70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 156 Going to the Market
Because this winter, nearly 10 new people came to the department, so taking advantage of the Laba Festival, their instructors organized everyone to drink Laba porridge and perform on the training ground together.

The main purpose, of course, is to make these new students more familiar with the students in the department through this small activity, and to make the relationship between the students closer.

Although a few students in the middle of the venue performed very well, Xu Zhongjun still felt a little homesick while drinking the Laba porridge in the bowl, especially his little daughter-in-law and the meal cooked by his little daughter-in-law.

Therefore, even if the comrades in the middle sang vigorously and beautifully, he would not be able to arouse the slightest interest.

Xu Zhongjun has been in the army for so many years, and he eats Laba porridge almost every year in Laba, but deep down in his heart, he still thinks that Laba should be eaten with rice.

I don't know if it was a deliberate escape. For so many years, when the army passed Laba, even if he had the conditions, he never ate rice on Laba. Maybe deep down in his heart, he has been waiting to celebrate Laba with his relatives!

Here in Qingshan County, there is a saying that "after eating Laba rice, pickle Laba garlic", so after the meal, adults and children gather together and start peeling and pickling garlic, so that they can be eaten during the New Year.

After peeling the garlic from the sister-in-law's house, Xie Xiaonian said with a smile: "It's my turn, I'll go home and get the garlic."

"What garlic do you need, there are plenty at home, just use what's left at home." Seeing that Xie Xiaonian was about to go back, the sister-in-law said hastily.

"I prepared it in advance. If I don't use it, it will be wasted." Xie Xiaonian stood up and said.

When Xie Xiaonian brought over the garlic he had prepared, Fan Min said in surprise: "Xiao Nian, where did you get the garlic? , I will save it for planting next year."

"Okay, I can't marinate much myself, I brought so much to share with you. It's my luck, I bought it at the farmers' market before, and I don't usually come across such good garlic." Xie Xiaonian lied with a smile road.

"There is garlic at home, why do you buy it? It's a waste of money. But such a big and good garlic is really rare. This garlic can't be made into Laba garlic, it would be too wasteful. In this way Xiao Nian, you can use the garlic at home to make Laba garlic, and save these as seeds next year." Xu's mother happily touched the oversized garlic, and she could imagine the scene of a bumper garlic harvest next year.

Xie Xiaonian saw that the whole family was reluctant to eat it, so she agreed to Xu's mother's proposal, and only hoped that in the future, the production would not disappoint Xu's mother.

Since Xie Xiaonian was the only one in the family, she only pickled Laba garlic in a small clay pot.

Fortunately, she bought a lot of vinegar when she went to the market last time, otherwise her little stock would not be enough.

Because there are many people in Dafang, and both Xu Zhongming and Xu's father like to eat Laba garlic, they marinated a large jar at once.

Xie Xiaonian had pickled a lot of pickles and sauerkraut in the space before, but she really didn't think about getting some Laba garlic. As soon as she started making this, Xie Xiaonian felt a little greedy, thinking about the sour and crunchy Laba garlic, Her mouth was drooling.

When Xie Xiaonian is going to go to the market next time, buy more vinegar and marinate some Laba garlic in the space. If it is placed in the space, it can be marinated in about two days, and she can eat it in advance.

After marinating, Xie Xiaonian went home with her share.

After returning home, she put the jar in the corner of the west room, and then only waited for the Chinese New Year to open it and eat it.

Because I was a bit full at noon, Xie Xiaonian didn't prepare for dinner at night, after heating up the kang, she went directly into the space.

She was in the space last night and ate a lot of sour plums when she was free, and now she has a large handful of sour plum cores.

So after Xie Xiaonian entered the space, he soaked all the sour plum cores in the well water of the space first, and then planted them at the foot of the mountain, fearing that the germination rate would be affected due to the treatment with salt, Xie Xiaonian still kept each seed Everywhere, space well water was poured.

If it can germinate, she will be able to eat fresh red bayberry in more than ten days.

After Xie Xiaonian finished planting, she went to the study to read, but before she knew it, she tilted her head and fell asleep again.

After waking up, Xie Xiaonian felt that she was possessed by sleepiness, and could fall asleep anytime and anywhere, and she didn't know if it was because of too much mental energy consumption.

As the saying goes, after Laba is the new year, so on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, as soon as Xie Xiaonian left the house, he saw three or five groups of people going to the market on the main road.

Because Xie Xiaonian had already discussed with Xu's mother that they would go to the market together, so after she went out, she pushed the bicycle to the sister-in-law's house first.

"Xiao Nian is here. Today your second sister-in-law is also going with us. Your second sister-in-law and I will walk there first. You and your mother will come and chase us later." Seeing Xie Xiaonian coming, Li Suxin quickly explained Knowing the reason why Fan Min is here, save Xie Xiaonian from being unhappy.

"That's just right, we have one more person, we can line up more when shopping." Xie Xiaonian doesn't plan to buy any good things, so it doesn't matter who you are with.

"That's the reason, old man, you go first, we ride faster." Mother Xu said with a smile.

"Well, then let's go first." After finishing speaking, the two set off.

But even though Xie Xiaonian and Xu's mother started late, they still caught up with the sister-in-law on the way.

"Master, you give me the eggs in the basket. Xiao Nian and I will go to the buying station to sell the eggs first, and then we will wait for you at the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative!" Mother Xu said directly, afraid of wasting time.

"Mom, sell the eggs I brought. There are 12 in total. This will save me another trip." Seeing this, Fan Min quickly handed the basket in his hand to her mother-in-law. .

"Is it all finished? Will it break!" Xie Xiaonian looked at the egg in front of him and said worriedly.

"It's okay, the inside is covered with straw! As long as you don't fall down, it won't break." Xu's mother has sold eggs many times, and she has also ridden on Xu Zhongjun's bicycle. Seeing that Xie Xiaonian is also very stable on the bicycle, she will never break it. said worriedly.

Another reason for her reassurance is that chickens don’t lay many eggs in winter. The containers they hold eggs look large, but most of them are filled with wheat straw, and there are less than 30 eggs in one piece.

"Okay then, mother, sit still, let's go!" Seeing this, Xie Xiaonian no longer refuted, just try to ride the bike steadily.

Fortunately, they arrived at the commune smoothly, but because there were many people queuing up to sell agricultural and sideline products, the two waited for half an hour to sell the eggs.

"Why are the eggs so cheap? They only cost 4 cents each." Xie Xiaonian couldn't help sighing as she thought about the price of the eggs. The eggs from the two companies only sold for a little over 1 yuan.

"It's almost Chinese New Year now, and the price is already very good. In spring and summer, chickens lay eggs more frequently, and the weather is hot and they are easy to spoil. Sometimes the eggs cost only 3 cents a piece, and sometimes even lower. After all, the eggs are not full enough, or Eating food is real.

When the hens at home hatch their chicks in the spring of next year, I will give you a few, so that you can keep them and lay eggs in exchange for money. "While Xu's mother was speaking, she carefully put the money into her close pocket.

By the time the two finished selling their eggs and arrived at the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law had already arrived.

"Mom, let's go shopping, there are so many people today, there is a queue everywhere, if you don't buy, you won't be able to grab something." Fan Min said anxiously when he saw someone coming.

"Well, okay, eggs cost 4 cents, and I'll give you your egg money. Let's discuss what to buy and how much to buy for each family. Later, we will line up one by one and buy the most in-demand ones first." Xu While giving the money to Fan Min, the mother said calmly.

In the end, the few people separated, and Xu's mother and sister-in-law went to the non-staple food store to buy vermicelli, vermicelli, dried cold noodle, yuba and other cooking things.

Xie Xiaonian carried a few small pots on his back, and went to the grocery store to buy salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings, as well as the alum needed to fry fried dough sticks for the Chinese New Year.

There is no need to buy aniseed ingredients such as prickly ash and fennel. They are all picked in the mountains in autumn.

Because during the Chinese New Year here, every household will add a few pairs of bowls and chopsticks to pray for a prosperous population in the coming year, so the second sister-in-law went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy bowls, chopsticks, plates, clay pots and the like.

Because the styles are pretty much the same, everyone doesn't have any requirements, and Fan Min can do it all by himself.

By the time a few people lined up to buy what they needed, it was already noon.

Because in the afternoon, except for the supply and marketing cooperatives, other shops were closed, so a few people went back directly.

As for eating in the commune, it was completely out of their consideration.

And things like other New Year pictures and stencil cannons should not be bought until the Chinese New Year is approaching.

In fact, it’s easy for the villagers to buy new year’s goods. They just need to buy things that they don’t know how to make, such as meat, chicken, fish, etc., which can be fed by themselves or shared by the brigade. There are also those in stock, so there are really not many things to buy.

"Mother, I see that the store also sells sesame oil. Next time, should we also buy some in a jar, as well as tobacco and alcohol, should we also buy some, so that we can entertain guests during the Chinese New Year?" After arriving at sister-in-law's house, Xie Xiaonian asked while sharing things.

"No, I have sesame seeds at home, so you can just go to the oil mill to squeeze them yourself. You probably don't have many relatives. When we finish squeezing the oil, a small bottle will be enough for you. You need a ticket if you buy it. Expensive!" Mother Xu replied directly.

"That's right, Xiao Nian, you don't need to buy sesame oil, you just need to buy a few packs of the cheapest goldfish cigarettes. Most of us still smoke pouches. As for wine, you don't even need to buy it. What about sweet potatoes?" The sister-in-law also smiled.

(End of this chapter)