Under the table is a small coal stove that Ling Yue used to warm the fire.

Mother was busy in the kitchen, and Ling Xiaohua was helping.

At [-]:[-], the two busy people in the kitchen finally brought all the dishes.

"Xiaoyue, hurry up and call the two of them back for dinner."

"They are setting off firecrackers outside, and they should be back after they are done. Let's wait while we eat."

Ling's mother stared at her, opened her mouth to hold back from scolding her: "Xiao Hua, you go."

Xiao Hua looked at Ling Yue and giggled, stood at the gate and shouted, "Brother, bring Tong Tong back for dinner."

Tongtong and Ling Qingfeng ran back from the outside laughing, and Ling Qingfeng took Tongtong to the kitchen to wash her hands without waiting for Ling Yue to speak.

Ling's father asked Wang Zhaoyang to set off a string of firecrackers outside the door. Although Wang Zhaoyang didn't know and went in, he listened to his words and took a string of firecrackers and set them off outside the door.

The family just sat down in front of the TV, and it happened to be eight o'clock, and the Spring Festival Gala just started.

(End of this chapter)