novelaction Chapter 577 Going to the Market
Chapter 577 Going to the Market
Zhou Guo nodded secretly, well, the effect is not bad.
On the way back, she smiled and said, "Brother, you are really amazing. You made them dare not even breathe after hearing what you said!"
Zhou Gu touched his head and said, "My uncle taught me. I didn't think of it. He told me how to talk before I came here. I almost forgot it halfway."
Zhou Guo: "...That's pretty impressive too. You should have said what your uncle taught you. Look at you standing there. After saying all that, I was so timid that I didn't even dare to look at you. Brother, you are amazing! You are much more amazing than you think!"
Zhou Gu was stunned. He never thought he was capable. He was not good at studying, martial arts, business, and even farming was not as good as Zhou Guo. Fortunately, he was still diligent.
Zhou Guo continued, "Brother, all skills are learned. As long as you make a little progress today and tomorrow, slowly, you will make great progress. Look, when we signed Wu Jiang and the others, I asked you to say a few words to them. At that time, you didn't even dare to stand up to them, but now you can stand in front of them without changing your expression and speak to them with both kindness and severity. You have made great progress!"
It's really fast!
Zhou Gu seemed to be thinking about something. He was a little confused now. No one had ever said that he could do it or that he was great. They always said that he was stupid.
Zhou Guo didn't bother him and drove back home. His family was already waiting for them for dinner.
In the blink of an eye, it was twenty-eight.
This day is the last market day before the New Year.
The Zhou family had already prepared all the New Year's goods. Zhou Guo originally wanted to go and take a look, but before he even left the house, Chen came to the door and said that the family was slaughtering a pig for the New Year and asked the whole family to come over to eat the slaughtered pig dishes.
Li laughed and said, "Others have slaughtered their pigs before the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. Why are you killing them today?"
There are not many families raising pigs in the village, and those that do kill their pigs early.
Chen said, "It's because the butchers are busy. If they don't kill the pigs today, it will be Chinese New Year tomorrow. I haven't stewed the pig heads and pig trotters yet. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight. Let's all go home and eat."
The pig-killing meal is still very delicious, with the meat oil sizzling and fragrant.
Li smiled and said, "I'm afraid Zhou Gu is the only one who can go with you. He can help you out if he has nothing else to do. I still have to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, and I haven't prepared many dishes yet. Zhou Guo has to go to the market to buy some small things. You know our uncle, he can't move easily."
Chen said, "I asked you to have dinner, not to help. I have already found enough people to help. Why don't you go to have dinner? Do you think our food is not good?"
Now that things have come to this, if I don’t go, I will offend people.
Li smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go, and the whole family can go."
Zhou Guo said with a smile: "Aunt Chen, we have a large family, more than a dozen people in the family, and we all have big appetites. If they eat up the pig you just killed, how will you celebrate the New Year?"
Chen said, "Then eat them all. Pigs are killed to be eaten. It's okay even if we eat both. I can just kill another one."
"You killed two pigs?" Everyone was surprised.
Apart from Wang Fugui, it seems that no one else in the village is willing to kill two pigs at once, which is such a big deal.
Chen smiled and said, "Yes, the father thought that since we have a lot of land at home, we have to hire people to help with the work every year during the busy farming season. We have to buy meat in exchange for labor, so we might as well kill two cows this year to cook more. Then we don't have to buy meat during the busy farming season next year."
Zhou Guo asked, "You called so many of us, how much meat do you expect to save?"
Chen poked her forehead and said, "You're welcome. I've prepared all your favorite foods for you. Aren't you going to the market? Go quickly and come directly to your aunt's house when you come back."
Zhou Guo went out with Zhou Dacang.
It's been so long since I came back. I went to the county town, but I haven't been to the market in the town yet. I have to go there once to see if there are any changes.
Zhou Suli and Li Lai decided not to go because there were too many people in the town and Li was afraid of being crowded.
I happened to go to Chen's house to watch the pig being slaughtered.
At this time of year every year, the town market is always crowded. Fortunately, they came out early today and it was not yet the busiest time.
The two men parked the ox cart outside, and the old man was still guarding the cart.
Zhou Guo gave him two cents and brought him three oil-paper bags of various meatballs fried by Li.
The old man gladly accepted it, picked up a basket from the ground and handed it over. Inside was half a basket of chestnuts, walnuts, peanuts and everything else.
Zhou Guo happily took it and put it in the carriage, "Thank you, Grandpa, and Happy New Year!"
The old man nodded.
She carried an empty bucket and walked towards the market with Zhou Dacang with confidence.
Zhou Dacang said, "You can carry a backpack or even a basket, why do you need a bucket?"
Zhou Guo said: "Buy fish. We don't have any live fish at home. I'm too lazy to go fishing in the river. It's best to buy them."
Zhou Dacang nodded, and then asked curiously, "Are you so familiar with this old man now?"
Zhou Guo said: "At first, I saw him sitting here in the cold weather, so I brought him some cakes and steamed buns. My original intention was to ask him to take some care and not let our car be stolen. Later, he would return the favor, with some peanuts, melon seeds, walnuts, and sometimes even eggs. After a while, we became familiar with each other."
He smiled and said, "However, it is easier to get things done if you have acquaintances. No matter when I come, I can find a spot to park, and I don't have to park in the back."
Zhou Dacang laughed, "How many cars can there be in this small town? Why do we have to queue up there?"
Zhou Guo said, "Of course we don't have any. Let alone them, even our village has bought quite a few in the past two years. Let alone ox carts, we can afford to buy a cart. This market is the largest one nearby, with the most goods. People from all over the country come here for the New Year and festivals. Even if there is only one cart in a village, it is not too few."
Zhou Dacang looked back and saw that there were more and more people.
Zhou Guo was still wearing a cloak today, but her bright red gilded fox cloak had not been made yet. So she wore her usual rabbit fur cloak, which was too small for her anyway. There were many people at the market, so she didn't mind if it was torn, so she just wore it casually.
Zhou Da Cang on the side was wearing new clothes, including a black rabbit-skin cloak, a pair of white boots, and his hair was tied up high with a jade hairpin. In addition, his skin color had become much whiter in the past few months, and he had one or two years of experience in the army. His every move and gesture was different from that of a country boy.
This attracted the young girls and wives at the market to look over here intentionally or unintentionally.
Those who were brave enough stared at her non-stop, with shy looks on their faces and charming and watery eyes.
Although Zhou Guo standing next to him was also good-looking, he was too young. Secondly, he was fair, plump and tender. Compared with Zhou Dacang, he looked like a grown girl. The older one was more attractive.